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I read somewhere that the city of New Orleans requested funding from the federal government two months ago in order to strengthen the levees. But GWB denied them the funding. Interesting. I read that the cuts to that specific funding were made 3 years ago, while a report sat on his desk stating tha...

I thought I would post a little update, following the effects of Hurricane Katrina on gas prices. And yes, we have been affected in the UK too. As of this weekend, it is costing 95p per litre for gas. Using my incredible-maths-brain :wink: *cough*, I have worked out that this equates to US measureme...

I finally got a hold of my friend in Mississippi! She and the house are okay Excellent news. As long as they are safe that's the main thing. The reports of violence and looting are so awful. I understand trying to get food, diapers, and other necessities, but the people who are stealing jewelry, DV...

I was thinking about this too. It is awful for the people of New Orleans and surrounding areas. I hope the death toll is not high, although I fear it might be. I heard on the radio this morning the same thing: they are moving people to the Astrodome. Estimates are 20,000 people will have to be tempo...

Small update - I have procured the remaining three HP books for my collection (I found books 3 and 4 on my father's bookshelf, book 5 I purchased from a charity shop yesterday, and book 6 I bought because it was on half price sale at the supermarket). So, I will commence reading them soon and post m...

Yep, another notch on the 'holiday' belt for me! This time I was in Cornwall, the lovely coastal region of the UK. I did have dial-up internet access though as I was staying in my parents' house there. We went to many beaches, on a walk, and generally chilled out. We were staying in Falmouth which i...

So, I asked my friend about it, and she said that the reason BBC America doesn't automatically get rights to the show is because it is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BBC Worldwide, and legally a separate company (we didn't cover why it's a separate company but I'm sure it has to do with compliance wit...

OK, late as usual... but the pilot just aired on UK tv last night. I thought it was great, and I will definitely be tuning in next week. I purposely haven't read the rest of this thread in case of spoilers, but I heard that the man in charge of championing this show and Desperate Housewives was kick...

Chicago being my spiritual home, I like to listen online to WTMX for the first couple of hours of my working day. It's really the middle of the night then for them, and so what's played is really chilled out and mellow stuff, there are virtually no ad-breaks etc. Later on when Eric & Kathy start up,...

Hey Jody! Happy Birthday!
I'm sending you sunshine wishes from the English Riviera...
Hope you have a fantastic day.

Another of the deal breaker's stateside was that it was felt the series was "too British." This has always irked me as a reason for not broadcasting stuff that's British straight onto US television. I think it's actually quite patronising to the American public. However, that kind of silliness just...

At the moment, I'm enjoying James Blunt's album 'Back to Bedlam'. It took a few listens to get into the weirdness of his voice, but it's worth the effort. Also, Velvet Revolver (yeah, I know...but I like it!) following our chance meeting at Auckland airport. I felt obliged to check them out. I'm ful...

She is being pushed quite strongly in the UK at the moment - TV adverts etc. It's much the same as Norah Jones was a couple of years ago (I mean the marketing drive, not Madeline). And that definitely led to Norah becoming a quiet-music mega-star. I had never heard any of her stuff until I saw this ...

Did we really not have a topic for "Doctor Who" yet? Strange. Hm. That is hard to believe. It's a shame that the US won't get to see the new series. I watched a couple of the eps with Christopher Ecclestone as the Doctor, and I have to say, I liked them but they weren't overly fabulous. They were a...

Yikes! warning - everyone, when you hit the quote button (as opposed to manually typing out the html tags), to reply to the quote, and it contains a spoiler, you can see the spoiler text. I have the ability to stop reading after 2 milliseconds, which I did because I've now decided to persevere with...