Wednesday March 10 is Tibetan Independence Day—and this year will also mark His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 75th birthday. In honor of both, Shepard Fairey collaborated with photographer Don Farber on this limited-edition, signed and numbered 18"x14" print, which goes on sale at this link Wednesday, March 10, at noon Eastern/9am Pacific. Net proceeds divided between Tibet House and LA Friends of Tibet. (thanks, Christal / Tibet Connection Radio)
Democratic Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias is heading to the Washington D.C. Tuesday, where he will meet with White House advisor David Axelrod and celebrate Greek Independence Day.
Politico's Ben Smith reports that Giannoulias will likely chat with political aides like Axelrod and Patrick Gaspard, as "part of a running effort to convince national Democrats not to write the race off."
Also, Giannoulias probably wants to know how involved his basketball buddy President Obama will be with his campaign. Obama has kept his distance from Giannoulias since questions about his role at his family's Broadway Bank and ties to convicted felons like Tony Rezko came to light.
Giannoulias has been trying to diffuse the Broadway Bank situation in recent weeks, while admitting the bank will probably close before November.
Meanwhile, Crain's Chicago Business reports that Giannoulias and his family could make millions in tax refunds from if the bank closes.
Asteroids, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Missile Command... and now Space Invaders? Is no arcade game safe from Hollywood adaptations? Rumor has it, Warner Brothers wants to get into the neon green, slowly-charging aliens game.
The L.A. Times is reporting that Warners is trying to buy the movie rights to the classic arcade game Space Invaders. Producing the project, if all goes as planned, will be Mark Gordon, Jason Blum and Guymon Casady, who have worked on various genre projects from The Day After Tomorrow, The Relic, to Paranormal Activity.
We're not really sure what it will look like, but let's assume it's some sort of Independence Day-type action film... or this:
[Picture/T-Shirt via Threadless]
This week in miscellaneous eating news: A Fatty Crab tasting party, stinky cheese menus at French restaurants around the city, and today's Texas Independence Day celebration at Hill Country. Yeehaw!
I loaded a new “Smart Search” tab on my DirecTV menu yesterday and couldn’t help but notice the photo they chose for the “Best Picture Snubs” category:
Someone at DirecTV might be a little pissed that ID4 never got its day in the Oscar-sun (not even Robert Loggia got seriously overlooked . In a related story, Michelle Collins apparently designs menus for DirecTV.
Upon further examination, though I’m sure someone will comment about it regardless, I realized it’s not an actual still from Independence Day, just something that looks exactly like it — though it’s also not from Close Encounters of the Third Kind or 2001, it’s obviously not from an Alien movie, and otherwise I’m really not sure which of these movies was an actual “Best Picture Snub”.
Possibly Abbott & Costello Go To Mars? Wait, no, that won seven Oscars. Maybe there’s a scene in the Dark Knight Director’s Cut where Batman looks over and sees a drawing of a flying saucer, shakes his head, and gets back to the movie? Either way, future DirecTV Oscar-snub animosity updates will be forthcoming.
For those wondering if there is mail on President's Day 2010, there is not.
There is no mail in the United States on President's Day since it is being observed as a federal holiday (Washington's Birthday).
Post offices are also closed as a result of President's Day.
There are a total of 10 federal holidays that affect mail and the post office.
In addition to President's Day, federal holidays in 2010 include:
Friday, January 1 - New Year's Day
Monday, January 18 - Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday
Monday, May 31 - Memorial Day
Sunday, July 4 - Independence Day
Monday, September 6 - Labor Day
Monday, October 11 - Columbus Day
Wednesday, November 11 - Veterans Day
Thursday, November 25 - Thanksgiving Day
Saturday, December 25 - Christmas Day
24hoursLoot.com, a new online store for Indians to buy a new item everyday at deep discounted price, will be available in limited number of quantity only. The items can be anything, you can also suggest a product or item which you want to buy in highly discounted price. So try your luck – your suggested product may get selected.
24hoursLoot - buy new item daily with high discount price
A new item is released every midnight at 12AM Indian standard time, seven days a week. If a product sells out during its run (in 24 hours), a new item will not appear until the next release time.
After the stupendous success of Pringoo.com, the founders have launched a Pune based startup firm 24hoursloot.com. This concept is almost similar to Woot.com – One Day, One Deal (SM) – but at the end what matters is we have the similar kind of service in India for Indians.
24hoursloot deals directly with the manufacturers of the products suggested by their visitors, so there is nothing to worry about the quality or warranty of the product. They also provide you a 100% money back guarantee, you could return the product within 15 days if you are not satisfied with the item you bought, so there is no chance you could get disappointed with their service.
I wish all the good luck to 24hoursLoot.com – so why not give it a try folks?
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