Category Archives: Carnival of the Vanities

We Need More Pie, Cap’n!

Posted on February 12, 2003 by Solonor

In spite of our raising the Dave Barry Threat Level to Code Orange, the little monster is still climbing up the backs of poor, hard-working bloggers. Sure, Gretchen got a couple more links with her boobie and pie fest, but … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Carnival of the Vanities, Strangeness | 7 Comments

You’re Still Not Patriotic Enough, Dammit!

Posted on February 8, 2003 by Solonor

First they came for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Carnival of the Vanities, Rants 'n' Whines | 27 Comments

I Surrender (Revised)

Posted on February 2, 2003 by Solonor

A lot of the time, I have a real problem with blogging. The temptation is too great to spout off a quick rant without sitting down to think about what I really mean to say. Then, when I get around … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Carnival of the Vanities, Rants 'n' Whines | 10 Comments

I feel like a fugitive from th’ law of averages

Posted on January 24, 2003 by Solonor

Bill Mauldin, the Pulitzer prize-winning World War II cartoonist who chronicled the war’s reality through his characters Willie and Joe died Wednesday at age 81. The thing that always struck me about those WW2 cartoons was the attitude. Willie and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Blogcritics, Carnival of the Vanities, Life, the Universe and Everything | 4 Comments

Conan of the Rings

Posted on January 13, 2003 by Solonor

Here’s my first shot at a “comic blog” (courtesy of stripcreator): Click for full size. Women are flocking to heroic epics – The Times Online critic explains why. [ via ***Dave ] Continue reading →

Posted in Carnival of the Vanities, Rants 'n' Whines | 11 Comments

The Bloggers Night Before Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2002 by Solonor

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even my mouse. I sat at my keyboard in the rare quiet air, The first chance I’d gotten to sit in my chair. The … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Carnival of the Vanities, Strangeness | 38 Comments

And I Invented Cybersex

Posted on December 18, 2002 by Solonor

We finally have my kind of people in the Patent Office: drooling morons! Yes, my buds at the USPTO have granted AOL a patent for instant messaging. Actually, I shouldn’t be too hard on the boys and girls up there. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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We Love Barney Fife, Too

Posted on December 16, 2002 by Solonor

Thought I’d join in on the search term silliness and show you some of the stranger ones hitting my site. After looking though, I think that any of them could be my new tag line! Solonor.com means “snake strangle picture.” … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Carnival of the Vanities, Strangeness | 3 Comments

Feel the Power

Posted on November 30, 2002 by Solonor

We came. We saw. We kicked their ass! Last night’s meeting of Blogaholics Anonymous™ went off without a hitch. Not! But those are the kinds of things that make the experience more memorable. I am going to try to give … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Carnival of the Vanities, Life, the Universe and Everything | 27 Comments

Whining 101

Posted on November 20, 2002 by Solonor

“There is purpose in pain, Otherwise it were devilish.” – Lord Lytton It hurts my heart not to be in this week’s Continue reading →

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