Crap. Crappity crap crap. Apparently Jorja Fox and George Eads from the original CSI have both been fired (Sarah and Nick respectively). It was allegedly due to both of them asking for a pay raise. Fox is confirmed fired, whereas Eads didn’t show up for shooting, so it’s assumed he’s gone too.

It looks like CSI: Las Vegas is on a downward spiral. William Petersen, the guy who plays Gil Grissom, has also said that he’ll most likely quit once his contract is up because he doesn’t like the franchising direction the show is taking. I personally really dislike CSI: Miami, so I agree with the guy somewhat (Haven’t seen CSI: NY, so not about to make judgement on that yet).

I don’t know man. I don’t think I’ll continue watching the show once Gil goes. It’s just not right, y’know?

I think it’s time I start buying up those DVDs.

[Entry title shamelessly stolen from Margaret Cho's Love is Love is Love site.]

This article by a gay high school student in Utah is probably one of the most compelling reasons for gay marriage I’ve read. An excerpt:

The other day I saw a woman crying because she felt so strongly against homosexual marriage. Go cry because people starve, because children are abused, and because war and tragedy run rampant, but not because two people fall in love.

Read the whole article; it’s really quite powerful.

This is what happens when you read all your news late at night; I missed the news about the bombing in Madrid on 3/11. People are saying that what 9/11 was to New York, 3/11 is to Madrid. My condolences to all those who’ve lost family and friends in this horrible incident.

For more information, peruse this Boing Boing entry about blogosphere reaction to the bombing.

[via Boing Boing]

I originally wanted to post this link up on the sideblog, but my comment on it ended up being a paragraph long, so I figured I’d post it here instead.

I’ve heard of some pretty stupid bills in the past, but this has got to be one of the worst. I quote:

Ostensibly, the Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act (HR3261) makes it a crime for anyone to copy and redistribute a substantial portion of data collected by commercial database companies and list publishers.

This may sound pretty innocuous on the surface, but in reality it’s not. This bill would give commercial database companies ownership of facts like stock quotes, sports scores, and voter lists. What this means is that any kind of news digest or headline list not published by a big database company would be rendered illegal. If this bill passes, say goodbye to Google News, since it trolls media databases and provides stories on its main page. Even a public-health website would be deemed in violation of the law if it gathered a list of the latest health headlines and posted links to them on its homepage. I know of a number of blogs that would be found in violation too, my sideblog being one of them. If this bill passes, say goodbye to receiving news, stock quotes, and sports updates on your pager or cellphone, because the companies would own that information, and you’d have to pay for them.

These companies already have copyright law protecting them. They don’t need another law that impedes the free exchange of information. What else is more important in the age of the Internet? If you can, tell your local member of Congress to not support this bill.

[via Leo]

Just in case y’all didn’t believe me about a storm cancelling my exam, here’s an article about the huge monster storm that slammed the Bay Area earlier this morning.

Look at the pictures; dang I had no idea it was that bad.