Heath Ledger has been found dead.  That is the second young actor that has died over the last few days.  Brad Renfro being the other.  The cause of death isn’t known yet but I would not be surprised if drugs were somehow involved. I was never a huge fan of his but I was looking forward to seeing how he portrayed the Joker in the next Batman movie.

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Two brothers in the UK are trying to form a Jedi church. The official name is the UK Church of the Jedi. 

They say their services will include sermons on “the Force,” light sabre training, and meditation techniques.

Interesting. This is all well and good but the whole concept falls kind of flat without actual lightsabers and as hard as I try I have never been able to tap into the force and believe me I have tried. One time this beer can was just out of my reach. I stared at it for 20 minutes trying to get it to float to my hand. It never floated and in that 20 minutes it got warm. I don’t like warm beer so I had to get up and walk to the fridge to get a new cold one. The lesson I learned is that I don’t have the force and now my beer is warm. If I had picked it up sooner I wouldn’t have had to get up and walk to the fridge to get a new one.

My other concern is that it can only be a matter of time before someone starts their own Church of the Sith. Soon they will reveal themselves to the Jedi. Soon they will have their revenge.

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Wired had an article today that an insider is saying that the failure rate for the XBox 360 is around 30%.  I don’t know how credible the source is but 30% is a significant number.  I would like an XBox 360 but I am not shelling out the money for a buggy console.  The main reason I want one is so that I can get Rock Band.  Neither items are must haves for me so I can wait out the problems.  

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