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What the hell was that???

October 19th, 2004

I’ve been slaving away on a work related project (at home, as usual… I don’t think the kids would even know who I am, unless I showed them the back of my head.)

It’s for the election, so I needed to scour my sources for clip art like a flag, eagles & stuff.

Have you ever seen a bald eagle up close?
Oh. my. fucking. gawd. They’re all over the Poconos… and they’re HUGE!

It reminded me of a few weeks ago while heading in to Stroudsburg. I thought some kid was screwing with us with one of those big toy planes…

Hell no. It was an eagle with, I could swear, a six or seven foot wing span. And he was carrying his breakfast in his talons (I think it was a buffalo), and he’s swooping in to try and DROP it in front of our car as we’re on I-80.

I guess he wanted his food flattened or grilled or something.
Holy crap. Bad enough the deer are trying to kill us.

An idea so dumb it HAS to work

October 13th, 2004

I just had another one of my hairbrained schemes come INTO mind.

A Cyber Chinese Auction.

I don’t know if you’re familiar with the concept. (In the Poconos they’re called a “Tricky Tray”) part raffle/part auction. You buy a certain number of raffle tickets. There’s a wide variety of items up for bid. You bid on items by putting as many raffle tickets on items as you want, and the winner is drawn (so, theoretically, the more tickets on an item, the better your chances of winning.)

So here’s what I’m thinking:

  • Running a Chinese Auction online for REAL prizes
  • Sign up for an account and get five “virtual” tickets to start
  • Buy additional tickets with PayPal
  • We all pitch in items or services to be raffled (I can throw in my “Lotsa Fonts!” CD, Carole’s Chocolate Houses go over REALLY big in Auctions for our kid’s schools. You can also offer a site redesign… stuff like that)
  • We choose different charities for each event
  • Lots of publicity for people donating
  • What do you think? What would you like to see in something like this? How do you see it working?

    Plank Endorses President Bush

    October 11th, 2004

    plank_endorsement.jpgPlank, star of the popular television SHOW Ed, Edd & Eddy, has thrown in his endorsement for President Bush. Why? Because Bush said he “Needs some wood.”

    And well, he’s wood.
    This is bad news for Kerry indeed.

    Catching up

    October 9th, 2004

    There’s a lot going on in my professional life right now. This is evidenced in my lack of activity here and on my friend’s sites. Politics is fun and all, but I’m only interested in it with the aspect of ridiculing it. My mind is made up, your mind is made up… and the only purpose we’re serving right now is to drive anyone FROM our sites in the years to come by trying to play “online pundit”. I am looking beyond November 2nd at this point… and hope many of you will be sticking around.

    I have an art director’s position waiting for me in the near future. I just gotta hang in there, and continue being the “nobody” I am now. I have the blessings of my family to resign any time I’d like, but there are some exciting things going on, whether my contributions are recognized or not:

    In the present I have the opportunity to work with top notch professionals that gave ABC News its presence on the web. The time for newspapers to acknowledge reality and embrace the future has come, and I want to be a part of that transition team. I also have the frustration of people with a small-town/RIAA-like mentality to struggle with on a daily basis. It’s taking a lot of my time… I have data, surveys and reports eating my brain.

    Fortunately I am POWERED by negativity.

    Enough about me… here’s what’s going on with my friends on the web:

  • The 3rd Annual Boobiethon is in its final 24 hours. As usual, a smashing success. Congratulations to its organizers for all their hard work, and a nod of recognition to all of the bloggers who have contributed pics to a wonderful cause and making a difference!
  • Congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. Zeldman on the arrival of their beautiful baby daughter on 9/28!
  • Octobuary is not only Breast Cancer awareness month (see “Boobiethon” above), but it is also Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Say hello to my dear friend, Lois Heckman and Women’s Resources of Monroe County - Real men don’t abuse those they’ve vowed to love, honor, cherish and protect. Even if you don’t live in the Poconos, I would urge you to seek them out if you have been a victim of abuse, and definitely support them.
  • Witchy guest spots here in SoApBoX and describes the surrealistic experience of her department being laid off in My only friend.. The End.

    Not only is she a valued friend and contributes here, but is also working with the equally lovely and fellow Texan Deb Smouse, and will be adding some good stuff to All Things Girl soon… and WILL have a website of her own soon, I swear.

  • Gina writes about “Hardcore Activists” who say taking an ACD (Arraignment Considering Dismissal) for the protests during the RNC Convention makes you a “sellout”. Gina disagrees, and so do I. I no longer support a Child Protection Reform GROUP for that very same reason (though my view on CP$ remains the same.).

    It’s one thing to stand up for what you believe in. It’s commendable.
    It’s another to become a martyr when you don’t have to. It’s senseless and stupid.

    Radicals are in every movement. And they destroy that movement faster than the people you’re advocating against. They also kill the credibility of your cause. (See PETA and Greenpeace for a few examples. While there are some decent and relatively sane people involved, their reputations have all been tarnished and overshadowed by the actions of their extremist element.)

  • Gina also links to pictures FROM inside Pier 57 at The Memory Hole.
  • More as I think of them…

    Debate questions that should have been asked

    October 9th, 2004

    This one was less “massacre-like” in my opinion. Very informative, and I think, if anything Bush and Kerry definitely succeeded in defining the differences between what they have to offer.

    HOWEVER… I could well imagine if you’re a fan of Bush or Kerry, this wasn’t going to change your mind and make the switch. I have written the following seven questions that, if answered correctly, would have changed my vote:

    President Bush: “In 1912, the captain of the Titanic decided to ’stay the course’ despite the warnings of icebergs. Where did they bury the survivors?”

    Senator Kerry: “Do I look fat in these jeans?”

    President Bush: “Mr. President, can you look the camera straight in the eye, and (just once) pronounce the word ‘NU-CLE-AR’ correctly?”

    Senator Kerry: “Senator Kerry, level with the American people… how much botox was injected INTO your chin by mistake?”

    President Bush: “Mr. President, Saddam Hussein was a very very very bad man. My question is… Quick! What’s the capitol of North Dakota?”

    Senator Kerry: “Senator Kerry. The Bush campaign has labeled you a “flip-flopper”. In your 20 years in the Senate, how many times have you tied up traffic at a Wendy’s drive thru?”

    Both Candidates “Barbara, Jenna or Alexandra. Who do you think the average American male voter should be masturbating over the most right now and why?”

    See also: Misty has some suggestions to make the debates more fun!


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