Guess who's racist!

RNC Chairman Michael Steele!  And for once, it's not a lefty saying it.  Just a retard. 

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I guess I'll have to wait until next year

Seeing as how I missed this, I'll really have to start keeping a closer eye on the cultural events calendar here in the L.A. area:

People loved it -- obsessed over it -- and still do; like "Star Trek," "Xena" is a show that can still fill up a big fan convention years after going off the air (this is actually the convention's 14th year -- impressive). And who and what will fans find at the starry convention? Ms. Xena herself, the fabulous Lucy Lawless (who is also performing two shows at the Roxy), plus Renee O'Connor (Gabrielle), and a host of actors from the series, including Hudson Leick, who played Callisto, the most delicious villainess on TV in the last few decades. In fact, Ms. Leick is leading a yoga workshop during the convention. Fantastic.

Other events during the weekend include a writers' workshop, a cabaret, a video competition, a "Xena"-based centerpiece contest, and, of course, costumes galore.

Actually, I just saw footage from the convention on our local Fox station, and, well, let's just say that the foax in attendance made the average Star Trek conventioneer look tan and svelte in comparison, so I don't think I really missed much.

Other than the centerpiece contest, that is. I bet that was pretty kickass.

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The Worst Part About An Awesome Stunt?

The copycats.

Motorists said Monday that a sign at a construction zone on Keystone Avenue in Carmel read: "Raptors Ahead Caution," WRTV, Indianapolis, reported Monday.

"It's kind of crazy. I'm totally confused," one motorist said. "I'm kind of expecting ... dinosaurs to run down the road, or something."

Nancy Heck, a spokeswoman for the city of Carmel, said the sign is owned by contractor Highway Technologies, which operates the programmable signs in the construction area.

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Best. Arsonist. Evah.

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Maybe In Japan, Magazines Covered In Plastic Have A Different Meaning

I dunno. Just a thought.

As a 31-year-old man living alone, I buy many daily necessities at convenience stores. But I cannot browse my favorite magazine any more because it is covered in a clear plastic bag.

Checking seven convenience stores around JR Kanda Station near my workplace, four stores wrapped magazines and books with plastic bags or used rubber bands. Ministop Kanda Station East Exit branch, one of the four, began doing so in December.

Its floor space is about 130 square meters. The store is located near a business district, and it is often crowded, with about 300 people buying lunch at the store each day.

A complaint about a large crowd disturbing other shoppers at lunchtime on the release date of a popular comic magazine motivated the measure.

The bookstore owner, 57, said: "We take off the rubber bands at register counters when a customer wishes to check a magazine's contents. We heard customers are pleased that we took the browsing-prevention measure."

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