Entertainment

Via TechCrunch, this looks interesting: Streampad. From the description on TechCrunch:

...a Web-based media player that gives users access to their digital music library from any computer. Similar to Songbird, it streams your personal library from the Internet but it runs completely inside any browser. Streampad is a free service. Users download a Java desktop application that stores the metadata from all MP3 and AC3 files (protected and unprotected) it finds on your computer, including those that come from iTunes. Then, when that same user logs into Streampad from another computer, they can listen to music streamed directly from their home computer.

Tonight we watched Walk the Line, the story of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. I've been a fan of Reese Witherspoon for a decade and half, and the film's music was of course enjoyable. It's a familiar story. I couldn't help but think of Ray. I give it 4 out of 5.

I (Lisa) have really enjoyed Jack Johnson's music this year. Today I ran across the video to my favorite song "Taylor" ......definitely not what I expected . Ben Stiller is featured and really cracked me up. The next time I crank the song up in my minivan it won't be the same. Here's the video :

Kathleen Parker recommends the documentary "In the Womb: Animals" to be shown on the National Geographic Channel on December 10:

The film...may be the best weapon yet for the pro-life movement. That wasn't the purpose of the documentary -- the first ever to record animals in the womb -- but these images of gestating life pack a powerful wallop. The mind makes a natural leap to questions of how we consider and treat the pre-born.

Here are some TV recommendations from The Week Magazine:

• Kiss Me Deadly, Saturday, Dec 9, 8 PM, Turner Classic Movies
• Alpha Company: Iraq Diary, Sunday, Dec 10, 8 PM, Military Channel
• ONLINE AND IN DANGER: How To Protect Yourself In The Virtual World, Sunday, Dec 10, 8:30 PM, Nickelodeon