(Washington DC) Lehman Brothers is bankrupt, AIG has been swallowed up by the Federal government and Washington Mutual was sold to JP Morgan Chase. The American economy is in poor shape. And the American people are ducking for cover. Lucky for them, President George W. Bush is providing that cover. This morning the President made an unprecedented speech from the floor of Congress. “People of Ame
What can I say? It’s choux-time again. This time the Daring Bakers made me do it.
This month our challenge recipe is from none other than Pierre Herme, the king of macrons himself. I’m sure it’s been a long time since PH himself churned out batches of choux, but it’s nice to see that he doesn’t [...]
The real world is starting to get in the way of my reading and blogging and there doesn't seem to be a thing I can do about it. Today was one of those days where eight hours go by in increasingly frustrating increments until the whole day is suddenly shot and little has been accomplished despite having worked at full speed the whole time. Nothing made sense or followed a normal pattern, so
Paul Hogan
Defiant Hollywood movie star Paul Hogan is challenging Australian authorities to track him down in the United States after reports in his homeland suggested the Crocodile Dundee star owes millions in taxes. Hogan claims the Aussie tax office bosses are unlawfully trying to obtain his banking records. And he’s prepared to fight a tax [...]
Amisha Patel is poised to set the silver screen on fire with her sizzling act in the upcoming Yash Raj production film Thoda Pyar Thoda Magic.
The glamorous actress, who is paired opposite actor Saif Ali Khan in a scorching item number Lazy Lamhe admits it is really a hot number.
Also Read: A sneak preview [...]
Who could possibly have envisaged Nintendo’s Wii Fit as being the next software title to have ‘nanny state’ experts up in arms and calling for reclassification and even a ban, but, thanks to the fact that a certain Wii Fit balance board had the audacity to call a young girl ‘fat’ that’s exactly what’s happened.
To signal the end of a conversation, clamp your hands over your ears and grimace. Leave your fly open for one hour. If anyone points it out, say, "Sorry, I really prefer it this way".Walk sideways to the photocopier.While going in an elevator, gasp dramatically each time the doors open.When in elevator with one other person, tap them on the shoulder and pretend it wasn't you.Finish all your senten
Dares
I know it has been awhile since I completed a dare, however they are always in the back of my mind. To recap what is outstanding:
For $100, my friend Bob wants me to get a photo with a topless girl.
For $50, get my photo taken with a ladyboy in Thailand.
For $30, Tim wants me [...]
Fulham boss Roy Hodgson admits he has started to dream of an incredible escape from relegation after a remarkable 3-2 comeback win at Manchester City which will only have added to Thaksin Shinawatra's apparent unhappiness with Sven-Goran Eriksson. continue read..
Three most innovative concepts offered Nokia Publishing pre-production contracts and cash prizes Espoo, Finland - Nokia today launched the worldwide Mobile Games Innovation Challenge, a unique global competition with 70,000 Eur in prizes, designed to encourage development of innovative game concepts with the power to positively disrupt the global mobile gaming industry and to help propel mobile gaming with handheld devices into a new and exciting future. The first competition of its kind to encourage unique concepts in mobile gaming from developers of all backgrounds and all levels, the Mobile Games Innovation Challenge seeks the best in groundbreaking ideas and game concepts from the brightest and most creative minds in mobile gaming today. Sponsored by Nokia Publishing, the Mobile Games
Espoo, Finland - Nokia today launched the worldwide Mobile Games Innovation Challenge, a unique global competition with 70,000 in prizes, designed to encourage development of innovative game concepts with the power to positively disrupt the global mobile gaming industry
While Daft Punk is famous worldwide on the electronica music scene, the two Parisian deejay's that make up the outfit, robot helmets and all, have ventured into a new realm of indie - film-making.The release of Electroma, a strange road trip sci-fi styled film, has come with mixed reviews, although popularity for the film is not waning among fans of Daft Punk and independent movie-making.Electroma may be the first indie movie - that is more like one long and trippy music video - by musicians that contains no dialogue at all, and a soundtrack completely absent of even one note from Daft Punk.Some critics call it boring, others deem the film interesting, but not worthy of the time investment (unless you are a true Daft Punk fan) and still more hail it as a beautifully strange and engaging film, despite its inaccessibility to the masses, both in concept and distribution.Read a full review and see clips here.
From Ireland’s Independent.ie media company and writer Kevin Myers comes a deliberate and unapologetic opinion piece that sounds much like my own cry from the rooftops. (Hat-tip: Emperor Palpatine):
Forget lily-livered liberalism, time to take stand and say we don’t want Muslim immigrants
LET me ask you something. Is it a rational decision for a secular-Christian society to admit thousands of Muslims into its midst? Comparable movements of Christians into Muslim societies are not permitted, so what essential, non-negotiable, mutually respected right is involved?
The question is especially apposite, because we now know the consequences for every single European society which has admitted large numbers of Muslims: social alienation, religious antagonism and outright terrorism.
We know this. We all know it. And yet we continue to allow Muslim immigration. Why? What do we gain from it?
Well, up until two weeks ago you might have said, more doctors - for when Mary Harney decla
Not even a film old and Jiah Khan is showing all the spunk and spirit that one would associate with a modern-day Lolita that she’s playing in Ram Gopal Varma’s “Nishabd”, which is set to release Friday.
Apparently, Sanjay Gadhvi of the “Dhoom” series offered her a role in the film that he’s doing for Ashtvinayak. [...]
Regular readers will know of the kerfuffle following our decision to call-out the pudenda-nosed Subaru B9 Tribeca's front end for having a "flying vagina" design. In fact, we'd like to take credit for the Tribeca's redesign, which traded a passion for private parts for a Pacifica pastiche. But we in no way accept responsibility for Subaru's new ad campaign, which focuses on owners' big love for the brand. "Subaru owners are 'experience seekers' -- they want to live bigger, more engaged lives," reveals John Colasanti, CEO of Subie's ad agency. "They choose Subaru as a conscious alternative to the mainstream. [ED: Is that a nod to the brand's lesbian following?] To them, the car is the enabler of that bigger life. [ED: Is that anothe
Surat, A week after daring the Centre to remove Gujarat from the list of centrally-assisted states, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has hit out at the Congress again.
"I invite the whole Congress regime, please do not waste a single day, book me for sedition today and hang me. Let me ...
Stephan Wilkinson reckons I should leave Washington Post car critic Warren Brown alone. While I respect the former Car and Driver editor and occasional TTAC contributor’s opinions on what constitutes a suitable target for our editorial ire, Brown’s ode to the Jetta TDI deserves special attention. Not because it’s another example of the nominal critic’s [...]
