the (brand new!) Blogger sticker
the (brand new!) Blogger sticker
and they walked on down the hall
Al Gore and the Internet: "...Gore meaning, obvious to anyone who knew the record, was that he did the political work and articulated the public vision that made the Internet possible. No reasonable person could conclude that Gore was claiming to have invented the Internet in any technical sense." [via rc3] And here's an article in Salon on the subject.
Fairvue Central >> We Didn't Start the Weblogs:
We didn't start the weblogs
No, we didn't incite 'em
But we're trying to write 'em
michael moore: "One month from today, I am hoping against hope that the Non-Voting Majority in this country will decide that they've had enough of the b.s. and go behind that curtain for just a few minutes and rock the nation. It is the only day every four years when the average schlump has more power in his or her hands than all of media, all the oil companies, all of Congress combined. With the flick of a switch or the stroke of a pencil, we outnumber the bastards by 99 to 1 on that single solitary day in November. Nothing, literally nothing, is stopping us -- other than ourselves and our belief that it can't happen."
megnut pic. "gourds" is such an ugly word. And they aren't really that bad...especially in a colorful bunch like this. ;)
For Sale $75 Both
in my backyard
song of the day: midnight train to georgia by Gladys Knight and the Pips.
my drinking game didn't work out too well. I was working as I listened to the debates, so I couldn't play. And I forgot to add the 4 drink "bush slams self for mispronouncing". There is some good discussion at metafilter about the debate. as usual.
With these robot candidates, it should be easy to come up with a debate drinking game. (It might be the only way to make the debate interesting.)
- "prescription drugs" - 1 drink
- "social security" - 1 drink
- "mandatory" - 1 drink
- "no child behind" - 1 drink
- "lock box" - 1 drink
- "promise kept" - 1 drink
- "tax cut" - 1 drink
- "dignity" - 1 drink
- "campaign finance reform" - 1 drink
- "racial profiling" - 1 drink
- sighing and/or whining - 1 drink
- gore exaggerates - 2 drinks
- bush mispronounces - 2 drinks
- bush slams gore for exaggerating - 3 drinks
- gore slams bush for mispronouncing - 3 drinks
- gore kisses someone - 1 drink
- bush smirks - 1 drink