Archive for August, 2006

In which I emulate left-wing blogs from the past week…

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

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Funniest thing I’ve read today

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006

In reference to a post on Paulina Gretzky’s singing career (with pic):
Man, that’s the kind of girl Doug Gilmour would leave his wife for.
# posted by mudcrutch79 : August 22, 2006 5:37 AM

In which Congressional proto-humans shuffle around the monolith and make ook ook noises

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006

I’m sure there’s a perfectly reasonable explanation for this that doesn’t involve the insidious influence of the Republican party’s fundamentalist base:
Smart Grants, for the National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent program — were created by Congress this year, with strong support from the president. The grants are worth up to $4,000 and are [...]

I sense a disturbance in the Force, Poopy-head.

Sunday, August 20th, 2006

You will regret the day you ever messed with Stephen Baldwin

Sunday, August 20th, 2006

Via Radley Balko:

“‘But let me just tell you,’ I screamed at God. ‘You better be real, because if you aren’t, you will regret the day you ever messed with Stephen Baldwin.”

Update: What righties see when they read the New York Times. (Also via Radley Balko)

Score one for technology

Friday, August 18th, 2006

I love supposedly context-sensitive ads. Frank Chalk runs across a fine specimen:
I decided to put up Amazon’s ad banner at the top of my site after being assured that the content it would advertise would be directly relevant to the people viewing my Blog.
I therefore expected ads for Mensa applications, books about Astrophysics, Philosophy, Politics [...]

Name-A-Bridge

Friday, August 18th, 2006

Ooh! Ooh! Put me down for Perl-Script! Up yours, PHP!

Rifftrax

Friday, August 18th, 2006

If you’re a fan of Mystery Science Theater 3000, you owe it to yourself to check out Mike Nelson’s Rifftrax. Basically, he produces audio commentary in mp3 format that accompanies mainstream movies. Syncing up the audio is a minor challenge, but the end result is an MST3K-like treatment of big budget flicks that would have [...]

Two unnamed hockey players, midseason 2005/2006

Friday, August 18th, 2006

MP: “Prongs, old pal, old buddy, I need a favor.”
CP: “Like what?”
MP: “See that blonde chick over there? She’s like, totally ready to go, you know? But she can’t ditch her cousin, so I told her you would show her a good time.”
CP: “What the fuck? No way, man!”
MP: “C’mon, dude. I’ma get you back! [...]

419 quote of the day

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

Subject: URGENT MASSAGE AND ASSISTANCE
“Assistance” is what you get when you slip the masseuse a fifty for a little somethin’ extra.