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| Is the creative department of Shiny Donkey running low on Bull of the Day (BotD) ideas? As it stands right now, there appear to be only 2 more BotD's to look forward to. I think people need to submit some more ideas. |
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This is like something out of a sitcom...
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BUSH EVENT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: Event workers had been told to fire off confetti pods when Bush said, 'God Bless'... his normal closing line. But 5 minutes before the end of his speech, Bush offered a "God Bless" to Arlene Howard, mother of George Howard a Port Authority of New York/New Jersey Police Officer killed in the World Trade Center... BLAM!!!!! Everyone first ducked -- hard -- then looked up to see confetti falling. Bush looked momentarily stunned, then plain unhappy, then just went on with his speech as the confetti rained to the floor of the Verizon Wireless Arena... |
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Confusing DNC Ad
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10/28/04 09:53 AM EST
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| I saw this DNC ad at cleveland.com a few minutes ago and am not quite sure what to make of it. A flash panel shows headshots of George W. Bush, Bill O'Reilly, Chris Matthews, Tucker Carlson, Karl Rove and Jay Leno. The focus moves from head to head, getting faster & faster until the words "Sick of the Spin?" finally appear along with a link to "Get The Facts." 
I know that the DNC has something against O'Reilly, Carlson & Rove, but what the heck are Matthews and Leno doing in that ad?? Didn't Matthews work for Carter? And I've always thought Leno held his political views pretty close. Is he part of the vast right wing conspiracy now? |
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Just one more reason Cleveland has to be the saddest sports town...
The Boston Red Sox won the World Series. The 1918 curse is over, they've finally done it. Being a Tribe fan, I am obligated to hate the Red Sox, but I do hate the Yankees so much more, oh so much more. To see the Yankees be within only a few outs of yet another Series appearance, only to watch it slip away was so very satisfying. So satisfying to the point that for a very short period of time I became a rabid Red Sox fan, my heart pounding through each extra inning game during their "will they or won't they" ALCS. Then to see the World Series end in such a huge fashion, a 4 game sweep, almost to say to all of Boston "SHUT UP ABOUT YOUR CURSE!" In fact it is true, curse or not, it is over, the Red Sox have won the series, now onto the next adventure.
So the Chicago Cubs last won the series in 1908, and I have a feeling that they may win it in under 100 years from their last victory, and many make a lot of noise about that drought because it is so painful, but nobody mentions their cross town rivals. When is the last time you heard about the cursed White Sox? They last won the series in 1917, one year longer than the Red Sox. The Cubs hold the crown for longest drought, but the team in the very same city is second! Who knew?!?! So the White Sox and Cubs, if both win the Series in the next few years, then who? Who has the longest drought since last winning the big one?
Yep, you guessed it, the Cleveland Indians. We have our curse too, but nobody seems to care. Two words folks, Rocky Colavito. He was not a super-hero player, but he was what our city had in the 50's. Rocco Colavito, the Hard working Italian in a hard working steel town. He once hit 4 home runs in one game you know? Well, Rocky was traded away, and has since caused great havoc with the fans of his very own hard working town. He was traded to Detroit, and even though Cleveland realized their mistake, it took too long to get him back. The damage was done, the curse was applied, and has since not been lifted. There has been superstar rookies fall flat one year later. Promising seasons ended when half of the pitching for a season was killed in a training camp boating accident. Playoff losses to the Red Sox, and a series loss to the Braves, and to top it all off, being two outs away from a game 7 Series victory against the expansion Marlins, only to lose when Jose Mesa fell off the table, their star closer coming apart at the seams during the most importance appearance of his career. SI picked the Indians to win it all with Julio Franco and Brook Jacoby in 1984... they lost over 100 games that season.
So Cleveland, get your voices ready to whine, you have just two more teams ahead of us before we have the longest world series drought, and it looks like it may be only one team after next season... GO CUBS!!! |
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Hypo-allergenic Cats
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10/26/04 03:46 PM EST
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| ALLERCA is "developing" the world's first hypo-allergenic cat, expected sometime in 2007. "Developing????" WTF does that mean? Cats are like a new car or ham radio and can just be rolled off the assembly line? Blech. This may be a joy for the next generation but to me it sounds fiendish. |
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I posted this on my fraternity message board, but I put a decent amount of time into it, so I wanted to see yous guyses thoughts on it.
Here is what I see happening in the election on Nov 2nd.
Currently Bush has 208 Votes locked up and Kerry has 179. There are still 151 up in the air and any candidate needs 270 to win. The key comes down to the most talked about "Battleground States." Of the up for grabs states, as I see it, Kerry will win NH (4 votes) and ME (also 4 votes). That will put Kerry up to 187 votes. Bush will easily take WV (5 votes), IA (7 votes), CO (9 votes), NM (5 votes), OR (7 votes), as well as NV (5 votes), bringing his total to 246. Then it will come down to:
MI 17 votes
OH 20 votes
PA 21 votes
FL 27 votes
MN 10 votes
WI 10 votes
These will all obviously be very closely contested and as I see it happening:
Bush will take both MN and WI to bring his total to 266.
But Kerry will take MI, OH, and PA, bringing his total to 245.
So, once again, it will come down to FL. I am calling that Kerry will get the geriatric swing vote from the state and will narrowly eek out a victory with 49% of the FL vote, taking its 27 votes and bringing his total to 272, winning the 04 election and taking his party hopping wife to the White House, thus derailing Hillary's 08 Presidential Dreams.
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I just found out that LaRouche is throwing in the towel, and his support to Kerry for the 2004 election.
I'm sure this is the voting block needed to crush Bush in the election, and Kerry had better be grateful for the support come March. |
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Seriously, do they need some sort of a manual?
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10/25/04 10:55 AM EST
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So I saw this in regards to the increased attacks in Iraq.
BAGHDAD – The U.S. military reports a 30 percent increase in insurgency attacks during the second half of October. Officials said that until Ramadan, violence had decreased throughout most if Iraq.
U.S. officials attributed the increase in attacks to the Islamic fast month of Ramadan as well as to the upcoming U.S. presidential elections.
WTF? Doesn't the fact that it is Ramadan mean that there would be LESS attacks? Am I missing something here? I guess I just expected a little better understanding of the religion by those that are claiming it as their basis for fighting. If I've learned anything from Kearns besides how DNS works and that the CRUD was not supposed to be reused, it is that Ramadan is a time to be peaceful even with your enemies... and to make unsuspecting idiots do stupid things... okay, so the second part is just what I like to think he was doing. This being peaceful thing was proven when during Ramadan Kearns had a meeting with Vinny that he didn't walk out of.
So basiclally I say, wtf is up with the moron terrorists? Last March they lost all credibility with me, now they've lost my opinion for their knowledge of their own religion. I think I will get my muslim facts from my Irish friend from here on out, good thing I've already done this so far too.
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Finally, a reason to root for the Redskins
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10/25/04 09:09 AM EST
posted by JER email web |
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Bull tells me that the winner of the Redskins-Packers game this weekend will predict the election:
http://www.snopes.com/sports/football/election.asp
Based on this logic, if you're a Redskins fan, then you are actually rooting for George W. Bush, too. Therefore, I predict that reliably liberal DC will shock the nation and cast their 0.3432 electoral votes for Bush this year.
Gotta go, I'm going to Safeway to buy some champagne... |
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So BL, now that you try to no longer swear, and I know that you used to swear, and it seems like it may have somewhat often, my question is, do you think in swears?
The reason I ask is because I find myself working on a project, code, maybe something around the house, or I get cut off while driving, or nearly run over while walking, quite often my first reaction is to swear. This does not need to be a verbal thing (although it often is), it is usually just something in my head. I swear to myself and then get on with stuff. Sometimes I swear a few times and move on. I am just wondering if the fact that you no longer swear much in life, aside from the words "ass" and "crap" which are debatable swear words throughout the midwest (along with Suck, my bus driver lady really hated that word and would say "Do you know what you are saying!!??", I would stare blankly cause I really didn't know), do you swear in your mind anymore? For example, do you swear and then censor on the way out of your mouth, or do the censored swear words pop into your mind first. Just wondering, cause you are the only person I know of moderatly young age that can really give a good point of view on this topic. |
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The first place this word has been proven to be used online is alt.fan.backstreet.boys?
Now that's ridonkulous.
At least "PurpleSquiggleDebs" had fun using it...
And I can't figure how her double-jointed hips would work...
And doing a bit of math, it seems PSD would be in her sophomore year at college by now, I wonder if this posting is a huge embarassment now, or if she still loves the Backstreet Boys as much as she ever did? |
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Team America Preview...
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10/21/04 12:14 PM EST
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| The Team America Soundtrack isn't available from iTunes yet (it was supposed to be out on the 19th!!!) but someone has posted a ginormous 47 minute clip at AOL. I still think Pearl Harbor sucked (and I miss you) is my favorite track... |
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Did anyone happen to catch Jon Stewart's appearance on Crossfire last Friday? I Tivo that show, so when I saw a headline on Drudge that Stewart made some controversial statements, I played the episode to see for myself.
From beginning to end, it was one of the most awkward interviews I've ever seen. Stewart was sarcastic, rude, arrogant and aloof. Michelle commented that he was "acting like he's high." I've always been a big fan of Stewart's and think that I would have agreed with the point he was trying to make had he not been such an ass. His statements were confusing, insulting and hard to watch.
For example, early in the episode Stewart said that he had "made a point of coming on the show" because he had made it clear in statements on The Daily Show that he thinks Crossfire is a "bad" show. He wanted to set the record straight by saying the the show isn't so much "bad" as it is "hurting America." The conversation then devolved from there, with Stewart continuing to antagonize Tucker & Begala, ending with the childish "you're a dick" comment.
I think what Stewart was trying to say is that political hackery (following the party line no matter what you may actually think about an issue) is bad for America. And I agree with that to a point. After the debates, for instance, partisans in the "spin room" both talk about how amazing their candidate was and no one was actually gives thoughtful or honest answers, the just try to add positive soundbites to the echo chamber of 24 hour news.
There's a way to raise the issue and debate the validity of shows like Crossfire, though, without being an idiot. Maybe Stewart isn't as smart as I thought or maybe he just had a bad day, but if he wants to get his message out there he's going to have to change his style. |
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| So, how shiny-donkified are you? Find out by trying the Shiny Donkey Crossword Puzzle -- guaranteed to waste 30 minutes of your life! |
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 According to Esquire magazine, Shark Tale star Angelina Jolie is the sexiest woman alive, with Halle Barry coming in second. Do a lot of guys really feel that way? Maybe I'm in the minority, but I think I'd rather date Roseanne than "The Lips That Walked Like Man."
Well, maybe that's an exaggeration... She is definitely a sexy lady, but the way she's marketed is repugnant. Every darn poster or promo she appears in is just a suggestive zoom in of her puffed out lips.
"Hey parents, come see Shark Tale! Your kids can enjoy the silly cartoons, and you can fantasize about what Angelina Jolie might do with her D.S.L.!" |
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This weekend I traveled to Cleveland, OH to visit my family and to watch the Browns/Bengals game. My game ticket shows just how sad things have become in Cleveland sports: the "marquee" player highlighted on the ticket was (cue trumpets): Phil Dawson, the placekicker!!! Now nothing against Phil, but I imagine that even in Cincinnati they can come up with someone better to put on the tickets.
So once we got to the game, I noticed that between plays or after scores, the jumbotron would show this guy wearing a hooded sweatshirt jamming to "It's a Browns Town," a classic-rock-ish song I'd never heard before. I recognized him immediately from all those years of staying up late to watch Saturday Night Live in the early '90s -- it was G. E. Smith, or as the "You Like-a da juice" guys called him, "the blonde haired guy with the guitar." I've never seen a classic rock band jamming on the sidelines of a football game, but it beat the heck out of hearing "Who Let The Dogs Out?" and "We Will Rock You" every 10 minutes. The PA would still occasionally blare some crappy Eminem or Usher song, but everytime something big happened, they'd cue "The G. E. Smith Band" and the whole place would really start rocking. Does anyone know the history behind this? Is Smith from Cleveland? Maybe team owner Randy Lerner is a late 80s-early 90s SNL fan? Any chance Dana Carvey will join the organization? |
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| So we saw Team America this past weekend, and if there is anything I came out of it now knowing, it is that Freedom Costs a Buck-O-Five... yeah freedom, $1.05. And personally, I've put in my $1.05. That, and the Arabic language conists of the three words, Mohammed, Jihad, and Durka Durka. Anyhow, if you would like to read a great interview with Trey and Matt, be sure to check out http://www.infocusmag.com/04october/puppetryuncut.htm |
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I'm a liberal freak!
Economic Left/Right: -0.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.74
As reported on davidkearns.com from a test published on The Political Compass |
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As reported to Ireland Online:
[William Shatner] says: "I have such high pheromones. I'm told this by numerous people - that my pheromone count is very high and that I am just naturally attractive to women, and I think, to sexual deviants." |
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Over the past few weeks, I've begun dabbling in stocks & bonds over at Ameritrade...and I've already made a big mistake! Last week I was trying to diversify my portfolio a bit and was looking for a stock with a cheap buyin but lots of future potential. Sirius satellite radio (SIRI) seemed like a good buy because of their new NFL broadcast deal, but XM's marketing is far better and with the spread of WIFI, I really don't think satellite is the future. So in the end, I decided to hold off a bit & invested elsewhere.
Well, I'm regretting everything today, as Howard Stern has announced that he inked a 5 year deal with Sirius starting in 2006. Sirius's stock has jumped 16%. Meanwhile, my huge investment in nascarnet.com (LAME) has lost thousands... |
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Back in the day, BL worked on and created an email regex validation string that has been used and abused all over. This thing has been revised more than Micheal Jackson's nose and similarly is probably far from perfect, but unlike the nose, it is at least getting better. Today it was brought to my attention that some dude here had the last name of O'Shea, and as such his email had an apostrophe in it. As a result the email regex validator on my page was not allowing the entry of the address in the correct format. Apparently it all depends on your mail server and in this case Exchange allows for aliases with this character which I and others thought was an exception. So in the mood of spreading knowledge, here is the new regex to allow for this strange Irish occurance.
^[\w\'-_\.\&\%\$\~]+@([0-9a-z\-_]+\.)*[0-9a-z\-]+\.(com|edu|mil|org|gov|net|name|info|biz|[a-z][a-z])$ |
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SNL does it again...
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10/04/04 06:30 AM EST
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Did anyone else see the Saturday Night Live presidential debate spoof this weekend? It was hilarious and really ripped on both candidates pretty well. After their parodies in 2000 I really didn't expect this year's version to measure up, but it was brilliant.
The guy that started doing Bush at the end of last season (and resumed this weekend) is leagues beyond Ferrell in terms of both his approach & his delivery. Even as a fan of Bush, I got quite kick out of his mumbling, inattentive & stressed out Bush.
And Seth Myers' Kerry impression is so-so (he looks like a little kid in a gray wig), but the dialogue was genius (this is from memory):"What my opponent doesn't tell you is that when I said 'wrong war, wrong place, wrong time' I was speaking to an anti-war crowd. And when I said that anyone who doesn't think Saddam Hussein was a threat 'doesn't have the judgment to be president' I was speaking to a pro-war crowd. That's not flip-flopping, that's called pandering, and America deserves a president who knows the difference." |
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.Net performance for URL encoding
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10/01/04 06:24 AM EST
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| Something interesting I found on Performance tests |
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i just like her boobs !
Alot
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Search Engine Update:
If you search for "Lindsay Lohan Breast Implants" on Yahoo!, Shiny Donkey is #4.
If you search for "Shiny Donkey" on Google, Shiny Donkey is #6.
I repeat - Lame, Google, lame. |
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