HBO.com recently had a Sopranos look-alike contest. The winners have been posted, and the look-alikes include Tony, Carmela, Uncle Junior, Christopher and Janice. I think the Uncle Junior look-alike is the best.

Those wacky Romanians are at it again.

Filmwise has this week's Invisibles quiz up: #21 Fun With Wheelchairs. I could only get 4 of the 8, and had no idea what the others could be. I guess you couldn't call me a Wheelchair Movie Officianado then, huh?

beansie time warp cam


Me, at about age 6 or 7, not sure. Get a load of that potatohead. I'm surprised my little neck could hold it up.

"Cat survives 10-minute laundry spin". God, and here I felt bad for stepping on MacGuyver's toes yesterday. Little does he know how bad it could have been!

In case you were wondering where I was yesterday...I did go out on Saturday night and yes, it did kill me.

Good morning.

The Xcursion guys have posted their weekly review. It's a thoughtful one, and I enjoyed reading it.

Oh, I feel old tonight.

Don't get me wrong. I know that, in the greater scheme of things, I am not old. This is just one of those times when circumstance revealed my true age to me. I chose not to go out tonight, to stay home and relax and watch, you guessed it, TV. Not so unusual for me, no. But I didn't just watch any old TV - I watched A&E's Live by Request with The Bee Gees. Two whole hours and I sang along with every song. The camera panned the crowd, and as I jokingly noted all the "old" white people gettin' down to "Jive Talkin' ", I realized they were me. Or I was them. However you say it, the point was driven home to me when I got up off my lazy butt during a commercial break and my leg almost went out from under me as my hip gave way.

Come hell or high water, as God is my witness, I shall hit the town tomorrow night if it kills me.

Hey, we're back!! For some reason the SNET server was unavailable for most of the day, today. Hmmph.

Of course, now that we're back I find that I don't have anything all that magnificent to say. How about a link for now? Red has updated GeekSpeak with Empedocles commentary from me and Colleen. Run, don't walk!

Well, Whadya Know

Why do we joke about fools believing the moon is made from
green cheese?

It's not just green cheese by default. Did you ever stop
to think, just what is "green cheese," after all? There's no
such thing, right? Literally, that's true. The "green" in
this old proverb refers to the quality of "newness."
Specifically it described a hunk of cheese that had not yet
aged, the appearance of which reminded people of what the
moon looked like from afar. But only a fool thought it was
really made from it.

[source: Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins by William and
Mary Morris]

Why do they call that radioactive stuff "uranium?"

Uranium was discovered in 1789 by Martin Klaproth, a
German chemist, who named it after the planet Uranus.
Sir William Herschel discovered
and named Uranus a few years previously.

In fact, 150 years ago people were already practicing
radioactive medicine, treating everything from birthmarks to
ringworm with uranium. No wonder they're all dead! (hehe)

[source: The Secret Lives of Words by Paul West]

Gosh I am bored this afternoon. Compounding matters is the fact that it is a beautiful spring day today, and I can think of about 17 different things I would rather be doing right now than sitting at this desk. Alas, one has to make a living, such as it is. So, instead of playing hooky, I put together a page of pictures of a wine tasting thing I went to last night and posted it for the people in my office to see. Please excuse the sorry state of the site - it was one of my first efforts and it shows! One of these days I have to pretty it up a bit, as well as update those dead links. Of course, if I was actually paid to do that kind of work and if anyone in this place actually used the site, it would already be done. ;)

So, let me see if I got this right... because God disapproves of homosexuality, He has stricken cows with foot and mouth disease.

Makes perfect sense to me.

The ex post facto page has been updated to include my thoughts on the latest X-Files episode, "Empedocles".

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me, about 35 years ago

Cute Animal Picture of the Day!

Here's a giggle for ya:

Grimacing Congressman Quickly Drafts Legislation For Charley-Horse Research

WASHINGTON, DC-- Grimacing in considerable pain Monday, Rep. William Delahunt (D-MA) quickly drafted and introduced the 2001 Charley Horse Research Appropriations Act, which would allocate $100 million for "immediate research" to find a charley-horse cure. "Charley horses are a serious--oh, Jesus--medical condition that afflicts millions of Americans every day," Delahunt told House colleagues. "And so let us--Christ, this kills--pass this bill as soon as possible." When informed that the earliest the bill could be passed and signed into law is next Monday, Delahunt moaned and pounded the podium.

[source: The Onion]

On a related note, read about a man with "ominous bulges" in his pants.

Desperate times call for desperate measures, I suppose.

I've added a link to The Hunger Site on the right side of this page. Please take the time to stop by their site and help the hungry by simply clicking your mouse. Do this once a day and you're making a difference. How much easier could it be? The Hunger Site now also has companion sites that are linked to from its homepage:

The Landmine Site
The Rainforest Site
The Kids AIDS Site
The Child Survival Site
The Breast Cancer Site

Take a look at them, if you feel so inclined - you may find there is a need that you can fill.

Okay, enough campaigning. Thanks!

The internet is being used as a sex aid by women, reports a website survey. This is according to an online survey by allabouteve.com, which also reports that 53% of the women who responded "like to go online to giggle at what they find." Can you blame them?