Okay, okay, ***Dave did it and now so must I: American Cities That Best Fit You: 65% Honolulu 60% San Francisco 60% Seattle 55% Portland 50% Atlanta Which American Cities Best Fit You? The first time through, I was a little too enthusiastic about theater districts and museums and zoos – all things I enjoy doing, but they’re a long haul from where we are. I clicked on “would prefer to live in the West.” And while San Francisco came up first, Atlanta, Philadelphia, and New York City came up high in the rankings. New York City? Get me the…
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Wilson’s original goes: “Well I ain’t never been the Barbie doll type No I can’t swig that sweet champagne I’d rather drink beer all night In a tavern or in a honky-tonk or on a 4-wheel-drive tailgate. . . . Let me get a big ‘Hell Yeah!’ from the redneck girls like me.” The Eagle‘s version: “Well I ain’t never been the party-girl type I’d rather drink some homemade root beer At a fireside Sunday night Down at the ward house, or at a friend’s house While tying up a quilt I like green Jell-O and casseroles And I wash…
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She came for a royal visit, and I tried to take her picture like any good papparazzi would. But she was really more interested in when Mom would come pick her up (and her dinner and breakfast). This and many more pictures have just been uploaded to the photo gallery.
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Newly graduating law students, take note: double check the email address of that friend of yours that already has a job in a legal firm before sending them a rant about your impending job search. Reinder Eekhof, a freshly minted lawyer, recently wrote in an e-mail that he had “finally finished this stupid education,” and was “now looking for someone crazy enough to dump a suitcase full of money in my lap every month.” The e-mail was meant for a friend at the Houthoff Buruma law firm. But Eekhof mistyped the address and his missive landed in the inbox of…
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Every picture tells a story – either Putin just offered to play a friendly game of “Global Thermonuclear Conflict” with Condi, or the death rays in his eyes are about to pop her head like a giant, well-coiffed kernel of Iowa popcorn. Or maybe he’s thinking “you look all hot in that little ice-skating outfit, Conduszhka.” As Pops commented later, “That sort of a specific desire is exactly the reason why Jesus invented PhotoShop.” From Pops’ Bucket via TBogg.
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Spamhaus estimates that by the summer of 2006 spam will account for 95% of all e-mails sent and the problem will not be alleviated until the US acts to toughen its laws. British anti-spam laws are even more toothlessly useless than the US ones, apparently. 95%? Also according to Spamhaus, Australia has a strong anti-spam law. They report a reduction in overall spam, known spammers are keeping a lower profile, and at least one has left the country.
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There’s a carnival set up in one of the parking lots near the office this week – I can see a Ferris wheel and other traveling carny-type rides. I’m pretty immune to the idea of going, though, now that I’ve read the horrific stuff at RideAccidents.com, which was recently featured in this post from BoingBoing.
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Almost done with Gus’ thinly veiled autobiography, Pirates of Pensacola. It’s a good fun read, and every now and then I run across a little detail that I know is re-worked from Gus’ recent adventures chasing a certain blubbery bastard across the lower Caribbean. However, the work stands on its own merit. Anyone with a little pirate in them will enjoy this book. While goofing around reading Nelson’s blarg and wondering where in the world Stupid George has gotten to, I ran across this interesting BlogPulse page for “Pirates of Pensacola.” Most of the entries are from other shipmates’ blogs,…
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Aw, I thought it would turn out to be a cute li’l car you could drive around real fast and pull capers with. Instead, it’s a search server that companies can use to speed things up for users trying to find stuff on their corporate website, which is packed so full of useless garbage that nobody can find what they want on it. A steal at only $2,995. Low miles, runs great. 1 year bumper-to-bumper warranty. Drive it home today (wheels sold separately).
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Jay Allen, of MT-Blacklist/Comment Spam Clearinghouse fame, generously recommends Brad Choate's Spam Lookup as a more comprehensive solution to webspam/commentspam/trackspam. The nightly build (which fixes a bug in beta 2) is here. So, in short, for spamkilling purposes on the new and improved MT3.16 version of the blog, I think I'd like to give "Spam Lookup" a whirl. I like MT-Blacklist, but it's kind of slow, and the cross-blog functionality alone makes it possible for me to open up the 'Quicklinks' sideblog comments. Plus… hey, I think I could eventually bring the Holy Moly blog under its wing, too. Hmm.…