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Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Friday, November 10, 2006
Monday, October 23, 2006
Where's my money ?!?!?!?!?!
I received a dollar bill the other day as change for a purchase. I noticed an odd stamping on it. It read, "http://www.wheresgeorge.com". Intrigued, I surfed to that website and learned that it is an informal site to track the physical location and progress of currency as it moves around the US and globe. "My" dollar bill started it's journey in Ohio and it is currently here. Now if I could only find my keys and Waldo ....
I received a dollar bill the other day as change for a purchase. I noticed an odd stamping on it. It read, "http://www.wheresgeorge.com". Intrigued, I surfed to that website and learned that it is an informal site to track the physical location and progress of currency as it moves around the US and globe. "My" dollar bill started it's journey in Ohio and it is currently here. Now if I could only find my keys and Waldo ....
Thursday, October 19, 2006
There's a cloaked enemy vessel somewhere nearby .....
Cloaking Devices - now at your local drug store.....
Well - almost... :-)
Cloaking Devices - now at your local drug store.....
Well - almost... :-)
Monday, October 16, 2006
The 2006 Winners!!!!
Improbable Research
My two favorite:
LITERATURE: Daniel Oppenheimer of Princeton University for his report "Consequences of Erudite Vernacular Utilized Irrespective of Necessity: Problems with Using Long Words Needlessly."
REFERENCE: "Consequences of Erudite Vernacular Utilized Irrespective of Necessity: Problems with Using Long Words Needlessly," Daniel M. Oppenheimer, Applied Cognitive Psychology, vol. 20, no. 2, March 2006, pp. 139-56.
WHO ATTENDED THE IG NOBEL PRIZE CEREMONY: Daniel Oppenheimer
MEDICINE: Francis M. Fesmire of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, for his medical case report "Termination of Intractable Hiccups with Digital Rectal Massage"; and Majed Odeh, Harry Bassan, and Arie Oliven of Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, for their subsequent medical case report also titled "Termination of Intractable Hiccups with Digital Rectal Massage."
REFERENCE: "Termination of Intractable Hiccups with Digital Rectal Massage," Francis M. Fesmire, Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 17, no. 8, August 1988 p. 872.
REFERENCE: "Termination of Intractable Hiccups with Digital Rectal Massage,"
Majed Odeh, Harry Bassan, and Arie Oliven, Journal of Internal Medicine, vol. 227, no. 2, February 1990, pp. 145-6. They are at the Department of Internal Medicine, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
REFERENCE: "Hiccups and Digital Rectal Massage," M. Odeh and A. Oliven, Archives of Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery, vol. 119, 1993, p. 1383.
WHO ATTENDED THE IG NOBEL PRIZE CEREMONY: Francis Fesmire
Improbable Research
My two favorite:
LITERATURE: Daniel Oppenheimer of Princeton University for his report "Consequences of Erudite Vernacular Utilized Irrespective of Necessity: Problems with Using Long Words Needlessly."
REFERENCE: "Consequences of Erudite Vernacular Utilized Irrespective of Necessity: Problems with Using Long Words Needlessly," Daniel M. Oppenheimer, Applied Cognitive Psychology, vol. 20, no. 2, March 2006, pp. 139-56.
WHO ATTENDED THE IG NOBEL PRIZE CEREMONY: Daniel Oppenheimer
MEDICINE: Francis M. Fesmire of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, for his medical case report "Termination of Intractable Hiccups with Digital Rectal Massage"; and Majed Odeh, Harry Bassan, and Arie Oliven of Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, for their subsequent medical case report also titled "Termination of Intractable Hiccups with Digital Rectal Massage."
REFERENCE: "Termination of Intractable Hiccups with Digital Rectal Massage," Francis M. Fesmire, Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 17, no. 8, August 1988 p. 872.
REFERENCE: "Termination of Intractable Hiccups with Digital Rectal Massage,"
Majed Odeh, Harry Bassan, and Arie Oliven, Journal of Internal Medicine, vol. 227, no. 2, February 1990, pp. 145-6. They are at the Department of Internal Medicine, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
REFERENCE: "Hiccups and Digital Rectal Massage," M. Odeh and A. Oliven, Archives of Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery, vol. 119, 1993, p. 1383.
WHO ATTENDED THE IG NOBEL PRIZE CEREMONY: Francis Fesmire
CBGB's is history....
My Way News - CBGB Hosts Last Concert Before Eviction
and now here's what will replace it...
Got your bot yet?
Your news will be here
Where are you going to spend the weekend?
Sun and Toyota obviously believe it...
... and my name is Jawaka Whorfin...
My Way News - CBGB Hosts Last Concert Before Eviction
and now here's what will replace it...
Got your bot yet?
Your news will be here
Where are you going to spend the weekend?
Sun and Toyota obviously believe it...
... and my name is Jawaka Whorfin...
CBGB's is history....
My Way News - CBGB Hosts Last Concert Before Eviction
and now here's what will replace it...
Got your bot yet?
Where are you going to spend the weekend?
Sun and Toyota obviously believe it...
... and my name is Jawaka Whorfin...
My Way News - CBGB Hosts Last Concert Before Eviction
and now here's what will replace it...
Got your bot yet?
Where are you going to spend the weekend?
Sun and Toyota obviously believe it...
... and my name is Jawaka Whorfin...
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Friday, September 29, 2006
Some thoughts (for bumper stickers?):
"1. My husband and I divorced over religious differences. He thought
he was God and I didn't.
2. I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it.
3. I Work Hard Because Millions On Welfare Depend on Me!
4. Some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them.
5. I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.
6. Don't take life too seriously; no one gets out alive.
7. You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me.
8. Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
9. Earth is the insane asylum for the universe.
10. I'm not a complete idiot -- Some parts are missing.
11. Out of my mind. Back in five minutes.
12. NyQuil, the stuffy, sneezy, why-the-heck-is-the-room-spinning
medicine.
13. God must love stupid people; He made so many.
14. The gene pool could use a little chlorine.
15. Consciousness: That annoying time between naps.
16. Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
17. Being 'over the hill' is much better than being under it!
18. Wrinkled Was Not One of the Things I Wanted to Be When I Grew
up.
19. Procrastinate Now!
20. I Have a Degree in Liberal Arts; Do You Want Fries With That?
21. A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
22. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.
23. Stupidity is not a handicap. Park elsewhere!
24. They call it PMS because MadCow Disease was already taken.
25. He who dies with the most toys is nonetheless dead.
26. A picture is worth a thousand words, but it uses up three
thousand times the memory.
27. Ham and eggs. A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment
for a pig.
28. The trouble with life is there's no background music.
29. The original point and click interface was a Smith and Wesson.
30. I smile because I don't know what the hell is going on."
"1. My husband and I divorced over religious differences. He thought
he was God and I didn't.
2. I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it.
3. I Work Hard Because Millions On Welfare Depend on Me!
4. Some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them.
5. I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.
6. Don't take life too seriously; no one gets out alive.
7. You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me.
8. Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
9. Earth is the insane asylum for the universe.
10. I'm not a complete idiot -- Some parts are missing.
11. Out of my mind. Back in five minutes.
12. NyQuil, the stuffy, sneezy, why-the-heck-is-the-room-spinning
medicine.
13. God must love stupid people; He made so many.
14. The gene pool could use a little chlorine.
15. Consciousness: That annoying time between naps.
16. Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
17. Being 'over the hill' is much better than being under it!
18. Wrinkled Was Not One of the Things I Wanted to Be When I Grew
up.
19. Procrastinate Now!
20. I Have a Degree in Liberal Arts; Do You Want Fries With That?
21. A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
22. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.
23. Stupidity is not a handicap. Park elsewhere!
24. They call it PMS because MadCow Disease was already taken.
25. He who dies with the most toys is nonetheless dead.
26. A picture is worth a thousand words, but it uses up three
thousand times the memory.
27. Ham and eggs. A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment
for a pig.
28. The trouble with life is there's no background music.
29. The original point and click interface was a Smith and Wesson.
30. I smile because I don't know what the hell is going on."
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Friday, September 15, 2006
A Prairie Home Companion from American Public Media: "Having been called names, one looks back at one's own angry outbursts over the years, and I recall having once referred to Republicans as 'hairy-backed swamp developers, fundamentalist bullies, freelance racists, hobby cops, sweatshop tycoons, line jumpers, marsupial moms and aluminum-siding salesmen, misanthropic frat boys, ninja dittoheads, shrieking midgets, tax cheats, cheese merchants, cat stranglers, pill pushers, nihilists in golf pants, backed-up Baptists, the grand pooh-bahs of Percodan, mouth breathers, testosterone junkies and brownshirts in pinstripes.' I look at those words now, and 'cat stranglers' seems excessive to me. The number of cat stranglers in the ranks of the Republican Party is surely low, and that reference was hurtful to Republicans and to cat owners. I feel sheepish about it.
"
"
Monday, September 11, 2006
Friday, September 08, 2006
This is totally astonishing... from several angles.
Waxy.org: Daily Log: Sex Baiting Prank on Craigslist Affects Hundreds
Waxy.org: Daily Log: Sex Baiting Prank on Craigslist Affects Hundreds
Monday, August 28, 2006
Saturday, August 26, 2006
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Saturday, August 19, 2006
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Coolest internet bandwidth test site .... EVER!!!!
Visit SpeedTest.Net
Here are my results:
What are yours?
Visit SpeedTest.Net
Here are my results:
What are yours?
Monday, August 07, 2006
This is amazingly stupid - I cannot believe that AOL would release this data...
The Paradigm Shift ? Blog Archive ? AOL Search Data Shows Users Planning to commit Murder.
The Paradigm Shift ? Blog Archive ? AOL Search Data Shows Users Planning to commit Murder.
Friday, July 28, 2006
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Friday, July 21, 2006
Friday, June 23, 2006
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Great Minds Think Alike Dept.
Link: Weird Al Yankovic Releases Free MP3
Weird Al just released a parody of James Blunt's "You're Beautiful" on his web site, as an mp3... it's being "slashdotted" I think, hard to hit.
What's scary to me is that I have a file on my laptop timestamped June 1st - I was "inspired" after hearing the song for the 200,000th time that morning. I have to admit I looked at the real lyrics and now that I know what he's really singing it's not as bad as I originally thought, but no matter...
My lyrics:
"I'm Pitiful"
I am a moron.
I'm such a moron.
Brain cells are few.
I saw a Devil.
Her face was turning blue.
She screamed at me on the subway.
Her shopping cart was large.
I think she was a bit confused,
She said her name was Marge.
I'm pitiful. I'm pitiful.
I'm pitiful, it's true.
I saw your face in the Subway,
And I wanted to throw up on my shoe,
Hope I'll never be like you.
Yeah, she caught my eye,
As we walked on by.
She could see from my face that I was,
Freaked OUT.
And I don't think that I'll meet her again,
Especially if I happen to see her first!
I'm pitiful. I'm pitiful.
I'm pitiful, it's true.
I saw your face in the Subway,
And I wanted to throw up on my shoe,
Hope I'll never be like you.
I'm pitiful. I'm pitiful.
I'm pitiful, it's true.
I saw your face in the Subway,
And I wanted to throw up on my shoe,
Hope I'll never be like you.
If you see a devil with a face so blue,
Don't dare let her know that she was noticed by you,
And if you think she figured it out, you probably oughta run.
Get out of there, go home, and if you have one find your gun!
But if you don't and she traps you there...
You might set fire to your hair...
I like Weird Al's lyrics better, but then of course - he's Weird Al. I bow to the master.
Link: Weird Al Yankovic Releases Free MP3
Weird Al just released a parody of James Blunt's "You're Beautiful" on his web site, as an mp3... it's being "slashdotted" I think, hard to hit.
What's scary to me is that I have a file on my laptop timestamped June 1st - I was "inspired" after hearing the song for the 200,000th time that morning. I have to admit I looked at the real lyrics and now that I know what he's really singing it's not as bad as I originally thought, but no matter...
My lyrics:
"I'm Pitiful"
I am a moron.
I'm such a moron.
Brain cells are few.
I saw a Devil.
Her face was turning blue.
She screamed at me on the subway.
Her shopping cart was large.
I think she was a bit confused,
She said her name was Marge.
I'm pitiful. I'm pitiful.
I'm pitiful, it's true.
I saw your face in the Subway,
And I wanted to throw up on my shoe,
Hope I'll never be like you.
Yeah, she caught my eye,
As we walked on by.
She could see from my face that I was,
Freaked OUT.
And I don't think that I'll meet her again,
Especially if I happen to see her first!
I'm pitiful. I'm pitiful.
I'm pitiful, it's true.
I saw your face in the Subway,
And I wanted to throw up on my shoe,
Hope I'll never be like you.
I'm pitiful. I'm pitiful.
I'm pitiful, it's true.
I saw your face in the Subway,
And I wanted to throw up on my shoe,
Hope I'll never be like you.
If you see a devil with a face so blue,
Don't dare let her know that she was noticed by you,
And if you think she figured it out, you probably oughta run.
Get out of there, go home, and if you have one find your gun!
But if you don't and she traps you there...
You might set fire to your hair...
I like Weird Al's lyrics better, but then of course - he's Weird Al. I bow to the master.
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Monday, May 22, 2006
Monday, May 01, 2006
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
It's the end of an era ....
A cloudy day today in Mountain View as famed Sun Microsystems' CEO Scott McNealy steps down after 22 years at the helm ....
A cloudy day today in Mountain View as famed Sun Microsystems' CEO Scott McNealy steps down after 22 years at the helm ....
Quite a day at Sun...
Here are some quotes from Jonathan Schwartz and Scott McNealy from one of the Blogs at Sun
Here are some quotes from Jonathan Schwartz and Scott McNealy from one of the Blogs at Sun
Monday, April 17, 2006
Monday, April 03, 2006
Saturday, April 01, 2006
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
The "I'm really surprised" Award.
Today Microsoft announced a delay to the initial release of Windows Vista. I am so shocked!!! A company with the clout, the financials, the brain-trust. I can't imagine something like this ever happening in the past ........
Today Microsoft announced a delay to the initial release of Windows Vista. I am so shocked!!! A company with the clout, the financials, the brain-trust. I can't imagine something like this ever happening in the past ........
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Monday, January 16, 2006
This is parked across from my office right now...
Airliners.net Photos: Qantas (John Travolta) Boeing 707-138B
Hey hey, Barbarino!!! (showing my age here...)
Airliners.net Photos: Qantas (John Travolta) Boeing 707-138B
Hey hey, Barbarino!!! (showing my age here...)
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Hell Freezes Over - pt 2 ....
There was another dramatic shift in the Force today as Apple unleashses new machines with Intel Inside .......
There was another dramatic shift in the Force today as Apple unleashses new machines with Intel Inside .......
Thursday, January 05, 2006
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Monday, January 02, 2006
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