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Friday, 27 February 2009

Why I love 30 Rock. Why I love Tina Fey. Why I love Alec Baldwin

Posted on 09:30 by Unknown
Jack + Elisa = Jalisa. Because they went here for one second: Jack's pink and blue Jalisa T-shirts.And as Liz and Kenneth came out of the subway: the X train to Zorgonia Avenue and a "coming soon" poster for Jenna's movie, Janie Jimplin.
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Monday, 23 February 2009

How'd I do? Hopeless!

Posted on 05:10 by Unknown
My Oscar picks were terrible! Only one right: Sean Penn. It's a good thing I didn't have money on them!I should have taken a stab at the Visual Effects award, because the team on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button achieved a real and important technical breakthrough, despite the film's Forrest Gump–backwards plot. For the first third of the film, the Brad Pitt character is completely virtual,
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Sunday, 22 February 2009

Yes, I know the way to San Jose

Posted on 06:44 by Unknown
I don't know what Dionne Warwick's problem was. If your weeks in LA turn into years – how quick they pass – and it's time to head to San Jose, here's the way.





Driving directions to San Jose, CA


339 mi – about 5 hours 22 mins






Los Angeles, CA







1.Head southeast on E 1st St toward S Los Angeles St
404 ft

2.Turn left at N Los Angeles St
0.4 mi

3.Turn right to merge onto US-101 N
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Thursday, 19 February 2009

Just because you can type, it doesn't make you a writer. Or a mathematician

Posted on 03:42 by Unknown
In a rare moment of restraint, TMZ marked the passing of Mickey Rourke's beloved chihuahua simply:Loki Rourke1991 - 2009"Sometimes when a man's alone, that's all you got ... is your dog."-- Mickey @ the Golden GlobesThe second and third reader comments on the story:2. That dog did not live 28 years. No way.Posted at 11:57PM on Feb 17th 2009 by Stephen3. Umm... a 28 year old dog? Is that a typo?
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Tuesday, 17 February 2009

Calls for lynching and torture on the evening news: Welcome to Australia 2009

Posted on 03:58 by Unknown
On Thursday last week, a man was arrested and charged with starting a fire in Victoria, one that burned through the small town of Churchill, where he lived. That fire killed at least 21 people – the entire town has been declared a crime scene and the final number won’t be known until a forensic investigation is completed – and destroyed about 200 homes.His name is Brendan Sokaluk and he’s 39. He
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Monday, 16 February 2009

No deal

Posted on 23:16 by Unknown
It's been a while but I have a couple of new writing projects on the go so, as always, the blog has to suffer.Anyway, I raced home tonight to beat the big storm that was moving down the coast and flicked the TV on. Deal or No Deal. I have absolutely no idea what the rules are. It seemed to be very complicated, with all sorts of language that only made sense to the host and audience. At least The
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