I've got a couple of new ones and some ideas I'm working on.

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1 maybe I shall whip up an extra banner for you in my spare time. A man can never have too many web banners, you know.

Posted by: Derek at March 31, 2005 10:44 PM (dfss3)

2 That would be very cool Derek, thank you! My first original banner was done by an artist friend. It's still in the rotation, despite the unflattering toon Ted it shows.

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Seen on the back of a Vlasic pickle jar:

"There's always time for a dill moment"

First thought that popped into my head: "Yeah, just before becoming a Darwin Award nominee."

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Or are y'all still burnt out from the last election?

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1 Interesting train of thought there.

Posted by: Tuning Spork at March 31, 2005 09:13 PM (BUnQl)

2 I'm waiting.... Where is the liveblogging?

Posted by: The Maximum Leader at April 01, 2005 10:01 AM (jiSuM)

3 If I ever have one, I'll make sure to send you personal updates.

Never let it be said that I don't do my utmost for Rocket Jones readers.

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I'm sorry, but there's no gentle way to put that. As soon as she dies then the real debate can start instead of this never ending circus horribilus.

Captain's Quarters is beginning to sound like the mirror image to Kos. It's depressing and boring.

Nobody wins, and until her body stops breathing, we can't even work towards making sure there is never a next time.

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That's me. Remember that book thing making the rounds? The one where the very first question is:

You're stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be?

Apparently I'm not the only one who didn't get it right away. Think about the story. Think about the people who hoard books. Remember that everyone in that group would memorize a single book?

Ahhhhhhh.

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Top left corner of this page. The pink button. Click it on friday, the first of April and leave a comment. No fooling.

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The Major Soccer League is renaming their teams to be more like the teams around the world. So instead of, for instance, the Dallas Burn, you'll have teams like FC Dallas, where the "FC" stands for "football club". Yeah, maybe in the rest of the world, but not in Dallas.

New to the league this year are Real Salt Lake City (pronounced Ray-al) and Chivas USA. Chivas is spanish for goats. Really.

I was never a fan of that odd trend for new niche sports teams to name themselves for something other than a noun - the "Rage", the "Freedom" and so on. It just seemed so trendy, like a loser trying desperately to be cool.

So the MLS gets away from that nonsense, but decides that they need to be less American and more like Europe. Like I needed another reason to ignore them.

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So I get home Monday to an empty (of humans) house. Son got called in to work, wife was working late, Mookie has musical rehersals, and it's just me and two dogs who are very happy to see me.

They went out. They came in. We played and just generally acted like guys do when they have the run of the house. Lots of toys being thrown about and growling and rough-housing going on.

I had to use the bathroom, so as usual I shut the door behind me and as I stood there I wondered why I did that since I was home alone. When I opened the door, both dogs were sitting there in the hallway and looking at me like, "You are soooo whipped."

There's wisdom there if you know how to read it.

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And believe me, there've been some doozys.

"But people would rather live under undemocratic rule than in the chaotic atmosphere of Iraq, for example, which the Americans tout as a model." -- Egyptian Diplomat

The definition of chaos being "more than one choice on the ballot", of course.

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A lady at work recently had her entire kitchen renovated. Nic is in the early stages of going through the process as well.

I mentioned it to my wife.

Suddenly there is graph paper and my big measuring tape on the bar. A night out might mean dinner and then a leasurely stroll through the hardware store.

I'm not too worried about it, because we're certainly not rushing into things. We've lived in the house for 15 years, and before the first was over we'd replaced the appliances and a few years later I redid the wallpaper. Other than that - nada.

So we've had time to dream and consider and ponder and decide, and of course we disagree on several key points, but nothing important enough to turn into a major fuss.

I expect I'll be starting phase 1 here in the next month or so, which is removing the "bar" and cabinets between the kitchen and dining room and replacing them with a new set of cabinets along another wall.

Step at a time, and it's not so hideously expensive that way as long as you don't do something stupid like total up the receipts.

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Barbies in bondage.

Popup photos not safe for work (or maybe they are, they're just dolls after all).

I especially like the cowgirl outfit.

Yeehaw!

Trussed up like a li'l heifer in 6.2 seconds.

I always wondered about that four-poster bed.

Barbies "Paris" moment: "Where did that video camera come from?"

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Friday afternoon I was given a new assignment. Looking at the task, I realized that it would be very handy to have a copy of a certain manual, so I jumped on over to Amazon. In ten minutes I'd ordered the reference I needed.

It was delivered this afternoon.

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We had all the kids home for the weekend, and made a huge family dinner. The rabbit was delicious.

What?

As Douglas Adams said, it's all about nailing a guy to a tree for the crime of saying that we should be nice to each other.

So I'm guilty of mocking the commercialized version of the holiday. When the Cadbury Police knock on the door, I'll go quietly.

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I'm really really really beat. So tired that I have a splitting headache.

(the reason why I'm so tired is in the extended entry, so's you don't have to read it unless you want to) more...

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I just didn't know there was a reason for it.

(click for huge kinky size, just once only please)

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Mom (to me): We saw a movie we thought you might like.

Daughter: At WalMart, in the discount bin. Some babe in a fur bikini.

Mom: One Million B.C. starring Rachel Welch. Would you want that?

Me: Oh yeah!

Daughter (to mom): Told you.

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The first batch of tamales is done.

Wow. These are good.

The other batch is in the steamer. It's a more traditional version. Update in an hour.

Update: The second batch is mucho tasty, but the one I tried fell apart. I'll have to try another one tomorrow after they 'set' to see if the sauce was too 'saucy'. I've had three now, and I'm too full to try another tonight.

Apparently I make big-assed tamales, because I doubled the Masa recipe called for and didn't get anywhere near double the number.

Success!

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Her husband says his wife told him she would not want to be kept alive artificially.
Her parents dispute that, without giving a single supporting shred of evidence.
The parents hope she might get better.
The parents and everyone else involved went doctor shopping until finding specialists who supported their position.
The judge who ruled on the case had weeks and months of testimony and all the facts of the case before making his ruling.
Congress and other judges waited until the last second to get involved. When Jeb Bush tried to step in long ago, he was slapped down pretty convincingly.
The blogosphere has rallied to her cause, and the total effect has been zilch. Zip. Nada. A good reminder of just how important we are in the universe.

The woman was stripped of her dignity long ago.
This isn't even about her any more.

I'm disgusted.

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Wife Liz had a rough day yesterday at work, so when she got home I sent her upstairs for a long hot bubblebath to unwind. When she was done, I'd fixed some dinner and we sat upstairs on the bed and ate and talked and watched a little TV. I fell asleep before 6:30pm and slept straight through until Liz's alarm went off this morning at 6am.

I could get used to that, if I weren't completely guilt-ridden over that fact that I wasted a friday night. Just not enough hours in a day, days in a week, life's too short and all that. I think I could happily amuse myself if I were immortal.

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1 After a week of nights of 3-5 hours sleep it was good to sleep 'til 10:30 this morning. Aaaah.

I was just looking at your randomly ordered Munu blogroll. Noticed two that I was unaware of. But, uh, someone's missing **ahem**.

Posted by: Tuning Spork at March 19, 2005 11:57 AM (DqnfR)

2 Huh? That's not randomly ordered, it's the order they became Munuvians. Who's missing? There are a few like Survivor that I didn't include, and a few down bottom under "lost and found" (for inactive blogs), but I don't know who I've forgotten.

Posted by: Ted at March 19, 2005 12:08 PM (ZjSa7)

3 I just realized something.

The "missing" blog was Blather Review. Then I noticed that Practical Penumbra was missing, too.

The page doesn't fit on my monitor and I didn't notice the scrollbar at the bottom. I thought your list began with Collinization. Oopsie.

I also have a chronological list. I know fer sure that the top of the list should read:

Ambient Irony (Obi Wan Pixy)
Practical Penumbra (Susie)
Stranger In A Strange Land (Formerly The Michigander) (Tim)
Blather Review (me)

Tim came to mu.nu about a week or two before I did. Then I list Collins, Jennifer, Victor, Cherry then you and Mookie.

The two I didn't recognize were Margi Lowry (I'll have to add it in) and Emigre With A Digital Cluebat (I have it listed as Delftsman).

Comparing our lists I've noticed that you're missing a couple. King Of The Blogs goes between Wolfgang von Skeptik and Emigre With a Cluebat, and I have S.A.P.S.A. followed by Miss Apropo between G'Day Mate and Little Miss Attila. (Miss Apropo should be included in the "Lost and Found" list. It would only be apropo.)

I see some minor differences between our two lists. I guess I could just double-check everyone's archives to make absolutley certain of their order of arrival like it's important or something. Heh.

Posted by: Tuning Spork at March 19, 2005 01:23 PM (DqnfR)

4 Hmm. Seems there's no such thing as margilowry.mu.nu and margilowry.com wont load for me. Wassupwitdat?

Posted by: Tuning Spork at March 19, 2005 02:01 PM (DqnfR)

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Rocket Jones has moved past the 100k visit mark this week, according to Site Meter.*

To each and every one of you, my sincere thanks.

I don't fret much over stats like that, but it gives me yet another chance to parade around in front of y'all, hollering "Look at me! Look at me!"

That is a good thing. My therapist says so.

*That number doesn't include the counts from the original Blogspot home of Rocket Jones, nor does it account for the fact that I didn't bother to put Site Meter on all my pages until last fall. So in reality, this happened some unknown time ago. Like I said, I don't fret over stats.

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