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Ok, for all you night owls out in Berkeley tonight: tune into to 90.7 on your FM dial or RealPlayer on the Internet and listen to my buddy Uncle DeLuvian starting 70 minutes ago until 3:30 am. That is all.

Says Knight Ridder: WASHINGTON – Ignore all those Internet rumors: Despite the U.S. military’s desperate need for more troops, there’s no chance that the Bush administration or Congress will resurrect the draft, short of a new Pearl Harbor. It’s too unpopular politically. Moreover, military experts say that conscription would hurt the quality and morale of the armed forces. Instead, the Pentagon is examining options such as calling up more members of the National Guard and reserves, extending tours of active…

So as many of you know, Taxi is one of my favorite films — it’s a fantastic French action comedy about a superfast driving Taxi driver who ends up working for the Marseille police when he gets busted by a bumbling cop who enlists him to stop the German Mercedes gang bank robbery gang invading Marseille. It’s been remade for an American audience and will be released this October. I’ve just watched the trailer for the remake and there are…

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OFFER OF ACCOMMODATION Dear Cyrus, We are pleased to offer you the following accommodation in a UAH property: 434 West 120th Street # 5E2 New York NY 10027 One bedroom in a two bedroom apartment share. This unit is unfurnished. Billing rate is $693.00 Per Month Ethernet Service Charge $25.00 Per Month. Utilities are not included. Wanna see a blueprint? Sounds great! My roommate is a SIPA (School of Intl. Public Affairs), so that should prove to be interesting —…

Considering that I stole your thunder last time, Rachel, I’ll wait until later — but I will say that we’re all proud of you! Also, anyone want a free subscription to Wired?

Well, trip to LA went well, more or less — a mild exchange with my Dad on Sunday notwithstanding. It was good to see family and a couple friends and what not. (In addition Made it back easily on BART, and overheard a guy called Dennis who is the promoter/manager for KaliFam talk to some other guy about the music business. I learned two things of note: 1) AndrŽ 3000 of Outkast fame is currently shooting a movie where he…

Anyone know of a $1400 or less apartment (2 bedroom, living room, etc) apt within walking distance of campus? He can move in mid to late July. Email me if you have any insider information.

Last night my family went and saw a new Persian film called “The Lizard”, a contemporary Persian comedy, which is something of an oxymoron. In the last 10 years or so, in the new wave of Persian cinema with films like “The White Balloon,” “Children of Heaven,” “Rain,” and so forth. They tend to be quite simple and beautiful films, but very melodramatic and heavy as well — and they don’t differ a whole lot from one to the next.…

Our family cat, Magic, died two weeks ago when we were in Chicago. I just found this out today. I wasn’t particularly attached to him, as he was a very large and boring orange tabby cat — bigger than our dog (a bichon frisŽ, Marcel). But still, I find it weird that no one thought to tell me. I went to the LA Farmer’s Market in Fairfax for the first time today and had some gumbo ya ya at a…