hold up a sec.

overall, this is, of course, a good thing. it's a little preposterous to think that a kid creating a painting of himself killing the police officer who cited him would be a threat.

"Without question, it was intemperate and demonstrated extremely poor judgment," presiding Justice Arthur Scotland wrote in his opinion. what's wrong with teens today, being all intemperate and demonstrating extremely poor judgement? when i was a teen (and the same applies to my parents' and grandparents' generations. heck, i'm pretty sure it goes all the way back into antiquity) we never excercised poor judgement.

anyway, i don't care about Justices stating the obvious, but i do think this part is interesting

"The appeals court dismissed a finding by Butte County Superior Court Judge Ann Rutherford that the teenager had made a terrorist threat against MacPhail "

what, in the mind of Judge Rutherford, distinguished the painting as a terrorist threat and not just a plain, everyday kind of threat (well, i guess "terrorist threats" are kind of everyday things now)?

glad to see that our law enforcement officials are keeping these horrible, dangerous criminals off the street.

yet another article on the evils of Tara's death (and i don't mean 'evils' as in murder. it's 'evils' as in Joss-has-fallen-into-the-evil-and-death-lesbian-cliche). nothing in the article is original, and, in fact, seems to be nothing more than a rewrite of any of the previous articles, only this one came two months after all the others. the author seems to think that he's the only one who's said any of this ("plot turns as fitting into what I will label the "dead/evil lesbian cliché." yeah, because no one else has thought to label it that), and also, he irritates the hell out of me with the "it doesn't take a PhD" line, because, ya know, he's Rodger Streitmatter, Ph.D. and this whole cliche concept is so simple that even we who aren't as educated should recognize it.

while i'm linking to TV Guide Magazine, i'll also link to their truncated online version of the print article 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time. i thumbed through an archive copy of the magazine (i won't get my copy until today. i think we just get the left overs) and the small part of me that's not a half-wit is wondering what criteria they used to select these particular toons. Arthur? Bobby Hill?? Josie and the friggin' Pussycats??? but no Darkwing Duck? neither of the Warner brothers or their sister? bah!

and please, Beavis and Butt-head? feh.

i've been so disconnected from television during the last month or two that i didn't even know The Rerun Show existed. i'll have to take a look tonight.

"I already know how I feel about 9/11, I don't need to be told how I should feel by some sort of slick memorial programming."*

yay for sensibility! much more succinct than the way i've been trying explain it.

the company has replaced my old keyboard with a newer, ergonomic monstrosity. it's huge and tall. it feels funny, and i can't type worth a crap on it. it totally screws up the way that i type. i know i use the "wrong" hand for certain keys, but i've been doing it that way for 15 years. progress sucks. i want my old keyboard back.

anyone heard anything about OMWF soundtrack CD to be released soon? (scroll down to 17 Septemeber).

Manchild on BBC America beginning Friday.

"With 67% of the votes, you've elected him your favorite Manchild. Anthony Head, well-known for his role as Rupert Giles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, plays the rich, sexy, champagne-quaffing, penis-extending Manchild called James."

heh. forgot to hit publish.

my cousin's wife's birthday party was on Saturday. i was only there a couple of hours. my sister said things got interesting after i left: the lesbian couple decided to make a show of licking whipped cream off each others nipples. i suppose that's what happens when most of the party attendees are heterosexual men (all softball teammates of my sister and cousin), and i am, for once, thankful that my allegies were causing me so much pain.

one teammate said he had to attend a funeral yesterday for someone who had died of a spider bite on the testicle. he added that "The doctors said it was pneumonia, but we know." he sounded like there was some conspiracy by the doctors to suppress that information. "Dr. Jones, we mustn't let the world find out the truth. Can you imagine the hysteria if it was revealed that spiders are venomous?"

life would be much simpler if it could borrow from computer games. i'd like to see The Sims's little plus and minus signs above peoples' heads to indicate whether i've done or said something to make them like me more or less. also, little pictures appearing as they spoke would be helpful at those time when you don't know what the hell someone's talking about.