The cable's out at the hotel, so somebody better liveblog the AI results show!

Elliott and Taylor RULE! </fangirl>

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1 Oh, I didn't liveblog... I was sad to see Elliott go. Did you hear about the split of the votes? Neck and neck and neck....

Posted by: Marie at May 18, 2006 05:41 AM (TpiPX)

2 no cable in the hotel? that is cruel and inhumane treatment, hopefully it gets fixed fast

Posted by: jack steel at May 18, 2006 05:57 AM (w26Tt)

3 Yikes! I have been boycotting for awhile.

Posted by: oddybobo at May 19, 2006 07:16 AM (6Gm0j)

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I am finally here, ensconced in my lovely hotel room on the UM campus in Ann Arbor, MI.  I'm here for a conference until Friday.

So far so good.  First of all, let me say I "heart" Frontier Airlines.  Cheap, punctual, new planes, and TV.  Oh, and free headphones (with a standard jack).  You gotta love it.  And every plane has a name and a mascot (the animal painted on the tail).  Which is awesome.  The little girl 3 rows ahead kept telling her mom, "The plane's name is Trixie!" over and over between Denver and Detroit.    Trixie, BTW, is a Red Fox.

And they fed us Donuts and Sun Chips.  Excellent.

The hotel I'm staying in is actually the top floor of the building on campus where the conference is being held.  Free wireless (thanks U of M network) and hot beverages whenever I like (coffee, tea, cider, cocoa, etc.), and the conference folks are doing a tolerable job of feeding us.  Just hors d'oeuvres this evening, but it was fruit and veggies and a cheese tray, so I pigged out on healthy stuff!

Those of you in "flyover territory,"  I was thinking of you as I was flying over!  Especially this guy, as the map said I went right over his neck of the woods

I'm planning on seeing these folks while I'm in town, so hopefully that will work out, unlike the last time I went to a conference and got food poisoning so I didn't get to meet up with Rob.

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1 Have a good time over there in Michigan!

Posted by: Paul Burgess at May 17, 2006 11:34 PM (7EVyU)

2 How fun! Say HOWDY to the Esmays for me? Since their little one and my Peanut share the same birthday, I feel a kinship, there. xoxo

Posted by: Margi at May 18, 2006 08:58 AM (BRtaN)

3 Hey! You stopped in Denver!? CTG greatness was here?! Well, at the airport? ;-)

Posted by: Princess Jami at May 18, 2006 10:51 AM (0gPLe)

4 Donuts?!?! Where do I sign up?

Posted by: Paladin at May 19, 2006 09:25 AM (p2bsv)

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Turns out Dolphins may really be that smart after all......

Dolphins create a signature whistle for themselves that researchers believe is comparable to a human name, suggests a new study.

The study, published in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, focused on bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus. But the researchers believe other dolphin species, including the common dolphin and the Pacific white-sided dolphin, also possess the signature whistles.

Dolphins now join spectacled parrotlets as the only animals other than humans known to name themselves, though researchers think there may be others.

Read the entire article!

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1 That's so cool!

Posted by: Richmond at May 11, 2006 10:01 AM (e8QFP)

2 How do I say Flipper?

Posted by: Bill at May 11, 2006 08:14 PM (I1pLU)

3 Kewl man...and Flipper's Stoner Name is "The Pi$$ed Stoner"

Posted by: Rave at May 13, 2006 04:36 AM (Fir0Z)

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Visitor #100,000 arrived at 2:45 this afternoon!

Mr/Ms 100k dropped in from Ingleside, IL by clicking directly on the main index page, and clicked out to see Bou

The rest of the particulars are below the fold. If this is you, stand up and be counted for some linky love! more...

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1 100,000??? Congrats!

Posted by: vw bug at May 09, 2006 04:33 PM (cbxoN)

2 congratulations! That's awesome!

Posted by: wRitErsbLock at May 09, 2006 05:16 PM (0Pi1o)

3 Congrats on 100K. Mr./Ms. 100K has excellent taste, clicking onto your site and clicking out to Bou. Good taste, indeed.

Posted by: Jim - PRS at May 09, 2006 05:53 PM (njBz/)

4 This might have been me, although I live in Antioch (not Ingleside).

Posted by: George at May 10, 2006 04:02 AM (ktKhc)

5 Oh wow! Congratulations!!

Posted by: Richmond at May 10, 2006 09:27 AM (e8QFP)

6 I can honestly say it wasn't me. I don't live anywhere near Ingleside.

Posted by: Contagion at May 10, 2006 03:48 PM (e8b4J)

7 I'm coming up either tomorrow on Friday on 100K for this site. We're neck and neck! I hope it doesn't happen when I'm out of town so I don't miss it.

Posted by: Bou at May 10, 2006 06:12 PM (iHxT3)

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