Hi all,
Well, we did move into Don’s house, just me and Don so far, but Tania, Jim, Tania’s 12 yr old daughter, and the gerbil will be moving in this weekend. A new way of life, for all of us, I’m sure.
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On Sunday, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger — who was born in Austria and became an American citizen in 1983 — told anyone who would listen that he stands foursquare behind a constitutional amendment that would allow a foreign-born national to run for president.
During an appearance on NBC’s “Meet The Press”, when host Tim Russert asked Schwarzenegger whether he supported U.S. Senator Orrin G. Hatch’s resolution proposing an amendment that would allow a foreign-born person who has been a U.S. citizen for at least 20 years to be a candidate for the Presidency, he replied, “Oh absolutely.”
Just what the world needs, “The Terminator” as President.
 Charlene Theron dreams of winning an Oscar |
Charlize Theron won top honours at the Screen Actors Guild awards on Sunday, but Johnny Depp stole the show in an upset Best Actor victory.
Theron was not the only Oscar front-runner to emerge victorious. Tim Robbins won in the category of Best Supporting Actor for the dark murder thriller Mystic River, and Renée Zellweger took home the honours as Best Supporting Actress for the Civil War epic Cold Mountain.
With final ballots due from Oscar voters by Tuesday, the guild’s movie winners gained a last-minute push for Hollywood’s biggest awards. The Academy Awards ceremony take place next Sunday, February 29th.
Ever wonder why it is that when you phone for tech support that the person with whom you’re speaking seems to know even less about computers, web and tech than you do?
In this article published at Salon.com learn the reasons why.
From fobbing you off to someone else, lying to you about what the problem may be, suggesting that you re-format your hard drive as a first course of action (thereby losing all your data), the goal of tech support is not to help, but to get rid of you.