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Monthly Archives: October 2006

Net Crap (11/1)

31-Oct-06

This post contains entries automatically posted from my del.icio.us account on or around 11/1/06.

For the Linklog Followers …

31-Oct-06

A technical snafu has led to my linklog not being published since October 21. I just fixed it, but if you want to catch up, you can head on over to my del.icio.us account.
By the way, BoingBoing published a submission of mine today — although just something I saw, not something I wrote.

Cat v. Printer

29-Oct-06

ATTTTTTTTTTTTTACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!

Mel Brooks’ The Critic (1963)

26-Oct-06

Tribute: the Best Song in the World

26-Oct-06

I had never seen this before. It’s really quite one of the most awesome and funny songs and videos I have ever seen. I am inspired to air-guitar when he goes, “Nay — we are but men — ROCK!”, and the special effects are queued.

Trivia: the devil in this video [...]

Tim Curry’s 1980s Halloween Music Video

22-Oct-06

Hee hee hee. I remember this from my childhood, although I don’t know where — I really don’t think I ever saw “The Worst Witch,” which it appears to have come from. “Has anyone seen my tambourine / I may start playing ‘Begin the Beguine’”:

I agree with one of the YouTube commenters … [...]

Turkish Reworkings of American Faves

22-Oct-06

Turkish Star Trek:

(Although evidently this one’s supposed to be silly.)

An Aside

22-Oct-06

Looks like ‘Sawyer’ from “Lost” was a vamp in the pilot episode of “Angel.”

Deeply Ironic Bush 2000 Campaign Ad

22-Oct-06

A hilarious campaign ad from Bush in 2000 — don’t elect Gore, he’ll threaten America’s prosperity by making big government spend the surplus and put us into debt!

And a surprise after the jump …

LaSalle Bank’s Orwellian Marketspeak

22-Oct-06

I absolutely love this bit of marketing doubletalk. (It’s too bad dripping sarcasm doesn’t always translate well into print.) It’s really quite priceless:
To accommodate the growing needs of our customers at the LaSalle Bank Wacker/Lake branch, we have decided to consolidate with our Wacker/Monroe branch, which offers you more services as well as [...]

Net Crap (10/21)

21-Oct-06

This post contains entries automatically posted from my del.icio.us account on or around 10/21/06.

Net Crap (10/20)

20-Oct-06

This post contains entries automatically posted from my del.icio.us account on or around 10/20/06.

Net Crap (10/19)

19-Oct-06

This post contains entries automatically posted from my del.icio.us account on or around 10/19/06.

Slowing Down Entropy

18-Oct-06

I recently wrote the following on Ask MeFi, in response to this. It’s not incredibly profound, but it’s one of those times where I wrote something and then realized it really expressed something I just live by, so here’s some of what I said:
“Nothing gold can stay,” as Frost put it. But just because [...]

Beautiful ‘Maakies’ Comic

18-Oct-06

A very beautiful Maakies comic.