Thursday, August 11, 2005
For Your Fashion Sins
Lisa quietly slip this fantastic find into a post about how she doesn't have time to post, so I will deliver to you Dress-up Jesus.
And Counting
The Iraq Coalition Casualty Count has breakdowns of the casualties of the Iraq War and Occupation, by home city of record, name, branch of service, rank, and cause of death, and other statistics such as ethnicity, as well as a printable list of all fatalities to date.
There are also lists of civilians and Iraqi Police and Guardsmen.
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Weather Balloon
Franklin's Forecast - build your own weather station, learn about today's sophisticated weather technologies, and check the weather right now
Command Tower
Travelocity Flight Tracker - multiple-airline flight tracker offering real-time flight status around the world.
National Health Care
The news that Toyota is locating its next North American auto plant in Canada rather than in the U.S. shouldn't have come as such a shock to American bigwigs.
Anyone who has been paying even a teeny bit of attention to the problems plaguing American auto companies knows that their No. 1 financial problem is the cost of health insurance. There's even concern that General Motors will find itself filing for bankruptcy if it can't get its UAW workers to pick up a larger share of health insurance costs.
That's a problem that has beset more and more American businesses in recent years as the cost of health care far outstrips inflation and the ability of companies to pass those costs to consumers.
So, if you're Toyota, why wouldn't you spurn generous offers from U.S. cities and locate in Canada, where the government provides everyone with health insurance?
Dynamic Duo
Bayport Gazette - newsletter devoted to the Hardy Boys detective series features humor, pictures, news, interviews, and more.
Oink Oink
Grionk - The Pigsty: A fun but informative website for anybody who wants to find out absolutely anything about pigs
Garage Sale
Picasso for sale at Costco. It's the second Picasso to be offered online by Costco since it began featuring fine art on consignment from dealers in March 2004. Costco's first online Picasso, priced at $39,000, sold in January.
Red Shower
2005 Perseid Meteor Shower - know where to look as Mars joins the Perseid meteor shower for a beautiful display on August 12th.
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
What Would You Say?
The Dead Letter Office - The premise is simple: You are now dead. This is your opportunity to write one letter to the world. You may say anything you want.
Up In The Air
Powered Model Airplanes - offers reviews and photos of three generations of powered model airplanes including free flight, control line, and radio control.
Level Twenty
VG Maps - gamer-compiled video game atlas, including maps for both current and vintage games.
New Game Sensation!
The Arcade Flyer Archive - searchable collection of promotional flyers for arcade games from 1971 to the present.
Entangled Ephemera #10
Kill The Goat - "Blogging is just masturbating without the mess. Believe it or not, I haven't gone blind yet, nor are my palms any hairier than usual." Kill the Goat is a true weblog the author journals about a range of topics with delightfully long posts. Her name is 'Jay' and she is from Smalltown, Ontario, Canada and her profile states, "A writer, a thinker, a candle-stick maker. A lover, a baker, a booty-shaking entertainer. I'm bossy and stubborn but worth the effort. And no, Mom, I don't play well with others." But she does write extremely well and I might have to move her link to a more permanent location.
Monday, August 08, 2005
Picture Shares
Stock Exchange - Stock photos of pretty much anything can be found here. Need a picture of a farm? Some office equipment? This great site has thousands of images ready for you.
Roshambo
Rock Paper Scissors - The Film - documentary film about the world of competitive Rock Paper Scissors.
Bewitched
The Burning Times - lists names and death dates of historical individuals executed as witches.
Radio Days
Old Time Radio: Sherlock Holmes - episodes of the 1940s Sherlock Holmes radio program, in MP3 format.
Sounds of Yesteryear - audio files of radio programs from the 1930s through the 1950s.
Water Balloon Wars
Did you ever wonder what it would be like to pop a water balloon in space? (Check out this page for more videos)
Gumball Rally
Gumball 3000 Rally - The official site of the Gumball Rally. News and information about the up coming rally.
Gumball Sportsmobile - Follow Car 54 along the 2004 Gumball 3000 every step of the way, daily updates and lots of fun.
Passing The Mashup
GoodBlimey Blog has a tunes page with a collection of mashups, or bastard pop (info about mashups) that you can listen to, and download.
Sunday, August 07, 2005
Saturday, August 06, 2005
Wiccin Of The Great White North
Wiccan Web - news for wiccans and pagans from a Canadian and global perspective. Includes articles, forums, and a community from all over the country.
(muse don't you have an article or two posted there?)
Crash Test Dummies
SaferCar.gov - crash test and rollover ratings from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Friday, August 05, 2005
Music Spin
Sound Opinions - Great site for finding out about newly released music or discussing bands with like fans!
School Daze Revenge
RateMyProfessors.com - where U.S. and Canadain students can grade their higher education college teachers and professors.
22 y/o SWF ISO
30 First Dates - weblog of a female in her early twenties who decided to date five new people a month for the six months.
Eye In The Sky
Best Of World Maps - The best images of sites around the world from satellite photos.
ET Phone Home
Spaceweather PHONE - an astronomy alert service that will give you a ring when auroras appear, spacecraft pass over head, planets align, and other celestial events occur.
Thursday, August 04, 2005
Compass & Square
Freemason Information - a conpendium of masonic knowledge and information available to anyone who is curious.
"Ah, Borneo" She Said Long Windedly
Lyttle Lytton Contest - contest challenges writers to produce the worst and shortest opening line for a novel, limiting entries to 25 words or less. (A shorter version of the Bulwer-Lytton contest)
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
Planet Ten Follow Up
New Scientist: Join the Battle of the Planet Names - what would you name 2003 UB313? Submit your ideas for the tenth planet's permanent name.
Maud Dib
Dreamers of Dune - Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi masterpiece comes to life in this fan site. Check out the Lexicon, a detailed encyclopedia of all the terms in the Dune series.
Swords To Plowshares
Iraq vets running for public office
3 are running as Democrats looking to unseat Republican incumbants. 1 as a Republican looking to unseat a Democrat. so with Paul Hackett that makes 4/5 Operation Iraqi Freedom vets to run for Congress that are running Democrat..... What does that tell us?
80's Horror
Mullets Galore - provides a guide for vocabulary, classification, and hunting of the mullet. Pictures are provided for the connoisseur to hone his or her skills.
Unencrypted Broadcast
Pentagon Channel - broadcasting military news, Department of Defense briefings, interviews, and special reports.
(For my reader from the DoD Information Center, though they probably already get the information)
Burrito Central
Burritophile - providing enthusiasts a place to voice opinions, post reviews, and read updates regarding burritos and taquerias.
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
Day At The Museum
Museum Directory - Virtual Library Museums will help you find whatever you want, whether it's art, history, science or a natural park.
Bush's Non-Think(ing) Tank
President Bush had a ready answer when asked in January for his view of adoption by same-sex couples: ''Studies have shown that the ideal is where a child is raised in a married family with a man and a woman," the president said.
Bush's assertion raised eyebrows among specialists. The American Academy of Pediatrics, composed of leaders in the field, had found no meaningful difference between children raised by same-sex and heterosexual couples, based on a 2002 report written largely by a Boston pediatrician, Dr. Ellen C. Perrin.
But Bush's statement was celebrated at a tiny think tank called the Family Research Institute, where the founder, Dr. Paul Cameron, believes Bush was referring to studies he has published in academic journals that are critical of gays and lesbians as parents. Cameron has published numerous studies with titles such as ''Gay Foster Parents More Apt to Molest" -- a conclusion disputed by many other researchers
And I Feel Fine
Exit Mundi - features various apocalyptic scenarios. Like this one:
"Look around. See that world out there? Well, it is about to change - forever. Think of wars, famine, diseases and worldwide turmoil. That’s what’s coming down, as we pass a nasty spike in the statistics called the ‘Oil Peak’. In fact, we may just have passed it already."
Like A Pipe Out Of Hell
The Governator's 1985 film Commando was not going to win any Oscars. But at least it spawned a page of tortuous songs written by fans.
Monday, August 01, 2005
Entangled Ephemera #9
The Last Girl On Earth - The wacky musing of a girly New York musician who is attempting to prove that you don't have to be a 19 year old anorexic model babe to be successful. Her bio blurb states, "I am a singer/songwriter and classically-trained violinist who quit the classical world early in my career because I hated having to wear black and sit still! I played Lilith Fair with my very own band, and have either recorded or performed with REM, Sarah McLachlan, Cyndi Lauper, Gravity Kills, Chris Whitley, Daniel Lanois, & Robyn Hitchcock and a whole bunch more. " Her blog is fun, and funny with a sharp wit that you would want from the last girl on Earth! She posts cleaver, snarky essays about NY musician life, with a fun new "ALL REQUEST – LAST GIRL ON EARTH – MOVIE EXTRAVAGANZA!" where she travels NY streets filming strangers reading comments from her blog.
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