You’ve got about ohhhh, 9 hours or so to get your last licks in on the Caption Contest.
At some point during the day I’ll surf around and read various comic strips and if I have extra time, I’ll dive a little deeper into the sites to see what else is going on. The recent version of The Dilbert Newsletter, subtitled, “The Official Newsletter of Dogbert’s Ruling Class” caught my eye. It’s got some funny office humor, my favorite being the Induhvidual (sic) Quotes.
This edition also has the Annual Weasel Poll. The winners for the Politician and Country may or may not suprise you. When exactly did it become cool to hate yourself? I know folks from other countries read Dilbert, but I’m guessing most of the votes came from the good ol’ USA.
Note to self: Start smacking anyone you hear badmouthing the country. Nothing that rises to the level of assault, just the good ol’ parental flick on the back of the head like Mom used to do when we were acting the fool in church.
Total before I turned into a pumpkin: $350.00. Some of you were busy today. Bless you and the fine work you do.
Don’t forget to surf around Spirit of America (SOA) and see all the good work previous contributions have done and bookmark the SOA site when you’re over there. The current Blogger Challenge is over today, but SOA takes contributions all year long.
Yes, little Miss Target Sales Associate Gay Boy, I do know what “Limited Edition” means. And since we’re being bitchy, putting your hand on your hip and sticking it out to the side while popping your gum does not hide the fact that red makes you look fat. Snap THAT, BEEEE-OTCH! And no, it’s not because you’re a flaming Mary, it’s because you’re a bitch. I find flaming Marys entertaining in that, “What will they do next?” sort of way. Now begone, you have no power here.
Thanks to the folks at Walmart. The new DVDs are in the front right next to the entrance where I want them. And they have lots of lines open on military paydays too. Very convenient…if not for the drive…and that freaking parking lot.
To the little gal at the service window at McDonald’s. Thanks for smiling and being professional and polite even after that dickhead in front of me chewed you out so the entire world could hear how he ordered two Double Quarter Pounders w/Cheese not one…as if we couldn’t tell by looking at him.
Dammit. But it also reinforces why I only share in a very general way things I’ve experienced in my own career. Now if I actually ever GET my diamond, then I’ll have to re-think it.
And they say no one really does irony anymore.
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UPDATE: Stryker practices the fine art of deconstruction.
A Blue-Eyed Infidel has arisen and she’s cranky about a haircut! For the love o’ Pete… Who would even care about such things and…oh…my…God! It’s her! She’s back. I thought she was gone for good but nooooooo, she just keeps coming back over and over and over again and now she’s using a different psuedonym and she’s got wireless so she can blog from her couch for goshsakes. Not even an old uncomfortable office chair to slow her down.
Some rant. Some rant well. For others, it’s a calling. Welcome back Rachel.
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Holding at $200.00. Today is the final day of this Blogger Challenge. Thank you a million times to all those who contributed.
Don’t forget to surf around Spirit of America (SOA) and see all the good work previous contributions have done and bookmark the SOA site when you’re over there. The current Blogger Challenge is over today, but SOA takes contributions all year long.
Yeah, I said it, and I meant it too. Furthermore, I intend to say it a LOT more before the next couple weeks are done. And you know what else? I’m going to be in uniform when I say it sometimes. You know why? Because it’s freedom OF religion not freedom FROM religion.
Then again, I’m in Nebraska…it’s not all that weird around here.
Winners Friday Night.
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You think Stryker’s actually been reading something besides a T.O.?
Currently up to $200.00. Wow, I never figured we’d bust $100. That’s just amazing.
If you’ve ever watched the news or read blogs or heard a story on the radio and thought to yourself, “God, I wish I could DO something to help over there.” This is one of those things you can do. Click the button and help our folks help the Iraqis. Surf around Spirit of America (SOA) and see all the good work previous contributions have done.
I KNOW money is tight for folks at this time of year. If you have to wait until you get your tax return back to do anything extra, don’t forget to bookmark the SOA site when you’re over there. The current Blogger Challenge is over on the 15th, but SOA takes contributions all year long. I don’t even want to know how some of the other bloggers got into 6 figures. I like our total so far…feels more like I walked around the office with my hat out.
Warning: Clicking any of the Survivor links will contain spoilers.
If you missed the Survivor Finale because you can’t read a freakin’ cable guide screen like your’s truly, The Shape of Days has a very good and snarky summary…without having to sit through all those long commercial breaks.
We finally got around to watching The Bourne Supremacy last night. All I can say is…wheeeeeeeeeee! The “How did they do that?” extras on the disk are worth watching too.
SciFi begins their two part Legend of Earthsea tonight. Yes, I’ll watch it, and no, I haven’t forgiven them for taking off Farscape.
Currently up to $75.00. You all ROCK!
If you’ve ever watched the news or read blogs or heard a story on the radio and thought to yourself, “God, I wish I could DO something to help over there.” This is one of those things you can do. Click the button and help our folks help the Iraqis. Surf around Spirit of America (SOA) and see all the good work previous contributions have done.
I’ve got the button above set up to go to the SOA General Fund so they can use the money where ever they need it most. If there’s a pet project you want to contribute to, by all means go for it. This has nothing to do with me what-so-ever. For me this is purely a St Francis thing.
Update: Whoever you all are that contributed another $75.00 today to make the total $150.00, thank you, thank you, thank you.
Blackfive has the story of a soldier writing a letter to his buddies outlining his last wishes. Go read it, bring Kleenex, then call or write your local country stations.
If you haven’t been paying attention, our very own blogfather, Stryker, has been on a roll lately with his “Who’s The Sucker Now?” series. Head on over to Digital Warfighter and scroll, scroll, scroll.
And while you’re at it, login and call Tom and ignorant slut…he loves that.
I saw Kevin Spacey on Leno last night.
With “Beyond The Sea” getting ready to be the sleeper hit of the year, do you think pop radio should just start playing the soundtrack now? Or am I the only geek who thinks Bobby Darin was cooler than anyone on the charts today? Because frankly, I’ve had the title track in my head since I woke up this morning and even The Ramones aren’t driving it out.
Okay, $30.00 so far, not bad, not bad. But folks, we’ve only got until the 15th before this specific blogger challenge is over. Now I don’t expect to actually WIN this thing but I KNOW we can do better than this.
Ya don’t have 5 bucks? I’m not proud, drop in $2.50. A buck, one single dollar.
Once again this is to help 0ur military in Iraq help out the folks in Iraq. School supplies for kids. Candy to pass out to the kids while they’re on patrol. Helping the Marines stand up an Iraqi Television Station so they have something besides Al Jazeera. Many of the troops have been buying candy, school supplies, and toys out of their own pockets. Because that’s what American Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines do with lil kids. We help them where ever we can.
Click it, click it NOW.
Defenestration: The act of throwing something or someone out a window, particularly someone who deserves it.
Because I keep seeing it around the web and I’ve had to look it up four times because I always see it first thing in the morning before my coffee.
One of the commenter’s included a link to his fanzine Heavy Metal Nightmare. I haven’t read all the issues but I’m all for the concept behind it, opposing all that is false in metal.
I’m not a metal head by any stretch of the imagination, but I know what I like and anyone who’s interviewing Dio with some level of respect deserves some more traffic.
I caught Dio when he opened with Rainbow for Cheap Trick back in the 70s. There’s another rock voice that just isn’t human, it’s more siren than voice. “Man on the Silver Mountain” and their version of “Street of Dreams” simply kicks ass…or they did 25 years ago…damn…I’m not sure what’s more amazing, that I remember it with such clarity or that I’m still alive 25 years after nights like that.
Anyway, now I know why he was correcting me on the proper flashing of the Devil’s Horns sign…he would know…and yet…not one article on the appropriate use of cowbell…huh.
Boyo is down with an ear infection and fever. Beautiful Wife took care of him all day so she’s out with the girls tonight. The various contests and caption contests going on around the blogoshpere…or whatever ya call it got me thinking we need some soul dumping…a cleansing as it were.
First of all, what song or artist from the 70s, 80s, 90s whenever you were in high school, were you into WAY before they got popular?
And…this is where the confession comes in…what song or artist did you just LOVE that no one else you hung out with could stand?
I’ll start.
I had “Born to Run” and “Greetings from Asbury Park New Jersey” long before anyone in my school had even heard of Springsteen.
Confession: Dave Mason, “We Just Disagree.” Okay…okay…and I was really into Neil Diamond’s lyrics before I found out my Mom loved him…happy now?!
Have at it.
This reminded me that I bought Beautiful Wife and I an early Christmas present last weekend: Evanescence, Anywhere but Home which contains a CD of their concert performances and a DVD of their concert in Paris.
Watching Amy Lee perform live is just about as much musical fun as I’ve ever had. She’s definitely not lip-synching and she ROCKS out the songs from “Fallen” in a way that you wonder if she really isn’t an angel who’s drifted away. It’s hard to believe that someone can bang their head and thrash around in pure joy/agony the way she does all the while singing in THAT voice. That voice…I get chills hearing it…still…and I’ve probably over-played “Fallen” until any normal human would be sick of it from sheer repitition.
Oddly enough, she reminds me of a young Stevie Nicks. Any of you old enough to remember the “Rumors” tour? Put that image of Stevie whirling like a dervish around the stage in your head and add some metal/goth attitude and about 2000 watts of energy and you get Amy Lee. When she brings it down on “My Immortal,” it’s just her and the piano…she will once again take your heart out just like she did the first time you heard it and you swear she’s never going to give it back.
Warning for those of you who are strongly Christian and have problems with any Satanic and or Wiccan Imagery: You will hate this DVD. Most of the kids in the Paris audience are flashing the “I love you.” Amerislang symbol (which is also, supposedly, the sign for Witchcraft) and there’s a scene where Amy bows in full “I’m not worthy.” fashion to Rocky the Drummer while he’s wearing a Satan mask with his drumsticks on fire. Acoording to Gorgeous Daughter (who keeps up on these things far more than I do) this is mostly a slam to the Christian Recording Industry for passing up on “Fallen.” I don’t know about that. I get more of a feeling of their generation expressing the silliness of taking such things too seriously. In my mind, “Fallen” is nothing if not an exploration of faith. What does it mean? Is there redemption? What does THAT mean?
Oh…what does the cowbell have to do with anything? You’ll just have to watch the DVD to figure that one out.
I just got done deleting 50, that’s right five-oh, spam ads for something ending in “-ine” that were que’d up in our comments holding area.
Which brings me to this story I’ve seen around about Lycos’ new screen saver which sends multiple requests to spammers’ servers, thus slowing them down.
As soon as their server is back up, I’ll be downloading that one.
Attention Spammers: No one here is going to let your spam into our comments, you’re wasting your time, your money, and you’re pissing us off. I like playing Texas Hold-’em and really, who’s against a bigger erection? But you want to advertise for it here? Get ahold of Mom or Stryker and BUY AN AD!
Update on the Screensaver. Figures…
Promoted out of his job. Never been there, but know it’s got to be tough. But then again, the ‘stan to Hawaii at a moment’s notice isn’t all bad in my mind.
Go wish him well.
So you want to help our guys and gals over in the desert but you say you don’t know how? You’ve heard the military has shut down the any service member mail for the holidays? So what’s a person to do to help?
Simply click right here to help support the folks over in Iraq.
Come on $5.00 per person can make a huge difference. With the buying power of a charity, that’s like 10 bags of candy our troops can hand out to the kids in Iraq which translates into some serious goodwill. For you and I that’s a trip to your local coffee shoppe, for them it’s a bagful of classroom supplies.
(Would someone please remind me how to hotlink an image so next week I can put the click in the button? And who borrowed my HTML book and didn’t return it?)
UPDATE: Wow…our readers are both quick and efficient. I’m guessing charitible too?
JINKIES!
Keyboard and screen warning elevated. “Heh” factor high.
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