Archive for June, 2007

Big girls, you are beautiful

The Barefoot Bum has tagged me for the Random Facts Meme.
1. All right, here are the rules.
2. We have to post these rules before we give you the facts.
3. Players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
4. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
5. [...]

Apparently, Salman Rushdie’s knighthood has sparked off violent protests in Pakistan, and I, for one, am not surprised. And that is a problem, people.
“The West is accusing Muslims of extremism and terrorism. If someone exploded a bomb on his body, he would be right to do so unless the British government apologizes and withdraws the [...]

…that I keep imagining this article as a song set to “If I Were A Rich Man” from Fiddler on the Roof? Just wondering.

I’ve been tagged for a meme again.
INSTRUCTIONS: Remove the blog in the top spot from the following list and bump everyone up one place. Then add your blog to the bottom slot, like so.
1. Life is Just Around The Corner
2. Tom LeDree
3. Tam’s Fitness Journal
4. Lose Weight With Me
5. Chicken Girl
Next select five people to [...]

Yes, Elmer, it is officially wabbit season. Apparently the bunnies are messing with the ground radar at Linate Airport in Milan, Italy. The authorities are trying to transplant Bugs and friends to nearby nature preserves, but they have hinted that they may need your services. Do us proud, Elmer.

Three browsers at the same time, man.

Actually, Safari didn’t impress me all that much. Sure, I’d use it over IE, but I’d use anything over IE. Which is not to say that I don’t like Safari, it just doesn’t “wow” me like, say, Opera does. Sorry, Steve Jobs. The truth hurts.

(As much for me as for anyone else.)
If you “only” lost one pound this week, this is how much you lost:

Yes, that is another MyPetFat. Don’t worry, I’m not collecting them — I just wanted to know what a whole pound felt like. I shall call this one “Spot”. I think he looks kind [...]

Did you know that zombie PCs are now a threat to our national security?
The FBI has found networks of zombie computers being used to spread spam, steal IDs and attack websites.
The agency said the zombies or bots were “a growing threat to national security”.
There is a solution, you know. Take all the PCs running Windows [...]