When will it start making my coffee?

Posted on August 14, 2003 by Solonor

Thanks to Lisa, I now know that Google has a built-in calculator! Just key in something with a math expression into the search bar (simple, like 2+2, or complex, like 2^(4 + pi), which is 141.199645 for those of you scoring at home, and voila!

I already use it as my instant spell checker. And one of the worst things about being offline was living without my long-term memory and fact checker.

Now, if only they were fair and balanced in their page rankings…

[Grooving to: The Dogs Among The Bushes by The Chieftains]
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Fair and Balanced Friday

Posted on August 14, 2003 by Solonor

To be fair and balanced, I don’t think that everyone at Fox News is a drooling moron. A couple of them need remedial drooling classes to rise to that level. But on the fair and balanced whole, their lawsuit against Al Franken for using their “trademarked” tagline of Fair and Balanced is going to score major brownie points with the RDC teacher. (They’re afraid people will be confused and think Franken is working for them. Hey! Maybe they’re just trying to break into comedy!)

In a fair and balanced look at how this kind of frivilous crap might be turned on someone with less means of defending themselves, Neal Pollack and Atrios have declared tomorrow Fair and Balanced Friday. On the fair and balanced theory that the entire blogiverse is too big to sue, all fair and balanced bloggers are called upon to take a fair and balanced look at the lunacy that is this suit.

Tomorrow, be fair and balanced (or not) in your use of the term “fair and balanced”. Change your tagline. Come up with a fair and balanced news story. It’s the fair and balanced thing to do.

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I Thought He’d Never Leave

Posted on August 14, 2003 by Solonor

I was so over this guy after his first post. So long, loser.

[Grooving to: Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment by Ramones]

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The Miss Blogiverse Contest

Posted on August 14, 2003 by Solonor

I’m not going to state any preferences in the Sexiest Female Blogger poll (not until the checks clear anyway), but there are some dyn-o-mite female types listed. It’s all fun, fun, silly-willy. But the guy better fix Michele’s name soon…

Who would I have nominated that’s not on the list, you ask? Well, my blogroll is right over here.

The most glaring omissions, of course, were branalicious, the pickled one, the jaded one, Busy Mom and Miss Canada, but I could spend all day adding to such a list…digging myself into a deeper hole by pissing off the ones I didn’t list.

Perhaps I’ll start my own “Grooviest Blogger” poll. Yeah…that’s what I need…something to stir up jealousy and rancor.

I’ll work on it.

[Grooving to: Baby It’s You by The Beatles]
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I think he’s really Geekman’s son

Posted on August 13, 2003 by Solonor

Either that or getting up at the new time of 5 am is a worse shock than we thought…. Whiny’s Wonder Pit: The Chicken Nazi

[Grooving to: The Rare Ould Times by Flogging Molly]
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Do worry warts come from worry frogs?

Posted on August 13, 2003 by Solonor

Riddle me this, Batman…

Should I be more worried about putting a comma in the wrong place in a comment left someplace I can’t edit it or worrying about worrying about putting a comma in the wrong place in a comment left someplace I can’t edit it? Or about where the commas should or should not go in the above sentence (edited at least twice in the last 20 seconds)? Or for starting a sentence with “or”?

I need help.

[Grooving to: Mean Eyed Cat by Johnny Cash]
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Amina Lawal

Posted on August 13, 2003 by Solonor

Amnesty International Australia: Amina Lawal

I can’t say it any better than Mordant:

Amina Lawal is going to be stoned to death for having a baby. I’ll repeat that for the hard of thinking: Amina Lawal, a breathing, feeling, thinking, human being, is going to be buried up to her neck in the ground and get rocks chucked at her head till she dies because she’s had a baby.

I know, it probably won’t do much. And you’ve heard stories like this before. And you’re busy. And you’ve got your own problems. And that’s just one person, what about all the others? And you might get spam. And you’ll do it later. And whatever the hell else excuse I missed.

Please sign the petition. Thank you.

[Grooving to: The Boxer by Simon and Garfunkel]
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Blogcritics-O-Versary!

Posted on August 12, 2003 by Solonor

I missed the pseudo-anniversary. I’m told that the real Blogcritics-o-versary is today. Happy blogiversary, Blogcritics! And thank you, Eric for doing such a fantastic job.

[Grooving to: Behind Blue Eyes by The Who]
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Double DVD Delicious

Posted on August 12, 2003 by Solonor

Oh happy day! Today is the release date for both Bablyon 5: The Complete Third Season and Futurama, Vol 2.

What? Did you think I was holding my breath for The Lizzie McGuire Movie?

Now, if only it were pay day…

[Grooving to: Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da by The Beatles]
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Waiting For Frodo is back!

Posted on August 12, 2003 by Solonor

After a break, Debbie Ridpath Ohi is back with the saga of Sam, Rosie, Pippin, Gladys, Irma and their nemeses (the Harry Potter, Star Wars, Star Trek, etc. fans): Waiting For Frodo. A good place to start (since you’re not doing anything but waiting for Return of the King anyway, right?), is at the beginning. It’s hard to believe it’s been two years since Sam first got in line.

[Grooving to: The Bridge of Tears by Clannad]
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