Archive for July, 2006

Nudity really is our best option

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006 by Aabra

Matt was quite amused by the energy conservation tips being given on the news: * “Set air conditioner thermostats to 78 degrees when home and 85 degrees when away.” We have a basement, no need for A/C. It’s so cool and silverfishy down here… * “Empty and unplug extra refrigerators.” Who the fark has extra [...]

Stealing back my best ideas

Monday, July 24th, 2006 by Aabra

Call me paranoid, but does this entrant (“Entree”? “Submission”??) in Leaky Cauldron’s avatar contest… … look a little like my Neville-the-pusher avatar?? Yeah, I know– it’s an obvious joke, great minds think alike. Whatever. Mine is animated. So there. —————————————————— * VP of GM: “Running the nation on E85 makes more sense than all the [...]

Ze’s knight goes down

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006 by Aabra

* Tony Snow says the new Defense Department guidelines for treating terror suspects are not a reversal of policy. Ohhh ‘kay… if we’re not reversing anything, what was that Supreme Court case about? ‘Someone sued the Bush administration for the hell of it?? * Were the Mombai blasts that killed nearly 200 people the work [...]

What I learned from “Pirates of the Caribbean”

Tuesday, July 11th, 2006 by Aabra

What I learned from Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest * Cannibals have hive minds. If you create a small distraction, every single member of their community will go investigate, leaving you a clear path to escape. * Characters who are separated by a change in elevation, such as one dropping from a cliff, [...]

“Cottaging”?

Monday, July 3rd, 2006 by Aabra

* New Homestar Runner, at last. “We’ll make the front cover of all the blogs!” * Jewish family flees Delaware school district. Their son was mocked for wearing a yarmulke, Bible studies are lead by teachers, and a school board member suggested maybe the family would “disappear” like Madalyn Murray O’Hair. This is sick! * [...]


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