tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32843902024-03-12T21:21:15.945-07:00TriviumNews, commentary and fun things from the Internet and around the world.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger173125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284390.post-853689502002-12-02T01:09:00.000-08:002007-04-04T11:43:23.606-07:00I'm not sure that I'm going to continue maintaining this blog. I am still reading the international news, but I'm lacking the energy to keep posting here. I'm experimenting with dropping this project for now. If I find that I miss writing it, I'll be back. Or, if I make up my mind, I'll post it here first.Thanks to everyone that I've met through this project. I've loved doing it, and I've Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284390.post-844585352002-11-12T22:00:00.000-08:002002-11-12T22:33:23.000-08:00
Crossing Over Experience
While I was living with my parents, my 19-year-old nephew one day asked me out of the blue what I think of John Edward and what he does. And while I'm always a bit skeptical of things, I do like the idea that John is really connecting with departed loved ones. I like to think it is possible. I like to think that John is a sincere guy who is really trying to help Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284390.post-841428162002-11-06T16:15:00.000-08:002002-11-06T17:21:11.000-08:00
Cross Dressing Angst
It's always amazing to me when I see the same theme running through independently reported news items around the world. Male high school students get in trouble for wearing cheerleading uniforms to school with skirts that are too short for the school dress code. They were celebrating a school spirit day. And in Tecate, Mexico, transvestites are in danger of being arrestedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284390.post-840839672002-11-05T15:12:00.000-08:002002-11-05T17:40:44.000-08:00Today's Theme: Election Relief
The Preferred Bar For Serial Killers in the Northwest
How strange is this? The Waterfront Tavern in Bellingham, Washington has served brewskis to more than one serial killer. How many other bars can make that claim? They include Ted Bundy, Kenneth Bianchi, who was arrested with Angelo Buono Jr. (Hillside Stranglers), James A. Kinney, and now John Muhammad, who Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284390.post-837416592002-10-29T15:56:00.000-08:002002-10-29T19:35:19.000-08:00
Mormon Teens Petition For "Respectful" Clothing
It's the anti-Britney backlash, and it is coming from the Mormon contingent in the metro Phoenix area. Teens are collecting signatures on a petition to pressure Dillards to carry clothes "that covers the midriff, bust, shoulder, back, legs to the knee and any clothing that shows respect for the body." Good luck, girls.
If It Isn't Terrorism...
.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284390.post-835408912002-10-25T21:29:00.000-07:002002-10-26T01:22:11.000-07:00Today's Theme: Disturbing Current Events
This Takes The Cake
I'll admit that I've spent more time watching the cable news channels this week than usual. It was interesting to see the story unfold, when there really were things that were happening. In general, I don't like the coverage by the cable news channels, the way they sensationalize even the most trivial events, and the way they Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284390.post-834316112002-10-23T16:57:00.000-07:002002-10-25T22:11:16.000-07:00Sad Story From Nigeria
Oprah, bless her, is working to use her influence to save the life of Amina Lawal by encouraging people to participate in the letter writing campaign sponsored by Amnesty International. While this story tugs at my heart, and while I would love to see this woman's life saved, I don't believe this effort will be successful. This woman was sentenced to death under the Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284390.post-833291682002-10-21T19:14:00.000-07:002002-10-25T22:12:17.000-07:00
Alice Cooper's Nightmare
The reviews are in, and Alice's haunted house seems to be the real deal. I missed hearing about this house last year, its maiden voyage year, if it is appropriate to talk about a haunted house like a ship. According to Steve Kopelman, the house director, Cooper approached him three years ago with the idea for a haunted house that uses high-tech effects. Kopelman Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284390.post-831054672002-10-16T23:34:00.000-07:002002-10-25T23:08:59.000-07:00
No Way! Way!
A new subdivision in Toronto is going to have Mike Myers Drive in honor of the home town boy who made good.
Hobbits Are Alive And Well...
...and living in Russia according to the results of their latest census.
Sexual Enhancement Scam Busted (pun intended)
In spite of the informercials, I knew you couldn't really enhance your privates with these potions. Now the whole world Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284390.post-827770202002-10-09T21:58:00.000-07:002002-10-25T22:23:20.000-07:00Jeffrey Archer Creates A New Controversy
The British author, Jeffrey Archer, is not best known for his books (including As The Crow Flies, Kane & Abel, Shall We Tell the President, and Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less) but for his public controversies. While a Conservative Party Member of Parliment in 1987, Lord Archer sued the Daily Star for libel when they published that he had paid a Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284390.post-826210012002-10-06T20:54:00.000-07:002002-10-06T21:13:38.000-07:00
New Sex and the City Book Due Soon
I've been out to Amazon to look at the pages, but I haven't made up my mind if I'm going to order this book. Because of my illness, I missed all but the first two episodes of this season. I've heard mixed reviews about the quality of this season, but I'm looking forward to seeing the episodes for myself. And, will the DVD for season 4 be out soon?
OrganizedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284390.post-825008892002-10-03T21:20:00.000-07:002002-10-03T22:00:07.000-07:00
New Ansel Adams Photographs on Display
Recently, a box of vacation snapshots taken by Ansel Adams on a trip through the Southwest in 1937 were discovered and are currently on display at the Fitchburg Art Museum in Massachusetts. In addition to the great landscape, they include candids of the travellers, which included Georgia O'Keeffe. The Center for Creative Photography at the University of Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284390.post-824521742002-10-02T21:32:00.000-07:002002-10-02T21:53:45.000-07:00
Fallen FDNY Chaplin A Saint?
There is a movement afoot to nominate the Reverend Mychal Judge for sainthood within the Catholic Church. From what I've heard of his life, he sounds like a terrific candidate to me.
New York City Finds Places of Solace
Post-9/11 New York is filling up with a new type of space -- places of solace where employees can go to relax. Mostly, this means that existing Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284390.post-823446512002-09-30T19:41:00.000-07:002002-09-30T19:41:11.446-07:00Dubya Fun
Thanks to Jennifer at Forty.Something for finding this gem... a site where you can be the speechwriter for George W. Bush. I spent a lot of time here, and so did my whole family! Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284390.post-820699112002-09-24T17:47:00.000-07:002002-10-02T21:28:00.000-07:00[Quick entry because I just can't keep quiet...]
Adult Superstore Controversy Continues
The new Castle Boutique Megastore currently under construction in Phoenix is under attack from every angle. What isn't clear from the articles against this construction is that these are retail stores, not adult services facilities.
Update: 2 October
Now, the issue has gone to the Board of Adjustment, Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284390.post-819790972002-09-22T21:28:00.000-07:002002-09-22T22:19:04.000-07:00[Still recouperating from my surgery, but starting to realize how much I miss the world news...]
And While We Are At It, Let's Challenge Copyrights!
A fascinating story about Larry Lessig, a Stanford University law professor, whose challenge to the 1998 copyright law, the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, is about to reach the US Supreme Court as the case Eldred v. Ashcroft. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284390.post-818568202002-09-19T21:44:00.000-07:002002-09-19T21:56:35.000-07:00
Marines Training For Urban Battles
I'm recouperating from my surgery at my parent's home in Dayton, Ohio and I discover that the Marines have beat me here. Seems they have taken over parts of the town to prepare for a possible urban battle in Bagdad (yep, the capital of Iraq). The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit from Camp Lejeune, N.C. is involved. They previously spent three months in Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284390.post-813663642002-09-09T11:49:00.000-07:002002-09-09T11:49:49.893-07:00Please see my post at Desert Mermaid for an update.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284390.post-802672092002-08-15T00:38:00.000-07:002002-08-15T00:38:40.663-07:00I'm taking a few sick days. Be back when I feel like it!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284390.post-800962362002-08-11T04:26:00.000-07:002002-08-11T04:57:08.000-07:00Prince Ahmed bin Salman Dies
I missed this one when it happened. I wrote about the Prince earlier this year when I realized that he was the owner of a winning throughbred horse, War Emblem. I'm sorry that he has passed so young. I love stories like this, a man whose passions, not heredity, lead him to the successes that he sought in life.
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Administrative Crack Down on Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284390.post-799309932002-08-07T03:22:00.000-07:002002-08-07T05:13:38.000-07:00
"I See Crop Circles..."
OK, I'll stop making fun of M. Night Shyamalan's movies. But as you might expect, the interest in crop circles has risen in response to his new movie Signs. I'm planning to see it in a couple of weeks. I don't have an opinion about crop circles, and my world wouldn't be shaken one way or the other if they were unmistakenly proven true or false. But the images are Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284390.post-798821392002-08-06T00:29:00.000-07:002002-08-06T01:27:30.000-07:00
Martha in an Orange Jumpsuit?
Looking for a belly laugh? Then read this wonderful opinion about why Martha Stewart won't be going to jail -- not because she isn't guilty, but because the Federal Bureau of Prisons isn't prepared to contain a style maven like her. In fact, about the only thing M would like about prison is the heavy use of grey, which Paul Coggins observers "...Gray is the new Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284390.post-798361542002-08-05T00:02:00.000-07:002002-08-05T00:27:30.000-07:00
Which Side of the Road is Right?
Have you ever wondered why some countries drive on the right side of the road, and other countries drive on the left? That question has been answered! Fascinating history of transportation site that gives a method to the madness. While you are there, check out the list of countries that prefer each side. And if you have any additional information, they are Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284390.post-798018602002-08-04T02:05:00.000-07:002002-08-04T02:41:01.000-07:00
Virgin Blue Men Get Fair Coverage
In America, we have the NY firefighters beefcake calendar... but in the UK, they are now getting a beefcake article about the male flight attendants that work for Virgin Blue airlines. Seems that a group of the women posed for a layout in FHM magazine, and the The Sunday Telegraph decided to select the best beefcake among the male attendants. The winners are Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284390.post-797677212002-08-03T00:52:00.000-07:002002-08-03T21:28:51.000-07:00
Arizona Prisoner Law Being Challenged
I live in the wild, wild west. People shopping in Circle K have guns on them. Last month, a prisoner chain gang (yup, with stripes and ankle shackles like "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?") was cleaning up the street about a half mile from my home. We have a tent city jail, and the prisoners have to wear pink boxer shorts. Oh, and we have webcams inside the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com