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I figured I’d pass on this email I just got from the Rock the Vote people:

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER TO VOTE FOR THE CALIFORNIA ELECTION ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2005.

California will have a statewide special election on November 8, 2005 to consider eight propositions that would change state laws. Some counties may also have elections that day for local candidates and local ballot measures. Shouldn’t you have a say on these issues?

Visit action.rockthevote.org/ctt.asp?u=1638343&l=7584 and use our online voter registration tool to fill out your voter registration form. All you will have to do is fill it out, print it, sign it and mail it, postmarked today, October 24, 2005.

To learn more about the propositions or for the easy voter guide, go to action.rockthevote.org/ctt.asp?u=1638343&l=7585

Not sure if you’re registered to vote? Just fill out the quick and easy form on action.rockthevote.org/ctt.asp?u=1638343&l=7586 and then get it in the mail today!

MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD. REGISTER AND ROCK THE VOTE.

Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you.
Happy birthday, dear Amber,
Happy birthday to you!

Our little Avril’s all grown up now…

It’s seriously cool:

Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back” as performed by Jonathan Coulton.

Go download (for free!) and listen.

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Taken, in full, from an article at Sci Fi Wire:

Knight Rider Still Rides?

David Hasselhoff told Australia’s Rove Live TV show that he’s acquired the film rights to his old Knight Rider TV series and still plans to turn it into a feature film, according to the Moviehole.net Web site.

Hasselhoff reportedly plans to oversee a straight sequel to the TV series, centring on Michael Knight and his teenage son, who both have cars. The film is envisioned as slightly retro, the site reported.

1985-me thinks this news is “radical!”

2005-me, having seen the repeats on the Sci Fi Channel, wonders what the hell was wrong with 1985-me. (Though 1982-Bonnie remains H-O-double-T hot.)

Those freezing noises you heard from the underworld? They were the sound of a new Rocky film being announced.

Sylvester Stallone is coming to Philadelphia in January to film the sixth installment of “Rocky” - called “Rocky Balboa.” He’s written it, he’s starring in it, he’s directing it, and he’s returning Rocky to his roots as a neighborhood guy, living and working in the city.

I’ve heard very good things about the first one, but haven’t seen it or any of its ilk. I guess I’m of the age that was too young to see it when it first came out, and by the time I was old enough, it was a franchise that had devolved into a punch line at parties.

“In many ways, the screenplay really took me back to the original ‘Rocky,’ ” [Hollywood impresario Joe] Roth said, in a statement. “As a past champion, Rocky Balboa is once again a regular guy who has to find himself and deal with life. This film brings Rocky’s story full circle.”

And not only that, it bundles in an extra helping of angst!

A brief synopsis issued by MGM/Columbia indicates Rocky is “drawn back to the boxing ring one last time. On the way, he is challenged by a powerful new champion, by personal tragedy and ultimately by himself.”

Insiders are tight-lipped about the “personal tragedy,” but they report that Talia Shire is not in the cast, and that Rocky plays a widower.

Poor, poor Stud Rocky!

(dah dah DAH daaaah, dah da DAAAAAAAH…)

Just had a total Indiana Jones moment:

Transferring from MUNI to BART, escalator traffic is held up by a jackhole who refuses to listen to pleas to “stand on the right; walk on the left.” As I make the loop back down the BART-bound escalator, I see that a train is there on my platform, doors open.

I pick up the pace.

The marquee comes into view. This is the train I need to catch.

I half-shout “Excuse me!” to the people now standing between me and the platform.

The BART train “dings” to signal that the doors are about to close.

Simultaneously, I hit the platform running.

As the doors slide closed, I fly between ‘em, startling a tourist-y couple sitting to my left.

Sweet.

I have to be up in 4 ¹/₂ hours to start morning updates.
I shouldn’t be up.
Why am I still up?

Oh.
Right.

I was posting a breaking news story.
And making a photo gallery to go with it.
And updating the lead image across all our sites to point to the new article.
And entering a help desk alert when the sites didn’t update properly. (Feh.)

You know what I need now?

Well, yes, sleep.
That should be obvious.

But I’m looking for another answer.

Got it?
No?
Not even a guess?

Did I..? Ye-?
YES!

That’s right:
I gotta have more cowbell.