• If an air conditioner was going to die, when do you think it would pick? Well, if it’s anything like the one I’ve got, it would pick the Friday of one of, or perhaps THE, hottest weekends of the year. So, I’ve been suffering through some nice heat this weekend. Have to wait until tomorrow (Monday) to get the needed motor replacement, when the parts place is finally open again.
• With today’s posting of the review for Stardust, I’ve hit the 70th movie for this year so far. The total viewing of 2007 movies (counting multiple viewings of films) is up to 88.
• Watched the first episode of Flash Gordon, which debuted on Sci-Fi this weekend. Good grief, did it suck.  Not only is the writing completely flat and derivative of so many low-level science fiction shows, but it’s produced like it’s from 20 years ago. This is a cable series that FEELS like it’s made on a cable TV budget. At least Xena, Hercules, Cleopatra 2525 and others of such cheese ball production in the past didn’t take themselves seriously. This series doesn’t cross that line, and boy does it need to. As a big fan of the 1980 Flash Gordon feature film, I can tell you that this series isn’t deserving of the name is bears. The film was cheeseball, but it knew it and strived to have fun with it. This new version takes what used to be goofy, over-the-top high adventure and turned it into the lamest of uninteresting garbage.
• RIP: Merv Giffin
• Drat! Kristen Bell has turned down the offer to join the cast of Lost. Guess the show won’t move back up near the top of my must-watch list, after all.
• Awesome! An Atari 2600 custom label maker.
• For any of you who are fellow cat people (or people who like cats), here’s a hilarious (and often cute) site to check out. Of particular hilarity is the “Monorail Cat“
• $218 *TRILLION* mobile phone bill? Yeah, I’d love to see them take that one to court, too.
• Cool. A man rented a plane and tracked down his own stolen boat while still on the open road.
• A different kind of Nigerian spam
• It must sometimes be a bit surreal to be a celebrity
• An older story, but still impressive. Particularly the pictures.
• EchoStar just won an amusing law suit victory
• A may not know who the heck I do want to vote for in the upcoming election, but at least now I know I have somebody I’m definitely NOT voting for.
• Check out this very cool, massive scan of the numerous galaxies as shot by Hubble
• And while we’re on the subject, there’s another high-res, cool photo to take a look at. Here’s one of the Earth (and moon). I’ve cropped/scaled it down into a 1920×1200 widescreen wallpaper for my own use, so I thought I’d share it…

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