Month: February 2004

Tracey has posted her latest desktop calendar for February 2004. Very cute!

Which reminds me… I’m having a little bit of an issue with the contest links. I decided to allow each entrant to list their personal website if they had one, and it would automatically show up on the list of participants. A couple people have interpreted “personal website” rather creatively though. There are some business sites (which I have left for the time being) and at least one porn site (which is now gone). I don’t want to be prudish or anything, but that’s not really what I intended with the list. I don’t know if the person was making a joke or whether they really wanted to trick people (possibly even kids – this site has no age limits) into seeing something nasty, but I decided to kill it. I let their entry stand since it looked legitimate, but I’m going to be closely checking each new link that gets posted. I just wanted to offer an explanation in case anybody’s wondering why their hyperlink was suddenly removed.

It might just be Atkins-induced carb cravings… but these Cake on a Stick things look pretty darn good! (Link courtesy of Virtual Linda, who became the 94th person to enter my Oscar contest today. I’ve been periodically checking through the entry links and there are some great undiscovered blogs in there.)

Japanese Story appears to have finally hit the U.S. (only four months late)… and Ebert’s a fan. I wondered what he’d think of it. Hmm, I wonder if that means that Toni Collette would be eligible for the Oscar next year. She rocked the house in this movie.

How to train a cat to use a toilet. I am intrigued.

The Snook and I are considering doing the Quick Cleanse Detox Program. For two weeks you go vegetarian and cut out all sugar, caffeine, alcohol, and processed foods. You also take a lot of herbal supplements that basically make you poo out all your stored toxins. Has anybody done anything similar? Any tips or bits of advice?

How does a geek propose to his girlfriend? With a wedding cake case mod. That’s awesome. (I’d settle for a brand new G5 though.)