soapbox

Since this week we haven’t given xkcd enough love, I’ll use another entertaining comic as a springboard to lame attempts at humor nothing.

As asserted in # 522 and confirmed here, the search term “men kissing” is most popular in Utah, followed by South Carolina, then Kentucky in third place. Oh man, so many GOP jokes, so little time.

While I did get a chuckle out of the suggested other associations:

“installing ubuntu” in Redmond, WA
“running for president in 2010″ in Wasilla, AK
“lincoln fan fiction” in Chicago, IL

I was inspired to find my own funny coincidences.
“sheep”: Colorado, Oregon, Utah – not really funny unless you want to make it so.
“bistol palin”: Anchorage, Reston VA, Richardson TX
“yellow snow”: Salt Lake City, Rochester NY, Denver
“american idol”: St Louis, San Diego, Denver.
Okay, so those aren’t really very funny, but they are interesting… and it’s a great timewaster if/when you can come up with more interesting search strings.

I also have to repeat the #522 mousover tag:

Obama has been writing Lincoln/Obama erotic fan fiction on his secret livejournal. Excerpt: Lincoln lay back on the bed, nude save for his trademark stovepipe hat. ‘Tell me,’ he purred seductively, as he and Obama formed a more perfect union. ‘When you come, is it 10% ethanol?’

I mean, wow.

First, a puppy scratches the face of one of the guys on the Today show and he bleeds all over the set on camera. (Puppy also snagged Amy Robach’s nylons. Mmmm.)

Then there’s a great headline on yahoo news right now, “Annual eclipse shows Sun as ring of fire.” Turn off your spell checkers, that should be Annular!

Here’s a nifty little techno-trick to re-write what roadside signs say.

Looks like they’re designed to be really high security since you can reset the passwords with a key combination.

I-Hacked.com Taking Advantage Of Technology – Inside Programmable Road Signs.

On of my facebook friends changed her status message to “[redacted] is sick. I have a cold, and I have just come to a cold realization, that our new president is in [sic] baby killer.” She then lists a bunch of youtube videos as sources suggesting that Obama is directly responsible for infanticide. (If you want DVD versions of the videos, they’re available for $9.99 to your church group though. That’s handy.) I was going to shoot her an email but people with calmer minds pulled me away from the keyboard.

I start ranting below…
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Two weeks ago, I thought I was going to have to pack dactyl up and call the experiment done. However, the recent software rebuilds and hard drive reformatting have ended up being very successful to the point where I’m not even getting interesting errors in the logs anymore.

Actually, it’s a little bit boring with nothing to fix.

So, don’t worry about the stability of dactyl, just post to the blog as much as you can. Remember, quantity over quality!

Ladysmith Black Mambazo at Lebanon Opera House, Thursday, January 29, 2009 7:30 PM.

For those not familiar, most will recall the song “Diamonds on the souls of her shoes,” by Paul Simon and his Graceland album/tour. Ladysmith Black Mambazo is a Grammy winning Zulu male choral group, that does a bit of traditional Zulu and several other things.

Cool stuff. Check it out.

The Banff Mountain Film Festival is back, Feb. 11, 2009 at 07:30PM at the Lebanon Opera House. Advance tix $18, students $15.

Always a good time. Plus, there are lots of freebies (this year everyone gets a free lift ticket to Ascutney)!

Blurb from Lebanon Opera House listing:

If you have a passion for adventure, come and experience the exhilarating beauty of mountain landscapes, sports, and culture! Some of the best films from the 33rd annual Banff Mountain Film Festival will thrill and inspire you with their amazing big-screen stories and adventures when the World Tour visiting 305 cities in 20 countries returns to the Lebanon Opera House to another sell out audience.

Stunning cinematography on mountain themes ranging from climbing, kayaking, skiing, mountain biking and extreme sports to mountain cultural and environmental issues. From adrenaline fuelled action to fascinating mountain culture this is always guaranteed to be a night of thrilling entertainment … it’s the benchmark of all outdoor film festivals.

Don’t be disappointed, the Banff show sells out.

All who attend the Banff Mountain Film Festival on Feb 11 will receive a free One Day Lift voucher from Ascutney Mountain Resort valid though the 2009 season.