Ok, so initially I thought the same you’re gonna be thinking: “whats the point of this?”  Let me explain. Twitter is like..a micro blog. You only get to input 140 characters, so your thoughts are short.  But you can set up your instant msg’r and cell phone so you cand send little msg’s to your Twitter blog. AND you can put a little badge on your other websites, so when you’re out at the bar and you type “i’m drunk” on your cell, and it goes to your Twitter blog, it will be posted on your badge too.  You can add friends and get their little msgs on your IM or cell too.  So like I said..right now you’re thinking “Whats the point of this?”  I don’t know, but after messing with it for three days, I’m addicted. Stupid Web 2.0 junk. Give it a shot. Pointless, yes. Fun, also yes.

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My twitter page 

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Dylan Hears A Who 

This, BY FAR, is the best the thing I’ve heard all day/week/month!

IGN Movies has learned from studio sources which actors may play the Big Three in Paramount’s Star Trek XI. By the “Big Three,” we mean, of course, Captain James T. Kirk, Mr. Spock and Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy.

Confirming rumors that have been making the rounds for some months now, IGN has learned that Oscar winner Matt Damon is indeed in talks with Paramount about playing the role of Jim Kirk, previously immortalized onscreen by Emmy winner William Shatner.

Damon brings star power and an acting pedigree to the role that should convince audiences that this is a serious reboot of the beloved franchise.

For the part of Kirk’s Vulcan first officer Mr. Spock, IGN has been told that none other than Oscar winner Adrien Brody (King Kong, The Pianist) is in talks with Paramount to play the role. If cast, Brody would succeed Leonard Nimoy in a role that forever marked Nimoy’s career. But with a Best Actor award already under his belt and an eclectic mix of films on his resume, Brody wouldn’t have as much to lose by taking on the iconic role as Nimoy had.

IGN has also been told that Oscar nominee Gary Sinise — currently seen on the small screen in CSI: NY — is in talks for the role of Dr. McCoy, the ornery and politically incorrect ship’s physician aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise. McCoy’s prickly relationship with Spock was the basis of much of the humor and humanity of the original 1960s series. The late DeForrest Kelley played “Bones” on TV.
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LOS ANGELES - An employee of Wolfgang Puck Catering diagnosed with the hepatitis A virus may have exposed guests at several events, including Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue party, health officials said Tuesday.

The risk of illness was ”quite low,” but anyone who ate raw food at the magazine’s Feb. 14 party was urged to receive a preventive shot by Wednesday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said.

The virus is found in the feces of infected people and can be spread through contaminated food and water. It attacks the liver and can cause fever, diarrhea and jaundice. It is rarely fatal.

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Thanks JP

NEW YORK (AP) — Derek Jeter drew quite a crowd for this at-bat — President Bush waving in the stands, Mickey Mantle studying from the dugout.

Made for a perfect picture on Jeter’s new baseball card. Of course, the game never happened.

Instead, this Topps triple play was just someone’s idea of a visual gag. It was a card trick — somebody at the company produced it through digital manipulation.

“We saw it in the final proof and we could have axed it,” Topps spokesman Clay Luraschi told The Associated Press on Tuesday. “But we decided to let it run, we wanted to print it. We thought it was hilarious.”

The card will be changed when Topps issues a complete set at midseason, Luraschi said.

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J-Love’s boobs are making the blog circuit like mad today. I would be remiss if I didn’t join in on the postings. Enjoy.

   

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Available on eBay! 

I got your IM’s. You missed me by 3 mins. I was walking the dog. Hang around a little longer next time. loser.

Every so often SNL pulls out a funny one.

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Professional genealogists, who work for Ancestry.com, found that Sharpton’s great-grandfather Coleman Sharpton was a slave owned by Julia Thurmond, whose grandfather was Strom Thurmond’s great-great-grandfather. Coleman Sharpton was later freed.

“Based on the paper trail, it seems pretty evident that the connection is there,” said Mike Ward, a genealogist with Ancestry.com, who called the link “amazing.”

Ancestry.com’s chief family genealogist, Megan Smolenyak, said Sharpton would need to match his DNA with a present-day descendant to see if they are biologically related.

“I think the odds are slim he would match,” Smolenyak told the News. “There is no particular evidence to suggest that there is a direct relationship between the two (black and white) Sharpton families to suggest they share a common ancestry. But, given the legacy of plantation society, you can’t rule it out.”

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BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 25:  GEICO Caveman (L) attends the 17th Annual Night Of 100 Stars Oscar Gala held at the Beverly Hills Hotel on February 25, 2007 in Beverly Hills, California. 

I love that they have to tell us WHICH ONE is the Caveman. “Ohhh the one on the LEFT!”

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Say what you will about big Hollywood parties. Sure, the Vanity Fair Oscar Party is where all the big shots go, and Elton John throws quite a bash I hear. But for my money, I’d rather be at the “Night Of 100 Stars Oscar Gala.” I mean, not only does the GEICO Caveman get in (with a rather attractive lady on his arm) but you also get the likes of such “used to be stars” as Jenna Jameson, Judy Tenuta, Lou Diamond Phillips, Larry Hagman, Lou Ferrigno, Kevin Sorbo, Alan Thicke, Wink Martindale…and basically anyone else who is on that “Have a Celebrity Call You On Your Birthday” site.

Hell, if the GEICO Caveman can get in, I think next year the “Halls of Medicine Big Bad Wolf” should try!

Best Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin

Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson

Best Actress: Helen Mirren

Best Director: Martin Scorsese

Best Actor: Forest Whitaker

..and since no one wrote a song called “Jennifer Hudson River Mud”, here’s one from our buddy Bionic J…“Black Forest Whitaker” 

Brace yourself. James Cameron, the man who brought you ‘The Titanic’ is back with another blockbuster. This time, the ship he’s sinking is Christianity.

In a new documentary, Producer Cameron and his director, Simcha Jacobovici, make the starting claim that Jesus wasn’t resurrected –the cornerstone of Christian faith– and that his burial cave was discovered near Jerusalem. And, get this, Jesus sired a son with Mary Magdelene.

No, it’s not a re-make of “The Da Vinci Codes’. It’s supposed to be true.

Let’s go back 27 years, when Israeli construction workers were gouging out the foundations for a new building in the industrial park in the Talpiyot, a Jerusalem suburb. of Jerusalem. The earth gave way, revealing a 2,000 year old cave with 10 stone caskets. Archologists were summoned, and the stone caskets carted away for examination. It took 20 years for experts to decipher the names on the ten tombs. They were: Jesua, son of Joseph, Mary, Mary, Mathew, Jofa and Judah, son of Jesua.
Israel’s prominent archeologist Professor Amos Kloner didn’t associate the crypt with the New Testament Jesus. His father, after all, was a humble carpenter who couldn’t afford a luxury crypt for his family. And all were common Jewish names.

But film-makers Cameron and Jacobovici claim to have amassed evidence through DNA tests, archeological evidence and Biblical studies, that the 10 coffins belong to Jesus and his family.

Cameron is holding a New York press conference on Monday at which he will reveal three coffins, supposedly those of Jesus of Nazareth, his mother Mary and Mary Magdalene.

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THEY usually struggle to reach 60 miles per hour, but one Mottram firm helped ensure that a Robin Reliant could fly.

When programme makers from Top Gear wanted to attach a Reliant to a rocket, they turned to Stalybridge man Colin Rowe.

Colin works for Stockport firm, The Rocket Men, whose engineering skills proved crucial to the project.

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The rocket had to be designed, materials sourced, parts lasered, space frame welded, tested, car stripped out, adapted and then flown in just four months.

With such a tight schedule The Rocket Men turned to a Hattersley firm to help out – Mottram Engineering on Hattersley industrial estate.

Peter Bryan and his team helped source many of the materials and offered space in their factory premises so the rocket could be built on site.

The 27m³ rocket was the largest flown from the UK. Every internal element possible was stripped out of the Reliant Robin to reduce its weight. Lighter wheels were added, as were wings, rocket motors and flight systems to enable the car to be flown remotely once it separated from the rocket.

Its final flying weight was reduced to 250kg – just over a third of its usual road weight.

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At STEREOGUM.