Third Superpower

bq. Schoolteacher Johnny Smith goes into a coma following a car crash. Five years later he comes out of the coma, only to find that when he touches someone he can see into their future or view things they are connected to happening elsewhere. He is able to see that his nurse

!http://www.thirdsuperpower.com/previously/images/keiko.jpg(Free Willy)! bq. Keiko, the killer whale made famous by the “Free Willy” movies, has died in Norwegian coastal waters where he remained after millions of dollars and a decade of work failed to coax him back to the open sea, his caretakers said early Saturday. The whale, who was 27, died Friday afternoon after [...]

Ignoring the “first year(Big Brother Scoreboard)”:http://historyofbb.bannerless.com/bb1sb.html, where the players got caught up in a Stockhold Syndrome experience, Big Brother has worked pretty much like this. “BB2(Big Brother 2 Scoreboard)”:http://historyofbb.bannerless.com/bb2sb.html Nicole and her partner, Hardy, made it to the Final Four. Monica eliminated Hardy and Nicole eliminated Monica. Nicole thought that taking unpopular Will would ensure [...]

Christian Crumlish has written a “parody(Blogistan Pie)”:http://radiofreeblogistan.com/2003/07/31/the_day_the_blogging_died.html of Don McLean’s American Pie (in the same spirit as Weird Al’s “The Saga Begins(Weird Al Yankovic Strikes Again)”:http://www.echostation.com/features/sagabegins.htm). If you prefer to hear it sung, check out this “recording(I Sing The Blogistan Electric)”:http://pirate.typepad.com/blog/2003/08/i_sing_the_blog.html by Pete Hopkins.

The Governor got really off topic today. Rather than say anything much about copyrights or fair use, “this one(Thanks for all the comments on the blog last night)”:http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/lessig/blog/archives/2003_07.shtml#001360 seemed to focus more on lobbyists of mass destruction. But I am impressed that he managed to post two days in a row, since he gave himself [...]

bq. Like almost everyone, I receive a lot of spam every day, much of it offering to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. It’s ridiculous. – “Bill Gates(Gates Outlines Spam-Fighting Measures In Bulk E-Mail To Customers)”:http://www.internetwk.com/breakingNews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=10800158

bq. Janeane Garofalo has a (TV) pilot going forward. These ugly-mouthed people like to think they are more powerful than they are. – “Mike Farrell(Sounds of Silence)”:http://www.thirdsuperpower.com/previously/2003/04/27/19/40/index.html, April, 2003 bq. ABC realized they would waste money developing a show around Ms. Garofalo when the American public would not watch it and announced they’d scrapped the [...]

One of the interesting things about “Google News(Google News)”:http://news.google.com/ is the ability to see the same wire stories from multiple sources and see how headlines vary from source to source. For instance, take this sentence: More than 1,000 people clamored for Hillary Rodham Clinton

bq. Amazingly, Glenn Reynolds is still covering the war. Seems like an exercise in futility. – “Dave(Amazingly, Glenn Reynolds…)”:http://scriptingnews.userland.com/2003/06/02#When:5:37:00AM bq. Despite Dave Winer’s objections, I am still writing about the war, and the postwar, because I think it’s important” – “Glenn(Despite Dave Winer’s objections…)”:http://www.instapundit.com/archives/009867.php#009867 bq. I hear so much concern for the people inside Iraq. [...]

How do “people(World Social Forum)”:http://www.portoalegre2003.org/publique/index02I.htm from diverse cultures around the world coordinate their anti-globalization “efforts(Violent anti-G8 protests hit Switzerland)”:http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=3895506 like “smashing shops and looting businesses?” Why, “through(The Net an indispensable tool for anti-G8 protests)”:http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2003/5/27/technology/27protest&sec=technology the Internet, of course.