(from the depressing milestone dept.) Since January 16, 2006, over 130,000 attempts to post comment spam to this site have been logged. That’s 10,000 spam comments since July 29, 2007 and more than 67 times the number of legitimate comments posted to this web site since June, 2001.
Month: September 2007
Friday Random Ten: 2007-09-28
| Name | Artist | Album | Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | How Many More Times | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin I | Rock |
| 2. | Ying Tong Song | Jon Anderson | State of Independence | Rock |
| 3. | The Sheik Yerbouti Tango | Frank Zappa | Sheik Yerbouti | Alternative & Punk |
| 4. | Desire | Toad The Wet Sprocket | Coil | Alternative & Punk |
| 5. | All For One | Monty Python’s Spamalot | Original Cast Recording | Soundtrack |
| 6. | Yo Mama | Frank Zappa | Sheik Yerbouti | Alternative & Punk |
| 7. | It Can Happen (Cinema Version) | Cinema | 90125 | Rock |
| 8. | Big Bang Backwards | Thomas Dolby | The Gate To The Mind’s Eye | Alternative & Punk |
| 9. | Solo in 4 Movements – Prelude: Temenos | Terry Bozzio | Solo Drum Music (Disc 1) | World |
| 10. | Soul Kitchen | The Doors | The Doors | Rock |
If we elect Rudy Giuliani president…
(via Eschaton) It’ll be so awesome if we elect Rudy Giuliani president, because then we could celebrate 9/11 every day! If Rudy is elected president we can mint a special coin worth exactly $9.11. (It’ll double as tokens to his fund raisers, of course.) If Rudy is elected president, then every year we can sing … Continue reading “If we elect Rudy Giuliani president…”
WordPress 2.3
I’ve gone ahead and upgraded to WordPress 2.3. Everything pretty much worked after a few minor changes to this site’s theme.
Doctors Prefer…
(via Captain Carl’s Daily Blarrrg)
More Doctors Smoke Camels Than Any Other Cigarette (1949 TV commercial):
Is he still surprised? (2007)
A year from now I’d be surprised if there’s not some grand square in Baghdad that is named after President Bush. — Richard Perle (September 22, 2003) (more…)
Friday Random Ten: 2007-09-21
| Name | Artist | Album | Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Anxiety/Taurian Matador | Billy Cobham | Spectrum (Remaster) | Jazz |
| 2. | Camouflage | Stan Ridgway | The Big Heat | Rock |
| 3. | Wonderful Wino | Frank Zappa | Zoot Allures | Alternative & Punk |
| 4. | Coming Back To Life | Pink Floyd | The Division Bell | Rock |
| 5. | Happy Phantom | Tori Amos | Little Earthquakes | Alternative & Punk |
| 6. | The Breaking Of The Fellowship | Fran Walsh and Howard Shore | The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring | Soundtrack |
| 7. | Star 69 | R.E.M. | Monster | Rock |
| 8. | Somewhere In Between | Kate Bush | Aerial: A Sky of Honey | Alternative & Punk |
| 9. | Red Rain | Peter Gabriel | So | Rock |
| 10. | Baby Snakes | Frank Zappa | Baby Snakes | Alternative & Punk |
_The Hobbit_ Published 70 Years Ago Today
Sept. 21, 1937: The Hobbit is first published.
Leave President Bush Alone!
(via Peripetia)
First there was Leave Brittney Alone!, now there’s Leave President Bush Alone!
Pirate Pickup Lines
Since it’s Talk Like a Pirate Day… Top Ten Pickup lines for use on International Talk Like a Pirate Day Avast, me proud beauty! Wanna know why my Roger is so Jolly? Have ya ever met a man with a real yardarm? Come on up and see me urchins. Yes, that is a hornpipe in … Continue reading “Pirate Pickup Lines”