Monthly Archives: August 2004

It occurs to me that with a little judicious editing, They Might Be Giants’ song New York City would make a great little flash thingy starring Bush and Cheney.

Dave Barry on the Republican Convention. And the Democratic Convention actually. Now I have “The Hustle” stuck in my head.

The Jedi Academy is opening in Romania.

Michael Moore on the Republican Convention. He does manage, barely, to tie the essay in with the convention.

The internet is 35. That means there’s a whole generation of nerds that have no idea what it would be like not to have it. I have no idea what the implications of that are.

Yes, and I’m sure there are no US spies in Israel too. It sort of knocks the whole “Israel is running America” thing out of whack though. If they were running America, I don’t think they would need spies, they could just demand the info.

They’re working on it. Give them time.

via Slashdot

All the RNC bloggers in one convienent location.

The world is safer than ever.

Microsoft has blogs.

Argentina?

I miss Michael Jordan.

I still have no idea why World War I was fought.

I’m sure that it wasn’t just because Archduke Ferdinand was shot. That was the excuse, sure, but whoever he is and whatever position he held, that wasn’t the cause of the war. They never really covered that in history class.

More on the next Muppet Movie. I miss Jim.

via Drudge Report

Bob Dole? The guy who did those Pepsi ads? What does he have to do with the presidential election?

Bush’s new strategery.

Ronin Thought of the Day

Study shows that drinking soda daily can cause weight gain and diabetes.

That’s according to a new study that links significant weight gain and higher risk of type 2 diabetes in women who drink soda daily.

Duh.

Stamp taxes have doubled in the last 5 years.

Glenn Renyold’s TCS column has the coolest graphic, and it’s interesting too.

I have no need for a wristwatch television, but it’s good to know they are out there. These are great times to be alive.

“Janus”, what a great name for DRM technology.

An interview with a worker that survived Chernoyl.

via Slashdot

Alice Cooper has a good point.

“If you’re listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who to vote for, you’re a bigger moron than they are. Why are we rock stars? Because we’re morons. We sleep all day, we play music at night and very rarely do we sit around reading the Washington Journal.”

Don’t they realize that soon a whole page of purple marks will strike the same fear in the hearts of students as the red did? And in the meantime, they’re just making it harder to count the errors correctly.

Lucas hopes to beat the Star Wars franchise into the ground. And then give it a good kick.

via Slashdot

Good news, because when I go to Mars, I don’t want to be looking through a wimpy little window.

via Slashdot.

I like the idea of getting rid of one beuraucracy before starting another one that does the same thing.

Words cannot express how wrong this is. I don’t have anything against Walmart, I shop there ocassionally, but that is out of control.

Alton Brown has something to say concerning his.

Ben Stein.

Michelle’s side of the story. Remind me not to go into politics or journalism.

Professors fired for refusing to grade based on effort, not performance. If I had been graded on effort, I would have gotten worse grades.

The New York Times is getting hammered by everyone for their coverage of the Swiftboat Vets (scroll around for more links).

It’s nice to see that in America, everyone gets treated the same.

Likek’s is just all around fascinating today, what with the napkins and all, but he strikes gold in his Alan Keyes = Richard Daystrom comment.

Get Fuzzy bring teh funny.

Please extinguish all rabbits before entering buildings.

via Inoperable Terran

Teleportation technology is improving.

Notice how I didn’t use “beam me up” in the title. I’m so proud of myself.

Cats and their owners dining together.

Spongebob Squarepants trailer.

A woman who has been blind since her teens has seen her children and grandchildren for the first time after having a tiny shard of her tooth implanted in her eye.

Who thought, “We need to reinforce this optic nerve. I know, let’s use tooth roots!”?

In Death Valley. That’s not something you see every day.

Kelsey has grand plans that somehow involve me.

Instead go read Lilek’s “uh-oh moment”. I can go days without spending a penny. Mostly because I have to. He’s dead on about the nasty 70s fashion though.

That is the question. Whether tis nobler of mind to suffer the slings and arrows of SP1 or to upgrade to SP2.

Sounds like the beginnings of psychohistory to me.

*psychohistory

What he says.

Of interest only to those who care about the lives of other bloggers.

I guess I’ll hold off on getting that plasma TV for now.

Kerry slips up. Good thing he didn’t say that in October when everyone will be paying attention.

From Mickey Kaus, via Instapundit.

Joe is only 35? I would have sworn he was 45, at least. My world is shattering around me.

Some think they have found a cave where John the Baptist did baptisms.

John, a contemporary of Jesus who also preached a message of redemption, is one of the most important figures in Christianity. The discovery, if confirmed, would be among the most significant breakthroughs for biblical scholars in memory.

a) John preached a message of repentance. And b) finding those Dead Sea Scrolls happened sooo long ago everyone forgot about it apparently.

via Drudge Report

Lt. Governor Kerry’s executive order.

I’m still scarred from trying to use scissors in elemetary school.

Julia Child died. I don’t remember her show, but the SNL skit was great.

Mission Impossible 3?! Is there no mercy in the world? That Lords of Dogtown might be good though.

Moveonplease.org

Scientific proof that Twinkies are forever.

1.5 gig MP3 player. Also this from The Register.

Still too expensive though. Get the price around $150, guys.

La Shawn and the Conservative Brotherhood get an article in NRO. Yo.

The holodeck is one step closer to reality.

via Slashdot

It’s doing well in government.

But it’s not doing so well with Rumsfeld.

Bush’s new CIA chief ‘will focus on spies’

Isn’t that why we have a CIA?

The state of online newspaper registration sucks.

Clearly confusing me with someone else–possibly a journalist–I just got an email inviting me to the 2004 Northwest Journalism Conference. I don’t think I’ll go though, fun as that could be.

I expect a retraction email citing a seating shortage soon.

The power of blogs.

via Instapundit

Maybe I’m out of the loop, but today sure has been a slow news day. Here’s a bunny with a pancake on it’s head to make up for it.

Message laden DNA.

via Fark

It’s going to be another slow day kids. Spammers are killing me and will be stopped. Yes, I know. I could lovingly hand code this and there wouldn’t be spam problems, but I’m just not that smart. And then company will probably keep me away the rest of the day. My bad.

HOPE 2004 is today.

All you locals should come out to the fairgrounds. I’ll be the girl behind the soundboard. So yes, it will be all my fault. No, I don’t feel any pressure about that at all.

Okay, c’mon admit it, this is just funny.

“Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we,” Bush said on Thursday.

Just give them what they ask for, I’m waiting!

I expect the calls to be rolling in any minute now.

It seems blondes are passe and brunettes are boring. What advertisers want on magazine covers and billboards are beauties with red locks, pale skin and, dare I say it, freckles.

…

The modelling industry, however, is clearly struggling to keep up with demand. At Storm model agency in London only 17 of their 160 UK models are redheads.

An interesting article on the Turkey/Russia/Iraq triangle by someone who, I think, misunderestimates Bush.

via The Corner

The lawyers are already legalizing space.

Scientists have decided, for now, that Archaeopteryx could fly.

It’s sad when announcing you aren’t planning to sue people is news.

UPDATE: In related news…

FURTHER UPDATE: Link fixed. Thanks, Pete.

I say, drug deal gone bad. And I don’t know if I want to live in a country where ice cream men can’t illegally carry concealed weapons.

It is not a normal or legal thing, anywhere in the country to carry a handgun without a permit while selling ice cream,” said Sgt. Eric Holtzclaw, a spokesman with the Enid Police Department.

via Fark

So, you’re telling me that people with mortgages are in debt? And as the interest rates increase they have to pay more? Holy Cow!

Right Wing News has the answers.

That being said, isn’t the real question: “Why the hell is soccer so popular?”

Most people seem to think it’s because all you need is a ball and a few sticks to put in place for a goal to get a game going. Personally, I think it has to do with the fact that socialism helps turn people into zombies who enjoy dull, slow paced, effeminate games that may as well have been designed by the sort of knock-kneed milksops who think dodgeball is too competitive of a game for children to play.

It’ll never happen.

Evangelical Outpost has a good post on, oddly enough, evangelical christians. Yeah, I was shocked too.

/I keed, I keed. I love EO

Jeffery is taking on the evil corporation. Well, one of them, at least.

Okay, I read the beginning of this and thought they were talking about women. I couldn’t figure out what they had them under observation for.

Surprisingly, Sudan has decided to ignore the UN.

At least Bush knows what he isn’t.

via Instapundit

Have I mentioned recently that I love my Roomba?

Zell Miller: coming out the closet.

via Inoperable Terran

Yah! Ernie alert. Bert gets so boring, mostly because Bert is boring. Although, I greatly enjoyed the W song.

UPDATE: Back to Bert, darn. I mean, good and all, but I like Ernie. And it’s not like he’s Elmo, that would be bad.

If a sniffer dog sniffs too much, tragedy ensues.

Perhaps he should use Dr. Seuss books or something.

“We caution people not to write about bombs because if they’re going on vacation, their travel plans will be disrupted,” she said.