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A woman simply cannot resist a man who's willing to write a song dedicated to how he wants to kill her.
Eminem remarried his ex-wife, Kimberly Mathers in Michigan on Saturday. Eminem is famous for detailing how he's wanted to kill Kimberly in several songs, including "Kim" and "What's the Difference."
The retirement rumours must be true. The man has nothing to rap about now.
DISCLAIMER: I am a happy owner of an iPod.
As my co-workers and bosses partied in San Francisco last week at MacWorld, I sat in my cubicle, listening to my iPod and reading the following article on my PC: "The Media's Crush on Apple." And if you think about it, the headline is true. Apple is the apple of the media's eye.
I swear to God the NYTimes wrote a half dozen articles previewing and reviewing the Nano. Jobs is on the cover of nearly every major newspaper and magazine everytime a new version of iPod is released. Sure, Bill Gates received big coverage for the 
release of the new Xbox360, but the last Xbox was released six years ago. Apple is releasing a new iPod every six months.
My question is: What happened to the computers? Mac computers are at least as capable as any PC, but who's buying them? The only places where I see Macs are in graphic design departments, Gramp's office and K-12 classrooms.
Which leads to my next question: Why are schools so prone to using Macs? I know schools are saving dollars, but if they want to prepare students, they ought put them in front of a PC because few offices use Macs. I am the case-in-point, working on my PC and listening to my iPod.
The Apple stock has soared, but investors should be worried about a such a large corporation hanging onto a single product, especially when cheaper, flashier MP3 players are coming after the market share. Or maybe they can rest because the media is too in love with Apple to consider any other suitors.
Sam Alito knows how to juggle. Seriously, the man can juggle balls, and he's proving his ability to tediously juggle loose answers around Democrats' tough questions. He's a classic Supreme Court justice nominee.
The man will be confirmed, in my opinion, but not without his fair share of opposition-party hazing. Democrats are citing two big issues during Alito's third-day of confirmation hearings.
First, they are not stoked about Alito's stance on abortion. Whereas John Roberts called Roe v. Wade the "settled law of the land," Alito is open to reviewing the case, stating, "I would approach the question with an open mind and I would listen to the arguments that were made." While most Democrats want to see the Roe v. Wade upheld, they should be more realistic. Any W.-appointed nominee will be open to at least reviewing the case, and any decent judge should be open to reviewing cases, if new, substantial evidence can be presented. Women and minorities would have fewer rights today if the Supreme Court didn't review cases regularly.
Second, Alito drew conflict-of-interest accusations three years ago after he upheld a lower court's dismissal of a lawsuit against the Vanguard Group. Alito had hundreds of thousands of dollars invested with the mutual fund company at the time. Conflicts of interests are about as severe a crime as jaywalking in D.C. for politicians, but Supreme Court justices should be held to a higher standard.
I hope to hear your opinions about Alito. I'll cook up some more fresh commentary as the confirmation hearings continue.
My comrades,
I've posted a new photo album, which includes pictures from the last couple of weeks.
I'm taking a short vacation from blogging. I'm too overwhelmed by life right now, and need to refocus my energies. As you know, I'm a big fan of quotes. Thus, I'll leave you with a favorite:
"To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others." - Anne-Sophie Swetchine
Regards,
Paolo
"It Isn't Easy Being the Sexy Bin Laden" - That's the title of a January 2006 "GQ" pictorial. Osama bin Laden's niece, Wafah Dufour, will be posing for the magazine. Dufour took her mother's last name after 9/11.
I'm really not sure what to think of this. It's not a national security issue, but it seems distasteful. "GQ" will attract major attention, but it's also begging for boycotts, likely to be led by a Bill O'Reilly-esque figure.
Dufour said about the pictorial:
"I was born in the States and I want people to know I'm American, and I want people here to understand that I'm like anyone in New York. For me, it's home."
I would argue that not everyone in New York has an uncle that organized the most significant terrorism attack against the U.S., but I could be wrong.