I could easily have lived there for four days. Coming and going for four days would've been a drag. But the combination of friendly yet functional security and a crowd to match would've made it a very nice place to live, listen to music, and sit in the sun. As it was, one day was all that was possible this year. Inside the gates Cool: Being able to find free street parking within even Houstonian walking distances to the venue, saving $15 and avoiding a rutted patch of ...
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REPOSTED from www.mediabistro.com Tuesday, Aug 19 Watchmen Dispute: Alan Moore's Work is Jinxed Watchmen was the only thing anyone was talking about at Comic Con this year. Kevin Smith told the director of the film Zack Snyder at a standing room only panel,"The whole reason we ever had a Comic Con was that someone would make a Watchmen movie. I feel like after I see it I can die!" It's due to be released in March (3/6/09 to be exact...snort). Now, 20th Century Fox says it owns the rights b...
We could drill everywhere in the U.S. and not meet our energy needs or reduce prices. The U.S. contains only 3 or 4 percent of the world's proven oil and gas reserves. As the U.S. Department of Interior has indicated, at the most, only 4 billion barrels of oil reserves lie off the entire Atlantic coast - about a 200-day supply based on current U.S. consumption of 20 million barrels a day. We do not need to open new areas for drilling. Four times more natural gas is available in areas a...