Andrew's got a question: What are the top 5 biggest problems facing the world today?

That's easy!

1. Terrorism


2. Socialism


3. Excessive Legislation


4. Africa


5. The Middle East

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I've won the caption contest over at The Cheese Stands Alone. Go and bask in my cleverness and remark in wonder at LeeAnn's astuteness in selecting my entry as the winner. Now I shall sit back in anxious anticipation as I await my fantabulous prize.

Points: It's a gimme but what the heck. One point to the first person to name my source for this post's title. No searching, please.

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The 13th Bestofme Symphony is up at Ambient Irony. Pixy Misa did some beautiful work. And all that after a hella day at the job! Get on over and enjoy some of the best reading in the blogosphere.

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I can't tell you just how much time I wasted with Mario. But was it really time wasted? Is time ever wasted when you are enjoying yourself? Well, yeah, I guess sometimes it is. For those of you who don't give a crap about wasting time as long as you're enjoying ourselves, check out the Adventures of Mario:

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

(Hat tip to Dopple-G)

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1 V. Cool - I want part 4 now (and have to be a little concerned as to why Dopple G Seems to have a never ending supply of flash stuff to entertain us with!)

Posted by: Rob at March 01, 2004 09:28 AM (kXZI6)

2 Well, he's a programmer and you know how they are. Spend most of the day playing Doom or surfing the web...

Posted by: Jim at March 01, 2004 09:30 AM (IOwam)

3 erm, I must be with the wrong firm ... but of course we designers have an infinitely higher work load than those code monkeys ... now where did I leave that BFG.

Posted by: Rob at March 01, 2004 10:27 AM (kXZI6)

4 That was totally awesome!!!! But I HATE cliffhangers!!!

Posted by: Susie at March 01, 2004 11:16 AM (5u/dN)

5 uhh...can someone 'splain that to me? Is this some kind of abstract statement of Mario's inhumanity by reducing him to a squiggle as he races around in the eternal pursuit of materialism? I ain't seeing it.

Posted by: Christine at March 01, 2004 12:17 PM (Q/NXM)

6 It takes a while to load. The dancing squiggle is the artist's version of the "loading bar" you usually get.

Posted by: Jim at March 01, 2004 12:52 PM (IOwam)

7 Got to wait for part 4, evil. Nice skins btw, love the kitty one cause it has a kitty.

Posted by: mog at March 01, 2004 07:30 PM (Dqis0)

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Natalie Dee is the funniest artist on the web. I mean, with stuff like fun facts, can there be any doubt?

She's got a weblog too.

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I just can't get enough of these penguin games. I'm strangely drawn to this one...

668.1 is my best so far.

(Hat tip to Dopple-G)

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Okay, I'm sick and twisted. I admit it, fully and freely. But Natalie Dee is much better worse. Case in point: Look Ma! No hands!

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The 12th Bestofme Symphony is up at The Owners Manual and ready for your Monday morning reading pleasure. Gary has quite a performance for you, complete with a guest conductor!

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The Bull has made a terrible error. She has posted a lightbulb joke, thereby opening her comments to every bad lightbulb joke known to man. Or woman. What's your favorite lightbulb joke? Head on over and contribute.

POINTS: 1 point to the first person who can name my source for the title of this post. No searches, please.

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(Guest-posted by the girl who drank too much coffee today.)

I don't like Bill Maher, frankly; I didn't like him very much before September 11 and I liked him less afterwards, and the final straw was when he was quite rude to an interviewer from my favorite animal charity (hint: it's not PETA?), despite being on record as a supporter of animal rights.

That said, my brother sent me a link to this piece, which pretty much nails my position on the whole gay marriage thing. My favorite bit:

Republicans are always saying we should privatize things, like schools, prison, Social Security -- OK, so how about we privatize privacy? If the government forbids gay men from tying the knot, what's their alternative? They can't all marry Liza Minnelli.

[From S-Train's post] And this shouldn't be a liberal or consevative issue. It should be a human issue.

Sure, make it sound all simple and logical like that! Huh! Where's the partisan hatemongering? Where's the team of legal experts debating constitutionality? Where are all the hand-wringers moaning about what this might mean for the future of Western civilization?

Oh, right: You don't do all that.

Which is why I love this blog.

Ilyka: Umph. Calling people "hatemongers" for disagreeing and/or having concerns is a bit counteproductive in my experience. Just makes them dig their heels in harder.

Those I consider hatemongers have had the gloves off for a long time. Why'm I still wearin' my pair?

So long, social conservatives, and thanks for all the fish.

I've read your arguments. I've listened to your concerns. And I've noticed something: When you need, I mean really really NEED, the socially liberal folks on your side--when elections are close and winning isn't everything, it's the only thing--you have "concerns" that you're just "airing" in the "interest" and "spirit" of "liberal debate."

But when you think you have us by the short hairs, you move to make your concerns amendments.

Don't fuck me like that, darlings. More importantly, quit fucking yourselves--because that's what you're about to do. You're about to hand the country to a Democrat president because you can't keep from sticking your noses into what is essentially other people's business.

Here's all Bush had to do to win in a landslide: nothing. That's right, nothing. No Constitutional amendments. No statements on the issue whatsoever. If someone asked, all he had to do was state that he trusts the courts to uphold the Constitution, as indeed justices are sworn to do, and that now is not the time to focus on divisive domestic issues because, you know, there's a war on.

Yes, National Review would have shed bitter tears of "disappointment" that their "concerns" were not being "seriously addressed" by the "leader of the free world." (Look, Ma, I got sneer quotes!) But the middle, amigos--the middle that you need, whether you have the courage to admit it or not--the middle would have been sewn up tight. How tight? This tight.

Of course, it has been suggested in some quarters that the middle is already in pocket. To that, I have only this response:

"Dewey Defeats Truman."

Think about it.

(With thanks to Michele of A Small Victory for reminding me that I do not have this whole thing out of my system yet. Not even close.)

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I think Bull just qualified for Snooze Button Dreams guestblogger in the unlikely event that I ever get a vacation.

My belly hurts. No drinking while you click that link.

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This man called 'Brian'
The man they called 'Brian'
This man called 'Brian'!

Apologies for the Monty Python moment.

The Bonfire of the Vanities is burning brightly at Kin's Kouch. Not sure how I got renamed but we'll go with it. Brian's my brother's name and it's a fitting tribute to attach it to a Bonfire entry.

Incidentally, Kin rates my entry as perfect for the Bonfire.

Highlights: None
Gore: none Bad Special Effects: nada Sex: nope Horrid Acting: not here

I do so totally rock.

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Doesn't matter much, really as all of 'em end up up-ended in The Hunting of the Snark

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Ever wonder what's in a Rorschach test? Here's your chance to find out without shelling out the cash to pay for some psychiatrist's second yacht.

My answers are apparently very high ranking intellectually, quite low emotionally. See? I told you I was a rational adult!

Freud reading the results at the end is a nice touch too.

(Hat tip to Dopple-G)

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1 Freud...or a scary clown-wanna-be? Mine were a mix between sexual and intellectual, before it went all scary clown-like. No surprise there

Posted by: Helen at February 16, 2004 02:18 PM (eCxc4)

2 Thanks jag, My 21" monitor shorted out when I spewed Diet Coke all over it from the unexpected shock of freakazoid assaulting my corneas. One of these days your uppance will come!

Posted by: Paul at February 16, 2004 07:46 PM (SigKK)

3 that scared me, my husband, the cat, the dog and the neighbors three houses down. My speakers were accidentally turned up. I hope you get severe indigestion and your windshield wipers leave streaks.

Posted by: Christine at February 16, 2004 08:29 PM (Q/NXM)

4 Helen - "Scary Clown Wannabe". I like it! It's so fitting. Henceforth said personality shall forevermore be known on these pages as Scary Clown Wannabe. Paul - Oh, boy. I can only imagine what that looked like on a 21" monitor. I had monitor envy for a split second before I remembered the shorting out part. Sorry about that. Christine - I prepaid on the indigestion - had it over the weekend. I'll have to get back to you on the streaky wipers. If it's any consolation to y'all, I had my very own experience with it this morning. Dopple-G sent it to me bright and early and I was in a pre-caffeinated state. I was staring at the stuff intently as I'd never done an ink blot test and I was keen on what it would be like. Then Blammo! Scary Clown Wannabe and Jim's very first heart attack (or as close as I really want to come anyway).

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The 11th Bestofme Symphony is up at Yap Away Jay and ready to pleasure your Monday morning. Enjoy an ecclectic collection of the best in the blogosphere.

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And he's rearing to bean some penguins. This target game is a bit more complicated than the distance swing one but just as enjoyable. Plus the penguin victims stick around wiggling their little feet as you continue playing. My first game was a best hit of 85.5 and total of 521.

(Hat tip to Dopple-G)

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Carnival of the Vanities #73 is up at On The Third Hand. MommaBear has worked it up into a literary theme but don't let that make you think it's boring - the first book is Sex and the Single Girl.

POINTS: 2 points to the first person to name my source for this title. No searches, y'all.

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Bull from Irritable Blog Syndrome gives the straight twisted dope on blogging anonymously. Plus she says things like "shut your cock holsters". You just can't beat that.

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If you'd like to get your own hossensnarker ingredients head on over to the Hunting of the Snark. And don't worry about ruining your diet. They're low carb, low fat and even fit a vegan diet.

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Finally, a political "where are you" test that makes it all clear. I'm a liberal conservative libertarian!

This test is a humorous take on the caricatures of the parties and will help you determine if you are an Archconservative, Leftwing Wacko, Antigovernment Libertine or Commie Sympathizer.

My favorite question:

The best things in life...

CONS: have a substantial membership fee.
LIBL: need price controls.
LBRT: are subject to the whims of supply and demand.
COMM: have a substantial waiting list.

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