What do You Think?

Wired Magazine needs your votes for the Rave Awards.

The Cultural Innovator category has Ang Lee,Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon vs. David Chase and James Gandolfini, The Sopranos vs. Evan Williams, Blogger vs. Hironobu Sakaguchi, Final Fantasy vs. Thomas Krens, Director of Guggenheim Museums Worldwide.

Vote Evan! Vote Evan!

37signals has designed the ultimate online banking interface at 37FAKEBANK.

It's Liz McLarnon Day over at Wacky Brit. Liz is an Atomic Kitten.

They are charging Brian K. West with downloading a Perl script which they value at $5,000. Paragraph 17 of the affadavit talks about West gaining access to 1st National Bank of McAlester on at least three occations, with the ability to look at customer's checking and savings accounts.

Jimformation on Marilyn Manson and B'rynnformation.

TNN has a couple of new shows featuring real people. Small Shots is casting local people in 3 minute spoofs of major theatrical films. Lifegame features an improv troupe that acts out an audience member's life story.

Everything you know is wrong.

NASA faked the moon landings!

This is what musical theatre in Boston is all about!
I saw Mamma Mia! last night at the Colonial Theatre in Boston. The cast was exceptional! I'm probably an average fan of ABBA, whose songs the musical is based on. I knew maybe half the songs, but some people around me knew all of them. It was funny when an actor would start singing an ABBA song and there would be murmurs in the audience of recognition and smiles at how well the song fit into the story line.

Dee Hoty as the mother stole the show. She rocks. It really seemed like she had a great time performing. Michelle Aravena as the daughter also had a beautiful voice. My wife enjoyed all the young men with their washboard abs. Craig Bennett looks a lot like the guy who played the desk clerk on ER.

If you have a chance to see this play, do it.

Did you ever want to throw balloons off the top of the Golden Gate bridge? Well, now you can.

Superman Lives!

Superman would've been dead as white weddings if it weren't for the fact that he's from Krypton -- whatever the hell that is -- which means he can't be killed.

I was reading all about one man's vision of Kevin Smith's script at heygregory.com and decided to take a look at it. It's funny. I'll warn you though, once you start reading, it'll be hard for you to stop.
via [ Drew's Script-O-Rama ]

I really don't have anything to protest against but I like the idea.

Gallery: New Top 10 Offenders

Simply gratuitous use of naked female body to sell high-end electronic gizmo to gullible (mostly male) public.

Shocking.

The entire text of the Cluetrain Manifesto is now online.

A new book from its co-author, Chris Locke, has it's own Gonzo website.
Note: This page says, "Gonzo" when you load it.

I once heard a talk on aircraft design in which the speaker explained the aerodynamic basis for a scene in a movie I saw as a kid. I can't recall the name of the film, but I've often used this scenario as an analogy for solving critical problems by going against "the rules" dictated by the sort of sanity and logic that would apply under normal conditions. In the movie, various test pilots attempt to fly an experimental plane capable of supersonic speed. As the plane approaches Mach 1, something strange happens to the controls. Instead of causing the plane to climb, pulling back on the stick puts it into a dive, with terminal consequences for both plane and pilot. Finally, our hero, Chuck Yeager, breaks the sound barrier and lives to tell about it by reversing the normal procedure. As the plane begins to bore in, he pushes forward on the stick instead of pulling it back. The story may be apocryphal, but the point is that the pilot never would have survived unless he did something that was -- according to all available evidence up until that time -- a little crazy.

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder looks like he knows how to have a good time!

It's one of yesterday's Day in Photos.

Did you know that you can use Word, Excel and PowerPoint files on any Palm?

THESTINGRAY.NET
Uncovers Evidence of Rigging on "MANHUNT,"
Another VIACOM Reality T.V. Game Show

"The allegations of rigging in the (Manhunt) production and the post production re-cutting to include phony scenes, story lines and a misrepresentation to viewers of the game's rules, raise some of the most serious questions of programming practices in recent memory," said Steve Beverly, Professor of Broadcasting at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee.

Manhunt is a gameshow on TV?

I put up a direct link to Late Night Jokes over there on the right hand side of the page. This makes it easy for you to check out those jokes you might have missed on Leno and Letterman.

So You Wanna be a movie extra?
via [ 3bruces ] via [ Funky Helix ]

Has this ever happened to you?

You're sitting at your desk, calmly plugging through the work you've got to do that day, when all of the sudden you realize that the work is meaningless. Not just to you, but will contribute nothing to the end goal - what you're building, what you're creating, whatever. It's just an endless list of "to do's" that get forwarded day after day.

Time to decide what you want out of life. Maybe it's cheese?

Word is that Jamie-Lynn Sigler, she plays Meadow Soprano, is going to join the Girls of Maxim.

Seven Habits of Sensitive, Celibate Men.
It seems that these are bad habits meant to be broken .

Don't Eat The Marshmallow Right Away

The ones who had resisted the marshmallow were clearly more socially competent than the others. ``They were less likely to go to pieces, freeze or regress under stress, or become rattled and disorganized when pressured; they embraced challenges and pursued them instead of giving up even in the face of difficulties; they were self-reliant and confident, trustworthy and dependable.''

via [ Signal vs. Noise ]

The Library of Congress is doing some amazing work. Making Color Images from Prokudin-Gorskii's Negatives explains the process of restoring these of images from Russia.

Outfitted with a specially equipped railroad car darkroom provided by Tsar Nicholas II, and in possession of two permits that granted him access to restricted areas and cooperation from the empire's bureaucracy, Prokudin-Gorskii documented the Russian Empire around 1907 through 1915.

via [ Scripting News ]

Everyone searching for Charlotte Hobrough nude, will happy happy to hear about the new Survivor UK behind the scenes tape. It sounds better than the Survivor we saw here in the US. They should make it an HBO Special.
via [ parallax view ]

Larry Ellison declares war!

Ellison's declaration of a "war on complexity" urges enterprise users to end application customization by changing their business processes to fit Oracle's technology—in other words, no customization, particularly with applications in the company's year-old 11i e-business suite.
"You shouldn't be writing C code. You shouldn't be writing custom sets of programs and, my God, you shouldn't be changing our computer programs," Ellison told an auditorium packed with Oracle customers at the Oracle AppsWorld user conference in New Orleans this spring.

I have been thinking this way for years. I agree with Larry. Instead of generating an RFP with a million pages of detailed desires and needs based on the way things have always been done or how you think they should be done, why not use some exisiting software that closely meets your needs? Software that has a support and an upgrade structure in place? We use Word, Excel, Internet Explorer and Quicken without any trouble. How different can your Order Entry be?

I dream in color. Do you?

I just woke up from the most amazing dream.

I dreamt that I was looking out the window and saw trees flying by in the sky. I was so lifelike. They were dark green evergreens. I think I might have been thinking about the Tornado that hit Danvers two days ago. My friend Bill T. was telling me about it and said that he had never seen anything like it in his life. He was so excited about telling me about it.

Also in the dream I saw cats with dog heads and dogs with chicken head hands. What's that all about?

Real Beer Page: BeerLog
Mmmmm Beer.

This page is a weblog about beer news.

Today I went ot a cookout and there was an Ipswich IPA in the cooler, so I tried it. Hey, when you go to a cookout and the host says, go get a beer in the cooler, I figure that it means I can take any beer. Any beer I put in there are free for anyone else to take.

Anyways, I liked it. It was a beer full of flavor. I can't tell you what all the flavors were, but there were flavors in there.

Later on I went to an anniversary party and had a Samuel Adams Boston Lager. You can't go wrong with a Sam Adams.

Look for Samuel Adams Light in a bar near you. I saw it up in Maine a few days ago.

For Boston readers, here's a bumper sticker for you to put on your car to welcome Opie and Anthony back to Boston.

Opie and Anthony had a Siberian Tiger on their show today.

I'm so happy they are back in Boston.

Urban Legends Reference Pages: Inboxer Rebellion (Shark Attack)
THE UNCLE THAT WRESTLED THE SHARK ASHORE WAS FISHING FOR SHARKS, HAD IT ON A LINE AND HAD BEEN FIGHTING IT FOR TWO HOURS PLUS.

Not!

Just a heads up to another urban legend that might be in your inbox some day soon. I just got this one in an email. I forwarded the urban legend link along, so the person who sent it to me won't send me any more stupid emails.

It took a while, but I found the 2001-2002 Fall Primetime Schedule in grid format.

I always love to read the new Fall TV schedule when it comes out. I usually have a pretty good eye for finding the shows that will make it.

Here are some of the shows I'll be taking a look at:

Sundays are for Futurama and The Simpsons. I don't know what Alias is, but if it's anything like Alias Smith and Jones, I'll be watching.

Monday I'll be watching Boston Public at 8:00 with renewed interest because Jerri Ryan is joining the cast. 9:00 Ally McBeal. 10:00 Crossing Jordan. It takes place in Boston and has Ken Howard from The White Shadow in it. What's not to like? Ha, Ha.

Tuesday at 9:00 will be tough unless you have a VCR. Bob Patterson starring George from Seinfeld is up against Smallville, the Superboy series. Scrubs comes in at 9:30, which looks like a slapstick ER. I guess I'll watch Smallville live and tape the two others. Also at 9:00 is 24, which I don't think is a look at Store 24 surveilance tapes, so maybe I'll look at it during commercials. 10:00 Philly with Kim Delaney is up against Judging Amy, which I never watched anyways. Easy choice - Go Philly!

Wednesday at 8:00. What have they done! Ed is scheduled against Enterprise. Scott Bakula is going to be awesome as the Captain of the new Enterprise, but I'm already hooked on Ed. VCR comes into play again for Ed, or should I say record. 9:00 West Wing, I guess I'm getting hooked on this one (9:30 VCR for The Job, Lenny Clarke is the best.), 10:00 I'll give Wolf Lake a try.

Thursday. This looks like a big night. This kind of night makes me wish they could split Thursday into two nights. OK, so I'll be watching Survivor 3, Tempation Island 2, and ER live. I'll have to tape Popstars 2, so much better than Making the Band, and Inside Schwartz, the previews look funny, I hope the show is as funny.

Friday and Saturday look pretty pathetic. Maybe there's something on cable.

Grilling Them For Answers

Did Frito-Lay scientists find a way to dehydrate KC Masterpiece sauce?

I like the idea behind this site. Write letters to corporations asking about stupid stuff. I read a book like this once. I called M&M Candy to tell them I found a square M&M, they sent me a coupon for a free bag.
via [ Parallax View ]

I just read a great recap, of that HBO series that goes behind the scenes of the Baltimore Ravens training camp, by my new favorite sports writer Bill Simmons. I agree with most of his article except the parts about Tony Siragusa, I think what we're seeing is the real Tony. Tony rocks! The show is on again tonite at 11:00 on HBO.

'We'll Be Dancing Again,' Shark Victim's Wife Says

``Once the shark pulled him under, to start punching the shark and to grab his own leg out of the shark's mouth, who thinks of that?'' she said. ``...And the determination, the resilience to swim back to shore with his leg bleeding. It's amazing.''

There are conflicting reports about the lifeguards on the beach. The victims' wife says that the lifeguards wouldn't swim out to help him, but the hotel manager says they did. I'll be very interested to hear more about this story.

Clint Howard is cool. He has a really big part on the HBO mini-series, To The Moon.

Over 100 Harvard students and graduates have contributed to SparkNotes. You can even use them in your reports as long as you cite them.

British 3 year old swims in pool.

The Seattle Times: One man's notes from inside the inferno

Then I felt as if I were being pelted by a thousand snowballs as a barrage of embers, broken tree branches and ash pelted the shelter. It came in several intense waves and at one point I thought surely I would be dead before this was all over. I thought about my family and friends and got lost momentarily in desperation.

via [ a fire inside ]

The new CNN Headline news debuts tomorrow, featuring Andrea Thompson as an anchor.

Thompson starred for four years on ABC's award-winning drama NYPD Blue as detective Jill Kirkendall. She has extensive film and television credits to her name, including roles on Bablylon 5 and Jag.

Maybe if Kim Delaney's new show Philly doesn't work out, she'll get a shot at the anchor desk too. We can only hope.

Hasbro Unleashes POX On Children of Chicago.

Now you can rent a married priest.

Ed and Julie have traveled to Europe over 40 times and put all their knowledge up on a web site for free. It looks like a lot of people enjoy what they are doing because there are lots of submissions from people on the site who are not Ed and Julie.

Last night I caught the HBO show, Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Baltimore Ravens. It's a cinema verite series that follows the Ravens through this years' training camp. NFL Films is involved, so the production is really well done.

Tony Siragusa is my new favorite NFL player. I love how he tells it like it is and enjoys telling the interns and rookies what to do. I used to be an intern once, so I know what it's like. They're lucky to have Tony telling them what to do.

Do I have anything left?

I shattered the land-speed record getting there in time for Seaver's arrival; he seemed friendly enough when we were introduced, despite the fact I was staring at him with one of those "HOLY CRAP! IT'S TOM SEAVER!" expressions on my face. We made some small talk ... and then it happened.

"Hey, why don't you grab a bat and come outside with us?" Seaver asked me. "You can pretend you're a batter. I want to gauge what it's like to pitch with somebody standing there."

Follow the link to read the whole story by Bill Simmons who just made it to the big time and is writing three columns a week for espn.com's Page 2.

Now you can put the president in your pocket!

KEVIN SMITH SAYS HE'S "KNEE-DEEP IN GAYNESS".

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Here's a Clerks drinking game for you Vanilla Soy Milk drinkers. My doctor says that Silk is the best Soy Milk. I agree. It tastes great in coffee. You can use it in a bland type of cereal like Total, and it sweetens it up. It's good for you too.

Note: Even though a carton of Soy Milk, that you buy today, has an expiration date of October, you need to use the milk up within 7-10 days of opening the carton.

She just slipped and broke some dishes in her hotel room.

BLOODSOAKED Mariah Carey was wearing just a black slip and high heels when she slashed her wrist, it emerged last night.

via [ Drudge Report ]

www.oreilly.com -- In Memory of Frank Willison

"This morning, the ever-vigilant Boston Herald reported that, on the Riverway, right on my commuting route, a motorist had been attacked by a squirrel, which had leapt out of a tree, through her open sunroof, and onto her head. (Throwing off journalistic restraints, the Herald ran a front-page teaser: 'Psycho Squirrel: crazed critter drops in on pregnant driver.') If this attack was a harbinger of a larger Emerald-Necklace rodent uprising, how much more attractive would I be, with my large reflective head and hunched-over, fully-exposed back, traveling at the speed of easy prey? In spite of these worries, I pressed ahead. God gave Man dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth, and I wasn't going to be the guy who gave it back because of one psycho squirrel."

When I'm dead, please link to my writings at Humor in the News.

Watching Baseball Song by Ryanne (2 yrs old)

We're watching the man catch the ball
and then he throws the ball
and then another man swings his stick...and he misses
so he has to go away and play with somebody else...

There must be more to life than this.

Follow Norman on his quest to find the meaning of his life.

Now you can hook a Homer Simpson Dot Pal up to your computer and have him say "Doh" when you make a typo. He says other stuff too. You know, funny Homer Simpson stuff.

Make sure you have headphones on for this page if you're in an office that frowns upon Homer Simpson talking out loud.

Bond20.com @ The 007 TV

I can reveal further details which will make you scream in excitement & horror... James Bond dies in Bond 20!!!

Some people are really excited about the next James Bond Movie. I know it sounds bad, but watching an earlier James Bond movie was almost a death blow to me!

I almost died while watching a James Bond movie with my parents. We were watching Thunderball when my mother gave me piece of hard candy. She always had hard candy in her pocketbook.

I took one of the hard candies and it GOT CAUGHT IN MY THROAT. I couldn't breathe and we rushed into the lobby. Pounding me on my back didn't work so my father picked me up by the feet and held me upside down with one hand, I was small. He took his free hand and pounded me on the back and the candy popped out of my mouth.

Luckily he was quick and we went back in and enjoyed the end of the movie. I've been a Bond fan ever since.

eBay item 1621287530 (Ends Aug-06-01 15:48:49 PDT ) - WDW Mr. Toad's Wild Ride Vehicle

Don't miss this unique opportunity to own a genuine piece of Walt Disney World history -- and perhaps part of your very own childhood memories -- with this original ride vehicle from the Fantasyland attraction Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, no longer in operation at the Florida theme park.

David Cooper can’t carry a tune in a bucket, but he still got the lead in a musical written by my friend Cindy Bullens.

Jim went to a balloon festival and took some pictures.

Welcome to the public draft of a new book by David Weinberger. I read chapter one and it's good.

Here's an easy to read digest.

Michael Jackson's rabbi says that singles should embrace the concept of "needing" a man or woman to complete their lives.

Survivor UK, did they get it on tape?

SURVIVOR winner Charlotte Hobrough had rampant sex with her jungle island lover jammed in the branches of a creaking tree.
Her ear-splitting screams of "Yes, Adrian, Yes!" echoed across the South China Sea as she raked her bare buttocks up and down the gnarled bark.

I wonder if they'll ever show the UK version of Survivor in the US. Maybe HBO could run it after Sex in the City?
via [ parallax view ]

Don't worry. These ads are not real.

News2Web lets you read newsgroups with your browser. Start with rec if you've never been there before.

Google Groups does it too. The interface is really clean and it's speedy.

Go away. Find some last-minute weekend getaways at site 59.

Did you hear about the couple who is selling naming rights for their new baby on eBay?
via [ Metafilter ]

Leia Scofield has some breast pics on her site, along with random thoughts from a large head.

From the creator of the "stick fighter" movie comes a game.
via [ The Ultimate Insult ]

In Star Wars, Luke's X-Wing had both Laser Cannons and Proton Torpedoes, which did he use to destroy the Death Star?

The script says, "Luke looks up and smiles. He concentrates on the exhaust port, then fires his laser torpedoes."

Please post your thoughts here.

Tourists leap on whale carcass.

Sightseers clambered on a floating dead whale and patted great white sharks eating the carcass.

Dear Kevin, Your breath stinks!

We all know someone who offends in some way but we're not always able to find the right words to bring the problem to their attention. Allow gentlehints.com to apprise the individual in a gentle and diplomatic manner while preserving your anonymity.

The Downer Channel is the best new skit comedy TV show ever.

Thanks Steve.

If you're in the office, turn your speakers down or put on headphones before clicking the link.

Joe Lavin Goes to China

Beijing taxi drivers were taught to use many phrases in English including "Pollution is a global problem," "The city's traffic is getting better and better," and "You look very handsome today," all apparently designed to make foreigners feel giddy at the prospect of a Beijing Olympics.

Q7A
Why is the red robot trying to take over the world?

Teoma Search.

Rowan Atkinson cracks me up in this Flash preview for The Rat Race.

They're having a Conversatron about Jurassic Park.

Matt Drudge came out with a Planet of the Apes spoiler. Click this link if you want to hear about Tim Burton's "terrific political statement about how all civilizations build pagan-like monuments to fallen leaders."

Virtual Housecalls

Feeling insufficiently well? Indicate your symptoms... and the Internet MD will provide a sound medical diagnosis, accompanied by a personalized course of treatment. Each diagnosis is custom-tailored to YOU. No further physician consultation is required.

Just in case their diagnosis is true, donations in my memory can be made to The Lustgarten Foundation For Pancreatic Cancer Research.

I didn't know that George W. Bush's favorite group was Pink Floyd! It says so right on his Psychedelic Republican Trading Card.

I hear that some people use these weblogs to post personal stories. Well, I'm having some work done at my house today, so I won't have power for about six hours. That means no computer. I'm ok with that. I guess I'll catch up on some reading.

In the mean time, I'd like to share with you some thoughts from my recent trip to Belgium and Germany.

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
Good thing I took French in high school otherwise I would have thought that they were trying to poison me when I ordered the local specialty: Waterzooi en Poison.

BRUGGE
We took a train ride out to Brugge. They have a nice boat ride down the canals that wind through the city. It would have been better with animatronic puppets and a soundtrack. Disney does it better. Ha.

Waffles with ice cream on top are amazing in Belgium. You haven't had a real waffle until you've gone up to a little store and gotten one of these! I think I'll go get some ice cream for breakfast before the power goes out. I don't want it to melt and go to waste!

Traveling in Germany was a new and different experience for my wife and me. With limited exposure to the German language, we had fun trying to do everyday things we don't even think about in America.

Our first stop was Cologne.

RENTAL CAR
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When we picked up our rental car, the agent told me that the car was Diesel. The conversation went something like this:

Agent: Diesel
Me: Diesel?
Agent: Diesel
Me: Diesel

Next I asked for directions to our hotel. The rental agent told us that he was new to Cologne and we'd have to go to a gas station for directions.

Hmmm. I think I was newer to Cologne than he was, having just arrived 10 minutes ago, and I DON'T KNOW THE LANGUAGE!

We jumped in the car and found our way to the hotel by using a map. It's amazing how the little lines on a map directly relate to the local roadways.

I could tell you all about seeing the largest Cathedral in Cologne and looking at the Rhine River, but you could find that info on the web. We did find a couple of nice areas to sit outside, have a drink and something to eat and people watch. The local beer here is Kolsh.

REST ROOM
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The next interesting thing we encountered was trying to determine which public restroom to go in. One sign said, "DAMEN" and the other said "HERREN".

My Wife: Oh look, the "MEN" part of the "DAMEN" sign is lit up, that must mean it's the men's room.
Me: If I remember correctly, on the train, the announcer was saying, "Damen and Herren... Ladies and Gentlemen", so I think it follows that Damen stands for Women.

So I went into the entrance to the "DAMEN" room to pay the entrance fee for my wife. The restroom attendant started yelling at me and motioning that I should use the "HERREN" room. My wife took a step forward and we showed him that I was just paying for her. Under his breath he was probably saying, "Stupid tourists."

EUROPEAN HOTELS
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We asked for a KING bed and went to the room.

What we saw when we got there was what looked like two twin beds pushed together with a king-size bedspread on top. When we removed the bedspread we found two twin size feather beds side by side on top of the king sized mattress.

It's funny that they use the feather bed as a comforter all year long, even through the summer.

THE WEATHER
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We were looking at the weather in the newspaper and my wife asked me if I thought it was chilly in South America. I told her that it was always Chile in South America.

AUTOBAHN
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Driving, or should I say speeding, on the roads over there was fun. After I got used to it. Sometimes the speed limit is 80, sometimes 120, and sometimes there is no speed limit.

That's all in Kilometers.

Everyone follows the speed limit when there is one. That's because they have cameras on the highways - watching everything you do.

I got it up to 150 which is around 95 mph. Any more and my rental car would have split into a million tiny pieces.

I stopped to get gas and opened up the little door to the fuel tank. It said UNLEADED GAS ONLY. Hmmm, that car rental guy told me, "DIESEL". This doesn't make sense.

I went over to a German police office that had a bunch of German Shepherd's in his truck... the dogs, not the flock herders.

Our conversation went something like this:

Me: Do you speak English?
Officer: A little
Me: Can You help me?
Officer: A little
Me: Is this car Diesel
Officer: A little
Me: Can you show me which pump to use?
Officer: A little

We finally figured out that the car was indeed unleaded, they call it bipheeynolsimething or other. Anyway, I put the gas into the car and it didn't die.

MUNICH
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The English Garden is the largest city owned park in the world. It's three times the size of Central Park in New York. It's really popular for walking and drinking beer. Yes, there are two beer gardens inside the main garden.

Here you can sit by the water at long table and drink beers from glasses that look like they could hold a gallon of beer. I guess it's a good way to work on your arm strength.

Levy may have tracked Condit via Web on day she disappeared (7/19/2001)

This is a partial list of the Internet sites that police say Chandra Levy visited between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on May 1. The Web sites were provided to the Mercury News. Police say they will release a complete list today.
Amtrak
Drudge Report
House: Agricultural Committee
Los Angeles Times
Modesto Bee
National Geographic
Rock Creek Park
Southwest Airlines
USA Today
Washington Post

Morning DJ legend Jaxon says there are some hot Jennifer Lopez videos here. There's also some clips of Lucy Liu, Anne Nicole Smith, and Angelina Jolie.

Sick of those "pop-under" X10 ads?

Here's a modified opt-out cookie URL which extends the expiration date to 3000 days instead of their default 30. Now you should be free of those blasted ads well into 2009. Of course, by then your computer will be in a musty antique shop fending off dust bunnies. (Note: that the "Thank You" text will say 30 days, but the actual cookie will reflect 3000)

via Signal vs. Noise

Have you heard about the web tv show I Bet You Will, that does stuff like give a guy $200 for letting himself be made into a sugar cookie? I hadn't either until I read that John Walsh had a segment about it on his test talk show.

Hey honey, isn't it time for new wallpaper?

blogger babes.

Waste some time. Go play some Loco Games.

They say skunks don't like this cocktail .

Mix 8 oz. Murphy's oil soap with 4 oz. of castor oil and 1 oz. (a shot glass) of human urine into 1 gallon of water.

The trick is building a little miniature bar with chairs and tables that would be inviting to the skunk, then getting the skunk to order the cocktail.

Twiggle Designs has done some amazing web graphics. Check out her design work. It's not everyone who can equate a person with a turtle.

Shinkansen [an online journal].

I took chemistry in high school, but don't remember the Periodic Table for Men. Maybe they covered this in biology?

IsDickCheneyDeadYet.com
This is just not right.

It's time for my medicine. And can I get it in a frosted mug this time?

Meet Me at... Hot or Not. Meet some hot chicks... if they like the way you look. It's not superficial... like really. It's not.

Get on board, it's a LoveCruise. Heeelloooo Toni.

Google Zeitgeist shows you search behavior on a monthly, weekly, and sometimes daily basis. The Yahoo Buzz Leaders Index shows a ranking of what people were searching for two days ago.

Can't they keep this stuff up to date in real time? It is time sensitive data!

Make History Make Sense.
I needed this before I went to Europe. I wish I'd paid more attention in history class. I wish I'd been interested in history. I'm interested now though.

Do you know how many people are paying their debt to society? A lot.

The Best of the Web Today according to the webloggers at the Wall Street Journal.

While over in Belgium I heard that Ryanair has some great rates on airfares between selected European countries. You might also want to check out easyJet.

I'm back from a trip to Belgium and Germany. I enjoyed traveling and trying out all the beers. My favorite Belgian beers were Leffe Blonde and Grimbergen. My favorite German beer was Kulmbacher. This trying out beer around the world is fun. Maybe I'll buy a home in 100 countries.