Samizdata reports on a correction in The Australian. Personally, I think the retracted statement was just as correct as the replacement.

(Hat tip to Dopple-G)

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The Letter of the Day is "J".

"J" is for Jokes, like this one about drowning Democrats.

"J" is for Jackasses, which accurately describes several of the commenters of this post.

"J" is for Jerking Around, which is what happens to Jen in the comments of this post.

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Just kidding. Heh. (Or am I?)

I've tried to write it before but I didn't get anywhere near as funny as Paul of Skirting the Perimeter Sanity's Edge. For experienced bloggers it's a hoot. For newbies it's ironically apt instruction (in a tongue-in-cheek fashion). For non-bloggers it's as close to Nirvana as you're likely to come (unless you get a chance to suck on Courtney Love's boobies outside your local Wendy's restaurant). See the Blogging 101 series starting here and including the 3 posts following.

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Harvey has unearthed a treasure trove of pirate pick up lines, but he's missing the best one:

Lassie, you're a pirate's dream - a grand poop deck and a sunken chest!

Or was that the best pirate insult?

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Here's proof that Christine got robbed in the King of the Blogs competition. With the command of the English language that she's got you just know that the fix had to be in for somebody else to have won.

"Juxtasuppository". Oh, man I'm still giggling over that one.

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The Letter of the Day is "I".

"I" is for Invitation, as in Did y'all get your invitations to the party at Munuviana?

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Ryan Rhodes has left the nightmare that is Blog*Spot for the comfort and security of the woobie we call Munuviana. In other words, Rambling Rhodes is now a MuNu blog! Woo hoo!

Go ahead and visit my new neighbor. I did the template but the artwork is 100% Ryan.

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The 17th Bestofme Symphony is up at Rocket Jones. Ted's a bit under the weather but he's still put together a kick-ass edition. Head on over and get your Monday started up right.

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, please give Ted a hand by spreading the word. He's a guy so he doesn't have that "everybody links automatically 'cause a chick wrote it" thing going on.

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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I am Chocolate Flavoured. I am sweet and a little bit naughty. I am one of the few clinically proven aphrodisiacs. Sometimes I can seem a little hard, but show warmth and I soon melt. What Flavour Are You?

(Snagged from Dodgeblogium)

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Just like Mel's production, only less scourging and more color selection. Let's play Jesus Dress-up!

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(Snagged from Electric Wildebeast)

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After being MIA (or should that be AWOL) for a week, the gang at Wetwired has returned. Seems that the problem was in the registration (as surmised by Rob).

Welcome back Pylorns, fnliii, Robin, et al!

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Jen will be getting her 40,000th visitor sometime today. Could it be you?

More importantly, she has scientifically proven that Snickers kick Milky Way ass.

She's going to be repeating the experiment with Cadbury Creme Eggs vs. Cadbury Caramel Eggs but that's a waste of time. Everybody knows that Cadbury Creme Eggs are the quintessential Easter treat. They didn't spend millions of dollars genetically engineering a rabbit that clucks for nothing, y'know.

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I am a Neutral Good Elf Ranger Bard! (Way too much information in the extended entry.)

What D&D character are you?

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Y'all thought that Easter was about how Jesus died for our sins, didn't ya? Well, with Bill Cimino around we're going to need a new sacrifice soon. The evidence:

Bad people killed Jesus who is the son of God. Don't ask me why. It's a long story. And don't ask me why God didn't save his own son because I don't know that either. Ask God. But don't expect an answer any time soon. He's not real talkative. Now shut up and listen. So Jesus is dead and they throw him into a cave. Three days later he rises from the dead. As a bunny. Yes, he has long ears and a fuzzy tail. And a beard. Then he ascends to heaven in a ballon type thing made out of a basket and marshmellow chicken rabbits which is where peeps come from. That's also where Easter baskets come from. And today, once a year, Easter bunny Jesus travels the Earth in his Peep Balloon leaving candy and Caramel-filled Eggs and stinky, colored, hard-boiled eggs for all the good little girls and boys. And he hands out leg of lamb to all the adults. That's where "lamb of God" comes from. Now go to sleep or you'll make Easter bunny Jesus angry.

(Hat tip to Jen, Queen of Historica)

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The 16th Bestofme Symphony is up at Practical Penumbra. Our superfine ultrasexy uberfeminine hostess Susie has a wonderful theme for this edition, featuring my first two girlfriends (Nell and Natasha). Head on over for a wonderful Monday read.

Hosting: Would you like to host the Symphony? Send me a note and I'll get you on the schedule. It's way easier than you think it is. I mean - hey, Susie did it, right?

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, please give Suzie a hand by spreading the word. Remember what Confucious said: A little linky love today will come back to you twofold tomorrow, and not in the cornhole either.

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1 Not to quibble, Jim--ok, yes, I am quibbling--I prefer to be the Hostess....

Posted by: Susie at March 22, 2004 08:14 AM (foeQj)

2 Ah, crap. I always mess up at least one thing when I recycle and update posts. I've corrected that unconcionable error and attempted to make amends as best i can through abject flattery.

Posted by: Jim at March 22, 2004 08:18 AM (IOwam)

3 Oooohhh--nice save!!!!

Posted by: Susie at March 22, 2004 08:22 AM (foeQj)

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Anybody know what happened to Wetwired? I wasn't worried when the newsreader feed failed the other day. That happens some times. When it was offline for a second day I tried to hit the actual site and it was offline. I figured a DNS problem or something like that. Well today is more than too many days offline even for a collosal DNS fubar so I email Pylorns to see what's up. The mail server couldn't be resolved at wetwired.org.

So what's up with Wetwired? Pylorns? Robin? Anybody?

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1 Looking at the Whois record, the domain was recently updated... Domain Name:WETWIRED.ORG Created On:03-Mar-2000 15:53:26 UTC Last Updated On:19-Mar-2004 17:23:33 UTC Expiration Date:03-Mar-2005 15:53:26 UTC It might be that the domain went to inactive status and is awaiting reactivation (a bit like what happened to my site when I forgot to pay for the renewal!)

Posted by: Rob at March 22, 2004 05:26 AM (kXZI6)

2 Dammit! He's two months late with Blogosphere Survivor! Don returns, you betcha.

Posted by: Victor at March 23, 2004 01:04 PM (L3qPK)

3 holy crap... i searched google for listings of wetwired and found this.

Posted by: pylorns at May 24, 2004 04:03 PM (FTYER)

4 whoa.... we're still here...

Posted by: magik at June 18, 2004 12:24 PM (AY/dB)

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Yeti another penguin as a missile game. This time it's the vertical hammer throw and damn, it's still fun as hell.

Top score of 402.66 for me. Oh, yeah. Who's yo' daddy?

(Snagged from Rob)

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Y'all know Tiffani as a regular commentator and leading competitor in the Snooze Points race. That's her at the #3 spot on the Leader Board o'er yonder.

Well, with just a smidge of help from Yours Truly, Tiffani has launched her own weblog. Go ahead and visit her at Breakfast With Tiffani. Cool name, eh? more...

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1 Thanks big guy...

Posted by: Tiffani at March 18, 2004 01:35 PM (xpNFK)

2 No problemo.

Posted by: Jim at March 18, 2004 01:41 PM (IOwam)

3 A decent mouse only needs but one button.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at March 18, 2004 02:17 PM (CSxVi)

4 Ah, but if there is only a single button it is still the lefternmost button, is it not?

Posted by: Jim at March 18, 2004 02:21 PM (IOwam)

5 "A decent mouse only needs but one button." "decent" being the operative term. "Real" mice have two buttons.

Posted by: Clancy at March 18, 2004 03:49 PM (EGVPL)

6 and four legs and a tail ... I take it Stephen is either a minimalist or a macophile (and for the record my mouse has 8 buttons and I use every damn one of them)

Posted by: Rob at March 19, 2004 05:53 AM (kXZI6)

7 Hmm. Given that Tiffani already has 9 Munuvians blogrolled, wouldn't she save time by just ditching Blogspot and going MuNu? Jim, Tiffani, this is a hint. Hint hint.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 19, 2004 06:23 AM (+S1Ft)

8 My mouse has seven buttons and a scrollwheel that you can also click... And no tail at all. Manx mouse. My other mouse has three buttons. My other other mouse has no buttons!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 19, 2004 06:26 AM (+S1Ft)

9 With only one button, how do I distinguish between "open in current tab", "open in new tab", "open in new window" and "download"? Huh? Pfft!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 19, 2004 06:28 AM (+S1Ft)

10 Pixy... Jim did suggest mu.nu. later. I just wanted to feel out the whole blog thing. When I'm comfortable Jim said he'd talk to you.

Posted by: Tiffani at March 19, 2004 09:08 AM (xpNFK)

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The 15th Bestofme Symphony is up at The Owners Manual. This is the Bloggywood Squares Edition so get on over there and play along!

Hosting: Would you like to host the Symphony? Send me a note any you're in like Flynn.

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, please give Gary a hand by spreading the word. A little linky love goes a long way.

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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