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 don't need a movie to remind me how I felt on 9/11. 
I don't need to see it on a screen to feel the pain and the horror of that morning again. 
I don't need actor portrayals to remember the bravery of the men and women who scrificed themselves to crash a plane into a field in Pennsylvania, rather than allow it to be crashed into the Capitol Dome or the White House.

I don't need their sacrifice shoved in my face for the bargain price of $8.50.

It's in my heart.  And I will never forget.

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Some of  you may already be familiar with Holly Aho's work from the Soldiers' Angels auctions.  Well, Holly has more of her beautiful work up for grabs!

Go here to see "Fire and Ice" and make a bid!

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You Can Hang With the Guys and the Girls

You've struck a good balance between girly and laid back.  You can keep it casual but when you dress up, you are as girly as the next girl.

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Today, my precious pooch, known here as The Princess™, turns 7. She is the bane of my existence and the light of my life, not to mention the hot water bottle on my feet.

Here's to at least 7 more years of tennis ball chasing, long walks with Daddy, and conspicuous amounts of French Fries!

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1 Happy Birthday!!!

Posted by: vw bug at May 05, 2006 04:52 PM (QTA18)

2 HBD Princess!! You might want to cut down on the fries... I hear they're not good for you. Just sayin... but hey, on your birthday? Anything goes!!! Woof!

Posted by: Marie at May 05, 2006 04:58 PM (TpiPX)

3 Awwwww! What a sweet girl! I hope she sets to have some "frosty paws" for her birthday as well.

Posted by: Richmond at May 06, 2006 04:16 AM (e8QFP)

4 Happy birthday, Princess!

Posted by: Paul Burgess at May 07, 2006 04:18 AM (7EVyU)

5 Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! I want a dog so bad. I just don't have the time in my schedule or the room (unless I got one of those little, yappy, make-believe dogs). Oh, well. Happy belated birtday to The Princess. ;-)

Posted by: zonker at May 08, 2006 04:05 AM (XOKKD)

6 Aww, what a cutie! Happy birthday, a bit late.

Posted by: beth at May 08, 2006 10:40 AM (BuBkx)

7 HOT WATER BOTTLE, but you live in So. Cal. not the Soviet of WA like I do. You shouldn't need a hot water bottle. Oh wait, my wife came from San Diego and she does that too.

Posted by: DE644 at May 08, 2006 11:30 AM (0sVlQ)

8 She is so precious!! My princess, Lucy, will be 7 this Fall. Time goes by so fast, doesn't it??

Posted by: Dana at May 09, 2006 08:59 AM (mY0KN)

9 "hot water bottle on your feet" .. that's cute Maxxie just turned 8 years old Apr 27th .. He's not a good foot rest, but he's a good massage therapist by giving me a back massage every morning (with his lickety-licks).

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Before we started using Outlook for our mail at work:
Total SPAM received in my Inbox= 0 since October 15, 2005.

After we started using Outlook for our mail at work:
Total SPAM received in my Inbox= 3 in 24 hours.

Yeah, SOOOOOO much safer for us, Mr. IT Shit for Brains.

PS Still not forwarding my mail.....

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The official party line is that the Star 98.7 DJs are all on "hiatus" and will be back...
Yeah, after Clear Channel figures out whether or not it can get enough ratings to substantiate firing all of them.

So here's the story for those of you out of the area, or unfamiliar:
Star 98.7 is an "adult contemporary alternative" station here in LA.  It has been one of the most popular stations in the area for the last decade or so.  It is also the launching pad of one Ryan Seacrest, who along with Lisa Foxx was the host of a morning show -type show during the afternoon drive slot.  Due to various corporate acquisitions etc. the station now belongs to that behemoth of broadcasting, Clear Channel (aka corporate muzak).

Seems CC decided that Star was the perfect station to test out its new DJ-less format (think Jack/Alice stations, but more annoying) in a big market.  So, as of April 6 or 7, they took all the DJs off the air with NO warning, and refused to discuss the changes with anyone.  Announcements were made in trade media, but not to mainstream press or on the station's website.  That website was literally revamped overnight, with all references to the DJs or station programming removed.  But you can download songs for 99 cents now.

It took me over an hour of googling to find any answers, mostly buried in the comments of this THREE YEAR OLD post.  Good thing dude didn't turn off the comments....

Most of the comments are regarding the morning show trio, Jamie, Jack, and Stench.  Now, I HATE them.  Will not listen to them.  In fact, Jamie White makes my skin crawl, but they have been done dirt by CC and the station.  I'd vote to bring them back just because I hate what Star and CC have done.

I hope the advertisers start leaving in DROVES.

More info here:
Jamie White's Page
Jack's MySpace

1/07 Update: go here for the details you seek

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The self-titled "Bubba of Bombast" sums up yesterday's bullshit demonstrations more succinctly than anyone else I've seen:

"I don't believe that you further your cause if you fling shit in the faces of those that you need on your side. Americans really are a pretty tolerant bunch, but they tend to become angry when somebody tries to push them around. Ask Osama bin Laden if you don't believe me.

A slogan such as "I'm Black and I'm PROUD" resonated during the civil rights movement, even among whites, because blacks WERE American citizens asking only for equal treatment under the law. They had a legitimate bitch about the way they were being treated and their cause was just. Even Joe Sixpack could sympathize with their plight.

But we rebel against "I'm illegal-- so what?" That's a lot like jumping up and screaming "Fuck YOU!" to every law-abiding citizen in this country. That kind of slogan resonates, all right, but the wrong way. It pisses a lot of people off. And that AIN'T the way to win friends and influence people.
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Bejus! Government hassles the hell out of it's legitimate citizens at airports in the name of Homeland Security, while it blithely allows illegals to stream unmolested across our borders. Something is really fucked up in THAT picture. "

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Inspired by Teresa's comment on this post....

It's actually somewhat appropriate, no?

Helen could use some encouragement and positive thoughts. Drop by and give her a virtual hug, ok?

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So for months now we've been on countdown here at work because they were going to change over the email program to a new server.

D-Day was today, May 1, protests be damned, full speed ahead.

There were meetings and gnashing of teeth and all kids of emails about this for months. MONTHS.

Let me sum up: New server, Switched email access to Outlook and Outlook Web Access for "security reasons."

As FUCKING IF. Anybody out there got a virus that DIDN'T come in via Outlook and IE?

So know we must use IE as somehow this piece of shit knows the difference between IE and IE open in a Firefox tab. And, although it will open in FF, you lose all of your functionality EXCEPT reading and sending mail.

Fucking Bill Gates. But on to my point.

One of the biggest bones of contention across campus has been that people like to forward their mail to a personal account (in my case gmail) and then reply/send from that account.

What we had been told EXPLICITLY is this: You may forward messges to a personal account (in fact we were given reasonably simple instructions on how to do this), however this software DOES NOT allow aliasing messages from your personal account to look as though they were sent from your work account (via bouncing or POP forwarding).

Yeah. Right.

Guess what? I can fucking send ALL the messages I want from my gmail that look like they come from my work address. HOWEVER, I can not RECEIVE a single piece of mail at my gmail from my work address.

Yep. Exactly the opposite. The not-at-all-practicable opposite.

Two fucking hours on the phone with the IT tech, who is also stumped, since I had already followed the instructions in his book to the letter. TO THE LETTER. He even did a VPN and had me show him what I did, agreeing that I had done it correctly.

I fucking quit.

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Even though the Hilton asshats threw them out, it's not over for Fran O'Briens.

Chuck had a great idea of how we can get the word out about how heartless the Hilton people have been.

Go to Orbitz, Travelocity, Hotels.com, etc. and leave a review of the Capital Hilton on each page.  Tell the story of the dinners at Fran's, and what you think of Hilton's corporate decision.  Be sure to tell them that you will never patronize any of their establishments again.  Believe me, their PR people DO read the reviews at these sites since thier customers utilize these sites!

Crossposted at the Cotillion!

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Thanks folks.

Courtesy of your boycott I made it to work in half the time AND I got a good parking place.

I appreciate it.  Please do it again soon!

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Are you a Conservative blogger?
Support the War on Terror?
Support the Troops but are unable to serve in the Armed Forces?
Tired of being called a Chickenhawk?

Embrace your talons, and join the 101st Fighting Keyboardists!


The Chickenhawks are here, and we're ready to chew up all the Liberal Chickens!

For more information see IMAO, Captain's Quarters, and Freedom Dogs

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1 I was just reading through that comments thread and saw your name.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 30, 2006 02:35 AM (QddTL)

2 Very cool!

Posted by: Richmond at April 30, 2006 09:26 AM (e8QFP)

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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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Know your audience....

"Well, apparently, there are a couple of girls in Wee One and the little friend's class who have been picking on the friend because of her "Chinese eyes."

I am quite sure everyone out there can just about imagine how well that goes over with me.

My mother is Asian, thus, I am half Asian. From Mom I inherited my complexion and dark hair and eyes, but not my stature. My father was Anglo. He was also a brawny man in his day with a large-boned frame and broad shoulders. Unfortunately for me, I inherited from him that large-boned frame. When I was growing up he frequently referred to me as "stout" and my father was not much of a beer drinker.

In any event, unless one is in the know or has more than a provincial outlook of those around them, few actually recognize my Asian features for what they are. Where I grew up in Louisiana it was not uncommon for people to ask or assume I was Creole or high yella, as it was referred to. Here and around South Central Texas, the grand assumption is that I am just Hispanic."...

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First of all, it's vandalism, plain and simple.
Second, it's a felony to deface a beautiful historic building.

I walked/rode by this building every day for 6 years, and it was always a pleasure to see the young men and women of the various ROTC groups doing training or ordering the colors. Except of course, when I was laughing at them for wearing their uniforms wrong

I also never saw a single moment of disrespect, and often people would stop to watch and give respect as the colors were raised or lowered in front of the building.

The building was orginally scheduled to be demolished last year as part of UNC's Master Plan, but was given a new lease on life thanks in part to UNC's naval alumni.

I can't help but wonder if this signals the end for the old building after all.

During WWII the Naval Armory at UNC was the main training site for all naval aviators in WWII, including Ted Williams, President George HW Bush, and President Gerald Ford.

Michelle and Blackfive have more. Here's the story from the N and O.

On a side note, the most grafitti I EVER saw on campus during my 6 years in Chapel Hill was "Duke #1" sprayed on the brick walk in front of the Health Sciences library in 1999-2000....

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1. Were you named after anyone?
Yes. For My father and my mother's friend who died

2. Do you wish on stars?
Absolutely.  When I see them.

3. Do you like your hand writing?
Hell yeah.  I'm the only one who can read it.  That's cool.

4. What is your favorite meat?
Pig: barbecue (Eastern NC, please) or roasted or carnitas

5. What is the most embarrassing CD on your shelf?
Hmmm, I don't know about the CDs, but I do have Backstreet Boys and N*Sync on my iPod

6. If you were another person, would YOU be friends with you?
Yep.  I give nice presents

7. Are you a daredevil?
As if.

8. When was the last time you cried?
This morning, reading this.

9. Did you ever tell a secret you weren't supposed to?
Yeah, but only good secrets, like if somebody is pregnant or has a great new job.

10. How do you release anger?
Turning up the volume, flinging inanimate objects.

11. Where is your second home?
At my Mommy's house

12. Do you trust others easily?
Yes. Unless I feel creepy about people.  I generally have a pretty good radar for assholes and thugs.

13. What class in college do you think is totally useless?
Useless for me:  Game Theory.  UGH.   Useless in general?  PE.  Christ, if you aren't physically active by the time you graduate HS, why bother?

14. Have you ever been in a mosh pit?
Not in a "real" one

15. What do you look for in a guy?
Consideration, Good sense of humor, loyalty, cute ass

16. Would you do a bungee jump?
HAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA.  No.  or parachute either.  But I would go parasailing or hang-gliding....

17. What's your favorite ice cream flavor?
Peppermint or Cookies and Cream.  Both together is even better.

18. What is your least favorite thing?
Snakes.

19. How many people do you have a crush on right now?
Just one.  He knows who he is.

20. What do you miss most right now?
Free time.

21. What are you listening to right now?
The lab tech running some experiments in the main lab

22. What is the weather like right now?
Cloudy and 65.  Probably gonna rain

23. Last person you talked to on the phone?
Our business manager

24. The first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
Eyes and Smile

25.Favorite drink non-alcoholic?
Dr. Pepper

26.Favorite alcoholic drink?
Cosmopolitan.  I'm a big cranberry fan

27. Haircolor?
Brown, tending to Auburn

28. Eyecolor?
Brown/Green Hazel

29. Wear contacts?
Yep.  24/7/365

30. Last movie you watched?
South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut

31. Favorite day of the year?
Christmas!

32. How many people have a crush on you right now?
At least one.  At least he better

33. Scary movies or happy endings?
Happy endings.   I don't have time to waste on downers.  I have been known to throw a novel across a room when I dislike the ending or the character I like best gets killed off.

34. Summer or winter?
Fall.  But I love winter.  Bring  on the cold.

35. What book/magazine are you reading at the moment?
Trying to start Freakonomics

36. What's on your mouse pad?
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger

37. What did you watch on TV last night?
Dog the Bounty Hunter, TAR, Top Chef

37.Favorite Smell?
Baby powder, Chanel 22, roses, orange blossoms, freash baked bread

38. Do you regret ever breaking up with someone?
Maybe a little.  Only because I should have done it sooner.

39.Favorite actor/actress?
Hmmm.... I don't have one where I go "I must see X because so-and-so is in it"...

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1 Thanks for sharing what made you cry. I cried as well.

Posted by: Brad Bass at April 27, 2006 02:32 PM (O3JzM)

2 I've been robbed!! But seriously, I clicked over to what made you cry and wow. I can see why. I got teared up too... Men of that caliber amaze me.

Posted by: Richmond at April 27, 2006 02:48 PM (e8QFP)

3 Wow, I could pretty much just copy this exactly and post it on my site except for just a couple of quesitons. Very funny!

Posted by: Sissy at April 27, 2006 07:04 PM (gCk3+)

4 I was doing okay until I read "Thank you God for letting us have a lifetime of memories and a new day every day to remember him". Aw.../sniffle What do you mean you like winter? You don't get any cold weather in CA!! ;-) tee-hee.

Posted by: Princess Jami at April 28, 2006 02:11 PM (0gPLe)

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I've been talking about it for weeks, and I finally did it.  Of course, I would have done it sooner if I had been able to get an earlier appointment.

What am I talking about?  Well, I got my hair chopped off.  It was down to the middle of my back and she chopped off over a foot, which is going to Locks of Love.

Pictures of both the old and new hair when I get them uploaded.  Yay!

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1 I can't wait to see!!! Do YOU like it?

Posted by: Amy at April 27, 2006 02:01 AM (UxaeN)

2 Yaaaa!!! I hope you love it and I'm sure locks of love did.

Posted by: vw bug at April 27, 2006 03:48 AM (G8qpS)

3 I'm so glad you donated it. I chopped off my hair 2 years ago specifically to donate it. Hubby hated me cutting my hair, but understood my desire to donate it. Still waiting (impatiently) for it to grow back to a length that I like.

Posted by: wRitErsbLock at April 27, 2006 04:46 AM (yHahS)

4 I bet it looks fabulous. And I know it has to feel good!

Posted by: Deb at April 27, 2006 05:24 AM (SWcyA)

5 Woohoo! Can't wait to see it! and YOU!! ; )

Posted by: Christina at April 27, 2006 09:01 AM (KliOc)

6 Very cool! It must feel so strange! Lots less hair to wash and dry, huh?

Posted by: Marie at April 27, 2006 10:58 AM (TpiPX)

7 YES! And I can curl it now, as it isn't so haevy that the curls fall out. Of course, it's much wavier on it's own now too....

Posted by: caltechgirl at April 27, 2006 12:24 PM (/vgMZ)

8 Oh wow, I have sooooo been thinking about doing this. Good for you!

Posted by: Richmond at April 27, 2006 02:49 PM (e8QFP)

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