February 2001

Can you name the car with four-wheel-drive?
Smells like a steak and seats thirty-five!
Canyonero! Canyonero!
Well, it goes real slow with the hammer down.
It’s a country-fried truck endorsed by a clown.
Canyonero! Canyonero!
Twelve yards long and two lanes wide,
Sixty-five tons of American pride!
Canyonero! Canyonero!
Top of the line in utility sports!
Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts.
Canyonero! Canyonero!
She blinds everybody with her super-high beam.
She a squirrel-squishin’, deer-smackin’ drivin’ machine!
Canyonero! Canyonero!

Sit beside the breakfast table
Think about your troubles
Pour yourself a cup o’ tea
Then think about the bubbles
If you could take your teardrops
And drop ‘em in a teacup
Take ‘em down to the riverside
Throw ‘em over the side
To be swept up
By a current
Then taken to the ocean
To be eaten by some fishes
Who were eaten by some fishes
And swallowed by a whale
Who grew so old
He decomposed
doo dee doo
He died
And left his body
To the bottom of the ocean
Now everybody knows
That when a body decomposes
The basic elements
Are given back to the ocean
And the sea does what it oughta
And soon there’s salty water
(Which is not too good for drinkin’)
So we run it though a filter
And it comes out from a faucet
And it pours into a teacup
Which is just about to bubble
Now
Think about your troubles …

Just when you thought it was safe to get back on line … he’s back! sorta. almost. kinda. in a way. poppycock!

I found an incredible resource for music lovers: Musictoday.com will let you know when and where your favorite band is playing next.

“I think I need less time to think.” - fí-dël’ï-tê

Alternatives to ICQ:

• KIM
• Trillian
• Odigo
• imici
• jabber
• Rival

Tools for ICQ:

• ICQ Tools
• ICQ Configuration Help

Here is my [weekend preview?] horoscope for today:

When the center is secure, the fringes are more exciting. Families, partners and teams recognize the motion of some greater force. A deeply held belief is validated. New experiences are incredibly rich.

It’s raining. I can’t use icq. And now this. Can we at least keep the mini-wetlog?! Crap.

At least they got rid of that annoying twit Kimmie.

Congratulations!

I continue to be impressed with the design of the ten club web site. Navigation is easy, the low-res version is practical, and the high-res version is beautiful. If you like this band, you will enjoy visiting their web page.
<Kurt Loder>In other music news</Kurt Loder>, one of my favorite bands was at the House of Blues on Tuesday and I completely missed it! I didn’t even know about it. [I saw They Might Be Giants there a few weeks ago.] If you’ve ever wondered what Dave is whispering in everlong you can read the foo faq …

I’m much more interested in how this particular speech pattern became known as “the female register” than I am in the legal aspects of this discussion.

“Once they have been arrested, even the toughest thugs turn to jelly. More precisely, Ainsworth says suspects lapse into a deferential mode called the female register, identified in women’s speech 25 years ago. When speaking in this way, people turn statements into questions and avoid direct commands. They use the conditional form of verbs, such as “might”, “may” and “should”, to weaken the impact of what they are saying. They also hedge everything with phrases such as “kind of” and use inflections more appropriate to questions.”

Here is my [disturbing] horoscope for today:

An unannounced change of plans leaves you holding the bag. Your level of dignity is the true measure of your strength. Assume that others care, even when their sympathies aren’t forthcoming.

“For centuries, people in the West have marveled at the delicate beauty produced by Oriental artists and sculptors. From gardening to tattooing to dance and martial arts, these craftsmen have enthralled us with complex forms and simplistic perfection. One of the most fascinating of the visual techniques to emerge from this highly cultured region is the Oriental art of miniature sculpture. Who has not been stricken with the expressive grace of Japanese Bonsai? Though once the sole province of Bonsai masters within Japan, Bonsai plants have been available to fortunate consumers throughout the world for some time. With this in mind, we are proud to now offer to you the animal complement of this art form; the Bonsai Kitten.”

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I was never really nervous about hurricanes when I lived in Florida.