January 12, 2006
News Bits!
- The Austin Center for FEMA Disaster Relief closed yesterday
- The New Pantheon shortlist nominees have been announced, and they are: Animal Collective, Antony and the Johnsons, Fiona Apple, Arcade Fire, Bloc Party, Death Cab for Cutie, The Decemberists, Kings of Leon, M.I.A., and Sufjan Stevens
- So there's evidently a species of rare African clawed frogs that, when injected with urine from a pregnant woman, will ovulate. There's also a story about how they're dying off, but we're still stumped by the first fact.
- Angelina Jolie's carrying Brad Pitt's offspring
- The dude who shot Pope John Paul II was released from prison
- Apple Computer comes out with a pair of neat products based on Intel's new duo-core chipset.
- Researchers in Taiwan have bred pigs ... that glow in the dark!
- The Smoking Gun says that James Frey (A Million Little Pieces) is a big, fat faker. Oprah stands by her man, but Random House is already offering customers a full refund.Meanwhile, JT “Terminator” Leroy is just fake.
- A British officer accuses the US army in Iraq of "institutional racism, moral righteousness, misplaced optimism, and of being ill-suited to engage in counter-insurgency operations." Bush reference here, yadda yadda yadda ...
- That groggy feeling when you first wake up in the morning? It's called "sleep inertia", and researchers say ya might as well be drunk. We can't really argue with scientists.
- Nearly 350 Muslim pilgrims have died in the annual Hajj stampede in Saudi Arabia
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Random House is not offering refunds on A Million Little Pieces:
http://www.randomhouse.com/trade/publicity/index.html
It's a lie, or maybe the press was just embellishing.
A MILLION LITTLE PIECES: LET ME TELL YOU, I'VE BEEN THERE. THE JUNK IS HARD, BAD TIMES ARE BAD AND EATING CRUMBS OUT OF THE GARBAGE AIN'T EASY (CRUMBS ARE JUST SMALL). I'VE BEEN SO LOW MOST OF YOU WOULD NEVER RECOGNIZE ME EVEN THOUGH I'M FAMOUS. I'M DIGGING AND CLAWING MY WAY BACK TO THE TOP, BUT THE ROAD JUST ISN'T EASY.
THE SOME DUCHE LIKE THIS GUY COMES ALONG AND TRIES TO STEAL MY THUNDER. I HAD OVER 200 OF NOTES STOLEN--AND MY PROMISE MY HARD TIMES ARE REALL-WHEN THIS FIBBER GETS PUBLISHED. IM THINKING HE STOLE MY NOTES. I SCRIBBLED ON BURGER KING WRAPPERS WITH KETSUP AND MUSTARD AND I'LL BET MY LIFE HE HAS A PILE OF BURGER KING WRAPPERS IN A SAFETEE BOX SOMEWHERE.
I HOPE HE HAS TO SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE EATING OUT OF CAN LIKE I DID. HE'LL NEVER GET BACK ON TOP. BUT I WILL.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, I AM UPSET.
JUB
PS - IF YOU KNOW WHERE MY NOTES ARE, PLEASE EMAIL JUBCHA@GMAIL.COM. MY INTERNET IS LIMITED, BUT I WILL TRY TO RESPOND.
what is this "8 hours of sleep" they speak of? curious.