Author Archives: Solonor

Jittery

Posted on November 24, 2004 by Solonor

Psst. Hey, buddy. Wanna buy an “O”? (Ten points to those who remember that.) Anyway, if I did have any letters or other grammatical concepts for sale, I’d probably try out the new Jittery site. They’re a new e-commerce site … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Hey! I avoided Godwin’s Law… barely…

Posted on November 24, 2004 by Solonor

I haven’t witnessed the Continue reading →

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Of sitcoms and other awkward moments

Posted on November 23, 2004 by Solonor

Gonna stone two birds with one glass house… or something… and respond to topics upon which Michele and Bill have recently put digits to key. Bill wants us to recount our sitcom moments — those Gilliganesque times where your otherwise … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Life, the Universe and Everything | 20 Comments

Lord, what fools these mortals be

Posted on November 23, 2004 by Solonor

Yikes! It appears that we have parasites lodgers at ole solonor.com! The formerly stable bloggers… no, wait… the stable of former bloggers… no, no, no… the bloggers who until recently were stabled at mizdos.com have come loose from their moorings. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Norman Roswell

Posted on November 22, 2004 by Solonor

Yes, I said Norman Roswell. Just quit groaning and click it… Here’s a link to that other fella, in case you need a frame of reference. Heh. Frame. Get it? [ via Tom McMahon ] Continue reading →

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‘cuz it’s ANIMATED!

Posted on November 22, 2004 by Solonor

My wife’s boss sent me a link to the Animated Atlas. Man, I love these things. This one is especially cool, because you can pause it and click all over the map and get a pop-up window with nifty facts … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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STG: C.S. Lewis Bilingual Gymnazium

Posted on November 22, 2004 by Solonor

It’s time for another Strengthen the Good featured charity. This time, you can help build an English library for teenagers in Bratislava, Slovakia. Slovakian teenagers, at a small and poor school set amongst the towers of a Soviet-era apartment block, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Yawn

Posted on November 20, 2004 by Solonor

Hey! I’m back! Didja miss me? Huh? Huh? Sorry. I don’t have anything exciting to write about. It was a relatively boring business trip to Mass. It was cold, but it didn’t snow. The end. Good thing no one reads … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Where’s that Colonel from Python when you need him?

Posted on November 15, 2004 by Solonor

Since I’m going out of town tomorrow, I thought, “Ah-ha! I can leave my music post up at the top all week, so when a record producer gets unwittingly brought to the blog by mystical forces beyond all ken, she … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Transition of Power

Posted on November 15, 2004 by Solonor

Just for a little historical perspective (‘cuz I’m a history nut, not because I don’t think it’s rats deserting a sinking ship), here are the cabinet officials who left in the start of the last 4 two-term Presidents’ second terms. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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