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  • Say it ain't so, Mel!!!

    29 July 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    Hair transplants? Speeding and drunk Driving? Mel, what's happening to you??? [UPDATE] Hmmm, looks like my main drool-ee since the 80's has *really* fallen flat on his face. Read this for an interesting view into what turns out to be another fat-headed...

  • Smart Washing Machines

    20 July 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    Whirlpool Tests 'Smart' Washers Controlled by Cell Phones - Mobiledia Whirlpool today began testing "smart" washing machines and dryers, monitored and controled from computers and cell phones. To be conducted in Atlanta homes between today and early September,...

  • Mel Gibson's Statement

    02 August 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    ABC News: Mel Gibson's Statement "There is no excuse, nor should there be any tolerance, for anyone who thinks or expresses any kind of anti-Semitic remark. I want to apologize specifically to everyone in the Jewish community for the vitriolic and harmful...

  • back... announcement day

    11 August 2006 ( #Family&038;Friends )

    Whew!! I haven't even logged in over here for a few days. I signed on to find a MESS of spams--all of which were caught in moderation or the blacklist. Pretty Good!! Well, the reason for the quiet is going to come out shortly to all of my faithful readers...

  • CNN says we're "Just Average"

    27 July 2006 ( #'Sconsin stuff )

    Yep. We're "average". And damn proud of it! CNN.com - The most 'representative' state: Wisconsin - Jul 27, 2006 WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Looking for a state that is a microcosm of the whole country? You won't find it in Iowa or New Hampshire -- there are 25...

  • GO GET THIS PROGRAM NOW

    12 August 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    This may be the greatest program ever written for a computer. AM-DeadLink detects dead links and duplicates in your Browser Bookmarks. If a Bookmark has become unavailable you can verify it in the internal preview and delete it from your Browser. Additionally...

  • CNN's "Oh $hit" moment of the week

    30 August 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    CNN `Live From...' the ladies room - Yahoo! News NEW YORK - Kyra Phillips, anchor of CNN's "Live From...," unwittingly upstaged President Bush's speech in New Orleans with on-the-air analysis of her husband and the marriage of her brother — all live from...

  • Wow

    17 August 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    I just found this story online last night, and started reading the chapters already posted. I am *so* glad they are posting it this way, but damn....what a book this would have made. The Jill Carroll Story My chief captor had an idea about how to prod...

  • Love, Loss, Hope, Repeat

    31 August 2006 ( #Commonplace )

    September 12th should be "tunes day" around here--not only is this a purchase on my list, so also will be the new Carbon Leaf album, samples of which can be heard at the link below. Carbon Leaf played in a nearby town a few weeks back, and I would have...

  • absolutely non-politically correct political commentary for the day

    05 September 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    An Indian walks into a cafe with a shotgun in one hand pulling a male buffalo with the other. He says to the waiter, "Want coffee." The waiter says, "Sure, Chief, coming right up." He gets the Indian a tall mug of coffee. The Indian drinks the coffee...

  • These are your parents on drugs

    07 September 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    CNN.com - These are your parents on drugs - Sep 7, 2006 Some moms and dads might want to take a lesson from their kids: Just say no. The government reported Thursday that 4.4 percent of baby boomers ages 50 to 59 indicated that they had used illicit drugs...

  • I love being 6 feet tall.

    07 September 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    Stature and Status: Height, Ability, and Labor Market Outcomes It has long been recognized that taller adults hold jobs of higher status and, on average, earn more than other workers. A large number of hypotheses have been put forward to explain the association...

  • and look who's #1!

    24 August 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    10,000 Reasons Civilization is Doomed Welcome to the 10,000 Reasons Civilization is Doomed website. This site was started by six friends who, sitting around the dinner table one Saturday night, came to the conclusion that civilization was doomed. We felt...

  • Sooooo...

    10 September 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    .....What's everybody watching on TV tonight?? This is what's on here And in discussing all the controversy and the blaming and "whose fault was it's" going on about this movie; as usual, Lilecks says it better than I ever could.... Just so you know:...

  • Thank You, God

    15 September 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    Seger's eager to tour Seger's eager to tour Detroit rock legend ready for spotlight A ton of restless Bob Seger fans may be on the cusp of relief. The Detroit rocker said it's all but a done deal that he'll tour this winter, more than a decade after his...

  • Aw, they're upset.....

    16 September 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    CNN.com - Pope upset that Muslims offended - Sep 16, 2006 In his speech, the pope quoted 14th-century Byzantine emperor Manuel II Paleologus who said: "Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman,...

  • Ye Gods....could we STOP the fingerpointing already?!?!?!

    26 September 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    Clinton TV interview energizes GOP, Dems In the exchange with Wallace, the former president contended that, unlike him, the newly installed Bush administration ignored bin Laden until the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. "They ridiculed me for trying....

  • uh huh

    21 September 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    CNN.com - Pakistani clerics, scholars want pope removed - Sep 21, 2006 LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) -- About 1,000 clerics and religious scholars at a meeting in eastern Pakistan demanded the removal of the pope for making "insulting remarks" against Islam,...

  • Weekly Horrorscope

    17 September 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    This week September 18 through September 24 Libra Mars continues to move through your sign, giving you plenty of enthusiasm and energy. You will naturally feel motivated to get started on new plans and projects, so get going while you are in the mood....

  • They're going *where* for their convention?

    27 September 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    Twin Cities to host 2008 GOP convention WASHINGTON - Republicans will hold their 2008 presidential convention in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul, choosing a location in the politically pivotal Midwest. Party and state officials announced the selection...

  • The Blotter on Foley

    02 October 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    The Blotter In addition to explicit sexual language, former Congressman Mark Foley's Internet messages also include repeated efforts to get the underage recipient to rendezvous with him at night. "I would drive a few miles for a hot stud like you," Foley...

  • Would somebody pay attention to us, puh---leeeze?

    03 October 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    North Korea says it will stage nuke test - Yahoo! News By BO-MI LIM, Associated Press Writer Tue Oct 3, 11:20 AM ET North Korea said Tuesday it will conduct a nuclear test in the face of what it claimed was "the U.S. extreme threat of a nuclear war,"...

  • We take our politics....um..."seriously"....here

    12 October 2006 ( #'Sconsin stuff )

    Candidate touts sex with Packers in campaign - CNN.com MADISON, Wisconsin (AP) -- Sex! The Green Bay Packers! Sex WITH the Green Bay Packers! I mean...the headline says it all. The only thing that could have improved it might have been the mention of...

  • weekly horrorscope

    15 October 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    This week October 16 through October 22 Libra You are still working hard, but after the events of last week you may be just as confused as ever. This week you seem determined to sort it all out and to create a definite plan. The Sun sextiles Saturn on...

  • Shaking my Head

    19 October 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    What happened to my party? What the hell happened to them? FrontPage magazine.com :: The Coming Impeachment by Rocco DiPippo The ploy of leveling serious, unfounded charges against one's political opponents has served the Democratic Party well in the...