Check out Tom's Astronomy Blog for news and bits about the science of looking up. Cool pictures too.

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Not the TV series, and not the number of the greatest baseball player of all time (Willie Mays), but the number of a race car.

NASCAR's number 24 has a new prime sponsor: Bourdreaux's Butt Paste.

The driver is Kim Crosby. I don't follow NASCAR, is she the only female on the circuit? Anyways, it's like Stroker Ace come to life.

Thanks to McQ at Q&O for the pointer.

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We have entries in the Rocket Jones Banner Contest!

Go check 'em out (yep, it's another linkevent).

Derek, who names computers after dairy products.

Amy, who is flamboyantly and extravagantly carnivorous.

These are wonderful and I can't wait to see what you come up with. Yes, you.

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1 Man, it's hard to compete with those.

Posted by: Victor at April 07, 2005 07:35 AM (L3qPK)

2 Would it help if I changed the "contest" into outright begging for new banners from everyone? That's what it is, basically.

Posted by: Ted at April 07, 2005 09:05 AM (blNMI)

3 Well, it'd be more honest.

Posted by: Victor at April 07, 2005 10:22 AM (L3qPK)

4 aww, man, We're supposed to be COMPETING!? I've gotta go make more better ones.

Posted by: Derek at April 07, 2005 04:22 PM (wEVXE)

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Lynn S posts this hilarious conversation between God and St. Francis.

Subject? Yardwork.

Yips to the Llamas for the pointer.

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Brian J. Noggle celebrated his 3rd blog anniversary yesterday.

Why aren't you a Munuvian?

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Kicks ass.

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That's the official Munuvian greeting and expression of joy. Find a fiver on the ground? Yay! Your team is playing like they're unbeatable? Yay! Girlfriend comes home from a bachelorette party half-sloshed, horny as hell and arm in arm with her bisexual college roommate? Well, duh. Yay!

Like I said: expression of joy.

But it's also the official Munuvian greeting. So go visit these latest residents and if they've bothered to post something, leave 'em a Yay! in the comments.

Rhymes With Right
Possumblog
Something for the Weekend
Seven Inches of Sense
Stolen Beauty
View from the Pew
A Swift Kick and A Bandaid
Professor Chaos
Cal Tech Girl's World

Tell 'em Ted sent ya.

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1 Uh, Ted, I feel really compelled to ask, has that ever happened? The sloshed girlfriend with the bi-sexual college room mate? Or is that something that belongs more in a publication with a story which might start, "I was a freshman in a small northeastern liberal arts college and I never thought anything like this would have happened to me, but . . ."? Here's hoping it happened!

Posted by: RP at April 06, 2005 03:25 PM (LlPKh)

2 Oh, how to respond?

A gentleman never tells. That's always a good answer, and it applies exceptionally well here.

Or maybe it's just the biggest "Yay!" event I could come up with as I whipped out that post.

Now, as to your supposed letter, let me point you towards this: http://rocketjones.mu.nu/archives/010684.html

I hope that doesn't clear things up too much.

Posted by: Ted at April 06, 2005 04:16 PM (ZjSa7)

3 Excellent reply. As for your letter clearing things up, I knew that a man of taste and distinction, such as yourself, would immediately get the stereotypical beginning of far too many Forum letters. In fact, for kicks, back in college we used to all get together on the floor and read them out loud to each other for the general amusement of the floor mates.

As for biggest yay! event you could come up with, I'll go on record as acknowledging that you (one) think big and (two) fully grasp the yay! concept.

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Un-freakin-believable!

Ms. Wheelchair Wisconsin has been stripped of her title because pageant officials say she can stand — and point to a newspaper picture as proof.

Janeal Lee, who has muscular dystrophy and uses a scooter, was snapped by The Post-Crescent newspaper standing among her high school math students. The photo was not an expose.

Standing. Not walking or bowling or skating or running track, she was standing.

“I’ve been made to feel as if I can’t represent the disabled citizens of Wisconsin because I’m not disabled enough,” Lee said Thursday.

Well honey, your feelings are right on the mark, because that's *exactly* why they booted you. Count your blessings that you don't have to deal with those politically correct nitwits any more. Why do I say "politically correct"?

Candidates for the crown have to “mostly be seen in the public using their wheelchairs or scooters,” said Judy Hoit, Ms. Wheelchair America’s treasurer. “Otherwise you’ve got women who are in their wheelchairs all the time and they get offended if they see someone standing up. We can’t have title holders out there walking when they’re seen in the public.”

Yep, can't offend the real crips. You know, the ones who are disabled enough. And of course we all know who gets blamed for this farce:

Hackel said Lee should have been aware of the rules.

You knew it was coming. It's her own damn fault.

I wonder if Miss Black America ever got bounced because her skin wasn't dark enough?

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Rand Simberg of Transterrestrial Musings provides pointers to these nifty sites:

Google Maps - in about 5 minutes I zoomed to a map of my street, and then with one click of a button got a fairly detailed satellite image.

Economics in One Lesson - the classic by Henry Hazlitt, now available online.

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Over at Frinklin Speaks, we're treated to two funny links:

Superman is a Dick

The Old Negro Space Program (a film not by Ken Burns)

Just what I needed this morning.

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Rob said that Springtime doesn't officially come to DC until the manhole covers start to explode.

He's right.

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Via Sarah, I see where the poor saintly parents of Terri Schaivo have agreed to sell the list of names of everyone who supported their cause to a direct-mailing company.

Assholes.

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Mitch Hedberg passed away. You can find more at The Ministry of Minor Perfidy, but for now I'll just leave you with some of his jokes that I shamelessly stole from the Ministry. They had me laughing out loud.

I got an ant farm. Them fellas didnÂ’t grow shit.

Last week I helped my friend stay put. ItÂ’s a lot easier than helping someone move. I just went over to his house and made sure that he did not start to load shit into a truck.

I got my hair highlighted, because I felt some strands were more important than others.

I had a stick of Carefree gum, but it didnÂ’t work. I felt pretty good while I was blowing that bubble, but as soon as the gum lost its flavor, I was back to pondering my mortality.

I want to be a race car passenger: just a guy who bugs the driver. “Say man, can I turn on the radio? You should slow down. Why do we gotta keep going in circles? Can I put my feet out the window? Boy, you really like Tide.”

I got in an argument with a girlfriend inside of a tent. ThatÂ’s a bad place for an argument, because I tried to walk out, and had to slam the flap.

I type a 101 words a minute. But itÂ’s in my own language.

I donÂ’t have a girlfriend. But I do know a woman whoÂ’d be mad at me for saying that.

IÂ’m against picketing, but I donÂ’t know how to show it.

I was walking down the street with my friend and he said “I hear music.” As if there’s any other way to take it in.

At my hotel room, my friend came over and asked to use the phone. I said “Certainly.” He said “Do I need to dial 9?” I say “Yeah. Especially if it’s in the number. You can try four and five back to back real quick.”

My lucky number is four billion. That doesn’t come in real handy when you’re gambling. “Come on, four billion! Fuck. Seven. I need more dice.”

I love blackjack. But IÂ’m not addicted to gambling. IÂ’m addicted to sitting in a semi circle.

I donÂ’t own a cell phone or a pager. I just hang around everyone I know, all the time.

I used to do drugs. I still do drugs. But I used to, too.

The thing about tennis is: no matter how much I play, IÂ’ll never be as good as a wall. I played a wall once. TheyÂ’re fucking relentless.

I would imagine if you could understand Morse Code, a tap dancer would drive you crazy.

I went to the park and saw this kid flying a kite. The kid was really excited. I donÂ’t know why, thatÂ’s what theyÂ’re supposed to do. Now if he had had a chair on the other end of that string, I would have been impressed.

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They didn't reach their goal at the comment-a-thon for Breast Cancer yesterday, but the important thing is the effort. Thanks everyone, it's appreciated.

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Please click on the pink button at the top right corner of this page. Go there and leave a comment. It's easy and it'll do some good, and this ol' world could use all the good we can dish out.

Pass the word too. This is a one-day comment-a-thon.

Thanks.

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1 Hey, Ted. I was more than proud to see a fellow MuNuvian comment and post a link

Posted by: Rae at April 01, 2005 05:49 PM (7WNpd)

2 Thanks Rae, Nic did too early on. I haven't had a chance to check back lately.

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