The 26th Bestofme Symphony is up at Book of Life. Join our host Denny for a tour of the best in the Blogosphere.

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The funniest thing I've read in ... hmmm ... it might be the funniest period. I'll have to get back to you on that.

Anyway, Ilyka pointed out this post where Ace of Spades shares his adventures in matching whore levels with the Washingtonienne. Specifically, he needed deviant sex with six people that earns at least $400. This excerpt falls just after Ace laments that he is short of his goal by two partners: more...

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Invincible girl did and she's encouraging you to do the same.

I guess what I’m really trying to say, and badly, is that no matter how much you protest that you can’t stand any of it, I bet you can. What, are you that one guy who actually didn’t like the O Brother soundtrack? You can hear “9 to 5” and not feel incredibly awesome? You really don’t think you’d ever want a CD for road trips that had “On the Road Again”? You don’t fucking dig the shit out of the theme song to Dukes of Hazzard?

I don't like most country but I-girl is right - there are some bits and pieces that are the shiznit.

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No, I said 'heroine', not 'heroin'. Now drop the needle.

Tiffani is back from her sojourn to the fabulous Playa de Corriente Riviera Océano Inca Iberio Maya Vacaciones resort. That's in Mexico, y'all.

Go see her vacation report including details of tokillya overconsumption, crazy midnight nude romps in the surf and a picture where the only clothing you can see on her is a couple inches of fabric strategically covering one of her womanly bits. (Yeah, I'm Harvey baiting. So what?)

Sounds like Tiffani had a wild time in ol' Mexico!

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Talk about a recipe for a high powered interview. Try a liberal Canadian interviewing a self-made conservative American rocker. And just for shits and giggles, make it a political interview.

BW&BK: "Do you think Americans are as free as they think they are?"



JS: "Um... yeah, I do. In most ways. If you're saying you should be able to drink when you're 16 years old like you can in Germany, is that the kind of freedoms you're talking about?"



BW&BK: "Well, sometimes Americans believe they're very free, when they're sometimes not. There are a lot of authors, especially a guy like Noam Chomsky, who believes a lot of consent in the US is manufactured by politicians and corporations --"



JS: "Talk about one of the fuckin' ultra leftist spin doctors of the world, Noam Chomsky. You buy into that crap?"



BW&BK: "Well, I read a lot of his stuff."



JS: "But do you believe it all?"



BW&BK: "I have a degree in political science, so I believe some of it."



JS: "Hmm. Yeah. Well. And how old are you?"



BW&BK: "I'm 22."



JS: "22 years old? That's a lot of wisdom there! Come on, man. You know where I live? In the real world. When I was 16 years old I was living in abandoned houses and making my way into a career. Building things up from nothing without any kind of... well... socialist system to help me. That made me a very strong, independent person. I'm an independent thinker. Just because I get certain things shoved down my throat, I don't follow. I lead. Y'know what I'm saying? I look at the facts, and I base my opinions on the facts. Not the political rantings of someone like Noam Chomsky. I've got some of his books in my library. I think they're unbelievably over-the-top, like dangerously so. But that's you've got out there."

(Hat tip to Jen and Blogless Pete)

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Claire sent me a link to this little gem (drink alert!) at Joe's Blog. I'm declaring Joe the belated winner of Spooge On Michael Moore Friday.

Not only that, but Joe gets fast tracked onto the old Blogroll. Funny, occasionally poignant, short posts, humorous photoshopping...what's not to love? Welcome aboard, Joe. Please go see The Bartender about that template though, m'kay?

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The 25th Bestofme Symphony is up at WOLves. Join our host Trudy for a tour of the best in the Blogosphere.

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I came across a bumper crop of excellent posts this weekend. Normally I appreciate these and then get distracted by something shiny but this time I maintained focus long enough to note down the links. Woo hoo!

So here are my favorites from the weekend:

Trey gives us a rule to live by:

There are a few occasions when I strongly recommend following the crowd, going with the flow, doing what everyone else does and this is one of those times. If you follow a guy in a silver Passat on the interstate and heÂ’s going 90+ miles an hour, singing and dancing to Latin pop music, and then suddenly he slows to a frustrating pace of 60ish, you should guess that something is afoot, especially if you look around and everyone else is doing the same thing. (Slowing down, I mean. Not the dancing part.)

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...as if tens of voices suddenly cried out in stupidity.

Oh, right! Trey's home and he's cutting through the inanity like Michael Moore through an Ewok buffet line.

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El Nino is spanish. It is the spanish word for child. Like all things spanish, it is dangerous. It kills people and burns down trees. This child is more than a child. It really isn't a child at all. It is a storm. A deadly storm that kills people and burns down trees.

That's just an exceprt from one of four essays that should do more for homeschooling than a dozen abusive principals.

(Tip credit to Dopple-G)

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This image is of cracks found during routine inspections of the Kaman Aerospace SH-2 Seasprite helicopter. Pilots and crew of these helicopters were seriously alarmed (and rightly so) when this information was released.

They were especially concerned because the cracks weren't found in just one location - they were all over the craft. There was no real uniformity to it. Click on the hyperlink to view:

Cracks on military aircraft.

(Hat tip to Steve)

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Homer gets the 411 on the media and Iraq over at Ryan's place. And if that doesn't float your boat you can always fall back on the dirty mushroom.

Damn, I can't believe I linked that. The second one that is. The first one is good - go read that. Stay away from that second one.

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I subscribe to a lot of news alerts in order to keep up on scholastic lunacy for my Zero Intelligence site. Imagine my surprise when this Ted Rall screed arrived under a "zero tolerance" flag. I read the piece and was incensed by it but I knew that I wasn't the right person to rip Rall's ass open for it.

The correct person was Michele and she knocked this one out of the ballpark*:

...I see Ted in a whole new light now. He's the kid in the back of the class, the one with snot stains on his sleeve and a crust of saliva around his mouth, the one who talks to himself on the playground and whose personality is a guaranteed friend repellant.



Is there anyone who wants to touch this guy now? Even most lefties I talk to - and I mean leaning towards moonbat lefties - hold up garlic cloves and crosses when I mention his name.

* Note that the ballpark will no longer be serving Cracker Jack.

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Look no further for Memeblog has arrived. Memeblog strives to serve as a central clearing house for meme info (memeinfo?). Want to remind the world to submit a post for Meme X? Want to let people know that Meme Y just got posted? Want to introduce Meme Z to the Blogosphere? Memeblog is the place to go.

The secret of Memeblog's success (we hope) is its simplicity. Meme hosts just need to send an email to the submission address at submit-at-memeblog.mu.nu and the crack Memeblog staff will add it to the daily summary post. With both Simon and I hosting we've got pretty decent coverage around the clock (he's in Hong Kong and I'm in the USA).

It's lean and mean at the moment. It'll be getting a facelift in the next little bit and we'll add additional options as time warrants (mailing list, perhaps a tagboard for submits, etc).

How can you help? Well, send in your memes for one. For another, get the word out that Memeblog is here and what it's here for.

Note that if your meme has a dedicated site or page you can get a permalink for it. Submit that through the same email address.

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It may be found (where I found it) at LeeAnn's place. Whoo boyo! I'm still recovering from it.

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The Survivor site got a new facelift. Hell, it got whole-body cosmetic surgery including liposuction and all the botox that would fit.

The prize list is growing. Currently the winner will receive:

1. ($250) Hosting and design package from Amscray Hosting


2. ($70) Site design/redesign from pixelscripts.net


3. ($15) Gift certificate to Amazon from Wetwired


4. ($15) One month Blogads advertisement at ZeroIntelligence.net

$350 in prizes, and counting. If you want to be a player you need to email Pylorns to let him know. The only qualification is that you have an existing weblog.

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I couldn't believe it either but just look at this stuff:

Last night I decided to have some signs printed up to hang above the urinals in public restrooms. They would read “What would you do if someone stole your wallet right now? Something to think about.”

I mean, it’s not like you’re going to turn around and give chase. Yeah, running full speed through a crowded bar with your wrinklebeast hanging out, spraying urine haphazardly on unsuspecting patrons while you yell “Someone grab that guy!”

ThatÂ’ll work.

Wrinklebeast. I could have thought of that! Damn, I feel so small now.

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The 24th Bestofme Symphony is up at Blown Fuse. Our host Tiffany takes us on a tour of the best in the Blogosphere and gets the cleaning up done too.

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? Tiffany would appreciate it and just think of how happy your readers would be if you gave them such a treat. Plus, there's a nice leg shot in the post just prior to the Symphony - you know your readers are going to be mad if they miss that.

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Bill over at Bloviating Inanities has a sweet story about a teen who is getting her facial deformity corrected with the help of Operation Smile. Go read Bill's post. You'll be glad you did.

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