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Halloween Redux

Today, Amy will go to school dressed like Minnie Mouse. We did it last Wednesday and walked into the school to see most people not in costume. Fortunately, Amy had an extra shirt in the car. Two or three children remained in costume, one with hair dyed orange, as the teachers explained the date had changed and we must have missed the memo. Amy was having an overtired tantrum and part of me just wanted to take her home. I also didn’t want her to feel bad being one of the only children (at first I thought ‘the only’) in costume but I really do not think 4 year old minds think things like that until adults put such thoughts of self-doubt and insecurity into their minds. I think she would have proudly shown off her costume despite the other children. That’s the correct, confident response we should maintain all our lives. I hope I can instill such confidence. I don’t see it in Sarah.

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links for 2006-10-28

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Stupid Lawyers DMCA Comedy Central Clips on Youtube

Colbert joked about needing a check for $700million since roughly a third of all movies on YouTube were from the Colbert Report at the time of YouTube’s $1.6billion sale to Google. "Jon Stewart and Daily Show Executive Producer even encouraged viewers to watch the show on the Internet."

I received a couple of emails from YouTube this afternoon (see below) notifying me that a third party (probably attorneys for Comedy Central) had made a DMCA request to take down Colbert Report and Daily Show clips. [Source]

When will the lawyers and the RIAA et al realise that the distribution of clips on mediums like YouTube only create benefit and popularity for the program, artist, album and so forth. Can old dogs like Senator Stevens just not learn these new tricks.

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links for 2006-10-27

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Don’t believe ANYTHING on the Internet

Fake pictureReal pciture The fake site might be work safe as long as you don’t want to see the photo without the blur. If you don’t want to click the links, the fake picture shows Donald Duck "accidentally" pulling down Christina Aguilera’s top to reveal a pierced nipple on her right breast.

Faker’s site is not work safe! Includes nudity.

Just remember, use Snopes and other resources to confirm information. Photoshop in the hands of a skilled artist can make almost anything look real. Learn to laugh.