The FCC thinks cable and satellite companies should be pressured to offer ala carte purchases of cable networks rather than forcing customers to buy broad packages of channels. Consumer choice is a good thing, but apart from the simple economics that make this idea unworkable (CourtTV estimates I”d have to pay them $5 a month [...]
Archive for November, 2005
New Orleans, 89 days after
November 30th, 2005
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The wife and I ventured down to New Orleans the Saturday after Thanksgiving, primarily to try to spend some money with businesses that are open, but we ended up on a rambling tour of the city. I haven”t had the time to write my opus on the trip, but as it turns out, Daniella was [...]
Obligatory BCS post
November 28th, 2005
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After witnessing LSU”s pathetic performance (in person) against Arkansas Friday – Fire Les Miles – I feel any talk of BCS standings is meaningless at this point. Barring 45 – 0 blowouts by UCLA and Colorado this weekend, LSU has no shot at The Rose Bowl, and we don”t deserve one. I will note, however, [...]
Apple’s Jackass Bar
November 22nd, 2005
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Those of you fortunate enough to live in a decent-sized city (sorry, Baton Rouge) may be aware of the Apple retail store and it”s much-hyped “Genius Bar”. The Genius Bar is a place where Apple / iPod owners can drop in and get help and advice about their products. I cozied up to the Genius [...]
Stupid humans
November 21st, 2005
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Well, that”s what I get for assuming things about humans. The new BCS rankings are out, and not only did LSU not pass Penn State; we are now even farther behind them, and Virginia Tech is hot on our heels. So what happened? LSU didn”t gain any ground in the computer rankings, as we fell [...]
Almost interesting
November 20th, 2005
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It was seriously inconsiderate for Fresno State to keep me up until 2:30 a.m. and then blow their shot at beating USC last night. Had they played just a little less dumb, things would all of a sudden be fairly interesting in BCS land. But no. For those of you who don”t care about college [...]
A safe house for my little friend
November 16th, 2005
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Ever since my new iPod with Video arrived a few weeks ago, I haven”t used it all that much. See, except for the flimsy little pouch that shipped with it, my iPod has been unprotected. And like a tourist in Haiti, I”ve been really concerned about having too much unprotected fun. I”ve been watching iPod [...]
Driven to murder by Christian hardcore?
November 16th, 2005
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Of course this David Ludwig kid – the 18-year-old Christian homeschooler accused of killing the parents of the 14-year-old Christian homeschooler he”d been fucking – had a blog. And on that blog, he writes about a band called Project 86, which Beliefnet characterizes as “Christian hardcore”. Just over a month ago David apparently went to [...]
On Bama
November 13th, 2005
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So one bad half of football, one good half of football and one good overtime later, LSU “controls its own destiny”, as the announcers are fond of saying. And, it seems, nine games into the season, Leslie and the boys appear closer to understanding what kind of team we have. It”s no coincidence that each [...]
At least they didn’t pick Alicia Silverstone
November 11th, 2005
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Big news, Tiger fans and sports lovers of all ages: The LSU baseball team has named the members of the 2006 Bat Girls. No, Bat Girl isn”t a euphemism. The gals fetch bats at chase foul balls at games and are basically the baseball version of cheerleaders. By “cheerleader”, of course, I mean cute girls [...]
