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Submission + - Plummer: 'My Sex Injury Made Shatner A Star' (imdb.com)

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starglider29a

on Monday August 25, 2008 @11:42AM

starglider29a writes: "
Veteran actor Christopher Plummer is livid an injury he suffered during from a one-night stand meant that William Shatner played his part in Henry V — because it made the Star Trek actor a star.

Plummer was lined up to perform in the Shakespeare play in 1956 — but an unplanned romp left him unable to take to the stage... "I woke up alone the next morning... (pain) all around my groin and lower abdomen... I started to whimper like a whipped dog. 'So this is what syphilis is like?' I thought. 'I suppose I deserve it, but Christ, how the hell was I to know?'... He adds, "It began to sink in... Shatner, my understudy, would have to go on... (It) instantly brought back the pain. I screamed for a nurse who jabbed me with more morphine.

"I knew then that the Sob (son of a b**ch) was going to be a 'star.'"

Well, that certainly explains some of the vitriol that General Chang carried in his voice when quoting Shakespeare to Admiral, um, Captain Kirk in Star Trek VI. taH pagh, taH be?"

Submission + - Vista browsers to surpass Mac by mid-2008? (w3schools.com)

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starglider29a

on Wednesday August 08, 2007 @04:24PM

starglider29a writes: "According to browser statistics gathered by w3schools.com, Vista is up to 3.00% in June '07. With Linux at 3.4% and Mac at 4.00% and rising, first order projections place Vista users to surpass Mac users somewhere in mid-2008. This doesn't take into account the publics reaction to Leopard when it is unveiled."

Submission + - Voracious Jumbo Squid Invade California (go.com)

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on Wednesday July 25, 2007 @10:20AM

starglider29a writes: "Jumbo squid that can grow up to 7 feet long and weigh more than 110 pounds are invading central California waters and preying on local anchovy, hake and other commercial fish populations, according to a study published Tuesday.

"Having a new, voracious predator set up shop here in California may be yet another thing for fishermen to compete with," said the study's co-author, Stanford University researcher Louis Zeidberg. "That said, if a squid saw a human they would jet the other way."

The jumbo squid used to be found only in the Pacific Ocean's warmest stretches near the equator. In the last 16 years, it has expanded its territory throughout California waters, and squid have even been found in the icy waters off Alaska, Zeidberg said.

starglider29a says: This would be YA 'look, climate change' article, were it not for the fact that the Squid Expert is named Zeidberg! ROFLCAKES!"

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