{"id":295,"date":"2006-06-23T20:25:05","date_gmt":"2006-06-24T03:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/2006\/06\/23\/the-dork-report-for-june-23-2006\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T15:27:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T19:27:30","slug":"the-dork-report-for-june-23-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-june-23-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dork Report for June 23, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Whoda thunk, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Clowns boost fertility<\/span> (no longer online: sky.com\/skynews\/article\/0,,91059-13529244,00.html). Are they sure the clown wasn\u2019t, you know, taking advantage of the situation? (spotted on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20080828022214\/http:\/\/www.forteantimes.com\/breaking_news\/breaking_news.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Fortean Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rest assured: the government is totally on top of this whole terrorism thing, snooping on your <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/news.ars\/post\/20060621-7101.html\" target=\"_blank\">phone calls<\/a> and \u201cSwifting\u201d through your <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/06\/23\/washington\/23intel.html?hp&amp;ex=1151121600&amp;en=18f9ed2cf37511d5&amp;ei=5094&amp;partner=homepage\" target=\"_blank\">bank records<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matt Damon is <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20081211210321\/http:\/\/www.darkhorizons.com:80\/news06\/060622d.php\" target=\"_blank\">Kirk<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nobody does it betta, in a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">cardigan sweata<\/span> (no longer online: youtube.com\/watch?v=RbuNDrj6LM0).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Snakes on a Plane <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20060702033238\/http:\/\/www.jokaroo.com:80\/funnyvideos\/snakes_on_a_plane_auditions.html\" target=\"_blank\">auditions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not to nitpick, but I believe this is actually a <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210418025358\/https:\/\/www.cinemablend.com\/new\/New-Line-Plans-More-Lord-Of-The-Rings-2857.html\" target=\"_blank\">triple-dip<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lost Girls, one of Alan Moore&#8217;s famously unfinished projects, is finally about to be published. Moore grants a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">massive interview<\/span> (no longer online: comicbookresources.com\/news\/newsitem.cgi?id=7411) (more of an extended monologue, actually &#8211; honestly, the man thinks and speaks in paragraphs) on the subject of pornography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related to the above, the owners of the Peter Pan copyright are, perhaps unsurprisingly, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not pleased<\/span> (no longer online: canada.com\/saskatoonstarphoenix\/news\/lifestyle\/story.html) with the portrayal of Wendy as sexually active in her adult years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Motley Fool gives the music industry the <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20061018122506\/http:\/\/www.fool.com:80\/news\/commentary\/2006\/commentary06060801.htm\" target=\"_blank\">slide-rule beat-down<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two 2006 bootleg perspectives on the Pink Floyd legacy: Roger Waters <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">live in Verona<\/span> (no longer online: bigozine3.com\/rarities\/?p=18) and Dave Gilmour <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">live in Manchester<\/span> (no longer online: bigozine3.com\/rarities\/?p=13).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whoda thunk, Clowns boost fertility (no longer online: sky.com\/skynews\/article\/0,,91059-13529244,00.html). Are they sure the clown wasn\u2019t, you know, taking advantage of the situation? (spotted on Fortean Times) Rest assured: the government is totally on top of this whole terrorism thing, snooping on your phone calls and \u201cSwifting\u201d through your bank records. Matt Damon is Kirk. 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