Maybe you can tell from my choice of titles what band has been on my PC’s playlist this afternoon.

I was planning on bantering on about the Kerry Bush debate, but fortunately, the rest of the pajama brigade is doing a fine job of that.

The reason I seem to be at a loss for words today, is the fact that I’m dealing with politics in my own cubicle jungle.
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The past few weekends, I’ve been helping the new landlord put in a deck on our back porch. (its been fun, and I’m leaning a lot about construction!)
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Joe and Ang added some more pix of their baby girl, I thought I’d publish a pair of my favorites.

(Granted, one is several months old, but its CUTE!)
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Today, Chicago fans mourn the tragic and humiliating loss their team received to the not-so-mighty-looking Philadelphia Eagles.

Their team? It is a mighty-mighty team knows as:
Da Bears
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This morning, the geniuses over at Scaled Composites have won the Ansari X-Prize by fulfilling the quest to put a reusable commercial passenger vehicle in a suborbital flight not once, but twice.

The second flight touched down this morning, and thus the 10 million dollar prize was clinched!
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The Money section of the AOL News Network reports that the free-speech of telemarketers is not infringed with the Do Not Call list.
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The confusion is over, the Subversive Global Test that John Kerry spoke of in the first debate has been unearthed.

The Online Format

Hattip to Best of the Web Today

From ESPNs Page 2:

“A very prominent attorney was taking bets that nobody could throw a snowball and hit the Cowboys bench from (the upper deck). By the fourth quarter, the police were involved, and after the game Jimmy Johnson needed an escort through a hail of white projectiles. Of course, the snowball-throwing contest became bigger news than the game itself. The next day, that famous attorney’s name was revealed in the Philadelphia Inquirer. His name: Edward G. Rendell. Two years later, he was elected mayor of Philadelphia.”

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After a month long wait, Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com presents the latest edition of Searchy Fun

For those of you who came in late, these are the top 20 search-strings used to find Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com through the various search engines around the world wide web. (Mostly Google [Good for you], but there are some Yahoo and MSN searches still [very disturbing])

Anyways, lets get to checkin’
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“It is a prostitution of the legislative process to take a serious issue and use it for political purposes on the eve of the election just to say they are against the draft,”

Charles Rangel – Congressional Pimp from New York

How does this guy keep getting re-elected?
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At work yesterday in the cubicle jungle, the cheerleaders handed out a bunch of Lance Armstrong bracelets in celebration of Customer Service Week.

Support and inspiration come in many forms and from many places…

Thank you for all your hard work!

At first I scoffed at the gesture. But the more I looked at this yellow wristband, I thought about it some more:
Someone probably paid a dollar to the Lance Armstrong Foundation for each of these (and there are a lot of people in this cubicle jungle).
The Lance Armstrong Foundation (LiveStrong) is an organization which helps cancer survivors, as well as their friends and family.
While my situation is hardly as dramatic, or life-threatening as most others,
I am a cancer survivor.

I keep forgetting that.
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From the sharp minds of Matthew-Maynard-dot-net:

Cheney and Edwards met three times before last night, not once as the VP said. Let’s analyze that a bit.

• Once at a Prayer Breakfast

• Once behind the scenes at [Meet the Depressed]
• Once at Elizabeth Dole’s swearing in ceremony

There was food at the prayer breakfast, in the green room at NBC, and probably at the reception following the swearing in.
the Senate floor as far as I know.

Conclusion: John Edwards only shows up for free food.

I was reminded of a quote from one of my favorite authors today:

The history of every major galactic civilisation has passed through three distinct and recognisable phases: those of survival, inquiry, and sophistication. Otherwise known as the ‘How’, ‘Why’, and ‘Where’ phases. For instance, the first phase is characterised by the question: “How can we eat?” The second by the question: “Why do we eat?” And the third by the question: “Where should we have lunch?” The history of warfare is similarly subdivided though here the phases are retribution, anticipation, and diplomacy. Thus, retribution: “I’m going to kill you because you killed my brother.” Anticipation: “I’m going to kill you because I killed your brother.” And diplomacy: “I’m going to kill my brother and then kill you on the pretext that your brother did it.“

Douglas Adams – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy / The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Some days, I honestly think this is a gross simplication of the truth.
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I picked up the first disk of the From the Earth to the Moon from Netflix. Now I was always a fan of The Right Stuff, but this mini-series puts it to shame!

In modern history, there were some incredible advances, particularly in the 20th Century

• The Manhattan Project (It’s not just a simple drink, anymore)
• The Internet (Where “Reach out an touch someone” took a whole new dimension)
• The Apollo Project (Where the sky was no longer a limit)

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This week, as the Eagles were on their “bye” for the season, I found myself in a serious quandry.

My “other favorite team” was *shudder* – the [New Jersey] Giants.

Now come on! Who can root for the Giants?
Seriously….

At latest count there are at least 34 “social network” websites out there devoted to connect people to other people. They always have some kind of gimmick to get people to log on and try it. Some hook.

Well, after seeing the popularity of this latest one e-Harmony-dot-com, I’ve come up with a new idea, that is bound to take off.

“When I asked Kerry what it would take for Americans to feel safe again, he displayed a much less apocalyptic worldview. ‘We have to get back to the place we were, where terrorists are not the focus of our lives, but they’re a nuisance,’ Kerry said. ‘As a former law-enforcement person, I know we’re never going to end prostitution. We’re never going to end illegal gambling. But we’re going to reduce it, organized crime, to a level where it isn’t on the rise. It isn’t threatening people’s lives every day, and fundamentally, it’s something that you continue to fight, but it’s not threatening the fabric of your life.’”

(Matt Bai, “Kerry’s Undeclared War,” The New York Times Magazine, 10/10/04)

This is something I was afraid of, after September 11, 2001. A public that became apathetic to the threat of terrorism.

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This has to be some of the best news from Hollywood in a good while.
20th Century Fox wants to put The A-Team on The Big Screen

The new movie will be more serious and “less cartoony” than the light-hearted TV series, in the vein of action movies Die Hard and Lethal Weapon.

Mr Cannell said: “Not to denigrate the TV show, but nobody ever died.”

“We drove cars off cliffs and people got out and walked away. We’re not going to do that (in the movie).”

“In this the tone is more dangerous … you can really die. It’s very tense and exciting.”

Sounds perfect!
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Today is the 229th Anniversary of the U.S. Navy, and to celebrate, Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com will give its usual salute to the mighty-mighty U.S. Navy SuperCarriers.

Ya gotta love these things!

Sources: Global-Security-dot-org
Navy-dot-mil
Hattip to Matthew-Maynard-dot-net

Aside: If you are one of those poor saps who are using Internet Explorer, you wont be able to enjoy the use of the Acronym Tool Tips I’ve embedded in the text of this entry. (Use Mozilla!)
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Yes, this is still Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com, we’re just going through some changes.

You might run across some pages with the old template.

DON’T PANIC: This will be corrected too.

Good-bye Greymatter,
Welcome to WordPress

I haven’t talked much about the debates, mostlly because I was disappointed by the performance of BOTH candidates. (Kerry talks out his *er* aft-thruster, like most politicians do, and Bush just came off as weak.)

As I was reading Best of the Web Today I saw one reason why I disliked Bush’ performance, because he was challenged in areas he was not allowed to answer, for reasons of national security and international politcs.
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I thought it was odd that during the Third-and-final debate that Bush stumbled when he was countering Kerry about this statement:

Well, two leading national news networks have both said the president’s characterization of my health-care plan is incorrect. One called it fiction. The other called it untrue.

Bush’s reply started with:

In all due respect, I’m not so sure it’s credible to quote leading news organizations about — oh, never mind.

He was starting directly at Bob Shieffer, of CBS News…
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The Modernist Papers

In case you weren’t watching, the politicans are already to launch a “Citizen Kane-esque” campaign against an election that hasn’t happened yet. Ever since the AlGore Fiasco of 2000, our election system, our democracy is at stake.
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Well, as I got home this afternoon, I discovered the Undefeated Philadelphia Eagles were dominating their opponents (The Carolina Pussy Cats) 30-8.

I was elated to see the statistic of 4 interceptions, with one for a defensive touchdown.

The fans in the Linc must have been out of their seats!

I’m sad I missed it. But the replays looked superb!
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For those of you who have seen my library, I’m a big fan of the O’Reilly brand of geek-books. They are unique in their design and the subject matter is covered very well. While its rare for me to read a technical book all the way through, O’Reilly’s authors makes it easy. They are a “Dummies” manual for non-dummies.

Well, I picked up another one.
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I’ve talked about multiple monitors before, but here is an article from XYZ Computing by a True Believer.

Source: h-t-t-p-colon forward-slash forward-slash slash-dot-dot-org.
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I can’t seem to watch the news anymore, particularly anything to do with The haughty french-looking Massachusetts democrat who, by-the-way, also served in Vietnam and his “Teen-Beat” Coverboy running mate.

I kept asking myself, how can they say such lies and untruths all the time?
They seem to be back to the “throw everything we can at Bush, even if its not true, so he has to defend himself and prove we’re wrong” tactic.
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I saw an amusing anecdote at The Politburo Diktat, regarding the favored Browser of Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com, the mighty-mighty Mozilla Browser.

(As Mahatma Ghandi once said, “Of course you know, this means war…”)

(Okay, no, he didn’t really say that.)

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Bush: “Kerry introduced only 5 bills.”
Kerry: “I’ve introduced 56 bills. Bush is a liar”

Let’s get to checking

Sources:

Fact-Check-dot-org
The New York Times
Best of the Web

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Seems the comment spammers are drooling over the fact that I’ve got a new web-publisher, as a rather deviant (yet-unintelligent) spammer is climbing up my post count (from #1 to today) and dropping idiotic little Reader’s Digest quotables with his link to a texas holdem website.

Well, he’s dropping enough clues to block, so his comments are being held in the Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com Bermuda Triangle (The place where Spam goes to die)
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Okay, everyone has a favorite Star Wars character (From Luke Skywalker, to Han Solo, to Princess Leia, to the cuddly Chewbacca.) (And those born-after-Star-Wars seem to strangely gravitate to Boba Fett)

But none of these characters can hold a flame to the ultimate in Star Wars Lore:

Matt fowarded this National Review online Article to me, with the subtext:

Even GWB is following the Eagles

My unspoken response was: Well of course he is, Bush knows a winner when he sees one!
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First, read this “classic” User-Friendly-dot-org cartoon.

Today, on h-t-t-p-colon forward-slash forward-slash slash-dot-dot-org I saw this article from ARS Technica on a prediction that the intenet will crash and burn in 2006.

Now before you panic, keep reading
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With every major (and minor election) the glorious state of Arizona floods the electorate with a series of propositions to vote on. This year is no different.

And the political language of these propositions is always convoluted and twisted, so it takes a careful eye to discern what exactly the voter is saying “yes” or “no” to.
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As I suggested in my How Little Jeremy became a Republican article, the views of the parents often fall to the views of the children.

Channel one, just conducted a mock election with over 1.4 million teens (a pretty good sample size, if you ask me) and Bush is the clear winner.

Is this a sign of things to come?
I think so.
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Last Earth Day, I wrote a bit on the myth of Global Warming.

For the past ten-plus years, Enviro-biased-scientists have been plastering the government with this graph, developed by by University of Massachusetts geoscientist Michael Mann and cohorts:

The problem is, the graph is completely wrong.
Hattips:

Small-Dead-Animals
the-Politburo-Diktat

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As I was driving home from work, I saw a curious collection of bumber stickers.

So, Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com readership: Is this a shrewd-republican, or really-bad-democratic marketing?

Bumpersticker 1: Kerry/Edwards
Bumbersticker 2: Asses of Evil
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For years now, the Republican National Committee has been accosting me to do something I’m not comfortable in doing.

Voting early.
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WOW! What a game for the Eagles!

There were several streaks on the line here, one continued, some others ended.

• The Eagles are still undefeated in this season.
• The Eagles, however, no longer enjoy the streak of beating their opponents by 10 or more points
• The Clevland Browns are no longer undefeated in the Dawg Pound.

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Everyone from Little-Green-Footballs-dot-com to Michelle-Malkin to I-N-D-C-Journal-dot-com are talking about the “scoop” at the Washington Times.

In case you missed it (or are too lazy to click the links, JOHN KERRY LIED!)

As he was telling the American People of his keen understanding of the “international concerns” he was lying through his teeth.
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As advertised on Matthew-Maynard-dot-net, there will be a Lunar Elipse on Wednesday Night.

Eclipses are one of my two favorite astronomical events. They last a good while, and we can persue other observations as the event continues on.

I encourage all Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com readers to go witness it.
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Yesterday, Cassini performed the closest fly-by, ever, of the unique moon, Titan. The largest of Saturn’s satellites, and the only one in the solar system with an atmosphere, Titan has been an object of study since its discovery.

Astronomers are very excited to get such a close view at the facinating moon.
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It has been said, over and over again why Bush is a better candidate than The haughty french-looking Massachusetts Democrat, who by-the-way also served in Vietnam. Words like character, conviction, steadfastness, and the like have been used to distinguish the two.

The Wall Street Journal’s Opinion-Journal-dot-com‘s has a great article on Why Bush is going to win.
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I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood;

Revelation 6:12 NASB

So creepy!

Tonight, I gazed at the lunar eclipse, and it was magnificent.
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Okay, okay, okay
The BoSox won.

Can the Boston Red Sox fans stop whining about their Stupid Curse now?

Anyways, congrats Boston. Now you need to catch up to the New England Patriots in Championships.

In an interview last week Mr. Brokaw said CBS News had clearly made mistakes. But, he said, “I think there were people just lying in the Internet bushes, waiting to strike, and I think that particular episode gave them a big opportunity.”

Let me translate this:
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Here is a view of the eclipse last night that no one saw.

The solar eclipse on the moon.
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I saw this political cartoon in our cubicle jungle today, it was obviously about the hurricanes, but is there a hidden meaning?

Source: Newsday-dot-com
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In a shock flip-flop by the Boston Red Sox, John Kerry now supports George W. Bush’s stance on the environment.
You might remember a certain comment made in the Second Presidential Debate:

Kerry, of course was speaking about the hopelessness of his Red Sox winning the World Series and the Bambino Curse
Well, the Red Sox WON the World Series

As Best of the Web, Today pontificates:
Now that the Sox have won the Series, it’s fair to say the president is right on environmental issues?
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Rawhide or Queer Eye?
The Daily Recycler helps YOU DECIDE

Warning: Obscene Gesture at the end.
(You were warned)

Getting out of the house to go to work this morning, I was accosted by some weather I had not remembered seeing in the desert before…

FOG
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The weekend before the Presidential Election, I found a few online articles which caught my attention:
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From h-t-t-p-colon forward-slash forward-slash slash-dot-dot-org, the CBC News is reporting the Internet turns 35 years old today.

Al Gore was unavailable for comment.
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The Modernist Papers

I’ve seen a disturbing thing over the years, especially this year. I’ve seen a lot of Democrats call Republicans, or people who support Bush, “stupid“, as if we are blindly following our party/leader/whomever.

I’d like to disagree.
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Well, you know what they call an ugly win in football?

A win.

And (as a surprise to myself) the Philadelphia Eagles beat the second-most-hated-team-in-football to remain undefeated.
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The Wall Street Journal’s Opinion-Journal-dot-com has an Editorial by former GE CEO (And modern icon) Jack Welch:

Five Questions to Ask . . .

. . . Before you pull that lever.

Its a good read.
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The Democratic National Committee released a shocking October-Surprise press statement, today; just two days before the National Election.

As John Kerry and John Edwards continue their hard work to appeal to swing voters, Chairman Terry McAuliffe appeared before the gathered fans in Boston, as the Red Sox celebrated their first World Series win in over 85 years.
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