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It's WINDY!!!
What about me? I'm the Evil Colonel! You can tell I'm the EVIL colonel because I have a beard. Oh, wait...
One of the more unusual, and nearly forgotten, factoids in the history of the Turner Broadcasting Empire was a newscast that aired on WTCG 17 (now TBS), a requirement of its licence. Ted Turner put it on in the middle of the night, and allowed the staff to have a lot of fun doing it. It died when Turner had to reinvent himself as "Mister News" for the launch of CNN... however, anchor Bill Tush survived, and had a long association with TBS/CNN.
For fans of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the gang, Peanuts: The Art of Charles M. Schulz is a fantastic look back over 50 years. It's been a long time since I'd seen reprints of some of the early strips... but I DIDN'T know Charlie Brown's catchphrase was originally "Great Scott!" instead of, well, you know...
And, who could forget the most memorable of all characters... CHARLOTTE BRAUN?!?
Screaming Midget looks at "The Friendly Giant" in a way I never had.
What I wanna know is... what's the deal with Casey and Finnegan living in a TREEHOUSE???
Went to Quizno's yesterday... two things I take issue with:
1. Is it my imagination, or are they not toasting the subs quite as much as they used to? I'm sure when I first started going there, the subs had just a little bit of yummy black on the edges. Now, they're coming out a little less so. Just a quirk with my nearest location, or an actual system-wide change?
2. The new logo sucks. I really like the logo they had before, with the little picture of the loaf of bread, and heat lines coming from it. Now it's a big stupid Q.
If you're wondering why my links section is sprouting like an old potato, it's because I'm now on BlogShares... it's some fictional stock market where all the companies are weblogs, and you're valued based on incoming and outgoing links, etc. I'm already in way over my head on this one, but let's see if I can luck into some quick imaginary profits.
I took this personality test. I'm not sure what it means.
avoidant
Which Personality Disorder Do You Have?
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I'm sure it's been burning on many of your minds -- "Boy, it'd be neat to play Family Feud at my next party... all I need is the big gameboard!" Well, you're prayers have been answered. You can download a Flash app that creates a WORKING, and extremely realistic Family Feud board! Complete with sound effects. All you do is edit text files for the answers for each round. (You'll have to supply your own contestant podiums and lollipop tree.)
In case you haven't noticed, all the granola-eating, Linux-coding, Mac-envying Mozilla users out there are sure getting their pound of flesh out of all the viruses, worms, etc. that have been attacking vulnerabilities in Microsoft operating systems. Well, you know what? If you were writing a worm, wouldn't you go after the OS with the most users? By FAR, FAR, FAR, the most users?
Let's suddenly change the topic. WUHF today showed the "Screamapillar" episode of the Simpsons. Know what I did? That's right, I popped in my DVD and watched "Bart the Lover."
Sorry for the lack of updates, as I'm currently engrossed in The Simpsons Season 3 DVD... I thought I should point out, however, that I am now listed on Globe of Blogs .
For someone who's been online for as long as I have, I'm surprised I haven't come across it sooner. Believe it or no, this is the first time I've visited a page that has been hacked. Earlier, I was looking at the Peanuts Collector Club site, and when I went back tonight, I got this:
jones_ ownz you ... ATH group - WE ARE : jones_ - zer0-c00l - n3osh4rk - den1ed ....
I didn't know these feuds got this extensive, but apparently, Chuck Jones and Charles Schulz have got quite the spat going on up in Cartoonist Heaven.
So, I'm pretty satisfied with the present counter... except that they give me the option of blocking my own computer from adding to it... but it doesn't seem to work. Plus, every visit seems to count as two for some reason. So whatever you see down there, divide by two and subtract 100, and you're probably closer to the truth.
Found this web poll at www.ctv.ca
Do you think renaming Montreal's Dorval airport after Pierre Trudeau is a fitting memorial for the late prime minister?
Yes, it's about right
No, he deserves a grander tribute
So, the options are that it's sufficient, or not enough. Real balanced, guys... where's the third option for "too damn much", especially after the whole mountain fiasco?
Only a couple of days after I created this email address specifically for this site, it's caught its first spam. And guess what, it's our old pals from Nigeria (posted in its entirety for your amusement):
FROM:MR. TIMI ALABI (NDDC)
Sir,
PROPOSITION FOR JOINT BUSINESS VENTURE.
This letter may come to you as a surprise but
i have to write you because of the importance that
that is demanded.
The Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC),the
commission that has been given the responsiblities
of building and developing all the crude
oil producing states in nigeria is presently
awarding contracts and indeginous companies are not awarded
contracts exceeding USD1M,this is why i am contacting you.
I am Mr. Timi Alabi, the Executive Director Finance and management
of the niger delta development commission,see www.nddconline.org,
presently,my commission is awarding contracts to various foreign
companies and some of my colleagues are bringing in people from
other countries and contracts worth millions of dollars will be
awarded to them.
I will therefore want to present you or your company so that i will
use my official position to win a contract that has been allocated
to me by the other members of the commission because i have been
complaining that they are using thier people.
This contract has been advertised on the national dalies for bidders
to apply and the closing date is not too far away.
The importance of quick action is because if I do not bring a foreigner
and he registers a company,the contract will be awarded to a different
person.This contract is worth US$60M and if we win it,you may not need
to come here if you can not come but all you need to do is communicating
with the commission probably through phone then we will use a consultant
to workout all documentation.
The commission pays 75% of contract value upfront before you start
executing the contract and also a local company here can execute the same
contract
with less than USD10M.So all we need to do is to get the upfront 75% paid
into your account and we pay a local company about USD10M to execute the
contract as a sub-contracor then we share our profit or use it to get into
joint venture business in your country.
Your reply to this mail is important so that i will know if i will continue
searching or bank on you and do this business with you as i do not have much
time
to waste.
Awaiting your reply.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Timi Alabi.
Executive Director Finance and Management(NDDC).
Those cable company commercials crack me up. You know, the ones where they warn you what happens if you buy a satellite dish, and it rains? Horrors, you might lose the signal!
Stop and think for a moment. How does the cable company get the signals it then distributes to its subscribers?
BY SATELLITE. THEY HAVE SATELLITE DISHES at their head end, which they use to get TBS, Showcase, TVLand, Much Music, or whatever, and turn them around and sell them to you. Where is this magical kingdom they build their headend, where it never rains? You've never been watching something on cable, especially digital cable, and have some odd message pop up?
Neat MSNBC story on the legendary Freberg.
Speaking of MSNBC, I sure wish I could visit their site without getting a stupid popup asking me for my zip code! I don't live in the United States of America, therefore... I DON'T HAVE A ZIP CODE.
Two years after the death of Victor Kiam, his family is selling the electric razor company ol' Victor liked so much he bought, to the Ray-O-Vac battery people.
Sad news... Eight years after Dick Assmania swept the world (thanks to Mr. Letterman), Dick Assman's Petro-Canada station at the Victoria Square Mall has closed. The pumps are gone, and what's left is all boarded up. Petro-Can has opened a new station further east along Vic Avenue, but I hear tell Dick has been spotted at a station on South Albert.
Well, it turns out the title of my blog is not original. (And, by "original", I mean I wasn't the first to steal it from the chicken people.) This blog has been up for almost 2 years. It looks like her content is almost nothing like mine, so I'm not sweating too much. You'd think the Blogger or Blog*Spot people would have told me when I signed up.
Watch me now lose interest in this whole enterprise.
If you'll direct your eyes downward (EDIT: Moved to the LINKS column, where it should be), you'll see a banner linking to www.frightenstein.com, a tribute site to "Hilarious House of Frightenstein". The Saturday morning cartoon fest, for me, did not officially begin until I paid my 6 am visit to the Count, Igor, the Wolfman, Dr. Pet Vet, et al. Unfortunately, it's a joy today's generation will not get to experience, as the master tapes for the series have been destroyed. There is one episode available for download at the site, and I'm told it's all PERFECTLY LEGAL (wink wink nudge nudge).
If you're like me, and let's face it, EVERYONE'S like me. ME ME ME ME ME, (ahem), then you might enjoy:
The Museum of Flight in Seattle: Our Collections
By the way, what the heck is this? Did COLONEL SANDERS start an airline???
So, Jelly-Counter seems to be acting up. Okay... we'll start over at "1" and try
free hit counter
instead. (Click here if you loooooooooooooooooove popups.)
From the genius file...
Meanwhile, the president falls off one of these things, and they spin it as "millions saw our product on TV." There really is no such thing as bad publicity.
Wot! It seems not eveyone cares for blogs. I especially like this passage:
"Recent research by Pew put the number of blog readers as opposed to writers, as 'statistically insignificant'"
Aggghhhh! On the other hand, maybe Google's idea for a separate tab for blogs isn't such a bad idea. Personally, I've never had a problem with this so-called "blog noise", and I still regard Google as God.
Can I have some money now?
I have been judged...
The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Third Level of Hell!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:
| Level | Score |
|---|---|
| Purgatory (Repenting Believers) | Very Low |
| Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers) | High |
| Level 2 (Lustful) | Low |
| Level 3 (Gluttonous) | Very High |
| Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious) | High |
| Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy) | Moderate |
| Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics) | High |
| Level 7 (Violent) | Moderate |
| Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers) | High |
| Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous) | Low |
...until Season 3 of The Simpsons comes out on DVD! If you're a fan of the show, what makes these DVD's great isn't just the restored syndie cuts, or the bonus material. It's the directors commentary. Even when they have little to say, it's fun to watch along with the people who made these episodes. Sometimes they haven't seen them since their original airing, and their uproarious laughter makes my heart smile. Plus, the show was really hitting its stride with Season 3.
I have now added a counter to the bottom of the page (below the Blogger button). I expect it to be a source of pain and humiliation for myself and the people who worked so hard to help get me where I am today.
It took less effort to find out what empanadas are than it did to carp about it. Have I learned a little lesson here?
No.
I added a new link, and changed some titles... only to have it revert back to the last saved the next time I tried to edit. Is there something they're not telling us?
This was a recent Blog of the Week:
Who Would Buy That? (auction oddities from all over the web)
Funny stuff. By the way, why isn't there some sort of directory that lists EVERYTHING on Blog*Spot???
Good news, everyone! In the one in a trillion chance you're not absolutely sick of the Madonna/Missy Elliot Gap ad, you can now have your own cd of it!
So, Toronto survived the first Monday since the blackout. God bless 'em. For all the ragging people do on Toronto, you have to admit they've been through plenty lately. By the way, click here and select the Scott Laurie report to see Mayor Mel in a T-shirt.
Say what you will about the later seasons of "The Simpsons", I just saw this episode on WUHF, and I'd have to call it one of my favorites. It has such great timing, not to mention a special guest star!
Assuming you've seen the Coke ad where the guy eats his roommate's food... what the heck are "empanadas"?
There may be a surfeit of Hollywood satire, but this is the funniest stuff I've seen in a while.
Okay... so my homepage (which does little but link back here) now has two weather bugs on it. One is from the Weather Network, the other from Weather Underground. One is prettier, but the other has more info. Whichever is the first to get a vote wins!
AND, my ISP doesn't seem to want to work with Blogger right now, curse their eyes. Well, I'm stuck here, I guess.
On the other hand, there's this new "Blog This" thing that's pretty cool. ;-) BLOGGER
I'm pondering whether I should migrate this still-young blog to my other webspace. On one hand, Blogspot pages are more likely to be seen. (I would hope, anyway.) On the other hand, I can learn html and fancy up the blog with pictures and other neato effects on webspace I already have, rather than pay extra for the deluxe blogger/blogspot. If anyone out there is reading this, let me know what you think: gsmith99 AT hotmail DOT com
Is your state looking for a governor? Here's a list of potential candidates. (Personally, I think Carl Weathers would make a kick-ass governor.)
Well, it turns out, false alarm. J-Lo says she and Affleck are still together. Whoopee! You know, the only reason Gigli is getting such horrible press is that everyone is sick of the both of them. I haven't seen the movie, but I doubt it's Ishtar bad. Many critics don't care for either Ben Affleck or Jennifer Lopez, so the two of them together is like some sort of superevil. And, holy cow, thanks Sony for standing up for us when we're a little down! Jeez!
Hey! Paul really is dead!
Don't get the idea fast food will be the predominant topic. Well, it will be, but one of many. To explain the title, yes, I do enjoy Kentucky Fried Chicken. Not just the food (well, I'm not crazy about the fries), but the whole history and mythology. It seems like the more they try to move into the future, the more nostalgic I become for the old orange-and-white buckets, the old signs, etc.
Yum. 50-year-old grease thrown in at no additional charge. Actually, a while back, someone had an unused one that had apparently been part of a Halloween costume. (I think that was the (c)1969 bucket design, which was never used in Canada.)
Went to Subway today. The cup they gave me had a LEAK in it. Not a big one, but cripes, I mean, it's visible along the seam! And another thing, there's a TIP container on the counter. Looks like it started out as a "Take a penny, etc." thingy, and morphed into a wealth pipeline for the employees. To earn a tip means waiting on me at my table, not standing behind a counter, and no free refills for drinks you fill yourself. These guys manage to hork me off almost every time I go there.