Watched “The Weakest Link” last night. It was fun, but I guess game shows are not designed to hold my interest for very long. (So you’re thinking, well, Survivor is a game show. He likes Survivor. Well, Survivor transcends the genre. So there.) I like the snippy British host, and it’s fun to try to answer all the rapid-fire questions yourself. But in the final analysis, if I want to play Trivial Pursuit, I can do that myself. And if I want to see other people being humiliated on national television…well, I guess there are good uses for the show after all.
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Well, my homegrown comments system is up, complete with comment counts. All the Blogvoices comments are lost, but if you want to make an omelet… I hope to be adding things like a cookie so you only have to enter your information once, like Blogvoices does. I may also put it in a little floating window, but for now I kind of like having a separate page for the comments. Let me know what you think of this system.
I’m addicted to reading weblogs, and my latest sub-genre interest is photo blogs. I think the finest example I’ve seen is Mike Clarke’s site, Hunkabutta.com. He’s a Canadian living in Tokyo, and after looking at his amazing photos and reading his text, you feel like you’re there. I want to be Mike Clarke when I grow up.
I also enjoy Laura Holder not Com– she has a mix of gritty webcam-style shots and some cool travel and panorama photos. And how can I forget Reid Stott’s Photodude weblog, which has gorgeous shots in the right-side ‘Pixel Pile.’ Check’em out.
Blogvoices is fantastic, but the loss of the comment counts is a big one. Not only do I want to see the counts, but I also think people are more likely to comment if there are other comments, and they might just want to read the comments – they won’t do this if they have to click on each comment link blind. So I’m almost finished with a little Cold Fusion-based comment system, which should go up later tonight or tomorrow. I’m excited and pleased.
If I take absolute pleasure in watching Tea Leoni get swallowed up by a giant, comet-caused tidal wave in Deep Impact, does that make me a bad person?
Learning biology with The Simpsons:
Homer: Marge, it’s uter-US, not uter-YOU.
(Homer, trying to convince Marge to become a surrogate mother to solve their financial problems.)
Ron wrote a great post about the recent announcement that the U.S. Postal Service may discontinue Saturday delivery. I second the notion that junk mail is a scourge that should be dealt with, both for the individual and societal good. Now if we could just do the same with spam e-mail…..
Did you know the freaky pagan origins of the word “Easter”? I certainly didn’t.
Note to freaky Pagans visiting this site: Welcome! – and no offense intended.
Couple of changes to the page: I added a permalink to each post, so you can link to any specific post if you find I’ve written something particularly trenchant that you want to share with the world. I also added a link on the left to my Amazon wish list, in case you want to buy me something. Feel free.
Interesting how they call them “faith-based programs” rather than “church-based programs.” And also interesting how public support for giving tax money to these organizations, no matter what they are called, goes down sharply the further they stray from good old USA Christianity. Hmmm.