Category Archives: Rants ‘n’ Whines

Crap! Now We Can’t Tell If He’s Dead!

Posted on January 25, 2003 by Solonor

I’m not very fond of smokers or smoking. My dad smoked from the age of 16, and everything about him and our house reeked of cigarettes. But, puh-leeze: Politically-correct American poster companies airbrush Beatles Abbey Road cigarette??? I am the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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T.I.A. Blocked…For Now…

Posted on January 24, 2003 by Solonor

Ron Wyden is my new hero, although I must say all of those nice people in the Senate that were actually there and not sleeping during the voice vote to block funding for the Pentagon database deserve a laurel and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Bloggy Crap and Other Perspectives

Posted on January 23, 2003 by Solonor

I started to write my feelings on Michele quitting the Bloggies, and I began to feel like I’ve lost my way with this thing. I have thought that all I have been doing lately is writing to the Blogosphere or … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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My What A Catchy Name, Dipwads!

Posted on January 15, 2003 by Solonor

OK, so I know my 13-year-old is intelligent enough to see past the marketing and to know better than to buy into something that’s this horrendously bad for you. But given the fragile egos of youth (and not-so youth), how … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Sonny Bono Strikes From The Grave

Posted on January 15, 2003 by Solonor

In a 7-2 ruling the Supreme Court upheld the copyright law extension. So, even though copyright was meant to give an author some small window to profit from his/her ideas for a limited amount of time before it getting put … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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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 →

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Yes, But Could We Make It More Stupidy?

Posted on January 7, 2003 by Solonor

E-mail from Sgt. Grump: “Someone on the B5 newsgroup asked JMS about the status of his secret “Polaris” project that he’s been working on for some time. This was his response… On Polaris…we got down to one of three projects … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Irony…Like Goldy and Bronzy Only Made of Iron

Posted on January 7, 2003 by Solonor

After the umpteenth idiot calling me a book-banning proponent of censorship, I added the following to the Banned Books List: NOTE: The comments I make are extremely silly examples of book banning logic. They are not serious. I didn’t think … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The Proper Authoritah

Posted on January 6, 2003 by Solonor

One thing we must do when faced with Internet goons (or government goons) is to always make sure to notify the proper authorities. It doesn’t always work. In fact, it usually doesn’t work. But that’s part of having civilized interactions. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Internet Goons

Posted on January 5, 2003 by Solonor

Public de-linking ceremonies are an immature response to something that offends you. Here’s mine. Fark started out as a nice little project by a geek with a penchant for strange links. Cool enough. That’s not unlike many bloggers (myself included). … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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