Great Apple Overlord, I beseech you! It should have been I that brought your visage unto the world, but I was remiss, full of visions of other fruits. Forgive me, oh lord, for your apple goodness is most great!
in The Apple of Death

Regular Unleaded is at $4.10 here and Super is $4.24 so we can change it from !gas to gas!
in Gas at $5.00 in the U.S. - betting pool open

Oops, B-dog doesn't like brackets. So, I will go with the traditional Ba-Dum-Cha
in It's Just a Plant

Isn't this a little bit like having instructions on the side of a tooth pick box? It almost pains me that a bunch of scientists felt it necessary to disprove astrology. I did get a laugh from "Research Group for the Critical Study of Astrology". I guess the U.S. isn't the only country with snappy special interest group names.
in Astrology Fails To Predict That It Is Crap

is it too much to ask that our "leaders" see that by condoning, nee advocating, torture of foreign nationals we are opening ourselves up to the same actions in response? This administration makes me ill.
in Condi Must Go

Do you think Todd has been a bit disingenuous at the local NH pubs? "I can't get you an invite to Babbledog, but don't tell anyone you got if from me. Now... I think I will call you.... Mandingo"
in Is this level grind?

:%s/bladder/babble -> and Freud laughed
in Mistyping Babbledog

From a customer: "I'm looking for a rockstar, a junior me" - came in 2 weeks later looking for a job
in Things you hear at work

We sent in an email to our support queue indicating the personal domain of one of our admins was being cited for copyright infringement in India with forged email headers so he couldn't back trace it. Then, one of our folks went do an outside line and called in to Support using his best Mumbai accent to talk to him about the requirement that he release his domain name. He spent 15 minutes talking to "Vijay" on the phone before he saw the rest of us falling out in the conference room. When the jig was up he was quite the good sport about it.
in What's the best April Fools' Day prank?

Whew, with the price of gas I was worried about my mid-summer's sojourn into the wild for a ritualistic celebration of manhood - the drumming circle. Now I can just invite some friends over and get drunk at home instead.
in Drum Table: Perfect Accompaniment for Drinking Songs

Seriously, I created a 529 for Oliver so his grandparents would have a place to put some money. I hope there is a higher education system when he gets to be that age (he's 3 1/2).
in 529 Plan - The Worst Thing You Can Do for Your Child Ok, I realize I am being a bit harsh. In fact, I love the 529 plan. I discuss and recommend them for my clients on a daily basis. However, 529 plans are becoming so popular today that parents are starting to forgo their Retirement plans, emergency funds, and other important goals, just to help their children through school. A 529 plan is a college (and only college) savings account that is established by Section 529 in the tax code. It basically allows you to invest after-tax dollars in a fund that grows tax deferred and allows you to take the money free from taxes if used for qualified post-high school education costs. It is a great deal if you are almost 100% sure that it will get used. Parents: please get started saving for college right away, if you have the resources. By resources, I mean that you have done or are in the process of doing the following: 1. Have 3-6 months of living expenses in a liquid savings account 2. Have paid off all high interest credit cards 3. Are on track to have enough money invested for your retirement 4. Have a proper life insurance and disability plan in place 5. Have health insurance that will allow you to cover any and all medical expenses with your cash flow or emergency fund. 6. Have worked with an estate planning attorney to implement your wills, Powers of attorneys, and Living Will. If you are saving for your kid's education before taking care of these necessities, you are taking a huge risk. There are so many opportunities to get funding for college. There are student loans, other financial aid, they can work during college. Who knows, your kids may not even go to college. The next time you see your children; ask them the following question to see what the answer will be: "Would you rather pay for your own college and later visit your parents in their summer home in the Hamptons, or we can pay your college expenses and later move in with you. Easy answer. Take care of yourselves first.

Liveleak has been taken down as well.
in Fitna (فتنة)

I guess it's easier here in Seattle. We don't have natural gas choices. Life is so less complicated with a single vendor. One power, one gas, one cable, one telco. Who needs choices? Choices are confusing. What do you mean my rates went up again?
in 3 Things to Consider When Choosing a Natural Gas Company

I can just imagine phone calls to Jaguar Technical Support.
in so, uh, the manufacturer of the cheapest car in the world is now... Jaguar?

Great, perhaps it will have that fantastic feature of arbitrarily dialing the last person I called and firing up a video session of me in the john. Hilarity ensues!
in Digg founder claims 3G iPhone will have video chat

Butter fed armor. My Ex saw Paul at a cooking demonstration and he spent the entire 2-hour demonstration eating pads of butter out of a bowl. As you know, butter in that quantity will kill a normal man, but for Paul, it's just armor regeneration for his alien being in our inhospitable atmosphere.
in Chef Prudhomme takes a bullet, shrugs it off

So, my sources tell me that the Japanese Government (via the MIT) define broadband by "what" the technology is, not how fast it goes. They further say that there is little advertised at less than 1 Mb/sec, so that's a fairly good bell-weather for speed, but is not officially published.
in Lagging Broadband in U.S. Damages Economy

I know, it's hard to fool the might Emoticon overlord. ?@_@?
in Beat the Emoticon Image Generators

The beauty of bidding fever. It's no wonder "buyer's remorse" is in the common lexicon. Maybe "I just pulled an Ebay" to indicate I did/bought/said something in the heat of the moment.
in Looking for an OLPC?