Important update
When I originally made this post, I inadvertently misidentified one of the politicos I was slamming as a former Mayor of Danbury. I was wrong, the Mayor in question was a former Mayor of Waterbury, not Danbury. I apologize to the Danbury Mayors (past, present, and future), as well as to the people of [...]

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I think my opinion of people who enter contests took another turn for the worse yesterday.
(Update: No, no links to the offending posts/forums involved that instigated this. Sorry.)
Previously, I didn’t mind people who entered contests just for the fun of it. I’m certainly guilty of the same thing myself.
The problem stems from sweepstakes websites that [...]

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I’m playing around with a desktop Amazon Sales Watcher widget. I’m not sure if I’ll keep it around or not for reasons I’ll get into. But I figure I’d at least mention it.
The Amazon Sales Watcher is, for now, free, and is undergoing some beta trials. Beta in this case [...]

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UPDATE: Here’s the latest pic of the shadow of the eclipsed moon on Earth
There’s a little black spot on the sun today
It’s the same old thing as yesterday
–King of Pain by The Police
Well, it’s not a sunspot we’re talking about here, but an Earthspot, isn’t it?
For space and astronomy geeks, today is the day for [...]

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The header this week is for a Japanese festival celebrating the penis called the “Kanamara Matsuri Festival” or “The Steel Phallus Festival”. It’s held later this week in Kawasaki, a suburb near Tokyo.
It’s held to coincide with the annual Cherry Blossom festival that occurs around the first Sunday in April of each [...]

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Thanks to everyone for participating in my contest for Title MashUp! I’ve chosen the winners and the winners are:
EVERYONE!
Isn’t that cool? I’m actually giving away MORE books than Alison for the same contest!
By the way, Alison is running another contest, using Paperback Writer’s titles (the author has a name, but that’s [...]

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I came home the other day and found that one of my bathrooms was missing. Truth to tell, it wasn’t so much missing as it was in pieces and out in my front yard.

OK, OK, it wasn’t missing, it is being remodeled, which is OK and all, except for the fact that I’ve been chasing [...]

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