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Can it be more annoying? Catchy tune though.

The Revolutionary War was unnecessary. I dunno, I think it made us a better country.

The Post Falls police department has heard my plea. I saw two people pulled over so far today and saw another cop driving around. Phew.

With real writers and real actors. Of course, I don’t watch TV much, so I guess my opinion doesn’t matter. Anyway, network executives think that Americans will sit and watch people lose weight. Oh, the drama.

All the browsers have vulerabilities today.

Teehee

Until he whips out – well, you’ll see. It’s like Captain Kirk whipping out his communicator to contact the USS Fabulous. Set phasers on stunning!

Students signed what they thought was a petition to legalize weed. They were actually registering as Republicans.

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As long as nothing shakes the glass, nothing will spill.

Overall, Greenspan said, “Household finances appear to be in reasonably good shape.”

How inspiring.

If the economy tanks, blame the Yankees and Red Sox.

The Toshiba flatscreen TV. It had to call in the Air Force for reinforcement though.

Jeff Jarvis makes a couple of good points about the future of teh intarweb and TV.

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Iranian militia wants to observe US elections.

Handy etiquette tips from Joe the Mechanic.

I’m tempting fate and higher insurance costs, but I have to say this.

I’ve been driving three and sometimes even five mph over the speed limit regualarly for a couple weeks now. The fact that I feel confident enough to do that tells me you guys are slipping. Where has your ubiquitous presence gone? Why don’t I see people pulled over every day anymore? I haven’t been pulled over is at least 6 months. Are you guys doing okay?

Sincerely,
A Concerned Citizen

Okay, he only tried the diet, but I have a feeling the regular isn’t going to be fantastic either.

UPDATE: I just checked at the local Super 1 grocery store, but they didn’t have any. Slackers.

More or less.

Under the mag-beam concept, a space-based station would generate a stream of magnetized ions that would interact with a magnetic sail on a spacecraft and propel it through the solar system at high speeds that increase with the size of the plasma beam. Winglee estimates that a control nozzle 32 meters wide would generate a plasma beam capable of propelling a spacecraft at 11.7 kilometers per second. That translates to more than 26,000 miles an hour or more than 625,000 miles a day.

How freaking cool is that?

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RFIDs okayed for implanting in humans.

And Applied Digital certainly is thinking along these lines. Indeed, the medical care angle looks like a warm-and-fuzzy gimmick to speed adoption so that other, potentially more sinister, applications might follow.

“VeriChip can enhance airport security, airline security, cruise ship security, intelligent transportation and port congestion management. In these markets, VeriChip could function as a stand-alone, tamper-proof personal verification technology,” the company’s PR boilerplate explains.

The new Zaurus. More here.

I work a few hours a week at a drive-thru espresso stand, so I think I can offer an informed opinion—a refreshing change of pace around here, I know. Anyway, either use Starbucks lingo, or know how many ounces you want. 8, 12, 16, 20, and 32 oz drinks is a pretty common range. You say “large” and I have to then guess or play 20 Questions.

Also, if you get a blended drink, it’s just plain rude not to tip. Those things are a pain to make.

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You can send kids to private schools, but you can’t teach them street smarts, yo.

It is either a mangy dog, a coyote, a chupacabra or an antelope. Probably.

The Google Desktop beta. I think I’ll start losing things, just so I can search for them.

New cherry vanilla Dr. Pepper. That’s a lot of flavors.

Walmart is trying to force record labels to drop CD prices. Bully for Walmart, I say.

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I didn’t watch the debate, but here’s a summary I found very informative.

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People this worried about their paper towels and napkins matching really need to get out of the house more. I say Senate is a great place for him.

Spokane: full of hippy dippies or no?

I’m inclined to say no, but I just drive through the place mostly, I don’t have to live there.

Ladies and gentleman, The California Raisins. I loved all their stuff.

The iRiver in-dash mp3 player.

Marilyn Chen, iRiver’s CEO, made the announcement today that her company will develop in-dash players for the car. According to Chen, the units will “integrate an MP3 player, satellite radio and email functionalities on a single-chip solution”.

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Americans dominate the Nobel Prizes

I got the analysis too. I think Stratfor is right.

I was registering at the Washington Post to vote on the blogs and ihate@registering.com was already taken as an email address. What are the odds?

These are always good.

Not only does obesity surgery solve obesity, it solves obesity related problems. Boy, you’d think that would go without saying, much less an entire article on it.

Worries over Iraq’s nuclear stuff being sold on the black market.

Segway’s next hit.

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The US team won gold in Counter Strike at the World Cyber Games.

I thought Dems would be thrilled about airing an anti-Kerry film, but apparently they aren’t.

Yeah, that never gets old.

What are they teaching kids these days?

Or just really dumb burglars? Spokane is in the news.

Is the beta what’s causing all the trouble with Messenger the last few days?

Scrappleface was teh funny over the weekend.

Episode 2 of Star Trek New Voyages is available for download.

First, let me say I am shocked, shocked that the group’s name is “French Armed Islamic Front” and secondly, why are they hitting the Indonesian embassy? Shouldn’t they hit the US embassy or the Australian embassy. And don’t forget Poland. The Polish embassy?

I think Jonah is a little upset.

Okay, I successfully made it through 13 years of California public school and I have never heard this rule.

Plot: A lone marine fights off ever increasing numbers of zombified marines and demonic things. I smell an Oscar.

Do they ever have enough flu vaccines?

There’s all sorts of great quotes in this article, but this one was funniest.

Bush is “completely out of touch with reality” about the Iraq war and the economy, Edwards said during a campaign stop in West Palm Beach, Fla. “He won’t acknowledge the mess in Iraq. All you have to do is turn your television on,” the North Carolina senator added.

Yeah, cause the President of the United States needs CNN to tell him the state of Iraq. Obviously all the sources that millions of tax dollars are spent on aren’t enough.

From Instapundit.

But I just found Terragen and it’s great fun, so you guys lose. Don’t worry, I’ll get frustrated/bored/whatever with it soon and be back.

The Evil that is HALLIBURTON!

Cancelled Star Trek! *shakes fist* You are eeeevil, Halliburton, eeeeevil!

I can’t stand scanning a dozen pages, how did they do this?

Oh, the drama about Rathergate.

They’re giving away a free ticket to space.

The comedy calculator.

You know how beer is just lacking something? Yeah, Anheiser Busch is making caffeinated beer.

Even though The Lemon is gone, his magnum opus A Timeline of the Internet is still available. It deserves to be remembered.

Hamlet.

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Shatner’s new album will be out tomorrow. Probably you should go get in line now to beat the rush.

Next up, polygamy.

Hmm.

Apparently, it’s not as big a deal as everyone thought.

Disney is going to make a Bloom County movie. 20 years late, but other than that, what could go wrong?

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Hey, great another volcano erupting. Earthquakes and volcanoes this week. The plates, they are a-shifting.

Mount St. Helens. Freaking USDA Forest Service webcam is down.

UPDATE: Oh, wait, the webcam is back up. And down. Good luck with that.

FURTHER UPDATE: A local blog. Update 9 is funny

Tivo and Netflix are working together to become one giant media delivery conglomerate.

So, if I’m not going to massively overclock my CPU is water cooling all that? I love the idea of a silent computer though.

Why can’t I buy entire seasons of Good Eats?

Since the news is boring me and I’m hungry and have a zucchini at home I have to use up soon, here’s what I’ll be making for dinner.

1 1/2 cups shredded zucchini
1 (4-ounce) can chopped green chiles
1 1/2 cups thinly sliced green onions
1 cup cooked rice
3/4 cup shredded pepper jack cheese
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
3/4 cup fat-free sour cream
6 tablespoons salsa

While tortillas are warming, heat a non-stick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat until hot. Add zucchini, chiles, and green onions and saute for 3 minutes or until tender. Stir in the rice, cheese, salt, and pepper and cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in the sour cream.

Substitute fresh bell pepper for the green chilies and minus the sour cream. And downsize it to however much looks like I want to eat, of course.

Man, I’m hungry.

Some want caffiene addiction to be classified as a mental disorder.

I can quit anytime I want.

I wonder if it annoys the other planets?

Apparently mutant, albino, ex-lab rats are the fittest.

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I admit, I kinda like the look of the new $50. Well, the front anyway.

It’s like a Magic 8 Ball for your wrist! Neato.

National Geographic photos staged. But they admit it and apologize.

And who looks at the pictures that closely?

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Naturally the stoned slackers are better educated. Let’s see—go to college, spend a an unknown amout of years partying and perhaps learning something or go work construction? Any slacker worth their salt is going to go to college.

If you are insulted by the vague stereotypes in this post, please don’t tell me about it. Unless you are funny. Then feel free. And try it out on someone first. Just because you think you are funny doesn’t mean the rest of us do. Thanks for your help.

If nothing else, more Starbucks will raise the overall quality of coffee all over America.

Over at Right Wing News.

“Democrats are truly united behind one man: George W. Bush, whom they hope to push into a moat full of crocodiles. Rabid crocodiles. Rabid crocs who just finished with Ann Coulter and are mad that she was even considered to be a suitable appetizer.”

Teh funnay.

A 5.9 earthquake is moderate? The 6.3 in Iran a while ago was major. Must have to be over 6.0 to be a biggie.

Probably this isn’t a bad idea.

The Mount St. Helens volcano cam.

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Adobe proposed a new raw image format, the DNG. Will it catch on? Does this mean I have to buy an upgrade to Photoshop?

Galactic collision

The AOL takeover of Time-Warner was peanuts compared to this merger, he added.

The Weekend’s Useless Post.

Don’t tell Joe that the WUP is the best part of his blog.

Trips to space coming soon. Sadly they aren’t free.

Google may be developing a web browser.

A carnival I can get behind.

You may not have been following this story, but a federal judge has allowed Twinkies to live another month. You might want to stock up now. Good thing they last forever.

Okay, so they are kidnapping potential allies, who were trying to rebuild the infrastructure of the country. Who side, exactly, are they on?

Obviously I can never leave my computer again. The complete Calvin and Hobbes is coming. Hurray!

I’ll start saving now.

Han Solo in lego. Life size.

Google.

On Jimmy.

Naturally when I heard that I was shocked. As hard as I tried I just could not wrap my mind around what I was reading. I just couldn’t believe it was true. Jimmy Swaggart still has a television program?

Old, I know, but I’m still catching up, okay?

I leave for a week and Joyful Christian comes back. Anything else happen you guys aren’t telling me about?

Lileks sums up how I feel about it. It’s a big world out there, so I might have missed it, but I have yet to read a “neocon” mention they want to reinstate the draft. It seems to be the “progressive/Democrat” thing to worry about.

UPDATE: I should have kept reading before I posted. Instapundit.

Okay, we had this idea here at lunch about 3 weeks ago. Who knew it was comedy gold?

What I learned on my vacation:

1. I really like Wyoming. I mean, what I saw of it. Which would be all the major cities and the road between them.

2. Coffee south of Montana is teh suX0rs. Starbucks, people! Or just make some coffee with some flavor to it if you want to avoid the whole “chain taking over the world” thing. Starbucks isn’t even that good, but it’s better than the alternatives, obviously. If you must use Folgers, put twice as much in as is recommended. Try it, you may like it.

2a. McDonald’s should use Seattle’s Best coffee at all their stores.

3. Sinclair Gas’ logo with the dinosaur looks just like the Krispy Kreme logo from a distance.

4. Toll roads–I’m looking at you Colorado–suck. You just get your groove going and “toll plaza 1 mile,” get back up to speed and “toll plaza 5 miles”. Argh. Not to mention it cost me $5.25 for the privilege of using their highway.

5. As I was just getting groceries right now, I realized I was no longer the friendliest person around. Yeah, smile at your customers once in a while, you’ll be amazed at how well it works.

6. Idaho drivers are teh suX0rs. But we have the coolest plates.

Oklahoma: very nice but hot and humid.

Texas: ditto.

Kansas: a very relaxing drive except for the guy with the plates “NERVOUS” and the wind

In case you are wondering, I’ve been vacationing. And today I finally figured out the proper address to log in. Bookmarks are handy, but dangerous when you don’t have them. Anyway , Montana was “meh”, Wyoming was quite nice and sorry Colorado, but you just don’t measure up. And what is with the toll road? That just sucks.

Hopefully nothing of vital importance happens in the world, cause I won’t be around to comment on it.

Since I blog at work, I don’t blog in pajamas. Carry on with your day.

What are the poor kids under six doing with their days?

Men typically had more leisure than women, with 5.4 hours compared to 4.8 hours. Those with children under the age of six had the least time off — at 4.0 leisure hours.

How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. It just rolls off the tongue.

So, the memo implosion continues.

Well, my hits have jumped through the roof the last two days. Wherever y’all are coming from, thanks.

Frank fills in for Cox&Forkum. Sort of.

The new CXT.

“It’s not going to fit into the standard garage,” said Mark Oberle, a spokesman for Navistar, based in Warrenville, Ill., outside Chicago. “We can see it a as a vehicle for business people who want to make distinct impression. For personal use, it’s for people who want to make a statement.”

Dear Paul,

You aren’t helping.

Thanx,
Kristin

Apparently, &# 34;End of the World&# 34; is coming.

The newly minted Ra^thergate has the links.

Starbucks sent me free coffee! And some poems that didn’t rhyme, but that’s not important right now. Yeah, not the greatest coffee in the world, but c’mon, they are a. available everywhere and b. giving out free coffee. Marketing genius!

iVan

Wanna help at the Ansari X Prize? Sign up now. Sounds like fun.

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This guy thinks he can do it.

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Hurray! Now I can be my slacker self and not suffer for it.

Lots and lots about The Memo over at the Command Post.

TVs that zoom. What fun.

Or he’s just really, really upset.

In an interview with the New Yorker, Gore, who says he’s a Southern Baptist, expressed disdain for Bush’s public declaration of his faith.

Plank, meet mote. Mote, plank.