Monthly Archives: August 2002

Electrical Storm

Posted on August 29 2002 by Mickey

    A new U2 song is being released to radio today. A few stations, notably BBC 1, played the song a few days ago; but it was discovered they were actually a demo or remix of the song. All … Continue reading →

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Elvish Week

Posted on August 28 2002 by Mickey

    Everybody else is talking about Elvish it seems, so why not me? I discovered this link, just in time, to a page of Elvish translations from The Fellowship of the Ring movie. It’s pretty cool to get to … Continue reading →

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Maximum R&B

Posted on August 24 2002 by Mickey

    I just saw this on Pete Townshend’s The Who site (e-mail registration required).     THE WHO 2002 ENCORE SERIES    Eelpie.com and themusic.com bring you exclusive live recordings on CD of shows from the 2002 WHO tour … Continue reading →

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Great Moments in Movies (in MSPaint)

Posted on August 22 2002 by Mickey

   (Note: this was originally featured in my YaBBSE message board. Now that it’s become a buglight for spammers and other reprobates, I’ve killed off the message board and dumped these MSPaint masterpieces here [roughly at the time they were … Continue reading →

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Hello

Posted on August 20 2002 by Hilary B Rosen

    What is up. My name is Hilary Rosen, CEO of the Recording Industry of America, and from time to time I will be “hacking” into websites such as this — using the tools legally entitled to us through … Continue reading →

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7 Days Without a Loss Time Injury

Posted on August 20 2002 by Mickey

    Today marks the one week anniversary of when SFG Online crashed. Looking back, I think that guy who hacks into my site is right. I probably shouldn’t be using “password” as my password. This site obviously needs to … Continue reading →

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Housekeeping

Posted on August 17 2002 by Mickey

    It’s been nagging me for quite some time that I’ve got separate pages for Music and TV and Food, but my Movies page is nothing but reviews. On occasion I’ve been lumping movie reviews or Oscar news in … Continue reading →

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DVD Avenue

Posted on August 17 2002 by Mickey

    For years my friends and I have been bemoaning how NetFlix does not have any competition. Each time the rates were changed, or when they decided to only stock one copy of each movie (allowing them to ignore … Continue reading →

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The Results Are In

Posted on August 17 2002 by Mickey

    The Fish Poll has closed, having amassed one hundred fifty votes; and, as they say, the results are in.    Opinions were divided and it was a close call. Although hardly a mandate, it does appear that public … Continue reading →

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Today in Food (2002/08/16)

Posted on August 16 2002 by Mickey

    “United States researchers have found that suppressing a particular gene allowed mice to eat fatty foods without gaining weight or risking diabetes.    ”The study, to appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests that … Continue reading →

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