Ah, Memorial Day memories from ginmar’s new neighborhood…she regrets no longer being able to fire warning shots at obnoxious people. Includes this observation: When I got back to my house, my day was copleted by finding that despite the parking spots on the street, somebody had seen fit to park in my spot next to my garage pad. Before I could call the cops, she arrived and I started to wonder: Is tackiness a sign of character flaws? I took one glance before her outfit burned my retinas, but I wondered if I was eyeing, say, the future of Scarlett…

Almost done with Gus’ thinly veiled autobiography, Pirates of Pensacola. It’s a good fun read, and every now and then I run across a little detail that I know is re-worked from Gus’ recent adventures chasing a certain blubbery bastard across the lower Caribbean. However, the work stands on its own merit. Anyone with a little pirate in them will enjoy this book. While goofing around reading Nelson’s blarg and wondering where in the world Stupid George has gotten to, I ran across this interesting BlogPulse page for “Pirates of Pensacola.” Most of the entries are from other shipmates’ blogs,…

Bill Murray: Father Guido Sarducci was among the two hundred and forty traveling press people who covered the Pope’s United States tour. I bet it was quite a thrill. How did it go, Father? [Cheers and applause as we pan over to the gentle, cigarette smoking, Italian-accented Father Guido Sarducci, gossip columnist for the Vatican newspaper.] Father Guido Sarducci: It was. It was a real thrill, Bill. It was just terrific. But now I’m a little down. I have what my psychiatrist calls “post-papal depression.” … Was such a high, you know, bein’ on that tour and now it’s over.…

Here is a brilliantly insightful analysis of the past two weeks’ worth of breaking, world-shaking news; I can’t bear to cut a single word: TERRI SCHIAVO IS DYING! HER TUBE’S BEEN REMOVED, FOR GODSSAKES! THE SCHINDLERS ARE UPSET! HERE THEY ARE, BEING UPSET! MORE ON THAT IN A MINUTE! ALSO, WHAT’S UP WITH THAT MICHAEL SCHIAVO? WHY DOES HE WANT HER TO DIE!!!?? the US military killed a couple dozen of its prisoners in Iraq, by the way, and – OHMYGOD – MICHAEL JACKSON’S WEARING PAJAMAS!! THE MAN’S WEARING PAJAMAS TO COURT! HAVE YOU EVER HEARD SUCH A THING? WHAT…

Mena dismisses the skepticism as misguided, insisting a blog doesn’t have to be profound to be worthwhile. She believes most blogs are simply a convenient way to keep in touch with a small circle of family and friends, even if the content seems inconsequential. You know it’s a cultural phenomenon when the Daily Harold (spelling intentional) finally gets around to covering it. The story mentions the people that got Six Apart‘s Moveable Type started as a blogware giant, such as Joi Ito. My blog? Inconsequential. But I have fun with it.

ginmar has posted a few more pictures noting the last convoy her unit had to take, some details of her last couple of days at her old post in Iraq, and photos of things seen along the way on her unit’s last trip through Baghdad. She’s noted on her LJ that the party when she gets home will be epic in scope. Some of the images are striking; she’s got quite an eye for the telling detail. I especially liked this one, with the rosary caught in mid-swing. I sharpened the lettering slightly to make it clearer. Do not get…

Web designer Bloggermouth Ken imagines the perfect answers to clients’ questions: The Question: “Can you make our logo to zoom across the page when it loads? That would look really cool.” What I want to say: “No it wouldn’t, you fucking moron.” The Question: “Can you set up my used car dealership site to play the theme to ‘Chariots of Fire’?” What I want to say: “Sure!!” If only I had a Coke handy so I could spit it all over my monitor and demand compensation. 😉

Rance checks in… or has been checked in involuntarily… from an asylum for the severely mentally disturbed. His physician grappled with the Dx; at first he was suspecting multiple personalities, animal-related disassociative disorders, and (possibly) schizophrenia. This changed when Rance received a supervised visit from one of the “imaginary” characters. Medication was reduced, increased, and reduced again. Finally, a breakthrough: 12/5 Evening. Patient finally awoke. For the first time in several weeks, he was calm and lucid, answered only to the name on his medical records and driver’s license, and purported to be no one else. Patient also proposed to…

Yahoo! News – Vt. Man Devours 19 Lobsters in 35 Minutes Yep, that pretty much says it all. Rance could probably eat three… maybe. On a good day.