You Are Bert

Extremely serious and a little eccentric, people find you loveable - even if you don't love them! You are usually feeling: Logical - you rarely let your emotions rule you You are famous for: Being smart, a total neat freak, and maybe just a little evil How you life your life: With passion, even if your odd passions (like bottle caps and pigeons) are baffling to others

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I love my blog child, but sometimes he just makes me scratch my head.

For what it's worth, Paul, I'd say it's a Phillip's™ Screwdriver.

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Hurry up, dammit!

Update: Thanks, Deb!

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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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I'm jealous!

Have a wonderful time, y'all!

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1 Sincerely wish YOU were HERE! ; )

Posted by: Christina at April 28, 2006 11:42 AM (zJsUT)

2 Oh, what I'd give.... but you know that already....

Posted by: Richmond at April 28, 2006 06:35 PM (e8QFP)

3 Huh?

Posted by: KG at April 29, 2006 07:57 PM (hyH5v)

4 Oh I wish you were there too!

Posted by: Oddybobo at May 01, 2006 05:44 AM (6Gm0j)

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It would be the first "full-service conservative Internet broadcast network": Hot Air!

Drop on by to see what the buzz is all about.

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Of course, as is usual, I have lots to talk about but no damn time.

Watch this space for my thoughts on body image, insomnia, and maybe immigration (if I feel like raising my blood pressure...)

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Of course it only took about 30 blogposts all over the b'sphere, a couple of mentions by the big dogs and (what probably did it) a threatened lawsuit.

Dell was wrong.  But they evidently made it good when Dana backed them into a corner.  Between my own Dell horror story, and this one, don't ever by a freaking Dell.  I won't do it again.

Congratulations, sister.  You beat them down.  And double-check the length of the warranty.  If it's a completely new box you should have a new warranty...

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To Velocidude!

Feel better soon, my friend!

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Evidently Miller's Time is just a metaphor for time on your hands.....

From Miller's Time, a Bear Flag League roundup....

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Scroll down a bit.
Look on the left sidebar.
Click the Black and Red flag. Especially if you're a South Park fan or an anti-Tomkat apostle.

Xenu is your friend....

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One year ago today I hung up the Blogger training wheels and jumped full time to the MuNuvian intergalactic star cruiser.

In honor of that, a new look around here.

Between the blogrolls, buttons and pics, it was just getting too damn long to scroll down, so now we have 3 columns....

At the top, rotating banners are back, so refresh for your favorites.

Also, there's a new random scrolling quote for your amusement. Taking suggestions for new additions!

In the Left sidebar:                                   In the Right sidebar:
About Me                                                      My Blog Family
SuDoku                                                         Bloggers I've met
Hockey Whoopass Jamboree                    My Blogroll
Lots'a buttons                                               BFL Blogroll
(be sure to click the black/red flag)          Tartan Blogs Blogroll
Clock                                                             Code Red Blogroll
Calendar                                                           MedBlogs Blogroll
More info
Search
Recent Entries
More buttons
SiteMeter etc.
Munuvian Blogroll
Cotillion Blogroll
Categories
Archives
Copyright and Disclaimer

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Your Lucky Underwear is Blue

You are caring and extroverted. You've made relationships your number one focus, and your lucky blue underwear can bring some balance to them. You thrive in one-on-one situations. You are a good listener and a natural born therapist. Sometimes you let the concerns of others become too important in your life, leading to stress and worry. If you want more balance, put on your blue underpants. They'll help you take care of yourself first.

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YOU ARE THE NILE

At 4145 miles from your furthest extremity to the Mediterranean Sea, you outdo the Amazon to become the world's longest river. The piranhas hate you.

Beneath you lies an underground river with six times your volume. You kept this remarkably quiet for several thousand years. In fact, you're full of mystery; your source wasn't discovered until 1862. You're also full of water. And crocodiles. And nuclear pharaoh machines that run on light and can see through time.

found here

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T1G asks, if you were building a house for the Almighty, what would you include?

"Last night, I watched that house makeover show. I don't remember the name of it, but it's host is way too wired, or slightly insane. They go around destroying people's houses, and then remodelling, or rebuilding them. It was alright...

Anyway, during one of the commercial breaks, it looked as if they were going to rebuild a church, which got me thinking. How would they hide their project from Him... do they make some special bus? And, if Gott were to have a house built, what special appliances, or features, would he desire?"

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My one-year-as-a-Munuvian anniversary is a little over a week away, and to celebrate, this space is about to undergo a major change! A little old, a little new, a little borrowed, and a lot of blue.... (well, blue-purple)

Still have some bugs to fix (IE SUX!!!), but I may just decide to say "Screw it" and force y'all to adopt Firefox!

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1 People still use IE? Why?

Posted by: Will at March 30, 2006 05:49 PM (C3Iev)

2 because we're too lazy to download firefox. and of course a change here ain't going to get me to do it either...

Posted by: KG at March 30, 2006 05:56 PM (SZsz5)

3 ...force y'all to adopt Firefox! Too late. ;-)

Posted by: McGehee at March 31, 2006 05:35 AM (lAOTn)

4 Firefox? I'm using Opera 8.52 for Linux. In which, BTW, your blog looks just fine.

Posted by: Paul Burgess at March 31, 2006 06:34 AM (7EVyU)

5 Can't wait to see it!

Posted by: Margi at March 31, 2006 09:00 AM (BRtaN)

6 I still use IE. What it Firefox and how do you use it? I KNOW I just proved what a techno-tard I am...

Posted by: Dana at April 02, 2006 07:56 AM (EmSR+)

7 And that I can't spell or proofread... "What IS Firefox?"

Posted by: Dana at April 02, 2006 07:57 AM (EmSR+)

8 This is firefox: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ It's a browser that has cool things like a built in google search bar, and tabbed browsing, which allows you to have multiple pages open in the same program. Basically you don't get loads and loads of Explorer windows open at the same time taking up all the space in your taskbar, and you can compare, cut and paste and quote from different pages all in one window. Winner!

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