Follow the Bee.
2:59 PM PDT, May 27, 2009
The National Spelling Bee, that is. On Twitter. Or on ABC-TV, tomorrow night. Or in my fevered memory. Or in a DVD:
    
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Facebook a factor in Iran's election?
2:59 PM PDT, May 27, 2009
Iranians regain access to Facebook, Twitter (CNN) Support for Moderate a Challenge to Iran's Leader (NY Times) Finally, here's the Facebook page for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's rival: Mir Hossein Mousavi. 
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Last words on Death Row.
4:08 AM PDT, May 25, 2009
.. from Court TV:
"I'm sorry I killed Wayne Shinn. I hope North Carolina will one day be sorry that they killed me." -- David Lawson, executed in North Carolina on June 15, 1994 "Somebody needs to kill my trial attorney." -- George Harris, executed in Missouri on September 13, 2000 "Go Raiders!" -- Robert Charles Comer, executed in Arizona on May 22, 2007 executed offenders (Texas), last statements executed inmates (Arizona), last meals 
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Tombstone.
3:30 PM PDT, May 23, 2009
I recently remembered an actual epitaph from Boothill Graveyard in Tombstone, Arizona: "Here lies Lester Moore - Four slugs from a 44 - No Les No More." So I've been trying on tombstones @ http://jjchandler.com/tombstone  
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Goose is a Nauthor!
10:42 AM PDT, May 22, 2009
My old high-school buddy, Jim Gusek (Reclamationist of the Year), has a new book out, via the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration. It probably won't be in your local Barnes & Noble, but it's gonna be required reading in some circles... Congrats, Jim!  
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In Saturn's Shadow.
12:49 PM PDT, May 20, 2009
This is an actual photo of the far side of Saturn, taken by the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft. It makes a stunning desktop wallpaper background. Enjoy! FYI, the pale blue dot of Earth is just above the left edge of the brighter main rings (you can see it clearly, if you magnify the larger versions). I love this shot. It makes the whole space program worthwhile.  
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Hot enuff 4 ya?
3:22 PM PDT, May 19, 2009
Phoenix is no stranger to heat records. So it wasn't surprising to see today's 2:30pm bulletin from the National Weather Service: SKY HARBOR AIRPORT TOPPED OUT AT 104 DEGREES TODAY...SO FAR...AND THUS MARKED THE 14TH CONSECUTIVE DAY OF 100 PLUS TEMPERATURES FOR PHOENIX...THE LONGEST STREAK EVER FOR THE MONTH OF MAY. 
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20 minutes into the future.
10:10 AM PDT, May 19, 2009
 I was inordinately pleased when ABC-TV's Max Headroom series purchased my debut student film, widely hailed as "the most uncommercial piece of ____ in Michigan State's history."But I have to admit that I got lucky, because the MH show needed lots of studio monitors in their Network XXIII set. And with so many monitors, they required lots of random footage to make the TV screens come to life. [If you remember, Network XXIII employed Max Headroom's alter ego, Edison Carter - played by Matt Frewer.] So to fill the void, MH producers publicized a "Cash For Trash" program, during which they bought my film, among many others. Useless Trivia: 14 MH episodes were produced between March 1987 and May 1988, but ABC aired only 13 of them. I was fortunate enough to see a screening of the elusive 14th episode, when the producers invited me to their wrap party. During the festivities, Corbin Bernsen (who was starring on L.A. Law at the time) began hitting on Amanda Pays (MH's Theora Jones). He finally married her in November, when she was six months pregnant. More Useless Trivia: Matt (as Max) recorded a dance track called "Paranoimia" with The Art Of Noise. The tune has a certain irresistible quality, something that Max calls "computer-generated swagger."  
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Obama comes to ASU.
7:59 AM PDT, May 17, 2009
6:10p - the prez dashed off AF1, and hustled into the Phoenix airport terminal. You can't really blame him, with the current temps busting a hundred. People waiting since 2:30 for his commencement address in Arizona State's Sun Devil Stadium have been dropping like flies. There have been at least 95 heat-related incidents so far, with several people being rushed to the hospital. 7:12p - the best part of the pre-speech entertainment was Phoenix resident Alice Cooper, singing "School's out for summer, school's out forever." Out here in the wilds of Arizona, subtlety is not our strong suit. 8:02p - Michael Crow, ASU's president, was the guy selected to intro Obama. He went on and on, WAY too long. You could tell things were getting out of hand, when all the Secret Service snipers started aiming at him.
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Waterwords.
6:18 AM PDT, May 16, 2009
 Waterworld (written by Peter Rader and David Twohy) dialog snippets:DEACON (Dennis Hopper): Wanna cigarette? You're never too young to start. [...] DEACON: If you'll notice the arterial nature of the blood coming from the hole in my head, you can assume that we're all having a real lousy day. [...] DEACON: Don't just stand there, kill something! [...] DEACON: Let's have an intelligent conversation here - I'll talk, and you listen. [...] DEPTH GAUGE (William Preston): Sir? Your Deaconship? Good day! Or night. Whatever the case may be... DEACON: What is it? I'm a busy man. DEPTH GAUGE: I thought you should know. There's exactly nine feet and four inches of THE BLACK STUFF... [Deacon spits on the Depth Gauge's head.] Oh, thank you! [...] DEACON: Well, I'll be damned. It's the gentleman guppy. You know, he's like a turd that won't flush. [...] MARINER (Kevin Costner): I want the girl. DEACON: You know, I thought you were stupid, friend. But I underestimated you. You are a total freaking retard! Ha-ha-ha... MARINER: I want the girl. That's all. DEACON: Well, what on this screwed-up earth of ours makes you think you're gonna get her? MARINER: [Takes a flare from his belt, and holds it over a hole leading down to the Deez's fuel hold.] You know what this is. I drop it, you burn. DOCTOR (John Fleck): We all burn... DEACON: Now-now-now, let's not do anything rash here. I mean, are you sure this kid is worth it? I mean, she never does stop talking, she never shuts up! MARINER: I noticed. DEACON: So what is it, then? It's the map. MARINER: She's my friend. DEACON: Golly gee, a single tear rolls down my cheek. You're gonna die for your friend. MARINER: If it comes to that. [He ignites the flare, and holds it over the hole again.] NORD (Gerard Murphy): He's bluffing! I'll kill him. ENOLA (Tina Majorino): He's not bluffing, he never bluffs. DEACON: SHUT UP! [to Mariner] I-I-I-I-I don't think you're gonna drop that torch, my friend. MARINER: Why not? DEACON: Because you're not crazy. [Mariner smiles, lifts his hand, and drops the flare down the hole.] NO-O-O-O-O! [...] DEPTH GAUGE: [Sees Mariner's lit flare about to fall on the oil. An end to his miserable existence.] Oh, thank God! [Kaboom.] 
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Alan enjoys referring to himself in the third person, and was inordinately pleased when ABC-TV's Max Headroom series purchased his debut student film, widely hailed as "the most uncommercial piece of ____ in Michigan State's history." Born down east, he now lives just a stone's throw from Phoenix... which is fine and dandy, until the stones are thrown back.
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