Tomorrow, I'll be filling in for my brother in law (get well soon, John) at The Tobacco Leaf in Crestline. I'll be joined by my "niece", Molly the Cigar Store Dog. Drop by, enjoy a fine ceegar, and watch some football. Or just drop by if you're not a smoker.
Michael Hanscom, the guy M$ fired over something in his blog, kinda sums up his interesting week. Good luck with the job hunt!
Sugarmama beat me to the punch, but I'm hosting the next Birmingham webloggers meetup which is scheduled for November 19th. The venue we're pushing for is Garage Cafe - if you've never been there, it's a one of a kind place, and they have beer (yay beer!). They don't take plastic, so you need cash for your beers. Meetup can be kind of confusing, just know that you DON'T have to pay to sign up and attend the meeting, the pay is for some kinda "premium" membership. See y'all there!
Microsoft Fires Mac Fan For Blog Photo. Well, if you read the comments, most people agree that they were probably right to do so. But it does raise some questions. How did they know this guy even had a blog, much less what he posted? And WTF is a full-time temp?
Outside the Beltway has done all the legwork and compiled a list of (his words) Blog Chicks Pix. It's a great way to check out some new blogs, and to see the faces behind the words. (stolen from Sugarmama)
Lots of scary animals in the news this Halloween week - snakes and more snakes and emus and gators and crocodiles and scorpions. Oh my! Oh yeah, and one flying corpse.
This looks interesting...hopefully I'll remember to watch it tonight. But the real must-see TV is tomorrow night! Pick your favorite Jack Bauer cliche' below:
"I don't have much time!"
"You've got to trust me!"
"I don't have time to explain!"
"Let's go!"
"I don't have much time!"
"You've got to trust me!"
"I don't have time to explain!"
"Let's go!"
Texans, trucks, and a Trans Am make a deadly combo for a 26 year old father of six(!). Check the last paragraph for some fine Texas editin' skills, at least till they fix it. (stolen from knobby)
Evan Williams, the founder of Blogger (they named a whiskey after him!), gets interviewed at cnet.com. Man, first I used GeoCities and now I'm using Blogger...I'm so uncool!
In the news:
Is it worth $10 million to admit you let a drunk old lady beat you up? Couldn't you run to your boyfriend's house or something?
Goodbye Rerun, thanks for the laughs.
Niagara man says he was depressed. Better than admitting you're nuts I guess.
Is it worth $10 million to admit you let a drunk old lady beat you up? Couldn't you run to your boyfriend's house or something?
Goodbye Rerun, thanks for the laughs.
Niagara man says he was depressed. Better than admitting you're nuts I guess.
I am a MAN seeking a WOMAN between the age of 27 and 43 in CLEVELAND who has a GUINEA PIG. Must have picture of GUINEA PIG. Okee dokee then, we have a site for you.
Finally, a quiz that got the real me.
Which Survivor of the Impending Nuclear Apocalypse Are You?
A Rum and Monkey joint.
People who need to shut up:
Alanis Morissette, the "grunge Anne Murray", thinks we need to fire one of our Deputy Secretaries of the Interior. Hey, aren't you Canadian? Butt out, eh?
Plastic surgery poster chick Pam Anderson (another Canadian!) wants us to boycott KFC cause they're mean to their chickens. I have created a brief response to Miss Anderson's statement and posted it here.
Alanis Morissette, the "grunge Anne Murray", thinks we need to fire one of our Deputy Secretaries of the Interior. Hey, aren't you Canadian? Butt out, eh?
Plastic surgery poster chick Pam Anderson (another Canadian!) wants us to boycott KFC cause they're mean to their chickens. I have created a brief response to Miss Anderson's statement and posted it here.
The top two reasons to miss Columbus. Notice the sky? It was a gorgeous day yesterday, pretty much perfect. And as a bonus, I got to see how bricks are made! The sandwiches at Fat Freddie's were as good as I remembered, and Sweetbriar got a major makeover a couple of years ago, so I got to hang out in a big comfy leather chair while I visited with the guys and smoked a big fat La Gloria Cubana.
Friday Headlines:
Don't move this old lady's cheese .
There's been an outbreak of nekkidness in Cyprus. Hopefully it's contagious.
The beloved Red Sox finally fall to the evil Yanks. Wait till next year!
Don't move this old lady's cheese .
There's been an outbreak of nekkidness in Cyprus. Hopefully it's contagious.
The beloved Red Sox finally fall to the evil Yanks. Wait till next year!
No update today, I have much to do (blogwise and non-blogwise). Occupy yourself with some Sugarmama or a random blog till my return.
I get to spend tonight in Phenix City, Alabama, a town with a checkered past. It was kind of the Las Vegas of the South back in the 50's but it cleaned up nicely. I used to live across the river in Columbus, so I'll get to visit some of the old haunts (and have a cigar at Sweetbriar).
"Monkey's brain signals control 'third arm". OK am I the only one who finds this headline funny? Let the man-bashing begin! Another headline for the same story is "Monkeys Taught Mind Control".
Shop nekkid, get free clothes. Why didn't I think of that? Sales of the video would more than cover the cost of the clothes.
Well I've finally added comments (using Haloscan for now) and finished up a few more buttons, including one for my fellow Alabama Bloggers. I think I'll celebrate with a cigar on the veranda, y'all.
Rush comes clean, checks into rehab. The amazing part of this story is that he was able to keep it a secret for as long as he did. Think he'll dodge a bullet, or is he outta here? Time will tell...
Newsforge has an article about their readers' top 10 desktop Linux apps. Here's my top 7. I still straddle the fence between XP and Linux, but there are certain things (like graphics) that I only do on Linux now. On with the list:
1) Mozilla Firebird - shocker, huh? My favorite browser in any OS
2) The GIMP - excellent graphics program, the source of all those cute little buttons over there
3) nmap - all-purpose network scanner and security tool
4) Emacs (NOT XEmacs!) - text-based programming tool extraordinaire. The color coding is helpful when working with HTML or PHP.
5) Yahoo Messenger (for Linux) - no chat rooms, no cams, just good old instant messaging.
6) gFTP - nice GUI for FTPing files back and forth around the 'net
7) XMMS - media player for Linux
The best part is that all of the above is 100% FREE! And they're all as good or better than their Windows counterparts.
1) Mozilla Firebird - shocker, huh? My favorite browser in any OS
2) The GIMP - excellent graphics program, the source of all those cute little buttons over there
3) nmap - all-purpose network scanner and security tool
4) Emacs (NOT XEmacs!) - text-based programming tool extraordinaire. The color coding is helpful when working with HTML or PHP.
5) Yahoo Messenger (for Linux) - no chat rooms, no cams, just good old instant messaging.
6) gFTP - nice GUI for FTPing files back and forth around the 'net
7) XMMS - media player for Linux
The best part is that all of the above is 100% FREE! And they're all as good or better than their Windows counterparts.
Gee, maybe we aren't supposed to hang out with big, hairy carnivores. What do you think, Roy? Antoine, how about you?
There will be no Half Life 2 for Christmas - it was kinda questionable if it was gonna be ready anyway, but the source code fiasco sealed the deal.
Al.com, your source for "Everything Alabama", has a compiled and posted a listing of Alabama Bloggers. Pretty darn progressive for a stuffy old newspaper site. I'm in the "Somewhere in Alabama" section, not to be confused with Crazy in Alabama.
Going down to the Loveliest Village on the Plains today with 86,000 of my closest friends to watch the Tigers play Tennessee. Look for me on ESPN tonight! WAR EAGLE!
You can finally buy draft beer in my old hometown. And, no, that's not a typo, Montgomery spent $26 million on a stadium for a baseball team named the Biscuits.
UPDATE: They're blaming it on Internet Explorer. You're using Firebird, right?
On the publisher's page, I mention how The Bard's Tale was one of the first computer games I ever played. Now they're doing an updated version. It won't be out for a while, but in the meantime you can have a lot of fun poking your mouse around the characters on the main page (you'll want sound). Bring a lawyer if you plan on goosing the barmaid.
Pics from Orlando...the ones of me and the cannoli were taken by her date so quit lookin at me like that! They were taken at the Scottish Corner down in Kissimmee:
me and her
her and me
me and the nice lady from Glasgow who owns the bar
Sorry I don't have a cool Javascript window opening thingy - you'll just have to deal.
me and her
her and me
me and the nice lady from Glasgow who owns the bar
Sorry I don't have a cool Javascript window opening thingy - you'll just have to deal.
Poor Rush...now all he has left is his quarter of a BILLION dollar radio contract. Basically, the guy is a professional loudmouth, just like Al Sharpton or Al Franken or Sean Hannity - they make money when they get a reaction, and they always have people gunning for them. I don't like the guy, he's kinda boring, but I admire the fact that he's able to say what he thinks. Rush was in a no-win situation, if he had left out the black part and just said McNabb was overrated, he'd still be racist for daring to voice his opinion about a quarterback who was black. We've reached a point where you're only entitled to your opinion if there's not someone out there willing to shout you down if you dare voice it. Is that American?
