I seldom bother with the quizzes, but the bartender has asked that we take this one and post the results. Here ya go: more...

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As part of the international Munuvian community, I've decided to change my date and time stamp to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), also called 'zulu' time. If everyone Mu does this, then all the Munuviana posters will be synchronized, regardless of their local time zones. If not, then oh well, it's not a big deal, and I may change back. Susie did it too, and there's more about zulu time here and here.

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Daniel said he hoped this would become a regular feature. The rest of you rolled your eyes and said “ohmigod no” under your breath. This is what happens when you don’t speak up.

Jennifer interviewed Daniel. Due respect guy, but half the questions gave you the chance to strut your stuff and instead you went all 90’s touchy-feely with it. You don’t have to impress the ladies with your intelligence, because they already knew that, and we know they knew that because the other half of the questions basically translate to ‘how horny are you?’ except for one ‘how well hung are you?’ question.

Things definitely took a turn towards Eros this week as Jen posted about beastiality and Helen discussed hair care and the law of diminishing cleavage. Which reminds me of a joke:

Q: Why donÂ’t women wear shorter skirts?
A: Because theyÂ’d need two hair-doÂ’s.

Hey, I promised last time that Jim would get top billing. Life lesson Jim. Never trust anyone except members of the federal government.

(IÂ’m contractually obligated by the IRS to include that last statement in personal correspondence once a day. But by 2008, my back taxes will be paid off and I can tell them to never trust anyone except members of the federal government.)

Jim pronounces creek correctly too.

Then we have Don of Anger Management. I’ve been trying to figure him out for a while now, and just when I think I’ve got it, he goes and writes something brilliant and off-the-wall. Psst Daniel, I think Don asked the ‘shoe size’ question.

New fish bloggers: Simon, Tom, Chuck, and Willie, let the vicious backstabbing attacks begin please let me welcome you. I look forward to getting to know you. What national flag would you fly? Yes, that’s a real question and it does make sense and I do want an answer. Thank you. (I already heard from Simon. Tom, Chuck and Willie, I assume U.S. – but let me know, mm’k?)

Tiger, I donÂ’t get it. Sorry.

Heather points out a link-o-rama where you can see pictures all of the various lady bloggers you read. She also talks about mustard, rants a little about Peta and their transparent concern for your waistline, and gets serious about the new nuclear reality.

Helen, all I can say is that although a little introspection is good, itÂ’s easy to get too deep into what it all means. I'm just sayin', ya know?

Stevie talks about cows. Frequently.

Mr. Green doesnÂ’t post often, but when he does itÂ’s worth reading. Chicks dig him too.

LeeAnn gets a new job. With all the talk of raises and knees, maybe I should have put this up with Jennifer and Helen. She also observes a practical physics lesson.

Mookie is heavily indebted to mom and I for getting her the new Barenaked Ladies CD. She celebrates with nightmares (actually it sounds a lot like my life – thanks) and blood sport.

Victor scores big points about fools and consequences, before going into shock. HeÂ’s been good about displaying the winnerÂ’s logo in our inter-Munuvian hockey whoopass jamboree.

Cherry is the quiet sort.

TimÂ’s been quiet too. Busy people with real lives. What a concept.

Tuning Spork gets the debate going with his posts about the best position players in baseball in various eraÂ’s.

Over at Practical Penumbra, Susie is trying to rally folks to prevent the League of Liberals from claiming victory with a post about the evils of capitalism. Huh? When did they add a category for theater of the absurd?

SheÂ’s over at Munuviana doing the same thing. Pixy chips in too.

Pixy has a scientifical mind, which allows him to creatifically thinkerize and edumacate us downside-uppers in “The Way The World Works”. Pay attention to him.

Werd. (still attempting to boost street cred)

Posted by: Ted at 09:09 AM | category: Munuvian Daily Tattler
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1 Hey, where'd my comment go?

Anyway, Ted, what's with the pongs?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 24, 2003 10:20 AM (jtW2s)

2 Sometimes when I publish these link-filled posts I get timed out or 'server not found' errors. If I back up to try to publish again, does it re-pong everyone?

Posted by: Ted at October 24, 2003 10:28 AM (ULW3r)

3 Yep!

Posted by: Susie at October 24, 2003 01:35 PM (0+cMc)

4 Oh man, Ted. That's harsh. Which question did I answer too 90s touchy-feely?

Posted by: Daniel at October 24, 2003 04:12 PM (Oc6V9)

5 inter-Munuvian hockey whoopass jamboree

That's pretty good, Ted. Accurate, too.

Posted by: Victor at October 24, 2003 09:06 PM (FNHVL)

6 What is there to get? It is a blog about a kangaroo that makes excuses each day about why he can't or didn't blog. I mean it is the most inane blog in the blogosphere. You should check each day to see what kind of excuse the kangaroo came up with or don't. You do have that choice.

Posted by: Tiger at October 25, 2003 12:46 AM (hE8Oe)

7 Have all you Sharks and Caps fans noticed what my ATL Thrashers are doing? Without Heatley?
Yeah, what's up? The South is rising again...

Posted by: Daniel at October 25, 2003 01:34 PM (Oc6V9)

8 Daniel, I carefully reread your interview to make sure I wasn't just in a bad mood or jealous about all the Mu-babes throwing themselves at you or anything.

About the only real quibble I have is that you told several great and impressive lies (hit a home run to win the state title, etc) and then followed it up with an immediate "just kidding". Sheesh. Before the 90's, guys were supposed to lie to impress the ladies. It was expected. Women factored it in when they evaluated potential husband material (Paul, this could be another of your great series - pre-90's vs now).

Other than that, it was jealousy.

Posted by: Ted at October 25, 2003 11:32 PM (2sKfR)

9 Oh, about the hockey... I fully expect to be regularly humiliated by the Sharks this year, and I don't have the solace of rooting for an 'expansion' club anymore.

I hope Atlanta can keep it up, they've had a rough go of it already.

Posted by: Ted at October 25, 2003 11:36 PM (2sKfR)

10 Ted, you back-pedal worse than a politician.

Posted by: Jennifer at October 26, 2003 05:01 PM (SuW/0)

11 Jen, it comes from shooting off my mouth before I think. And as often as I do it, you'd think I'd be *better* than a politician at back-pedalling.

I'll work on it.

Posted by: Ted at October 26, 2003 05:47 PM (2sKfR)

12 :-) Now are you going to sign up for an interview or what?

Posted by: Jennifer at October 26, 2003 10:01 PM (akbm6)

13 This time zone stuff is really throwing me off.

Posted by: Jennifer at October 26, 2003 10:03 PM (akbm6)

14 Jen, sure, sign me up. I honestly don't see the point though, there are lots of interesting people on your list. I'm boring.

Posted by: Ted at October 26, 2003 11:36 PM (2sKfR)

15 Don't be silly. It'll be fun. :-)

Posted by: Jennifer at October 27, 2003 12:02 AM (rZmE1)

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Grand-Mu Pixy Misa over at Ambient Irony has posted the funniest thing I've read in a long long time. Make sure you click the links.

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When I do Rocketing Around the Blogosphere, I tend to link non-Munuvians. Thanks to Victor (again!) for the inspiration, I'll start doing an occasional post like this that is mainly, but not necessarily exclusively, Munuvian.

First things first, but not necessarily in that order. We've got trolls! Mr. Green had the first run-in with one JadeGold and soon many Munuvians were involved. Rather than try to make sense of the running battle, I'll just link to a few and let you sort it out for yourself. Lots of non-Munuvians on the link list at Heathers place too. They've also set up the Gold Enclave of Privileged Capitalists, complete with graphics supplied by Jennifer and Cherry. Woot! (can a privileged capitalist say that?)

Later, Mookie got her own troll. I know the gentleman (notice I didn't say 'boy') in question, and I am not happy.

In other MookieNews, there are recent reports of not just one, but two many other Mookies out there! Be afraid. Also, just to embarrass her (which is one of my favorite parental perks), I'll announce now that although she was born in Landstuhl, Germany, Mookie was concieved in Luxembourg.

Victor attended the Tour of Hope ceremony this weekend. He posted some excellent pictures as well. If you haven't already, do go see.

Our resident Rat-meister also set up an informal wagering system for us Munuvian hockey fans. Losers must display the logo of the winner's team for a day.

Uber-traveler Lady H continues her globetrotting ways. She's in Atlanta, was there time or inclination to set up a visit with Daniel?

Pixy gets into an analysis of Cowboy Bebop, which is a famous Anime series. I always thought 'anime' was Japanese for 'crappy cartoon', but my opinion has changed some in the last year. I've seen a couple series where the story was so good that you forgot the quirks of Japanese animation. Unfortunately, I've also seen popular series (Trigun comes to mind) where my original opinion is just reinforced.

Nobody ever answered my question. What's the difference between Manga and Anime?

Susie gets my vote for best blog banner out there! She also thinks Daniel is adorable. Jennifer agrees, but says she knew it first.

Jen also claims that there is in fact water in Iowa. Sorry dear, that's not water, it's creamed corn.

Tuning Spork is still out there, because he leaves comments. But he's not posting much. My guess is it's the combination of the Cubs losing, beautiful fall weather, and idiotarians. Guess he picked the wrong day to quit smoking, eh?

Over at Chez Cheese, LeeAnn blogs about panty liners and the importance of accuracy. For some reason, I kept hearing those scenes from Memphis Belle in the background... "Steady... steady... right in the pickle barrel!" Make sure you read the comments, but don't touch the cars or you might set off the alarms.

Mmmmm. Carrot cake, courtesy of the official mascot of the Alliance.

Stevie never ceases to amaze me.

Anger Management's Don posted this link about the unedited communications when man landed on the moon. Priceless.

Jim, being the last kid picked when we chose up teams, gets this single solitary mention. Mainly because otherwise he'll get mad and take his blog home. Actually, it's just because I'm tired of all this linking. You're up at the top next time guys - for a small financial consideration - because I am part the Gold Enclave of Privileged Capitalists.

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1 Creamed corn! I laughed out loud.

hln

Posted by: hln at October 19, 2003 09:05 PM (g+waq)

2 Manga are comic books. Anime is cartoons (the word "anime" comes from "animation").

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 19, 2003 09:48 PM (LBXBY)

3 And again, no one seems to ever mention my most pretigious munu blog Abject Apathetic Procrastination. I am sensing some unspoken bias against kangaroos is going around the blogosphere.

Posted by: Tiger at October 19, 2003 10:35 PM (TqY1l)

4 Yeah, Missouri is SOOOO much cooler than Iowa, Heather. :-p

Posted by: Jennifer at October 19, 2003 10:51 PM (rZmE1)

5 Tiger, I'll mention AAP if you tell me what pretigious means.

Posted by: Victor at October 20, 2003 07:27 AM (L3qPK)

6 Pixy, is that really the difference? Wow, I thought it was some obscure and subtle difference that anime enthusiasts argued over. Like Trekkies and their Picard vs. Kirk thing.

Posted by: Ted at October 20, 2003 04:56 PM (2sKfR)

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The basic airframe is done! Today I'm working on the electronics bay which will house the altimeter and safety switch. I'm building light but strong, so the main body tube is cardboard, the nosecone is plastic, and the fins are 1/8" birch plywood. The adhesive throughout is good ol' fashioned Elmers yellow carpenter glue, which is plenty strong enough for this rocket.

She's a sleek little sweetie, there's a picture in the extended entry. That's a 3.5" diskette on the ground next to her for scale. more...

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1 Nice fence!

Posted by: Susie at October 13, 2003 02:23 PM (0+cMc)

2 Yes, the fence is lovely. :-)

Cool rocket, too.

Posted by: Jennifer at October 13, 2003 05:58 PM (rZmE1)

3 Thank you. I'd tell you that I worked hard on that fence, but all I did was write a check to guys with more time and skill than I. They caught a copperhead (poisonous snake) when they were tearing down the old fence too.

I did do the picket fence around the front yard myself.

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I've been promising previews of the decals and logos for our community-inspired rocket. The description and main decal pages are in draft form, and should be ready to post today or tomorrow, and I think I've got a surprise or three for you.

In the meantime, here's the Logo that will run up the side of the rocket. I hope you like it. more...

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Spork, you work in a printing plant. Something else Collins could probably use is a stack of 'Get Out Of Jail Free' cards. Maybe you can put that adhesive along one edge and make a whole pad of them, so he can just pull one off whenever he's arrested.

Good idea checking the police blotters, but I bet it was a bitch finding the right John Collins.

Seriously though, good job Bill, Michele, Stevie, Paul, Susie, Jen, and everyone else who helped track him down. My apologies if I've forgotten anyone.

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Do some good with that stack of folded Georges, gentlemen.

The second annual Blogger Boobie-thon is underway. Billed as "the charity drive that gives you a little something in return", monetary donations are being accepted for research into breast cancer. Pictorial donations are being posted on the photos page. Yes, it's for real.

Guys, explain to a stripper why she's not getting a tip from you and she just might flash you a freebie for being such a sweetie.

There has been some speculation about 'the picture' that Jennifer sent to me and nobody else. Since this is for a good cause and all...

If you promise you'll go visit and donate, then I'll let you have a peek at some genuine Munuvian erotica. more...

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I know what Victor and Nic are giving out Halloween night.

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