http://scottking.info Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:28:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Having one of those classic family emergencies and won't be back till... not sure yet. http://scottking.info/blog/2008/06/24/home/ George Carlin died last night due to heart failure. He was 71. http://scottking.info/blog/2008/06/23/george-carlin-dies/ On campus for iTunes all day Monday and Tuesday. http://scottking.info/blog/2008/06/22/work-2/ The dislike for Dan DiDio is so strong that now film industry people are reporting on it! The problem isn't just that, under DiDio's leadership, fanboys are disappointed with the directions of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and other characters. (How dopey of DiDio to come out with a new series Decisions ... http://scottking.info/blog/2008/06/22/everyone-hates-dan-didio/ Damn. Steve Carell's "Get Smart" obliterated Mike Meyer's "Love Guru." The former is expected to break $40 million for the weekend hull while the later is going to make around $14. I blame it Carell for being so awesome and on Meyers being such a diva. http://scottking.info/blog/2008/06/22/carell-rules-over-meyers/ [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeIA2l7XGq8[/youtube] Here is the third PSA I did at work this week. If you missed the first & second you can find them here and here. http://scottking.info/blog/2008/06/20/knowledge-helps-freshmen-15/ I just discovered that for some reason I've not been getting comments emailed to me. So for all of you who have left comments in the past 3-5 weeks, I'm seriously sorry. The problem has been fixed and I'll once again be responding to comments. http://scottking.info/blog/2008/06/20/missing-comments/ Even though there was nothing juciy in it, I still got really excited when I saw that I had an email from the Dharma Initiative: Octagon Global Recruiting, on behalf of the Dharma Initiative, would like to thank you for registering your expression of interest in our latest volunteer recruitment drive. We ... http://scottking.info/blog/2008/06/20/dharma-initiative/ Madchen Amich, who was on “Gilmore Girls” (she played Chris’ baby’s Mama for two seasons), is joining “Gossip Girl.” She’ll play a cougar for at least five episodes and will be a love interest for Nate. http://scottking.info/blog/2008/06/20/gossip-girl-gets-a-cougar/ Even though he's on hiatus while switching from TV Guide to EW, Ausiello is still dishing out the scoops: My increasingly itchy moles report that Sam Witwer, best known to Battlestar Galactica fans as ex-Raptor ECO Alex “Crashdown” Quartararo, has been tapped to play the series regular role of Doomsday. Additionally, ... http://scottking.info/blog/2008/06/20/doomsday-cast/