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It’s always good to read your first cousin (twice removed) has been arrested for hiring a hit man to kill his daughter.

Even an Apple nut like me can’t help but be underwhelmed by today’s Macworld keynote. OS X 10.2 looks nice and all, but $129? For a 10.x upgrade? When the whole operating system, built from scratch, cost only $99? No discount for early adopters? Geez. I might just wait for 10.3 — the feature set seems underwhelming. (An AOL-compatible IM app — already plenty of those out there. Sherlock 3 — blah. A better Mail.app — still not up to par with Eudora or Entourage. Et cetera.)
The only highlight: the entry-level iPod is finally down to $299, which might make me turn my technolust into credit card debt.
(In other OS X news, RealPlayer is finally in beta — that leaves Photoshop as the only Classic app I ever use. And Palm sync for Office v.X is also finally a reality.)

Anybody notice that Morocco invaded Spain the other day?
Other fun geography links:
– How did I miss the creation of a new ocean? What was I doing in the spring of 2000 that was so distracting that could make me miss a new ocean?
– Who owns the Northwest Passage? (I vote Jamaica.)

Once again, I’m a little behind: Behind the Music that Sucks.

Yahoo! Mail edits your email. (Although I tried to repeat the bug/feature detailed and couldn’t get it to happen.)
For example, if your HTML newsletter contains the sentence “A common expression in the English language,” and you send this newsletter to a Yahoo Mail account, the sentence will actually be changed to read: “A common statement in the English language.”

Anyone in the DFW area interested in being a PE teacher and girls’ volleyball coach at an area private school? No certification needed, but some sort of previous coaching experience necessary. A friend’s looking for some help. Lemme know if you’re interested.

Seeing The Road to Perdition last night with Erica, we saw the trailer for Punch-Drunk Love. That’s the new Adam Sandler movie from Paul Thomas Anderson, young wunderkind of Boogie Nights and Magnolia fame. While I started boycotting Adam Sandler movies a long time ago (first for Cajun Man, then for The Waterboy, two major affronts to my people), I’ll make an exception for what looks like an interesting film.
Paul Thomas Anderson trivia: In the 1960s, his father Ernie Anderson used to host the late movie on Channel 13 in Toledo, dressed up in a fright wig and calling himself Ghoulardi. P.T. calls his production company Ghoulardi Films in his honor. (Ernie Anderson was later the announcer on America’s Funniest Home Videos.)
And to keep the Toledo connection going, P.T. keeps hiring Philip Baker Hall, Toledo’s finest actor, in all his movies. He was the star of Anderson’s first movie, Hard Eight, had a small part in Boogie Nights (memorable quote: “I like simple pleasures, like butter in my ass, lollipops in my mouth. That’s just me. That’s just something that I enjoy”), and was the game show host in Magnolia. He’s the classic “Hey! It’s that guy!” actor. (Of course, most people know him only as Lt. Bookman on Seinfeld.)
Apologies to Jamie Farr for naming Philip Baker Hall as Toledo’s finest actor. The truth hurts sometimes, Jamie.

John Schneider’s terrible secret: I was a teenage fatty!

I have no idea who Tricia Harris is, but I have a feeling she’s going to be getting lots of flirty emails from men soon. (If, unlike me, you’re into gaming, check out punchbutton.)

Least tempting promotional tease ever: Tonight: You may know him as Bo Duke of “The Dukes of Hazzard” or as a top Christian music singer, but John Schneider has a secret he’s never revealed — until now. Tune in for this Larry King Live exclusive.
What could it be? Uncle Jesse’s “bad touch”? The General Lee was actually a hopped-up Datsun? Tom Wopat really can’t sing? Boss Hogg and Roscoe P. Coltrain were lovers? I wait with completely unbaited breath.