I looked for the thread we had about South Dakota Rep. Bill Janklow was convicted of manslaughter for running a stop sign at about 70 MPH and plowing into a motorcyclist, killing the biker. He’s resigned, and is possibly going to prison.

Sometimes, the system works.

James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, has been appointed the Secretary of Soul and Foreign Minister of Funk by Secretary of State Colin Powell. Good God!

Secretary Powell (full text of speech here ) did not miss an opportunity to criticize our long-time allies (Wow. Anti-administration spin is easy to do), however, saying ““I could use you on those diplomatic conferences that I have to go to, sitting there all day long (in) meetings that went on forever and ever.“ There was no immediate reaction from the French or Russians. CAN WE HIT IT AND QUIT? I SAID, CAN WE HIT IT AND QUIT?

Anyone monitoring WW knows that I don’t update it nearly enough. So, I’m re-focusing my energies and realigning with my core values. Worth Watching will now be subtitled An Alamo Drafthouse Fansite and it will be oriented to Drafthouse related materials. So, it will continue to have movie reviews in addition to discussing Drafthouse events and such.

That means my TV review material will move to this site to torture all of you!

So turns out that BT’s not involved in the first newsworthy earthquake since we leaned back and put up our feet. DC got hit this afternoon, apparently.

I’ve spent about the last 10 minutes trying to come up with a “someone buried in the area rolling over in their grave” joke in conjunction with Medicare Reform or something, but can’t. All I can say is “cool” as it looks like there was no-one really hurt. I’ve always kind of wanted to be in an earthquake. I’ve hit most other natural disasters (Hurricanes, blizzards, minor floods, sandstorms) but haven’t had an earthquake yet.

Kelly, Cyn – any stories?

One of the few times when the article is better than the title.

Interesting article from SFGate.com discussing white students trying to find their heritage at truly diverse schools that celebrate other cultures. The article is weakened by the sources since high school students are not the most articulate or well-thought, but it makes for nice contemplative material.

If/when I have kids, I look forward to exposing them alternately to their German, Native American, Polish, Irish and Italian (if Becky’s hasn’t kicked me to the curb by then) heritage/cultures.

If you didn’t catch the Al Sharpton SNL this past weekend, it was a hoot. The highlight for us celebrity adicts was a visit to the set of Weekend Update by Paris Hilton.

JF: I hear the Paris Hilton is very beautiful.
PH: I’m glad that you’ve heard that.
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JF: I’m a VIP, I might need to go through the back entrance.
PH: Doesn’t matter who are you – it’s not going to happen.

The sexist jerks at MSN Women continue to provide insider information allowing women to increase their beauty quotient while keeping men down with unpopped zits. Read up on the proper way to pop a zit and fight the power!

Can’t believe y’all missed this here.

From the entry on Zell Miller:

The onset of the war on Iraq has created a very, very small, but very, very vocal group of ex-liberals (Mickey Kaus, Dennis Miller, a few internet bloggers, etc.) who have become “disgusted” with the Democratic Party. Getting them to explain why, however, is the rough equivalent of a shell game with a spastic, incontinent carnie. The “left”, which is basically Michael Moore and three asshole college kids, is responsible for everything that’s wrong with politics. If only they’d do their jobs correctly, and become big-daddy Republicans on foreign policy, everything would be okay. Oh, and tax cuts. Gotta have the tax cuts.