Nick Queen is putting together a Yahoo Fantasy Football league. The goal is 8 to 10 bloggers/commenters participating (currently there are 3 signed up).

Joining is simple:

Go here and use the following to join the league (you'll need a Yahoo ID):

League ID# is 171767
Password is paradox

For the team name use your blog name and leave a message at Nick's place.

If you have any questions, Nick can answer them.

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Happy birthday Tiffani! My blogdaughter has turned 34. In Tiffany's honor, here are some memorable events from 1970, her birthyear:

(Year you were born doohicky found at Ilyka's and Emma's love shacks blogs)

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Courtesy of Dopple-G I bring you: Dodge trucks are for pussies.

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Rob is back, too!

Everybody pause while we do the happy dance. A jig would be fitting, I think.

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He wants to know just what is up with Rachel Lucas' ever-recurring popularity. Despite multiple exits from blogdom she is received yet again with open arms by a hungry and waiting audience. Well Harv, it's like this...

Rachel is the queen of all that is good and right. She is the Easter Bunny in disguise and supplied Santa with toys during the great elf strike of '94. She personally tracked down Saddam Hussein and tipped off the Army to where he was hiding. She took a bullet for the Pope, just because it was the right thing to do.

Which is to say, she was instrumental in lifting Snooze Button Dreams from obscurity. That only ever happens once in a blog's life. She helped a lot of people in large or small ways. She was friendly when a lot of big bloggers weren't.

She absolutely and completely despises Hillary Clinton.

She also was one of the finest ranters I've ever read. She's erudite and well written and uses base logic to support her emotional views. She posts dog pictures. She's an all around good read.

I understand why you're confused, Harvey. You got there when Rachel had started faltering. Her posts weren't as tight, her focus was wandering. She was finishing school and looking for a house and her blog showed signs of neglect. And then she retired, came back, retired again, came back sort of, then quit. Without a firm grounding in Rachelism from before the Time of Troubles that's absolutely a definite turn off. Hell, even for loyalists it was still a turn off.

But now she's back again with a new style, the new version of MT and humorous rants about John Edwards and dog urine. So of course we're welcoming her with open arms, hearts and blogulations.

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1 She was one of my first daily reads. I'm sure I found you through her - actually, through Helen if I remember right, and I likely found Helen through Don and I know I found Don from Rachel. See? - it's all connected. Rachel is the Queen.

Posted by: Clancy at July 14, 2004 09:26 AM (EGVPL)

2 Oh. My. God. That was like the most bendy-over and kissing-the-assy Rachel post I have read yet. Kudos Her blog is a revolving door of appear and disappear. As for me, I can't handle people coming and going forty times-I can understand taking a break, reconsidering, but for the love of God, that kind of indecision is reserved for the insecure and screwed up in the world, not "blog leaders". If she's going to exit stage left, do it already.

Posted by: Helen at July 14, 2004 10:08 AM (LlkAL)

3 hmm.. brown noser...

Posted by: pylorns at July 14, 2004 02:06 PM (FTYER)

4 You say that like it's a bad thing.

Posted by: Jim at July 14, 2004 02:14 PM (IOwam)

5 Ok, that would explain it then. And I think I was test driving Rachel & finding her lacking last summer. Does that sound about the right time frame?

Posted by: Harvey at July 14, 2004 03:53 PM (tJfh1)

6 Yup, that's when the Time of Troubles was upon us. "Test Driving Rachel" sounds like either a chick flick or a bad porn.

Posted by: Jim at July 14, 2004 04:12 PM (bmLWy)

7 If Rachel is willing to write, I'm willing to read. She's the best free reading outside of a library. It is sad that she has more to her life than entertaining us (from my point of view) but it's probably good for her. Most of my favorite authors are dead; most of the rest publish about every year, and a few publish every week. It seems a bit much to require a writer to write something several times a day. When she's willing to rant, I'm willing to read, because her rants are generally worth reading. I must say that I really do not care for dog pictures, but I suspect that is a failing of mine and not Rachels.

Posted by: David D at July 15, 2004 07:12 PM (PWeSZ)

8 She has stopped blogging again, since you wrote this post, right?

Posted by: The Commissar at July 19, 2004 01:46 PM (VpkLq)

9 "Made ya look, made ya look ..."

Posted by: The Commissar at July 19, 2004 01:47 PM (VpkLq)

10 Not me. I've got her on the aggregator. hehe.

Posted by: Jim at July 19, 2004 01:53 PM (IOwam)

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Rachel Ann wants to know what blogger you've got a love/hate thing with.

Bill can just leave his blogroll.

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Yesterday at ZeroIntelligence.net I posted a story about black students at Harvard. Seems that immigrant blacks and mulattos are taking advantage of affirmative action programs that some people want reserved for descendants of slaves.

There is a goodly bit of commenting on Affirmative Action as a general concept and one comment by Canadian reader Don Popowich sums it up so well it deserves to be called out on its own merits.

Enough already!!! There are no African Americans, or Ukrainian Americans, or Irish Americans, or Italian Americans,or any other kind of hyphenated Americans....or at least there shouldn't be.

As a Canadian, what I admired about America was that America was a melting pot. Although, as individuals, you were proud of your heritage, YOU WERE WERE AMERICANS FIRST.

Yes. There were prejudices in past, and many members of your society faced discrimination and were treated unfairly, but, as a country you worked towards, and eventually righted many of those wrongs.

Some would argue it took too long and not all wrongs have been addressed, and that may be so, but, as a country you addressed the challenges and you worked towards bringing equality to all.

But not anymore. Now some Americans are more equal than others.

Why? Why is prejudice acceptable today if is aimed a segment of your society who has practiced prejudice in past...but not acceptable if aimed at others in your society? Either prejudice is right or it is wrong. It can't be both. more...

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1 Ummm...perhaps I am off, but I understood that the term mulatto described those who were of mixed-race descent, with one race being black and the other race (generally) of white descent. So if the persons black heritage was as a descendant of a former slave, that qualifies them, then.

Posted by: Helen at July 13, 2004 01:04 PM (LlkAL)

2 That's what I think as well but the esteemed Harvard professors have a much stricter definition. They want four black grandparents, all born in the USA.

Posted by: Jim at July 13, 2004 01:08 PM (IOwam)

3 So much for the descendents of the famous Quadroon Balls in New Orleans, where young men (white) of social standing would go to meet young women (mixed) to take a mistress for a long, sometimes even life time, affair.

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Jennifer was disjobbed yesterday. This is an issue especially poignant to me as my own date with the axe draws nigh. Would y'all go and offer some condolences, support and maybe a job lead or two to her?

Thanks.

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McDonalds has a new Unhappy Meal featuring a salad and a bottle of water. John at Zug.com has the down-lo.

The booklet also has a radical, crazy new walking program designed by Oprah's trainer, which I will summarize for you now:

1) Measure the amount you walk per day.
2) Gradually walk more.
3) Repeat until tired.

Surely Oprah gets better advice than this, right? The guy pulls in 500 large a year just to tell Oprah to get off her ham-fed ass and walk? If walking is considered exercise, then opening the refrigerator door should also be exercise. And let's not forget masturbation, which increases upper arm strength. Why couldn't Oprah's trainer make a Masturbometer?

Don't miss John's prank call to McDonalds customer service.

(Hat tip to WetWired)

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...cookies should NOT be bright yellow.

Via American Digest comes this Family Circle Cookie Cook-Off between Laura Bush and Teresa-Heinz-Rockefeller-Kerry. Laura's entry is a delicious looking wholesome oatmeal cookie (with chunks of chocolate - yes that's right, lovely delicious chocolate). Teresa's offering is one shade off of your urine after a two day bender. The shapeless yellow glops come complete with raisins, which I do like in a cookie. Unfortunately for this particular cookie they look remarkably like the unidentifiable "What the hell are those!?" bits inside a well loaded diaper.

Which tastes better? Obviously the Oatmeal-Chocolate Chunk cookies do since there's just no way you'll get those ochre blobs past my lips.

See for yourself (and vote for your favorite) at Family Circle.

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The 32nd Bestofme Symphony is up at The Owner's Manual.

Next week's post extravaganza will be hosted by Sneakeasy's Joint.

Bestofme Symphony home base

Hosting: Email Gary at gcruse AT netscape DOT com.

Email Reminders: Bestofme Symphony mailing list.

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Ilyka needs help. She's looking for your opinion of what a Centrist is. Where do you think a Centrist on the big issues? Chime in at her place in the comments.

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1 You are, as ever, most skilled in the chivalrous arts. Now go unpack some shit.

Posted by: ilyka at July 08, 2004 08:44 AM (tyQY5)

2 We're all unpacked! Well, virtually all. We even stocked the CD holders yesterday, that's how almost done we are.

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It's the final challenge in Survivor Blogosphere Edition Part Two. The contestants are running neck and neck. On one side is detailed verbosity, on the other shocking brevity. Who will win?

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The 31st Bestofme Symphony is up at WetWired. Join Pylorns and crew for a bite sized cruise of the best in the Blogosphere.

Next week's post extravaganza will be hosted by The Owner's Manual.

Hosting: Would you like to host the Symphony? Send me a note and I'll get you on the schedule.

Submit to the Symphony: Want to be a part of next week's edition? Check out this post for submission help. Entries should always be sent to bestofme@jpeacock.net regardless of who the Symphony host is.

Spread the word: Webloggers, how about some linky love? Just think of how happy your readers would be if you gave them a path to such a wonderful reading selection.

Email Reminders: If you'd like to be sent a reminder about the Symphony, join the mailing list. There's one email sent on Thursday or Friday to remind you to submit for the next Symphony and one on Monday with the location of the newly posted Symphony.

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No, wait. That's exactly wrong.

Everybody into the pool!

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Jenny Turpish thinks I'm a hippie. At least her 20 Questions to a Better Personality quiz seems to think so.

You are an SECF--Sober Emotional Constructive Follower. This makes you a hippie. You are passionate about your causes and steadfast in your commitments. Once you've made up your mind, no one can convince you otherwise. Your politics are left-leaning, and your lifestyle choices decidedly temperate and chaste.

You do tremendous work when focused, but usually you operate somewhat distracted. You blow hot and cold, and while you normally endeavor on the side of goodness and truth, you have a massive mean streak which is not to be taken lightly. You don't get mad, you get even.

Please don't get even with this web site.

I gotta seriously disagree about being a hippie. Sure I'm not opposed to the occasional toke o' the green but I haven't done that in many a year. Yeah, I prefer old t-shirts with holes in them and sweat pants cut down to shorts. But I do NOT wear Birkenstocks. My sandals are the seven dollar Wal-Mart variety.

She's wrong about the not getting mad part too. I do get mad. Then I get even.

Bwah hah hah hah hah!!!

(Snatched from BigWig)

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Our little Lemur Girl says goodbye as Jimmie tosses her unceremoniously from Blogtiki island. Is he a hopeless cad or a diabolical genius? Next week will decide that as we're now down to the last two contestants on Survivor: Blogosphere Edition.

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The 30th Bestofme Symphony is up at XSet. Join Rob for a short but very sweet performance of the very best in the Blogosphere.

Next week's post extravaganza will be hosted by Wetwired.

Hosting: Would you like to host the Symphony? Send me a note and I'll get you on the schedule.

Submit to the Symphony: Want to be a part of next week's edition? Check out this post for submission help. Entries should always be sent to bestofme@jpeacock.net regardless of who the Symphony host is.

Spread the word: Webloggers, how about some linky love? Just think of how happy your readers would be if you gave them a path to such a wonderful reading selection.

Email Reminders: If you'd like to be sent a reminder about the Symphony, join the mailing list. There's one email sent on Thursday or Friday to remind you to submit for the next Symphony and one on Monday with the location of the newly posted Symphony.

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The vote is in and a survivor has perished. The oddity this week is that the vote was universal - even the departing player voted to die.

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I'm pacing myself sergeant!

Okay, okay. So these links are a little late. It's not that I've been putting off posting on them, it's that I just about totally forgot about them. Anyway...

I won a caption contest at Electric Venom! Sweet! Hey, Kate? Where's my prize?

Pixy Misa posted a foolproof Guide to Detecting Journalistic Bias. I've tried it numerous times over the past week and it's worked 100% of the time. Spooky. His Magic, Part 1 post is super-fine also.

BigWig talks about sex and sexuality and just what a sexy man is. Long story short, it's me. Well, according to me it is.

I had a couple more but they've been lost to inadverdent deletions. Never use your news aggregator as a storage medium. Instead of those I offer this modern foil at Bloviating Inanities: Haikuenheit 911. Yeah, nothing beats haikus about Fat Bastard lying shill inhumane propagandist Michael Moore.

UPDATE: I found one of 'em! I had actually emailed it to myself so as not to lose it. That's some bright thinking on my part. I deserve serious kudos for thinking of that. The link that's lost no longer was to Ace's fantastic ripping of the blatantly lying press over ties between Iraq and Al-Quaeda.

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