This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on October 7, 2008). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.
Sometime between 09:19 and 17:24, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too!
- Anne Hathaway in ‘Wonderland’: Hollywood starlet Anne Hathaway is to star in Tim Burton's movie adaptation of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland," entertainment industry press reported Tuesday.
- New in Labs: Stop sending mail you later regret: Sometimes I send messages I shouldn't send. Like the time I told that girl I had a crush on her over text message. Or the time I sent that late night email to my ex-girlfriend that we should get back together. Gmail can't always prevent you from sending messages you might later regret, but today we're launching a new Labs feature I wrote called Mail Goggles which may help. When you enable Mail Goggles, it will check that you're really sure you want to send that late night Friday email.
- John McCain’s racist remark very troubling: On his campaign bus [during his first Presidential run in 2000], Sen. John McCain told reporters, "I hated the gooks. I will hate them as long as I live." I'd not seen this before, but it's coming back into prominence apparently thanks to a YouTube video titled "John McCain's Racism and Why It Matters" that I've not watched yet, but is all the rage on Twitter right now.
- Washington breaks voter registration record: Washington has just set a new record for voter registrations, topping the 3.5 million figure set in the hotly competitive 2004 election year. The latest number, reported by the Elections Division of the Secretary of State’s Office on Tuesday, is 3,515,393. The tally will grow each day as crews process registration applications that were submitted by the major deadline last Saturday.
- Unleashed, Palin Makes a Pit Bull Look Tame …: Palin's routine attacks on the media have begun to spill into ugliness. In Clearwater, arriving reporters were greeted with shouts and taunts by the crowd of about 3,000…. Palin supporters turned on reporters in the press area, waving thunder sticks and shouting abuse. Others hurled obscenities at a camera crew. One Palin supporter shouted a racial epithet at an African American sound man for a network and told him, "Sit down, boy." […] Palin, speaking to a sea of "Palin Power" and "Sarahcuda" T-shirts, tried to link Obama to the 1960s Weather Underground. […] "Kill him!" proposed one man in the audience. (via Twitter)