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Test of ECTO and YouTube video

By • Nov 18th, 2006 • Category: Computers, Misc, On The Web, Pop Culture, Software, the Site, the Weirdo

Another test for Ecto. This time for YouTube Video…. _as14BYmeCI Looks like it’s going to work…..



Test of Ecto blog client

By • Nov 18th, 2006 • Category: Computers, Software, Tech, the Site, the Weirdo

This is really just a test of the ecto blog client. I’ll try inserting an image from iPhoto …. And now just an upload….. Technorati Tags: blog, macosx, software



MMMMMM….More ballots!

By • Dec 28th, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., River City, the Weirdo

I keep telling you all that zombies really do exist. Over the weekend, Harvey added maps of the deceased voters’ locations. He’s also posted a list of names and other data on his campaign website. Now will you believe me???? [Vote or Die (and we’ll vote for you)] Technorati Tags: politics, humor, Memphis



Blonde joke

By • Dec 28th, 2005 • Category: the Weirdo

I usually don’t really go for this kind of thing, they are usually mean and spiteful. This one is kind of cute though. Technorati Tags: humor



Merry Christmas from Chewbacca and someone with way too much time on their hands

By • Dec 26th, 2005 • Category: Pop Culture, the Weirdo

You need a little fair warning before you click on the link though. It is…..UM…..noisy. [Chewbacca sings!] Technorati Tags: chistmas, starwars



Old Lady Pwnz Mercedes Guy

By • Dec 26th, 2005 • Category: On The Web, the Weirdo

This is one of the fuunniest things I have seen in a long time. Sometimes when we are too impatient, our impatience can strike back at us from some of the most unexpected places. The jerk got what he deserved. Just a warning though, this is video with sound. There is some rude language in [...]



New Year’s Day 2006: delayed by a second

By • Dec 26th, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., the Weirdo

Well, I was getting all excited at the extra second of sleep I would be getting. I realized thought that midnight CUT is six PM here in Nashville. Oh well. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Get ready for a minute with 61 seconds. Scientists are delaying the start of 2006 by the first “leap second” in seven [...]



Wife of Joel Osteen Asked to Leave Plane

By • Dec 21st, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., the Weirdo

Now see, if Protestant ministers were required to be celibate, this kind of thing wouldn’t happen. HOUSTON – The wife of the pastor of the nation’s largest church was asked to leave a plane after she failed to comply with a flight attendant’s instructions, the FBI said Tuesday. Houston Lakewood Church pastor Joel Osteen, his [...]



Apple adds ABC’s “Commander in Chief” to iTunes

By • Dec 20th, 2005 • Category: Pop Culture, the Weirdo

Adding to its growing list of available television shows on the iTunes Music Store, Apple on Tuesday announced the addition of ABC’s popular series Commander in Chief. Commander in Chief, which features Geena Davis as the first female President of the United States, will sell for $1.99 and joins other ABC shows “Desperate Housewives,” “Lost,” [...]



An answer to that age old argument

By • Dec 20th, 2005 • Category: the Weirdo

I always hear that married couples argue over the toilet seat. The woman says the man should put it down when he’s finished because she might miss it being up and fall in the next time she uses it. The man says the woman should put it down before she starts because he might miss [...]



Al Sharpton wants his own sitcom

By • Dec 5th, 2005 • Category: Pop Culture, the Weirdo

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – He has led civil rights marches, scolded the nation’s leaders and even run for president, but the Rev. Al Sharpton now wants to do something completely different — star in his own television sitcom. And what Al Sharpton wants, Al Sharpton gets. I have to admit though that this is not [...]



One of First Christmas Cards Auctioned

By • Dec 5th, 2005 • Category: the Weirdo

LONDON – A 162-year-old Christmas card – one of the first ever printed – sold at auction Saturday for $16,000. The hand-colored card, which shows a family celebrating around a table, is one of about 10 surviving from an original batch of 1,000 printed in 1843, auctioneer Henry Aldridge said. I can’t believe they said [...]



Wild Headlines…..

By • Dec 5th, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., the Weirdo

I am wondering if maybe “breaks out” wasn’t the best phrase to use in this headline…. New row breaks out over face transplant [Guardian Unlimited | Science | New row breaks out over face transplant]



The South got there first

By • Dec 3rd, 2005 • Category: On The Web, the Weirdo

So says Expagan. And he ain’t just whistling Dixie either. There for a minute I thought I was stuck in a Harry Turtledove Book…. [The South got there first]



Hillary Jokes

By • Dec 1st, 2005 • Category: On The Web, the Weirdo

Jean Marie over at Catholic Fire has posted some really funny Hillary jokes. Go read, laugh and be merry…. [Catholic Fire: Hillary Jokes]



Cindy Sheehan Claims Photos Falsely Implied Her Book Signing was a Flop

By • Nov 30th, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., the Weirdo

NEW YORK Antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan and her book publisher are upset about Associated Press and Reuters photos that allegedly presented a misleading impression of her book signing last weekend in Texas. I don’t know. I guess I wouldn’t be surprised it literally tens of people were there…. [Cindy Sheehan Claims Photos Falsely Implied Her [...]



Partial Face Transplant Done in France

By • Nov 30th, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., the Weirdo

LYON, France – Doctors have performed the world’s first partial face transplant So who was it, Nicholas Cage or John Travolta? [Partial Face Transplant Done in France - Yahoo! News]



Ronald MacDonald stealing from the safe at a Wendy’s

By • Nov 28th, 2005 • Category: the Weirdo

OK….This is just weird. Anyone who knows me and about my fear of clowns especially Ronald McDonald, knows I will probably have night mares tonight. MANCHESTER, N.H. – You’d think that just working at a Wendy’s restaurant would be difficult for Ronald MacDonald. Now, the 22-year-old MacDonald %u2014 no relation to Ronald McDonald, the clown [...]



N.Korea says CNN execution image fabricated

By • Nov 28th, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., the Weirdo

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea on Saturday called a recent CNN program depicting a public execution in the communist state a “sheer fabrication” and dismissed it as a ratings ploy by the U.S.-based broadcaster. How do they know it was fake? Was there a big black “X” on the screen? [N.Korea says CNN execution image [...]



Some Iraq Insurgent Groups Want to Talk

By • Nov 24th, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., the Weirdo

“BAGHDAD, Iraq – Several insurgents groups have contacted President Jalal Talabani’s office in the past few days, with some saying they are ready to lay down their arms and join the political process, the presidential security adviser said Thursday.” “It’s a trick, get an ax.” [Some Iraq Insurgent Groups Want to Talk - Yahoo! News]