Sites to See
MavsMania.com
Piece of mind.net
BadAssMovieImages.Com
Holotrope
TX HS Sports Page
Tee Vee Time
The Simpsons
King of Queens
The Drew Carey Show
That '70s Show
Malcolm In The Middle
King Of The Hill
Sex and the City
Havoc
Meet the Ancestors
Friends
Frasier
The Weakest Link
travel.co.nz
Nigella Bites
The Sopranos
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Thursday, August 30, 2001
Well, this site delivers what it promises
Link via Blake.
Tuesday, August 28, 2001
Hey, was anyone at the Ranger game Saturday night? 18 innings! And they won! And here's a question: you know how the concession stands start closing up before the game ends, did they have to open back up, or did everyone have to sit there for a whole other game without food or drink? Just wondering...
Sunday, August 26, 2001
The Space Age Pop Music Page
Oh man, it's been one of those crazy weather weekends - sunny, rain, rain with sun, pissing down rain, sunny, windy, rain, etc. etc. etc. At least it's not cold, just cool.
Friday, August 24, 2001
Now, this is funny
Song o' the Day - "Angie Baby" by Helen Reddy.
Thursday, August 23, 2001
Dennis was disappointed I didn't put this info into the Poll o' the Week Results e-mail, because it took him "between 5 to 14 minutes" to find it, so here it is. Enjoy:
I know everyone is going to say this, but my favorite Osmond is Dr.
Cornelia Büchen-Osmond, the head research scientist at Columbia University
of New York, AND the Biosphere 2 Center in Oracle, AZ.
Cornelia also was into the development and curation of ICTVdB, the universal
virus database on the Web, under the auspices of the International Committee
on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV), Virology Division of the International Union
of Microbiology Society (IUMS). The ICTVdB incorporates the officially
endorsed classification of viruses, gives each an unequivocal decimal
classification from order to isolate, and is linked to genomic and other
relevant databases. Her previous experience in virus diagnosis by electron
microscopy has lead to the extensive use of images in ICTVdB, especially to
illustrate virus morphology and to facilitate identifications. As a
taxonomic database, ICTVdB is continuously under development to take
advantage of new information processing technology (supported by grants from
the US-NSF), as well as the updating of its information content, through
peer review of ICTV Study Groups. The third version of ICTVdB is now ready
for release.
Wednesday, August 22, 2001
The John Hughes Files
There is an AgResearch site close to where I work, and I guess they were having an ovary conference, because there was a sign outside that said "Ovary Conf." I dunno, that's just funny to me.
Monday, August 20, 2001
Congratulations to Beth for getting practically all the answers right on the Elvis quiz. She did just visit Graceland, so it's good to see she learned something on her trip. Beth is also the only one who answered the Elvis quiz, so thanks for that too Beth. "It's down at the end of lonely street, at Heartbreak Hotel."
Sunday, August 19, 2001
Hey, remember Alannah Currie, from Thompson Twins? She lives in NZ, and is organizing a group of NZ entertainers to protest against GE testing in NZ. The article about it is here. They showed a few pics of her in the paper, and she looks great! "Hold me now..."
Saturday, August 18, 2001
Happy Birthday Dennis! Happy Birthday Jeff!
Speaking of Dennis, he sent me this site. It's actually quite interesting when you go to the facts pages. But you may not want to look at it at work. Enjoy!
Friday, August 17, 2001
Oh no! Aqua is taking a break!
Thursday, August 16, 2001
Elvis.com
OK, in honor of the anniversary of Elvis' death, Beth suggested we have some Elvis trivia, so here goes:
Where was Elvis born?
What was the first Elvis song ever played on the radio?
How many consecutive #1 hits did Elvis have?
How many movies did Elvis star in?
What does TCB mean?
"Mama's little baby loves clambake, clambake, mama's little baby loves clambake too."
Wednesday, August 15, 2001
If there's time to lean, there's time to clean.
Tuesday, August 14, 2001
Did anyone know that these were the lyrics to "Take On Me?" And what does it mean to be "odds and ends?" Anyone?
Sunday, August 12, 2001
I just learned this week that Mac Davis wrote the song "In The Ghetto." I thought you were supposed to write about what you knew, and I ask you, where is the ghetto in Lubbock? Oh sure, there are poor parts of town, but I never really saw a "ghetto". Just wondering.
Saturday, August 11, 2001
Happy Birthday Tom!
Friday, August 10, 2001
HOORAY FOR TOAST!
Thursday, August 9, 2001
Another MTV memory, this time from Jeff the activist:
Okay here is my MTV memory. I was a sophmore in college at Texas A&M and TCI
cable had just taken MTV off their channels. I remember going to the cable
company to protest. When I got to the TCI Cable office, I was suprised to
see over 100 fellow Aggies with signs saying, "I want my MTV". Anyway,
everybody brought food and beer so it was pretty much a big party. It was
the only time that I every protested anything and we finally did get MTV
back.
Wednesday, August 8, 2001
Watch it! Hey, I'm Doris Day.
Blake's MTV memories:
* That 99 Lufballoon song whatever its called. It's the reason we bought a fucking stereo in my house... just to listen to that video be it the german or english version. So I remember when my parents were away and the video would come on mtv I'd crank up the stereo as loud as i could, and walk outside as far as I could while on the phone w/ friends to see just how far i could travel and them still hear it. I know i'm explaining this all like a crackhead on his 2nd day of recovery... but hey
* Videos like pretty much everything Duran Duran did had a huge impact on me. For my 5th grade talent show me and my friends did a whole Michael Jackson rip off of Thriller. We had the costumes and a whole make up routine that brought down the house. We figured out a way to put horror makeup on each other in the middle of everything for great dramatic surprise effect. I think the teacher almost died of a heart attack... in absolute shock. Aparently 5th graders who act like Zombies and Michael Jackson at the same time are going to hell. All our parents were called and I was banned listening to Michael Jacksons record for awhile.
* How could anyone forget that kick ass video for Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl"... mannn i love that video to this day!
* Strangest MTV thing is when they had this concert thing in town w/ Guns N Roses, Inxs, Ziggy Marley, Iggy Pop, etc.,... and out during Guns N Roses a whole slew or MTV VJ's/personalities came out and sat close to me... and it was like this brigade of short people who were all about 5'1 tall.
* 1st time seeing Pauly Shore's tv show... I had run into him at Universal Studios & thought what a freak though he had a warped sense of humor enough to make me laugh... so it was strange seeing him on TV w/ a completely different approach to who he was... like a person completely reinvented.
Monday, August 6, 2001
It’s a link to a virtual didgeridoo. It’s actually kind of fun once you get it going. ‘ol den says, “kick ass!”
Link via Dennis
Sunday, August 5, 2001
Well, monkey e-mailed me (see link for yesterday) and told me a little more about itself. Seems like a very nice and polite monkey. I will be checking it's website often to see what it's up to. I think you should too.
Saturday, August 4, 2001
Can anyone tell me what this is about?
It's obviously based in Dallas, since I saw pics with Mr. Peppermint, Little Jack Melody, Abby Goldstein, and the State Fair, but does anyone know any more?
Friday, August 3, 2001
Yay, someone else sent me an MTV memory. Here's Beth's:
Hey! My favorite Mtv moment was watching Robert
Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones come together
to play a few old Zep tunes at Live Aid, summer of
'85. Of course, they did not call themselves Led
Zeppelin out of respect for their deceased drummer,
John Bonham. (Trivia: who played drums in place of
Bonham for this event? Hint: there were two
drummers.....).
Anyway, I still have it on the original vhs tape I
used to tape it. I'm such a freak. You know I
remember when it first came on. Bill and I had to
have t-shirts. So, mom ordered red t-shirts with
yellow lettering on them for us. I have a picture of
Bill and I at ages 13 and 11 in his go cart, with our
Mtv shirts on. Good Lord!!! I just remember being a
"slave" to Mtv once it started. And to think some of
those "new" artists weren't even born yet. Brittany -
go home!
Thursday, August 2, 2001
OK, since no one sent me any MTV memories, I decided to share mine. My favorite MTV memory is watching the WORLD PREMIER of "Thriller" by Michael Jackson in 1983. I'm pretty sure I watched it, then Mike came over and we watched it a couple of more times, because I think it played like every half hour that night. Or Mike might not have come over, and we just talked about it at school the next day. I know I saw it more than once that night, and I think someone else was there. Anyway, that's my story. "CAUSE THIS IS THRILLER, THRILLER NIGHT!"
Wednesday, August 1, 2001
"It was twenty years ago today..." that MTV first hit the airwaves. Can you believe it? I didn't see it until the next year, and that was at Methodist church camp. What a loser! Anyway, they took MTV off here, so I can't even see it anymore. Anybody have a favorite video or MTV memory? Lemme know.
Monday, July 30, 2001
Here's a couple of book related site for you:
Authors On The Web
BBC Education - The bookcase
And look, even Steve Earle has written some short stories.
Sunday, July 29, 2001
Simon, Richard and I went to Stratford this weekend to see Simon's sister Denise. We saw the glockenspiel and also saw the theatre where they showed the first talking pictures in the Southern hemisphere. Then we went to New Plymouth and went to a small zoo there, and saw monkeys and birds and there was a small animal house with rabbits and guinea pigs, etc, and there were some little chicks sleeping on a rabbit for warmth. Aw, it was so cute. Then we drove along the coast in New Plymouth, Richard climbed on this big rock, then we went to a scenic reserve called Meeting of the Waters, which was very beautiful. It is very beautiful all around the Taranaki region, very green and lush, and in the middle of everything is Mt. Taranaki. We were trying to go up to play in the snow, but the snow was too high, so we didn't try it. We also went to a New Zealand Air Force museum today on the way home. A pretty good weekend overall.
Thursday, July 26, 2001
Has anyone ever received a forwarded e-mail, and it had a whole lot of names of other people it had been forwarded to (you know, when people don't delete those off), and you saw someone's name that you knew? Just wondering.
Wednesday, July 25, 2001
Explore your family history at Ellis Island
I've seen Ellis Island.
Monday, July 23, 2001
Sonic Fun Facts
Link via Jennie.
Saturday, July 21, 2001
This is my new favorite beverage. Well, my favorite after Coke. And cherry coke from Sonic. Mmmm, Sonic.
Thursday, July 19, 2001
Three poems by Pablo Neruda
Wednesday, July 18, 2001
With yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there
Monday, July 16, 2001
Pack your bags and we'll leave tonight
Sunday, July 15, 2001
Happy Anniversary to Robin and Simon!
And, we won Division Four on Lotto. Which is not very much money, but still. It will pay for the movies tonight.
Thursday, July 12, 2001
I think this might be too big, even for me
Wednesday, July 11, 2001
The fake Austin Powers
Tuesday, July 10, 2001
For all you discriminating diners out there, Chowhound offers a message board for finding the best eats around. Check it out, maybe you can even help someone find what they are looking for, or find a good place for yourself to eat.
Link via Metafilter.
Sunday, July 8, 2001
Happy Birthday Simon!
Saturday, July 7, 2001
Here's a view of Wellington Harbour which you can use to check out the weather here. I live about 15-20 minutes north of here, north being at the bottom of the pic. Check it out.
Thursday, July 5, 2001
Here's the same site from yesterday, only it changes every day with something that happened on that day in history. I think it's pretty darn interesting.
Wednesday, July 4, 2001
Happy Independence Day!
I guess most of you are off work today, huh?
Tuesday, July 3, 2001
Here's a site that lists common kiwi slang and phrases. Just thought you would find it interesting to check out. I haven't heard all of these, but I have heard a lot of them. It's fun trying to figure out what people are saying!
It's been a winter wonderland for the last two mornings, frost all over the place. And pretty darn cold. I'm ready for summer, thanks.
Sunday, July 1, 2001
There's a guy at my work who looks like Kenny Rogers. He just turned 50 last week. But I don't think I know him well enough to ask to take his picture.
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Caught My Ear
"Fields of Gold", Eva Cassidy
Book
Offshore Penelope Fitzgerald
Viewing Pleasure
An Unmarried Woman
Network
Bull Durham
Reality Bites
Party Girl
Bridget Jones's Diary
My Darling Clementine
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Separate Tables
The Truman Show
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