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To summarize: the poncho, it is over.

I spend tens of dollars on cat toys and what do they play with for days on end? A Hershey Kiss.

I know, we’ll take the Mini and make it bigger! Genius!

Hungry hungry hippos going the way of the dodo.

“If the government does not take the hippo situation in Virunga seriously, this will not only lead to an environmental disaster, but also to an economic crisis for local communities,” said Languy.

I read “Virunga” as “Virginia” at first glance. teehee.

Worth it for this line:

“Go ahead, punk, make my Earl Grey.”

There, now you don’t have to read it.

For you cubicle dwellers.

The women have descended en masse. Posting on Tuesday mornings will be interemittent for the remainder of the year.

Here’s a picture of a bunny with a pancake on its head to keep you occupied

If we can’t depend on our own federal government, who can we depend on?

Well, God, yourself, your family, your friends, the kindness of strangers, the general unfairness of the universe, Duracell.

Link.

Now that’s just wrong.

Police Academy 8

via Fark

Slow news day in San Fransisco?

VDH.

Boy, do you look dumb.

Stonehenge in your pocket. I’ll stick with my Timex that loses 10 seconds a week.

Why get away from it all just because you’re out in the middle of nowhere?

Concerning the whole “I’m not leaving my pet behind when we are ordered to evacuate” thing:

You can’t take your pets with you if you are going to evacuate to a crowded area. There is the risk of them biting someone especially in a crowded, noisy, scary situation, they have to be fed and watered when there isn’t enough food and water for the people, and there’s a good chance someone near you is allergic to Fluffy. Sorry, it just makes sense not to allow them. If you would rather die than leave them, well, that’s your choice.

Too much talking.

Star Trek premiered 39 years ago today!

via Thinkgeek

When is he coming back? And this timeless piece still applies.

So does BugMeNot

Finally. The iPod Nano. $50 more than I was hoping though. That’s the problem with dreams. They never come true. Except at Disneyland, and I don’t live there.

via Pete

Chernobyl fallout not as bad as feared. Everything I need to know about nuclear power I learned from the Simpsons.

We’re listening.

If we really tried big government it would work. Libertarians make the same argument. Except the opposite, of course. And here we are stuck in-between.

I, personally, can’t wait for the day when the government tells me where I can live, what I can drive, if I can drive, how far I can drive, where I can work, how long I can work, how much I can make, where I can eat, who I can talk to, what I can do for entertainment, and how much I can sleep. Luckily, right now they just mostly suggest these things.

Here is an example of comments on a religious type post that aren’t tedious and argumentative. Would that more commentors could pull that off.

A history of idiotarianism.

Oregon’s bulging. Maybe some antibiotics will help.

The almighty Lexis-Nexis is granting free access to the Katrina related stuff.

Poor Instapundit, he must have keyboard poisoning or something. It’s affecting his thinking.

Future scholars will regard the show as a profound critique, and celebration, of mid-20th Century America.

You know how you can use Google to find out how many ounces are in a 3.4 pounds or how many miles 2147 feet are? They need to do a time zone thing so I can type in “8am Pacific in Tokyo” and find out what time it is there.

Now they’re going to have to let everyone do it. The horror.

Unwarranted faith.

Mark Steyn.

Remember how fat Americans are? It’s going to take more than a week for them to be hungry enough to eat corpses.

Video and scanner feeds.

The Huffington Post keeps crashing Firefox. Am I alone in this?

Don’t hack your Blu-Ray player or they’ll take it away from you.

Two pieces of opinion. First of all, of course you have to rebuild New Orleans. It’s right there at the mouth of the Mississippi. Something has to go there. Secondly, if nothing else this shows me the necessity of not counting on the government in case of emergency*. I need to be able to take care of me in case of catastrophic societal failure. Also, it’s probably smart to avoid large crowds in cases of emergency.

*I should point out that this is not a new revelation to me. It just hits home when you hear about it all day, for three days.

Why does my kitty litter cost $5 bucks more now? Did the cost of clay go up because of that dam the Chinese are building?

Also, HURRAY, my heater’s not completely broken. Maybe not as excited to start up as I might hope, but not totally broken either.

Furthermore, I NEED a cameraphone. There are just too many times when I don’t have either of my other cameras with me.Like right now as my cat is desperately trying to dig into the box of kitty litter and has her little paw stuck inside. I have my phone though. I could call and tell you about it.

The big list of donation links.

Direct from: first hand info.

The day I have been waiting for for 10 years has finally almost arrived.

Well, if I were a mouse. That’s just freaky.

A surprise visitor for the Protest Warriors.

via Inoperable Terran

Joyful Christian has a great list of dumb things people are saying. About the hurricane, I mean.

Oh yeah, mankind is evolving toward a better person. Unless the cops aren’t around, of course.

Comedy Gold!

Why didn’t anyone ever tell Nimoy he shouldn’t sing?

Okay, none of the Star Trek cast should sing.

Tons of photos of Katrina fallout. And gas prices, for no apparent reason.

Hurray!

The movie industry is starting to get riled up about piracy.

Bad parenting. I have nothing against computer games, but that’s excessive.

Nice outrage, but not too accurate.

Maybe we should concentrate more on what is here than where it all came from in school for a little while.

Sweet.

Free Opera registration TODAY!

Katrina from the Times-Picayune building.

On another topic my first day at the elementary school went off as well as could be expected.

We’re all so proud of you! *sniff*

And then she’ll take over the woooorld!

Or possibly crush Tokyo.

The big list of Yon links.

You are all a bunch of weirdos.

The Inspector Gadget theme song is based on In the Hall of the Mountain King

Or, you could just have fun with it.

I’m surprised that it’s as high as 10%.

I hear “rabbit fever” and I think disco hit!

I want to find this later.

California finally got around to having rolling blackouts this summer.

I love those little notices the Social Security Administration sends out to let me know I won’t have enough Social Security to live on should I live to retirement age. w00t!

Strongbad Numa Numa. I wonder if this is that viral marketing I keep hearing about.

via Bad Example

If you want OS X on your PC, you are in luck.

Massive post on SUV hatred.

And how did these poor folks get in debt? I’m sure some are due to unavoidable causes, but it’s not like the big, bad banks force you to use a credit card or get a car loan.

Fight! Fight!

The great thing about the Kootenai County Fair is that you can spend two hours there and see everything. The llamas, the sheep, the cows, the pigs, the horses, the goats, the chickens, the demon bunnies, the vegetables, the the quilts, the little bitty kids on the little bitty motor bikes, the corndogs, the deep fried twinkies, the huckleberry lemonade, the cops, why are there so many cops there?, more than a dozen people you know, the Red Hot Mamas, some bluegrass band, EV-REE-THING.

Your child is disease free and, by the way, not yours.

LOL. No really.

Of course it’s Bob Hope, so that goes without saying.

Dude, just stop while you’re behind.

“I said our special forces could take him out. Take him out could be a number of things including kidnapping,” Robertson said on his “The 700 Club” television program.

Yes, and between now and 2105 everything will remain just as it is and there will be no technological advances that might change this situation, should we want to stop it.

Just wow.

A. A dog wedding?
B. Wearing a turtle?
C. A chihuahua and a golden retriever?

via Lileks

Monkeys can now stay awake and alert long enough to take over the world. Or write the Great American Novel.

Waffleman!

And without “w” waffle would be just awful!

Do they not have produce sections in poor urban communities’ grocery stores?

Some suggest that urban sprawl plays a role. Others say it’s easier to find a burger and fries than apples and asparagus in poor communities.

I hate to break it to everyone, but it’s a matter of personal choice. Fat and sugar taste better than fiber and complex carbohydrates. So, you can boss people around and tell them what to eat or rely on self control. Good luck with that.

I didn’t know there was legitimate email marketing. As far as I’m concerned, unless I signed up to get emailed, it’s all spam.

Street arabs getting short shrift from Theasarus.com

I don’t know…

/domain names, we don’t need no stinking domain names

via Slashdot

Why is he still on TV?

Who knows what Israeli-made products might be laying around.

Courtney Love.

Doctor in trouble for telling a patient they were obese.

Woman goes on hunger strike to protest Minutemen.

Wall Street Journal heaps pity on the growing number of singles in America.

Even if you discount the college graduates who paint the town every night before crashing happily at their first pad, you’re left with a huge number of people who have found companionship and lost it or are still looking for someone to share their life with. They may not be miserable or call themselves lonely, although many senior citizens do use those words. But most probably are missing something, and we don’t mean the better health and the longevity boost that scientists have associated with marriage and other forms of intimate living.

*sniff* Ain’t dat touchin’ Can you say “projection”? I knew you could.

Normally I’d call this sort of a thing an overreaction, but if that’s what it takes to keep a gay Batman out of the world of Art, I don’t mind so much.

Find the registered sex offenders in your neighborhood.

The south is rising again. Way, way south. And west.

Nice plan

Careful where you post, kids.

/Brion? Sounds like some nerve part.

Remember back in the day when the Walkman was going to cause massive hearing loss?

My bulbs always burn out when I’m turning them on. I don’t need to be texted to be told that; the bright flash, the funny noise, and then the absence of light give it away.

/semicolons; is there ever a right time to use them? I don’t know.

Surgery over the internet. Hmm. I can see where video game skills could come in handy for this sort of thing. I’m going to go play Unreal.

Introducing big animals to North America.

Princess Bride: The Musical

Why good quality coffee and knowing how to make it is so important.

Who can resist creating a proper tag Princess Sparkle Pony?

Let me help explain how so much stuff gets confiscated. I had a cresent wrench in the bottom of my backpack.

A. I had no idea it was there.
B. Even if I had known it was there, it never would have crossed my mind that it was confiscatable. What am I going to do with it? Loosen key bolts? Threaten to squish the pilot’s nose?

I have no idea how people forget they are trying to carry guns onto a plane though. I carefully pack my pocket knives and pointy things in my carryon checked luggage.

Cameroon needs our help.

So, I’m not getting an Xbox 360 because there’s no way I’d spend that kind of money just to play Halo 2, but for those that may care…

I want more than edible out of my food.

We’re talking about vehicles over 4 tons. What percentage of the car population are those?

Arafat poisoned?

How do they vaccinate birds?

The Dutch Agriculture Ministry decided on Tuesday to make farmers keep all poultry indoors to prevent contact with migrating birds from Russia.

EU authorities said they have no plans to increase vaccine stocks if the disease were to arrive.

Weird . And rather speculative.

Journalism as a profession. The comments are just as interesting as the post. Well, for a while anyway.

A fantastic headline.

Atomic decay and interpersonal relationships. All part of the Grand Unified Theory.

So long as they were still willing to accept partners who met only a fraction of their criteria, the number of potential matches remained the same.

Somehow the HuffPo bloggers have managed to moved on from all Plame, all the time; and are swarming on that Cindy lady. What about Plame, kids? Maybe if you did both at the same time you wouldn’t seems so frighteningly monomaniacal.

Gay rights activist warning two guys against getting married.

Words of warning came from Toronto lawyer Bruce Walker, a gay and lesbian rights activist.

“Generally speaking, marriage should be for love,” he said. “People who don’t marry for love will find themselves in trouble.”

As opposed to those who do marry for love, that usually goes so well.

via Instapundit

WWII chat log.

Danger lurks all around Post Falls.

Conveniently, The Donald and his staff’s ideas are all aphorisms.

I feel better. Also; Fedex, furniture, DCMA, and trademark infringement.

How far will they go? You! sit up straight!

New and improved alarm clock.

Wouldn’t the threat of nuking Mecca should America be attacked by a nukuler bomb be the equivalent of M.A.D., just on a smaller scale?

Why or why not? Please print clearly.