h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

"What the Hell is wrong with you people?: Reasons to question humanity's sanity..."
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/moorglade/index.html

""Oh honey, you're being silly. I'm sure little Timmy's just fine..."

Ok...let me get this straight. According to this news story*, parents are, even at this late, late date, STILL allowing their minor children to go play with Michael Jackson at his Neverland ranch. Apparently this 15 year-old, described as a "private guest", was injured when he flipped over an ATV he was riding on the property. That's probably the best kind of injury you can get at Neverland. They used a helicopter to airlift the kid out, and don't tell me that there wasn't a sense in some paramedics' head that the swoop-in & rescue wasn't more than a little symbolic.

My question is, who, in the name of almighty Christ, is still letting their kids go over & "play" with Michael Jackson? I mean...you know, I don't even have the freakin' words. Forget it." * http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=796&e=5&u=/eo/20040730/en_celeb_eo/14624

This made me laugh out loud.
Top Six Automobile Names that will Never be Made:

6. Dodge Ball
5. Chevy Chase
4. Nissan Stigma
3. Isuzu Pazuzu
2. Ford Taliban
1. Jeep Bastard

Someone doesn't like Christopher Hitchens: http://advocatingdoodahman.blogspot.com/

Lactoso the Intolerant: http://tapanes.blogspot.com/

... and Defective Yeti: http://www.defectiveyeti.com/archives/000932.html

From Lactos the intolerant - I just had to post this



July 18, 2002


1-Star Reviews of Classic Novels

Excerpts From Actual 1-star Amazon.com Customer Reviews for Radcliffe's Top Ten Best Novels

1. The Great Gatsby: "If Fitzgerald had written this book properly ... it would have been EXACTLY two sentences long - 'I'm rich' and 'Oh, boo hoo'. The plot line resembles an episode of Beverly Hills 90210 (namely 'Let's sit around and whine about being rich. Next we'll get drunk and call each other names, fight, and run each other over!' SHUT UP ALREADY!) I can rarely can say this, but I HATE HATE HATE HATE this book! FOR YOUR OWN GOOD, STAY AWAY FROM THIS BOOK IF YOU CAN HELP IT!"

2. Catcher in the Rye: "I'm not the kind of person who reads a lot of books and this book is a reason why."

3. The Grapes of Wrath: "Unfortunately i had to read this book for my american literature class. it went on and on and on about absolutely nothing!yes mr. steinbeck is verydescriptive, by he goes completely overboard in almost every chapter. i mean, does it really take a whole chapter to describe a turtle?!!"

4. To Kill a Mockingbird: "I'm sorry everyone. I don't see why this book is so fabeulos. I would give it a zero. I find no point in writing a book about segregation, there's no way of making it into an enjoyable book."

5. The Color Purple: "This book is the collection of sick perverted ravings of Alice Walker. I started reading the book thinking it had to be great to win the Pullitzer Prize, but I couldn't even finish it because it was so grossly sickening. I urge you to not read this book because it will subvert you and defile your mind with unwanted perverseness."

6. Ulysses: "It is the only book I can think of where the reader deserves more credit for finishing it than the author."

7. Beloved: "Toni has a comon failing among female writers, unfocused ideas and flat characters. the subject matter wasnt something that particlarly intrested me. I guess it would be possible to like this book, but someone like me, I think Ill stick with sci-fi."

8. The Lord of the Flies "I had to read this book for literiture class I hated it. my teacher rattled on about the symbolizm in this book.It was so boring and kinda gory. Plus no girls, wasnt they susposed to repopulate the world after nuclear war so not possible wih only boys. The one thing i found interesting was how they acted like wild animals after they had been on the island a while.that was kinda cool.But it was to confusing."

9. 1984: "The fall of Communism has erased nearly every trace of relevance this book may once have had. "

10.The Sound and the Fury: "What was up with all the words in italics?"



now go get some dry pants....

This one is about food.... can't go wrong with blogs about food -- at least I don't think so. At any rate, this one is yummy... http://scentofgreenbananas.blogspot.com/

Deep-fried Bing cherries..... Chile relleno..... Kingston barbecued jerk chicken and Boston beach ribs with rice and adzuki beans.... Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....

I'm not sure if this qualifies as "good". "interesting" perhaps, It appears to be a blog by three Iraqi brothers, who are pro-Coalition. http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/

one of my favorite cartoonists and bloggers

http://www.thismodernworld.com/

Definitely a good one.

From that Lactose the Intolerant: http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/8960021.htm

"A teacher's aide who forgot to put away her marshmallows and hot chocolate at Yellowstone National Park last year was taken from her cruise ship cabin in handcuffs and hauled before a judge Friday, accused of failing to pay the year-old fine."

"Zach Mann, spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, called the arrest "an unfortunate set of circumstances." He added, "We were acting on what we believed was accurate information.""


yeah that the suspect was a pernicious non-payer of a fifty dollar fine for improper marshmallow storage. No wonder they dragged her off in chains. I hope they used the swat team, such people have been know to also have hot dogs and in some cases, pointed sticks. She's lucky she didn't end up in Guantanamo. God bless Amerika

http://tiggrbitz.blogspot.com/2004/08/license-plate-gets-200-instant-parking.html

Jim Cara thought it would be really funny to get a license plate reading "NOTAG" for his motorcycle. That's until the plate came in the mail with over 200 unpaid parking tickets, reports the News-Journal of Wilmington, Del.

Sometimes a blog with a catchy name actually lives up to expectations....
http://candybluekite.blogspot.com/
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/

not actually a blog, but an incredible simulation

http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4031

Duke university's "Vomit Comet" Crew Blog.... http://vomitcomet.pratt.duke.edu/

It doesn't blow

RabbleRocket Chronicles: http://rabblerocket.psychicle.com/blog.html

It's about nothing, but as nothing goes, it's pretty good: http://allthingsbob.blogspot.com/

"The apocolypse is upon us......my boss told the school superintendent he made a mistake. I nearly fell of my seat when I heard this. If I were an "Archie" comic, the only thing you have seen of me was my legs, as my torso would have been out of the cel. For the 5 or 6 of you that read this this, approximatley .1667 of you got that gag. As far as I know, this is the first time in 37 years he has admitted this."

Blogory, sort of a Google News for blogs: http://www.findory.com/cgi-bin/blogory.cgi

I like the look of the Woodshed.

I have been playing around with my blog. I have been using Frontpage to write my entries, and then copying the HTML to the blog editor. If you enable the feature that allows HTML editing, you can paste from Frontpage (or other comparable web editors).

It is really easy and you have a bigger range of colours for your fonts, and an endless choice of fonts, if you download them. I have visited a lot of font sites that have freebie downloads.

I have tons more bookmarked, but these are just a few of my favs:
http://www.abecedarienne.com/
http://www.astigmatic.com/
http://cgm.cs.mcgill.ca/%7Eluc/fonts.html
http://www.maryforrest.com/fonts/fonts.html
http://user.dtcc.edu/~berlin/fonts.html
http://www.fontasy.org/

I have been messing about with my GopherWatch blog. I have changed just about everything... I am very proud of myself

http://gopherwatch.blogspot.com/

I don' know if I, or anyone else, posted this one. The Daily Travesty: http://dailytravesty.blogspot.com/

This is a really great site with lots of scripts for doing all kinds of fancy-schmancy stuff on blogs and web-pages... http://www.mandarindesign.com/blogger.html