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After closely guarding contestant information only to have the information leaked to the media anyway, CBS has posted biographic information for the participants in the ninth season of Survivor, which is taking place in Vanuatu (aka the “Islands of Fire”).
You can tune in to the season premiere Thursday 16 September at 8pm.
I haven’t been able to check my email all day because… [drum roll]
…my email host’s DNS servers have been nonresponsive all day. Which, furthermore, means that emails sent to me have been bouncing all day.
Yeeeeaaaaahhhh….. 
Those of you that I exchange emails with: Expect a message from me with a new email address to use.
Have I mentioned that this sucks?
This is why:
This is the view from the dining room window. It’s not several photos stitched together or anything; it’s the original image Ames sent me just now (thank you!), with extraneous stuff cropped out.
You can click on the tiny image for a larger thumbnail, and then can click on that for the full size image.
It looks like Rhys has a new sibling - congratulations Tom and Sarah!
More muttering. Care to join me?
What, me work on my last day? Hogwash! 
One of those quiz things forwarded to me at work. (Thanks, Cindy!)
Enjoy.
YES!
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Ames, for making it happen!
And big thanks to those, too, who turned their good will, good energy, and good thoughts to seeing our hope made manifest. It worked! 
[From the Greedo-still-shouldn't-have-shot-first department]
I don’t know… this sounds strange coming from Mr. Revisionist Cineaste-Auteur:
Lucas on Colorized Stooges Movies: Nuts to Nyucks
George Lucas, a longtime foe of “colorized” movies, has sharply criticized Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment’s decision to release two Three Stooges DVDs today (Tuesday) that will allow viewers to watch them in either their original black-and-white or digitally colored versions. In an interview with the Associated Press, Lucas said, that the Stooges’ slapstick comedy belongs in a black-and-white universe. “Would color distract from their comedy and make it not as funny anymore?” Lucas said. “Maybe just the fact that they’re in black and white makes it funny, because their humor is dated. But by putting it in black and white, it puts it in a context where you can appreciate it for what it was. But you try to make it in full living color and try to compare it to a Jim Carrey movie, then it’s hard for young people to understand. … It’s not fair to the artist.”
More questions courtesy the New Friday Five.
(As always, actual Fridayness of my responses may vary.)
1) What animal best represents you?
Bear.
2) What color best represents you?
Blue.
3) What season best represents you?
Spring.
4) What emotion best represents you?
Hope.
(Or anger.)
(Or fear.)
(Or love.)
5) What flower/tree/plant best represents you?
Lavender: Not as flashy as the rose, it has its own lovely scent.