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Kelly and I watched the Grammys last night. In Kansas City, we used to have people over and we asked them to dress as their favorite nominee (or any musician, really). Kelly and I went as the White Stripes one year, and Johnny Cash and Missy Elliot another. Jared showed up as Nelly, if he had transplanted to Kansas City (face bandaid and all). No one else ever dressed up. Jerks.

I thought the show itself was not bad. For the most part, I enjoyed the performances. The same can't be said for the awards. I was absolutely sick of the Dixie Chicks winning all the awards. Record of the Year? What about Gnarls Barkley? They were robbed.

That the Dixie Chicks won some awards didn't bother me. What did is that it got to be less of an award for music than an award for politics. I'm also tired of the Dixie Chicks playing the victim - after three years of practice, I guess it did pay off. They seemed to acknowledge in their acceptance speech for Album of the Year that their politics swept them to victory. What I don't understand is why they were so offended that people were upset with them in the first place. Just because you make an album doesn't mean that people are obligated to a)buy it, and b) play it on the radio. Just don't piss off your fanbase and the conduit to those fans.

What do you guys think?

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Opinions anyone?

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Black Sheep Acres

Similar to those castle defense games, except your are defending against cute fuzzy animals. It's a lot harder than it looks.

So I worked 16 hours yesterday. 7 AM to 11 PM. Thankfully my post commander said if I pulled the double last night I wouldn't have to come in today until 7 PM. So at least there is an upside. I'm still pretty zonked though. I did get a lot of homework done. Hopefully that won't be happening again anytime soon, but the company has yet to fill any of the empty slots we have at our post. Sigh....

Yesterday I finally watched An Inconvenient Truth, and I'm very glad I did. I thought that I already had a pretty good idea of what is known about global warming. I was already convinced that it's real, and needs to be dealt with, but I had always assumed that the threats of global warming lie sometime far in the future.

But this movie opened my eyes to the effects of global warming we have already experienced: melted glaciers, dried-up rivers and lakes, floods, droughts, and hurricanes. Even worse, the doomsday scenario--the melting of the polar ice caps--is likely to happen far sooner than I assumed (if we continue to increase our energy consumption at the current rate).

Of course, this is all demonstrated in the film with statistics and hard science that are supported by the overwhelming majority of climate experts. As Al Gore points out, the "controversy" surrounding global warming is an attempt by a few powerful people to cloud the truth, much like tobacco companies denied for years that cigarettes cause cancer.

If you haven't yet seen An Inconvenient Truth, I strongly urge you to. Whether you believe in global warming or not, whether you're a liberal or a conservative, whether you're a Republican, a Democrat, or an Independent, the movie presents a compelling problem that must be addressed.