Jeremy wrote:
] "The Bride" was once part of a group of world class female
] assassins, until the group leader, "Bill" and the other
] assassins turn against her. Five years later "The Bride"
] awakens from the coma the assassins left her in and heads out
] to seek bloody revenge. Unlike conventional movies, Kill Bill
] is told in chapter format making the narrative flow more like
] a book than a film.
]
] Uma Thurman stars in Quentin Tarantino's fourth film venture,
] Kill Bill. Thurman plays a character known as the Bride, a
] pregnant assassin who is shot by her boss, Bill (David
] Carradine), on her wedding day, leaving herself and the
] wedding guests lying for dead. She survives and after being in
] a coma for five years, she wakes to seek revenge on her
] co-workers and boss who had attacked her. She sets out to
] strike down her once fellow assassins, leaving Bill for
] last.

Practically the only English I saw for three weeks in Hungary was on the posters for this movie plastered all over Budapest. I can't wait to see what all the fuss is about.

RE: Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

] Marriage is a sacred institution, and its protection is
] essential to the continued strength of our society.
] Marriage Protection Week provides an opportunity to focus
] our efforts on preserving the sanctity of marriage and on
] building strong and healthy marriages in America.

Next week is Marriage Protection Week, people! Don't forget!

Marriage Protection Week, 2003

] Once demonized for their cheesy-sounding and repetitive
] soundtracks, game-music composers have less to atone for
] these days. Scores like Nobuo Uematsu's for the Final
] Fantasy series, Michael Giacchino's for Medal of Honor
] (www.michaelgiacchino.com) and Marty O'Donnell's for Halo
] (halo.bungie.org/music.html) are considerably more
] sophisticated than Pac-Man's bouncy beeps.

Blogged for someone dear to me, who will probably never read this blog. Sigh....

In a Nod to Lush Film Scores, Game Music Gains Texture

] Electric Boat says its buildings are 75 years old so
] there should be no new taxes, but it rents space through
] federal government contracts at market rates, then marks
] them up. It's time to audit its Pentagon bills and
] crosscheck for value. Are there any EB employees living
] in Groton or are they all in Ledyard paying low taxes?
] Such a good corporate citizen.

Taxes are lower in Ledyard??? Why the hell am I living in Groton? Shit!!

Let EB And Pfizer Build The School

] PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (AP) -- Cheap Trick Avenue
] instead of Boardwalk? Hernando's Chop Shop instead of
] Reading Railroad?
]
] Black leaders are outraged over a new board game called
] "Ghettopoly" that has "playas" acting like pimps and game
] cards reading, "You got yo whole neighborhood addicted to
] crack. Collect $50."

CNN.com - 'Ghettopoly' game causes outrage - Oct. 9, 2003

] A lovesick hacker brought chaos to America's busiest
] seaport after launching a computer attack on an internet
] chatroom user who had made anti-American comments,
] a court heard yesterday.

] "The defendant's girlfriend was an American called
] Jessica. The defendant was deeply in love with her - in
] fact somewhat obsessed with her. He named his computer
] after her and he dedicated parts of the attack script to
] her rather like the way some adolescents draw graffiti
] on walls with 'I love so-and-so'. This defendant managed
] to weave into the script a sentence about his girlfriend
] Jessica."

*blush*

Guardian Unlimited | Online | Hacker attack left port in chaos

] Groton - A first-ever multi-year purchase of nuclear
] submarines will stabilize the work force at Electric Boat
] over the long term, and in the short term has
] significantly boosted spirits in the shipyard, officials
] said Monday.

Mmmmm.... job security....

Multi-Year Contract Has Workers At EB Breathing A Sigh Of Relief

] FRENCH VALLEY, California (AP) -- A crematorium owner who
] removed heads, knees, spines and other parts from dozens
] of bodies and sold them to medical researchers was
] sentenced to 20 years in prison.

What is it with these crematorium owners?

Man sentenced for selling body parts

] BERLIN, Conn. -- In a scene that sounds more biblical
] than plausible, masses of amphibian eggs rained down on
] Primo D'Agata's porch last month as the remnants of
] Hurricane Isabel moved through the state.

Another reason I'm glad I spent September overseas...

Frog eggs fall from the sky onto home in Berlin

] "He was straight up," he added. "He raised a healthy
] tiger. They should find him a job with animals."

Tiger in da hood