Author Archives: Solonor

Jay Allen is a god

Posted on February 2, 2005 by Solonor

Look in the extended entry (if you dare). It’s from my MT access log between 6:11 am and 2:03 pm, yesterday. MT-Blacklist, I want to have your babies. Maybe I’m stupid, but can someone explain the economic incentive for some … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Rants 'n' Whines | 7 Comments

If only they were all just toys…

Posted on February 2, 2005 by Solonor

This story about a captured soldier turning out to be an action figure is yesterday’s news (at least if you’re a blogger). But I don’t have anything else to say today, and I found this list from Ace of Spades … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Wouldya Lookit That! | 1 Comment

Ads that don’t suck

Posted on February 1, 2005 by Solonor

Driving home from work last night, I heard the Kinks “Picture Book” from one of my favorite quirky albums: The Village Green Preservation Society. I’ve been hearing part of the song in those HP digital photography ads, lately, so it … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Tunes | 8 Comments

Buh-bye Ads

Posted on January 31, 2005 by Solonor

Ahhhh… blissfully AdSense-free. I feel much better now. The ads made a little over $50 for the Red Cross (not enough for Google to actually pay it out, but I’ll cover it, since the poor dears are obviously too low … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Bigger than Elvis

Posted on January 29, 2005 by Solonor

After having run off enough CD’s to sink a ship, I keep finding people who want the damned thing. Either someone’s going around paying people to be nice to me, or the terrorists have already won. Either way, if you … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Tunes | 8 Comments

Looking for a few good hobbits

Posted on January 29, 2005 by Solonor

For those of you joining our show already in progress, there is a website attached to this one where a bunch of dorks play computer baseball. Oh, but not content to just play computer baseball, these dorks decided to name … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Baseball | 4 Comments

Scent of a Robot

Posted on January 28, 2005 by Solonor

MJ knows I’m a sucker for a robot video. This one from Pete Miser is purty cool. (Or “dope” as the kiddies say.*) Scent of a Robot.mov *Before you even start correcting my street slang, BITE ME! Continue reading →

Posted in Wouldya Lookit That! | 4 Comments

Lame Joke Friday

Posted on January 28, 2005 by Solonor

It’s Friday, and you know what that means… well? Don’t you? Fine! You don’t wanna tell me what it means, then we’ll just sit around telling bad jokes all day. That’ll learn ya! Two antennas meet on a roof, fall … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Strangeness | 10 Comments

Not-so-silent Memorials

Posted on January 27, 2005 by Solonor

This is the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz. I don’t have much to offer today. Go read this: Reflections, Travel and Hell (sigmundcarlandalfred.blog-city.com). There will be much written and said today throughout the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Wouldya Lookit That! | 2 Comments

More Oscar Do-Overs

Posted on January 26, 2005 by Solonor

The announcement of the Oscar nominees reminds me of the big, useless project that I started a long time ago called Solonor’s Oscar Do-Overs. This is the one where I set up a poll for every year from 1927 onward … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in The Big Screen | 4 Comments