albeit a little sad…

Gives new meaning to the term “TV Dinner”

The NHL lock out may have postponed the 2004-2005 season, but disappointed hockey fans can still watch the puck drop in more than 50 million U.S. and Canadian homes when the defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning face off against the Philadelphia Flyers in
“>the season opener of the video game NHL season on G4techTV. The hard-hitting action begins with highlights, scores and stats, airing daily on the network’s sports program “Sweat,” premiering October 13 at 10:00 PM ET/7:00 PM PT.

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…I miss my Sega.

May the luck of the Seven Pillars of Gulu be with you at all times.

The Last Starfighter, the Musical, Beams Down Into World Premiere in NYC

The Last Starfighter, a world premiere science fiction musical inspired by the 1984 screenplay of the motion picture of the same name, will open the 2004-05 season of Off Broadway’s Storm Theatre, Oct. 15-30.

The musical marks the return of lyricist-composer Skip Kennon (Herringbone, Time and Again) and draws on the Jonathan Betuel screenplay, about a teen video-game player enlisted to save a universe. Fred Landau penned the libretto. (The movie marked the last film appearance of Robert Preston.)

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… the hell?

Wonder Bread and Twinkies have fallen victim to the low-carb craze. At least that’s the idea Interstate Bakeries (IBC), the maker of those iconic products, put forth on Sept. 22, when it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Take 15 minutes to take this little quiz that compares your own personality to that of the two presidential candidates. The researchers are looking into whether most Americans tend to support candidates whose personalities they perceive are most like their own.

An interesting, fun distraction from the Thursday slog.

Via Andrew Sullivan.

I just got done rereading one of my favorite comic series, and now here’s a little bit of synchronicity to go along with it: a story about how the Soviet Union had planned to build a strategic military base on the moon.

ON.

THE.

MOON.

Think about that for a minute. Then go read up.