Evidently it didn't go well and he's in a lot of pain. I've only had one surgery that I regretted afterward and have sworn never to do it again: sinus surgery. I threw up the next morning and almost died because I couldn't breath! So, I feel his pain, though I don't think I would have made a video of it and put it on YouTube:
I bet it would be about Harry Potter's kids:
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has strongly hinted for the first time that she could write an eighth book in the series.(via)
Rowling, 42, admits she has 'weak moments' when she feels she will pen another novel about the boy wizard.
One of her biggest fans – her 14-year-old daughter Jessica – has already put pressure on her to revisit the character.
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"If - and it's a big if - I ever write an eighth book, I doubt that Harry would be the central character. I feel I've already told his story.
"But these are big ifs. Let's give it ten years."
In the meantime, Rowling is working on two writing projects – an adult novel and a "political fairy tale" – and is involved in charity work.
I'm so glad that it's doing well because now they'll probably be another one. I loved "National Treasure!" It's my favorite movie and what's so funny is that I hate Nicolas Cage in every other movie he's been in except for this one. I loved him in the first one and can't wait to see this one. I would have gone to see it this weekend but I was in PA visiting my family.
Nicolas Cage topped the North American box office for the second time this year on Sunday with "National Treasure: Book of Secrets," a sequel to the biggest movie of his career.I just watched the trailer and it looks so good. I can't wait to see it.The action-adventure led a crowded field of high-powered newcomers to sell an estimated $45.5 million worth of tickets since opening Friday, distributor Walt Disney Pictures said.
The three-day sum, which was in line with expectations, compares with a $35 million launch for 2004's "National Treasure," which went on to make $173 million.
Sean Penn endorsed Dennis Kucinich but gave more money to Edwards?
Penn has donated $4,600 to John Edwards' campaign and $2,300 to Kucinich during this cycle, per FEC campaign finance data, NBC's Domenico Montanaro said.(via)
"While I'm not a proponent of the Death Penalty, existing law provides that the likes of Cheney, Bush, Rumsfeld and Rice, if found guilty, could have hoods thrown over their heads, their hands bound, facing a 12-man rifle corps executing death by firing squad," Penn said.Man! This guy could be the poster child for BDS!
"I found the (recent Democratic) debate infuriating, nearly an argument for fascism with few exceptions, key among them Dennis Kucinich," Penn said.
The passing of the torch. Who will the left make fun of now that Robertson and Falwell have left the scene?
The Rev. Pat Robertson said Monday that his son, Gordon, has succeeded him as chief executive of the Christian Broadcasting Network, the most recent shift to a younger generation of leaders within major conservative Christian groups.
Robertson, 77, announced the transition on "The 700 Club," the Virginia-based network's flagship show, with Gordon, 49, on air with him.
"I thought that some of this day-to-day operation was important to pass down the line, especially to somebody a little more adept at figuring out the new technologies coming at such a bewildering speed to all of us," the elder Robertson said.
The network's board of directors voted over the weekend to name Gordon Robertson the CEO immediately. Pat Robertson will still be chairman of CBN and will continue to appear with his son on "The 700 Club." He will also remain president of Regent University, which he founded.
When I read these words of Rosie:
his administration is criminal(via)
IMPEACH THEM ALLhappy thanksgiving peeps
Mike Huckabee's Chuck Norris facts sound like they could have been written by Frank J. (they sound like his Thompson facts). Thompson's campaign reacts to ad:
"With his new campaign ad featuring Chuck Norris, Mike Huckabee has confused celebrity endorsement with serious policy. What would Huckabee do to secure America's border against millions of illegal immigrants pouring into our country? According to his ad, 'Two words: Chuck Norris.'(via)
"It's appropriate that Chuck Norris would co-star in an ad with Mike Huckabee, given Huckabee has been 'Missing in Action' on the issue of illegal immigration his entire career.
Update: You know, I thought she might be a member of the Writers' Guild and I should have checked it out (though, you would think the article would have mentioned it). Evidently, the Writers Guild is trying to get her to honor their strike.
Why would anyone expect Ellen DeGeneres to sacrifice her career to support their strike? If she knows her show will be canceled if she shuts it down, why would the union expect her to lose her job for them? Are they going to pay for her lost revenue? Will they write her into scripts? How will the compensate her for the loss of her livelihood because of their strike.
Ellen DeGeneres doesn't think the Writers Guild of America strike should hold her back from dancing on.Update: You know, I thought she might have been a member of the writers guild and I should have checked it out (though, I would think the article would have mentioned it). Evidently, the Writers Guild is trying to get her to honor their strike.
The daytime talk-show host has been going on with her show, sans monologue, despite the fact that most of the other big names in daily television -- including Dave Letterman, Jay Leno, Jon Stewart and Conan O'Brien -- have all gone dark in support of their writers. DeGeneres tried to plead her case on her show, but the explanation isn't winning her much support, Page Six reports.
"I want to say I love my writers," DeGeneres said on Tuesday's show. "I love them. In honor of them today, I'm not going to do a monologue. I support them and hope that they get everything they're asking for." DeGeneres goes on to say that she's continuing her show because "people have traveled across the country" to attend and be guests on her show, and she wants to "do everything I can to make your trip enjoyable and give you a show."
However, the writers fighting for Internet and DVD compensation don't see it that way. On blogs, DeGeneres has become a punching bag for many angry writers.
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Page Six reports that a source claims DeGeneres won't halt filming because "this is her last chance in show business. This show is the only thing keeping her from a lifetime of touring college campuses."
Seinfeld let Larry King have it during his interview when King asked him, "Your show wasn't canceled. You canceled them, right?" I'm glad that someone has finally ridiculed King for his inane questions and his lack of preparation for his show (for which he is reportedly proud). King was visibly embarrassed when they went to a commercial break.
The Democrats rejected his application:
South Carolina Democrats squashed Stephen Colbert's fanciful White House bid on Thursday. His campaign ended on the Republican side as well.They didn't think he was a serious candidate (I wonder were they go that idea). He failed in his bid to run as a Republican because he didn't make the filing deadline. Probably because the price to run as a Republican is so steep: $35,000! Sheesh! Republicans really are the party of the rich.
Colbert, who poses as a conservative talk-show host on the Comedy Central cable network, filed to get on the ballot as a Democratic candidate in his native South Carolina. His campaign paid a $2,500 filing fee just before the noon deadline, said state Democratic Party Chairwoman Carol Fowler.
Isn't his son on the show? Didn't his son just bite the hand that fed him?
Television bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman's son taped a private phone conversation in which the reality star used a racial slur repeatedly, then sold it to a tabloid for "a lot of money," Chapman's lawyer said Thursday.(via)
"I guess because of whatever level of anger he had of his father, he felt the need to express it in that manner," attorney Brook Hart told The Associated Press.
"I guess because of whatever level of anger he had of his father, he felt the need to express it in that manner," attorney Brook Hart told The Associated Press.
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A&E has suspended production of the series, saying the network takes the matter seriously.
"When the inquiry is concluded, we will take appropriate action," A&E spokesman Michael Feeney said in a statement Thursday.
The show, in its fifth season and one of A&E's top-rated programs, has not been canceled.
Here's the video (it's Maher so I don't have to warn you about the language). You have to give Maher credit that he hasn't fallen off the cliff into total insanity with others in his party.
It's great that Santorum's child can see first hand the truth of her father's words that good things can come from bad things.
This is the story of a defeated senator, his crying daughter, a Nashville songwriter and Martina McBride, the country music star.I guess I missed the left side of the blogsphere's shot at a little girl. How compassionate, you can really see how they care for the little children (as they keep reminding us all the time).
It begins in Pittsburgh on election night 2006. Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), losing to Democrat Robert P. Casey Jr. by a wide margin, gathered his wife and six children around a hotel ballroom microphone and conceded.
The little girl at his side, Sarah Maria Santorum, then 8, wept. She squeezed her eyes and wiped her tears. She buried her face in her father’s arm, pulled away and cried some more — all on live, national television.
The image became an instant Internet sensation, fueled by snarky blogs like Wonkette, which declared it the “official screenshot of the 2006 congressional midterm elections,” and was debated for weeks on comment boards.
Now it’s a country music single.
McBride released the song, “For These Times,” on Monday — a social commentary inspired, in part, by Sarah Maria Santorum.
“I always tell my children that good things come from bad things,” Rick Santorum said in an interview this week.
Drudge is reporting that Imus is returning to radio in December on WABC in New York.
As long as he doesn't replace Rush, I could care less. Rush is the only show I listen to on WABC. I don't listen to the morning shows now and I won't listen when he's on because he's incoherent and his humor is juvenile.
You've probably seen Chris Matthews' appearance on "The Daily Show" already but I couldn't help commenting on the fact that Matthews demonstrated what an intellectual lightweight and egomaniac he really is and who evidently lacks a moral core. How do you get life lessons from politicians on the campaign trail? How is your life improved by knowing that Bill Clinton picked up chicks by "listening" to them? Why would you base a life on artifice and pandering? How can you cultivate an in-depth relationship when your example is so shallow, superficial and self-involved? The candidate is looking to use others to get them elected, why would you want to emulate that in your personal relationships?
It's amazing to me that anyone would promote such amoral behavior as a way of life and evidently it amazed Stewart as well:
Jon Stewart: What campaigns are, are photo opportunities that are staged. And there’s nothing in this book about ‘Be Good. Be Competent.’How do you write a book about life and relationships and leave out ethics? Matthews was exposed in this interview and it's telling that he actually thinks he bested Stewart. That demonstrates by itself that he lacks a level of introspection that one would need for a book about life.
Chris Matthews: That’s the Bible. It’s been written.
Jon Stewart: This book has been written, too! It was called “The Prince.”
Chris Matthews: This book is better. Did you read it? What’d you think?
Jon Stewart: Yes, I read it. I thought it was a recipe for sadness. Only because when I read it I thought ‘This strikes me as artifice. If you live this book, your life will be strategy.’ This strikes me as saying success is finite.
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Jon Stewart: That’s what I’m saying. Sometimes when you read the book, it seems like you’re saying ‘Do what you think will win,” not “Do what you think is right.”
Chris Matthews: Well, it’s both.
Jon Stewart: Well, this seems to emphasize the former.
Chris Matthews: It does! Can you come on ‘Hardball?’ We can play this both ways.
I have a new respect for Walters:
Barbara Walters' ears must have been burning Wednesday night.(via)
That's when Rosie O'Donnell mounted the stage at Roseanne Barr 's invitation during her late-night set at Comix on W. 14th.
Rosie started off by saying, "When I was fired by Barbara Walters" - the first time she didn't stick to "The View's" spin that her departure from the show was by mutual agreement.
Rosie claimed onstage that Walters and other "View" couchmates wear earpieces through which producers tell them what to say, which she refused to do.
On Oct. 14th talking about Osteen!
Currently scheduled for Sunday, Oct 14th, the interview will focus on the teaching and ministry of popular televangelist Joel Osteen, author of Your Best Life Now.(via)
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