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Archive for May, 2007

About That Surprise 24 Ending That Didn’t Happen

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007. Filed under 24, Television

Prior to Monday night’s Season 6 finale, there were rumors on the Internet, repeated on TV Guide’s website that there would be a surprise ending that included the return of a character thought to be dead. Of course, this didn’t happen and TV Guide’s Michael Ausiello explains why:
Question: Hey, what’s the deal with no “long [...]

Ham Sandwich Makes The Potomac News

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007. Filed under Prince William County, Virginia, Virginia Politics

The Potomac News has a front-page story today about the write-in campaign of Hamilton “Ham” Sandwich, Esquire for Prince William County Commonwealth’s Attorney:
Move over Mickey Mouse, Ham Sandwich is working on a write-in campaign.
Prince William area Republicans didn’t offer a candidate for Commonwealth’s Attorney this year, but that hasn’t stopped a conservative write-in campaign for [...]

Jack Bauer At A Crossroads

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007. Filed under 24, Television

Last night’s 24 season finale wasn’t perfect, but then again this entire season has left much to be desired. Nonetheless, it did bring some closure to what we’ve seen over the past six years, as Jack Bauer comes to terms with what he’s become:
Jack?s soliloquy at the end, addressing Secretary Heller and letting loose all [...]

The Beginning Of A Turn-Around ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007. Filed under Baseball, New York Yankees, Sports

If the Yankees are going to make anything of this season, they’ve got to beat the Red Sox, and that’s exactly what they did last night:
Hitters usually know just what to expect from the Yankees? Chien-Ming Wang: heavy sinkers begging to be topped into the dirt. David Ortiz, the Boston Red Sox slugger, has faced [...]

Satellite Radio For Political Junkies

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, May 21st, 2007. Filed under 2008 Election, Politics

I’ve you’ve got XM Satellite Radio and way too much time on your hands, you can now tune into a 24 hour channel devoted to the 2008 Presidential Race:
XM is launching a new 24-hour, commercial-free channel dedicated to the 2008 presidential election called “POTUS ?08.”The channel’s name (pronounced POH-tus… say it with me, POH-tus) comes [...]

The Simpsons: 24 Minutes

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, May 21st, 2007. Filed under 24, Television, The Simpsons

Last night’s season finale of The Simpsons was a 24 parody. Here’s the opening part:

Bad Luck And Bad Baseball

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, May 21st, 2007. Filed under Baseball, New York Yankees, Sports

Diagnosing the 2007 Yankees:
NEW YORK — It is one thing to have bad luck. It is another to have bad performances. But when you have both bad luck and bad performances, you’re going to be at 10 least games out of first place by the middle of May.
Welcome to the New York Yankees’ 2007 season. [...]

Jimmy Carter Backtracks

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, May 21st, 2007. Filed under George W Bush, Politics

Former President Carter appeared on the Today show this morning and attempted to back down from the comments he made yesterday regarding the Bush Administration:
ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter said Monday his remarks were “careless or misinterpreted” when he said the Bush administration has been the “worst in history” for its impact [...]

Darth Vader’s Other Career Part VIII

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, May 21st, 2007. Filed under Humor, Videos

Season One comes to an end and Chad is back where he started:

Previous Posts:
Darth Vader?s Other Career
Darth Vader?s Other Career Part II
Darth Vader?s Other Career Part III
Darth Vader?s Other Career Part IV
Darth Vader’s Other Career Part V
Darth Vader’s Other Career Part VI
Darth Vader’s Other Career Part VII

Honey I (Almost) Broke The Blog

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, May 21st, 2007. Filed under Blogging, News About The Site

Last night, I started an upgrade to Wordpress 2.2 that didn’t quite go as planned. As a result, we were done for about 5 hours. My apologies to the two readers who might have visited while we were done.

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