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Philosophy Movie philosophy actually, courtesy of YIL: "Don't sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. Don't sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed.", "Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side." and my favourite "You may not know the moment love begins, but you always know the moment it ends." Might I also add: "Life can move pretty fast. You don't stop to look around once in while you could miss it."

Music A fantastically passionate article from freakytrigger about a Dexy's Midnight Runners song, which reminds us how three minutes can change our lives: "But even in this context "Come On Eileen" still stands alone - a perfect marriage of subject and effect, a song about the public impact of pop that has soundtracked surely tens of thousands of kisses, heart-skips and tears. I find it tireless, moving, almost awe-inspiring, and its survival and popularity only adds to that awe. The first time I ever DJed, when we had to lie to the promoter that we weren't going to put on any 80s music it was so unpopular, I played it three times and the walls swam in sweat."

Quiz Dare you take the Are You A Sad (Male) Sci Fi Fan Quiz? I scored 46% "No doubt about it, you bloody love space. You know the best way to disable a cyberman is by rubbing gold into his chestplate, you know the names of all the Ewoks, you know how to say "phasers to stun" in Romulan, but you can't remember where you live. You'll watch any old tosh as long as it's got robots in it, and you will end up married to a goth librarian with the Seal of Rassillon tattooed on her neck. We hope you'll be very happy together." I might point out that whoever wrote the quiz also knows their science fiction references...

Rings The nitters are already picking: "In the credits, the word "Technical" is spelled "Technicial" in one instance (it's on the right side, reasonably early on, but they move so fast it's hard to say what it was for)." How many times have they seen the film? [via theonering]

Fashion The lanerie market is currently beset by monopolistic tendencies. Items which seem to be from totally different manufacturers are actually from the same company trading under different markets. Good business sense or lying to the customer? Lucire investigates.

Wars N'Sync are not going to be in Episode II after all -- does this mean Lucas will also bow to fan pressure over Jar Jar? [Metafilter thread]

Blog! And our final report tonight is of a hit and run accident which occured is Orange County last night. The victim, H, picks up the story: "I was in a hit and run accident with a really drunk asshole last night. If you live in Southern California and want to be my hero forever find him. He drives a silver/grey mid 80's American car with out of state plates (Nevada?) The plate number is either 754 MSX or something very similar to it. The cops suck, They didn't even go after him, Isn't that the worst thing you've ever heard? I got lucky, I'm fine, But the next person he hits might not be." If you know who the man was contact I am Marla's Dress as soon as possible. Now, please, don't have nightmares, do sleep well...good night.