Monthly Archives: April 2003

Chewbacca in Star Wars Episode III

Let’s hope Lucas doesn’t have Chewie rooming with Jar Jar…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/2981081.stm

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Boss Talk: Why celebrities should never shut up�but stop complaining

There’s an excellent article on Reason Online on one of my recent fave topics – “Boss Talk: Why celebrities should never shut up—but stop complaining“.

I agree completely – *everyone* in the US has the right to speak their point of view, but don’t expect everyone to agree with you. And remember that the people that disagree with you *also* have the right to voice their opinions, and their choice of expression may be the boycott of your album/movie/tv show. It’s a two-way street.

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
   — Evelyn Beatrice Hall (as S.G. Tallentyre), The Friends of Voltaire

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Isabelle's First Picture

Here’s Isabelle at 2 days:

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Announcing Isabelle Davenport Jarnot!

Isabelle Davenport Jarnot was born at 4:45 AM on April 17th, 2003. She was 7 lbs 13oz and 19 1/4″ long.

Pictures to follow after we get some sleep. :-)

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Looks like I'm getting some new neighbors…

From the Boston Globe:

A huge Scituate home for Ben and J. Lo

By Carol Beggy & Al Young, Globe Staff, 4/9/2003

JUST JENNY FROM THE SCITUATE BLOCK We heard they were moving to Cambridge. Then it was Southie. But it’s Scituate. Or so Us magazine is reporting in its next edition, which hits newsstands Friday. Here’s the news: Former Cantabrigian Ben Affleck and his main squeeze, Jennifer Lopez, have ”picked out a $3 million estate.” Lovely. The couple were spotted recently on the South Shore, including house hunting in Cohasset. But it’s the secluded Scituate property that caught their attention, we’re told. The spot they’ve settled on, the mag reported, is a 5,200-plus-square-foot, 11-room house on 6.1 acres. A rep for the Grand Gables Realty Group, which is selling the property, would not comment to Us. And they were mum when called by us yesterday. But here are a few more details of the house the glam couple may one day call home: It has a reception hall, grand dining room, breakfast room, two kitchens (including a chef’s kitchen), four bedrooms (including a master suite with views of the ocean), and, yes, a large walk-in closet. (Silent scream.) The dynamic duo is hardly in need of places to stay. Affleck has a New York City loft and a house in Beverly Hills. Lopez has a house in Los Angeles and a place in Miami that is regularly described as a mansion.

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Iraqi Personality Playing Cards

If you wanted to know what’s on those playing cards that are being handed out in Iraq, here they are.

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