Oh, somebody’s gotta have pictures of this! Yahoo! News – Tiger Mauls Magician Roy Horn in Las Vegas Show

EW posted a ton of advance, old, and minor reviews this week… I did pretty well: MOVIE: EW Estimate / Actual Rating Out of Time: B- / B+ But to my point, this week’s ratings are: A, B+, B+, B, A-, B-, B. Now that’s some variety, EW!

Sorry for the long delay… this should make it up to you. Sad sad kid video (WMV format)

Really only one other movie opening this weekend that EW hasn’t already reviewed… which I predict thusly: MOVIE: EW Estimate Out of Time: B-

The more publicity this story can get, the better. Please link away. The Subpoenas are Coming!

Congrats, Jack Valenti. You’ve hit a new level of lunacy. In case you’re not a film critic or an Oscar voter, this probably doesn’t matter to you, but Valenti seems to have claimed that he has all the major studios in line to stop sending out home video screeners of movies during awards season, claiming…

MOVIE: EW Estimate / Actual Rating Duplex: B+ / C- (This is my fault; I had no idea how bad this movie would be. A C- is a pretty fair assessment.) Under the Tuscan Sun: B / C+ The Rundown: B- / B Underworld: B / C Case de los Babys: A / B- (inconceivable!)…

The San Francisco Chronicle weighs in on Half Mast. Thanks to Alan Black for taking the time to review my book!

The San Francisco Chronicle weighs in on Half Mast. Thanks to Alan Black for taking the time to review my book!

Mis-sent dispatch to Christie Null regarding the Trinity College 5-Year Reunion. Christie graduated and spent $100,000 on her education, yet still can’t figure out what her e-mail address is. Here are the details. Trinity University – 1998 Class Reunion Information Three pitchers of Shiner at Bombay�s: $20. One dozen tortillas and queso at TC�s: $3.…

At last… Science weighs in on 5-second rule’

If this is not the perfect reason for a revolution, I don’t know what is. Yahoo! News – U.S. Court Blocks Anti-Telemarketing List

Week three of EW review handicapping… I predict pandering and mediocrity this week. As usual. MOVIE: EW Estimate Duplex: B+ Under the Tuscan Sun: B The Rundown: B-

The scene in sleepy Diamond Heights this morning: Looks like a domestic squabble, with one party tossing all the belongings of the other party out the window! Included: copious amounts of clothing, plus some wooden furniture which was smashed to bits in the street. I thought stuff like this only happened in the movies!

Most excellent spam of the day: Important notice We have just charged your credit card for money laundry service in amount of $234.65 (because you are either child pornography webmaster or deal with dirty money, which require us to layndry them and then send to your checking account). If you feel this transaction was made…

How long will the $1,000,000 keyboard remain on Amazon? Sales Rank: 27,303 Amazon.com: Electronics: Key Tronic E05305US205-C 104-Key Keyboard Win95 PS/2 L-Shape Enter Key

How’d I do in week two? Not bad. Too generous. MOVIE: EW Estimate / Actual Rating Secondhand Lions: B+ / C+ Anything Else: B- / C- Cold Creek Manor: C / C (boo yeah!) The Fighting Temptations: C- / B+ (worst movie of the week gets the highest rating! that’s some smarts!) Underworld and Casa…

I linked this story when ZDNet ran it. CNET did it’s own version. Here it is. Which is your favorite business buying guide? CNET’s business buying guide – CNET.com

Best spam subject line of the day: We sell Heroin First line of message: “If you think you are receiving this message in an error – call here to unsubscribe…” Awesome.

Nuisance of the day: On Amazon, “Amazon.com Visa” and “Visa” are different payment choices. And of course it defaults to “Amazon.com Visa,” their private-label credit card. Enter in all your data, then do it all again! Grumble grumble.