Which John Cusack Are You?

(Hat tip to LeeAnn)

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Go vote!

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It's Friday and that means its time to serve up a wedge of Cheddar X. The format is a bit different this week. Johnny Huh explains:

Choose one of your favorite bands and answer the questions using song titles by that band. I think it would add some fun to not name the band and see how hard it is for people to guess (guessing, by the way, does not include using Google so no cheating!). But do it either way you want to.

I cheated just a little bit and used a singer and that singer's original group. 2 points each for the singer and the group (no internet searching, remember!). And what the heck, 2 more points for the group that sang the song that inspired the title to this post. more...

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The Letter of the Day is was "P".

"P" is for Pork, as in "Pork Barrel Spending".

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Kevin at Wizbang has just found out that he's out of a job. 3 weeks before Christmas.

If you've got some spare some change, please consider dropping it in his tip jar.

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I just read a very touching story about Don's first love.

Were you in love the first time you said "I love you"? I don't mean to your Mom, now. I'm talking about a parternship type relationship. Unless that was with your Mom, of course. In that case i do mean your Mom. Sicko.

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It's time to vote for the 3rd (and final, since Helen has retired) Survivor Immunity. This is the big one. The immunity winner will decide which of the other two stays on the island with him.

I know that y'all want to vote for me but I'm not allowed to tell you which entry is mine. Just vote for the best one and I'll do fine. ;-)

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The much touted (and quite cool) Map of the Blogosphere has a detail map of Munuvia. Snuz is over there in the East, as is proper.

But what's that in the Southeast corner of Munuvia? Why, it's the province of Visbangius. Wizbang is but the first blog to fall to the plans of Munuvian blogosphere domination. Next we will annex Anti-Com.

Look out, y'all! The Munus are coming!

(Credit to LeeAnn for the Munuvia detail.)

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The Letter of the Day is was "O".

"O" is for OOH-RAH. Stop by Mike the Marine's shiny new blog to get yours.

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There's been some really good participation for the Bestofme Symphony. A nice round 20 submissions so far!

To recap, submitted posts need to be 2 months old or older and should be of gemstone quality. See this post for submission particulars. The submission address (bestofme@jpeacock.net) is functional so please use that when you send posts in. Mail sent to my regular contact address will still be processed but it's easier for me if you use the Bestofme address.

Deadline for submissions for the first edition of the Bestofme Symphony is midnight EST this Sunday (05:00 GMT Monday).

Thanks for the support and keep 'em coming in!

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I had lots of referrers in November and I'd like to give them all a big thank you for linking to my site. The top 10 are going into a new section of the sidebar. They are (in order of number of referrals):

Everyday Stranger
Electric Venom
Anger Management
Silflay Hraka
Rachel Lucas
Deadends CENSORED
The New Criterion
Wetwired
Yourish.com
Madfish Willie's

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(From ScrappleFace)

U.S. President George Bush today converted from Christianity to Islam, declared himself to be a Grand Ayatollah and issued a fatwa, a religious edict, against those who have slowed the transition to democracy in Iraq.

The move comes as the Bush administration faced increasing criticism that it was trying to impose its brand of American democracy upon Iraq. The Washington Post reported today that Coalition transition efforts had faltered because an influential cleric had declared a fatwa against allowing foreigners to write the new Iraqi constitution.

"It's good to see that the Bush administration finally understands how to get things done in Iraq," said one unnamed member of the provisional Iraqi Governing Council. "All of this 'cultivating stakeholder buy-in' may work at IBM, but we Shiites wait until an influential ayatollah tells us what to do."

In Mr. Bush's first official statement after the Rose Garden fatwa-signing ceremony, Islam's newest Grand Ayatollah said, "Death to the infidel Baathists with their shoulder-fired rockets. Their blood will turn the sand red, God be willing. May God show them His wrath and give them what they deserve."

(Hat tip to Dopple-G)

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The Letter of the Day is was"N".

"N" is for Nipple. That's the little pointy bit on the end of a boobie.

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Yes it did! Don bowed out as hostmaster but Pylorns has taken up the reigns. Immunity Challenge III is forming up again and there's a bonus challenge as well: post what I'd plan to do with or to Luuk, the Everyday Bear. Since I'm one of those geeks that always went for the extra credit and since this one is a gimme, here goes nuthin':

I had him in my clutches once but due to a family plague I didn't get to do anywhere near as much with Luuk as I wanted.

If I got him back again we would definitely take a trip to the Mayfield Dairy in Braselton so he could have a taste of my favorite cow udder. We'd hit the Calloway Gardens and then see Helen for some serious drinking with bikers and faux Germans. That's the city in Georgia, not Luuk's Mom.

I'd like to take him to Bear and Bacon's preschool too. Both of them got a serious kick out of Luuk and they'd love to show him off for their friends. Hey, part of my Dad duties are to get the boys "cool points" anytime I can.

We'd have to go back to Stone Mountain Park again too. He loved the Pow-Wow there but we didn't get a chance to climb the mountain itself. That would be an adventure.

We'd probably stop by the Children's Museum of Atlanta too. They've got Sue there now. She's "a life-size replica of the worldÂ’s largest, and most complete T. rex in the world". You know, let him get a look at a real carnivore.

After that we'd probaby just spend the rest of our time together watching action movies, drinking beer and eating popcorn.

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Let us compare two popular female musical artists. One is a serious songstress who uses intensely personal lyrics and an entrancing voice with absolutely amazing vocal range to express herself through her music. The other does a peep show while mouthing pop ketch that somebody else wrote. Which of these artists would be classified as "sexy"?

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1 Now, either britney has grown about three feet or that cover is more than a little retouched. Now, let me get this straight: She plays no instruments, lipsynchs(obviously, i mean, could you at least try?) in public, and has to photoshop her album cover. And she needs backup singers? I mean is there really a contest here? Oh Sarah, why oh why are you married. Good call Jim. Tommy

Posted by: Tommy at December 03, 2003 11:25 AM (hnRRG)

2 Before hitting the extended, I was guessing this was a Sarah-Twitney thing. :-)

Posted by: Jennifer at December 03, 2003 11:27 AM (shhDk)

3 Personnally, I don't listen to either one. I find that type of music (whiny, soulful sorrow or poppy, bubble-headed bullshit) an afront to all that is good and right in the world. Four letters: AC/DC. Remember - rock and roll ain't noise polution. Now on the one hand Sarah can sing, but she doesn't make me feel, as Allah would say, "funny in the pants". Britney, on the other hand, can't sing without a computer completely regenerating her voice, but as far as I'm concerned the only thing her mouth should be used for it to..... well, you get the idea. All that being said, lets boil this down to what it's actually about: which one would I do? And the answer, of course, is.......... BOTH! Any male who answers otherwise will immediately have his testosterone card revoked and his genitalia removed so he can be beaten with it. BTW, I've pushed back my predicted Britney Playboy spread to spring of 2007. Christina Aguilara, however, has moved up to around summer of next year in either Penthouse or Hustler. Playboy is WAAAAAY too classy for that slut.

Posted by: Mike the Marine at December 03, 2003 03:12 PM (IOX+E)

4 "Me Against the Music"--hey, you can't say it's not an apt title. She certainly isn't doing anything with or for the music.

Posted by: ilyka at December 03, 2003 03:46 PM (EyevR)

5 Yes! Thank you for saying it, Jim. I adore Sarah Mac!

Posted by: DeAnna at December 03, 2003 10:52 PM (n3+mt)

6 Score one for you on the cool Sarah reference. But the key here is-which one would you just like to have SEX with, and which one is cool enough to take home to mom? Distinction, big time. Don't tell me that if Britney weren't throwing herself at you, you'd say no. Just think of the points you would get just to be able to say you did her?

Posted by: Helen at December 04, 2003 04:34 AM (QV3iL)

7 Hey now! I never said that a guy wouldn't want to nail a slutty chick. I've had quite a bit of fun in my life with gals of that nature. Thing is, slutty chicks get less attractive the longer you're with them. Sexy ones tend to maintain or even increase their sexiness with greater familiarity. Between these two I'd have to pick Sarah for both activities. Britney is elligible for bumping uglies as long as that doesn't preclude a Sarah romp. This isn't a fair comparison though - I've had a hankerin' for Ms McLachlan since the 80's.

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The Bonfire has been lit. Head on over to get toasty warm at the expense of the turkeys of the blogosphere.

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Touch it! Love it!

Changed up the sidebar a little bit, eliminating the tacky "hours of operation" thing and the Ecosystem doodad (I want a single line, not 4 lines!).

Added in a holiday links section, Bestofme Symphony section and (coolest of all) a Point Leaders section. You know how I occasionally hand out points for the first reader to identify the source of something I regurgitate? Well, I figured I'd go ahead and make that worthwhile. I'm keeping track of the points now and the point leaders will be the very first weblog links to be seen on my sidebar (excepting seasonal promotions, of course).

In the spirit of the game, 5 points for the ispiration/source of the title & first line of this post.

Let the games begin!

Update: LeeAnn grabbed those 5 points in a hurry. There's more available in the previous post if you're interested.

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In the spirit of X-Mas, Michele of A Small Victory Santa once again offers a hearty Ho Ho Holy Shit!.

Along with a score of bloggers, I'm contributing to that festive site. Can you guess which persona is me? 5 points to the first person who figures it out. 2 more points to the first person to say where I got it from.

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The Letter of the Day was is "M".

"M" is for Matter-of-fact, as in realistic. Libertarians who vote Republican are just being matter-of-fact about their choice.

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The hottest selling new political bumper sticker comes from New York State:

"RUN HILLARY RUN"

Democrats put 'em on the rear bumper...

Republicans affix them to the front bumper.

(Hat tip to Dopple-G)

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