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Lost’s Biggest Mystery

In February we learn ‘why is Hurley still fat?’ after 50 days on the island!

In an e-mail, co-creator/executive producer Damon Lindelof and executive producer Carlton Cuse gave this teasing reply:”Hurley’s inability to lose any significant weight, like many other things on the island, is shrouded in mystery. That mystery, however, will be definitively solved during February sweeps… well, as definitively as anything ever gets solved on ‘Lost,’ anyway.”

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The right way to do a video blog

Know thy Amanda! I believe everyone’s introduction to Rocketboom should be the Sept 27, 2005 episode. That’s my personal favorite episode and the day I started watching.

Rocketboom is a three minute daily videoblog based in New York City. We cover and create a wide range of information and commentary from top news stories to quirky internet culture. Agenda includes releasing each new clip at 9am EST, Monday through Friday. With a heavy emphasis on international arts, technology and weblog drama, Rocketboom is presented via online video and widely distributed through RSS.

I give this program a high recommendation! I read in the comments that Amanda Congdon actually interviewed for the partnership position.

In February Amanda will play herself on CSI! She is graced with her own wikipedia entry. Their show went from a 700 person viewership in 2004 to 70,000 in just 10 months! For the true fans, she also has a blog.

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Wednesdays, my favorite worst day

Wednesdays are Lost
Work is Lost to the children’s needs
Lost as a taxi service
Preschool, preschool, high school, STAR
Time Lost to the kids is precious
On Wednesdays I am in paradise, Lost
In the island of my mind, I am Lost
Lost in self-flagellation and meditation
I so look forward to Wednesdays
My favorite times have always been Lost times
I would not trade my Lost Wednesdays for anything
Best of all, Wednesdays end with Lost

“I can’t do this all on my own. No, I know, I’m no Superman!“

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Of Waking and Cool Numbers

I woke around 1:00am again and was excited that I would be getting more work done while everyone slept. The next time I opened my eyes it was 4:44am. I was so mad that I had allowed myself to drift off that I lay in bed punishing myself then I opened my eyes at 6:37am.

I love it when all the numbers on the clock are the same. Often I wake at 4:44 or 3:33 and so on. I always find it amusing, and although it is a coincidence, I can’t help thinking that my biological clock is somehow tuned to these numbers.

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Anyone use TinyMCE?

Has anyone implemented TinyMCE to accept cut and paste from MS Word? I’m having an issue where it takes the cut and paste within Firefox correctly but alters the formating when pasted within Internet Explorer

IE: *p**font face="Times New Roman" size="3"* */font*/p**strong*
FF: *p class="MsoNormal"* */p* *p align="center" style="text-align: center" class="MsoNormal"**strong**span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Tahoma; color: red"*

Note: To get this example typed in within WordPress (which used TinyMCE btw) I had to replace my greater than and less than signs with astericks. Has anyone worked through this? I’m so frustrated I’ve switched to trying to get Xinha working but am running into a whole different set of issues.

UPDATE: Xinha works great!

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Meme of Four

I’ll play. This one took a bit of time! I’m not tagging anyone but feel free to participate.

Four jobs you’ve had in your life:

  1. Sold plants and flowers at an Amish market;
  2. dormitory Resident Assistant (Clement Hall & Reese Hall);
  3. Manager of 60 people testing software;
  4. Owner of an Internet service provider (dialup connections)

Four movies you could watch over and over:

  1. Das Boot;
  2. Hunt for Red October;
  3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail;
  4. Life As A House

[hard to list only 4]Four places you’ve lived:

  1. Cary, NC (3 years 76-79);
  2. Kenner, LA (New Orleans) – roughly 1/2 mile east of the west levee break (4.5 years 79-83);
  3. Medford, NJ (3 years 83-86);
  4. Germantown, TN (2 years 86-88)

Four TV shows you love(d) to watch:

  1. Lost!;
  2. Boston Legal;
  3. anything on the History Channel;
  4. Futurama (Note the 2007 date on the “in production” episodes!)

Four places you’ve been on vacation:

  1. Jamaica;
  2. Lake Tahoe;
  3. Chattanooga;
  4. Ocean Isle, NC

Four websites you visit daily:

  1. Rocketboom;
  2. Domestic Psychology;
  3. No Silence Here;
  4. KristyK

Four of your favorite foods:

  1. Gumbo;
  2. Jambalaya;
  3. Pork Ribs;
  4. French Toast

Four places you’d rather be:

  1. Ocean Isle;
  2. backcountry in the Smokies;
  3. at a park with my wife and kids;
  4. in a larger house