You're welcome, Allyson.

I got Thai mild yellow curry chicken with potato and green pea. And it is delicious.

You suck. I want curry.

I had the Chicken Platter from Ray's: chicken, rice and lentils, grape leaves, roasted potatoes, salad.

Mmmmm....lentils from Ray's. Roasted potatos...mmmmm.

I got a roasted chicken sub from Cap't Sub with olives, pickles and lettuce. It was very green and beige.

The issue that is bugging me is the 11th Hour v. Universal problem. Legally, Universal is in the right. But the ethics/morals get muddy for me, due to their encouragement of guerilla marketing, that they never made their legal position clear in terms of copyright (banner contests using their images without any warning about selling those images), and how far their copyright reaches. For example, if one is selling a t-shirt with the Chinese characters for Serenity, and advertising it as a Serenity t-shirt, has a line been crossed?

If the company encouraged fans to market for them, hired fans as extras in a film, and used fandom as a marketing angle (the movie would not have been possible without their campaigns which used copyrighted images without permission), is it ethical to demand 9K from a fan for back licensing fees? It is legal, but is it moral/ethical, given the circumstances?

No one demanded money from me for using copyrighted images on the Variety ad, because it was to their benefit and I did not make any money off of it.

Is it implied that fanart should only be distributed at cost to the fan for the pure enjoyment of promoting something they love?

I'm all for the C&D. But I'm pretty muddy on demanding the licensing fee for teh above reasons. It's definately a feeling rooted in my curious protectiveness of fandom, but there does seem to be an ethical dilemna on both sides of the issue to me, if I remove the legal issue of copyright.

In international news - WTF?

Israeli jets clash with German ship near Lebanon

BERLIN (Reuters) - Two Israeli warplanes and a German navy vessel have clashed off the Lebanese coast, the Defense Ministry in Berlin said on Wednesday without giving further details.

Germany daily Der Tagesspiegel earlier on Wednesday quoted a junior German defense minister as telling a parliamentary committee that two Israeli F-16 fighters flew low over the German ship and fired two shots.

The jets also released infra-red countermeasures to ward off any rocket attack, the paper quoted him as saying.

The minister did not say when the incident happened or what had caused it, the paper said.

"I can confirm that there was an incident," a ministry spokesman told Reuters on Wednesday. An investigation was underway and he therefore was unable to provide further information, he added.

An Israeli military spokeswoman said she was checking the report.

Germany assumed command of a United Nations naval force off the coast of Lebanon 10 days ago and has sent a force of eight ships and 1,000 service personnel to join the international peace operation in the region.

The naval force is charged with preventing weapons smuggling and helping maintain a ceasefire between Israel and radical Lebanese-based Islamic group Hezbollah.

Germany assumed command of a United Nations naval force off the coast of Lebanon 10 days ago and has sent a force of eight ships and 1,000 service personnel to join the international peace operation in the region.

Geez, and *Germany* was told to behave because of possible "we still blame you for things your grandparents did" issues.

I forgot to bring my leftover Cuban (yuca drizzled with fried pork and onions (thanks again for dinner, Kristin!)) for lunch so it looks like I'll be having popcorn.

Sweet Lord. WHERE did you find such a tempting thing?

At my local grocery store. I don't remember the name, but they were in the pasta aisle. They aren't dried pasta, though; they were in a vacuum sealed bag. I think with Trader Joe's coming to town they've been adding to their repertoire to encourage people to keep shopping with them.

Excellent zombie bear stuffed animal: [link]

He is made from fleece, felt and polyfil. He is quite big: 16 inch high.