A Musical Challenge

Melissa suggested in her post “You Call That Weird Music?” that if we all just laid our playlists on the table, we’d find out that our musical tastes weren’t so strange as we thought. Hmm… let’s see…

Three Diametrically Opposed Songs on My Playlist:
“Anarchy in the U.K.” – Sex Pistols
“Bridge Over Troubled Water” – Simon and Garfunkel
“The Bottle Let me Down” – Merle Haggard

Two Songs That No One Would Ever Guess I Have:
Now THAT’S difficult. Who knows what you’d guess? My playlist has George Jones right beside Flogging Molly… Ramones and Patsy Cline… Chopin and Spike Jones… Ella Fitzgerald and ELO… Beethoven and Weird Al Yankovic… Stevie Ray Vaughn and Natalie Cole… Try these on for size…

“Has It Come To This” – The Streets
“Memories Are Made Of This” – Dean Martin

Posted in Wouldya Lookit That! | 5 Comments

BAMF! SNIKKT! WOW!

I don’t have time for a real review of X2, so this is for Ric the Schmuck:

First it was all like BAMF! Then it was BAMF!BAMF!BAMF!BAMF!BAMF!
Then brrrrrr… then some other stuff… then SNIKKT! POW! SLICE! REND! TEAR!
Then some other stuff… then WHOA… FIRE! ICE! More BAMF! More SNIKKT!

And in the end… a certain fiery bird lady (as if you didn’t expect it)…

Nine thumbs up!

Posted in Blogcritics, The Big Screen | 8 Comments

April Referrer Madness

You all must realize by now that I am a stubborn stat freak who won’t let go of an idea until it’s been beaten into the ground no matter how annoying it gets. So, since it’s month-end, it must be time for the:

Top 20 Sites From Which Nice People Came To Look At The Monkey In The Window

This month, in honor of the X2 and Matrix releases, we reveal the superheroic origins of each of the offending blogs (click each hero name for a pic of them in costume).

Excelsior!

  1. The Gamer’s Nook – After being bitten by a radioactive moose, mild-mannered Scott Baron was transformed into Baron Von Blogiverse!
  2. Ain’t Too Proud to Blog – When a freak thunderstorm struck the St. Pete Times Forum durning her audition to be a Lightning Ice Girl, Robyn was transformed into The Tampa Bay Lightning!
  3. The AlteredBlog – The result of an experiment to fuse the power of an hurricane with the power of cheese… Behold! It’s Altered Man!
  4. Inside Gretchen’s Head – Once meek and shy, Iowa farm girl, Gretchen Pirillo, has been transformed by the harsh streets of San Francisco into The Dark Mistress of the Blogiverse!
  5. .em – Strange visitor from another planet, it’s Space Bran!
  6. A Small Victory – Adopted by monks, she learned arts both mystic and martial. Queen Katana!
  7. Gnome-Girl – Soaring through the California skies, it’s the Avenging Angel, baybee!
  8. The Mighty Geek – Master of the mystical arts, it’s The Mighty Geek!
  9. Kiss My Blog – Once a spy for the CIA, when an enemy agent slipped a mysterious chemical into her Mike’s Hard Lemonade, Dania transformed into Danger Girl!
  10. Shattered Buddha – Wielder of the secret flame of the ancients, Dragonleg seeks out evildoers wherever they hide!
  11. Linkmeister – Powered by the Hawaiian sun, Linkmeister patrols the Pacific as Captain Mahalo!
  12. The .NET Guy – When Bill Gates launched his top secret project to create an army of super soldiers, little did he realize that one of them would escape to fight for justice. Dot NET Guy!
  13. IMAO – Recruited into the dark world of simian hitmen at the tender age of 12, young Frank J became The Monkey Assassin!
  14. bigSimon – Don’t make Big Simon angry. You won’t like him when he’s angry.
  15. Dandelion Wine – Giving book burners a taste of their own: Farenheit 451!
  16. Brian Kane Online – Staunch fighter for truth, justice and the American Way, mild-mannered Brian Kane is really, The Super Patriot!
  17. Anything But Ordinary – The fusion of (wo)man and machine, she is CyborGrrl!
  18. FlaBlog – Tired of having sand kicked in his face at Daytona Beach, Mark Lane has become the Ninja Liberal!
  19. Billegible – By day, she’s a simple doc nerd, but at night… Oh Canada!
  20. WHUZZUP! – He shoots his stinging projectiles with the accuracy of a drunken chipmunk. He is Poison Arrow!

With much thanks to the Hero Machine

Posted in Carnival of the Vanities, Referrer Madness | 23 Comments

How’s the Weather Gal?

Solonor’s Aortal Site of the Week this week is my own favorite weather nut (anyone who lives in North Dakota on purpose is a little nutty). Go over and say hey to Becky at WxGal’s World for me, would ya?

Posted in Aortal | 2 Comments

Ya Want Freedom Fries With That?

Holy crap, how did I miss Loyalty Day?

Well, I guess I can be forgiven. El Presidente only announced it the day before it took effect. They gotta give us time to prepare for these things! There’s presents to buy and dissidents decorations to hang…

So, which one is your favorite? Loyalty Day, Patriot Day or Citizenship Day?

Somehow, I think I can be patriotic with the holidays (Independence Day, Memorial Day, Veterans Day) we already got, thanks.

Posted in Rants 'n' Whines | 6 Comments

I Will Be The Shadow Puppet President

With the campaign of wKen going underground, there has been a power vaccuum for opposition to the current Administration’s 2004 re-election (or first-time election, depending on your pov).

Over at Michele’s place, they’ve formed a new party, the Slutpublicans, with the apparent goals of getting someone to sleep with the vice-president and ridding the world of Carrot Top. Meanwhile, a splinter group, the Slutertarians, have taken hold of Venomous Kate’s site. Apparently, they just want to oppose the “elitist” Slutpublicans.

I know that I tread upon dangerous ground when mentioning politics. It doesn’t matter what I say, I’m either too liberal, selling out to conservatives, or being wishy-washy. Thus, I fall back on my tried-and-true position statement: BITE ME!

And, yet, I yearn to be part of something bigger than myself (no, not Tanya Harding’s ass). I want to make a difference in the halls of government. One that doesn’t involve scrubbing graffiti off the walls. I want to be a great President like my idols: Millard Fillmore (who booked acts like the Grateful Dead with that preacher fella, Bill Graham) and Grover Cleveland Alexander (who later pitched for St. Louis when he was a washed up drunk).

So, what do I do? Continue to rail against an unjust God that wKen and Suzie were taken away? NO! The past is gone. It went by like dusk to dawn. Isn’t that the way everybody’s got the dues in life to pay? Dream on!

Do I take up with one of the Slut parties, like some cheap blogwhore? Offer my services to the highest bidder? Sure, I might wind up with some cushy job like Secretary of the Department of Future Red Sox Championships in Michele’s cabinet, but I haven’t even heard Kate’s counter-offer. Then they start fighting over me… I SAID then they start FIGHTING OVER ME… Is this thing on? Hello?

Anyway, I think it’s better if I just form my own party. Hmmm…. let’s see. What sounds funny at 2am? Slutocrats? Slutialists? The People’s Republic of Seabrook? Ah, we’ll think of something.

I know what you’re saying. You’re saying, “Solly, old chum, pass me the remote and shut the hell up. American Idol is on.” But I’m not listening. I’m keeping the remote. I’m changing the channel. We’re going to watch something different, America. It’s time for some tough love. We’re going to sit in front of the boob tube until we’re boobed out! That’s right. Our first act will be a mandatory Anna Nicole Smith marathon for every American. After that, NOTHING will seem so bad. America will be happy again. Or else.

Who’s with me?

Posted in Strangeness | 11 Comments

Whiny Goes Goth

In my earlier post about funny blogs, I forgot one of the people who makes me laugh almost every day. He is my son, Whiny the Elder. He’s off in his own little corner of the blogiverse where none but his friends dare tread. And, being a teenager with more important things to do, he doesn’t post every day. But when he does, he usually has something wickedly funny to say.

Take today, for instance, in which he tells the tale of searching for Magic cards and black nail polish. In the mall. With his sister.

Whiny’s Wonder Pit: Attempts at Malldom

Before entering Rave:
Pepperkat: I doubt they’ll have anything black there, it’s all too colorful.
Whiny: I don’t think Rave is a store, it’s just a gallery for people on ecstasy.

After exiting Rave:
Whiny: Wow, Emily, your skin is still glowing from those fluorescent lights.
Pepperkat: I feel sick…

I’d be worried, if I weren’t laughing so hard.

Posted in Life, the Universe and Everything | 5 Comments

Pop or Filter?

Metapop is a collaborative weblog, where the users can post links and comments. I signed up for it immediately, because it sounded like a nifty idea. Now, I am wondering, how is it any different from Metafilter?

Posted in Wouldya Lookit That! | 4 Comments

Run Away!

Reading blogs at work? Click to escape to a suitable site!
In case you’re wondering what this little green button does, it’s a Web Fire Escape. You can go to the site and program it to take you to any “work-acceptable” web page (or a fake doc). It defaults to Google. That way, one button will save you from the stern looks and accusatory glances of coworkers and supervisors when you’re reading my blog at work. (I know, I know. It’s a God-given right and your duty as a well-informed citizen to read my random musings the instant they are published. Some employers, however, stubbornly refuse to listen to reason.)

Wasting your life doing meaningless tasks just to get a paycheck might not be spiritually fulfilling, but it sure comes in handy when you want to go see X2 this weekend. So, for your own safety, please, only read WFE-enabled blogs at work.

Or use Ghostzilla

Posted in Wouldya Lookit That! | 7 Comments

I Think I’m Funny, But Looks Aren’t Everything

I’m late for work and have very little of interest to say this morning. So, I think I’ll just rip off borrow a question from that geeky chick. (No worries. She doesn’t read this anyway.)

There are lots of blogs that strike my funny bone (Acerbia, Are You Hep to the Jive?, DiVERSiONZ, Shattered Buddha, Time For Your Meds! to name a few), but if I really, really, really need a laugh, there are two places to which I head:

The Mighty Geek and Ordinary Morning

I place high value on people who can make other people feel good. So, who in Blogland™ makes you laugh?

Posted in Life, the Universe and Everything | 10 Comments