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Entries for Friday, May 19, 2006

May 19, 2006

Eurovision Song Contest

Hooray! The annual tacky-fest is tomorrow. The question on everyone’s lips: Since Cyprus hasn’t made the final, who will Greece give their “douze points” to?

Jinjur: Welcome to Eltingville

Failed pilot for an animated series based on Evan Dorkin’s “Eltingville Comic Book, Science-Fiction, Fantasy, Horror and Role-Playing Club”. Most of my Star Wars trivia knowledge comes from reading those strips.

Bacon and his Bone

Bacon and his Bone

Bacon has had this bone since February. He hides it, then a few hours later "finds" it again, before marching around the house with it for a few minutes looking for a new hiding place. Ad nauseam.

My parents' dogs got similar bones, which they devoured in five minutes flat. I like to think that Bacon's just making economical use of the entertainment value of his bone.

Curmudgeon Gamer: History of Console Prices

Absolute and relative pricing of consoles on their US launches. Interesting fact: Every Nintendo console (NES, SNES, N64 and Gamecube) has launched at the $200 mark. Wonder what the Wii will cost…

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