There are a couple things I’d like Gabriel to pick up on. Love (and anguish) of baseball as a Cubs fan is one of them. And it wouldn’t hurt if he liked Star Wars too. Here’s an article that concerns the latter.
Category Archives: Interests
Honey, I Shrunk the Maldives
Pithy headline but a serious article concerning the potential demise of some of our natural wonders.
In a similar vein, I saw that Frommer’s has put out 500 Places to See Before They Disappear, which might not be a bad read once Gabriel is better suited for travel.
The strange allure of the Progressive insurance girl
Something a little more lighthearted for ya. A nice writeup on the actress that plays Flo in the Progressive ads.
Leslie gets a kick out of watching her and I guess I do too.
Angry Alien Productions: 30-Second Bunnies Theatre and other cartoons.
Many of these are worth the half minute.
Marriage a choice, just like religion – Las Vegas Sun
Thank God not all of Vegas is infiltrated by Talibangelicals. Give this a read and be sure to down some painkillers before starting in on the comments.
I truly wish that those bigoted hatemongers who supposedly speak for the Almighty would kindly shut the hell up and let actual caring folks speak for their religion.
Not that I’m holding my breath or anything….
He did it all for the Wookiee
I’ve been wrapping up the last book of the Star Wars New Jedi Order series, The Unifying Force. As far as hobbies go, this one is pretty benign. And for a book series that has had its ups and downs, it sure the heck finished on a high quality note. Just figured I’d share that in case you are really full of spare time and nothing else to do.
Well, Mom has sent along some newspaper clippings from the Galva and Kewanee papers. If I can either get to a scanner or find a way to obtain them in some other way, I’ll post them up.
I’ve been kind of busy on a temp job I’ve had, which has just wrapped up. Maybe some more work from it later, who knows. In the meantime, I’ve been accumulating links like a mad man.
From our pal Evil Ned, a site that hurts the mind as much as it tickles the funny bone.
From the land of delusion, we learn that the Maoists’ Long March was shorter than we’ve all been told, CBS is a weak-willed pack of chumps when it comes to presidential biography type flicks, and Canadians are in on this Nigerian email scam business.
In other news, Rhode Island is apparently a rampant comparison yardstick used by writers. Another article tackles the curious nature of champion Kenyan runners, and yet one more approaches that oft-asked question (presumably someone was asking it), “What if Guy Fawkes’ bomb had gone off?” Yes, these stories vaguely interest me. Move on if they bore you to death.
From the tech desk (fine, my same cluttered desk), we have a story on the guys who research map info for Mapquest and one about presidential candidates’ websites.
Speaking of that bunch, there is a game at Slate where you can narrow down your candidate of choice called Whack-a-Pol. At Kuro5hin, there is a slightly tongue-in-cheek article on why Bush is notusing Jesus as his inspiration as he has so often said.
Opus returns!
Berkeley Breathed is coming back on November 23 with a comic strip appropriately called Opus. Hopefully it will get syndicated so we can all read it.
In other news, the RIAA has decided to feed on poor kids living in public housing. Of course, they aren’t picking on individual people because they are money-grubbing fascist punks; its because they care.
Anyone tired enough of recent events to want to go to Mars? NASA may be looking for you soon.
Your humorous moment of the day. And now, for your humorous insight of the day (ok, its a few days old):
Maybe he should stick to reading other people’s lines….
Johnny Depp, making the most of the fact that we collectively have made him millions of dollars, decided to slam his home country today. You know, you don’t have to like our leadership or the way a lot of this country works. But do not enjoy the benefits of being an American citizen while ripping it to make your current home gush with joy at having you live there. Granted, I’m no blind-to-reality super-patriot type myself, but sometimes its better to keep your uninformed opinions to your damn self. I should have waited to rent Pirates of the Caribbean.
Other stuff….
Great idea…incredibly stupid idea.
News that will age you in under a minute.
And for comic relief, a game courtesy of Matt Darland. You’ll find it either disgustingly addicting or horrifically annoying. I made it into March last night.
Unfair and prickly
So, I’m trolling through the job ads this morning and then bounce over to CNN to check on the news (yes, that IS entertainment for me). Anyways, our unofficial government news agency FoxNews is suing Al Franken because they don’t like the title of his book – nor likely the content of it either. Just goes to show how whiny people get when you give ’em a little power.
Some of you may have come across that nasty MSBlaster/LoveSan worm. Hopefully you do not have it on your computer, but if you do, come on back after your computer reboots.
You back yet? Okay, take a visit over to this link, which will give you directions on where to get your relevant Windows updates. I will give you to quick links to McAfee and Norton’s advice as well. Good luck out there.
I can watch TV again!
As many of you know, I can count the amount of television shows I can actually stomach watching on both hands – if you spread it out across a whole decade. So, since I’m a big fan of FX’s The Shield and not much else (though I enjoy Monk whenever I can catch it), I have currently been in a major slump as far as any potential Nielsen rating hirings go.
Tonight, I can safely add another show to the list. It is Peacemakers with Tom Berenger. Kind of a murder mystery/CSI-like/western concept. Some of that usually bores the daylights out of me but this seems to work. So I’ll give it a try. Enough of one to suggest it to all of you to watch as well.