Would Someone Turn Down the Heat? Please?

It's hot...89 degrees at 1145 a.m. And it's gonna get jes a lil bit hotter before it's all over today. But it ain't as hot in P-Town as it is in some places here in the US of A...

So…I wander off to the Daily Mail’s site today to read yet another snarky article about Live Earth (“Live Earth has been branded a foul-mouthed flop”) and what do I find? Gossip about Jack Nicholson. Good gossip. With photos of Jack and friends (all female) letting it all hang out (in Jack’s case, not the friends, unfortunately) in the south of France.

I just couldn’t resist, Gentle Reader, coz I luvs me some Nicholson. Didja ever see “Five Easy Pieces?” Early Jack, CLASSIC Jack. One of his best. There sure is a world of difference between the Nicholson of 35+ years ago and the Nicholson of today. But Hey! We all get older. Would that we all could holiday in the south of France in the company of Sweet Young Thangs.

Just sayin’.

Speaking of Live Earth… “Skeptical of Performers’ Motives, Public Tunes Out Live Earth Event.” No comment; I’ve wasted enough bandwidth on this subject. No, I didn’t watch…in real-time OR via streaming vid.

World Net Daily, one of the… uh …more interesting… British tabloids has a good article on Hizb ut-Tahrir, the Party of Liberation, backed up with audio clips of speeches and interviews with several Islamist radicals. It’s the audio clips that are worth the going. While the article claims “nearly 3,000” Muslims attended a rally outside a London mosque featuring radical Islamist speakers, the audience in the clips sounds like it’s composed of tens, perhaps hundreds, of people responding to the speakers’ exhortations. Still and even, this is chilling stuff.

Today’s Pic: A whimsical fish sculpture that caught my eye while at a gallery outside of Tucson, AZ. As always, click for larger.

February, 2004.