The 10th Bestofme Symphony is up at Dan K.O'Leary dot com and ready for your Monday obeissance. Pour a cup of coffee and sit back with the best of the blogosphere.

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Spread the word: Webloggers, please give Dan a hand by spreading the word. The Symphony is a bit 'lean' this week so we could definitely use a bit of help here.

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The Letter of the Day is "A".

"A" is for Absent. While the serpent's away, the mice will play. Like I just did when I posted the Letter of the Day over at Electric Venom.

(That mean's I'm a guest poster over at Kate's place.)

(This post almost came out as a rhyme. You can thank me later for my restraint.)

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The Letter of the Day is was "Z".

"Z" is for Zephyr. Watch as Trey turns Dean's big wind into so many tiny zephyrs.

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Your resistance is futile for I am the King of Cheeses!

Your cheese rating is: Stilton

The King of cheeses. Stilton is a rich, tangy cheese with blue/grey marbled mould veins running throughout, and a dry, crusty, inedible rind. Daniel Defoe mentioned Stilton as "a town famous for its cheeses" in 1727. It is milder than is continental counterparts, Roquefort and Gorgonzola, and is famed as a dessert cheese, best served with Port.

What's your cheese rating?

(Filched from Rob)

POINTS: Three points to the first person to name the source of this post title. Remember, no searches.

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Man, I hate these things. I'm a sucker for deceptively simple looking games that prove complex and disturbingly interesting. This one seems really simple. Click on the block in the middle and drag it around to avoid the other blocks flying around. But then you start seeing developing patterns and an odd symmetry and the next thing you know 10 minutes have gone by.

Bah! I'm through with these things!

Well, maybe just one more time...

(Many curses upon Dopple-G's head for inflicting this on me)

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1 I was caught playing that twice by my boss today . Evil maroon squre, I shake my fist at you and my paltry 18 seconds!

Posted by: goldie at February 04, 2004 10:28 AM (a7ksm)

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The 'what' I refer to is of course "XSET". I want to know what it means, and so does Rob. He's offering valuable prizes including XSET points(tm) and an all expense paid trip to your own kitchen to the three people with the best explanations for just what the heck XSET is supposed to mean.

I've put in a couple but my brain hurts now and I can't come up with any more. My first inclination was (of course) to let it go at this point and wait to collect my valuable prizes. But, seeing as I'm trying to put up this facade of me as a kind and caring fellow I figured it would go a bit better for that image if I helped out a bit and clued y'all into the contest.

You can submit as many times as you want, your suggestions don't have to be that close to XSET and you have until Feb 22 to enter. Go forth and name that site.

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The 9th Bestofme Symphony is up at Unbillable Hours and ready for your weekly perusal. A cuppa, a Symphony, and thou. What more could a blogger ask for?

Hosting: Would you like to host the Symphony? Send me a note.

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 TBP some props for a fine Symphony. Maybe a bit of link love would best show our appreciation? (Hint, hint, hint)

Email Reminders: If you'd like to be sent a reminder about the Symphony, drop me a line at this address. It's not a mailing list, just me sending out friendly little reminders. There'll be one 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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Purrrrrr

(Hat tip to Dopple-G)

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Guess that's not bad for being down here for 3 years. Dopple-G's been here for twice as long and he's still 39% yankee. How 'bout y'all? Find out how much yankee blood you have here.

(Hat tip to Dopple-G)

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1 37% (Yankee). You have a good Yankee score. "When God made me born a Yankee, he was only kidding"

Posted by: Clancy at January 27, 2004 11:03 AM (EGVPL)

2 If I did the points thing, I would offer points for the source of my quote above. However, I have to admit it kinda' scares me what the source might reveal about me... (And I wrote it from memory - the actual source may differ slightly.)

Posted by: Clancy at January 27, 2004 11:07 AM (EGVPL)

3 39% (Yankee). You have a good Yankee score. I swear to god...G is my evil twin!

Posted by: LW at January 27, 2004 11:42 AM (fkewd)

4 43% Yankee, thank you very much. I think it was the "Rolling" that lowered my score.

Posted by: Helen at January 27, 2004 12:44 PM (O7oDa)

5 44% I'm actually surprised it's still this high. In the last 5 years, I've lived in 4 different states - all of them south of Masie-Dixie.

Posted by: Mike the Marine at January 27, 2004 01:04 PM (IOX+E)

6 45% (Yankee). There are traces of Yankee in you. Is this good or bad?

Posted by: Tiffani at January 27, 2004 01:35 PM (0i1dP)

7 It's not too bad, Tiffani. Traces of yankee can be removed with consumption of suitable amounts of grits and/or collard greens. If you're willing to take these measures then you have nothing to worry about. If you let it fester though you'll find your yankitude growing beyond your ability to correct it.

Posted by: Jim at January 27, 2004 01:43 PM (IOwam)

8 35% Yankee. Most of my answers were common to the Great Lakes region. What a surprise!

Posted by: Susie at January 27, 2004 01:48 PM (0+cMc)

9 Wow! 38% yankee, and I have lived in Texas for over 20 years now, I guess old habits are hard to break.

Posted by: Linda at January 27, 2004 02:18 PM (yDeX9)

10 Good God! I scored on 49%!!! I was born and raised in Maine! To be fair tho, I haven't lived there since I was 19 - which is way too long ago - so maybe 49% is still good. It must really be something to listen to me - tawkin' bout takin' my cah down thaya to tha brew thru for a pop or a beya, ya'll! Yeah, I've lived all over the US courtesy of the US Navy so I tend to be a hybrid of it all.

Posted by: Suz~ at January 27, 2004 08:26 PM (bYATc)

11 49% Yankee. Erm... Mind you, I crashed and burned on the first question: How do you pronounce Aunt? o Like the word want o Like the word ant o Like the word caught o I pronounce them all the same In Australia (and, I think, England) all of these have different vowel sounds. Apparently, there are more vowels in Australian english than in U.S. english. Oh, and the tiny lobster that crawls around in creek bottoms is a yabbie.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 28, 2004 08:10 AM (jtW2s)

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The 8th Bestofme Symphony is up at Dodgeblogium and ready for your adoration. Start your week on the right foot with a tour of the best of the Blogosphere.

Hosting: Would you like to host the Symphony? Send me a note.

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 Jeannie some applause for her fine work and lend a hand with a little link magic.

Email Reminders: If you'd like to be sent a reminder about the Symphony, drop me a line at this address. It's not a mailing list, just me sending out friendly little reminders. There'll be one 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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1 8th already? Good grief. How time flies where you're frantically busy 16 hours a day...

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 26, 2004 10:59 AM (jtW2s)

2 Just a thought: Why are the Symphonies posted on Mondays? There's so much good stuff to read, but Monday evenings -- for most of us -- don't supply enough time to peruse the large batch of bloggy goodness. I keep of the commercial where the gal says "Sunday was made for the New York Times." I think that if the Symphonies were posted at 7:00am on Sundays alot more readers would have the time to spend -- over coffee and english muffins -- relaxing and reading through the Best Of Us. Granted, we have a week to get through it all, but I think most would like to meet it all in one sitting and then move on. Just a thought for what it's worth.

Posted by: Tuning Spork at January 26, 2004 11:03 PM (FMfz8)

3 The Blogosphere tends to slow to a crawl on the weekends so we went looking for the best weekday to post it on. Monday had the least conflict with other established multi-post memes so we went with that.

Posted by: Jim at January 27, 2004 08:02 AM (IOwam)

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It's time to hunt snark.

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The Letter of the Day is was "Y".

"Y" is for "Yap", as in Yap Away Jay. Jay will be hosting the Bestofme Symphony on Feb 16 and I've been enjoying a tour through her blog. Come join me.

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She went right here. Go see her new digs and update those blogrolls. I'm not sure what she's up to but it's sure to be devious and exciting.

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Have any of you not yet been to Simon World? You really should check it out. Simon is well writen, attractive, and highly available for hetero or homosexual encounters. Looking for tall, dark and handsome? That's him. Short and built like a greco-roman wrestler? He's your guy. He's got humor, deep insightful commentary, and he opens windows for your mind. Unless you don't like that, in which case he's all about short and easy to understand humor. Or whatever else you're looking for.

[What's that? I can't say all that? Why not? Oh, yeah...right.]

It's been pointed out to me that as Simon is not in fact all things to all people, that I may be creating a false image in your head that he cannot possibly match, which will in turn cause you to not enjoy your experience when you go to his site and since that's pretty much 180 degrees off of the intent of this post it's not exactly the best way to pimp promote his site. Guess I've been following the Democratic Party hopefuls too closely and my worldview has been skewed. Here's the factual blurb:

Have any of you not yet been to Simon World? You really should check it out. Simon's an Aussie in Hong Kong with a lovely wife (not my Lovely Wife, of course) and kids (not my kids either) and another on the way. Humor, slice of life, a window into the world of Hong Kong; all of these and more are yours for the taking at his site. You can also help him name his baby and win fabulous prizes including a lear jet and your own private villa.

[You again? What now? Oh, okay.]

No lear jet.

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But if that doesn't float your boat, try the 70th edition of the Carnival of the Vanities.

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The Letter of the Day is was "X".

"X" is for X-treme Blogging. That's when you turn your weblog over to your readers for open mike night, like Michele did.

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This is most impressive. Click on the picture to see the video.

(Hat tip Dopple-G)

POINTS: 1 point for the first person to name the source of this post's title. No searching, y'all.

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I almost feel guilty for how much time I've wasted on this little game but how often do you get to fulfill a fantasy like this?

My top score was 320.5. Dopple-G got a 323 but that's probably only because he's a natural animal abuser.

(Hat tip Dopple-G)

UPDATE: Bad news, folks. It looks like it got pulled from the site. Too bad as it was a great one. You were a Yeti and these penguins jumped off a cliff toward you and you wacked 'em with a club to send them flying for distance. Oh, it was good.

UPDATE2: Bow down and worship at Helen's feet for she has given me another link to the game and this one still works!

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1 356!LO-OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOserrrrrrrrrrs!

Posted by: LW at January 19, 2004 02:15 PM (fkewd)

2 Beginner's luck.

Posted by: Jim at January 19, 2004 02:18 PM (IOwam)

3 Ok I'm addicted (doesn't take much) 311 was my top score. With alot of zero's in between.

Posted by: Tiffani at January 19, 2004 03:16 PM (0i1dP)

4 Awwww shucks - I didn't get to beat any animals...

Posted by: Clancy at January 19, 2004 08:27 PM (pvWt0)

5 Y'all need to go back for batting practice! My high was 593.5!!! My average was around 400 feet. The more consistently you hit, the farther they fly. Line drives skip and slide and go longer. And holding the left click now seems to help (or maybe that was the consistency - I can't tell)

Posted by: Clancy at January 20, 2004 12:01 PM (EGVPL)

6 dammit.... I got 593 twice, but just can't seem to beat your 593.5. You must have been at it for a while.......

Posted by: Cpt.Dysentery at January 20, 2004 01:56 PM (Rr/GV)

7 Oh, this is different now. My very first shot was 587.1. Let's see how far I can wack that sucker...

Posted by: Jim at January 20, 2004 03:21 PM (IOwam)

8 I'm topped out at 593 too. What's worse, I think I'm starting to hear penguins crying.

Posted by: Jim at January 20, 2004 06:00 PM (fkewd)

9 I topped out at 498. I don't usually go for the evil animal beating things but THAT was funny!

Posted by: Suz~ at January 20, 2004 09:10 PM (bYATc)

10 492 first try... and I'm a girl and all that.

Posted by: LeeAnn at January 21, 2004 12:22 AM (HxCeX)

11 1224.1. Assuming that this is the same game.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 26, 2004 03:02 AM (jtW2s)

12 Nope - there are at least three different versions of the game. Version one maxes out at around 300 feet, version two at about 600, and version three around 1200. Version three is much more fun

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 26, 2004 04:26 AM (jtW2s)

13 Oh, and I've snarfed copies of versions one and three, and I can put them up on mu.nu if anyone gets desperate.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 26, 2004 04:28 AM (jtW2s)

14 this is the worlds greatest game!!! 593.5

Posted by: Jared Gilpin at March 05, 2004 01:02 PM (PJm/L)

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The 7th Bestofme Symphony is up and damn does it look great. Start your week right with a tour of the best of the Blogosphere.

Would you like to host the Symphony? Send me a note.

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 Rob some applause for this fine work and lend a hand with a little link magic.

Email Reminders: If you'd like to be sent a reminder about the Symphony, drop me a line at this address. It's not a mailing list, just me sending out friendly little reminders. There'll be one 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 weekly Snark Hunt is in fine fettle. Wander over and bag one for yourself.

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