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Sad – Like labels on coffee cups stating "Contents May Be Hot"

You know, it’s really sad when Symantec has to publish a response like this:


The Irish Virus is a hoax and it should be ignored. The following is a sample of the hoax message:

Greetings, You have just received the “IRISH VIRUS”. As we don’t have any programming experience, this Virus works on the honour system. Please delete all the files on your hard drive manually and forward this Virus to everyone on your mailing list. Thank you for your cooperation.

The actual Symantec page.

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Public Outrage!

Bush dictates ideology to deaf community through secret censorship. Advocates for deaf charge censorship in closed captioning


The Bush administration has cut off its closed captioning for nearly 200 TV shows, prompting charges of secret censorship to promote an ideological agenda. …

…”What they are doing is telling the nation’s deaf what they can and can’t watch,”…

…”They put a fast one over on all of us because they didn’t go to public notice and comment. They just secretly did it.”…

…The blocking of the 200 programs was not a cost-cutting measure, Justesen added. …

…He said the new ruling also discriminates against people who use captioning to learn English as a second language and hearing parents with deaf children who might want to choose what they watch on TV together. “Talk about family values.”…

View the complete list online: Recently Approved and Disapproved TV Programs for U.S.

Note the inclusion of programs such as “Courage the Cowardly Dog,” “AMC Documentaries,” “I Dream of Jeannie,” “What’s New Scooby-Doo?,” and “Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius – Nickelodeon.”

In other backwards stupidities, Bush attempts to keep the US living in a bygone era through futher senseless censorships:


An internal memo in 2002 instructed federal government Web sites to eliminate content that “does not reflect the priorities, philosophies or goals of the present administration.”

This included the disappearance from the Centers for Disease Control Web site of instructions on how to properly use a condom to avoid sexually transmitted diseases.

Help save the United States! Vote NO to Bush in 2004!

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Mis-interpreted News

As a follow up to yesterday’s Mis-interpreted News

US: Leave Haiti While You Can


(CBS/AP) The latest U.S. travel warning for Haiti advises Americans to leave now…

Get out!

Juggler’s made up interview responses:

“Get out! We have no weapons of mass destruction!”

“Party’s over mon!”

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CSS Correction

To anyone using the following css:


.PostComment{padding:20px;margin:0px;color:#444444;font-size:80%;}

It needs to be updated to have “padding” changed to “padding-left”. The old method caused the top to be padded 20 pixels and therefore any links within 20 pixels of the top of something designated class=”PostComment” were “covered up” and difficult to cliclick on.


.PostComment{padding-left:20px;margin:0px;color:#444444;font-size:80%;}

I’ll continue to try to provide better and better CSS as people need it.

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Listen to tapes for productivity

Several days ago I was recalling that my most productive times were when I regularly listened to “productivity” tapes while driving. Then my brother mentions he is listening to tapes. And my 10 yr old girl is on the radio today so I pull out an old boombox to record her. Now! I have a tape player by my desk. I think I’ll listen to tapes while I work.

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Just had a reason to retell this story: I remem…

Just had a reason to retell this story:

I remember in high school I’m sitting there on my Apple //c clicking away on my 2400 baud rockin connection and Dad comes in, doesn’t say a word, and gently places a hammer on top of the $600 modem. He walks to the door, turns around and says “the next time I try to call your mother before I leave the office and I get a busy signal, that hammer goes through the modem” This was before caller id, call waiting and affordable cell phones. It was very effective!

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Tim – Australian for "body armor"

Does anyone remember those Foster beer commercials “Foster’s – Australian for Beer” Below is one (or a spoof on one):

I think my friend Tim’s pictures should be captioned with “Australian For Bruise.” This is one tough character! He was playing soccer with a broken collar bone! Now for us Americans the translation of “soccer” is “football.” We aren’t talking about the white and black ball that you can’t touch with your hands; soccer means pig skin! [apparently I buggered that one]

Visit Tim and wish him well!

Ad found: here Looks like possibly the original work is by CaseyBatey.com
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Apparently it is the morning for everyone to wake …

Apparently it is the morning for everyone to wake early. The 13 yr old awoke just in time to sit with the 7 yr old and listen to their 10 yr old sister talk on the Radio. The 10 yr old girl did a better job than the DJ! (proud Dad!) She really did well. She enunciated and gave full answers with the exception of one brief session of “uh huh”s. She would make a wonderful radio personality!

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A New Day! Let’s start the day off with a PayPa…

A New Day!

Let’s start the day off with a PayPal donation link:

This Morning

Woke at 5 and made sure the wife and 10 yr old were getting ready. Woke again at 5:25. The 10 yr old girl will be on a radio show this morning on WRJZ Radio (on AM station 620) talking about Girl Scouts. Very exciting!

The 7 yr old woke during our morning preparations and would not go back to sleep.

Last Night

Spent some silly time taping printouts from MapBlast together to help the wife in the morning.