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Archive of entries posted on 3rd May 2005

Morn!

Posted by  on 3 May 2005, 11:51 am

I have a few friends who work at Morningstar, Inc. here in Chicago. Today comes news of their IPO.

CHICAGO — Morningstar Inc., the research firm best known for its mutual fund data, on Monday filed to sell about $140.8 million of stock in an initial public offering.
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The stock will trade on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol “MORN” when it goes public Tuesday.

Anyone who watched Star Trek: Deep Space Nine will remember Morn as that dude who always hung out at Quark’s bar.

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Hmm, I think this is my second Star Trek related post of the day.

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And people wonder why the US is the fattest nation…

Posted by  on 3 May 2005, 11:34 am

It looks like someone has defeated the hamdog, which I’ve mentioned before, at least in terms of pure grossness.

Pa. Eatery Offers New 15-Pound Burger

The burger war is growing. Literally. Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub, which lost its crown as the home of the world’s biggest burger earlier this year, is now offering a new burger that weighs a whopping 15 pounds.

Dubbed the Beer Barrel Belly Buster, the burger comes with 10.5 pounds of ground beef, 25 slices of cheese, a head of lettuce, three tomatoes, two onions, a cup-and-a-half each of mayonnaise, relish, ketchup, mustard and banana peppers – and a bun.

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Oh my god, you killed Star Trek! You bastards?

Posted by  on 3 May 2005, 9:49 am

Orson Scott Card had a pretty good commentary on the current “end” of Star Trek.

His basic position is that it should have gotten better with subsequent versions of the show, but ended up getting stuck int he 60′s television mindset of keeping it dumbed down and not making it “good” science fiction. I can’t say I disagree with him as it certainly has not improved with each spinoff.

Here’s my favorite line from the article:

Nimoy was the only charismatic actor in the cast and, ironically, he played the only character not allowed to register emotion.

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