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Please, call me Darth...

A bit long, but you really must watch until the end- Vader in love.

Happy 2008!

Someone asked me last night if I had any resolutions. Well, yes, but not any wrought by the arrival of a calendar day. However, in the interest of the spirit of the thing I came up with one bone fide NYR- to post more. To give a reason for readers to maybe stop back once in awhile. And yea, bring more 'controversial political commentary' back- since you asked for it and all.

To get the year started, I must offer up the best sum-up of what it means to be a Star Wars fan- EVER.

For those who occasionally 'google' themselves to see their web-prints, now you can see your social network trails along with those of friends. I now know my friends' Amazon wishlists going back to 2000; that's a bit creepy and stalkified if you ask me.

Have you wondered about waterboarding, what it is, what is controversial regarding it? A conservative poster on the Straight Dope takes on waterboarding trials to determine if it should be considered torture. You may be surprised.

On a somber note- no good can came from Ms Benazir Bhutto's assasination, but the fact that no one can agree on what exactly killed her is almost more disturbing than her death itself.

Link Goodies

Just some random goodness, to support a strange day and an ambiguous mood:

A site after my own anathema: Funny and Stupid Quotes from Ann Coulter. One wonders how they have enough disk space to keep up.

The Top 20 Starship Captains. I usually wholly disagree with these lists, but actually mostly agree (but Picard over Kirk? Not a chance).

I have no idea what this picture is of, but I've never seen creepier.  Dresden, maybe.

And lastly,some good old Far Side faves.

Aye, and don't forget, ye scurvy knaves- tomorrow is Talk Like a Pirate Day, Arrrr.