Wednesday, December 27, 2000
PW Blog: MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY! I hope your holiday was as good as mine. Rodd and I made a full turkey dinner (just for us!) and opened presents and vegged in front of the TV all day. It was great. The real high point: switching to Channel4 and finding the filmed version of the production of "Oklahoma!" that the Royal National Theatre did two years ago... with Hugh "Wolverine from the X-Men" Jackman as Curly the Cowboy. Hot damn. God bless the BBC. *grin*
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Wednesday, December 20, 2000
PW Blog: heya weasels! howie has been kind enough to invite me to be the west coast correspondent for Weasel 'Blog. i feel like it's the first day of school in a new town, or sumthin: should i CapiTaliZe? would i be super lame if i plug my own 'blog? (blogspot is down at the moment...) what happens if i try to be funny and fall flat on my face [again]? anyhow, i did bring something for show-and-tell that is somewhat dated but remotely PW/ND related. the e-mail by which i learned of this defamatory blather stated that one should not write a letter to the editor, but rather contact the columnist directly. maybe eternal damnation is too steep a punishment for unjustly slamming our Alma Mater, but being on the wrong end of a spam deluge should teach him a lesson. ;) (Posted by Brigita.)
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PW Blog: In a very weird way, the spirit of Amy Crawford has been inhabiting my mp3 player today. First I heard "Shame on You" by the Indigo Girls, which of course reminds me of our famous Queen Week skit during Crawford's successful run for the crown. And then next I heard "Shape of My Heart" by the Backstreet Boys, who always make me think of Crawford and Tara crooning Nick's part on "I Want it That Way." If "Would You Light My Candle?" from RENT comes up next, I'm going to be officially freaked out. :)
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Tuesday, December 19, 2000
Monday, December 18, 2000
PW Blog: Kel recently bought the "real" version of this book... so I thought I'd point to the funny online version as well.
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Thursday, December 14, 2000
PW Blog: My man Roger Ebert came through with a scathing commentary on the Republican tactics that put the idiot in the White House (and thus ensured that I will not be moving back to the United States for at least 4 years). And that's all I've got to say about that.
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Wednesday, December 13, 2000
PW Blog: Some ESPN guy reviews last year's football predictions. He originally said about ND: "Notre Dame will win three of its first five games (lose to Nebraska and Purdue, beat Stanford, Texas A&M and Michigan State), finish 8-3, and it still won't be enough to satisfy Irish fans still trapped in a Gipper time warp." Now he says: "The Irish won three of their first five (beat Purdue, lost to Michigan State), finished 9-2, and it still won't be enough to satisfy Notre Dame fans if they lose to Oregon State in the Fiesta Bowl."
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Tuesday, December 12, 2000
PW Blog: HOLY CRAP! They cancelled finals at Notre Dame today because of the snow! Can you BELIEVE it?
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PW Blog: Apparently Randy Waldrum, the women's soccer head coach, was offered a head coaching job in the new women's professional league... and turned it down. That's awesome.
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Monday, December 11, 2000
PW Blog: Yeah, we lost that damn Tournament of Traditions thing. Texas A&M sucks.
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Friday, December 8, 2000
PW Blog: College Bowl Predictions from Will Leitch at Ironminds. This guy cracks me up. The Gator Bowl: "I had this pet plastic alligator when I was a kid, but my parents put pepper on its tail because I have an oral fixation and would always chew on it. VIRGINIA TECH 37, CLEMSON 28." And, of course, the Fiesta Bowl: "You know who I hate? Catholic people. I mean, don't they drink blood and sacrifice children? Or is it the Buddhists who do that? OREGON STATE 19, NOTRE DAME 17." This guy is Kelly McMahon with a sex change. :)
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Thursday, December 7, 2000
PW Blog: "100,000 scooters being recalled." BWAH HA HA HA HA! Apparently the handles can break and come out of the steering column... which creates some very funny scenarios in my mind. Those damn things annoy me.
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PW Blog: Congratulations to our own Nicole Mustilli, who was recently named "Air Force Female Athlete of the Year." Nicole (or "Moost," as me and Lizzie used to call her) was a member of the Class of '99 and lived in PW all four years. She was also a member of the fencing team and a ROTC chick to boot. Way to go, Mustilli!
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Wednesday, December 6, 2000
PW Blog: Dubya has a Weblog! The funniest thing about this is, the writing style kinda reminds me of Kelly McMahon. Especially the use of the word "coolio."
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PW Blog: Because I know some of you are, um, big fans of Summer Sanders... you should know that she may pose naked in Playboy.
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PW Blog: Everybody together now: Who's my nemesis? That's right, Jewel. And stories like this just illustrate why. What an idiot.
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PW Blog: So I was reading the Movie & TV News at the IMDB today and had the following thoughts:
1. Dylan McDermott saved somebody from choking and then got projectile vomited upon? Man, that would suck.
2. Kevin Costner is writing a Broadway musical? Okay, now I feel like projectile vomiting.
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PW Blog: Wow! I never really liked Courtney Thorne-Smith, but I have a newfound respect for her after she admitted in this interview that she quit Ally McBeal because of the pressure to be thin. She describes starving herself before filming sex scenes so she'd look better. Jeez.
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PW Blog: So a group of homosexuals sue the Boy Scouts because the BSA discriminates against gay troop leaders/members. And the BSA win, because they say they're a private insituation (a la Notre Dame) and they have the right to include/exclude whoever they damn well please. So a bunch of school districts say, "Fine. Be that way. But if you're private, you have to abide by the same rules as everybody else." That means no free access to schools for meetings, no recruitment during school hours, etc. What is the BSA's response? They're suing the schools for discrimination. What idiots. (NOTE: Don't fret, fellow Brownies. The Girl Scouts of America have long had sexuality in their non-discrimination clause, and lesbian troop leaders have been allowed for years. That's why girls rule and boys drool.) :)
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PW Blog: Yeah, so we lost to I.U. Big whoop. I'd like to point out that Troy Murphy, our best player and the #2 high scorer in the country, sprained his ankle two days earlier. Not that I'm making excuses or anything.
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PW Blog: Bob Davie signs 5-year contract extension! Check out the news from Yahoo! and ESPN.
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Tuesday, December 5, 2000
PW Blog: I'm a Hoosier, and I'd like nothing more than to see ND beat the pants off I.U. this week. At the same time, though, I almost don't want I.U. to get their ass kicked all season, because I feel that will vindicate a lot of the people who think getting rid of Knight was a mistake. And I do think the man had some, uh, issues.
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PW Blog: Sorry, Kel, but this Andersen Consulting guy who spoke at ND sounds like a real wanker. I mean, whose side is he on? He says that e-commerce hurts businesses by making the market more efficient. Should that be a goal? Shouldn't we, as the world's foremost example of capitalism, be striving to give consumers as much "perfect information" as possible? Why is it good that companies only survive because people are deliberately restricted from looking for competition? Obviously this guy's on the side of the "fat, dumb and happy" retailers and not on the side of consumers.
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PW Blog: Apparently every student who wants a Fiesta Bowl ticket will be able to buy one this week for $75. I'm impressed; I figured there'd be a lottery or something. There's also information on the tailgater, pep rally, and travel accommodations if you're interested.
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PW Blog: DISCUSSION TOPIC: We all listen to music at work/school. (Well, maybe not Lizzie, since she's a teacher and all.) What's your favorite song to play in the background while you get shit done? I'm gonna cast my vote here for "Islands in the Stream" by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton. Don't laugh! It always puts me in a contemplative, productive sort of mood.
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PW Blog: It appears that one of Notre Dame's assistant coaches, Urban Meyer (what a name!), has been hired to coach at Bowling Green. Bob wishes him good luck.
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Monday, December 4, 2000
PW Blog: You know that whole "Tournament of Traditions" thing? I hate to go on and on about it, but we won last week by a mere 260 votes! In other words, the Weasels who voted played a very big part in our success. This is the final week of the contest, and ND's up against Texas A&M's "12th Man". Please take the time to vote as often as you can!
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Friday, December 1, 2000
PW Blog: Tournament of Traditions Update: ND is still winning, but only 50.1% to 49.8%! (That doesn't add up right, but that's what they said!) GO VOTE NOW!
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PW Blog: See, Ironminds is this online magazine that I like, and every now and then they do these funny stories where they just ask all the writers the same question. This time it was, "What was the first album or piece of piece of music that really stirred you?" The resulting story made me laugh and laugh. (I especially enjoyed the person who took the time to transcribe the lyrics from the first six songs of Vanilla Ice's "To the Extreme.") Read and enjoy, friends.
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PW Blog: Just so you don't get freaked out, that *is* Kelly McMahon logging in as all the random people and leaving compliments about herself. :)
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