Archive for January, 2009

Don’t always trust the net reason 4,587,381

Posted: January 19, 2009 by datechguy in doctor who, tech
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Today example comes vis Life Doctor Who and Combom:

Earlier today, I posted Digital Spys spoof story about The Bride of Davros. If you Google for it, its all over the internet, however…

IMDB seem to think its true, check it out. They claim filming begins in March :)

The spoof story is here. In the story it actually identifies itself as a spoof:

Breaking news… we interrupt this news bulletin to report that the above story is absolute fabricated codswallop of the highest order. Yet it’s not too far detached from some of the bizarre casting rumours that have surrounded the world of Doctor Who since the BBC revived it several years ago.

That didn’t prevent this post on the usually reliable IMDB:

Paris Hilton to play the ‘Bride of Davros’

18 January 2009 12:00 AM, PST | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Paris Hilton has signed up for a leading role in one of the upcoming Doctor Who specials in 2009 entitled ‘The Bride Of Davros’. An insider on the hit show stated: “Paris is a major casting coup for the show and really raises the bar. We’ve been waiting to find the right role for her for some time, and she was our first choice to portray the shady temptress who will lure Dalek creator Davros down the aisle. “The BBC really hope to boost the profile of Doctor Who in the United States and when we learnt that Paris is as fond of Daleks as she is of Chihuahuas then we knew we were on to a winner.” Hilton has previously appeared in the films Zoolander and The House Of Wax, but this will make her first dramatic role in TV. Filming is scheduled to begin in March and the 60-minute special,

When reading something on the net always think twice, otherwise you might even believe Hamas won the war.

If you don’t know who Davros is go here or if you prefer a visual clip here it is.

If you don’t know anything about Doctor Who start here or here and just keep reading.

That was a surprise

Posted: January 19, 2009 by datechguy in employment
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Yesterday when I dialed in to make my weekly Unemployment Telecert a message came up saying it was out of order. I figured this would mean a long wait to get through today it was up. Imagine my surprise when I got through on the first try today.

Speaking of surprises I’ve been going through the bills, we seem to be keeping up pretty good. I’m not saving anything or putting anything aside for Christmas as I normally do but I’m also not spending very much at all. Since I’ve allocated almost everything to bills the bills are not only being kept up but are getting ahead. If I can keep this level of spending down once I’m employed it will make a huge difference come College tuition time.

Hopefully all of this will be moot in a few weeks or less. We will see how tomorrow’s nibble goes.

That’s likely why he lost

Posted: January 19, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/news
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This post from Glenn Reynolds is a short but telling.:

MCCAIN ON OBAMA APPOINTMENTS: “Many of these appointments he would have made himself.”

One might say that this explains why so many conservatives stayed home. I didn’t.

However if one actually reads the article there is this very important point:

He added, “Obama does not want to be the guy who lost Iraq when it is close to being won.”

That is the thing that may redeem this presidency. It is inevitable that liberals would get power sooner or later as much as it was inevitable that the power of the purse would corrupt conservatives. That’s the nature of the world. The primary reason why I supported McCain was the war. The primary reason why I held a sign at a polling place in the bluest of blue states on Election Day was Sarah Palin as I support her positions considerably more than Sen McCain’s.

If the president elect prosecutes the war to victory then I will consider his presidency a success since that is the president’s primary job. There is always 2012 or 2016 for Mrs. Palin and social and economic issues but the war comes first, survival is trumps. That’s why this stuff was and is smoke. Despite the nonsense we have been hearing this week he has a tough act to follow.

Broken clock Watch Bob Herbert

Posted: January 19, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/news
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I don’t have a lot of use for Bob Herbert but this column on Zimbabwe is required reading:

Most of the world is ignoring the agony of Zimbabwe, a once prosperous and medically advanced nation in southern Africa that is suffering from political and economic turmoil — and the brutality of Mugabe’s long and tyrannical reign.

Zimbabwe mess is even worse since it was done by Zimbabwe’s dictator and his supporters with no opposition from African leaders who might have made a difference. Totally avoidable

It brings to mind this Wondermark Cartoon.

Well Obama will be president tomorrow so it will be ok. Right?

Update: Here is the Comic Proper used with permission and don’t forget to check out Wondermark twice a week available from our permalink:

Liberalism defined!

Liberalism defined!

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