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Posted Sep. 20, 2007,
Does Meteor Crash in Peru Signal Alien Invasion?
By Ann Magnuson
The story about the meteor that recently crashed to earth in Peru (the crater it left boiled for 10 minutes giving off 'fetid gases') reminded me of one of my favorite childhood movies War of the Worlds. (Not the Tom Cruise remake). This 1953 classic starred Gene Barry who I had a big crush on ever since I saw the movie in reruns on TV (I also vaugely remember him as the suave rouge lawman "Bat Masterson" -- which might be the the reason I have a soft spot for suave rouges).
The New York Times reports on several theories swirling about regarding this meteor and why its emissions are making local Peruvians sick. Pravda suggests it was a nuclear-powered U.S. satellite spying on Iran and was shot down by our own military thus thwarting some kind of nuclear attack on Iran. Sounds kooky but then again... what about this...
Posted Jun. 14, 2007,
If Diana Had Lived Would She Have Tina Brown's New Face?
By Ann Magnuson
I did a double take when I first saw this publicity shot of Tina Brown (in last Friday's New York Times review of The Diana Chronicles). Wow, did she have 'work' done? Or is that just the weirdness that Photoshop bestows on most women of a certain age? There is something vaguely Mongolian going on there. Or maybe it's more northwestern Siberia? I meant to comment on this earlier in the week but couldn't find this particular photo online. Thanks to Gawker, it's now part of the viral community! I can't help but wonder if Princess Diana might look like this had she lived? Me, I'm holding out for the more advanced technology. Something that might make one look a little less like this. Then again, that is The New Look. And we could all use some 'freshening up'!