Month: June 2002

  • Another guessing game for you. I’ll give you an Australian brand; you guess what the product/service is. No cheating and looking up on the Internet! The fun is in the invention. (And sorry, you Aussies can’t play this one.) Here we go: Oporto Big Kev’s Uncle Toby’s Mushroom Tim Tams Just to reiterate (since the…

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  • Not only does Jeff have a new blog… but he used GoddessBlog and got it running all by himself! (To my knowledge, he’s the first that hasn’t had to turn to me for help with my unclear instructions.) Kickass.

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  • Australian politics are hilarious. Everyone’s in a tizzy because a Labour politician just called Prime Minister John Howard an “arse-licker” with respect to his conduct in America recently. All the PM’s Liberal cronies want the guy to apologize. He refuses, saying it’s a “great Australian phrase”. Here’s my favorite part of the article: The media…

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  • I had a big long rant here about the Pledge of Allegiance and how I sorta agree that “under God” shouldn’t be in there. (There was also a big random digression about the Notre Dame fight song too, but let’s not discuss that.) But now my righteous indignation has faded away and I don’t feel…

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  • Celebrity or Look-Alike? I got 14 out of 16 right. That pisses me off; I’m usually really, really good at identifying people. In my defense, the two I missed were the ones with the crappiest image quality. So I don’t think they count, right? (Link courtesy of anon.)

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  • Hayley (of Born Squishy) is back! Her return post is exactly what I needed to read right now. I’ve been feeling a little let down since the race, and it’s been hard to get back into the gym when I don’t have a clear-cut training goal anymore. I’ve given up on weight loss as a…

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  • Grrr. Some asshole just spammed me sixty times. He thinks he covered his tracks pretty well, but the Snook’s on the case. Bastard.

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  • News from Hollywood: Actors Will Smith and Ryan Phillippe are teaming up to produce “White Boy Shuffle”, a feature described as a hip-hop “Catcher in the Rye”. Good lord. Can you hear that? It’s a thousand English majors committing hara-kiri.

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  • I’ve changed a few backend things here at w-g, but the only change y’all should notice is that you need to reset your cookie when leaving a comment. Just re-type your info and check the “Re-save cookie” box before submitting. Sorry for the inconvenience! Update: Actually, there’s something else you might notice. I’ve implemented backlinking…

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  • Wow? Where have I been? I just found lots of pictures from the next Harry Potter film. Kenneth Branagh looks great, but I’m not so sure about Dobby. That isn’t quite how I pictured him. And hello? Check out Harry in some of those pics. Daniel Radcliffe is gonna be hot in a few more…

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