Google fun

First of all, I love NASA's Image of the Day( It's full of stars! )

Second, one of the first things I do when my alarm kicks off in the morning is I turn on the news. Lately, MSNBC is the only channel number I know by heart. Usually what this does is piss my subconscious up so my conscious self wakes up and takes action to turn the crap off.

There is still Anna Nicole Smith coverage. This time, several lawyers are arguing over her corpse. The fact that this is being covered nationally is sad. But the process is fascinating. Now the court just appointed a lawyer for the baby. A lawyer for Stern, a lawyer for Anna's mom, a lawyer for the baby, a lawyer from LA trying to get the DNA sample. Here we have a game of legal grab-ass before us. There is no death certificate, as her death is still under investigation. I guess, therefore, Anna's Will cannot be opened? But her mother wants to take her body back to Texas, will be damned? Not sure about all that business.

Sad, sad, sad.

Four Glasses of the Apocalypse...Now?

So Francis Ford Coppola is selling collector Magnums of his wine.

In particular, a Magnum of Syrah that has a dvd of Apocolypse Now Redux on the base of the bottle (apparently a functional DVD!). The label is from a scene from the movie.

Now, initially, this sounded fun to me. Of all the pretentious names you could dig up for a varietal like Syrah, and you go with Apocalypse Now. I totally think LaHaye should come out with a series of Left Behind Wines. You know, the wines we'll all drink when all those annoying people go up to "heaven". Incidentally, I wonder if they will really be led to the Soylent Green factory. We'll drink and say, "Finally! We've been *hic* left behind! Who brought the weed?"

Sadly, to have an Apocalsip of the Apocalypse Now wine, I need to pay $225 dollars. Maybe I'll get a membership discount, but that still puts me at two Benjamins.

So, I think I'll pass. Until I don't. If I can ascertain that it will a)age beautifully and b) become quite valuable, maybe I will buy it.

Bats!

Tonight's Office Space direct by Joss Whedon was great fun.

The ad Apple aired towards the end was even more fun. Cancel or allow?