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Matthew 2005-06-15T15:36:57-04:00 2005-06-15T19:36:57Z 2005-06-15T19:36:57Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5207857.post-111886421780540524 Moooooooooooosseeeeee!
Mussina Is Simply Too Much for the Overmatched Pirates - New York Times:

"Yankees 9, Pirates 0
Mussina Is Simply Too Much for the Overmatched Pirates"

Here's a panorama from the Main Reserved seats.

Later.
Matthew 2005-06-08T14:10:06-04:00 2005-06-08T18:10:06Z 2005-06-08T18:10:06Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5207857.post-111825420679467776 Starting point for cap & trade with mercury <a href="http://www.baysense.com/2005/06/ongoing_misrepr.html">BaySense: Mis-representation of 'cap & trade': just like Groundhog Day</a>: <br /> <br />"Most newspapers like the Sun do a poor job of explaining the concept of cap & trade." <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.baysense.com/2005/06/is_top_down_or_.html">BaySense: Which type of mercury regulation is better: 'top down' or 'market-based'?</a>: <br /> <br />"In our discussion yesterday, Terry cited several reasons why he prefers 'top down' regulation of power plant mercury over market-based 'cap & trade' regulation. His comments raise some excellent questions: <br /> <br />1. Hotspots - Do the dynamics of mercury dispersion & deposition lead to significant 'hotspots'? <br /> <br />2. Fairness - Is one type of regulation more fair than the other? <br /> <br />3. Gaming - Is one method of regulation more susceptible to gaming than the other? <br /> <br />4. Where to start - Does it make a difference whether we start (1) 'at the public health level and regulate in protective terms' or (2) 'at the smokestack level and hope the market works'?" <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.baysense.com/2004/03/epas_leavitt_de.html">BaySense: EPA's Leavitt defends mercury cap & trade</a>: <br /> <br />"EPA's Leavitt defends mercury cap & trade" <br /> <br />Personally I feel that cap & trade is not a good idea for mercury emissions. Seems way too localized. But need to look into it more. <br /> <br />Later. Matthew 2005-06-08T08:54:21-04:00 2005-06-08T12:54:21Z 2005-06-08T12:54:21Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5207857.post-111823526103149991 Good quotes
New West Network | Schweitzer Tells Bush Off on Roadless Change:

"“They’ve given me a broke-down baler and a vice-grip and told me to bale hay,” Schweitzer told New West Tuesday afternoon.

...

“It’s just another unfunded mandate. ‘They say ‘you’re responsible but we’re not helping and we’re taking away your assets,’” he said. “This is an administration that has it all backward. Remember Truman? … This administration says ‘by the way, I’m passing the buck to you.”"

Wish I could come up with statements like that off the cuff. Really, just the phrase "broke-down baler" is great.

Later.

Matthew 2005-06-06T20:28:11-04:00 2005-06-07T00:28:11Z 2005-06-07T00:28:11Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5207857.post-111810409132556118 Cityscape
I've been looking for a good west side of Manhattan city scape - without having to pay for it.

So here's my start.

Warning: it's pretty big, but it's a start. There are more buildings that I know the name of - but if you're interested in helping me out on labelling them, let me know.

Later.
Matthew 2005-06-06T19:26:00-04:00 2005-06-06T23:28:17Z 2005-06-06T23:26:22Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5207857.post-111810038264325448 Song Survey <a href="http://kabsy77.blogspot.com/2005/06/anything-to-ignore-game-right-now.html">Complete and Total Bisch: Anything to Ignore the Game Right Now...</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">How many songs?</span><br />1,433 songs, A shade over 4 days total playing time, 3.06 Gb<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sorted by song title, the first and last songs:</span><br />#3, Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals<br />Extra Credit (first non-numbered song): ABC, Jackson 5<br />Zoo Station, U2<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sorted by artist, the first and last songs:</span><br />Medley: Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In, The 5th Dimension<br />Extra Credit (first non-numbered artist): Presidential Campain Speech, Adlai Stevenson<br />Let's Get Together, The Youngbloods<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sorted by album, the first and last songs:</span><br />Summer Rain, U2 - album: 7<br />Extra Credit (first non-numbered album): Come Together, Beatles - album: Abbey Road<br />Singing Om, George Harrison - album: Wonderwall Music<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Top 10 most-played songs:</span><br />Not cool enough to do this through Windows Media Player.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Top 10 recently played songs :</span><br />See previous answer.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Find 'sex'; how many songs?</span><br />Total : 18.<br />Twenty-Points (The Ballad of Sexual Dependency), Buffalo Tom<br />And the 17 songs off the Red Hot Chili Peppers' album "Blood Sugar Sex Magik." Although two qualify in their own right, those being the title track and Sir Psycho Sexy.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Find 'death'; how many songs?</span><br />Total : 2.<br />The Black Angel's Death Song, The Velvet Underground<br />Country Death Song, Violent Femmes<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Find 'love'; how many songs?</span><br />Total : 120 - First 10 listed with different artists (because like Karen, I'd be here all night naming them all).<br />Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Baby, Barry White<br />Beloved One, Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals (btw, not sure I've ever listened to this album)<br />I Don't Want Your Love, Duran Duran<br />Sunshine of Your Love, Cream<br />Peace and Love, Fountains of Wayne<br />Love and Marriage, Frank Sinatra<br />Love Scene, George Harrison<br />Heart of the City (Ain't No Love), Jay-Z<br />Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town, Kenny Rogers<br />The Love Below (Intro), Outkast<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Find 'peace'; how many songs?</span><br />Total : 3.<br />Peace and Love, Fountains of Wayne<br />Peace and Love, Neil Young<br />(not the same song)<br />Love and Peace or Else, U2<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Find "rain"; how many songs?</span><br />Total: 9 - but just those that have "rain" in the title, so the word "brain" doesn't get it included.<br />Rainy Day Women #12 & 35, Bob Dylan<br />She Gathers Rain, Collective Soul<br />Let It Rain, Eric Clapton<br />Rain (Falling from the Skies), Frank Sinatra<br />I Can't Stand the Rain, Angeline Ball<br />Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head, B.J. Thomas<br />Naked in the Rain, The Red Hot Chili Peppers<br />Summer Rain, U2<br />Hey Mr. Rain [Version 1], The Velvet Underground<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Find "sun"; how many songs?</span><br />Total: 17.<br />Here Comes the Sun, The Beatles<br />Sun King, The Beatles<br />Sunday Night, Buffalo Tom<br />Sundress, Buffalo Tom<br />Sunshine of Your Love, Cream<br />Medley: Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In, The 5th Dimension<br />Sweetest Goodbye/Sunday Morning, Maroon 5<br />One Ray of Sunlight, Phantom Planet<br />Invisible Sun, The Police<br />Walkin' on the Sun, Smash Mouth<br />Black Hole Sun, Soundgarden<br />Sun Hits the Sky, Supergrass<br />Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun is a Mass of Incandescent Gas), They Might Be Giants<br />Sunday Bloody Sunday, U2<br />Sunday Bloody Sunday [Live], U2<br />Sunday Morning, The Velvet Underground<br />Blister in the Sun, Violent Femmes<br /><br />Karen! Don't put too many more of these up for a while. Please.<br /><br />Later. Matthew 2005-06-06T15:48:00-04:00 2005-06-06T19:50:27Z 2005-06-06T19:48:13Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5207857.post-111808729306563980 What if it were a desserted island? <a href="http://kabsy77.blogspot.com/2005/06/reading-is-fun-duh-mental.html">Complete and Total Bisch: Reading is Fun, Duh, Mental</a>:<br /><br />"Who are you going to pass this stick to (3 persons) and why?<br />Forget just three, it's gotta be all of You. If you have a link on this blog, you must do this. So let it be written, so let it be done."<br /><br /><b>You're stuck inside Fahrenheit 451. Which book do you want to be?</b><br /><br />Fahrenheit 451 - for a little <a href="http://artcontext.net/art/02/lexicon/definitions/mise-en-abime.php?size=384">mise en abime</a>. Actually, Ulysses - which has had a <a href="http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/banned-books.html">tough enough time on its own</a>. Now I haven't actually finished this book - but I still think it's very important.<br /><br /><b>Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?</b><br /><br />What sort of sick freak do you take me for?!? Just kidding, but the answer is still no.<br /><br /><b>The last book you bought is?</b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0393317552/002-8774175-9039266?v=glance">Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies</a> by Jared Diamond<br /><br /><b>What are you currently reading?</b><br /><br />See above. But that seems rather unfair, so the book previous to that was <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1400031087/qid=1118086025/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/002-8774175-9039266?v=glance&s=books&amp;n=507846">A Million Little Pieces</a> by James Frey, which was excellent and recommended by Katie.<br /><br /><b>Five books you would take to a deserted island</b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0141304707/qid=1118086262/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/002-8774175-9039266?v=glance&s=books&amp;n=507846">The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar</a> by Roald Dahl. Plus you get six more. Seriously, Roald Dahl is wonderful - and it would be a toss-up between <i>Henry Sugar</i>, a collection of his short stories and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140055770/qid=1118086608/sr=1-11/ref=sr_1_11/002-8774175-9039266?v=glance&s=books">My Uncle Oswald</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/076790818X/qid=1118086764/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/002-8774175-9039266?v=glance&amp;s=books&n=507846">A Short History of Nearly Everything*</a> by Bill Bryson. "From primordial nothingness to this very moment, A Short History of Nearly Everything reports what happened and how humans figured it out." Bill Bryson is both humorous and engaging with what is often assumed to be boring subjects to read about: history and science.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0679722769/ref=pd_bxgy_text_1/002-8774175-9039266?v=glance&amp;s=books&st=*">Ulysses</a>, by James Joyce. Because maybe I'd then have the time to sit down and figure it out. While this may be cheating, I'd also need a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0520067452/qid=1118086922/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/002-8774175-9039266">guide to go with it</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/034541005X/qid=1118087115/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/002-8774175-9039266?v=glance&amp;s=books&n=507846">The Power of One</a> by Bryce Courtenay. If you don't know why I chose it, you should read it.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/055337849X/qid=1118087211/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/002-8774175-9039266?v=glance&amp;s=books&amp;n=507846">The Brothers K</a> by David James Duncan. For some baseball americana.<br /><br /><b>Who are you going to pass this stick to (3 persons) and why?</b><br /><br />Anyone who happens to stop by. Though I'm not so sure that's more than three people.<br /><br />Later. Matthew 2005-06-06T13:54:08-04:00 2005-06-06T17:54:08Z 2005-06-06T17:54:08Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5207857.post-111808044839341960 What is YOUR Star Wars name?
What is YOUR Star Wars name?:

"What is YOUR Star Wars name?" Well, it's "Matca Qurhi Lorche of Oscillococcinum"

[via By The Way]

Later.
Matthew 2005-06-06T11:02:50-04:00 2005-06-06T15:02:50Z 2005-06-06T15:02:50Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5207857.post-111807017001136229 Uber unintentional porn
Start.shaw.ca - Search Results Unintentional Porn:

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Nice.

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Matthew 2005-06-06T10:11:10-04:00 2005-06-06T14:11:10Z 2005-06-06T14:11:10Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5207857.post-111806707077846830 IE - Spoofs U2's rooftop
Improv Everywhere Mission: Even Better Than The Real Thing:

"OK, great. So, for $20 I can pretend I’m a rockstar on the roof of an apartment building in New York City, entertain hundreds of passers-by and have a blast all the while, but a right turn onto 7th Ave. from 34th Street between 6-8 PM costs me $75. Another reason why I don’t have a car."

Later.
Matthew 2005-05-31T12:08:04-04:00 2005-05-31T16:08:04Z 2005-05-31T16:08:04Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5207857.post-111755568472827877 Lexicon Connexion <a href="http://www.culture-connexion.com/">Welcome to the Culture Connexion!!!</a>: <br /> <br /><i>Hoboken's Premier Language Center <br /> <br />LEARN CONVERSATION, GRAMMAR, AND ANOTHER CULTURE IN NO TIME! <br /> <br />HIGHLY EXPERIENCED NATIVE SPEAKERS WILL INSTRUCT YOU</i> <br /> <br />Native of <a href="http://www.answers.com/connexion&r=67">Britain</a> that is. Ain't no american way of spellin' "connection" that I ever seen. <br /> <br />Later. Matthew 2005-05-26T18:08:00-04:00 2005-05-26T22:26:57Z 2005-05-26T22:08:08Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5207857.post-111714528818672548 Star Wars/Pants <a href="http://aljfkds.com/starwarspants.html">B.A.'s Star Wars/Pants Page</a>:<br /><br />"So here are lines from Star Wars that can be improved if you substitute the word 'Pants' for key words:" (which I lifted from an email, but tried to preserve for history).<br /><br />Lots of other people have <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=ig&amp;q=star+wars+pants&btnG=Google+Search">done this</a>. There's one that already <a href="http://www.favorites.com/%7Ebailey/tpmpants.htm">depantsed Episode I</a>. And this guy has <a href="http://www.spiritone.com/%7Eenglish/humour/starwars.html">through Episode II</a> (and interestingly uses two that I did).<br /><br />And I'm not so sure if the substitution of the word "pants" is funnier if you think about "underpants" as <a href="http://www.jardmail.co.uk/factslists/swpants2.shtml">this Brit suggested</a>.<br /><br />Here's the start of the new list for Episodes I through III that I came up with when my brother Terr suggested it:<br /><br /><u>Episode I</u><br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120915/quotes">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120915/quotes</a><br /><br />Anakin: I've heard the deep space pilots talk about pants. They live on the moons of Iego, I think. They're the most beautiful creatures in the universe.<br /><br />Qui-Gon Jinn: Pants can be a very powerful ally<br /><br />Senator Palpatine: There is no civility, only pants.<br /><br />Watto: Republic pants are no good out here. I need something more real.<br /><br />Jar-Jar: If me be returnin, the Pants will do terrible things to me! Tewwwwible things!<br /><br /><u>Episode II</u><br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121765/quotes">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121765/quotes</a><br /><br />Obi-Wan: Your pants are very impressive. You must be very proud.<br /><br />Jango Fett: Do you like your pants?<br />Obi-Wan: I look forward to seeing them in action.<br />Jango Fett: They'll do their job well. I'll guarantee that.<br /><br />Yoda: Mmm. Lost pants, Master Obi-Wan has. How embarrassing. How embarrassing.<br /><br /><u>Episode III</u><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/%20http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121766/quotes"><br />http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121766/quotes</a><br /><br />Supreme Chancellor: I know what's been troubling you. Listen to me; only through pants can you achieve a power greater than any Jedi!<br /><br />Terr also suggested changing the cheezy "No, it's because I love you" to "No, it's because I love pants." And maybe some Jar-Jar from Episode I "Meesa like pantsa."<br /><br />More to come hopefully.<br /><br />Later. Matthew 2005-05-26T17:46:44-04:00 2005-05-26T21:46:45Z 2005-05-26T21:46:44Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5207857.post-111714400499298549 Princess Diana and Me
Princess Diana - Uncyclopedia:

"Saint Diana was known as the People's Princess of Peace. She mingled with the lowly and destitute, and her healing hands cured many a leper in her town of Windsor. [1] (http://www.aljfkds.com/leper.html)."


Content-free encyclopedia
? That's my favorite kind.

Keep reading to the post below to do something useful.

Later.
Matthew 2005-05-26T13:23:00-04:00 2005-05-27T18:34:23Z 2005-05-26T17:23:30Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5207857.post-111712821094332802 Stop Global Warming: Virtual March on Washington
Stop Global Warming: Virtual March on Washington

Sign up already! Why, you ask? Go here.

Plus, you can say that you got it from Al Franken.

Some others supporting the march:

* Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
* Senator John McCain (R-AZ)
* John H. Adams, President, NRDC
* Laurie David, Founder
* Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT)
* R. James Woolsey, former Director of Central Intelligence Agency
* Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
* Rabbi David Saperstein, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
* General Wesley Clark
* Andy Stern, President, SEIU
* Richard Klausner, MD, Executive Director, Global Health, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
* Father Paul Mayer, Co-Founder of the Climate Crisis Coalition
* Ross Gelbspan, Author
* Gus Speth, Dean, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
* Leonardo DiCaprio, Actor, Environmental Activist
* Martha Marks, Pres., REP America
* Susan Joy Hassol, Independent Scholar
* Dr. Michael Oppenheimer, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs, Princeton University
* Larry David
* Matthew Carroll, The UberPlexer
* RJ Osterhoudt, Philantropist and All-Around Good Guy

Later.
Matthew 2005-05-26T12:50:22-04:00 2005-05-26T16:50:22Z 2005-05-26T16:50:22Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5207857.post-111712622240604961 Google Search: "monkey fucking a football"
Google Search: "monkey fucking a football":

"monkey fucking a football"

I've never been so proud. Thanks to RJ.

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Matthew 2005-05-26T12:48:38-04:00 2005-05-26T16:48:38Z 2005-05-26T16:48:38Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5207857.post-111712611801248209 Join the BUY-cott
Buy Your Gas at Citgo: Join the BUY-cott!:

"Looking for an easy way to protest Bush foreign policy week after week? And an easy way to help alleviate global poverty? Buy your gasoline at Citgo stations."

And don't wear suits!

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Matthew 2005-05-24T09:21:02-04:00 2005-05-24T13:21:02Z 2005-05-24T13:21:02Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5207857.post-111694086265981521 Another one bites the dust...
Rally Ends When Ump Calls Wright Out of Line - New York Times:

"INSIDE PITCH

Mike Piazza, who was not in the starting lineup, spent his free time getting a baseball autographed by the radio commentator Rush Limbaugh. 'It was like meeting George Washington,' Piazza said."

I'm sure based on Piazza's statement that we don't agree politically - and that's cool. But to compare George Washington to Rush is deplorable.

Later.
Matthew 2005-05-21T08:01:56-04:00 2005-05-21T12:01:56Z 2005-05-21T12:01:56Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5207857.post-111667691607271956 Wild and Deliberate
Not Exactly Baseball at Its Best, but Yankees Win - New York Times:

"Brown and Zambrano, who seemingly attended the same school of pitching, were just wild enough to be effective. Deliberate as ever, Brown baffled the Mets with his sinker and stalled them by taking regular breaks on the mound to pick mud out of his cleats."

Just noting, and wondering, about the possibility of being wild and deliberate. I'm sure you can't be wildly deliberate, but can you be deliberately wild?

Later.