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Monday, August 14, 2006

Republican, Democrat or Pirate?

No, this isn't another marketing plug for that Disney movie, it's the Swedish Pirate Party. That's right, consider this your introduction to the darknet. The dark side of the internet. Where you can do whatever you want and no once can trace you, i.e. send out SPAM, download illegal games, music, movie - sky's the limit. But wait, this "great" feature was done in the name of guarding our democratic society. Sure it was. . . .

Firefox for prom queen. Now I'm a big fan of Firefox, but you've got to feel for the girls losing votes to a browser. I'll keep browsing with the fox, but don't have much interest in seeing some developer ride in the royalty car waving to the crowd. Let's just keep it your basic HS popularity contest and go on. I'm so backward, I know.

Our favorite horse (this year) is back on the mend, although still out of the woods. Barbaro! You have to admit, it's a bit funny hearing the doctors describe his moods. Are we working with Mr Ed here?

One side says Hezbollah won, the other claims they suffered a sound defeat. Sounds like each side is marking victory based on a different set of guidelines. My only comment is that I've seen some horrific images from this war, and it's a travesty what collateral damage occurs because of a few individuals.

ESPN must have had a slow night in sports, so they pulled this one out of the archives. Need any more reasons to help your kids find people to emulate outside of the sporting world!?!

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