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Conjuring up Political, Cinematic, Cultural, and Athletic Arcana since the Final Days of the Last Century

6/21/00 - NASA is set to back the Mars Water finding! This could be huge!

Pro-gun hackers hijack a gun control website.

The newest names mentioned for Harry Potter casting are Tim Roth as Professor Snape (I can see it) and Robbie Coltrane as Hagrid (I expected someone of larger girth, if such person exists.)

Gabriel Byrne talks Episode II, and he definitely sounds as if he's leaning towards doing it.

Water springs on Mars? I think I'll put this one in the "Faster than Light Wishful Thinking" department for the time being.

The strange tale of Al Gore and the "Mad Deleter."

6/20/00 - Toronto and Wilkens strike a deal.

The White House drug office tracks drug-related Internet searches through DoubleClick.

Patrick Stewart speaks his mind.

The MPAA unapproved Exorcist re-release trailer is now online. Perhaps I'm jaded, but I'm not quite sure what the problem is.

Another virus makes the rounds.

Dubya's long-rumored cokehead past may finally return to bite him. The London Times is reporting that the Air Force grounded George in 1972 when he skipped a routine drug test. I sincerely doubt Candidate Bush would renounce drug testing as an invasion of privacy these days.

What's that you say, Mrs. Robinson? Dollar Bill has left and gone away...hey,hey,hey.

Congrats to Shaquille O'Neal and the Los Angeles Lakers (and their fans, sans a few assholes) for winning the NBA 2000 Finals 116-111 last night. All praise to the Knicks aside, Shaq played all year like he deserved the ring, and you gotta like the big fella's reaction when he actually won it. As for Kobe...well, honestly I hate to see him win. IMHO, he has yet to put in his time in the trenches, and I think this early championship will only stunt his growth as a player (after all, he shot 4-20 and 8-27 in the past two games.)

But, all in all, I thought Game 6 (and the OT Game 4) was a Finals game for the ages, even though the Rice call on Croshere with 1:16 to go was such a game-deciding bad call that even Costas noted it aloud. At any rate, congrats once again to the Lake Show, and, naturally, we Knick-fans will be gunnin' for ya once more come the Fall.

Doh. I completely missed the Hannibal filming at Union Station last week.

Gay-hating Christian Coalition Conservatives learn to love Dr. Laura.

Salon probes Nader's millions.

6/19/00 -

Harrison Ford has his second lucky break in a year. The guy's gotta stop flying before he expends all his karma.

R.I.P. Nancy Marchand 1928-2000. Very bad news for Sopranos fans.

First Neale, then this. The Big Guy/Gal's making Him/Herself busy lately.

My fanboy desk collection has been revealed. Note Morpheus, Mulder, Sculley, Picard, and Dancing Leia. If you think that's sad, you should see the full Star Wars collection in the other room.

Raza of High Industrial passes along this Film Threat article on the trouble with Harry.

Every saga has a beginning, even Dr. Evil's. Witness Evil Hill at MediaTrip for the full Evil back-story.

From Pith and Vinegar, it's the Random Postmodern Essay Generator, guaranteed to get you at least a B+ in most Harvard Social Studies courses.

All kinds of Lord of the Rings goodness today. Apparently this is the trilogy one-sheet poster (once again from Dark Horizons.)

According to the powers-that-be, Bill Bradley will have a prominent primetime role in the upcoming Democratic convention. Perhaps an attempt to quell the disaffected Nader vote?

No more stadium prayers before school athletic events, says the Supreme Court. Naturally, Rehnquist, Thomas, and Scalia dissented.

I'm not much of a Tiger Woods fan, and even less of a golf fan, but you have to be impressed by the way he completely dominated the US Open. An amazing performance all around.

Microsoft wins a round.

Is Clinton Eisenhower-esque? Historian Stephen Ambrose weighs in.

Game 6, and probably the end of the 2000 NBA season, is tonight. At which point I'll be forced to pretend I care one whit about regular season baseball. Sigh...at least now there's the MLS.

Riley Dog moves.

According to Harry, the candidates for Peter Parker have been whittled down to four: James Franco, Scott Speedman, Jay Rodan, and Tobey Maguire.

Be careful what you wish for, particularly in fundamentalist Iran.

Daley dominates Sunday coverage for Team Gore.

This can't be a good idea.

6/18/00 - Ewing undergoes knee surgery.

Furby Camp? (Courtesy of Memepool.)

I don't really know what possessed me to spend a hour composing the Talented Mr. Berkeley picture. That's an hour I'm never going to get back. Ah well. I'd rather be a fake Matt Damon than a real Berkeley.

The Post explores Nader's net worth. Valued at $3.8 million (thanks to high-tech stocks), Nader claims to give away more than 80% of his after-tax income (compare with Gore, who gave all of $353 to charity two years ago.)

Happy Father's Day to you and yours.

Two lowbrow tales from CNN: Dung-spitting and the Port-a-John trap.

The GOP call for Richardson's head over the Los Alamos computers. Richardson says no thanks.

Mosley defeats De La Hoya, in what sounds like that rarities of rarities of late: an uncontroversial split decision.

6/17/00 - Things get worse for Knoblauch.

For Matrix and Airplane! fans with fast modems and time to kill, Computer Boy.

Congressional drug warriors battle the menace of information.

Speaking of remakes, Verne Troyer plays a mean (but diminutive) Ethan Runt in Mission: Imp (trailer and film.) It's a one-joke skit and the trailer has almost all the funny parts, but I still think I enjoyed it more than the actual movie. I'm a sucker for midget humor.

Lenny in Toronto? That could be huge.

The New Black Panther Party protest a GOP event over Dubya's death penalty stance, prompting one irate Texas Republican to proclaim "You are all evil persons from hell." You'd think he'd admire their pro-gun stance.

The NY Post explores the ins and outs of campaign booty.

The Washington Post profiles the Nader challenge. If Ralph Nader wakes up on a November morning and sees that his Green Party candidacy has helped vault Bush into the White House, so be it. Either he will have helped the Greens become a more viable third party, or he will have shaken the Democrats to their core. Either way, Nader says, he and his party will have made a step toward fixing a system that is broken. Bring the pain, Ralph.

Lakers choke BIGTIME 120-87. Kobe the alleged superstar goes for a blistering 4 for 20...so much for those Jordan comparisons. I still say Shaq will win it for the Lake Show in 6.

Oh, yeah...behind the copier! Maybe they can find my tire nut-lock key back there too (see 6/14 post). Which reminds me, I finally got the car towed to a mechanic yesterday who ripped off all 4 special nuts with a mega-hydraulic tire iron.

CBS moves the second Survivor season in the Australian outback. In related news, PETA protests the show for its horrific rat-eating. I gotta say, while I think PETA's basic mission - increasing attentiveness to the feelings and consciousness of animals - is a noble one, this is the third protest in recent memory (along with Got Beer? and manure-dumping the IMF) that I feel just ridicules their organization and their cause. The group needs new tactical leadership in the worst way.

6/16/00 - Happy 25th Birthday, sweetie! I love you!

Plasma Power!

A big belated congrats and best wishes to the Ubitquitous Jason and Heather.

Radio Shack is planning a trip to the moon, at which point they will scour the lunar surface in search of aliens they can pester for their addresses.

Madonna's new single gets pushed forward due to its Napster leak. It is now slated for release next month. In related news, Napster hires an anti-Microsoft lawyer for the coming legal battle.

The NYPD improperly uses racial profiling to choose their suspects. In other breaking news, the sky is blue.

Well, that's a load off my mind.

Harrison Ford in Aliens vs. Predator, directed by James Cameron? Yeah, right. Even I can tell this one's just fanboy wishful thinking.

Nader news is picking up. Ralph was endorsed by the California Nurses' Association on Wednesday, where he also challenged traditional Dems to reevaluate Gore.

Gore drops campaign manager Tony Coelho for "health reasons" in favor of the Chicago Machine (and not Donna Brazile), and pledges "not to miss a beat." Meanwhile, Dubya's lead swells.

Grant Hill makes some noise about the Knicks. Again, I don't know why you'd try to pick him up when you already have Spree as a 3-guard, who's equally as talented and clearly more clutch, if you go by playoff performance. Get the Glove instead. Unless Spree plays 2...

Sorry about the lack of update yesterday. Elaine's parents are in town, a revised draft for the Experience freelance piece was due, and job-hunting has begun in earnest. I'm also getting behind in my e-mails, so I apologize if you've written to me and I haven't written back. I'll try to get to 'em this weekend...I promise.

Michael Caine, beware. This time it's personal.

The 100 funniest American movies, courtesy of AFI and Dumbmonkey, and I must say I don't like it. If it were up to me, I'd put Annie Hall in first, keep Dr. Strangelove, The Graduate, and The Producers right where they are, and move Airplane! and A Fish Called Wanda up the charts. And why would you include There's Something About Mary, City Slickers, Mrs. Doubtfire, and Ghostbusters and overlook Austin Powers, Ace Ventura, Pet Detective, Top Secret, Dumb and Dumber, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, National Lampoon's Vacation, Sixteen Candles, Soapdish, Trading Places, and/or Being John Malkovich, just to name a few?