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DWTS Semifinal Separates the Men From the Boy

it was go time monday for dancing with the stars’ final four, made up of the swiftfooted celebrities graceful?and popular?enough to make it into the semifinals. so did…

Entourage Last Night

Did you guys see Entourage last night? It was probably one of the best episodes of the season, and I CAN’T wait for the finale! However, I’m actually not writing to talk about the episode, I’m writing to spoil Turtle’s real name (that he revealed to Jamie-Lynn Sigler) in case you missed it…Okay, are you ready? You sitting down??

See the reveal after the jump…

It’s Sal.

Very fitting, Sal, who knew?

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Cascading Catastrophes

[update, wed., oct. 15: my deep thanks to those of you who have been most kind and generous. i'm afraid my gratitude must remain very general for any longer; it takes a series of miracles to get this computer to do anything. unfortunately, i'm much more concerned down my brutal health at the time. it's the worst it's ever been, and i'm not at all hopeful about where this is supreme. until and unless i determine at least a little moment better physically, it's not practicable for me to publish anything substantive here. so computer problems and the total else will have to wait. i'll be back with further good copy when i'm able and when there is some. many thanks again.] i theorize that headline could describe the current productive situation. but i’m using it much more narrowly, to explain my own freshness. when you’re very poor and very sick, any specific mortal problem is likely to engender to a series of increasingly worse problems.until yesterday, the weather in los angeles has been very hot again this week. as i mentioned recently, hot bear up against wipes me absent from at this point. i can barely function at all. and then, a couple of weeks ago, my computer strain of blew up. i’ve done caboodle i can myself to attempt to clasp it. it still crashes five or six times a day. solely as bad is the accomplishment that it habitually takes a single page two, three, four and even five minutes to squeeze weigh down. since it takes all the drive i have to watch b substitute in look of the computer suitable a connect of hours, this is, as you might say, a problem. it makes writing essays of the kind i incline to forget about impossible.i can’t do anything about any of it. so i don’t know why i’m telling you this. yes, i do: some of you were very generous over the form few weeks, helping me to pay rent for another month, buy food, and take direction of some basic bills. many thanks to all of you who have been so kind. i’m terribly sorry i can’t write anything more than this for the moment. and even this is causing me a barrels of anxiety; i keep in the family way the computer to crash again at any moment. and most days contemporarily, i be sorry for worse than shit physically. i don’t even recognize if this ridiculously simple post is coherent.so i have no plans at the moment, not about any of this. i’ll decide if any brilliant ideas chance to me in the next week or so. if they don’t, well, they don’t.remarkably sordid again for another interruption. now i’ll see if this crappy computer manages to actually publish this…

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Anniversary - Part 1, by Beverly Hicks Burch

anniversary ? part 1 by beverly hicks burch i am approaching an anniversary in a few days (oct. 25th). it’s an anniversary i hope i don’t share buy divx with too many people. you see on oct. 25th, 1995 a thoracic surgeon removed 60% of my left lung because of cancer. it’s so hard to believe it’s been …

Roy Upchurch in uniform for pregame warmups

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a few pregame updates from a frigid, gusting bryant-denny stadium … tailback roy upchurch is dressed and going through a few warmup drills with alabama’s offense. upchurch was considered questionable for today’s game with assiduous spasms in his neck. it’s…
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Friday: “Dave?” Dave’s not here,man.”

Tommy Chong is “The Man” tonight at 7:30pm, on ShowTime in “a/k/a Tommy Chong”. We get to see just what it’s like to be the biggest ‘pothead stoner dude’ in America & just why the government decided he needed to be in prison because of it. Cheech joins in as they walk down memory (or lack of memory) lane. This is much more interesting than Barbara Walters talking to the he-she. That just makes me want to jump!!!……

Or…

the selection is yours.

Did you guys watch “ER” last night? Holy crap! That was just plain scary! They sent us back in time to when Dr. Greene was still breathing and he looked really good. They even made the ER look like it did back in his day. Then they did something a little bizarre. They brought back some of the original cast to make the effect look authentic. They forgot one thing. Those people got OLD!!!

Dr. Weaver steps in to remind Dr. Greene about his chemo treatment & I thought she was Priscilla Presley at first. Her face was so tight, she could barely speak. Then Jerry, the desk clerk, came through Trauma #1 with blood results & I was so happy to see that he’s gained as much weight as I have these past five years. He looked older than Frank!! The icing on the cake was the appearance of Dr. Romano!!! He was truly back from the dead & LOOKED it!!! He played his pricky old self, but his true sass was gone. That copter crash must have knocked it out of him. All in all, I loved seeing my old favorites one more time, but it seemed more like “The Twilight’s Zone” than a flashback. Nice try NBC.

“Sanctuary” on SciFi has been picked up for another season in 2009, with 13 new episodes. This show is so awesome in the way it uses “green-screen’ technology to bring the show to life. I think this will be the way of scifi shows in the future, much like “300″. Definitely a “Check It Out!” show.

The rumors are flying that NBC has axed “Lipstick Jungle” (Friday at 10pm) and “My Own Worst Enemy” (Monday at 10pm). They just haven’t officially announced it. Like I said, they like to let their mistakes just fade away & hope we don’t notice. I’m not surprised about “Lipstick”. When they sent it to Friday’s death row, I knew it was a goner, but I’m a little surprised about “Enemy”. I liked this one. It was exciting and different. I have to admit though, that the last episode had me kind of confused. It was getting complicated, and I had to keep asking: “Is that Edward or is that Henry”. Oh well, we still have “Heroes”.

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Let’s check out tonight’s list of shows:

ABC: “Supernanny” at 8pm. (new) “SuperManny” at 9pm. (new) Nanny’s a Manny. I knew she looked like a dude! “Barbara Walters Special” at 10pm. (special) Barbara interviews the He-She who’s knocked up again. Who really cares?

CBS: “Ghost Whsperer” at 8pm. (new) “The Price is Right: Salute to the Troops” at 9pm. (special) Our troops get to “Come On Down!” “NUMB3RS” at 10pm. (new)

NBC: “Deal or No Deal” at 8pm. (new) $2 million is the big prize tonight. “Crusoe” at 9pm. (new) “Lipstick Jungle” at 10pm. (new) It’s nights are numbered. You could be looking at something else in this time slot next week.

FOX: “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader” at 8pm. (new) “Don’t Forget the Lyrics” at 9pm. (new)

CW: “Everybody Hates Chris” at 8pm. (new) “The Game” at 8:30pm. (new) “America’s Next Top Model” at 9pm. (repeat)

APL: “Whale Wars” at 8pm. (repeat of first show) “Whale Wars” at 9pm. (new) “Untamed & Uncut” at 10pm.

E!: “Hollywood’s Baddest: Boyfriends” at 8pm. (new) “THS Investigates: Husbands Who Kill” at 9pm. (new) “The Soup” at 10pm. (new) Joel McHale!

HISTORY: “Modern Marvels” at 8pm. “Lock N’ Load” at 9pm. (new) Everything you need to know about ‘Rifles’. “Shadow Force” at 10pm. (new)

TLC: “Real Simple/Real Life” at 8pm. (new) “What Not To Wear” at 9pm. (new) “Say Yes to the Dress” at 10pm.

Discovery has a new episode of “Survivorman” at 9pm. USA has a new episode of “The Starter Wife” at 10pm.

STARZ: “Crash” at 10pm. Following the headlines in California, a wildfire threatening Peter’s housing developemnt.

For all you cartoon fans, Cartoon Network is continuing their Friday night line-up of All-New cartoons.

There are a ton of Movies on tonight. Take your pick.

BRAVO: Lethal Weapon” at 10pm. (1987) Bruce Willis CMT: “Hop …

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Hometown Has Been Shutdown

Dear AOL Hometown user,

We’re sorry to inform you that as of Oct. 31, 2008, AOL(R) Hometown was shut down permanently. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Sincerely,

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The AOL Hometown Team

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Obama friend to be White House aide

by Christi Parsons

Valerie Jarrett, a prominent Chicago business and political figure and influential member of Barack Obama’s inner circle, is poised to play a crucial role in the White House as a public liaison and senior aide to the president.

In an official announcement due Saturday, Jarrett will be named senior advisor and assistant to the president in charge of intergovernmental relations.

The job means she will have the ear of the president, acting as a go-between with other government agencies and public interest groups, according to a source close to Obama advisors.

The appointment is one of the key early assignments of the Obama administration, and comes on the heels of speculation that Jarrett might be appointed to take Obama’s place in the U.S. Senate or possibly serve as head of a federal agency.

But as a trusted Obama family friend and confidant to the president-elect, Jarrett was seen by many Democrats as more valuable closer in, as a top aide in the White House. The appointment means the longtime Chicagoan will move to Washington to assume a key role in the administration as it takes shape.

Already, she is serving as co-chair of the president-elect’s transition panel, helping to put together the team that will run the federal government after Obama is sworn in in January.

Her relationship with Michelle and Barack Obama goes back many years, to the day in 1991 when Michelle, then a young lawyer, came in to her office for a job interview. Jarrett was deputy chief of staff to Mayor Richard Daley at the time, and she ended up hiring Michelle - but only after sitting down for a joint interview with Michelle and her boyfriend at the time, Barack Obama.

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Obama wanted to know if she was going to look after his fiancee’s interests, as Jarrett has told the story. The three have been fast friends ever since.

All told, Jarrett served eight years with the city of Chicago, as deputy corporation counsel for finance and development and then as deputy chief of staff. She later became commissioner of the Department of Planning and Development.

She has also served as chair of the Chicago Transit Board and the board of the Chicago Stock Exchange, as well as director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

Currently, Jarrett is president and CEO of the Habitat Company, a real estate firm charged by a federal judge with making sure the Chicago Housing Authority ends segregation in public housing.

In so doing, she carries on an effort begun decades ago by her grandfather, Robert Taylor, who was the CHA’s first chairman and namesake of a legendary Chicago housing development. Among other possible assignments, Jarrett’s name had surfaced as a possible secretary for the Housing and Urban Development.

Efforts to reach Jarrett for comment on Friday night were unsuccessful, though in an interview for another story on Thursday, she offered optimistic predictions for the administration she is helping to build.

She said she thinks the Obama White House will operate with a tolerance for opposing views, and with a civil tone in dealing with Congress and with interest groups.

“It’s a tone that goes beyond the Cabinet,” she said. “It’s the approach he’ll use in reaching out to Congress. The grassroots campaign we ran was about galvanizing the American people. This is that time of unity.”

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A Dying Rose

a dying rose   you watch the rose die slowly each epoch with no justification why beauty requirement always ebb and gasper   yet there is something beautiful in the weakening derisory as a dishonored queen it begins to pallor a little more without complaint or loosing dignity   when at last no longer can it stand there remains froze(more)

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Palm Treo Pro Gets BT Bug Fix

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If you have a Treo Pro you may be interested in this quicky patch from Palm:

if you are in an occupied label using bluetooth car furnishings or bluetooth headset and you receive a second incoming awaiting orders within earshot and you let it ring or you ignore the arriving call out, the call will be diverted to voicemail. the primary bellow remains active but you can no longer pay attention to the caller (the caller can still hear you). the audio has been lost. if you explanation the call and swap between calls or reject the buzz, the issue is not seen.

We have seen this bug reported in our forums for awhile and it’s nice to see quick fix out there.

One word of caution: technically this is for the Vodafone/Euro version only, though we suppose it may work on the unlocked variety if you really, really need it. If not, we bet that’ll be out lickity split.

More info here and a direct .cab download can be found here

Thanks marianne/roydok

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Amazing community art & development projects (part 2 of 2: LA’s Watts House Project)

Last time, I wrote about the wonderful Project Row Houses in Houston. Today I get to write about its progeny, the Watts House Project in south Los Angeles.

PRH founder Rick Lowe attempted to replicate his Houston project in Los Angeles, in the shadow of the famous Watts Towers, built in the 1920s by Italian immigrant Simon Rodia and probably the most impressive work of folk art I have ever seen. But he was unable to pursue the project from Houston, and the idea languished until it was taken up by LA native Edgar Arceneaux, who began renovation work at a launch event coordinated with the Watts Jazz Festival in September.

His goal, according to the website of the Watts House Project, is “to work directly and collaboratively with the residents of [south LA's] 107th Street, along with local architects and designers, to completely overhaul the neighborhood with gorgeous facade enhancements and streetscape improvements, all smartly and ecologically designed to meet the particular needs of the residents themselves.” Not a bad start, that.

(Apart from the Watts Houses, Arceneaux’s work is widely acclaimed and shown. His work has been exhibited at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Kitchen in New York and Studio Museum in Harlem, and the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, among many others in the US and abroad. He was also honored by selection for the prestigious Whitney Biennial in New York in 2008.)

The Watts project’s website goes on to note that Arceneaux has been developing personal relationships with many of the block’s residents, knocking on doors and initiating conversations. During a presentation at a neighborhood meeting, he marveled at the collaborative sharing of resources that already occurs informally throughout the neighborhood, with many of the residents sharing their formidable craft, construction, and artistic skills freely. These include a metalworker with a welding shop in his backyard, a family of roofers, skilled construction workers, gardeners, chefs, and artists. Arceneaux hopes the Watts House Project can help mobilize these existent resources in a focused and systematic way that can bring innovative change throughout the neighborhood.

One of the goals is to empower the residents with skills and assets that will enable them to capitalize on the enormous cultural capital of the Watts Towers and the 250,000 tourists a year that they draw. For example, one resident has mentioned her interest in a community-run café or souvenir shop, which Arceneaux says is just the kind of thing that the Project wants to catalyze.

It’s a terrific concept. Writing in the Los Angeles Times, Lynell George reports:

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“The Watts House Project (WHP) — part conceptual art, part activism — is a mission that Arceneaux, its director, describes as ‘an artwork in the shape of a neighborhood development’ . . .

“Arceneaux wants to fold together the history of the neighborhood alongside the stories of its residents, pairing artists with architects, creativity with practicality. He hopes to get to all 20 structures on 107th Street — refurbishing four a year for the next five years — and expand to create exhibition spaces, cafes, gardens and artists residences. ‘Instead of using clay, we’re using ti