Legal music downloads?
 

Excellent suggestion, Flinty. It has just about everything you could want, legally, and really great biography and discography information.

Even(listening to ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead)Odds

Quit While You're Ahead
 

She probably shouldn't see Kill Bill.

Quit While You're Ahead
 

I believe I will take the stairs from now on. 14 flights for someone who never exercises can't be that much of a problem, can it?

That, and apparently I'm going on a diet, since I think I'm too nauseous to ever eat again.

Quit While You're Ahead
 

Sorry about that. I will remember to include severed head spoiler space in the future. After reading that article, I never wanted to ride in an elevator again. I have confronted and overcome my newfound fears, Liddylike, by making extra runs to Starbucks this morning.

Live from New York
 

How do I get tickets?

TM

Two questions about a church service experience
 

No, not a rural area, but hunting would be popular on the outskirts.

Live from New York
 

Try this instead

First off, get there early. Just because tickets are handed out at 9:30 on Saturday morning doesn't mean you can show up at 9:15 and expect to get in. The stand-bys who get into the show arrive very either very early Saturday morning or even sometime Friday night. Each individual episode is different though, so don't e-mail me asking what time to arrive and expect me to know. Second, you have slightly better chances of getting in if you ask for dress rehearsal tickets. A few NBC pages will come out and ask you if you want live or dress. The dress rehearsal is easier to get into because people who get tickets in the mail for a dress rehearsal are more likely to blow it off and not show up than people who get tickets in the mail for the live performance. Stand-bys are people who sit in the seats that regular ticket holders don't show up for (regular ticket holders being the 1% that got a pair in the mail for that week). One week thirty people might get in and then next week zero.

If you decide to do stand-by, you should know a few things. Because of the content of the show, you must be 16 to attend Saturday Night Live. This is being enforced more and more at SNL because of the number of underage fans doing stand-by and then being disappointed. Bring a photo ID with you. The line is on the sidewalk under the big red "NBC" marquee on 49th st. You're allowed to leave the line once your spot has been established (once you introduce yourself to the people in front of you, basically). There are bathrooms across the street, a McDonalds nearby, and then of course, the Variety Cafe is only a few blocks away. They have tables and chairs set up, and you can buy hot food or soup if you so choose. The people back in the line will gladly save your spot for you, just as long as you stay within a certain time frame. To go out for dinner for 45 minutes is reasonable. To go back to a hotel and sleep for 6 hours isn't. As far as what to bring, I'd say to bring a snack, a discman or deck of cards or something to pass the time, and a jacket and a sleeping bag. In the winter, at nighttime, New York City gets *extremely* cold. Either bring lots and lots of layers or wait until it warms up. Tents aren't allowed (I'm pretty sure that's a city ordinance), but you can bring a stool or chair if you want.


http://www.angelfire.com/pa2/jimmyfallon/tricks.html



And officially from NBC

Saturday Night Live
To be entered into the ticket lottery for the 2003-2004 season, send an email to snltickets@nbc.com in the month of August only. Lottery winners will receive two tickets for a random show date to either the dress rehearsal or live show. Only one email may be submitted per person, and all audience members must be at least 16 years of age. Please note that you will only be contacted in the event that you are selected.

For stand-by tickets: Arrive no later than 7:00am on the morning of the taping under the "NBC Studios" marquee on the 50th St. side of 30 Rockefeller Plaza. You may choose a stand-by ticket for either the 8:00pm dress rehearsal or the 11:30pm live show. Only one ticket will be issued per person. Please note that a stand-by ticket does not guarantee admission.


http://www.nbc.com/nbc/footer/Tickets.shtml

Various and sundry
 

So did you say yes? How do they do it now? There used to be a "diary" you had to keep, and of course everyone lied about how much TV they watched. Then there was a "box." Do they still do the box?

Various and sundry
 

I said yes. They're sending me a booklet to fill out, and I already have a bunch of requests from viewers trying to save their shows to watch. They called me to fill the Hispanic demographic, so I'm not sure if I'm on the big list too or just the Hispanic list. I don't have a box, but I know someone who does. She gets more requests from friends trying to influence the whole Nielson concept.

Two Things
 

It sounds like your friend has PTSD and there are therapists who specialize in EMDR, which is not exactly hypnotism, but which has proven very effective at treating PTSD.

Hypnosis has not proven very effective for that sort of thing.

The Office 2nd season
 

Laughed my ass off last night.

Kill Bill
 

Tarantino has definitely lost his edge.

This film is a visual version of a "connect the quotes" high school term paper. You sit there watching and can see all the filmmakers he admires. Some call this homage. In an overlong film [now two films] like Kill Bill, it is merely unoriginal.

And how pompous is the "The 4th Film from Quentin Tarantino" in the opening credits? Would he dare call part II his "5th Film"?

On many levels, Rodriguez's "Mexico" is a much better film.

Next up, Coen Brothers and Clint E.

s4(Fuck Pedro)e

Two Things
 

I always thought it would be cool to be able to hypnotize a jury.

I personally have not done it, but have 2 friends who have.
It is very individual - you are either susceptible or not. (If you have ever seen a hypnotist on stage, there will always be 1 person who is the most suggestible.) Performance hypnotists are usually real hypnotists.

That said, it also depends on the hypnotist. Some are excellent, others are crap. So if you're suggestible and you have a good hypnotist, you're in. It doesn't necessarily take more than one session. And yes, I've been told that 3 hours can seem like minutes and you feel really really relaxed. 1 friend had an anxiety problem, another had pain issues from running. Both were helped immediately after 1st session. First one had a relapse years later, went to 2 different hypnotists in different city (he had moved) and was not helped by either new hypnotist.

We may need ESPN3 for this one
 

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,99840,00.html

“We were three people in a bar all night long talking about how nothing was happening," he said. "There was no do-it-yourself art, no local culture. So we decided to exploit this nothingness, invert boredom and create excitement.”

From its origins in Pensacola, StareMaster grew into what it is today -- a narrated staring contest with a musical soundtrack ("Eye of the Tiger" is one song), dramatic lighting and a video component that has traveled to Miami, New Orleans, Tallahassee, San Francisco, New York and plans to hit Europe and Asia.

StareMaster works like this: An emcee presides over the non-action as two participants stare into each other’s eyes for two minutes. They are permitted to blink, but “no laughing, no crying, no talking, no smiling, no teeth, no sudden movements, no touching, no coughing, no time-outs, no sneezing, no tongue, no snorting, no fluttering,” according to the rules.

After two minutes, participants enter the “dry-eye death phase,” in which blinking is not allowed. Meanwhile, videos show the audience a close-up of the participants’ eyes, and two judges, including Linezo, stare at the starers, with whistles ready to blow.

And StareMaster may have a future on TV. Linezo said he's working on a pilot and is in talks with cable channels to do a game show and possibly some spring break specials, like a StareMaster “super bowl” among colleges. He’s also thinking of doing a celebrity StareMaster.

Quit While You're Ahead
 

Don't worry. My laziness having outweighed my fear of decapitation, I did indeed take our rusted piece of crap of an unreliable elevator safely thereafter, and my desire for whipped cream having overtaken my nausea, I found myself quite capable of snarfing a mocha.