Below The Beltway

The 2996 Project, which I wrote about in June, was created by blogger Dale Roe to remember the victims of the terrorist attacks on September 11th. Bloggers have volunteered to remember the victims in a simple way — by posting something about each person who died that day so that they are never forgotten. I [...]

It isn’t very often that the Scarlet Knights get a chance to play a Big Ten team. It’s been years since the R.U.-Penn State rivalry ended when the Nittany Lions entered the Big Ten, and, other than a few lucky breaks in games against Michigan State, Rutgers is pretty much a non-entity in Big Ten [...]

It’s hard to describe exactly what kind of book Philip K. Dick’s The Man In The High Castle actually is. Part science fiction. Part alternate history. Part meditation on the nature of reality. Whatever you call it, though, it’s easy to see why it won the Hugo Award in 1963 and why it’s considered one [...]

In the end, the matchup between the two top college teams in the country wasn’t much of a contest at all:
AUSTIN, Sept. 9 — Before the Longhorn band played a somber “Eyes of Texas,” Ohio State offensive lineman Kirk Barton ran to the sliver of the stadium filled with Buckeyes fans and flashed the Hook [...]

To the Clash Of The Titans in Austin that is:
AUSTIN, Texas — Leave it to Texas coach Mack Brown to put just the right spin on the first “Game of the Century” of the 2006 season, tonight’s battle between No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Texas at Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.
“If both teams play well, [...]

How will the Dark Lord of The Sith handle a demotion to night shift manager ?
Watch and learn:

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The continuing adventures of Chad Vader, grocery store manager:

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Yesterday marked the 40th Anniversary of the premier of the original Star Trek:
LOS ANGELES — Cue the iconic theme music: Forty years ago, on September 8, 1966, “Star Trek” lifted off into TV and cultural history. Over the subsequent decades, the sci-fi adventure series has amassed millions of fans and emerged as a relentless entertainment [...]

Brad Pitt has apparently come up with the ultimate excuse for not getting married. Baby, we can’t get married until everyone can:
NEW YORK — Brad Pitt, ever the social activist, says he won’t be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions on who can marry whom are dropped. “Angie and I will consider tying the knot [...]

He may have played a swashbuckling Starship Captain on television, but William Shatner has no interest in going into space himself:
He explored the heavens in “Star Trek,” but actor William Shatner has turned down an offer from Britain’s Sir Richard Branson to take a real space flight.
The (London) Sun reported that the Emmy-winning actor has [...]