Patrick Havens on July 26th, 2007

Daredevil Bear Grylls samples raw fish in the wilds on the Discovery Channel’s “Man vs. Wild.”He was born to be wild — but only after a hot shower and room service.
The Discovery Channel has issued a statement in response to an investigation into its popular series “Man vs. Wild,” following allegations that the show’s host, [...]

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Welcome to Living in the Whine Country. A new design has been up with only a few reported issues. It is still under going development, mainly with speed tweaks. But if you notice an issue, please feel free to let me know, so I can get it fixed. Also let me know if you have any story ideas you want me to cover.



Patrick Havens on June 26th, 2007

For those who live on TV or used too before their lives got hectic there is Minisodes, for those that think that everything has already gotten too abbreviated then this site ISN’T for you.
Don’t think of the Minisode Network as a brand-new Web site. Think of it as a long-overdue public service.
That is, who among [...]

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Patrick Havens on June 5th, 2007

The federal appeals court in New York on Monday tossed out a key FCC indecency ruling that said a slip of the tongue gets broadcasters a fine for indecency, telling the commission that it failed to give a good reason for its decision and couldn’t likely find a good reason if it had to.
“We find [...]

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Patrick Havens on May 15th, 2007

I ran across an article mentioning that there was a spoof of the Simpsons out that Fox was sicking their lawyers on called “The OJ Simpsons.” I had to laugh because I always assumed that The Simpsons™ actually spoofed real life.
In this case they have The Simpsons if OJ was Homer. And so [...]

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Patrick Havens on May 12th, 2007

Rock & roll’s legendary Elvis Costello and the Imposters will perform an exclusive live webcast concert from the Ed Sullivan Theater on Monday, May 14th at 8:25pm ET.Costello, who this year marks the 30th anniversary of the release of his groundbreaking debut album, “My Aim Is True,” will perform songs from his CDs, “The Best [...]

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Patrick Havens on May 11th, 2007

I was surfing here and there and I read about an “Art Exhibit.”
Using wasted energy, Richard Box was able to get over a thousand fluorescent tubes powered by low overhead power lines.

Richard Box, artist-in-residence at Bristol University’s physics department, got the idea for Field (2004) – 1,301 fluorescent tubes powered only by the electric [...]

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Patrick Havens on May 9th, 2007

I am a huge stand up/improv fan. And so I was very pleased to be passed on this look back at “Whose line is it anyway?”

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Patrick Havens on May 2nd, 2007

Yes David Letterman has a Twitter… and though it seems he only randomly posts in it, there have been a number of keepers.  For example:
You know what I love? That’s right…hexadecimal numbers.
Which I’m pretty sure is relating to the face the HD-DVD key was released to the wild.  Too bad it’s already been eclipsed and [...]

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Patrick Havens on April 24th, 2007

I think that George W. Bush has made himself the easiest president to make fun of. Not only had his stupid moves made him hated by a large majority of the population, his bumbling attempts are many so there is no lack of clips to use.  David Letterman runs a “Greatest Presidential Speeches” which really [...]

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Patrick Havens on March 27th, 2007

OK.. the gimmick is this. This guy goes around all day wearing a camera on his head. And streams it live onto the web. Its been going for about 9 days, been covered by way too many blogs, tv shows and I’m betting he’ll be making the late night tv shows soon. [...]

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