Today, was the second Primary for the State of Arizona, and like the good citizen than I am, I went to vote. (I’m glad I did, because I wanted my voice to be heard for Arizona District Seven, as there are two Republicans vying for that seat, and one is a real jerk.)

But leave it to The-Evil-Doctor-Merlin-Channing-Lowe-Jr., I was disenfranchised again!
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Don LaFontaine, voice of movie trailers, dies
You may not know the name, but you know the voice.

Seems like it was just yesterday when Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com celebrated its 1000th Article

(Okay, it was over three years ago)

So here we are:

• 2000 Posts
• 6719 Comments
• Six Years, Seven Months, and Change

…Wow, its like clockwork.
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After celebrating 2000 posts, its time for the next edition of the Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com Searchy Fun!
The longest running series on Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com.

For those of you who came in late, these are the top 20 search strings used to find Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com on the various Search Engines of the World Wide Web.

Let’s get to checking!
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Question: What does “The Narrative” mean to you?

I’m asking, cause I’m not sure what it means, myself.

One of the things that stands out to me in this Presidential Campaign is the phrase, “The Narrative”.

“…the choice of Biden really changes the Narrative of the Obama campaign…”
“…McCain chose Palin to add her family’s Narrative to the campaign…”
“…Barack’s Narrative is growing up in a middle class black family. But history shows he grew up in a middle class white family…”
“…The Narrative in Iraq…”
“…The Narrative of this Convention…”
“…The Narrative of my Carbon Footprint…”
“…The Narrative of my views on your Narrative…”

From my limited perspective, it appears to be something that was synthesized by the reaction to the Obama campaign, copied by the McCain Campaign, and now expected by any public/political figure.
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RSS Readers, delete this one from your feeds NOW!

After my 2000th post, I looked back on a few of my older posts and was reminded of my Department of Departments post a ways back, where I listed all the Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com Departments to date.

I felt the need to do it again. So I went back to EACH and EVERY post, and typed them all out on THIS article. It was a grueling process, and I hope you all appreciate it.

For those of you who came in late, I like my Departments. I strive to keep each one unique and kind of witty; either in a secondary title to the article, or some inside joke that some regular readers might appreciate. While others are quotes, and others are lyrics to songs which could, or could not, be related to the substance of the article. Either way, there is quite a diversity of Departments at Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com.

If you wanted to count these, there are now 1188 different departments on Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com; all of them micromanaged.

Still, only one Editor, though.

WARNING! LONG ARTICLE BELOW!
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Eat your heart out Schrödinger.
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This is probably bad news for the Climate Change Global Warming acolytes, but the Star at the center of our Solar System, the original source of all our energy, temperature, and light, is acting unusual.

Do you see what’s wrong with this picture.

Or this one?

I’ll tell you, there are no Sunspots.

The Sun Has its first Spotless month since 1913.
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This sample of a screen capture, from the Drudge Report, sums up what a lot of people cannot really put into words.

There are complaints out there, about Barack Obama. While those complaints are accused of being racist, the complainers cannot articulate what it is that they distrust Obama for, it is a little complicated.

I’m not at all concerned about the first “slip”, it’s just dumb. Obama is not a Muslim, no matter what the critics suggest.

The second item is very silly, even for Obama, you wonder why he brings it up. (This little tidbit never made it into his two autobiographies)

The third item just echoes the things he has said about the War in Iraq (Getting out, Surge wont work, failure), NAFTA (ending it), Energy (No Drilling, Drilling, No ideas.) etc.

The fourth item shows him back peddling.

But add them all together, and you get what Obama opponents are concerned about.

The Fifth item could be partially explained by the first four. It is hard to take Barack Obama as a serious candidate, as Steven Green suggests.

Hattip: VodkaPundit

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I don’t know why I’m pondering this, but I’m thinking that my Mom would have really appreciated Sarah Palin.

Image blatantly stolen from the Wall Street Journal

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All you WordPress users (The installed version, not the WordPress.com version); I’ve been trying to download and unzip the new 2.6.2 release and it is horking both my Windows Unzip utility and WinZip.
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If you are reading this, that means The Editors of Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com were able to finally update the Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com WordPress Installation to WordPress 2.6.2.
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While it is not scheduled to be launched until next year, I thought I would post an article about the Pre-Commissioning Unit U.S.S. New York (LPD 21).

Official Site

On 7 September 2002 in a ceremony aboard USS Intrepid in New York City, then Secretary of the Navy Gordon England announced the decision to name the fifth amphibious transport dock ship of the San Antonio class, New York (LPD 21).

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Today, I crossed off the Horatio Hornblower book Ship of the Line from the Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com Reading List.

While I started this book, in various book stores around Tucson, I picked up a copy to finish and own as my own, and is now part of my Hornblower collection.

You can tell from the front cover, things do not go too well for our hero.

Oooops, maybe I’ve said too much.

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I may be dense, sometimes, but it is hard to ignore this:

Two separate weeks, two separate interviews, one question, one non-answer:

Both on FOX News Sunday, hosted by Chris Wallace.
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I just learned from the Nameless County Employee that Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com is no longer blocked to employees of Pima County.
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On this day, in 1787, the United States Constitution was Ratified, setting the foundation for the Government which we know today.

I was listening to Lynne Cheney, Second Lady of the United States of America, on the radio this week and she brought up the subject of “Constitution Day”
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To help usher in International Talk Like a Pirate Day, Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com presents, Ninja Cat

Hattip to Everyday Thoughts Collected
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Now here is something to put a lift in your dull Friday: International Talk Like a Pirate Day
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Yesterday, I went to lunch at Frankie’s, for some post-losing-to-the-Dallas-Cowboys Cheesesteak comfort food, and I was greeted with smiles all around. (Not that smiles don’t normally happen, but folks were more giddy than usual.)

You see, a few weeks ago, there was a Sandwich War in Tucson, moderated by the Arizona Daily Star, and readers were supposed to comment and share their favorite sandwich shop. Frankie was encouraging patrons to share if they thought Frankie’s was the best of Tucson. (Of course, I did)

I went to the AZ-Stat-Net website and shared a few lines on why Frankie’s is so frickin’ awesome. A few days later, I got an E-mail asking if my comments could be used in the print edition.

That came out yesterday. And Frankie and company were excited to share the article with me.
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Well, like in the last cycle, I’ve been looking at the Electoral Map and trying to make sense of the various state by state polls I’ve been seeing, and I’ve compiled what I’ve been able to discern from the current news and current events.

Sources:

• Real Clear Politics
• Electoral-Vote-dot-com
• Karl-Rove-dot-com
• Opinion-Journal-dot-com Electoral College Calculator

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There are 32 teams in the National Football League. I find it interesting how they fall geographically on the National Map.

Which states have two or more teams?
(I’ll give you a hint, New York isn’t one of them)
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I’m seeing a trend, in myself, these days. But when I pick up a magazine like Discover, Astronomy, or Scientific American, I end up reading an article and throwing the issue down in disgust.

For Example, I picked up the latest copy of Scientific American and read this article:
Big Bang or Big Bounce?: New Theory on the Universe’s Birth
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From “Who do you Hate? 08″:

For the Record, I hate everyone equally.
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Mary Walter e-mailed me a good article on this whole Housing/Economic/Bailout Crisis, from Investor’s Business Daily. It is an adequate examination of the history and hindsight perspectives of the pitfalls which we as a nation walked into:

‘Crony’ Capitalism Is Root Cause Of Fannie And Freddie Troubles

If you are looking for a political bias, I would say this article is biased towards Capitalism, not Conservatism or Liberalism.
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SpaceX, a private non-military company, has just put their first rocket into orbit:

Falcon 1: Post Launch Statement

Hattip: Little Green Footballs

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The Pirates have TANKS!

Marshie pointed this story to me over lunch.

Time: Somali Pirates’ Unexpected Booty: Russian Tanks

Lets see Ninjas try to do that!
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