Texas congressmen Pete Sessions, who wrote a column condemning Janet Jackson’s nude display during her 2004 Super Bowl halftime performance, is featured in a 1974 newspaper article showing him streaking.
Month: October 2004
American Gov’t Not Only Money Wasters
Apparently the Canadian government is pretty good at it, too:
Ottawa may have paid tens of thousands of dollars more than it should have for golf balls and other souvenirs to promote Canadian unity, during visits that a witness at the Gomery inquiry described as a “garage sale.”
Inquiry co-counsel Guy Cournoyea read from an advertising company invoice the government paid in 1997. The invoice was for books on Rideau Hall, Christmas tree ornaments and 1,200 golf balls, costing more than $100,000.
Another invoice for more knick-knacks topped $600,000.
I Bet I’d Be Good At This
I’m not much of a game player, but I bet I’d be pretty good at a game that was controlled with a pair of bongos:
For years, video games have been governed by simple rules of control: Press one button to do this, press another button to do that. Now, Nintendo shatters that model by introducing the most novel video game accessories ever: bongos. Yes, bongos! Donkey Konga(TM), now available exclusively for Nintendo GameCube(TM), combines the new DK Bongos controller with well- known musical selections to foster a wild, clapping, tapping and laughing party atmosphere. Players compete by thumping their bongos to the beat of songs like “What I Like About You,” “Whip It” and “All the Small Things.” The better your rhythm, the better your score.”
Link via PRBop.
Why I Need “Star Wars: Battlefront”
The opportunity to kill Jar-Jar Binks is one I don’t think I could ever pass up.
Kids Watch Too Much TV
Are we going to have to start advertising veggies on TV so that when a kid sees a carrot, they actually know what the heck it is?
I Can’t Wait Until Best Buy Comes To Bend
I don’t know if I mentioned it here, but Best Buy is coming to Bend. The first thing I’m going to do? Go there with a handful of floppies encoded with this, stick them in all their computers, reboot them, and run away. And then I’m going to find a way to do this to my local Wal-Mart. Thanks to Chelsea for the Wal-Mart link.
We Didn’t Vote For Him
You have to love it when political statements appear on clothing tags.
Update on 10/21: Apparently you can have this infamous tag printed up on a T-shirt. Thanks William!
Corvallis Man’s TV Sends out Distress Signal
Somehow, a Corvallis man’s TV was sending out a signal on the international distress frequency of 121.5 MHz. The 121.5 MHz frequency signal was picked up by an orbiting search and rescue satellite, which informed the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia, who then called into Benton County Search and Rescue to have them help determine the source of the signal. After a great deal of searching, they narrowed it down to the guy’s TV in his apartment, that had, just two weeks earlier, left its warranty period (it was probably crying out for help). Toshiba, the company that made the TV, was as confused as anybody as to what was going on, but replaced the TV free of charge. Full Story.
That’s Comforting
Diebold, whose electronic voting systems will be widely used in the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 2, continues to run its public web site on Windows NT4, forgoing newer Microsoft operating systems. Granted, it’s for a Web site that’s completely separate of their ATM-like voting machines, but it doesn’t really lend much to their credibility as security experts when they’re running a stupidly old and insecure operating system on their Web site. Full story.
Asexuality
Not just for amoebas any more:
About 1% of adults have absolutely no interest in sex, a surprisingly high figure that is not far from the estimated 3% of the population who are gay, according to a study reported in next Saturday’s New Scientist.
Thanks Barney for the link.