Pontifications and Other Mindless Banter
April 4, 2005
From the "Live! From-Rockefeller-Center..." Department
Well, seems a lot happened in the world since I “went underground” on March 31.
- The United States celebrated National Athiests Day
- All ya’all decided to change your clocks again. I wish you people would make up your mind. (Arizona is still on Mountain Standard, as it was last week, and the week before that.)
- Pope John Paul II spoke his last word: “Amen”
- Yassir Arafat is still in Stable Condidtion after dying in a Paris Hospital.
- Lybian Terrorist and Dictator Muammar Abu Minyar al-Qadahfi is still a Colonel.
- AlGore is still not running for President
- The Grand Caynon is still there
- Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com is Still Good In China
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From the "Gaussian-Blog-Mechanics" Department
I picked up a new regular read this weekend, via the Opinion Journal.
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April 5, 2005
Google: Friend or Foe? Find out with the latest edition of Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com Searchy Fun!
For those of you who came in late, these are the top 20 Search Results used to find Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com from the various Search Engines around the world.
And for the second month in a row, Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com appears to be the nexus for all things Uranus…
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From the "Smellivision" Department
April 6, 2005
From the "Go-build-a-house-or-something" Department
NBC seems to be in an uproar over the “news” that Jimmy Carter is not going to Rome to pay respects to Pope John Paul II. My question: Who cares?
Its not like the Miserable Failure really fits in with the rest of the 3 executives that are part of the delegation.
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From the "Give-Unto-Caesar-that-which-is-Caesar's" Department
Six days before Tax Freedom Day 2005, I finally got around to doing my 2004 tax return.
Now, some of you might find this amusing, especially if you know which particular Not-So-Small-Software-Organization I’m employed by, and the particular brandname of software they produce, which I get a complimentary copy of.
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April 7, 2005
From the "I-am-the-eye-in-the-sky" Department
Okay, so I wasted a ton of time with these new Google Satelite Maps.
But I found an interesting curiousity.
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April 8, 2005
From the "If-I'm-a-Cylon, you're-really-screwed" Department
With my schedule and TV-taste the way it is, at present I’m really only watching ONE Television program a week.
Up until last week, that show was the new Battlestar Galactica.
Its sad, too, that I have to subscribe to Digital Cable to watch one program on one channel. *shakes head ruefully*
But, its so worth it!
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April 10, 2005
From the "Find-out-the-brand-of-whiskey-the-General-uses, I-would-like-to-furnish-the-same-brand-to-my-other-generals" Department
Long time readers of Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com know of my curiousity towards the Civil War. Especially after reading April 1865: The Month That Saved America.
On this day, in history, 140 years ago, General Lee finallized the surrender to General Grant, issueing General Order #9.
And the world would never be the same again.
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April 12, 2005
From the "If-there's-something-strange In-your-neighborhood Who-you-gonna-call?" Department
It always seems to happen, especially in large organizations like a cubicle jungle, there erupts a faction which wants to fix a problem that doesn’t exist.
I like to call this trap: A Ghost Hunt
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April 13, 2005
From the "It's-funny-cause-it's-not-true" Department
Per Kirk’s request:
Did you know that The haughty french-looking Massachusetts Democrat, who by-the-way also served in Vietnam was also a satirist?
Neither did anyone else, but we’ve also found out he’s unoriginal.
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April 15, 2005
From the "'Cause-I’m-the-taxman, Yeah, I’m-the-taxman." Department
The Good News: Today is April 15th, 2005. The Day your 2004 Taxes are due.
The Bad News: You are still not done paying your 2005 Taxes.
Why? Because Tax Freedom Day is not until April 17.
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From the "Stand-in-the-place-where-you-live, now-face-west" Department
Some of you have E-mailed me regarding the fact that Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com was truncated. (I see that Internet Explorer doesn’t quite like my brand of Cascading Style Sheets… switch to Mozilla.)
I think I resolved the issue.
Take another look and see if the issue still persists
Thank you for your patience.
April 19, 2005
From the "This-is-Sports-Center" Department
This is probably Old News, but a co-worker showed me this article on FoxSports today:
“Monday Night Football,” a television institution that over 35 years has helped transform the NFL into a prime-time ratings draw, is leaving ABC and moving to ESPN beginning with the 2006 season.
If you ask me, I think this is a bad idea.
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The Catholic Church can elect a Pope from a pool of 115 Cardinals; but the U.S. Senate can’t decide on an Ambassador to the U.N. from a candidate pool of John Bolton.
April 20, 2005
From the "The-Ron-Mexico-Experience" Department
Are you an over-hyped NFL Quarterback?
Have you recently lost the N.F.C. Championship?
Have you contracted a “questionable” disease, and you need to secretly get tested?
Are you named Michael Vick (or Ron Mexico?)
D.F. Oliveria (a.k.a. Rock Trinidad) over at Huckleberries Online points us to the perfect direction:
The Ron Mexico Name Generator
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April 21, 2005
From the "The-JFK-and-the-JFK" Department
From Best of the Web Today:
“Senate Nixes Navy Plan to Mothball Kennedy”–headline, Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk), April 21
Maybe They’ll Still Freeze-Dry Kerry
While this is quite entertaining to read, I found the online article about the Politics of Naval Supercarriers quite interesting:
Senate Nixes Navy Plan to Mothball Kennedy
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April 22, 2005
From the "Why-don't-you-make-like-a-tree, and-get-out-of-here" Department
On honor of Earth Day 2005,
Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com brings you the following, touching, cartoon from Cox-and-Forkum
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April 24, 2005
From the "Na-Zdorovia" Department
Yeah, its a Sunday.
Yeah, its Jeremy
Yeah, its a Martini
Yeah, I had to go into the cubicle jungle today to put out a “fire” (It was one of *those* phone calls Stinkin Rick.)
But at least I get to try out my new Martini Glasses.
Now I’m lounging in style!
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April 27, 2005
From the "If-it's-broke-don't-fix-it" Department
This is a telling Cartoon by the geniuses at Cox and Forkum
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