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DMC and McLachlan: Cat's in the Cradle
27 Feb 2006 21:54 EST
Powerful. powerful story:
In 1997, hip hop legend Darryl McDaniels should have been riding high. Run-DMC was touring Europe after a remix put them back atop the charts, and money was rolling in. Instead DMC found himself alone in a hotel room, contemplating suicide. Coping with vocal troubles and creative differences with his group, he found no joy in the spoils of the rap game. Poison, a bullet, a giant leap were all options he considered. As he now recalls it, it was a song by Sarah McLachlan, “Angel,” that brought him back from the edge.
Continuing:
After learning he was adopted, D approached Sarah McLachlan about collaborating on Chapin’s classic, “Cats in the Cradle.” Not only did she agree but D’s musical `hero’ let him in on a secret that would further cement their connection: she, too, was adopted.
More here. Very powerful indeed. Glad to see a very positive, very pro-life message coming from the music world.
Replicant Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder
24 Feb 2006 21:16 EST
This is what a day of looking at Ace’s posts will do to your head. Please help me, I beg of you!
Oooh, he must be FRENCH
23 Feb 2006 21:31 EST
WTF is with the name “Michael Bublé” with the accent on the e?
You know damn well his name is really Mike Buble, pronounced “BOO-bull”.
There is a girl from my town who has become a Broadway actress. Around here, she was Jessica Grove. Now that she is on Broadway, she is “Jessica Grové“. Seriously. Who she thinks she’s fooling … or what good she thinks it does her … I really don’t know.
New US Navy "Gun That Can Use Anything as Ammo"
19 Feb 2006 04:49 EST
…at least that’s what I call it. Local Ohio tech research company Battelle has announced a new Vessel Boarding Search and Seizure tool called the Tactical Air Initiated Launch (TAIL) System.
From the press release:
The Tactical Air Initiated Launch (TAIL) system is used to launch a titanium grappling hook towing a Kevlar line for use in Vessel Boarding Search and Seizure (VBSS) operations. It also can be used for fire rescue operations, life vest deployment, or other activities. The TAIL system, using compressed air to launch the hook, can clear an obstacle up to 100 feet high and up to 60 feet away.
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Its simplicity has another benefit: the system can throw any object that fits into its barrel
That last line is a beauty. Good old American ingenuity. I’m going to repeat it because I like it so much:
the system can throw any object that fits into its barrel
Use your imagination, kids 
Rumsfeld's Law of Epistomology
04 Feb 2006 22:56 EST
Rumsfeld’s Law of Epistomology:
There are known knowns; there are known unknowns; and there are unknown unknowns.
The full quote:
Reports that say that something hasn’t happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns — the ones we don’t know we don’t know. And if one looks throughout the history of our country and other free countries, it is the latter category that tend to be the difficult ones.
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