tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19304468432426190672024-03-05T03:12:38.132-05:00hooray ray drive!Elihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18193649854310422154noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930446843242619067.post-44563147542113016322008-10-05T19:07:00.004-04:002008-10-05T19:24:31.818-04:00Our international fandom comes to an end....I took the pictures of my top 5 celeb crushes down. My crass attempt to revive the blog with sexy pics of celebs had some unforeseen consequences. They were bringing in a ridiculous number of hits, but none of them were actually reading content or returning to the page. We got 485 hits in 10 days from 50 countries. Here's the list of where our horny visitors came from, in order or highest to lowest frequency:<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Canada, Portugal, Poland, Spain, Australia, Sweden, Finland, Japan, Brazil, Belgium, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, Hong Kong, Hungary, Austria, Chile, Singapore, Romania, Denmark, Greece, Bulgaria, Israel, Serbia, South Africa, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Trinidad And Tobago, Russian Federation, Ireland, Thailand, Argentina, Philippines, Taiwan, Egypt, Brunei Darussalam, China, Jordan, Turkey, New Zealand, India, Croatia, Peru, Korea</span>Elihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18193649854310422154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930446843242619067.post-9908849561205290942008-10-03T13:05:00.003-04:002008-10-03T13:06:21.667-04:00Sarah Palin Debate Flow Chart<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/images/2008/10/03/palinflow.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/images/2008/10/03/palinflow.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Elihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18193649854310422154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930446843242619067.post-18105927007330243042008-09-27T11:09:00.009-04:002008-09-27T11:42:53.050-04:00How Far We've Come<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vY8LAvC0_Sw/SN5SlLAC-AI/AAAAAAAAABM/zC08BWDBsWg/s1600-h/800px-James_Meredith_OleMiss.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vY8LAvC0_Sw/SN5SlLAC-AI/AAAAAAAAABM/zC08BWDBsWg/s320/800px-James_Meredith_OleMiss.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250725014122199042" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vY8LAvC0_Sw/SN5SrxS2OAI/AAAAAAAAABU/J9IbugZuIvA/s1600-h/obama-cp-4876151.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 329px; height: 204px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vY8LAvC0_Sw/SN5SrxS2OAI/AAAAAAAAABU/J9IbugZuIvA/s320/obama-cp-4876151.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250725127480817666" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The presidential debates were last night - just to state the obvious. While the debate's 'winner' is being....well...debated, there is one point that can't be argued.<br /><br />On September 30, 1962, James Meredith was escorted onto the grounds of Ole' Miss as the first black student to attend following forced desegregation. Riots, the National Guard, and two deaths later, the University stood with a reputation that would continue to haunt it - as NPR argues - to the present.<br /><br />On October 26, 2008, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Barac</span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">k</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Obama</span> approached the podium with the world watching. He would stand and debate with John McCain as the first black candidate for the United States. Forty six years prior hundreds of white students stood <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">scowling</span>, enraged, as a black man dared to enter their campus, American turned and watched, waiting to see the outcome. Yesterday, thousands of students and others welcomed a black man to their campus, thrilled that the candidates had <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">chosen</span> their school as a national stage.<br /><br />Featured vehemently - even to the point of tiresome - in the debate was the term 'pork barrel spending.' <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Wikipedia</span> defines the terms origins as "early in American history, when slaves were sometimes given a barrel of salt pork as a reward and had to compete among themselves to get their share of the handout."<br /><br />And there they stood. Two men vying for one of the most powerful positions in the world. A nation sat waiting to hear what they had to say, but perhaps we had all learned something already.<br /><br />Look how far we've come.Who is that girl....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15746075841886246779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930446843242619067.post-73337175295043062702008-09-26T19:50:00.003-04:002008-09-26T19:59:51.568-04:00International Fame<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.mymapman.com/images/Globe4Kids12532.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.mymapman.com/images/Globe4Kids12532.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Apparently the way to increase international traffic on your blog is to post pictures of Katherine Moennig and Mary Louise Parker. In the past 24 hours alone, we've had visitors from France, Germany, Sweden, Serbia, Japan, Brazil, Malaysia, Poland, UK, Chile, Canada, Hong Kong, and Finland... all from searches for those two ladies. I know because I put a tracker on the blog. Big Bro is watching you!Elihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18193649854310422154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930446843242619067.post-66234021334028606482008-09-23T11:38:00.006-04:002008-09-23T12:29:24.478-04:00And now for the gentlemen (who like gentlemen)Here's my top 5 list of celebrity crushes (in countdown format):<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">5. Joel Gretsch | from the 4400<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzKG9bMsvhxDjvGZWZj1_d59CnAT1PYJtJZ75DQuWEYO5HXwEICsRE5DXj4DPtc-DBVQFkmY4Q8OwvbBd7dnXzH8GVEd6NK2Th9J0_eZO1TSZVUaSmjIPswRS-cbaU_C7BHWhwbIK3-isy/s1600-h/5joel.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzKG9bMsvhxDjvGZWZj1_d59CnAT1PYJtJZ75DQuWEYO5HXwEICsRE5DXj4DPtc-DBVQFkmY4Q8OwvbBd7dnXzH8GVEd6NK2Th9J0_eZO1TSZVUaSmjIPswRS-cbaU_C7BHWhwbIK3-isy/s320/5joel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249247779039221250" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">4. Matt Benstead | Limey Model<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW9xbUV8AirfFHeqtY4nsM-d-hqtwgmK-dZ6Z6SYVczHFc-3txxCuQ-OlkrzZhPpAnCiNgmBersO0ptiA-JKL8pKD2Uo11T51jJ4315ibTAGjPmEbM08IElZUGtwu4gl03WW1L6yA4QrSe/s1600-h/4benstead.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW9xbUV8AirfFHeqtY4nsM-d-hqtwgmK-dZ6Z6SYVczHFc-3txxCuQ-OlkrzZhPpAnCiNgmBersO0ptiA-JKL8pKD2Uo11T51jJ4315ibTAGjPmEbM08IElZUGtwu4gl03WW1L6yA4QrSe/s320/4benstead.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249250256494453362" border="0" /></a><br />3. René Fris | The Tim Gunn of Shear Genius (I know, I know)<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkbv1hPhwQmcxRcAz45klPhJyaqaYetsjDhB79CBMTy_1YcNj_DfbgDP3sxame6_Jd1LhiA3rRJ2jTqOZeTm3M08oFB4vBu4JNdUIw0kekB5PZ8fr0yYROlDlcHWHL01LvGkuOfCYBk-_/s1600-h/3rene.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkbv1hPhwQmcxRcAz45klPhJyaqaYetsjDhB79CBMTy_1YcNj_DfbgDP3sxame6_Jd1LhiA3rRJ2jTqOZeTm3M08oFB4vBu4JNdUIw0kekB5PZ8fr0yYROlDlcHWHL01LvGkuOfCYBk-_/s320/3rene.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249248159964104946" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">2. Seth Meyers | from SNL<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc9E8uj1i0-bx_M_qsobm9mrL1nmZCnk_HQnk-SfqKQF4Q-pQ_Dv-OZ7oLorDoeh6z6XhuFYwIzOcsuvKxlq8qPyPC56yPWBjBiVphhSXNXjpl-H7Gc418gGgoEPYWWtTDo4wkBNlxnChm/s1600-h/2seth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc9E8uj1i0-bx_M_qsobm9mrL1nmZCnk_HQnk-SfqKQF4Q-pQ_Dv-OZ7oLorDoeh6z6XhuFYwIzOcsuvKxlq8qPyPC56yPWBjBiVphhSXNXjpl-H7Gc418gGgoEPYWWtTDo4wkBNlxnChm/s320/2seth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249248085811754450" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">1. Dennis Quaid (hoo, child)<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4zkVea0OgAbziSRafnZP4zacz7d7U7e7DqyhCel3fPuRoU3nyxeQtWEj4hwGdGQ5gjJULaSsFIxrAvlO2jnSc5p0ovc0Mfq51KOOorYh8J4uRAvdZnSIG5KKP2ExxkwIrKaiaRrCQ8Oy9/s1600-h/1quaid.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4zkVea0OgAbziSRafnZP4zacz7d7U7e7DqyhCel3fPuRoU3nyxeQtWEj4hwGdGQ5gjJULaSsFIxrAvlO2jnSc5p0ovc0Mfq51KOOorYh8J4uRAvdZnSIG5KKP2ExxkwIrKaiaRrCQ8Oy9/s320/1quaid.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249247877562421538" border="0" /></a>Rococo Cocoa is Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00212138414183572849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930446843242619067.post-18500067924454071672008-09-22T13:10:00.007-04:002008-10-05T19:18:04.585-04:00trying to prevent a blog's slow death<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">None of us have posted on this blog for a week. That must be some kind of cardinal sin of blogging. I'm sure our 3 readers want more action, or they'll stop reading! Since Britney Spears and Bob Dole have proven sex sells, I'm posting my top 5 list of celebrity crushes.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">1. Zooey Deschanel</span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">2. Naomi Watts</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">3. Daniella Sarahyba</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">4. Mary-Louise Parker</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">5. Katherine Moennig<br /><br />[EDIT: I took down the pictures because they were bringing unwanted traffic to the site.]<br /></span></div>Elihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18193649854310422154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930446843242619067.post-56964214155752892282008-09-15T09:15:00.008-04:002008-09-24T10:03:43.037-04:00upcoming concerts<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll238/john-rb/P6040101-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll238/john-rb/P6040101-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><div style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px; width: auto; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; text-align: left;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">bold </span>= Eli is definitely going.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>9/26 black kids (black cat)<br />9/26 cut copy (930 club) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">sold out</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">9/28 the dodos (sonar)</span><br />9/30 stereolab (930 club)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">10/6 nick cave (930 club) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">sold out</span></span><br />10/8 hot chip (930 club)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> ... def. not going, but would recommend</span><br />10/22 minus the bear and annuals (930 club)<br />10/22 octopus project (black cat)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">10/27 billy bragg (930 club)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">11/6 the mountain goats (930 club)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">11/28 dr. dog (philadelphia)<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">Let me know if you'd like to join me for any of the shows that aren't sold out.</span></div></span>Elihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18193649854310422154noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930446843242619067.post-31024314459754442642008-09-12T10:29:00.001-04:002008-09-12T10:30:43.452-04:00It's Friday<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://mail2.someecards.com/filestorage/wee_44.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://mail2.someecards.com/filestorage/wee_44.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Elihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18193649854310422154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930446843242619067.post-62132959491905245162008-09-11T15:48:00.005-04:002008-09-11T16:35:00.039-04:00iPod love.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQGIBJlhIKBFR3HNNYCDalU8IRU3-1Tg_g1Bu1jDU0jBE2XVXOncsgvGJ2cr62OzIfmITDa_0KG3oTt1UMMApaNxHgsYpv6G4ZyzFXOQ7cDjW9l5z4h1BVHHxO0LqlLxHePECYzeEE33vg/s1600-h/ipod.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQGIBJlhIKBFR3HNNYCDalU8IRU3-1Tg_g1Bu1jDU0jBE2XVXOncsgvGJ2cr62OzIfmITDa_0KG3oTt1UMMApaNxHgsYpv6G4ZyzFXOQ7cDjW9l5z4h1BVHHxO0LqlLxHePECYzeEE33vg/s320/ipod.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244864035428921458" border="0" /></a><br />So today I was looking for songs by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Love">Laura Love</a> on my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">iPod</span> and I discovered that I have 823 songs with the word, album, or artist including the word "love" in it. Since I never let things concerning my iPod rest, I decided to do a little math.<br /><br />I have 13,169 songs total. This means if I calculate the percentage ("love" songs divided by all songs) then I get .0643177, or about 6.43%. That's a lot of love, considering everything you could possibly write about. My friend <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Carly</span> has 1,343 "love" songs and 22,033 (<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Jesus</span>!) songs total, which makes her love song percentage a pretty solid 6%.<br /><br />Because I'm at work and <span style="font-style: italic;">bored to death</span>, I decided to go a step further. "Love songs" don't necessarily have to have the word "love" in it, so I compiled a short list of words that are synonyms of love and how many are on my iPod:<br /><ul><li>passion- 30 songs<br /></li><li>marry+marriage- 7+14=21<br /></li><li>heart- 247 (I mean, <span style="font-style: italic;">christ</span>, people- can a brotha get some original lyrics?)<br /></li><li>romance- 10<br /></li><li>sex (generalizing)- 58<br /></li><li>erotic (again, generalizing)- 1 (can you guess which song this is?)</li></ul>I of course went through and tacked on a "-1" for songs with more than one of these words in it, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_Y8yDvATOs"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Frank Sinatra</span></a>. Accounting for the Minuses, which were -52. So, 823+347-52. That leaves me with a total of 1,118 <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">love related songs<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">-</span></span> of course, this is only by title, so I guess this would be <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">uncreatively titled love related songs</span>, right?<br /><br />My iPod thusly has a 8.5% <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">uncreatively titled love related song</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">ratio. What does yours have?</span></span>Rococo Cocoa is Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00212138414183572849noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930446843242619067.post-28087147552038830252008-09-11T09:27:00.001-04:002008-09-11T09:29:23.992-04:009/11 BirthdaysThese (famous) people were born today:<br /><br />Harry Connick Jr. (41)<br /> Ariana Richards (29)<br /> Ben Lee (30)<br /> Ludacris (31)<br /> Elephant Man- The Rapper(33)<br /> Richard Ashcroft (37)<br /> Taraji P. Henson (38)<br /> Moby (43)<br /> Virginia Madsen (47)<br /> Elizabeth Daily (46)<br /> Kristy McNichol (46)<br /> Scott Patterson (50)<br /> Amy Madigan (58)<br /> Brian De Palma (68)<br /><br />Makes you wonder how one can celebrate a birthday today without offending anyone...<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">(From <a href="http://dlisted.com/node/28137">DListed</a>)</span>Rococo Cocoa is Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00212138414183572849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930446843242619067.post-64348064924641751602008-09-09T23:55:00.003-04:002008-09-10T00:02:06.868-04:00Email Limericks<p id="o20y15" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-family: arial;"><span id="o20y16" style="font-size:85%;"><span id="o20y17"><span id="o20y18">there once was a pigsty on ray<br />with two straight boys, two girls and a gay<br />so dawn called a meeting<br />to issue a beating<br />so we'd all remember our bitch day<br />-Eli</span></span></span></p> <p id="o20y19" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span> </p> <p id="o20y37" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-family: arial;"><span id="o20y38" style="font-size:85%;"><span id="o20y39"><span id="o20y40">there is a young girl named jessie<br />who hates when her house gets messy<br />so she brought out her whip<br />and gave it a rip<br />to make the culprits confess<br />-Eli</span></span></span></p> <p id="o20y59" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-family: arial;"><span id="o20y60" style="font-size:85%;"><span id="o20y61"><span id="o20y62">there once was a limey named ed<br />and tupperware filled him with dread<br />his meals all in bowls<br />show portion control<br />he tosses leftovers instead<br />–joe</span></span></span></p> <p id="o20y81" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-family: arial;"><span id="o20y82" style="font-size:85%;"><span id="o20y83"><span id="o20y84">there once was a homo named joe<br />who everyone wished had a fro<br />he sure could bake<br />a nice pudding cake<br />but he couldn't stop saying "hey bro"<br />- Eli</span></span></span></p> <p id="o20y103" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-family: arial;"><span id="o20y104" style="font-size:85%;"><span id="o20y105"><span id="o20y106">there once was a lady named dawn<br />when she cleans, in a flash, mess is gone<br />you blink: mopped are floors<br />you snap: got the mo'er<br />but damn! there's a shoe in the lawn<br />- Joe</span></span></span></p> <p id="o20y125" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-family: arial;"><span id="o20y126" style="font-size:85%;"><span id="o20y127"><span id="o20y128">There once was a puss called Duncan<br />He sqwarked and he squealed till his grub come<br />One day he persisted<br />Till Ed's mind got a-twisted<br />And now he's locked in the dunjun.<br />-ED</span></span></span></p><br /> <p id="o20y147" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-family: arial;"><span id="o20y148" style="font-size:85%;"><span id="o20y149"><span id="o20y150">Their once was dog named Max<br />who paraded himself as a cat<br />One day he goofed<br />When he forgettfully woofed<br />A blunder that we can call lax<br />-Ed</span></span></span></p> <p id="o20y151" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-family: arial;"></p><p id="o20y171" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-family: arial;"><span id="o20y172" style="font-size:85%;"><span id="o20y173"><span id="o20y174">There once was a kitty named Pilgrim<br />And next to her mate Max she looks real slim<br />She hates his brother<br />(They cause quite a stir)<br />I think it's because she can't fufill him?<br />-Joe</span></span></span></p> <p id="o20y175" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-family: arial;"></p> <p id="o20y189" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span> </p> <p id="o20y193" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-family: arial;"><span id="o20y194" style="font-size:85%;"><span id="o20y195"><span id="o20y196"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dawn:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">‘I like these here rhyming poems!’</span></span></span></span></p> <p id="o20y197" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-family: arial;"><span id="o20y198" style="font-size:85%;"><span id="o20y199"><span id="o20y200"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Joe:</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> ‘limericks my sweet lipschen, limericks.’</span></span></span></span></p> <span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span>The Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740878456579420343noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930446843242619067.post-13980442078329830332008-09-08T23:20:00.002-04:002008-09-08T23:21:42.644-04:00Dawntor of the Sky People.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Tw1YZyuOArg/SMXrgp9Lk1I/AAAAAAAAABc/g3RPgARAJto/s1600-h/Photo+48.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Tw1YZyuOArg/SMXrgp9Lk1I/AAAAAAAAABc/g3RPgARAJto/s320/Photo+48.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243856287393616722" border="0" /></a><br />I also procured a headlamp.The Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740878456579420343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930446843242619067.post-52502800219557059562008-09-08T00:28:00.005-04:002008-09-08T23:25:19.912-04:00'You have chosen wisely'<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Tw1YZyuOArg/SMXpcy-qKFI/AAAAAAAAAA8/DAoNxsJ82B0/s1600-h/Photo+39.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Tw1YZyuOArg/SMXpcy-qKFI/AAAAAAAAAA8/DAoNxsJ82B0/s320/Photo+39.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243854022073002066" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Tw1YZyuOArg/SMXpdN58AKI/AAAAAAAAABE/XPVClgQyUbI/s1600-h/Photo+35.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Tw1YZyuOArg/SMXpdN58AKI/AAAAAAAAABE/XPVClgQyUbI/s320/Photo+35.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243854029300957346" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Tw1YZyuOArg/SMXpdXOOf_I/AAAAAAAAABM/HHK8Az-xCyo/s1600-h/Photo+33.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Tw1YZyuOArg/SMXpdXOOf_I/AAAAAAAAABM/HHK8Az-xCyo/s320/Photo+33.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243854031801974770" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Tw1YZyuOArg/SMXpdnV2erI/AAAAAAAAABU/xHX8rKcvXGU/s1600-h/Photo+30.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Tw1YZyuOArg/SMXpdnV2erI/AAAAAAAAABU/xHX8rKcvXGU/s320/Photo+30.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243854036128922290" border="0" /></a><br />I have purchased an indiana jones hat for my outdoor adventures. I am extra excited that this hat fits my freakishly oversized head. I think it is an extra large mens.The Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740878456579420343noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930446843242619067.post-53076580116910798552008-09-05T11:47:00.003-04:002008-09-05T11:58:18.219-04:00Lemons2Lemonade<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeE_BWup1ohyphenhyphenx_ckgocLVdGl3THAUcK4aso2NNN6b4YTUqQDLboeYVziulHjXMRtY_q4NKSSxMShyphenhyphenE0asDR-PIZPA0nmcLKXkIYFEyvV1RogEs65koRzo-MhcNWsenlZ3Pw_HRkG4t_rAy/s1600-h/lemon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeE_BWup1ohyphenhyphenx_ckgocLVdGl3THAUcK4aso2NNN6b4YTUqQDLboeYVziulHjXMRtY_q4NKSSxMShyphenhyphenE0asDR-PIZPA0nmcLKXkIYFEyvV1RogEs65koRzo-MhcNWsenlZ3Pw_HRkG4t_rAy/s320/lemon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242567177751234946" border="0" /></a><br />Me: When life gives you lemons, you <a href="http://www.thegiantpeach.com/atmosphere-paintthatshitmensshirtblack.aspx">paint</a> that shit <a href="http://www.amazon.com/When-Life-Gives-Lemons-Paint/dp/B0013LNDY0">gold</a>.<br />Andy: ...<br />Andy: When life gives you lemons, you eat a miracle berry and then eat the lemon<br />Andy: IT IS DELICIOUS<br />Me: ...<br />Andy: I AM YELLINGRococo Cocoa is Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00212138414183572849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930446843242619067.post-68080099616967473462008-09-04T09:53:00.005-04:002008-09-07T01:46:45.873-04:00Links to things I find hilarious<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://home.cfl.rr.com/msnapp/cmgs/mouse.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://home.cfl.rr.com/msnapp/cmgs/mouse.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/588519/the_cosby_show_james_brown/">Cosby Show clip</a> (credit to Shanie)<br /></div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDN3L621ASI">Shopping penguin</a> (credit to Aaron)</div><div><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7597835.stm">Junkie elephant</a> (credit to Jamie)</div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkfZEtHY8Mo">Bushism - How many people?!</a></div>Elihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18193649854310422154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930446843242619067.post-20979559308180687092008-09-03T11:06:00.002-04:002008-09-03T11:21:54.688-04:00Va-K-K Cocktails<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://aycu02.webshots.com/image/34721/2000442826642312622_rs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://aycu02.webshots.com/image/34721/2000442826642312622_rs.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Johypnol-<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">this tastes completely non-alcoholic. Then, you wake up the next morning.<br />inventor: joe<br /></span>1 part Midori<br />1 part Kirschwasser<br />2 parts peach schaaps<br />1 full shot of grenadine<br />top with cranberry/apple juice<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1114/645793816_be5fb8bb94.jpg?v=1183098235"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1114/645793816_be5fb8bb94.jpg?v=1183098235" alt="" border="0" /></a>Dirty Cesspool<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">known for its grey-blue color, this looks (and tastes) a little bit like 2000 flushes.<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">inventor: nick</span><br />2 parts Vodka<br />1 part Blue Curacao<br />dash of Angostura Bitters<br />top with ginger ale<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Ocean_City_Maryland_aerial_view_north.jpg/800px-Ocean_City_Maryland_aerial_view_north.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Ocean_City_Maryland_aerial_view_north.jpg/800px-Ocean_City_Maryland_aerial_view_north.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>The Va-K-K<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Beach signature drink.<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">inventor: jessie</span><br />1 Can of Coke Zero<br />1 shot of coconut rum<br />add grenadine, and lay in the sand.Rococo Cocoa is Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00212138414183572849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930446843242619067.post-39269681713624758882008-09-02T23:20:00.003-04:002008-09-02T23:40:37.989-04:00O!-bamaHe may officially have my vote.<br /><br />It came to me in a dream.<br /><br />A long day at work, an arduous evening of driving, 2lbs of cherry <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">twizzlers</span>, and carrying luggage upon luggage up three flights of stairs is apparently all it takes to induce an erotic would-be presidential love affair.<br /><br />Had the Post been there, it would have undoubtedly reported:<br /><br /><em>The glowing couple arrived just in time for the diplomatic wedding - taking place in the coveted historic church on 16<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">th</span>. While many were shocked at the president's recent decision to end his long, seemingly happy marriage, others were completely understanding upon seeing his new <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">love's</span> stunning <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">ruched</span> royal blue afternoon frock, complete with just the right amount of ... asset campaigning. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Murmurs</span> filled the high ceilings of the normally stayed holy atmosphere, and the bride feared losing her already tenuous grasp of the day's center stage. We are happy to conclude, however, that all couples left the facilities completely satisfied - owing in some part to the general celebration of the new <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">nuptials</span>, but in truth mostly to a well situated and discreet changing room just off the reception area.</em><br /><em>_</em><br /><em></em><br />In retrospect, I'm not sure where the Sandman's entertainment line-up for last Thursday evening originated, as I had never before or after considered the senator in such an enthusiastic manner. After much contemplation I've decided perhaps the powers at be are considering all new methods of tapping into audiences who - through careful <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">gmail</span> account monitoring - were discovered to not be paying the appropriate amount of attention to the current political derby.<br /><br />Well sir, all I can say is this -<br /><em>message received.</em>Who is that girl....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15746075841886246779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930446843242619067.post-27376825639962848902008-09-02T14:32:00.001-04:002008-09-02T14:38:54.320-04:00The Drink Chart<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlKIgRzDzM7ZL57S7atxEjohfn4ieUcc6imRdSTqr1UzKEvfErs056ug2l8BJ-cddLanU9mZwh78cQqDrS96dKbG12FwBMMXoCWEMgDbfXOkrCYOHLm-6vj6wdmZRF5bkNQBJWvLuW6cw/s1600-h/IMG_1327.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241494083465366946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlKIgRzDzM7ZL57S7atxEjohfn4ieUcc6imRdSTqr1UzKEvfErs056ug2l8BJ-cddLanU9mZwh78cQqDrS96dKbG12FwBMMXoCWEMgDbfXOkrCYOHLm-6vj6wdmZRF5bkNQBJWvLuW6cw/s400/IMG_1327.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div>Elihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18193649854310422154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930446843242619067.post-6762445705047614062008-08-27T22:44:00.000-04:002008-08-27T22:45:21.303-04:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';">I'm totally going to win the favorite animal poll. </span>The Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740878456579420343noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930446843242619067.post-6042929485246868242008-08-27T16:48:00.002-04:002008-08-27T16:50:37.776-04:00Dr. DogCheck out my <a href="http://elispersonalstash.blogspot.com/2008/08/music-recommendation-dr-dog.html">review</a> of Dr. Dog's new album, <em>Fate</em>.Elihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18193649854310422154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930446843242619067.post-28867885160168228522008-08-27T14:26:00.007-04:002008-08-27T22:33:47.464-04:00Capturing Memory<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vY8LAvC0_Sw/SLWjnudBeOI/AAAAAAAAAAY/DIzQi43eIAE/s1600-h/HouseandCar_rayhouse.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239273644395428066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vY8LAvC0_Sw/SLWjnudBeOI/AAAAAAAAAAY/DIzQi43eIAE/s320/HouseandCar_rayhouse.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I work for an artist, William <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Christenberry</span>; a tall, southern, known-to-appear-in-seersucker-suits type of gentleman. When I say southern one should not mistake this to mean some sort of Louisiana drawl or 'howdy y'all' type of persona, but rather the quiet, gentle, polite nature of man raised by his parents during a time when going to church, saying <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">m'am</span>, and having chores were all part of life. That said he also has a devious sense of humor, as surprising and enjoyable to find as Jimmy Stewart's stint with Donna Reed's bathrobe in <span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-STYLE: italic">It's A Wonderful Life</span>. <div><br /><div></div><div>Mr. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Christenberry</span> is a photographer, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">sculptor</span>, painter, and paper artist. He is best known for his series of photographs capturing the vernacular architecture and landscape of his hometown and the surrounding area in rural Alabama. Since the late 50's he has returned annually to capture the changing nature of his childhood surroundings.</div><div><br /><div></div><div>I was fortunate enough to be given a copy of Mr. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Christenberry's</span> latest book, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Working from Memory</span>, in which an editor and his wife compile audio records of him relating life stories into a written form. A combination of reading these stories and again studying the photography which they accompany, led me to a very personal observation. </div><div><br /></div><div></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">I realized that it's the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">absence</span> of people in the majority of Mr. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Christenberry's</span> photographs that make them seem so much more like something out of dream of long ago, like those nostalgic moments I have when I remember my own childhood in the south, those warm summer days and fields and buildings and smells. Undoubtedly people from our past contribute a vast amount to our memories, but those places in our heart, those surrounding from long ago often appear, at least in my mind, devoid of people. The old sign of a mermaid on main street in <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Greensboro, NC</span> has been there since the sixties, at any point a variety of people in a variety of fashions from many decades would have walked by. But I don't think of the sign in that context. Why it may be close to impossible to find a time of day or not when there isn't someone in the vicinity of that sign, in my mind it stands alone, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">separate</span> from its surroundings. Just how many of my geographical memories float unattached, void of their <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">physical</span> anchors of time and location, but grounded securely in my own understanding of them.</div></div></div>Who is that girl....http://www.blogger.com/profile/15746075841886246779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930446843242619067.post-80005684740304444542008-08-27T13:18:00.004-04:002008-08-27T13:30:27.060-04:00It left my life as mysteriously as it appeared.I noticed today on my walk to the metro that the full bag of Depends that had been lying in the gutter for over a month is now missing. A sudden uneasiness came over me and I realized from now on I no longer had a back up plan between home and work- I would have to become a responsible adult when drinking my morning orange juice and vodka. <div><br /></div><div>I take solace from an email my doctor friend wrote me today:</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">'My only duty right now is watching over my demented patient who keeps taking his diaper off and asking for his dead wife. This involves more patience than you might think.' </span></span></div><div><br /></div><div>It seems like somewhere everyone is shedding a security blanket of some kind. </div>The Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00740878456579420343noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930446843242619067.post-24346392150116816872008-08-27T10:53:00.005-04:002008-09-02T14:32:10.498-04:00Cat Training<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVxzXtTRkDAPyC7LKaR8aPlTs5IICWJoGtX9zsVrWHItDv-EzPzDikSR5-OQK81MQzSit90gsLCTQQyTGPnuZlpjIhpSOV4KCQmXrbqPENrUluri76fDlW8mR3JGsnHLpmO4hVV8kgJk/s1600-h/IMG_1168.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241493505446276242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVxzXtTRkDAPyC7LKaR8aPlTs5IICWJoGtX9zsVrWHItDv-EzPzDikSR5-OQK81MQzSit90gsLCTQQyTGPnuZlpjIhpSOV4KCQmXrbqPENrUluri76fDlW8mR3JGsnHLpmO4hVV8kgJk/s400/IMG_1168.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>My cats, Max and Duncan, have developed a good-cop/bad-cop routine for getting me to feed them in the morning. When they hear my alarm go off, they both come in my room, ready for some grub. Duncan gets up on my bed and rubs up on my face and purrs while Max watches quietly from the floor. If I don't get up to feed them, and fall back asleep instead, Max gets up on my desk or my dresser and starts knocking stuff off (the more breakable, the better). They've been perfecting this routine over the last few months, and they have trained me well enough that, even if I want to sleep more, I'll get up and feed them first, then crawl back into bed. Those boys are clever little bastards.</div>Elihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18193649854310422154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930446843242619067.post-40424150808294902612008-08-27T10:48:00.000-04:002008-08-27T10:49:04.288-04:00Really?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.queerty.com/wp/docs/2008/08/foxnewsbidenobama.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.queerty.com/wp/docs/2008/08/foxnewsbidenobama.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Rococo Cocoa is Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00212138414183572849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930446843242619067.post-47270385418507687282008-08-26T13:46:00.000-04:002008-08-26T13:57:07.538-04:00murderkillpeace<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfzgp0aGQYAz-xvS4T-OtV7upN2GvZt3UjhMcLmGBKlODYN2kgMLmDd8BgJYBZlKxLRwKbCP0RUrd7o2dp1CjFW_USebkUPmM92eGGevtlS3fr_Ss_KUjucU_lF_mY5t8KvBSD55Eu_VQ/s1600-h/murderkillpeace3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238886504428265154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfzgp0aGQYAz-xvS4T-OtV7upN2GvZt3UjhMcLmGBKlODYN2kgMLmDd8BgJYBZlKxLRwKbCP0RUrd7o2dp1CjFW_USebkUPmM92eGGevtlS3fr_Ss_KUjucU_lF_mY5t8KvBSD55Eu_VQ/s400/murderkillpeace3.jpg" border="0" /></a> playing around with ascii art.Elihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18193649854310422154noreply@blogger.com0