http://www.scribd.com/people/view/103218-mike-rutschky This a feed for documents on Scribd written by araqnidm 30 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:31:00 GMT Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:31:00 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/5050578/Living-Fiction-Does-Robin-Work-On-Film Holy Hollywood, Batman! By: Mike Rutschky Earlier this month Christian Bale, hands down the greatest actor to ever dress up in pointy ears and mutter “I’m Batman,” professed to a reporter that if the character of Batman’s pixie-ish sidekick Robin were to ever be written into the current line of Bat-films he would quit the series. While there were many fans that understandably followed Bale’s sentiment with a resounding “Hell Yeah,” or at least a relieved “thank God,” I was just a teensy bit disappointed. I mean I know that Robin and the other Bat-step-children are synonymous with the downfall Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:31:00 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/5050578/Living-Fiction-Does-Robin-Work-On-Film http://www.scribd.com/doc/3041663/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Geriatric-Park Vultures on a Carousel: Geriatric Park "War is where the young and stupid are tricked by the old and bitter into killing each other" - Niko Bellic, Grand Theft Auto VI Forget about the young and stupid part for a second, what I want to talk about is the old and bitter. These are the crazy old reptiles that we willingly allow to lead our species, the dinosaurs that dodged the meteor and stayed warm during the Ice Age. Hell, John McCain probably even gets hazy flashbacks of the ice age when people bring up the current “climate crisis.” I realize that it’s customary in our culture to respect you Wed, 21 May 2008 16:22:02 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/3041663/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Geriatric-Park http://www.scribd.com/doc/2190140/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Punk-Media Vultures on a Carousel: Punk Media By: Michael Rutschky To Hell with election coverage, at least for now; the whole process is caught in this boring in-between stage in which the candidates are more or less confirmed, but there are still more primaries to go before the terror and fury of the General Election can be unleashed. In the meantime, I’d like to share some politically flavored side notes that I’ve been taking over the last couple of weeks. The first of these miscellaneous musings is a YouTube channel that was introduced to me by a kindred spirit here at PJC, Sandi Droubay, profess Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:09:39 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2190140/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Punk-Media http://www.scribd.com/doc/2096891/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Hacker-Kids-vs-SciFi-Mafia Vultures on a Carousel – Hacker Kids vs. Sci-Fi Mafia (Election ’08 intermission) So, I’ve decided to take a break from politics for at least a column or two because I feel like I’m getting too caught up in it. I’ve always been put off by seeing other people get so enveloped in their own beliefs and perspectives that they shut out every other possible perspective, and I felt like I was going in that direction. It’s that kind of single-mindedness that causes all of the problems in our society that my own single-mindedness was meant to be crusading against, so really I’m just addin Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:06:41 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2096891/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Hacker-Kids-vs-SciFi-Mafia http://www.scribd.com/doc/2063561/A-Taste-for-the-Theatrical Living Fiction 009 Mike Rutschky A Taste for the Theatrical As the world thaws from the shock of actor Heath Ledger's sudden passing, I am inspired to take a closer look into the Frankenstein's monster that he had spent the last few months of his life invoking - the one he called The Joker. His penultimate role as the Clown Prince of Crime in the latest Batman movie was something that was at first marred by bitter skepticism from fans of the comic book who thought Ledger an overrated heartthrob, and then revered by those same fans when the slashed visage of Ledger's Joker was revealed Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:46:48 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2063561/A-Taste-for-the-Theatrical http://www.scribd.com/doc/2020771/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Im-John-McCain-and-I-Approve-This-Monkey-Election-08-Canto-III I’m John McCain, and I Approve This Monkey: Election ’08 (Canto 3) By: Michael Rutschky I just got back from the John McCain campaign rally at PJC’s Hartsell Arena, and I have a lot of wasted adrenaline to spend, which is now coming out of my nose and mouth in the form of smoke and brimstone. If you have a bad heart, a weak stomach, or any article of clothing with the American Flag on it, stop reading here. I am typing this with clammy hands, one of them still moist from a handshake with the Senator. All week I had anticipated a brief backstage interview with McCain that The Corsair had Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:20:05 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2020771/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Im-John-McCain-and-I-Approve-This-Monkey-Election-08-Canto-III http://www.scribd.com/doc/1037872/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Ron-and-Rudy-Election-08-Canto-II Vultures on a Carousel: Ron and Rudy (Canto II) By: Michael Rutschky It’s 10 o’clock at night and I am sitting on the floor in my roommate’s bedroom. I feel like I’ve crossed over a police line and snuck into a crime scene. Rather than cleaning, she’s given up on it altogether and moved onto the couch in the living room. Even Rudolph W. Giuliani, dauntless as he is during perilous times, wouldn’t dare to brave such a disaster. I just need somewhere to creep off to while I slam back a tall can of Red Bull and finish another election column. With the Florida primary only days away, P Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:20:03 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/1037872/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Ron-and-Rudy-Election-08-Canto-II http://www.scribd.com/doc/1037219/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Election-08-Canto-I Vultures On A Carousel: Election ’08 (Canto I) By: Mike Rutschky I woke up on New Years Day to nightmares of venomous snakes and a stomach virus, an omen of things to come perhaps? This will be a strange year, I am hoping. Lots of trickery and revelations as the spectator sport known as American politics begins another season. Just as the Earth hurdles forward for another race around the sun, the Republican and Democratic parties spew forth their candidates for another race at the Presidency. The Dems promising an anti-Bush that will undo the nightmare of the last eight years, the GOP hoping Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:19:11 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/1037219/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Election-08-Canto-I http://www.scribd.com/doc/959412/Vultures-On-A-Carousel-Day-1-in-DC Vultures On A Carousel: Day 1 in D.C. By: Mike Rutschky So far, so weird. I’m relaxing comfortably in one of my two beds in my room at the Washington Hilton. My head is currently a rotten fruit, the coagulated juices pouring from every bruised and raw opening. Aside from the head cold, everything is beautiful in the District of Columbia. I forgot how much I’ve missed New England. As soon as I saw the autumn leaves, the grey skies, and the damp stone masonry, I knew I was home. The hotel itself is just as nice as I’d expected. Very luxurious, making it all the more appalling when you see Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:14:57 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/959412/Vultures-On-A-Carousel-Day-1-in-DC http://www.scribd.com/doc/959392/Vultures-On-A-Carousel-The-Column-Where-I-Bitch-About-Music Vultures On A Carousel: The Column Where I Bitch About Music By: Mike Rutschky Music is my passion. Well, next to journalism and comic books music is my passion. I was in a Punk Rock band back in New London, Connecticut called The Model Citizens (a real punk band, not some annoying group of teenyboppers that got together, learned how to palm mute a guitar, and wrote songs about high school). Even though we only ever got around to playing two official shows, we felt like the kings of the world and playing those two shows was like the most powerful feeling of liberation I’ve ever known. Now th Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:07:24 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/959392/Vultures-On-A-Carousel-The-Column-Where-I-Bitch-About-Music http://www.scribd.com/doc/959385/Vultures-On-A-Carousel-Over-Nawlins Vultures On A Carousel Over Nawlins By: Mike Rutschky On the afternoon of Sept. 30, I arrived in New Orleans with my friend, Wes, to catch a show by the legendary Norwegian punk band, Turbonegro. I had already been up since 5 a.m., and was looking at being awake until at least the same time the next day. I took the opportunity to conduct an experiment in mobile gonzo journalism. During the entire trip I used my phone to post micro-blogs of 140 characters or less to www.twitter.com (which sent them to my blog at eCorsair) and send photos to www.flickr.com, in essence creating a Vultures column Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:00:27 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/959385/Vultures-On-A-Carousel-Over-Nawlins http://www.scribd.com/doc/959380/Vultures-On-A-Carousel-Over-The-District Vultures On A Carousel Over “The District” By: Mike Rutschky 'Vultures on a Carousel' is about going where the action is. Undoubtedly that had to be wherever all of the transvestites, piratecats, and sperm-zombies were headed to. On the way back from dinner with the Army Times crew in Washington, D.C. we drove past a book store that I wanted to see before it closed. The other stores in the area all had such fascinating things from a plethora of different cultures, and I had assumed from a brief glimpse at the storefront that this store had some occult or counter-culture themed books and pa Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:58:14 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/959380/Vultures-On-A-Carousel-Over-The-District http://www.scribd.com/doc/959375/Vultures-On-A-Carousel-vs-The-Tornado Vultures On A Carousel vs. The Tornado By: Mike Rutschky By now this is a story that I'm tired of telling people. However, I still like what I wrote because it is a written snapshot of a moment in time, and was more or less published as it occurred. In my opinion this kind of accessibility is exactly what journalism has always been building towards. This was written last Thursday, after spending a rare extended period of time controlled by the lizard-brain, and motivated by the panic and chaos of a massive group of strangers all running from a man-eating god-cloud that was trying to gobble the Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/959375/Vultures-On-A-Carousel-vs-The-Tornado http://www.scribd.com/doc/397739/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Christian-Tract-Review VULTURES ON A CAROUSEL: Christian Tract Review by: Michael Rutschky For the uninitiated, a “tract” is a short, poorly drawn comic strip booklet that is handed out by Christians to complete strangers in hopes of converting them to their religion. As a car hop at Sonic, I see a lot of these come in from customers. Sundays and Wednesday nights are obviously the worst days. Although I am not Christian, many of the people that I work with are, and for the most part we all agree that these tracts are rude, ignorant, and grossly insulting. Tracts seem to want to scare people away from their own b Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:10:05 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/397739/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Christian-Tract-Review http://www.scribd.com/doc/397663/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Saturday-Afternoon-Buddhist-Lecture Taking a Peak at the Local Tibetan Buddhist Community Pensacola is known for being a major notch in the South’s Bible Belt. I read once that our city actually has more churches per capita than anywhere else in the nation. Honestly, if I ever had to give directions to anywhere around town, it’d probably come out: “yeah, it’s down there between the church and the Whataburger.” (In fact, I wonder if we might also happen have the most Whataburger stores per capita). But aside from the plentiful selection of Christian denominations, Pensacola is also home to practitioners of other religio Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:24:57 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/397663/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Saturday-Afternoon-Buddhist-Lecture http://www.scribd.com/doc/397662/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Zen-and-the-Art-of-War-a-conversation-with-Brad-Warner Brad Warner Interview Vultures on a Carousel Mike Rutschky “I think it would be a good thing, but I think there is also a danger to speculate about what will happen, because every time I hear people doing that they sound like nutcases,” Brad Warner tells me over the phone when I ask him about trying to bring large groups of people to the practice of Zen Buddhism. Brad is an average American guy who was also ordained as a Zen Priest by Gudo Nishijima of the Soto Sect of Zen Buddhism when he lived in Japan working for the company that creates the popular Ultraman TV series. He has released t Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:23:15 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/397662/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Zen-and-the-Art-of-War-a-conversation-with-Brad-Warner http://www.scribd.com/doc/397655/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-A-Conversation-with-God A Conversation with God I opened my eyes and found myself in the middle of a huge field of charred dirt that expanded out in every direction. The sky was so dark it seemed that the sun had burnt out; off in the distance fires raged and plumes of black smoke had taken the place of silver clouds. As I squinted my eyes to focus on the thin crimson lighting of this hellish place, a disembodied voice spoke out to me. “Michael, turn around,” it said. I slowly turned around and saw a speck of green peeking out from the dirt. “That’s right. Come closer, sit down.” I walked a little ways clos Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:18:57 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/397655/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-A-Conversation-with-God http://www.scribd.com/doc/397650/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Police-Brutality-March ZAP! Movement For Change Confronts Taser Troubles I had my mom drop me off at the anti-police brutality march. Let that one sink in for a sec. As the marchers began to gather, I looked across the street and saw a group of cops who were there to escort our march down the road. I was worried about how they were going to take the message of the march, but it seemed like they were alright with everything, and even saw some of the organizers of the rally shaking hands and laughing with some of the officers. Before the march started a man came up to me and asked me at random if I wanted to be in cha Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:16:16 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/397650/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Police-Brutality-March http://www.scribd.com/doc/397645/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-A-Mouse-Among-Elephants A Mouse among Elephants By: Michael Rutschky Since the start of the semester and my first column, I have received numerous compliments from people all over campus who enjoy ‘Vultures’. I don’t know where these people stand politically or who they voted for, but I value every one of them as readers regardless. My column is not about soapboxing, it’s about giving everyone something interesting to read, and hopefully getting a laugh once in a while as well. That’s why even though my values usually don’t match those of some of the people in the White House, I am making sure that none o Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:14:17 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/397645/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-A-Mouse-Among-Elephants http://www.scribd.com/doc/397643/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-One-Bad-Apple One Bad Apple Vultures on a Carousel Michael Rutschky Oh yes, this is good. I just ran up the stairs to my apartment and jump kicked through my front door, eager to get inside and try out my new toy, a simple $10 cable that will connect my new 80 GB iPod Classic to my television. Think of the possibilities! I can play music videos and podcasts on my home TV! I can take my DVD collection on the go by storing it on my iPod, and when I get to a friend’s house or a hotel room, I’d just whip out my new cable and viola! Instant portable home entertainment center! I can even play slideshows of my Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:11:46 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/397643/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-One-Bad-Apple http://www.scribd.com/doc/397639/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Cow-vs-Coney VULTURES ON A CAROUSEL (Canto I) By: Michael Rutschky Through the large screen holes in front of my face I could see the crowd cheering for me as I stepped into the center of the makeshift arena. I was nervous, not because of the impending showdown, but because of possible health risks of attempting the rigors of combat while wearing something so hot and heavy. My fingers pruned in the sweat that was collecting in my three fingered over sized cartoon glove. My legs bounced as I walked into the makeshift arena; it’s the only way to walk in shoes as large as mine. I lifted my hands into the ai Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:08:47 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/397639/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Cow-vs-Coney http://www.scribd.com/doc/379219/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Pensacola-Jewish-Federation Israeli Gears A few days ago my girlfriend and I were talked into doing a favor for her sister, who told us at the last minute that she was desperate for someone to take her up to their synagogue so she could watch her friend give a presentation. I, being the self-centered worm that I am, was against the idea of once again having to sacrifice my precious weeknight to appease the brat. That night I learned a valuable lesson: if you’re ever stuck doing something you don’t want to do, run with it. It could be your next column, in which case the person that you have begrudgingly assisted has a Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:19:01 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/379219/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Pensacola-Jewish-Federation http://www.scribd.com/doc/379213/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-MC-Chris-at-The-Gutter-Lounge Nerdcore: MC Chris at the Gutter Lounge Doing as I was ordered to do, I, along with the rest of the patrons of the Gutter Lounge, lifted my arms in front of me, let my hands fall limp at the wrist, and groaned like a hungry stomach at the dark figure standing in the pale green light of the stage. The man, sporting a backwards ball cap and a black t-shirt that read “W: War Criminal”, began to shrink back. In a voice that seemed appropriate for representing the Lollipop Guild, he screamed “Stop! It’s too scary!” Such was MC Chris, and the bizarre games he played with us during his set. Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:07:28 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/379213/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-MC-Chris-at-The-Gutter-Lounge http://www.scribd.com/doc/379207/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Saturday-Afternoon-Buddhist-Lecture Taking a Peak at the Local Tibetan Buddhist Community Pensacola is known for being a major notch in the South’s Bible Belt. I read once that our city actually has more churches per capita than anywhere else in the nation. Honestly, if I ever had to give directions to anywhere around town, it’d probably come out: “yeah, it’s down there between the church and the Whataburger.” (In fact, I wonder if we might also happen have the most Whataburger stores per capita). But aside from the plentiful selection of Christian denominations, Pensacola is also home to practitioners of other religio Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:59:37 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/379207/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Saturday-Afternoon-Buddhist-Lecture http://www.scribd.com/doc/379198/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Sociological-Horoscope Sociological Horoscope By: Michael Rutschky A sociological horoscope is an idea put forth by Robert Anton Wilson, a writer of science-fiction, philosophy, and psychology. In his book, Cosmic Trigger II: Down to Earth, he makes a list of several important events in world history that occurred the year he was born. These events would impact his life (and everyone else’s) much more than the zodiac ever would. When I read the chapter in his book it reminded me of how, years prior, I had attempted to do something similar for my own year of birth, 1984. The year 1984 will always have menacing unde Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:50:36 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/379198/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Sociological-Horoscope http://www.scribd.com/doc/377766/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Brad-Warner-Interview Brad Warner Interview Vultures on a Carousel Mike Rutschky “I think it would be a good thing, but I think there is also a danger to speculate about what will happen, because every time I hear people doing that they sound like nutcases,” Brad Warner tells me over the phone when I ask him about trying to bring large groups of people to the practice of Zen Buddhism. Brad is an average American guy who was also ordained as a Zen Priest by Gudo Nishijima of the Soto Sect of Zen Buddhism when he lived in Japan working for the company that creates the popular Ultraman TV series. He has released t Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:03:13 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/377766/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Brad-Warner-Interview http://www.scribd.com/doc/377155/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-New-Years-Day So This Is X-Mas, And What Have You Done? Here we are again. Back from the break, a brand new school schedule to rush headfirst into like a medieval gauntlet run. A brand new year filled with new resolutions, many of which sadly won’t make it to see New Year’s Eve 2007, but let’s hope that the important ones go unbroken. How did the last year go out? Well publicly I’d say it left on a bit of a sour note. A gaggle of public figures departed just before the ball dropped, beginning with the entertaining but maniacally tempermental James Brown who died on Christmas Day. Next was Gerald For Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:52:49 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/377155/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-New-Years-Day http://www.scribd.com/doc/377120/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Police-Brutality-March ZAP! Movement For Change Confronts Taser Troubles I had my mom drop me off at the anti-police brutality march. Let that one sink in for a sec. As the marchers began to gather, I looked across the street and saw a group of cops who were there to escort our march down the road. I was worried about how they were going to take the message of the march, but it seemed like they were alright with everything, and even saw some of the organizers of the rally shaking hands and laughing with some of the officers. Before the march started a man came up to me and asked me at random if I wanted to be in cha Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:28:06 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/377120/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Police-Brutality-March http://www.scribd.com/doc/377107/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Over-Ground-Zero Vultures on a Carousel at the World Trade Center By: Michael Rutschky I still think about it every time I fly. As I’m writing this, I’m flying back to Pensacola after spending a week up in Connecticut where my family lives. In the five years since 9/11 I must have flown a dozen times, and I have never had any real reason to be frightened (save for one instance where a freak toaster accident at the Dunkin Donuts at T.F. Green Airport in Providence caused fire alarms to sound and all passengers were ordered to evacuate. Looking back on it I feel silly, but for the first minute or so of the a Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:10:41 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/377107/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Over-Ground-Zero http://www.scribd.com/doc/377034/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Pixote Survival of The Weakest By: Michael Rutschky Sometimes on a lonely Wednesday night when a friend invites you to a movie it’s a welcome distraction from the rigors of the work week. However, sometimes that movie is being shown for a college Film History class, and you have no idea what you just agreed to. Sometimes the movie is a tour guide of the most unsavory parts of humanity as seen through the eyes of children that survive (or don’t) amidst it. This all too realistic bit of Brazilian Cinema Novo was entitled Pixote, and was the story of a droopy eyed little boy whose life takes a wrong Sun, 07 Oct 2007 22:08:44 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/377034/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Pixote http://www.scribd.com/doc/377020/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Cow-vs-Coney VULTURES ON A CAROUSEL (Canto I) By: Michael Rutschky Through the large screen holes in front of my face I could see the crowd cheering for me as I stepped into the center of the makeshift arena. I was nervous, not because of the impending showdown, but because of possible health risks of attempting the rigors of combat while wearing something so hot and heavy. My fingers pruned in the sweat that was collecting in my three fingered over sized cartoon glove. My legs bounced as I walked into the makeshift arena; it’s the only way to walk in shoes as large as mine. I lifted my hands into the ai Sun, 07 Oct 2007 21:47:44 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/377020/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-Cow-vs-Coney http://www.scribd.com/doc/377018/A-Conversation-with-God A Conversation with God I opened my eyes and found myself in the middle of a huge field of charred dirt that expanded out in every direction. The sky was so dark it seemed that the sun had burnt out; off in the distance fires raged and plumes of black smoke had taken the place of silver clouds. As I squinted my eyes to focus on the thin crimson lighting of this hellish place, a disembodied voice spoke out to me. “Michael, turn around,” it said. I slowly turned around and saw a speck of green peeking out from the dirt. “That’s right. Come closer, sit down.” I walked a little ways clos Sun, 07 Oct 2007 21:42:46 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/377018/A-Conversation-with-God http://www.scribd.com/doc/377015/A-Mouse-Among-Elephants A Mouse among Elephants By: Michael Rutschky Since the start of the semester and my first column, I have received numerous compliments from people all over campus who enjoy ‘Vultures’. I don’t know where these people stand politically or who they voted for, but I value every one of them as readers regardless. My column is not about soapboxing, it’s about giving everyone something interesting to read, and hopefully getting a laugh once in a while as well. That’s why even though my values usually don’t match those of some of the people in the White House, I am making sure that none o Sun, 07 Oct 2007 21:38:19 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/377015/A-Mouse-Among-Elephants http://www.scribd.com/doc/376646/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-One-Bad-Apple One Bad Apple Vultures on a Carousel Michael Rutschky Oh yes, this is good. I just ran up the stairs to my apartment and jump kicked through my front door, eager to get inside and try out my new toy, a simple $10 cable that will connect my new 80 GB iPod Classic to my television. Think of the possibilities! I can play music videos and podcasts on my home TV! I can take my DVD collection on the go by storing it on my iPod, and when I get to a friend’s house or a hotel room, I’d just whip out my new cable and viola! Instant portable home entertainment center! I can even play slideshows of my Sun, 07 Oct 2007 14:43:53 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/376646/Vultures-on-a-Carousel-One-Bad-Apple