I finally updated the graphic in the corner of this page (or for those LiveJournal folks out there, my icon). It took way too many pictures to narrow it down to one I didn’t think completely sucked. But I think this one is okay, for at least the next few years.

Spirited Away was just awarded an Annie for best feature in 2002. Pretty cool I must say.

Vilhjalmur Stefansson. “What is the difference between unethical and ethical advertising? Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public; ethical advertising uses truth to deceive the public.” [Quotes of the Day]

Spirited Away was just awarded an Annie for best feature in 2002. Pretty cool I must say. It’s nice to see this movie getting the recognition I think it deserves. I even think it was one of the best films of the last year.

I’m glad I got off my ass and made myself leave the house. It’s so hard being motivated some days. There were quite a few people there that I knew. It was good to see Bree, Sara, Hank, Al, Susan, and all the others. I don’t get to see most of them often enough. And I got to spin, people danced, and it was good.

I tend to avoid talking about my lung issues here most of the time. But sometimes I just need to bitch and moan and vent about it. I just got out of the shower and ended up coughing for about 10 minutes straight. This doesn’t happen often. It usually means I was rushing myself too much (which I was, I’m supposed to be going out tonight and wanted to be able to grab some food and get a few things done before I got out). So I just drank about a quarter of a bottle of cough syrup and things finally feel under control. Of course now I’m in a Robitussin haze. What did that article from this morning call it? Aha, Brain Fuzz. Oh well, I’ll wait and try to go to the party a little later.

While waiting for more news I figured I’d do a post or two. jenett.radio listed Linked – Weblog and Journal Database. It was interesting, but I wonder about making weblogs and journals two different things. I still see them as really being the same thing. I know many that are a hybrid of the two (mine for instance). This is one reason I don’t like breaking them up. If anything I see journals being a more specific type of weblog, but still a weblog.

Steve Zeller provides a link to spaceflightnow.com, which has Shuttle Status. Not sure how often they’ll be updating it. I have a feeling the news will be pretty much the same for the next hour or so. I’ve turned off my TV already because they’re just showing the same clip, repeating the same things, and starting to speculate.

According to CNN (and other sources) the space shuttle Colombia seems to have broken apart while landing. Not too many details are available yet. The above link seems to be updating periodicly though.

Every other year or so this story pops up. What I find so amusing about it is that they seem to think of it as some new thing. I remember kids joking about drinking too much cough syrup long long ago (Stripes anyone?). So now it seems that Teens are abusing cough and cold remedies.

At least 20 students in Brookline and Newton have been treated for what officials fear is a disturbing craze creeping into local high schools: getting high on name-brand, over-the-counter cough and cold medications.

After years of looking out for students who abuse alcohol or illegal drugs, educators in some schools are now confronting teens who misuse substances sitting on store shelves – specifically, the cough syrup Robitussin and the cough and cold pills Coricidin HBP.

Yup, kids are still drinking Robitussin to get high. I wonder if they’ll ever stop. Or if it will be the next big health threat… again.

Oh yeah, teenagers get drunk too. In case you didn’t know.