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January 1, 2005

MMV

Filed under: PontificationsJeremy @ 12:57:02 PM
From the "One-Day-More" Department

2005 is here.
We have plenty of things to look forward to:
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January 2, 2005

High Ground

Filed under: LocalJeremy @ 4:15:23 PM
From the "But-what-about-winter-showers?" Department

Several people have called or e-mailed asking if I was affected by the flooding in Arizona. Here is my report.

Okay, we’ve gotten some rain, more than expected, but in the past two weeks, I don’t think I’ve even gotten my shoes wet.
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January 3, 2005

UNeffort

Filed under: RantsJeremy @ 1:01:01 AM
From the "The-mighty-mighty-United-Nations" Department

The “moral authority” of the United Nations wants to be represented in the Southeast Asia relief effort. In the form of the U.S. Sodier/Sailor/Marine/Airman.

hattips to Michelle Malkin and The Writing Company
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2005: Old and Busted

Filed under: Parodies,SuperCarriersJeremy @ 6:36:55 PM
From the "Dan-Rather: Old-and-busted; Dubya: New-Hotness" Department

In an attempt to boost his own approval rating, Dan Rather suited-up and joined the sailors aboard the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln.

Hattip: LGF
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January 4, 2005

Searchy Fun :: December 2004

Filed under: Searchy FunJeremy @ 6:49:51 AM

Its Janaury 2005, and that means its time for the December issue of Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com Searchy Fun!

For those of you who came in late, these are the top 20 Search Results used to deliver readers to Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com from the various search engines around the world wide web.

Some are interesting, some are odd, and some just downright weird-me-out.

Lets get to checking!
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Crossing the Line

Filed under: BOTW,RantsJeremy @ 7:32:29 AM
From the "He-aint-an-eighth-grader, he's-my-brother" Department

When Harry Reid, Democratic Senator from Nevada was stepping up to the plate to be the next House Minority Leader, I thought I liked the guy. He wasn’t the obstructionist-jerk that Daschle was, and seemed to be more moderate than most of the Left side of the Senate Floor.

So I watched him on Meet the Depressed a few weeks back; and he tarnished himself, in my eyes.
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January 5, 2005

Claps for CVN72 and her crew

Filed under: SuperCarriersJeremy @ 9:15:05 AM
From the "Where-is-the-nearest-Carrier?" Department

Everyone on Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com knows I love our super-modern fleet of SuperCarriers. Now in the wake of the Tsunami in Southeast Asia, the World is starting to REALLY appreciate them!

Via (Michelle Malkin)
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January 6, 2005

Does anyone listen to Environmentalists anymore?

Filed under: RantsJeremy @ 6:59:07 AM
From the "The-Answer-is-blowin' in-the-wind" Department

Cox and Forum, has some interesting reading today in the wake of the Southeast Asia Tsunami.


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January 7, 2005

Live: MemoGate Report Watch

Filed under: Parodies,Pontifications,Rants,ReviewsJeremy @ 3:00:01 PM
From the "So-why-are-they-so-Old-and-Busted?" Department

The world is in awe, as the investigation of the CBS memogate scandal is about to be announced. We here at Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com are keeping track of this anticipated report.

Notice that the news of this item is going to be released on Friday night, at the end of the news-cycle, when few people are watching the news.
(Like the blogosphere is going to let this go away quietly…)

    Sources: Little Green Footballs

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January 10, 2005

Fallout: The Cinderella Network

Filed under: Pontifications,Reviews,TVJeremy @ 1:00:19 PM
From the "Yeah. Uh, did-you-get-that-memo?" Department

The Report is out, and there is a lot of talk out there about what this report says.

Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com will attempt to discern the important points.
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History Exam

Filed under: ParodiesJeremy @ 5:33:25 PM
From the "Duck-and-Cover" Department

This little Meme has been around the net, I found it from Nathan.

You would be proud, Dad, I scored 18/20.

January 11, 2005

Shopping == Depressing

Filed under: Local,Personal,RantsJeremy @ 1:01:04 AM
From the "Big-and-Tall" Department

Readers might remember, I find shopping for clothes to be a very depressing experience. Last night, I was forced to do some.

The point of this adventure? There are two weddings on the horizon. In two weeks, I need a tuxedo. In one week, I need… a pair of denim jeans.
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January 12, 2005

2004: According to Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com

Filed under: AdministriviaJeremy @ 7:25:18 AM
From the "Your-teacher-TOLD-you-not-to-just-read-the-Cliff's Notes-version" Department

Take the first sentence of each month, and what do you get?

…I don’t know either.

Meme stollen from Allison
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January 13, 2005

The American Mainstream Media Party

Filed under: BOTW,Parodies,PontificationsJeremy @ 1:01:24 AM
From the "So-what-DOES "CBS" stand-for?" Department

Best of the Web Today cited a very provocative article on the events at CBS, and their political leanings. I posted the entire article by Howard Fineman of MSNBC here:
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So your Press Corps has been handed some Bad Press. So what do you do now?

Filed under: Parodies,PontificationsJeremy @ 6:02:10 AM
From the "Cyber-Broadcasting-Station" Department

Hey CBS, I’m Jeremy Gilby, of Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com; I have a website. I thought I’d give you some advice, since you didn’t ask.

I figure, you got nothing to lose; and hey, if I’m right, you can look pretty golden in a few years, and MAYBE even turn the tide for the “Mainstream Media” types.

Go ahead
Read on.

What have you got to lose?
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January 14, 2005

Peggy Noonan vs. Jonathan Klein

Filed under: RantsJeremy @ 7:29:40 AM
From the "you know," Department

Not really a clash of the titans. Its a gifted speech writer’s opinion vs. the president of the AOL News Network.

One of these people says that Blogging is Old School. The other says Blogging has no school at all.

Guess which one is which…
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January 16, 2005

Welcome to the Playoffs

Filed under: FootballJeremy @ 2:44:00 PM
From the "The-road-to-the-Superbowl-goes-through-Philly :: Part-3" Department

Its been a few weeks since my last Football post, but I really enjoyed watching this game…

Rewind to last year, the sports talking heads were bantering about how the NFC Championship game would not feature the Philadelphia Eagles (as it did the 3 previous years)

Rewind to the Last game against the Most-hated-team-in-football, the Dallas Cowboys, and the injury to Terrell Owens. How the Eagles were a one-man team, and they now had no hopes of seeing the playoffs.

Rewind to earlier this week, as the Minnesota Vikings come into Lincoln Financial Field, as the sixth seed in the NFC playoffs, and the same talking heads are still predicting a Minnesota win.

Rewind to 15 minutes ago:
Philadelphia: 27
Minnesota: 14

And the Eagles are going to, again, host the NFC Championship game.
Again.
4 in a row, 3 in a row where they host.

(BTW: This is an NFL record.)
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January 17, 2005

Third Partys

Filed under: Administrivia,LocalJeremy @ 9:26:27 PM
From the "Comments? We-don't-need-no-stinkin' comments!" Department

I don’t talk too much about my website in my everyday life. Its an online thing, and my everyday life is not an online thing. I don’t TRY to keep the two avenues seperate, but I really don’t see a need to visit frequent intersections between the two. At the same time, I don’t attempt to hide my online life from my everyday life. Most of the time, my friends don’t find my online publication very entertaining. (There are exceptions, of course.) But think about it, who needs a virtual version of Jeremy R. Gilby when the real thing is RIGHT THERE!

So imagine my surprise when one of my friends used some of my JG-dot-com Vernacular
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January 18, 2005

The Boxer Jihad

Filed under: BOTW,RantsJeremy @ 12:14:24 PM
From the "Boxer-Day" Department

What is up with Barbara Boxer? Its like everyday is Boxer Day.

You might remember, the Congressional Debable, where Boxer led a jihad to contest the results of Ohio (to meerly make a statement in opposition to GWB, but in reality made a statement that she is just a whiney obstructionist.)

Now she has her sites set on Dr. Condoleezza Rice.
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What about Diego Garcia?

Filed under: PontificationsJeremy @ 4:46:41 PM
From the "Where-are-the-Bombers?" Department

Are you like me, are you concerned about the stratigic military bases in Southeast Asia in the radius of the Tsunami?

One of our most strategic airbases in the world is a small little dot of an island called Diego Garcia. We like have B-2s, B-52s and B-1Bs there. It is at the southernmost tip of India, and was directly in the wake of the Tsunami.

Well, I was trolling through Global-Security-dot-org and I found some good news.

Before and After Images of Diego Garcia

I guess we could also give an update on “Where are the Bombers?”
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January 19, 2005

Cubicle Culture: Bulldogs

Filed under: Cubicle Culture,RantsJeremy @ 11:45:50 AM
From the "If-I-wanted-your-opinion, I'd-beat-it-out-of-you" Department

Something of not-so-recent days popped into my head, and I wanted to document it, just for my own sanity.

When I first started this latest job position (Or the original varriant thereof) I found my decisions being subverted by outside forces. Pretty much, people were quick to go over my head.
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January 20, 2005

Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com :: 3 Years

Filed under: Administrivia,PontificationsJeremy @ 1:25:56 AM
From the "Three-years!" Department

Its another Blog Birthday. Amazingly enough, Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com has been around for 3 years.

Three years ago, today, I took a tired useless domain name and posted my First Entries.

In the first year, I posted 120 articles.
In the second year, I posted 250 articles.
Guess What… this year, I posted 478. That is more than one per day!
(Though, I think I skipped a number, or two, so these reports still remian unofficial)
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It all comes down to this

Filed under: PontificationsJeremy @ 10:04:46 AM
From the "Hail-to-the-Chief" Department

All the Hype, all the politics, all the polls, all the debate, all the campaigning, all the political contributions, it comes down to this. Inauguration Day: 2005

I’m excited, but alas; I’m so swamped at work, I will not be able to see any of it.
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January 21, 2005

e-learning

Filed under: Geek-Fu,PontificationsJeremy @ 10:51:45 AM Tags:
From the "X-O-Square-Triangle" Department

I saw this article on h-t-t-p-colon forward-slash forward-slash slash-dot-dot-org, from the Wisconsin Technology Network:

Games that make leaders: top researchers on the rise of play in business and education

This caught my attention because I used to play a lot of those “situational” games (Civilization, Railroad Tycoon, Pirates!, etc.)

This article talks about leadership training, but I’m arguing this from a different angle.
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January 23, 2005

PHI-Nally! :: NFC Champion

Filed under: FootballJeremy @ 6:46:46 PM
From the "The-Game-I've-been-waiting-for" Department

FINALLY.

FINALLY!

The Philadelphia Eagles WIN the National Football Conference.


Donovan McNabb knows he is the winning QB

FINALLY!!!
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January 28, 2005

Wow, has it really been a week?

Filed under: Administrivia,Cubicle Culture,PersonalJeremy @ 9:09:22 PM
From the "Rumors-of-my-death-have-been-greatly-exaggerated" Department

No, Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com is NOT out of business.

If you have been pinging Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com, all this week; I humbly apologize. Its not that I’ve been avoiding blogging, its been a hectic week is all.
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January 30, 2005

This Day in History

Filed under: PontificationsJeremy @ 3:05:44 PM
From the "Living-in-history" Department

Remember when Iraq had their first free democratic elections, and how it changed world politics? Oh wait, that was today!

The polls are just closing, and millions of Iraqis have exercised their new rights to determine the course and direction of their new government.

Who would have thought?
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January 31, 2005

Why I Like Best of the Web: Reason Number 44

Filed under: BOTW,PontificationsJeremy @ 3:08:15 PM

Best of the Web Today has an interesting round up of the Iraqi Elections.
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Google-Violence

Filed under: Cubicle Culture,Geek-FuJeremy @ 4:55:13 PM Tags:
From the "Of-cource-you-know, this-means-war!" Department

This brightened my day.
A Googlefight: How to virtually assault a geek-colleague from miles away… Matthew Maynard vs. Jeremy Gilby

Matt threw down the geek-gloves.
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