Friday, November 15, 2002

Why Does This Search Lead to My Weblog? idiotic complicated sentences 7:33:28 PM     What do you think? ()

Weren't We Just Talking About This? The military has responded to its shortage of qualified Arabic translators by dismissing six of them becase they're gay. One of the dismissed pointed out the problem with this approach: "It's not a gay-rights issue. I'm arguing military proficiency issues -- they're throwing out good, quality people," said Alastair Gamble, a former Army specialist. These former soldiers are still dedicated to combatting terrorism: After their discharges, Gamble and Hicks applied for other federal jobs where they could use their language skills in the war on terrorism, but neither was hired, Gamble said. 8:05:12 AM     What do you think? ()

Is This a Great Deal or What? Yesterday, I received my copy of the 4-Disc Platinum Series Special Extended DVD Edition of The Fellowship of the Ring from Amazon. I was never much of a Tolkien fan (I've only read The Hobbit), but I really enjoyed the movie. I thought I'd get the extended DVD with the extra half hour of footage to refresh my memory before seeing The Two Towers next month. After all, it only cost $26 at Amazon. Well, it turns out that it comes with one free ticket to The Two Towers (which in New York, is worth $10), so I essentially got a four-DVD set for $16. 7:51:23 AM     What do you think? ()

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