I’ve returned to Tucson, last night; after a trip I knew would come but dreaded when it arrived.

The latest “tour” took me from Tucson, to several locations in SouthEast Pennsylvania, and a road trip through Ohio to Michigan and back.

While the “celebration” was quite dreary, there were bright points.

Here is one:

During my trip, I was able to finish the Da Vinci Code and cross it off the Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com Reading List. I’ve yet to see the movie, and lets just say in advance that I’m waiting for DVD.

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Due to circumstances beyond our control, the Searchy Fun for May was delayed for a few days. We’re back on track.

For those of you who came in late, these are the top 20 Search Strings used on various Search Engines around the World Wide Web.

Lets get to checking!
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Whist I was away, The-Roommate-Formerly-Known-as-Matthew-Maynard pointed me to the following Movie Preview:

In honor of the Michigan Road Trip, Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com presents, Mahna Mahna

Several of you have complained that I’ve not upgraded my website to Web 2.0.

*polite stare*

Let’s just say I’m holding off until all the bugs are found in Web 2.0 and they are fixed in Web 2.1.
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Hugh Hewitt has the best round-up thus far.

For those of you living in a cave, next to Osama bin Laden and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (as a former neighbor in this case), al-Zarqawi was the number-2 guy in Al-Qaeda and the insurgent leader in Iraq, and he has now assumed room temperature (after possibly achieving a boiling point) having been in a building where he was killed by 1000 lbs. worth of Air force bombs. Delivered by F-16s it appears.
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Cisco pointed me to Google Labs the other night (There is always something brewing over there in their Lunar Labs), and asked if I had tried their new Beta: Google Spreadsheets, which is in limited Beta.

So I quickly signed up and requested an invitation to join. I got the acceptace e-mail yesterday.

So now I’ve been playing in web-spreadsheets.
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Some how WordPress double tapped this article, and I ended up with two Geno’s posts for the price of one.

Chalk this up as a Web 2.0 bug.

Could this be called a Mash-up?

Ah well, now its a place holder (I didn’t have the heart to delete it and lose Article #1423)

I missed this during my blogging absense this week, but one of two famous Cheesesteak joins in Philly was making news.

Via Michelle Malkin and Michelle Malkin:

Philly-dot-com: An old struggle to adapt to a new country’s ways

Granted, I’m more of a Pat’s fan, but I do respect Geno’s [Site currently down as of this posting]. But my difference to Geno’s is simply their preference to Cheez Whiz as opposed to Provolone.

However, I do respect Geno’s management for their stance on Spanish as a second language:
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Lots of different datum points in the news today, here is just a few that Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com found interesting:

• Steelers’ QB “Big Ben” injured in car vs. Motorcycle crash. as of this writing he still remains in critical condition. (G.B. is right Dad, you don’t get a Hog now.)
• There is a new name (but no face) to terror, the Axis of Evil, and the Most Wanted List: Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Muhajir – I wonder if he wants the title? Can you say “Check please?”
• Alberto prepares to rampage though the Gulf States, there is also a Tropical Storm looming to start the 2006 Hurricane Season.
• As of Today, Senator Robert Bird of West Virginia is now the longest serving U.S. Senator in the history of the office.
• Hillary Clinton is still not running for president
• Neither is Al Gore
• Neither is The haughty french-looking Massachusetts Democrat who by-the-way served in Vietnam.
• 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. (T-Shirts for sale!)
• Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com is Still Good In China (Be sure to buy the T-shirt!)

And now, for entirely unimportant reasons, I would like to give my 32nd annual State of the Geek address.

The occasion for this address is the fact that the Earth is in a special position in its yearly orbit of the sun.

For those of you who don’t quite understand, just keep reading. As I mentioned, it is entirely unimportant.
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Granted, it wasn’t to honor my State of the Geek address, but I truely enjoied watching this clip of President and Commander-in-Chief George W. Bush speaking with the Troops in Baghdad.

HotAir-dot-com
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The Commissar over at the Politburo Diktat wrote an interesting article which caught my eye:

McGovern in 2008

Here is a taste:

…brash anti-war upstarts changed the rules of the game in the Democratic party, rejected a long-time leader of the party’s liberal wing, and succeeded in nominating a man who gave voice to their passionate anger against “the worst president of modern times” and his “quagmire” war.

Sound familiar?
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Speaking of being out of touch, from Today’s Best of the Web:

There’s an Agenda in Here Somewhere
“With Republicans seeking to define Democrats by their votes on such hot-button issues as gay marriage, the estate tax and flag burning, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is arguing that Democrats need to tell voters about themselves before Republicans succeed in doing it for them,” reports the Hill:

The time to criticize the Republicans’ “culture of corruption,” a Democratic refrain for nearly a year, is at an end, Pelosi said; Democrats need to begin promoting their own vision of America. . . .

“What we have to do is define ourselves so that Republicans do not define us. This is a define-or-be-defined business that we’re in, so you can’t leave it out in the open,” Pelosi said.

And what is that vision?

She outlined three areas where Democrats would seek to differentiate themselves from Republicans: integrity, civility and accountability. If Democrats were to take control of the House in November, their first actions would focus on promoting those values, she said.

“These are not full-blown initiatives,” she cautioned.

She also said, “I’m even hard put to say what our agenda will be when we win.” Not exactly the Contract With America, is it?

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Why do I see a big red target on his face?

Hattip: The Politburo Diktat
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It’s been quite a long time since I last watched a “new” (ie, I’ve never seen before) Steve McQueen movie.

As you recall from Previous Posts. I’ve a big fan of Steve McQueen, and I’m astonished that as he’s mostly cast as a protagonist, he’s not always the winner in his movies. I’m a big
fan!

This latest one does not help his record.

My Steve McQueen awareness List:

1. The Great Escape
2. The Magnificent Seven
3. Bullitt
4. The Thomas Crown Affair
5. The Sand Pebbles
6. The Cincinnati Kid
7. Hell is For Heroes
8. The Towering Inferno
9. The Getaway
10. Papillon
11. Baby, The Rain Must Fall
12. Nevada Smith
13. Le Mans
14. The Hunter
15. Junior Bonner
16. The War Lover
17. Tom Horn

+++++++++Spoilers Below+++++++++++++
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Living in Tucson, is much different than living, say in the Subburbs of the Subburbs of the Philadelphia portion of the Megalopolis. For example, Tucson is far more rugged, less civilized and more of a fronteer than the urbanized Northeast Corridor. The Editors of Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com have seen some wildlife in the form of rattlesnakes, coyotes (The Wilie kind, not the illegal immigration kind), and Havalinas (I’ve yet to see a scorpion or a tarantula, and I’m not eager to meet one of those.)

Well, even after having lived in the Olde Pueblo for over ten-years now, I was not prepared for the encounter I had this morning as I walked out of my house in the early morning twilight.

Two Mule deer, next to my Buick, on the street.
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Best of the Web Today tossed out this rather difficult presidential trivia quiz

I’ve got some of the answers, but obviously not all.

James Taranto has announced today that there is a winner, but has not published the answers. (Answers published on Thursday Night)

So I’m still toiling over it:

Any takers?
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From the “I love it when a plan comes togehter” Department

From the “Mwahhh haaa haaa haaaa!” Department

I’ve finally done it! I’ve subverted my way into my arch-nemesis’ backyard, and have caught him completely unawares!

Sometimes, I amaze even myself.

I can finally get The-Evil-Doctor-Merlin-Channing-Lowe-Jr. where he lives. HIS OWN HOME!
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The Folks at Little Green Footballs think they have sighted a pig flying.

Europeans back Bush on Iran, North Korea

Yeah, the Europe on the other side of the big pond we call the Atlantic Ocean. That one.
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Don’t look now. But there were chemical weapons found in Iraq.

Michelle Malkin has the information round-up. And more at WaPo
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Day by Day is getting syndicated!
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Over at Two-Headed-Monster we had a unique discussion on the recent atrocities in Iraq. Lots of people are talking about it, including two city newspapers.

The Arizona Republic in Phoenix Arizona and
The Boston Globe.

Its ironic how different these two editorials are.
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I just wanted to let the NSA and the Justice Department know, that I give explicit permission for your organizations to wire-tap my phone, read my E-mail, search my financial transactions and records, and peruse this website.

If it means that there could be one less terrorist threat, I’m more than happy to make the sacrifice to my supposed right of privacy.

Thank you,
The Editors of Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com
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Stinkin’ Chan, you win this time.

Just when I thought I had The-Evil-Doctor-Merlin-Channing-Lowe-Jr. just where I wanted him, I find I was outplayed!
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It seems everyone and their grandmother has something called a MySpace account.

The odd thing is, I don’t hear anything GOOD about them.

From: User-Friendly-dot-org
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Tim pointed me to this yesterday:

Bubba Nosferatu

This prequel to Bubba Ho-Tep finds Elvis shooting a film in Louisiana when he runs afoul of a coven of she-vampires.

It’s Elvis, from Dusk till Dawn!

Groovy!
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Hey, Dad, G.B., and Joe.

All I hear on the news is about all the rain you guy are getting?

Are you floating, or are you still on solid ground?
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After registering for a site recently, I got this response in e-mail:

Hey man,

I was just looking through the DB to find something and noticed that you made an email address specifically for [Site Name]. I found that a unique, smart, and funny use of having your own domain. Auto-email filters. Very cool.

Oh, and welcome to [Site Name].

-Robert

Yes Robert, you have stumbled on the genius of the Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com primary Spam Deterrence.
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A Follow up to User-Friendly-dot-org’s FaceXPaces

Greg has the right idea: