"Murphy was an optimist!"
Wishes come true and I bet reality comes crashing down April 27, 2006 8:04 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Cool Sites, Daily Life, Of InterestBoyfriend and girlfriend make a bet. At stake? A threesome! Looks like boy wins but I bet their relationship doesn’t last a week afterwards. Win the battle, lose the war.
So, here’s the story… I said to my girlfriend that any stupid website could get tons of hits, simply because people are bored all the time. She said that I was an idiot and couldn’t make a website that could get tons of hits if I wanted to. After a long argument (mostly centered around the fact that she called me an idiot) we made a bet:
If I could not make a website to get 2,000,000 hits, I would agree that I was an idiot; however, if I could make a website to get 2,000,000 hits, she would have a menage a trois (that’s a threesome to you non french-speakers) with me and another girl. I thought she was kidding at the time, but then she said she was so sure of herself, that she would even put it in writing.
At the time of this post–2,010,891–if you can believe the counter. The impressiveness of it is that not 9 hours ago it was around 600,000. Looks like it is going up at the rate of about 100 hits per second. By the time I finished typing this the numbers reached 2,031,379.
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I lead, er, herd, some scouts April 27, 2006 7:54 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Family, Noah, Of Being Dad, ScoutsTonight’s den meeting was a blast! I really enjoy watching the scouts have a good time. We made 2 liter bottle rockets! They worked great.
We used this design (may have to view it via Google Cache). Another good link and a variation (check out the launch mechanism on that one!). You can even add a parachute. I want to build the pvc launch pad.
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How Warner Brothers! April 27, 2006 10:34 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : VideoRube Goldberg eat your heart out! (warning…this is a 12 minute video).
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Time to watch Serenity again April 27, 2006 9:54 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Firefly / Serenity, Of Interest, TV / MoviesSerenity is being used to promote gender equality.
The move is a direct effort to help raise funds for Equality Now, one of writer/director Joss Whedon’s favorite charities.
Equality Now is an international organization which works to end violence and discrimination against women and girls around the world through the mobilization of public pressure.
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Save the Internet – MoveOn’s Petition April 27, 2006 7:22 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Politics, Touchy Subjects, United StatesEveryone should have heard about the Save The Internet movement and the proposed law that has all technologists in fear.
Congress is now pushing a law that would end the free and open Internet as we know it. Internet providers like AT&T and Verizon are lobbying Congress hard to gut Network Neutrality, the Internet’s First Amendment. Net Neutrality prevents AT&T from choosing which websites open most easily for you based on which site pays AT&T more. So Amazon doesn’t have to outbid Barnes & Noble for the right to work more properly on your computer.
Many members of Congress take campaign contributions from these companies, and they don’t think the public are paying attention to this issue. Let’s show them we care – please sign this petition today.
MoveOn.org has put up an online petition. Here is MoveOn’s privacy policy:
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Sending Emails Via MoveOn.org Civic ActionIn certain cases, we enable you to send individual e-mails to the President, legislators, and other targets as well as Letters-to-the-Editor to various news publications, through our website. These messages are sent in your name, with your e-mail address as the return address and your full name and contact information is provided as part of the submission. These messages will only be sent out under your name as you approve them on an individual basis using our email tool. You are solely responsible for the specific message(s) you send using our email tool.
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FreePress.net also has a petition.
I’d like to emphasize that these petitions are great but nothing communicates to a politican as much as a handwritten letter, email, fax or phone call directly from you! Contact your representative today!
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Finally! Where do you buy that car? April 27, 2006 6:54 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeA vehicle that fits our family.
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Getting TV Programs Just Got Circular April 27, 2006 6:52 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Software, Technology, TV / MoviesGet your Internet over cable; Get your television over the Internet.
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