oh. my. god. this internet version of Colorformstm could very well be the biggest source of potential timesuckage (?) on the web. i can’t stop making the little troopers! i promise to put some of them up just as soon as i can find a way to get them up somewhere. my yahoo! photo album, perhaps? for some reason i think it doesn’t accept bitmap images. thoughts, anyone? (Posted by Brigita.)
PurpleWeasels.org has been hacked. The offending person was, of course, Kelly McMahon. Please disregard any offensive posts she may have made, and may God have mercy on her soul. (And have you seen that picture of her crotch from the tailgater? Red underpants are only for Valentine’s Day, Kel.)
“Scientists Genetically Engineer a Monkey.” They named it ANDi, which is a backwards acronym for “inserted DNA”. I don’t like that name. It reminds me of “D.A.R.Y.L.”, that movie starring Barret Oliver as a “Data Analyzing Robot Youth Lifeform” that I was obsessed with back in 1985. I think both cloned monkeys and android boys need real names if they’re gonna grow up with their self-esteem intact.
I got e-mail from R.E.M.! Their new album’s coming out in May and it’s gonna be called “Reveal.” Bertis says: “It is difficult to describe in words the sound of this record, but I’ll stick with my original thoughts of ‘lush, atmospheric, and melodic.’ After repeated listenings I would add things like ‘layered’ and ‘dynamic.'” I say: “Um, okay. That sounds like another “Up” to me. Which isn’t necessarily bad, as long as it’s more ‘Daysleeper’ and less ‘Airportman.'”
As if I needed another reason to hate the Bushes… one of them is after Prince William. All I got to say is: Watch your back, beeatch.
Reform Jewish leaders in New York have urged parents to sever ties to the Boy Scouts. Good for them. I’d proud to say that the Girl Scouts have included sexual orientation in their non-discrimination clause for years. Brownies rule.
I don’t get this whole business about employing illegal aliens. I mean, do all wealthy/powerful people do this? Where do they find them? Both Chavez and Whitman claim that they were just being compassionate and helping them out… but, what, the people just showed up on the doorstep one day? Portuguese immigrants are roaming New Jersey looking for shelter and assistance? It all seems very dodgy. (Sidenote: What’s with Salon calling her “Christie Whitman”? I thought her name was “Christine Todd Whitman.” When a woman keeps her maiden name, she intends for you to use it.)
I like the idea of BlogVoices… but the current implementation is pissing me off. It’s slowing down the site too much, and I’m looking at it from a fast connection! Thus the “discuss” links are now dead. If you wanna talk, you gotta use the e-mail or IM.
Cool. Speaking of ND’s kickass women’s basketball team, Ruth Riley is keeping an online diary.
ND Basketball Update: Our women are ranked 3rd in the nation and won their 15th straight game against St. John’s Tuesday night. On the 15th, the Irish face number one ranked UConn.