…or not. A projected trajectory shows the asteroid, Apophis (named for the Egyptian god of death and darkness), will come very close to our planet in 2029, and have a chance of hitting Earth on its next pass in 2036. … Apollo 9 astronaut Russell L. Schweickart, an advocate of organizing to prepare for such [...]
Archive of entries posted on July 2006
Friday Nonrandom Non-ten
In honor of this site getting over 20,000 comment spam attempts…
| Name | Artist | Album | Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tuning | Eric Idle, Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce, John Du Prez, Tim Curry, etc. | Monty Python’s Spamalot | Soundtrack |
| 2. | Overture | Eric Idle, Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce, John Du Prez, Tim Curry, etc. | Monty Python’s Spamalot | Soundtrack |
| 3. | Historian’s Introduction to Act I | Eric Idle, Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce, John Du Prez, Tim Curry, etc. | Monty Python’s Spamalot | Soundtrack |
| 4. | Finland/Fisch Schlapping Dance | Eric Idle, Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce, John Du Prez, Tim Curry, etc. | Monty Python’s Spamalot | Soundtrack |
| 5. | Monks Chant / He Is Not Dead Yet | Eric Idle, Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce, John Du Prez, Tim Curry, etc. | Monty Python’s Spamalot | Soundtrack |
| 6. | Come With Me | Eric Idle, Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce, John Du Prez, Tim Curry, etc. | Monty Python’s Spamalot | Soundtrack |
| 7. | Laker Girls Cheer | Eric Idle, Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce, John Du Prez, Tim Curry, etc. | Monty Python’s Spamalot | Soundtrack |
| 8. | The Song That Goes Like This | Eric Idle, Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce, John Du Prez, Tim Curry, etc. | Monty Python’s Spamalot | Soundtrack |
| 9. | He Is Not Dead Yet – Play Off | Eric Idle, Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce, John Du Prez, Tim Curry, etc. | Monty Python’s Spamalot | Soundtrack |
| 10. | All For One | Eric Idle, Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce, John Du Prez, Tim Curry, etc. | Monty Python’s Spamalot | Soundtrack |
| 11. | Knights of the Round Table/The Song That Goes Like This (Reprise) | Eric Idle, Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce, John Du Prez, Tim Curry, etc. | Monty Python’s Spamalot | Soundtrack |
| 12. | Find Your Grail | Eric Idle, Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce, John Du Prez, Tim Curry, etc. | Monty Python’s Spamalot | Soundtrack |
| 13. | Run Away! | Eric Idle, Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce, John Du Prez, Tim Curry, etc. | Monty Python’s Spamalot | Soundtrack |
| 14. | The Intermission | Eric Idle, Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce, John Du Prez, Tim Curry, etc. | Monty Python’s Spamalot | Soundtrack |
| 15. | Historian’s Introduction to Act II | Eric Idle, Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce, John Du Prez, Tim Curry, etc. | Monty Python’s Spamalot | Soundtrack |
| 16. | Always Look On The Bright Side of Life | Eric Idle, Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce, John Du Prez, Tim Curry, etc. | Monty Python’s Spamalot | Soundtrack |
| 17. | Brave Sir Robin | Eric Idle, Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce, John Du Prez, Tim Curry, etc. | Monty Python’s Spamalot | Soundtrack |
| 18. | You Won’t Succeed On Broadway | Eric Idle, Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce, John Du Prez, Tim Curry, etc. | Monty Python’s Spamalot | Soundtrack |
| 19. | Diva’s Lament (What Ever Happened To My Part?) | Eric Idle, Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce, John Du Prez, Tim Curry, etc. | Monty Python’s Spamalot | Soundtrack |
| 20. | Where Are You? | Eric Idle, Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce, John Du Prez, Tim Curry, etc. | Monty Python’s Spamalot | Soundtrack |
| 21. | His Name Is Lancelot | Eric Idle, Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce, John Du Prez, Tim Curry, etc. | Monty Python’s Spamalot | Soundtrack |
| 22. | I’m All Alone | Eric Idle, Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce, John Du Prez, Tim Curry, etc. | Monty Python’s Spamalot | Soundtrack |
| 23. | Twice In Every Show | Eric Idle, Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce, John Du Prez, Tim Curry, etc. | Monty Python’s Spamalot | Soundtrack |
| 24. | Act II Finale | Eric Idle, Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce, John Du Prez, Tim Curry, etc. | Monty Python’s Spamalot | Soundtrack |
| 25. | Always Look On The Bright Side of Life – Company Bow | Eric Idle, Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce, John Du Prez, Tim Curry, etc. | Monty Python’s Spamalot | Soundtrack |
Spammers are Unholy Abominations Straight from the Deepest Pit of Hell
Since January 16, 2006, over 21,000 attempts to post comment spam to this site have been logged. That’s 1,000 spam comments since July 23, 2006.
Trust
(from the here we go again dept.) Another one of these got past the spam filters… Subject: Re..TRUST From: shliochamber <barr_lawoffice @yahoo.co.uk> ANDREW SHLIO ASSOCIATE & SOLICITOR 9TH FLOOR WISMA D 993 JALAN AMPAN 3737 KULALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA Dear Partner, Not so fast, buddy l am Andrew shlio, Hi Andrew, did you know, on modern [...]
Lakefront Property…
…on Titan!
Did anyone really miss it?
MySpace returns after power outage The popular social-networking site, which recently topped Yahoo Mail as the most-visited Web site in the United States, was disabled entirely as of 6:40 p.m. Pacific time Sunday. The home page was replaced by a placeholder with a message from MySpace founder Tom Anderson, who said that the site was [...]
20,000
(from the depressing milestone dept.) Since January 16, 2006, over 20,000 attempts to post comment spam to this site have been logged. That’s 1,000 spam comments since July 18, 2006 and 10,000 since April 20, 2006. That’s more than 15 times the number of legitimate comments posted to this web site since June, 2001.
President Bush Chooses Superstition Over Science
(via What’s new by Bob Park – Friday, July 21, 2006) 1. STEM CELLS: PRESIDENT BUSH CHOOSES SUPERSTITION OVER SCIENCE. On Wednesday, Mr. Bush vetoed the “Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act.” The first veto of his presidency was exercised to protect surplus embryonic stem cells in fertility clinics from research, thus preserving their “dignity” so [...]
Friday Random Ten: 2006-07-21
| Name | Artist | Album | Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jesus Thinks You’re A Jerk | Frank Zappa | Broadway The Hard Way | Alternative & Punk |
| 2. | After The Goldrush | Neil Young | Greatest Hits | Rock |
| 3. | America | Spinal Tap | This is Spinal Tap | Soundtrack |
| 4. | Suicide Chump | Frank Zappa | You Are What You Is | Alternative & Punk |
| 5. | Dionysus | Jocelyn Pook | Gangs Of New York | Soundtrack |
| 6. | The Test That Stumped Them All | Dream Theater | Live At Budokan | Metal |
| 7. | Comes A Time | Neil Young | Greatest Hits | Rock |
| 8. | Where Will You Be | Yes | Talk | Rock |
| 9. | Stacy’s Mom | Fountains Of Wayne | Welcome Interstate Managers | Alternative & Punk |
| 10. | Stranger | Pretty & Twisted | Pretty & Twisted | Alternative & Punk |
The Magician of the Ivory Tower
(printed by fortune in one of my terminal windows today) The Magician of the Ivory Tower brought his latest invention for the master programmer to examine. The magician wheeled a large black box into the master’s office while the master waited in silence. “This is an integrated, distributed, general-purpose workstation,” began the magician, “ergonomically designed [...]
