Are you threatening me? Why not?

Posted on October 30, 2002 by Solonor

Am I too nice? Is that why I don’t get trolls and hate mail? Or *gasp* maybe I’m just talking to myself… hulloooo?? Is anyone out there???

The reason I ask is that I’ve been dumping this crap out onto the Internet since March, and I’ve not gotten a single vile comment or threat (to speak of). I spend, what, thousands of hours making a cool list of banned books and the snarky reasons I’d ban them, right? If you don’t regularly read the blog, you’d think I’m a right-wing, book-burning moron, right? AND YET, my darling son, Whiny the Elder, puts a single copycat post about banning Curious George, and he gets his very own blogroach!

It just isn’t fair. You’d think that evil wKen guy would say something nasty to me at least…*sigh*…I know, I know…back of the cave…

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Monkey Knife Fight!

Posted on October 30, 2002 by Solonor

See? It’s not just us that finds Monkey Knife Fight oddly amusing! Apparently, it gave a SF Weekly reporter enough sleepless nights to write a lengthy article on the subject….in search of the graffiti artists who are leaving that mysterious phrase across the San Francisco area and asking the question: “What does it mean?”

Of course, he discovered the deep, dark secret and had to be killed. But kudos to him for trying!

[ Bloggy goodness at DiVERSiONZ ]

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Blogdex: Now With More Bloggy Freshness

Posted on October 30, 2002 by Solonor

Go and take a look at the new and improved blogdex – the weblog diffusion index. It’s way easier to navigate now, plus it’s got tons of neat blogtracking goodies.

You can look at the top news stories, (a la Daypop) and then click on a ‘track this site’ link to see all the blogs that linked to the story by date and time. THEN you can drill down further to a specific blog and see an overview of its stats and all of the links into and out of that blog. AND THEN you can go directly to one of those pages OR see a list of the most popular pages for the blog and check them out. It is tres cool.

Here’s the blogdex entry for Solonor’s Ink Well.

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Hold the Presses

Posted on October 30, 2002 by Solonor

With the news the way it’s been, it seems like your choices are either bury your head in the sand or lose all faith in humanity. Then you get a little story from the real world, and you know that things are not as bad as the overhyped media outlets would have you fear.

Keep your chins up, people. And turn off the damned TV.

[ Uplifting moment provided by Ric the Schmuck ]

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Carnival Cruise #6

Posted on October 30, 2002 by Solonor

Once more, we set sail with our beloved Captain Bigwig. Yes, it’s time for Silflay Hraka’s Carnival of the Vanities #6. Go and visit the whacky crew. Get Gopher to take care of your bags and relax.

[ Also spotted at Blogcritics ]

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What Time Is It?

Posted on October 30, 2002 by Solonor

This is too cool. I don’t know how it would work on low bandwidth, but check out this neat clock. I know, I know, you all probably saw it last year. Hey, keep in mind I’m still a blogging newbie!

[ Found at Diversionz ]

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Best Movies: 1954

Posted on October 29, 2002 by Solonor

Another day, another year of movies! Solonor’s Oscar Do-Overs 1954 has the list. Now go and vote already.

Posted in The Big Screen | 1 Comment

Comment Spam Update

Posted on October 29, 2002 by Solonor

More info on the comment spam topic. Coincidentally, Ginger also posted on the topic yesterday. She linked back to Phil Ringnalda who has much more detail and ways of combating this foul beast.

Posted in Rants 'n' Whines | 1 Comment

Yours Ironically, etc. etc.

Posted on October 28, 2002 by Solonor

Remember when an Iraqi vice president offered to have Saddam and Bush fight a duel to settle things? Well, in the New Yorker, Jesse Lichtenstein offers up a possible scenario wherein the two prospective combatants discuss the impending episode of Gentleman’s Satisfaction.

Continue reading →

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I Spy

Posted on October 28, 2002 by Solonor

I’m not gonna do it. I’m not gonna sit here and spew a ton of geek-boy crap over the fact that this movie has only three things in common with the original TV series that bears its name (that’s one!). This is a surprisingly funny movie in which a white spy (there’s spying…that’s two!) gets paired with a black boxer (one’s white, the other’s black…that’s three!) in order to get into the compound of an evil baddie (Malcolm McDowell–who else?) who has stolen a top secret, invisible plane that doesn’t belong to Wonder Woman.

As usual, Eddie Murphy brings his wise-ass commentary to the proceedings–though it takes them a while to get his character, Kelly Robinson (which was the white guy in the show, by the way… dang! sorry…), to the point where he’s likeable. And Owen Wilson is his usual “hey, we just have this like whole movie thing going here, dude” self as the bumbling spy, Alexander Scott (who was the bla… never mind). If you don’t go in expecting “I Spy,” you’ll be all set. It’s a fairly funny buddy movie, in the tradition of Wilson and Jackie Chan in their Shanghai series.

And, yes, bran, Owen Wilson is cute as ever.

[ Also seen on Blogcritics ]

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