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John Edwards, former VP candidate will be announcing tomorrow that he will be a candidate for President of the United States. Check out his site (he even has You Tube videos!).

A couple of things have occured since the settlement conference that was held in September.

• A court ordered mediation was scheduled for September 20, 2006; this was delayed until October 26, 2006, following a request from CCGLA’s attorney; no settlement was reached during this conference
• A Motion for Summary Judgment was filed on November 3, 2006 by CEF’s attorney
• A Motion to Compel Discovery and Sanctions was filed on November 17, 2006 by CEF’s attorney
• CCGLA filed for a motion for continuance in the case, which was not granted
• A hearing to consider the Summary Judgment, and Motion to Compel Discovery and Sanctions has been scheduled for January 12, 2007

Court Reference: 401-00994-06

Woo hoo! I just got my grades posted, and they are nice One more semester like this, and I might graduate magna cum laude. Of course, this is presuming that my 3.2-something from CCCCD doesn’t come up and raise it’s ugly head (something I should raise with the advising staff one day soon).

It’s amazing what you find when you are browsing randomly through the web. It seems that the number on the back of books (the ISBN) is moving from 10-digits to 13-digits in 2007.

The source of this news actually provides a really good overview of how the ISBN system works, and why it is the way that it is (and now moving to a 13-digit number).

Being a crackberry user, I’m always interested in articles that collect useful links, especially if they relate to the my handy hand-sized gizmo.

Over at BlackBerry Forums I discovered this link to a page full, I mean FULL of links that are mobile device friendly. If you use a mobile device, its worth checking this page out.

Earlier this weekend, I found that Lifehacker posted a link to mobile-friendly shopping sites (like Amazon, etc.). Extremely useful at this time of year.

Now, I need a decent mobile-device friendly bookmark manager to keep them all organized. Any suggestions?

This weekend, it seemed I was meant to watch things. As Peter Sellers said, “I like to watch.”

After a failed attempt at going to a movie on Friday evening, I got to watch a Netflix acquired movie, Third Man Out (a gay detective story). It was okay, a little disappointing, and not really appreciated by the others being subjected to it (namely Paul, Layton and Chris).

After recovering from that, Saturday evening Chris encouraged me to come outside and watch a speck of light travel the sky. It was the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle Discovery.

We then headed out to watch the new James Bond movie, Casino Royale. Wow! Chris and I were floored with the spectacular scenery throughout the movie, not to mention the phenomenal story line. I also can’t object to the gratuitous (and incredibly sexy) scenes with Daniel Craig’s body.

After getting home and enjoying a dirty martini (I was somehow “in the mood”), I watched Wedding Wars, the A&E original movie shown last week sometime. It was just what the brain needed at 1:30 in the morning with a dirty martini in me. Actually, apart from a few cheesy moments, I actually liked the storyline and the movie. Definately worth a watch, especially given the name power within the movie.

Finally, we watch a much slower and brighter (it seemed) ISS/Shuttle move across the evening sky this evening. We were down at Willow Bend mall and had just got out to head to Maggiano’s Little Italy (where we were meeting my boss for dinner). As we stood in the car park looking up, this woman came out and inquired what we were watching, and when we pointed the ISS/Shuttle out to her, she was very pleased with her new discovery.

Two exciting pieces of news emanating from across the lake (Pacific Ocean).

First, QANTAS Airways is being sold, however the company has stated that it will remain Australian-owned, and the management structure will not be changed as a result. This is good news, as QANTAS is still one of the few airlines in the world that actually makes a profit. The change is a result of a takeover bid that was launched a couple of weeks back by a consortium, in which the Texas Pacific Group will be a part owner. It’s like my two homes are merging together.

Second, it appears that convenience – not to mention practicality – has hit wine bottles. Australia’s Hardy Wine Company is launching a new bottle called the “shuttle” that will include a single plastic wine glass as part of the bottle.

“It’s portable (and) it means you only need to buy one product to enjoy a glass of wine,” Miriam Leenders, Hardy Wine Company Global Marketing Manager, told Reuters. She said the product would be perfect for outdoor events where glass was not permitted for safety reasons.

The “Shuttle” is set for distribution in Australia in 2007.

Drinking outside – how civilized!

If you are looking for that last minute gift for your geeky friends, then visit TresGeek Online. A friend of mine has recently opened this online store, which has a good range of t-shirts and other items which only geeks would understand. Some of them are very funny, subtle and risque. Let it be noted that I understood the naughty ones quite easily!