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" I got a great idea, Mo! "Let's shoehorn Keanu Reeves into a remake of one of the most beloved stories in Japanese literature ever! "How could that possibly go wrong?" "Hell, Yeah! And we could save big bucks with all those costumes from The Last Samurai we got in storage."

The day after...?

I love travel and I love being comfortable. There are several things that I take with me everywhere. I'll try to list many out but here are some I found in 2014 to make travel easy and comfortable and they all have 110-240 adaptors. Air-O-Swiss AOS 7146 Travel Ultrasonic Humidifier - Cool Mist http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001JL4LZ4/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Philips Sonicare HX8211 Airfloss Rechargeable Electric Flosser http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CUG270S/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Quirky Pivot Power 6 Outlet Flexible Surge Protector Power Strip http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004ZP74UK/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER Please add any of your cool finds to the list.

Metadata Not Anonymous at All, Stanford Researchers Show By Tom's Guide / Marshall Honorof11 hours ago If you're not concerned about government surveillance of your phone because the National Security Agency (NSA) only collects metadata, think again. A study from Stanford University shows that connecting "anonymous" metadata to compromising personal information is trivially easy. Documents leaked in June by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden revealed that the organization was collecting metadata about calls placed to and from Verizon telephone lines. Although this revelation was potentially troubling, metadata collection is, in theory, not cause for concern. The metadata about your phone calls does not reveal your name or identity, or the content of your conversations, but it does track the numbers you call, how long the calls last, and which other companies have your phone number in their directories. Although the specific documents leaked in June concerned Verizon landlines, the NSA has since admitted that it collects metadata about mobile telephone calls and text messages as well. MORE: 13 Security and Privacy Tips for the Truly Paranoid Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), who heads the Senate Intelligence Committee, has said that collecting metadata is "not surveillance." Because the information, by itself, cannot identify individuals, Feinstein and the NSA hold that it is practically harmless for the government to collect it. A research team operating out of Stanford University disagrees, and hopes to prove its point with a new Android app called MetaPhone. By accessing your phone number and your Facebook page, this app does what any NSA program could do: It acquires your metadata, then correlates it with your social-media information to see how much it can learn about you. "Phone metadata is inherently revealing," wrote Jonathan Mayer and Patrick Mutchler, the app's designers, on a Stanford Law School blog. By using MetaPhone, you can submit your information to a Stanford research project so that Mayer and Mutchler can determine how easy it is for organizations to glean personal information from your supposedly non-revealing metadata. When Tom's Guide tried the app, we found that the results supported Stanford's assertion: Dozens of different organizations had the phone number we tried on file. The NSA — or worse, a cybercriminal — would be able to find our name, our geographic location, our bank, our medical facilities and even our eating habits with just a simple cross-check online. Whether the NSA is actually cross-referencing individual metadata is another question. The process is simple, but by no means efficient. Uploading and cross-checking data takes time, and to find more complex information, like a home address, would likely take some human oversight. Like most NSA surveillance programs, you probably have nothing to worry about unless you're conspiring with terrorists or planning some kind of criminal activity. The question of whether the NSA should have access to such revealing data from everyday citizens, though, is a legitimate privacy concern. Aside from participating in the MetaPhone study, there are a few things the average user can do to protect him or herself. Not listing your phone number on your Facebook or Twitter profile makes you harder to track down. If you're really paranoid, ditch your smartphone and use a new disposable phone every month. Forget about landlines; they're even easier to track than cellphones. See original article at: http://news.yahoo.com/metadata-not-anonymous-stanford-researchers-222037555.html

Keanu Reeves’ ‘47 Ronin’ Bombing: Universal Prepares for Major Loss By Dave McNary9 hours ago Universal Pictures has acknowledged that “47 Ronin” is a loser, disclosing that it’s taken the ususual step of writing down some if its $175 million cost prior to the current quarter. The samurai tentpole, starring Keanu Reeves, opened Christmas Day in the U.S. with a soft $7 million at 2,688 locations, finishing sixth. Internationally, the film has opened in 14 territories for a total of $10 million through Wednesday. Though the film’s opening two weeks ago in Japan was dire, it finished first in its Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan openings. More of this obit can be found at: http://movies.yahoo.com/news/keanu-reeves-47-ronin-bombing-universal-prepares-big-002627942.html

And it was ever so much more fun for Oz than another 2 hours discussing the state of his soul with Auntie Polly.

Here is a copycat recipee of the original McDonald's fries (which I have fond memories of): http://www.food.com/recipe/mc-donalds-classic-french-fries-copycat-433745 How close it is in taste, who knows. The nutritional info for those fries is listed but somehow it just doesn't seem right, especially when compared to the nutritional info in TY's referenced site. I like fries with burgers and not much else, and really don't have a favorite. What I really love though is when you put chili and cheese on top of them. I only allow myself that indulgence once or twice a year.

I'll leave the cores to the connoisseurs and tightwads. I'm with the rest of you deep into potato skins. Lovem.

I would like to know where the original McDonald's fries would fall on this list. I'm pretty sure where they would fall in taste -- never been anything like it to cross my lips.

If Davey really had the balls he could have draped them over a limb so that we could all admire them and his tree.