2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018
Whole year | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December

February 02, 2004

Janet Jackson's Boob
Things People Said. Sometimes ordinary people can be drop dead funny. I personally like the tourist ones.
Hay Ya!
"By now you must have heard of dipping plush bears in a vat of hot scented wax, but if you haven't, you are in for a real treat and a great fund raising idea!"
As with most things, it started out on the web but Mingering Mike has attracted the attention of the masses. Now that the spotlight is on, can he keep in Pynchon-mode? Can anybody direct me to a recording of this guy live?
Groundhog Day Today is Groundhog Day in the U.S. In honor of my favorite day of the entire year, here are some fun links: Groundhog Day songs Groundhog Day birthdays Groundhog Day the movie Groundhog day blog
Canadian Army needs French translators in Afghanistan Got French? It seems Quebec is well represented in the Canadian armed forces over in Afghanistan, but Afghan interpreters who know French are in very short supply. Questions that arise to me: a) Aren't most Canadians bilingual? (This may be a naive question I know--I just thought they were more multilingual then we neigbours to the South) b) Will French-speaking people be irked that there's a surplus of English-speaking translators, but few French ones. C) Would you be willing to work as an interpreter in a combat zone for $12/hour? Discuss. (-:
Ever wished you had a second brain? You do.
Ever wanted to play with that skeleton in your doctors office? Thanks to the good folks at Vector Lounge you can.
The Lord of the Rings as written by Click and Clack, Damon Runyon, Johnny Cash and more.
Robots of the Victorian Era And, since you ask, of course I have never heard of steampunk.
The Velvet Elvis Store-- Create Your Own Velvet Portrait of The Big Guy, Yourself, or Your (Astonished & Frightened) Pals... more inside
Pressure builds for Bush decision on Iraq WMD probe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House and key congressional leaders on Sunday negotiated details of an independent commission to investigate intelligence failures before the Iraq war and a senior Democrat said the probe should include whether decision-makers misused information. Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when we practice to deceive.
The MiniBosses. They play only music from classic Nintendo Entertainment System videogames. And they are rock stars. (via The World of Stuart Forum) more inside