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It's Sunday April the 16 around 9:30PM and

Buzz Dump: Live Free or Die

This should be a nice start for what I hope will be a great week. Even if I didn't eat a good Easter dinner.

*This week's Sopranos (non-spoiler) Fix of things you didn't know. Last week was Vito's bombshell, this week we learn: Carmela voted for Bush in '04, and Tony agrees with Sen. Rick Santorum on occaision, and we love the episode named from our favorite state motto, New Hamphire's "Live Free or Die"

*The unifying theory of Myspace: "anything you write on MySpace instantly becomes 150% more idiotic just by the mere fact that you are writing it on MySpace."

*Decode why I am posting this link about poker if you dare. 3,156 words wondering if Poker is losing it's 'first flush'. I think the new Fox poker show, called "Poker Dome" which is described as both "poker on triple espresso" and the "Nascar of poker" will be the begining of the end. Thank god.

*Geek alert. A long Q&A with J.J. Abrams in The New York Times Magazine. Finally a smart answer to this kind of question: "Historical figure he'd like to meet: Aristotle. Anything Rod Serling couldn't do, Aristotle had it covered."

*Meanwhile Eric Asimov has an interesting take on the pros and cons about lifestyle advertising - with a case study on Beringer Vineyards “How to Get to Napa Valley’’ campaign.

*Waiter Rant ponders 'the waiter rule' - "that you can tell alot about a person’s character by how they interact with waitstaff and others in service roles." Discuss.

*CSI has a page that looks very cool and gives clues to the final two episodes of the season. I don't watch the show, but apparently some of you do. Oh, and I have recently started watching House, and this two-parter seems like a good idea.

*The trailer for The Fountain looks interesting. The film's website is creepy. The new film by Darren Aronofsky goes like this, "Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, The Fountain is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of our existence in this world."

*Wow, a list that Canada actually doesn't do well on. How odd. The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2006 and not a single Canadian restuarant to be found.

*Lastly. I'm sure it will be down very soon thanks to NBC's laywers over at You Tube. But SNL's Digital Short "Laser Cats" was pretty darn funny this weekend. Love this intro: "In the future, there was a nuclear war. And because of all the radiation, cats developed the ability to shoot lasers out of their mouths. Some will use the cats for good, others for evil. Who will win in a world of...LASER CATS!" Indeed.

Bonus: A classic Family Guy clip. Totally not appropriate for Easter Sunday or Monday morning. Okay I felt bad about that link. So here is an alternate Family Guy link that shows Jesus Quantum Leaping - oh boy. Or this one.