] "The Bowl Championship Series will form a committee to
] discuss changes that eventually could lead to a college
] football playoff.
] One president from each of six conferences -- the
] Atlantic Coast, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10 and
] Southeastern -- will be picked for the committee this
] month. They are expected to make a recommendation in
] 2005. "

We want playoffs....We want playoffs....

2002 College Bowls - BCS forming committee to discuss possible playoff - Friday January 03, 2003 02:25 PM

] "Thomas Friedman, the foreign affairs columnist for the
] New York Times and probably the best we have in that
] field, came out with the biggest number: $1 trillion. If
] that turns out to be correct -- or even if the perception
] develops that it might be -- it could wreck any chance
] for a major recovery in our economy and of our financial
] markets in 2003.
] For the only way for our government to meet that bill
] would be to borrow that $1 trillion dollars. Saudi Arabia
] and Kuwait picked up almost all of the cost of the First
] Gulf War. Not this time. Nor is there any chance that
] increased tax receipts will limit governmental borrowing
] needs, with the outlook for rapid economic recovery
] non-existent at the moment."

Use your Dr. Evil voice when I said $1 Trillion dollars!

Iraq will define 2003

[ Forwarded to me in an e-mail and recommend into MemeStreams
as I believe this will be of significant general interest.
--Rek ]

Last fall NPR did a series of broadcasts on the history of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. The whole series was broadcast on KQED last night. Its very factual and provides an excellent overview of the historical roots of the problem. It does not place blame on either side, but simply tells what happened. You can listen to the whole series in an hour and I highly recommend it.

NPR : The Mideast : A Century of Conflict

] "Specially for orang-utans an Ook# .NET Compiler v1.0 has
] been developed. The syntax only contains one word, namely
] Ook, but pronounced in different tones and emotions it
] can have a different effect. Quite some effort went into
] making sure the word "monkey" isn't mentioned anywhere in
] the sources."

OK, this is fucked up. Who is down for working on porting MemeStreams to ook??

BlueSorcerer.Net - Ook# .Net Compiler - Esoteric Programming Languages

] "British police said on Friday they had foiled an attempt
] to smuggle fried chicken legs stuffed with cannabis to a
] gunman involved in one of Britain's longest armed sieges
] on record.
] Detectives agreed to let the gunman order the food in a
] bid to persuade him to end the stand-off at a house in
] east London where he has been holding a man hostage for
] more than a week.
] But when officers examined the food delivered by a friend
] of the gunman on Sunday, they found the cooked chicken
] was full of cannabis, a police spokeswoman told Reuters.
]
] The next day when the same friend came back with another
] chicken meal, police arrested him and discovered more
] cannabis inside the food. "

Now that is funny......

British police foil drug-smuggling chicken legs

] "President Bush again drew a sharp distinction yesterday
] in his policies toward Iraq and North Korea, telling
] reporters that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's "day of
] reckoning was coming" but that he was sure the "situation
] with North Korea will be resolved peacefully."
] The president's remarks, made as he was vacationing at
] his ranch in Crawford, Tex., underscored the
] administration's determination to play down the crisis
] over North Korea's vow to restart a nuclear reactor as
] the United States presses ahead with a potential military
] conflict in Iraq.
] "He's a danger to the American people; he's a danger to
] our friends and allies," Bush said of Hussein. "For 11
] long years, the world has dealt with him. And now he's
] got to understand, his day of reckoning is coming.
] Therefore, he must disarm voluntarily.""

Saddam is about to get blown off the map. He better be
digging in cause we have some new heavy 30 ton bunker
busters with his name on it.

Bush Stresses Iraq, N. Korea Differences

] "Admiral's Wedding: This wedding includes one and a half
] hours on the bridge of the USS Enterprise for rehearsal
] and ceremony, wedding photography, wedding video, choice
] of four Star Trek characters to be present at your
] wedding, a wedding certificate, a brass plaque
] recognizing your wedding date on display in Quark's bar
] and restaurant and tickets to the Voyage Through Space
] and History of the Future exhibit for the wedding party
] (up to 30)."

Weddings at Star Trek the Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton

] "It's time to def1ne the new era. Our faith has been
] shaken. We've lost con%uFB01dence in our leaders and in
] our institutions. Our beliefs have been tested. We've
] discredited the notion that the Internet would change
] everything ( and the stock market would buy us an exit
] strategy from the grind ). Our expectations have been
] dashed. We've abandoned the idea that work should be a
] 24-hour-a-day rush and that careers should be a wild
] adventure. Yet we're still holding on. "

Thought this was a good read....Take a few minutes
and read it.

What Should I Do With My Life?

Good stock picks for 2003.

The New World Disorder: Growth Sectors for the Economy

Sen. Trent Lott, in his first public remarks since resigning as Senate Republican leader, said Sunday that had fallen into a “trap” set by his political enemies. “When you’re from Mississippi and you’re a conservative and you’re a Christian, there are a lot of people that don’t like that,” he said. “I fell into their trap and so I have only myself to blame."

Lott: ‘I fell into ... trap’ set by foes