Who's seen The Core (Rated PG-13 for sci-fi life/death situations and brief strong language)? In the beginning of the movie, the scientists learn that the earth's core has stopped spinning and everyone is going to die. They know this because birds start killing people, and, more importantly, people with pace makers who are about to make 30 million dollars drop dead. The point is, electromagnetic weirdness from the earth is a sign of the apocalypse according to Paramount.

Anyway, it started happening in the beginning of this year in Italy, and we're all going to die.

That is all.

Stemming from Shippy's law firm holiday present (cooks shark meat, heh heh), the George Foreman USB iGrill was mentioned, casually, by Ade. Like it was no big deal.

Judging from the description, I'm a little worried about the i-thing being worn down to a very small i-nub. I also hate to see a beloved fat-reducing grill be reduced to a crappy Christmas gift.

What I'm trying to say is that every year, crap is pushed onto consumers because of it's whiz-bang features. This is why my parents have a Hot Chocolate Tornado!, a Mini-Ice Cream Maker, and an electric cattle prod. These items have never been used, nor will they ever be used.

I'm a little sensitive. I'd rather spend that $99 on a new tattoo.

It would be neat if the 'quote' function worked on the homepage, or like the old jeaun, we could add the rest of the text somewhere else. I like not having to use a link to get to the NY Times story that I don't have a password for, but I hate all the text on the front page.

Fix it. Now.

How many times do you wonder if Colin is writing with his usual sarcasm, or if he's being sincere?

When you IM "I love you" does the recipient know that you're being rude? It never looks that way.

Now you don't have to guess at the meaning of the written language.

something is seriously rotten in that proverbial denmark....

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/19/fashion/19FEST.html

Fooey to the World: Festivus Is Come
By ALLEN SALKIN

ATHER around the Festivus pole and listen to a tale about a real holiday made fictional and then real again, a tale that touches on philosophy, King Lear, the pool at the Chateau Marmont hotel, a paper bag with a clock inside and, oh yes, a television show about nothing.

The first surprise is that from Tampa Bay, Fla., to Washington, from Austin, Tex., to Oxford, Ohio, many real people are holding parties celebrating Festivus, a holiday most believe was invented on an episode of "Seinfeld" first broadcast the week before Christmas in 1997.

If anyone noticed that jeaun had gone bog-diesel since last night, it's because I was moving it to a new server. It seems to be a bit faster, and I have a lot more control over how everything works. But, it's entirely possible that I've screwed something up, so if you see anything funny, send me an email, or post a comment to this thread.

As per a recent discussion with Wadsbone about the Star Trek character Geordi LaForge:

The actor LeVar Burton played the character Commander Geordi LaForge in the television show Star Trek: the Next Generation. LaForge required the use of VISOR, as he was born blind. Occasionally on the show, like when the pro-Romulan faction in the Klingon civil war tried to set him up with unconscious programming to kill a Klingon and create an interstellar incident, he would end up taking the VISOR off briefly. His eyes were completely white.

My belief, both as a child and now, is that Burton would roll his eyes up into the back of his head for these short durations.

So all you lesser mortals with bad vision have a new way to wear your glasses: Pierce your nose so you can screw your glasses on. You can wear them showering, sleeping, whatever.

Be careful not to cut yourself though. We're still working on a Geordi LaForge visor glasses thing for you sci-fi nerds. Be patient.

I wrote this thingy a while back, but never got around to integrating it into the main jeaun page.
You can add a link URL and a short comment, and it'll display it on the page.

Note: Here's the new URL: http://jeaun.com/linkup