this has been circulating for a couple days

On July 4, 2003, in memes, by keifel

Browse to google and type “weapons of mass destruction” (WITHOUT the quotation marks). Do NOT click Google Search. Instead, click “I’m Feeling Lucky.”  this error message will appear. Read it.

too much time on one’s hands.
back to the movie, actually, time to pack up and head home.

 

cool toys

On July 4, 2003, in techology, by keifel

a friend of mine, sent me this very cool toy/link, it’s called

audioscrobbler:

“In a nutshell,  Audioscrobbler endeavours to be your personal music advisor. It grows to know  what music you like by monitoring what songs you play on your computer. From  this information you can discover other users that share some or all of your  taste in music. You can also view data showing what your most-played artists  are, and find out who likes a particular artist the most.   Audioscrobbler makes it easy to find people with similar musical tastes, and allows you to browse their profiles. Automatic suggestion generation is currently under development.”

i’ve signed up and i’m going to post my stats page in the links section here.

and that’s about it. hollywood homicide is boring me a bit, so i’m getting sidetracked.

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one more thing

On July 4, 2003, in entertainment, by keifel

got this from my friend franka

[ a litte background info, david coleman is a famed english sports commentator]

here are some of his greatest moments:



  1. That’s the fastest time ever run – but it’s not as fast as the world  

    record.



  2. Don’t tell those coming in the final result of that fantastic match, but

    let’s just have another look at Italy’s winning goal.



  3. For those of you watching who do not have television sets, live commentary

    is on Radio 2.



  4. This is a truly international field, no Britons involved.



  5. Both of the Villa scorers – Withe and Mortimer – were born in Liverpool as

    was the Villa manager Ron Saunders who was born in Birkenhead.



  6. He’s 31 this year – last year he was 30.



  7. He won the bronze medal in the 1976 Olympics so he’s used to being out  

    in front.



  8. We estimate, and this isn’t an estimation, that Greta Waltz is 80 seconds

    behind.



  9. Linford Christie’s got a habit of pulling it out when it matters most.



  10. The late start is due to the time.



  11. He’s got his hands on his knees and holds his head in despair.



  12. He’s even smaller in real life than he is on the track.



  13. This could be a repeat of what will happen in the European games next

    week.



  14. It’s a battle with himself and with the ticking fingers of the clock.



  15. Here are some names to look forward to – perhaps in the future.



  16. In the Moscow Olympics Lasse Viren came in fifth and ran a champions race.



  17. He just can’t believe what’s not happening to him.



  18. One of the great unknown champions because very little is known about him.



  19. There’ll be only one winner now – in every sense.



  20. He is accelerating all the time. The last lap was run in 64 seconds and

    the one before that in 62.



  21. The big Cuban opened his legs and showed his class.



  22. (At the velodrome) The front wheel crosses the fininsh line, closely

    followed by the back wheel.

the rest of these gems can be found here

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an afternoon at the movies

On July 4, 2003, in links, by keifel

the timer works perfectly, i reworked some of the page colours, i’m feeling pretty good about myself. [edit: so i have a stack of dvds that i borrowed. i seemed to have consumed all the indy flicks that are worth seeing that they have, so i`ve borrowed commercial drek]

it being july 4, it’s seems to be a slow news day in the us, so…

did ufo’s originate in ancient india?

Miracles You Will See In The Next 50 Years (From Popular Mechanics, February 1950, Page 112.) [guess we missed the boat somewhere]

are you an irritating colleague

my result:

You are the perfect, dream colleague. Your sunny disposition is cheering and you ALWAYS make the tea. Please feel free to drop down Guardian Unlimited’s chimney once the wind changes.

and your early moment of zen

 

good morning & happy 4th

On July 4, 2003, in memes, by keifel

not much to tell this morning, it’s just as good a day as any this week. vic is here in two weeks. i still haven’t figured how to get the clock to sit where i want it to, but i will, fear not.

before i head off work here is your friday five:

1. What were your favorite childhood stories?
that’s a toss up between the enid blyton fantasy books and the hardy boys

2. What books from your childhood would you like to share with [your] children?
chronicles of narnia (i already did.)

3. Have you re-read any of those childhood stories and been surprised by anything?
how covertly racist enid blyton was

4. How old were you when you first learned to read?
about 18 months i think (i used to consume my books, literally, read it, then eat it.)

5. Do you remember the first ‘grown-up’ book you read?  How old were you?
not really sure, i would read anything i could get my hands on. age appropriate material was never high on my list of priorities.

i’m off to work. i’ll post later have a great day.

 

es fini

On July 3, 2003, in links, memes, by keifel

i’ve finally finished hp and the order of the pheonix and as with most books i really like, i’m distraught. i’m debating whether the children will we be up to this. it’s not earth shattering literature but i think there are going to be a lot of tears shed by the end.

vic has been anxious for me to finish so we can chat about it. and now i’m just as anxious to talk to her about it. she’s gone for dinner and drinks with the drag queens so i have to sit tight til she returns, which translates into surfing and blogging.

although i did promise to post all day and didn’t. i was caught up in the book. even it’s digital format, i couldn’t walk away. i can’t wait for my print copy to arrive so i can start over.

and now some links:

today’s pride link

i can’t believe i’ve never linked to modernhumourist. it is one of the funniest places online.

and off acquired taste’s journal, i got

Wednesday What-Ifs(i know it’s thursday, but i’m only a day late)

1. What if you had to choose a single color to remain on Earth?

tan

2. What if you had to choose one song to remain on Earth?

”moonlight” sonata

3. What if you had to choose a single book to remain on Earth?

oh dear, i don’t think that’s possible… it would have to be an anthology of some sort, but… no, i’d give up everything else to keep the books.

4. What if you had to choose one electronic device to remain on Earth (cars & planes included)?

30Gb iPod

5. What if you had to choose a single season to remain on Earth?

spring

the thursday thumb twiddler(it’s on time):

1.  If you knew you could double your money, easily and certainly, in two years, by investing in a company whose activities you seriously disapprove of, would you do it?

no.

2.  Should the goal of the penal system be to remove criminals from public, deterring crime by punishment, or rehabilitating wrongdoers?

all of the above

3.  You’ve been given the responsibility of packing away any three items in a time capsule to be opened up in 400 years.  What would you put in there to give folks an idea of what life is like in 2003?

mp3 player (with a variety of music), a site dump of a blog (js, has so many interesting personalities) and (this is a cheat) the front page of every single newspaper on the planet for one day.

and finally your moment of zen (vic you’ll love this)

 

sort of pointless trek

On July 3, 2003, in love, lust, longing, memes, by keifel

so the hair lady is sick, so i have to endure the ‘fro-ras til next tuesday. and i’m lounging in my new chair in the office, with fuck all to do. so you know i’ll be blogging all day.
it’s kind of hard (no pun intended) being aroused without an outlet all the time. most times the slightest memory will provoke a reaction, gratefully, i can slide my chair under my desk and most of shirts/tshirts and fairly big and can hide any protrusions.

the other thing that’s going to happen today is there’s going to be a lot of quizzes and questionnaires so let’s get started with this gem, that’s two days late, that i got from girlunderway who in turn got it from this-or-that:

1. Lemonade or Ice Cold Beer?
hmmm, decisions, decisions. ice cold beer 

2. Swimming pool or beach?  
beach. late afternoon, especially

3. Long weekends here & there, or a 2-week vacation?
long weekends, they are going to become invaluable to vic and i

4. Destination: Acapulco or Hawaii?
hawaii

5. Destination: Mountains or Beach?
beach. love the beach

6. Hotel/motel/B&B or camping?
b&b, but hotel for the kind of privacy we need.

7. Carefully planned vacation, or play it by ear?
plan the getting there, but everything else is on the hoof.

8. Sneakers or sandals?
sandals, or better yet, barefoot. if i could i would be barefoot all the time

9. Air-conditioning or fans?
fans are more interesting.

10. Concerts in the park or baseball games?
concerts. live music is great.

well i’ll be back in a bit, going to follow some links and do some reading. caio

 

as the days go by

On July 3, 2003, in love, lust, longing, by keifel

the are 15 days til vicotria gets here. two weeks and a day. as of 7am today, 372.5 hours til she touches down in trinidad. i’m excited, can you tell. my thoughts are filled with her. waking and sleeping. i’m ditching work to get my hair neatened. yes, having dreads is not just about letting your hair knot up, it requires some degree of maintenance. i’ve been trying to get to do this for a while and i either haven’t had the time or the money, or a combination of the two. it’s going to take about 4 hours to get done, so i’m not going to get into work before midday, although there is not much for me to do anyway.
time for me to get going, i’ve got no cash and i’m bumming a ride into pos, least i could do is be ready.

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grateful that this day is over

On July 2, 2003, in links, by keifel

today was a very long day. i’ve realised that meetings are not my cup of tea. i had a long ass production meeting, then more meetings with my boss on and off all day. i think she’s serious about making me more responsible for the stuff that goes on at the agency. i’ve said this before i don’t think i’m cut for management. but for the next 4 days, i’m in charge. i’m not sure how i feel about it.

moving on to more fun pursuits…

long live the bbc. (an impressive tale about and an impressive news service)

an excerpt from nerve’s em & lo’s – the big bang (nerve’s guide to the new sexual universe) [i’m not sure does this count as the pride link?]

and finally your moment of zen

going to fight up with my digitised hp. i’ll be back later.

 

can i manage?

On July 2, 2003, in links, love, lust, longing, by keifel

there are 16 more days til vic gets here. the dreams are getting more and more intense, i’m sitting here almost basking in the afterglow. cold showers don’t help, i like water. water of any temperature makes my whole body feels… electric… i’d rather stay home and cavort naked but today is the last day my boss is going to be in the office for the week. she’s off on another junket with a client til next wednesday. and i’m in charge, so it’s a day of hand over notes and organisation for stuff in her abscence. tentatively i want to get my hair neated today, there’s something soothing about someone’s hands in your hair.

mine and all the other virgos, breszney for this week:
A fundamentalist is anyone who thinks his belief system trumps all others. Religious fanatics are the most obvious example, but scientists can be fundamentalists. So can socialists or capitalists, environmentalists or atheists. Every fundamentalist divides the world into two camps, those who agree with him and those who don’t. To him, there is one right way and a million wrong ways to interpret reality. Now here’s the uncomfortable news: Every one of us has the fundamentalist virus. It may not be as virulent in you and me as it is in the bad guys we love to hate. But we’re all infected. Luckily, Virgo, you’re in an astrological phase when you can achieve a partial cure. To begin, take everything less seriously and less personally and less literally.

and scorpio:
You’re like an arrow in flight, Scorpio. You’re a half-cooked feast, the fifth month of pregnancy, the week before a big election. When I turned my psychic vision towards you just now, I saw an image of a worker bee freshly returned to the hive to perform the dance that will tell its companions where to find a patch of blooming snapdragons. Have you ever mastered a second language? Where you are at this moment resembles the time right before you attain fluency.

not sure what it all means.

mefi is back up, so here’s all the news (that i find) fit to blog:

the database of unknown movies

rocklist – a collection of  end of year music polls from a variety of sources (quite interesting to say the least)

and this wonderful tidbit that is definitely not going to make mainstream news in the US, not even the alternative news sources seem to be touching it.

us uses aid threat to block icc (i’m including the first couple of paragraphs for those of you who wont click):

The US yesterday threatened to stop aid to countries which refuse to exempt American soldiers from prosecution by the new international criminal court (ICC).

The threat includes close allies such as Colombia, where a US delegation is trying to cajole President Alvaro Uribe to issue a waiver.  

Colombia, which signed the the 1998 Rome Treaty establishing the ICC, could lose nearly $1bn (£600m) a year for its battle against guerrillas and drug warlords. It is the third biggest recipient of US military aid, after Israel and Egypt. Similar threats have been issued to eastern European countries.  

Under a US law passed last year, military aid will be cut off from any state which failed to exempt American soldiers from ICC prosecution by yesterday. The White House opposes the new UN institution because it could try US personnel.

i’ll leave you to mull on that for a while, i need to get ready and get to work, particularly if i want to leave early today.

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