This story is pretty outrageous: JetBlue Gave Passenger Records To Contractor, Violating Policy. Take a look at the PDF of the powerpoint Torch Concepts presented--if that doesn't make your skin crawl, you may as well live in the display window at Macy's in New York. Torch, of course, sicced the lawyers on the guy that originally posted the powerpoint--Cryptome is mirroring it (interesting site, Cryptome--the only place I've seen so far with not just the number of US casualties in Iraq, but their names and home towns as well. Makes the loss all that more real.)
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Another Connecticut blog, this one an amazing news blog covering Westport & the surrounding area: WestportNow.com.
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I'll be SO glad the California recall election will be over in two weeks. I don't know why the entire country has to suffer their foolishness. Aren't there more important stories to cover?
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I hope they get the Do Not Call list fracas settled soon--it pissed me off that the judge ruled against the list being handled by the FTC. Seems like a little deft handling would get that popped over into the FCC's court just in case the idiot's decision is upheld. Forty-eight million people are watching this.
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I'm behind on my reviews! We went to see The Magdalene Sisters last week. I explained to Stanley why I call myself a recovering Catholic rather than an ex-Catholic; the movie, which is superb, demonstrates how ingrained Catholicism becomes by the time you're, oh, I'd say seven years old. I can still recite the Nicene Creed, and I haven't been to Mass since, gee, 1993 (only for my cousin's wedding).
A couple of weeks ago, we went to see Dirty Pretty Things. Yep, the ending is completely predictable if you have even half a brain, but it was an excellent movie none the less. Such interesting actors, especially Chiwetel Ejiofor (be still, my heart!) I'll watch for him in upcoming movies (he was in Amistad, but I don't remember him in that. Maybe because I tried to forget I wasted two hours trying to watch that flick.)
And we watched Secretary on HBO or something. I'm glad we didn't pay $8.50 to see it, as it was worth MAYBE $2.00. A long, weird movie with the central theme of "masochists need love too!" Or "there's someone for everyone." It held my attention but, by the end, I realized that I didn't really care about either character. Some scenes were funny. To each her own, I guess.
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Why are so many graphic designers such pains to work with? Not all of 'em, but way too many of them don't understand the difference between print and web. Two different media, get it? Duh.
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I'm dealing with a mushroom project right now. It's overtaking my life!
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West Wing is very interesting these days. The season premiere episode actually brought tears to my eyes--very effective use of music, my compliments to whomever chose it. And a creepy psycho on Law & Order, cool!
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Posted by Lee at September 25, 2003 02:15 AM | TrackBack