Durka-Durka-Muhammed-Jihad!!
Just wanted to say Happy New Year to everyone.
Here's hoping that we all have a great year, that we're all in good health (including our families), and that we continued to find what we seek within our own lives & help our friends/family find what they seek in theirs.
The Mad Mikey family will be traveling to Scripps Ranch (a whole whopping six miles away) to help some friends of ours drink their liquor and usher in the new year in a festive manner. Hopefully, everyone else here will be having a good time as well.
As I remember the extreme fun I had on the Fourth of July drinking several Mike's Hard Lemonades, I will probably not be indulging/imbibing but will instead have fun at the expense of others at the party that will be drinking; there is nothing more hilarious than to throw calculus problems at people when they hammered...
See you all in 2006!
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Happy New Year Mikey!
|| Posted by LindaSoG, January 1, 2006 05:28 AM ||Happy new year, mad one! I sincerely hope you get exactly what you really really NEED in 2006-- you deserve it!!!
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December 30, 2005
Reach out and Touch Someone
Just got off the phone from talking to my older brother Scott and thought I'd post something about it.
We hadn't heard from him for several years and my brother was feeling severely guilty about it. 'Don't worry about it - we all get tied up in our own little world of stress and it will preoccupy you always' I basically told him and I meant it. As I'm sure most will agree, there are times when your world gets cluttered with daily dramas that eat up your time and attention; we think I've got to call so-and-so many times in a day or during the week and remember to do it when it's like 11:00 pm in San Diego and they're on the East Coast. It's not a question of whether someone is or isn't on your mind, it's just a matter of the following-through to reach out and call them.
We talked for a while and I'm glad he called since I've been a bum and kept forgetting to call him. I told him of seeing the Blue Angels flying at MCAS MIramar this past October and thinking about our Dad during the whole show.
He's living in Virginia and has been a bit under-the-weather - dealing with health issues. We were able to comisurate about being sick and trying to get along in life while dealing with feeling crappy.
I'll be sending along photos to him of the sister-in-law that he's never met and of the niece that he's never seen.
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happy new year my brother and i'm glad you feel the way you do. what is a url anyway? i would have sent you some pics already but can't figure out how exactly to write out your e-mail addy. anyway......thanks 4 bein my bro. i love ya dude.......scott
|| Posted by scott, January 1, 2006 01:13 PM ||what is a url anyway?
A URL is a Universal Resource Locator - it's a way of telling your computer exactly which web site you want to connect to.
As for being your brother - no problem...what-so-ever.
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December 29, 2005
Don't Drink & Legislate
Besides, even if it was signed into law, it would conflict with Federal law, but I don't think your teeny-tiny brain got that far in thinking this all the way through - even after eight years.
Gil, you do know that mixing perscription drugs and alcohol is a major NO-NO, right?
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I'm actually with you on this one Mikey, although you know George Bush wants the "Guest Worker" legislation to pass so he can get the Hispanic (read Mexican) vote for Republicon candidates.
BTW, wouldn't this advice be good for your old buddy, the hillbilly heroin addict, Rush Limburger (or whatever that obnoxious shits' name is)?
"Gil, you do know that mixing perscription drugs and alcohol is a major NO-NO, right?"
Jest askin'...
Happy New Year Dude!
d.
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Revenge of 'News You Can Use'
- If he's that irritating, maybe use some ointment?
- Tear it up on New Year's Eve Dick!
- Stop building crappy cars and this wouldn't be a problem, ya think?
Read More of "Revenge of 'News You Can Use'"UPDATE: Especially after reading what his original target was going to be...
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New Avatar
Nicely glommed from The Hungarian Barbarian
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For the most part, I am tolerant of people protesting whatever half-baked, psycho is near-n-dear to their hearts.
For the most part and these twerps are the exception:
This is exactly the type of behavior that causes buttmunches like these people to get their asses handed to them.If Fred Phelps and his Tasmanian Fu*k-Nuggets want to protest about the war, homosexuals, or whatever they deem 'B-A-D' - fine, great, have at it.
But when a protest crosses the line and infringes on the family's grief, that's when I have no problem WHAT-SO-EVER with bikers showing up to stomp their heads into the ground.
Read More of "Hero's Funeral Protested"Michelle Malkin points to the veteran's group called Patriot Guard Riders. Their mission:
I have to say that I'm impressed if the can withhold the desire to turn some of those Fred Phelps protester's faces into a crimson smear....I don't think I'd have the tolerance myself.However if you have the tolerance to help them out, state chapters can be located here.
(Hat tip to Michelle Malkin - 74 days and still no response to e-mails...)
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Uh, any chance Navarro was gay? His name definately sounds Hispanic, was he "legal" or did his parents swim the Rio Grande? And protester's from the Westboro Bartist Church????!!! I didn't know Baptists were gay!
What's going on here folks???
d.
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December 26, 2005
Christmas Present Good vs. Bad, Part I
Bad: Entering 98 phone numbers by hand from old phone to new phone.
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Hanukkah 2005
Almost forgot to say Happy Hanukkah to everyone that honors it.
With my limited knowledge of Judiasm and Hanukkah, I do believe that tonight is the first of eight nights where a candle on the family menorah and the family celebrates.
Like I said, my knowledge is limited but from the way that Jews celebrate it, it's a great tradition that binds the family together.....it looks like it's got all the joy and happiness of Christmas - but spread over eight days.
Happy Hanukkah!
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happy happy!
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Twas the Night Before Christmas
This is something that I heard (in one variation or another) on the radio last night as I was finishing up wrapping presents.
I seem to recall hearing this last year and now, as then, it caused me to get misty-eyed.
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I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.
Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,
transforming the yard to a winter delight.
The sparkling lights in the tree I believe,
completed the magic that was Christmas Eve.
My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep,
Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep.
In perfect contentment, or so it would seem,
So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.
The sound wasn’t loud, and it wasn’t too near,
But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear.
Perhaps just a cough, I didn’t quite know,
Then the sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.
My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear,
And I crept to the door just to see who was near.
Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night,
a lone figure stood, his face weary and tight.
A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old,
Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold.
Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,
standing watch over me, and my wife and my child.
“What are you doing?” I asked without fear,
“Come in this moment, it’s freezing out here!
Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve,
You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!”
For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift,
Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts..
To the window that danced with a warm fire’s light.
Then he sighed and he said “It’s really all right,
I’m out here by choice. I’m here every night.”
“It’s my duty to stand at the front of the line,
That separates you from the darkest of times.
No one had to ask or beg or implore me,
I’m proud to stand here like my fathers before me.
My Gramps died at ‘Pearl on a day in December,”
Then he sighed, “That’s a Christmas ‘Gram always remembers.”
My dad stood his watch in the jungles of ‘Nam’,
And now it is my turn and so, here I am.
I’ve not seen my own son in more than a while,
But my wife sends me pictures, he’s sure got her smile.
Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag,
The red, white, and blue… an American flag.
“I can live through the cold and the being alone,
Away from my family, my house and my home.
I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet,
I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat.
I can carry the weight of killing another,
Or lay down my life with my sister and brother..
Who stand at the front against any and all,
To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall.”
“So go back inside,” he said, “harbor no fright,
Your family is waiting and I’ll be all right.”
“But isn’t there something I can do, at the least,
Give you money,” I asked, “or prepare you a feast?”
It seems all too little for all that you’ve done,
For being away from your wife and your son.”
Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,
“Just tell us you love us, and never forget.
To fight for our rights back at home while we’re gone,
To stand your own watch, no matter how long.
For when we come home, either standing or dead,
To know you remember we fought and we bled.
Is payment enough, and with that we will trust,
That we mattered to you as you mattered to us
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Unless something really, really, rediculously interesting comes up, I'll be off-line for Christmas.
I hope that everyone reading this has an enjoyable Christmas filled with joy, love, family & friends, and laughter. May Santa jam a buttload of presents under the tree for you and here's giving you tolerance to deal with those relatives (from out-of-town) that insist on talking politics with you when they're 180 degrees out of sync with your notions of what-is-what.
I myself will be bascially 'chilling out' on Christmas Day and we'll be heading over to the father-in-law's house for dinner. (This I like because we get to trash someone else's house for a change....just kidding).
Merry Christmas and have a great New Year!!
UPDATE: As of around 2:00 pm PST Christmas Eve, Drudge has switched over to more cheerful colors - red & green!
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Have a most excellent, merry Christmas Mikey!
Being the non-celebrators that we are (tho' Hannukah does start tonight...), we are hosting a "Juau" for our friends who have no plans tonight. On the menu: teriyaki chicken and latkes.
:-)
|| Posted by nathalie, December 25, 2005 11:07 AM ||Merry Christmas to you and yours, Mikey. And Happy Hannukah to you, Nathalie! A "juau"...that's rich!
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December 24, 2005
The Present of Life
An incredibly cool ting to do for Christmas:
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My friend Elly dropped by last night right as I got home from dialysis - she brought presents for the family and my present was ultimately cool: a Pilot Serrated knife made by Buck Knives.
I had been without a pocket knife for a while since I lost my last one - most likely at dialysis. This one is beyond cool - very solid construction, the blade is semi-locked in place when folded (no accidental openings) and it's just beyond cool.
Nothing says 'Christmas' like someone getting you something that you'll not only appreciate but use daily.
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|| , 01:53 PM || Permalink || Hide Comments || Add your comment || TrackBacks (0) ||December 23, 2005
Irony Alert!
Irony Alert!!
The irony is that this display of electorial 'outrage' would not have been tolerated when Saddam was in power....will anyone who opposed OIF take note of this? Doubtful.Trackback Information for Irony Alert!
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John Bergstrom nails the 'Tookie is Innocent' coffin shut:
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Of Vomit and News
Spent another six hours in Urgent Care last night and almost got admitted for this sinus infection that's kicking my ass. Three-plus weeks of migrain headaches and enough nausea to power a tug boat....just wonderful.
Since I'm not in pain or puking for the moment, here are a few interesting items I've spotted in the news.
Enjoy!
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what is this? As soon as finals are over everyone's immune system quits?
Take care, man.
|| Posted by caltechgirl, December 22, 2005 02:17 PM ||Get well soon, Mikey! We need you fighting the good fight! sniffle...
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Christmas at Arlington
Michelle Malkin points the way to a photo that will make you misty eyed. I know I got that way because my father is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Merry Christmas Dad....we miss you.
(Original link to Jake at Freedom Folks)
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Weasel Time
H.RES.579
Title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the symbols and traditions of Christmas should be protected for those who celebrate Christmas.
RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the symbols and traditions of Christmas should be protected.
Whereas Christmas is a national holiday celebrated on December 25; and
Whereas the Framers intended that the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States would prohibit the establishment of religion, not prohibit any mention of religion or reference to God in civic dialog: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives --
- recognizes the importance of the symbols and traditions of Christmas ;
- strongly disapproves of attempts to ban references to Christmas ; and
- expresses support for the use of these symbols and traditions.
Read More of "Weasel Time"The roll call vote was as follows:
228 out of 230 Republicans voted along with 172 out of 202 Democrats and one Independent - YEA
22 Democrats voted NAY- Ackerman
- Blumenauer
- Capps
- Cleaver
- DeGette
- Harman
- Hastings (FL)
- Honda
- Lee
- Lewis (GA)
- McDermott
- Miller, George
- Moore (WI)
- Moran (VA)
- Payne
- Rush
- Schakowsky
- Scott (VA)
- Stark
- Wasserman Schultz
- Wexler
- Woolsey
They were:
Two Republicans with three Democrats NOT VOTING.
They were:
- Davis (FL)
- Diaz-Balart, M.
- Emanuel
- Hyde
- Waters
And five Democrats answered 'Present' when called on to vote.They were:
- Holt
- Israel
- Lowey
- Owens
- Schwartz (PA)
It's so nice to see that without inferring any sort of 'endorsement' that would contradict the seperation of church from state, there are some that just cannot vote non-PC....especially when it comes to a non-binding resolution.Weasels.
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http://images.ucomics.com/comics/td/2005/td051217.gif
I thought anyone could celebrate whatever the hell they wanted to. Merry Chrishannukwanzaa already.
Why is anyone wasting time on this stupid stuff at all?
|| Posted by Snarklander, December 21, 2005 11:50 AM ||It is funny that the only ones wasting so much breathe and time on this are the conservatives themselves. Just because a few fringe liberals don't like christmas in the mainstream does not mean the rest of the left thinks that way. It is one of the extreme views of the very extreme left that the conservatives are capitalizing on and diverting attention away from their gift horse whose administration happens to be falling apart with scandal, lies, and now even breaking the law that Bush himself has even been quoted in a speech saying that warrants are needed for wiretaps.
It is the same old story with the conservtives - spin spin spin and divert attention. Nothing ever changes with them, that is why they are conservative.
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Exsqueeze Me?
Hmmm....maybe they could also get those same Mexicans to denounce violations of a nation's sovereign borders.
When I initiially saw the headline I was wondering What - they're going to NOT cross the border to get back at American business? No such luck.
I remember the *cough* threats of Mexicans boycotting businesses here in San Diego right around when Prop 187 was being discussed; the 'word-on-the-street' was that if 187 passed that many, many, MANY Mexicans would not cross the border to do Christmas shopping.
Well....Prop 187 passed and the Mexicans still came to but Christmas stuff for their kids. So much for getting a spine of some sort to fight 'racism' & 'inposing a wall of hate'.
Keep whining Mexico - it makes for interesting headlines.
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Boo-F-in Hoo! Why does Vicente Fox have any sort of credibility on this or any other issue?
I think putting up a hotwire on the fence would be an approved upgrade! Keep the cattle on their side of the fence!
I saw a "story" on the news tool 60 minutes, that started detailing how much we were paying for all of our efforts to keep the Southern border secure, and how much of a waste of money it was!
|| Posted by Tetzman, December 20, 2005 01:49 PM ||Pretty sad!
All violations of illegal immigrant rights can be reported to INS. Please call 555-5555 with your grievences. Have home phone and address ready. A representative will meet you shortly.
|| Posted by Yogimus, December 21, 2005 08:19 AM ||WTF?! Denounce "rights violations"? ROTFLMAO!
I like Tetzman's idea of a hot wire. "I've got your rights violation swingin' right here...."
|| Posted by The Other Mike S, December 22, 2005 12:02 PM ||The pro-illegal immigration crowd, which obviously includes the Mexican gov't, has a way with spinning the anti-illegal immigration argument into anti-immigration, period. As if it's the same thing. The verbiage of this story (and many stories on this subject) alternately make me want to laugh and cry.
I remember when Vicente Fox was elected, and all the optimism that came with the prospects of a "businessman" running the show down there. Now he's just as lazy as his predecessors in fixing the issues that drive his people to cross the border. It's so much easier to blame America!
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December 19, 2005
Random Thoughts
Just thought I'd post something inane to use the new graphic that I've imported from All Free Backgrounds.
Been sick for the last two weeks - got the 'creeping crud' from someone...
Got Christmas stuff all set up in the house....now I just have to populate the bottom of it with presents, i.e., still have to do Christmas shopping and I'm seriously not looking forward to it.
Does anyone know how to get a mini-photo/graphic to 'pop up' when you move your mouse over a segment of text? Go check out Yahoo News to see what I'm talking about....
Going to go to dialysis now - it sucks ass, but it is a method to keep my butt alive.
Read More of "Random Thoughts"UPDATE: Well, I knew that today was going to be memorable - as soon as I left work, I had to drive directly to Urgent Care/Emergency. It would seem that my 'sinus infection' wasn't being contained with the anti-biotics that were given to me last week.
I won't go into the oh-so-lovely details, but I spent about six hours in Urgent Care and got two different anti-biotics pumped into me intravenously along with some morphine.
So, the moral of this story is: if you think you've got a bad time this Christmas, take a look at how often you go to Urgent Care in any given week like me....you'll feel much better about your situation almost instantly.
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News You Can Use - Part 334, Section 6B, Subsection (iii):
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Bringing this Forward...
Do it. Do it now, do it often.Here's what I wrote just now:
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"I and my family just want to say THANK YOU for all of your service to this nation."
Better specify the nation. Otherwise, I'll go and give the kamikaze guy a big hug next time I see him!
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December 18, 2005
Sharon Falls Ill
UPDATE: It's nice to see that some people are also thinking 'nice thoughts' for the prime minister....I've changed my mind:
let's give the Palestinians a state of their own!....screw them. When they start acting like a civlized people deserving of a state of their own, then we'll talk. Until then, let them live like semi-civilized chimps in a zoo.Trackback Information for Sharon Falls Ill
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Check out a funny site dedicated to the absurdity and satire nature of saying “It’s All George Bush’s Fault!”
http://www.itsallgeorgebushsfault.com
Regards,
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Post Christmas Pary Report
We had a Christmas party last night.
Almost all of the invited guests showed up and that's good considering that I made the invitation calls just five days in advance.
My wife put out a spread of food that was quite frankly too much.
A group of us and guests went Christmas carolling at a retirement home in downtown La Jolla. Even if we didn't sing that great, the people that came out of their rooms were all wearing smiles.
Our guests had a great time - I say great because we had one couple leave to go to a San Diego Gulls hockey game and returned later. Additionally, most people stayed until 4:00 am - I had gone to bed around midnight cause I wasn't feeling too hot.
I was a sucess because everyone was drinking and having a great time chatting with our other guests; everyone was invited to a New Year's bash that the Mad Mikey family was going to attend.....my wife told some of the guests about the long process of my trying to get a kidney transplant (I usually don't spout off about my medical problems to everyone I meet....too much to tell and I don't like 'whining' about it. But the end result is that three of our guests are going to make initial inquires about being possible donors.
The only ones who didn't enjoy the party were my cats: they hid under our bed all night.
My wife also made some new business contacts - mostly mutual friends of some of the guests that are looking for some sort of insurance. Still: networking is networking.
So today, the entire family is going into 'lazy bum' mode. We'll mostly sit around and veg out - the wife and kid are going to snuggy up our bed and watch a DVD on my notebook. Hell, even the cats are going into 'lazy bum' mose.
And me? I'll probably get all propped up in my 'comfy chair' and watch some Sci Fi Channel or maybe something on the History Channel - stuff that the rest of the family consider 'boring'....
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See! It does pay to advertise!
Don't think about advertising your condition as whining! Encourage Organ Donation wherever/when ever you can!
I wish you well my friend! I hope at least one of those 3 folks is compatible in some way. Don't let the zero point match thing scare you off either. A living donor is the most successful, and best way to go!
|| Posted by Tetzman, December 19, 2005 08:19 AM ||Merry Christmas!
Jim
Seriously though, educate us:
What does it take in order to get a donor kidney? What sort of stuff has to match? Write an entry about it, wouldja? Because until it happens to us, we'll never find out.
Thanks and good luck.
|| Posted by Snarklander, December 21, 2005 11:57 AM ||Here's some info for ya....
http://www.JimNeedsAKidney.com
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December 16, 2005
A Non-Issue in his Mind
Spotted this over at La Shawn Barber's blog this morning:
I myself have always loved Morgan Freeman's performances and as La Shawn says: Morgan in right. Race isn't an issue for the most part unless you bring it into the conversation under other than contextual circumstances.Personally, I've never really batted an eye one way or the other when 'Black History Month' is upon us. If anything, I've always learned something 'new' about black history that I didn't know before; I walk away feeling better that I learned something and I integrate it into my vocabulary and how I accord myself in life.
Morgan's statement(s) are indicative of someone striving to treat everyone he meets as an equal. What he said cannot be made any simpler: you don't refer to people as 'that black person so-and-so' or 'that white chick blah-blah-blah - you call them by name, not by their ethnic background.
It still boggles me that while I strive to treat people equally on every basis that there are still some that work to push a distinction into your face at every waking moment. It's the hypocrisy that boggles me: on one hand, there are groups that beg, scream, plead, and demand that they be treated 'just like everyone else' and yet they also want to be singled out for that very distinction like it's some sort of special label that entitles them to special treatment.
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I saw this over at Michelle Malkin's blog - a story about the White House authorizing what boils down to illegal wiretaps/phonetaps.
I thought to myself Uh-ohhh - the barking moonbats will be screaming about this for months. and then thought Have to wait and see what this is all about after the dust settles as there is always a 'jump to conclusions' when some big story like this breaks.
I then went over to Drudge Report to see if it had been updated and found this:
As I initially suspected, this 'story' isn't really anything earth-shattering - it's just a warm-up teaser for another 'tell-all' book.
Leave it to the NYT to shill for another author that will attempt to push another 'police state' theory-gone-true....yet another reason that:
- More and more people are getting tired of the same 'Bush Lied - People Died' mantra coming from the supposed 'neutral' media.
- Newspapers are losing readers for crap exactly like this.
- Internet news is becoming more and more sought after - if not for the 'neutral' bias that people hope to find in the news media, then for the sheer fact that people are seeking confirmation on the credibility of stories such as this.
- People are becoming tired of biased media.
The surprising thing is that Drudge ran with the initial story as it was vomited out by the NYT. It's surprising because Drudge goes through some sort of confirmation process to avoid crap like this.Hmmm....maybe he's not feeling good today. At least he's big enough to fess up to the mistake/error and put the real reason(s) behind the initial story out for the public to see instead of pulling some sort of 'fake, but accurate' crap like CBS News did.
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You lost me: What part of Bush authorizing the surveillance of hundreds, if not thousands of people in America, WITHOUT WARRANTS, as required by the 4th Amendment, is not factual? I don't see how it's relevant that someone is publishing a book about it. It happened.
|| Posted by The Other Mike S, December 16, 2005 10:26 PM ||I myself am waiting for the dust to settle.
Initially, the story was about illegal eavesdropping 'authorized' by President Bush. The one aspect of this is that the story also told that members of Congress knew about it and that there was judicial oversight throughout the operation.
What I was getting at is that this is typical of MSM - they'll scream about one facet of a story without telling you about the other facets - the facets that are interlocked with the initial screaming.
And the sad part is that there are people that will look only at a headline and extrapolate an entire story from it.
Another F'ed up part of this is the timing. The NYT knew about it for a year and decided to publish about it on the same day that the sucess of the Iraqi elections should have been splashed all over the headlines.
|| Posted by Mad Mikey, December 17, 2005 10:48 AM ||Text from President Bush's radio speech today:
The activities I authorized are reviewed approximately every 45 days. Each review is based on a fresh intelligence assessment of terrorist threats to the continuity of our government and the threat of catastrophic damage to our homeland. During each assessment, previous activities under the authorization are reviewed. The review includes approval by our nation’s top legal officials, including the Attorney General and the Counsel to the President. I have reauthorized this program more than 30 times since the September the 11th attacks, and I intend to do so for as long as our nation faces a continuing threat from al Qaeda and related groups.
The NSA’s activities under this authorization are thoroughly reviewed by the Justice Department and NSA’s top legal officials, including NSA’s general counsel and inspector general. Leaders in Congress have been briefed more than a dozen times on this authorization and the activities conducted under it. Intelligence officials involved in this activity also receive extensive training to ensure they perform their duties consistent with the letter and intent of the authorization.
This isn't the 'Watergate' of the 21st century as much as the NYT would like it to be....
|| Posted by Mad Mikey, December 17, 2005 10:55 AM ||It's legality and propriety are reviewed by people that work for him. That doesn't give me a great deal of confidence. That's why we have the separation of powers doctrine.
|| Posted by The Other Mike S, December 17, 2005 03:15 PM ||The "activities" were wiretaps. Wiretaps without warrants are illegal. He has the FISA court for just this purpose. Gonzales approves any case going before the court, so that wouldn't be a problem, it'll get approved. In 2002 the FISC denied him something, and that's when he started these illegal taps. I don't know what it was that he was denied, being as its all very secretive, but I'll find it. He chose to ignore the legal channels. His legal counsel can tell him anything, it doesn't make it legal.
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December 15, 2005
M*A*S*H Trivia
For some reason, I've been watching re-runs of M*A*S*H on the Hallmark Channel every night.
This morning, I was checking out some acting credits on IMDB about the show and found some interesting trivia:
(Actually, he was an enlisted man during WWI - when his character was introduced, he showed Radar his Good Conduct Medal and pointed out that only enlisted men could get them.)
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Here's a good one:
Henry Morgan played Colonel Potter AND he played Major General Bartford Hamilton Steele in the episode "The General Flipped at Dawn"
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December 14, 2005
Blog Housekeeping
I've updated/modified the 'Links' section over on the right-hand side - mostly removing links that are dead (my definition of dead is no update in over two months).
If anyone comes across a dead/inactive link, let me know. If I've de-linked you and you feel that your site is still 'operational', drop me a line and I'll put it back up.
SIDE NOTE: I've only purposefully de-linked one person because they were IMO acting like an ass-hatted clown and that was Maria; she was (and still is I suppose) suffering from BDS and the 'sheer horror' that happened in New Orleans and wasn't keen on allowing anyone to contradict her. Hey - her blog, her perogative.....but it's intellecutally dishonest IMO.
Also, if anyone thinks that there's a link that should be included, let me know again; I'll check it out and see if it's something IMHO that deserves a link.....it's not like I've got people flooding my e-mail with recommendations you know....
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I need to update my site....
Here's a couple of suggestions:
http://blisteringcheese.com/
|| Posted by Tetzman, December 15, 2005 11:30 AM ||http://www.starktruth.com/
http://www.mightyrighty.com/
http://www.freedomofthought.com/blog/
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Iraqi Elections
One of the infamous chants that the anti-war/anti-Bush/anti-intelligence crowd likes to use is 'This is what democracy looks like!'.
Bullshit.
THIS is what democracy looks like.
And so does this - and how about this?
I'm no expert on the definition of 'democracy', but it would appear that these are pretty decent examples that refute the 'spread of imperialism' that the United States is supposedly subjecting the Iraqi people to....
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one person, one vote... As it should be!
|| Posted by Tetzman, December 15, 2005 11:33 AM ||Yeah. Let's see what happens when we leave. Maybe we can read Tito's memoirs to see what it takes to force a group of republics to "play nice".
We're eventually going to leave, right?
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Fun with Audacity
Since I'm not in school for the moment, I'm taking advantage of the 'free time' to indulge in a little......silliness. Part of that 'silliness' is messing around with sound files using Audacity.
Check out Howard Dean as I imagine his voice in a surrealistic nightmare: Howie the Monster (MP3 file format)...
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Tookie Time
Of course, now this 'man' is DEAD. And as I said to a friend via e-mail this afternoon:
So.....I won't say 'rest in peace Tookie' - not now. Instead, I'll instead be touting this execution as proof-positive that there is some amount of justice in the world. And I'll be wishing Tookie an eternity of anguish in Hell as he becomes Satans 'fluffer' and has pineapples shoved up his ass - sideways - until the end of time.Tookie is dead. He deserved it. His execution will be a harbinger of things-to-come for those that decide that they're gonna take another person's life without a geniune reason: murder someone and you will die.
Any questions?
Michelle Malkin has a huge round-up about 'Tookie Time' - check it out.
UPDATE: The 'Save Tookie' lemmings are going to continue to prove Tookie was innocent much like O.J. Simpson was going to find the 'real killers'. I wonder if they'll keep going even if the money dries up.....?
UPDATE II: Zoombie has some intersesting photos along with on-hand information/insight about the Tookie lemmings that protested outside of San Quentin last night.
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25 years, and so many appeals later, Justice is served!
|| Posted by Tetzman, December 13, 2005 03:47 PM ||So it's official. US justice is about revenge
|| Posted by royston, December 13, 2005 05:00 PM ||rather than reform.
So it's official. US justice is about revenge
rather than reform.
Not necessariyly 'revenge', but justice.
Yes, I'm sure you could throw out the lame arguement that executing Tookie won't bring back the four people he killed with a shotgun. But having him sit in jail would not do it either.
His execution serves as an example of what happens when you take another life AND as a deterrent to gang-bangers that think they'll get away with murder.
|| Posted by Mad Mikey, December 13, 2005 09:04 PM ||He wasn't just sitting in jail. He was reaching out to kids who could identify with him (poor, deprived, discriminated against) and trying to show them where he'd gone wrong. Trying to steer them away from the path he'd gone down.
|| Posted by royston, December 14, 2005 05:13 PM ||From what I've read about Tookie, he was "reaching out to kids" but still wouldn't renounce his affiliation with the Crips.
And this started only seven or eight years ago - probably when he realized that he was close to being executed. Up until that 'reformation', he was a pain-in-the-ass prisoner according to both prison guards and other inmates.
In the end, he didn't seem 'reformed' to me.
|| Posted by Mad Mikey, December 14, 2005 08:13 PM ||I simply can't understand why you're so comfortable with killing people.
|| Posted by royston, December 15, 2005 04:27 PM ||I am VERY OK with the revenge aspect of our justice system. If you shotgunned down my family - the father was shot in the groin to bleed to death, and the daughter took a shot to the front/left side of her face - I'd have a damn party when they injected your ass.
Prison is for punishment, not reform.
What does it matter that he tried to better his life (and THAT is up for debate, considering it was his girlfriend that primarily wrote the children's books, and the aforementioned non-repudiation of his gang ties - or the fact that he just wouldn't "rat out" his former homies)? He was in prison for killing 4 people. He was a mass murderer! Who gives a shit if he's reformed?
|| Posted by The Other Mike S, December 15, 2005 05:35 PM ||I simply can't understand why you're so comfortable with killing people.
"Killing" people? Only if they were to harm or attempt to harm my family would I "kill" someone.
Executing them, on the other hand, is fine by me. This world suffers from people not taking responsibility for their actions - they'll - blame someone/something for their stupid mistakes, i.e., I was raised in the ghetto...my father beat me as child....I was found guilty at trial so I must have been the victim of racist jurors - the list goes on. There's always someone else at fault.
The Other Mike S. said it right - prison is punish ment, not reform. If someone turns a new leaf and is released and doesn't break the law again - THEN it's reform. But it's reform that was initiated by the prisoner. No amount of 'reform programming' will make someone want to be an upstanding citizen unless they want to.
|| Posted by Mad Mikey, December 16, 2005 09:28 AM ||Fuck him - he got what was coming and Arnold had the balls to take his stand, Hollywood and moonbats be damned!
|| Posted by Gordon the Magnificent, December 16, 2005 07:33 PM ||Looks like your executioners are going to be
|| Posted by royston, December 17, 2005 08:21 AM ||working overtime when the killers of innocent
Iraquis are held to account.
Looks like your executioners are going to be
working overtime when the killers of innocent
Iraquis are held to account.
They called Iraqis and WTF does this have to do with the American justice system?
Leave it to a barking moonbat to try and tie anything to Iraq and that's a debate that's been won time and again here.
|| Posted by Mad Mikey, December 17, 2005 10:50 AM ||I thought the point was obvious. Excuse me for over-estimating you.
|| Posted by royston, December 20, 2005 01:51 PM ||There are thousands of Iraqis (thank you) who feel exactly the same way that 'the other Mike S' feels. They've seen their children, wives, nephews, nieces, parents, grandparents, cousins etc. murdered in horrible ways. The fact that the murderers were wearing American uniforms is neither here nor there. According to your system of law these murderers should fry.
Unless, of course, you have double standards.
"Murder" in Iraq is subjective - people die in war. Those that did it maliciously have been or will pay for it.
You cannot lump in all civilian deaths into a murder category. And if you insist on doing so, please feel compelled to lump in those that have died because of 'freedom fighters'.
And once again - the topic was Tookie, not yet another rehashing of whether Operation Iraqi Freedom was legitimate in your eyes. Please stick to the topic at hand....
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December 11, 2005
RIP Richard Pryor
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I have always thought the routine Pryor did after his return from Africa was by far the funniest he ever did. It had more dignity or something. I loved the part about the lion: "yeah, come on over here, and bring the camera with you."
|| Posted by Cait, December 12, 2005 01:24 PM ||It always conjured up for me a mental vision of a big ol' scruffy lion hauling up a satisfied belch from the depths of his over-stuffed belly, and then, somehow, despite the lack of opposable thumbs, picking his teeth with a toothpick, and all the while wearing a very satisfied look.
|| Posted by Cait, December 12, 2005 01:26 PM ||He'll be missed! Probably as much as Sam Kinison!
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TIck Tock, Tick Tock
Still waiting for Governor Schwarzenegger to make a decision on Stanley 'Tookie" Williams plea for clemency.
I'm wondering if the governor will take the pleas for 'clemency' from the four victims murdered wtih a shotgun made to Tookie into account.
And here's something that can be classified 'from the mouths of babes': the other night I was listening to The John & Ken Show on KFI 640 from Los Angeles and they were talking about Tookie. My kid listened to this stuff for a few minutes and asked me about it. I explained what I knew about the case and what was happening now with Tookie's asking for clemency.
My daughter got a thoughtful look on her face and said: 'Well, he killed some people and has to pay for it. It's not right to kill people and he deserves his punishment' Like I said - a wisdom years ahead of her time.
And before anyone spouts off about my 'polluting' her mind with conservative 'garbage', I'll tell you this: I always - always preface anything I tell my kid with the fact that I'm telling her my opinion versus the fact(s) of a situation. My wife and I work overtime to ensure that she knows what-is-what as opposed to what we think about any specific situation. This is probably the one thing that worries me about raising a child in this day & age: making sure that she can think for herself instead of simply parroting what is blathered about in the media.
In any case, here (once again) is what I'm hoping the governor will say to Tookie:
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You probably don't even have to guess what I think should happen to Tookie.
|| Posted by Cait, December 12, 2005 10:38 AM ||Great cartoon. I stole it (giving you due credit!). Tried to trackback but it doesn't seem to be working.
Too funny!
|| Posted by The Other Mike S, December 12, 2005 11:57 AM ||Took, Took, Tookie don't cry,
Took, Took, Tookie good bye
Ahhhhnold turned him down. Sweet.
|| Posted by The Other Mike S, December 12, 2005 12:58 PM ||Way to go, Arnold. That what I call "commuting the sentence". We're commuting him to somewhere else.
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December 08, 2005
Odds-N-Ends
Couple of things that I have been mulling about today:
How can I get that to work here? That is: when you 'mouseover' a link, you get a picture to pop up?
I know (and verified) how to make one picture turn into another picture - check out my photo over on the right - but what about getting a link to do the same thing?
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Never Forget
Sixty-four years ago, on December 7th, 1941, the Empire of Japan launched a surprise attack on American air & naval forces in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Over 2,400 American soldiers, sailors, Marines, and civilians were killed - just under 1,200 were wounded.
The American public seathed with an anger the likes of which had never been seen before. They swore to strike back at the Japanese, to make them pay - pay dearly - to never, ever forget who they had provoked and who would crush their nation.
As with most wounds, time has eased the pain that those survivors still feel. The Japanese learned from their mistake and have paid for their error in judgement. They've become one of our closest allies since 1945. But they'll never forget just who crushed them in just three years & nine months after being attacked.
The Japanese people, while they don't like to talk about it, haven't forgotten what happened 64 years ago. Neither have the remaining survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack.
And neither should you.
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Miko once commented that most of the older students she has say that being defeated & occupied by the US was the best thing that could have happened to them.
|| Posted by Cait, December 8, 2005 04:28 AM ||Yep, I agree. But we're talking apples and oranges here, believe me. Japan was - and still is, to some extent - a relatively isolated country with almost no friends. That in itself is a huge difference. And anyway, the oldies are dying out now, leaving young ones who have vastly different attitudes.
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December 06, 2005
Wait Till the Cows Come Home
But, I have a couple of phrases to impart to Charlize about waiting for gay marriage to become law here in the United States: common-law spouse and palimony.
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So, apparently, then, they don't plan to get married at all. I don't think gay unions will become legal in their lifetimes.
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Dean's Message of Doom
UPDATE: Thought I'd drop a message to Dean on the DNC website. Here's what I said:
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well, victory doesn't fit in with their platform and political goals, does it? It's terribly sad that we have defeatist political leaders like Dean and Pelosi. I wonder if they make our troops laugh or cry...
|| Posted by nathalie, December 5, 2005 09:19 PM ||Cry. Such comments really are hurtful to our troops.
|| Posted by Cait, December 6, 2005 05:23 AM ||Please pray for Howard Dean and his allies. They are so blinded by their dogma and hatred. According to the Holy Spirit's message on The Christian Prophet blog, the U.S. has already achieved great spiritual victories in Iraq. The U.S. needs a Democratic Party that is spiritually attuned and seeing clearly. Please pray.
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Final Exams Update
At 11:30am, it's Physics 160 - Stellar Astrophysics where I'll be turning in my paper on radio telescopes and doing my PowerPoint presentation. The paper and the presentation are ready.....that's the easy part of today.
At 2:30pm, the final for ECE 102 - Intro to Analog Electronic Circuits starts. This is the one that I'm sort of dreading as:
- The material is challenging and there's a ton to be covered,
- The professor is IMO a jerk, and
- The professor is still a jerk.
It's not that I have an 'attitude' about this class - just the professor. Maybe this guy will indeed perform as others who've taken his classes before: he'll make the final exam easier than expected and grade on a gracious scale. I hope so....And after this day ends, all I really have to worry about is getting ready for Christmas.
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Its not Bill Coles is it? He's.. got quite the rep for being the biggest ass you'll ever meet in your life, hahaha.
|| Posted by nick, December 7, 2005 04:03 PM ||Nope - not Coles. Actually, I've never taken a class with him yet.
No, this clown is new. Search for the class website to see who it is....
|| Posted by Mad Mikey, December 7, 2005 07:04 PM ||Intersting.. looks like alot of new profs. I took 102 back in '01. Not sure if that or 107 was the worst ee class ever.
Of course, 107 is probably the most important class now adays with anything dealing with digital or analog circuits.
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December 05, 2005
Filner is Squeaky Clean?
Got wind of this just this morning and thought I'd take 10 minutes out of my cramming for finals to showcase this South Bay scumbag:
Okay, one question that pops into my mind: WTF!?!This is the kind of crap that initially steered prosecutors to Randy 'Duke' Cunningham and his taking of bribes; not so much this 'mystery' consulting firm, but the whole stink of the situation.
Filner has got a metric ton of explaining to do and quite possibly be brought up on charges of improper campaign financial dealings, especially since he's the type of jerk to jump up and down if this were pinned to a Republican representative.
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Bob Filner has shamed San Diego and his congressional seat. It is time we as San Diegans start doing something. Please visit www.filnergate.com and lets start taking action.
|| Posted by Webmaster Filnergate, December 7, 2005 10:04 PM ||Mike, that guy looks like the devil! Make it stop!
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December 03, 2005
Stealing Their Thunder
Once again, we will steal their thunder.
WHO: San Diego Protest Warrior, and anyone else who wants to come.
WHAT: A demonstration of gratitude and support for our military.
WHEN: Sunday, December 4 -- 11:30am - 1:30pm
WHERE: Corner of Park Blvd. & Presidents Way, Balboa Park (plenty of parking available)
HOW: With flags and signs expressing our appreciation and gratitude for our military and their families.
WHY: Because they want us to fail, and we are committed to victory.
Any San Diegans that would like to join us are more than welcome! And even though I'll be really, really, ridiculously busy prepping for final exams next week, I'll be there.
See you there!
UPDATE: The operation went as planned. We arrived early and claimed first one, then two corners.
CodePink arrived late (as usual) and proceeded to stand and gawk at us as if they didn't know what to make of SDPW stealing their thunder.....which they didn't.
Read More of "Stealing Their Thunder"And acting like a kitten that ran full-bore into a plate glass door and giving the impression that it meant to do that, CodePink then started walking through Balboa Park.
SDPW stealth operatives tailed them and they didn't draw much attention while walking first by the Organ Pavillion and then the Prado itself. The amount of attention they garnered was much akin to someone seeing a cute puppy and saying 'Hey - there's a cute puppy'.
They then sat around the water fountain in front of the Ruben H. Fleet Theater and continued to gather no attention.
There was one added bonus today: we had some kook show up and stand with SDPW for a while wearing a sandwich board that praised SWWNBN. The hassle that this kook brought was that we'd get people driving by and honking in support of us and he'd be raising his arms like he was at Special Olympics. Luckily, when CodePink started walking through Balboa Park, he followed them and eventually met up with them at the water fountain.
I got some photos of this clown and of the operation, as did other members of SDPW - I'll be posting mine in the next couple of days once final exams are done with on Tuesday.
UPDATE II: Smash has a run-down of Sunday's events with photos taken by SDPW 'stealth' operatives.
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If you have a chance, visit Geoffrey at Dog Snot Diaries. He posted a cartoon by Ted Rall. But be sitting down. It's going to make you spitting mad.
|| Posted by Cait, December 1, 2005 03:13 AM ||If I can get hubby to agree, I think we might be there!
|| Posted by caltechgirl, December 2, 2005 11:48 AM ||If I can get hubby to agree, I think we might be there!
That would be GREAT!!! Hope to see you there!!
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Crab Nebula
Thought I'd put up a new photo taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of the Crab Nebula since it's chock-full-of-geekiness....and since I'm working (or will be shortly) on a paper about radio telescopes and the prospect of creating an antenna for a VLBI array that will make HST pale in comparison.
Of course - this is what looks good on paper mind you....
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I love space photos. Space.com is da bomb. Thanks.
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December 02, 2005
Christmas PartyI heard something similar on the radio this morning as I drove into work.
I'm sure this has been recycled numerous times since it's original inception, but it's still funny as it really does indeed reflect the psychosis brought on by trying to be politically correct in this day & age.
It's also another positive affirmation in my desire to get a degree in engineering and to not work in such positions as this one.
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Christmas PartyHappy Hannukwanzmas to you and your familial unit.
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December 01, 2005
Entry 800
This is my 800th entry on this blog.
That's it.
I just wanted to post about my posting my 800th entry.
You can go about your business.....
.....well, since you are still reading this, I have a question: I have a silly project that I'd like to blog about but I'm in need of someone that can Photoshop someting really, really, ridiculously good-looking.
If you can help me out, please contact me. It won't earn money and it's just for my amusement, but the help would be appreciated.
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You know, for a milestone entry, this one sucks ass.
|| Posted by Yogimus, December 1, 2005 04:17 PM ||so no declaration of jihad for your 800th post? Congrats on making it this far!
I have some very elementary photoshop skills. if it's very simple, I can help. otherwise there's probably somebody who is much more qualified...
|| Posted by nathalie, December 1, 2005 10:36 PM ||Hey congrats, yo! Sorry I haven't been around much lately, going back to the desert will do that. But I'll be around more often now. Again, congrats on the big 8-0-0!
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