I'll have what she's having...

"It's more effective for a woman than having 30 men."

Romania must be a weird and wonderful place.

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Microsoft to Stay Together - For Now

An appeals court has partially reversed the 1999 decision against Microsoft - apparently Microsoft, even though it is a monopoly, should not be forced to break up.

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Somebody's Having Fun

Unisys Corporation today issued a public apology for the many human inconveniences resulting from its invention of UNIVAC I, the world's first commercial computer, introduced on June 14, 1951.

Definitely chuckle-worthy, and it looks to be for real.

link courtesy usr/bin/girl

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Facelift

New color scheme - whadya think?

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Comments Option Available Again!

Oh, I am just pleased as punch with myself.

I was driving home tonight and was struck with an idea for a post. The only problem was that I wanted to get feedback and without BlogVoices working, there was no way for me to do that (easily). I decided to do a little poking around and I quite accidentally stumbled upon Reblogger, an alternative comments script. The installation was very simple, just a few minutes of copying and pasting and voila! And not only does it work, it has a counter capability that allows me (and you) to see at a glance if there is already a discussion going on.

I can't vouch for its stability yet, and the counter aspect may cause congestion on the host server, but I'm glad to have discussion capability again and will take it one day at a time.

Discuss!

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Do you think if I asked politely that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon would change his last name to something else? I have trouble whenever I read his name - if it appears as Ariel Sharon, I pronounce it correctly, as "Share-own". If, however, the headline uses only last names, such as the New York Times headline Bush and Sharon Differ on Ending Violence, I invariably read it as the girl's name "Share-on". Drives me nuts!

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LOLOL. This guy is never going to live this one down.

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'Zetland' or 'Shebra'?

Hey! You got your zebra in my shetland pony!

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Well, Whadya Know

Why do we sometimes call someone with below average intelligence a moron?

Moron was a word coined in 1910. It seems that psychologists, never happy unless they can stick a label on someone, felt they needed a new word to describe people who were quite slow on the uptake. So, in that year, at the convention of The American Association for the Study of the Feeble Minded ("moron" did symbolize progress), the delegates went to work. Someone remembered that the French dramatist, Moliere, had written a play in which a stupid character was named Moron (ancient Greek for stupid was "moros"). Voila! Everyone went home happy.

[source: Why You Say It by Webb Garrison]

Why can't you buy cashew nuts in the shell?

Cashews have no shells. What's more, they're not nuts. The cashew is a seed, just like sunflower and pumpkin seeds. They grow on shrubs and hang from cashew apples, which also taste pretty good. Anyone who tells you otherwise IS a nut.

[source: Imponderables: The Solution To The Mystery Of Everyday Life by David Feldman]

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Invisibles

Invisibles #29, for some time-wasting fun. I got 7 out of 8 again! The only one I can't get is the one with the guy in the baseball cap with the sleeping kids. There's a new visual quiz at Filmwise, too - Movie Combos. Some of these images are pretty funny. I managed to figure out all but #'s 3 and 5. How did you do?

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Ten years of genocidal tyranny and all we got was THIS LOUSY T-SHIRT!!

(Ten years is a completely made-up number)

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Photo courtesy Dreamworks SKG Fansite

Have you all seen Shrek yet? In one of the film's funniest scenes Lord Farquaad mercilessly tortures The Gingerbread Man, who in my opinion steals the movie. Apparently, Entertainment Weekly magazine agrees with me; in this week's print issue, devoted to its annual "It List", Gingy's bit part gets noticed:

Shrek's Gingerbread Man
*It Scene Stealer*

AGE: "I'm actually 76," says the upstart bit player in Dreamworks' computer-animated smash Shrek. "I was baked back in 1925 as a Christmas gift and shared a tin with a fruitcake for years...an unpleasant memory I'd prefer not to discuss." WHY HIS VOICE IS SO HIGH: "I am, as Howard Stern says, hung like a raisin - literally." ON WORKING WITH JOHN LITHGOW: Despite the reciprocal torture pictured here, Gingy has nothing but respect for his Shrek costar, the actor behind the gumdrop-yanking Lord Farquaad. "What can I say about John...he was a real treat. We really fed off of each other, so to speak - he a little more than I." COOKIE NOOKY: "I used to date Little Debbie until I found out she was a real Ho Ho. I'm currently seeing a Po-Tart, though I'm reluctant to say what flavor." WORK HABITS: Between takes, "I like to get laid on a cookie sheet." BEAUTY SECRET: To stay soft and supple, Gingy sleeps in a Tupperware container. WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT: "My Lord and Baker, Julia Child. Amen." NEXT: "Dreamworks and I are negotiating my contract for stipulations for the Shrek sequel. You want the man, you gotta grease the pan, if you know what I mean."

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Monday, Monday

Only God knows why I'm feeling so chipper this morning, but I thought I would take advantage of it while I could and wish you all a good day.

I am highly jealous of my friends Holly and Krys on this beautiful summer morning - they are camping somewhere up in the Northeast, which is exactly what I wish I was doing right now. I love waking up and emerging from the tent to the smell of bacon cooking. Damn, I'm hungry.

Have a good one, everyone, and watch out for those bears this time, H&K!

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"Make it, not fake it!"

I bet I know what a lot of Londoners will be doing on July 31.

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Earth to Captain Tony...

In the bedroom area stands a cardboard cutout of Star Trek's Captain Jean-Luc Picard.

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Auuuggghhh!!

WARNING: This photo may cause nightmares in small children. Please make sure you have sent them out of the room before viewing this picture.

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Whoa! Three days since my last entry? Jeepers. Funny how time slips away.

Friday was a complete wash, as was yesterday. I spent the workday on Friday on the road and then spent the evening at my Uncle Pete's. Yesterday I went to my cousin's daughter's high school graduation party. Cripes, it seems not so long ago that all the cousins were going to each other's graduation parties. It was a nice day, despite the occasional torrential downpours. Megan is a lovely young girl and I wish her all the best.

The rest of the evening was devoted to visiting my sick father. He was diagnosed with Lyme disease this week and was in so much pain yesterday that he couldn't stand. He has severe joint pain in his left hip and knee, the poor thing. So, we brought him some ice cream and sat around yacking for a couple of hours. There's not much he can do but take his pills and ride this thing out. I hope he's not laid up for too much longer.

Well, the weekend is just about over, which means I have to start preparing myself mentally for the return to work. To that end I will proceed immediately to the couch, where I will veg in front of the TV and probably indulge in a snooze.

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