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Archive for May, 2002
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Thursday, May 30th, 2002Blogging in the big city
Thursday, May 30th, 2002NYC bloggers is a directory of weblogs run in New York, listed by subway stops. Tres cool in my book. Soon I shall join this list. Yes, soon….
Assorted filler material
Thursday, May 30th, 2002Just for the hell of it, here are some time killers, weird sites and assorted web stuff for you to chew on over your lunch break or on a late night net binge. As always, don’t say I never did nothin’ for you. ^_^
- Fly The Copter – A little Flash game. Keep the chopper from crashing. Tons of fun.
- Return of the BryBry – Home made lightsaber duel movie with awesome special effects. It’s like ILM on a budget!
- Treat Yo Mutha Right – Listen to Mr. T and respect yo mutha.
- Stagette – Great story about a man, his accordian, and a limo of drunk women. How can you beat that?
- I’m a Cow – Whips, chains, leather…wow, that farmer ain’t quite right in the head, y’know. ^_^
- Learn Japanese through Anime – See, cartoons can be educational.
- Heckle Depot – The ultimate archive of baseball heckles. "The French judge says it’s a strike"!
- So You’ve Decided To Be Evil – A guide on how to be an evil megalomaniac bent on world domination for the rest of us.
- Urban Legends Reference Page – Check out the collection of e-mail hoaxes they have debunked.
We should have been able to see it coming
Thursday, May 30th, 2002The front page of the New York Times showcased an article in which the F.B.I. Chief admits 9/11 may have been detectable after all, going back on the mantra they had been repeating since the tragedy; that there was no way to prevent what happened:
"’I cannot say for sure that there wasn’t a possibility we could have come across some lead that would have led us to the hijackers,’ Mr. Mueller told reporters after listing several missed opportunities by officials to discern a pattern of terrorist planning before Sept. 11".
The F.B.I. will now be recentering their efforts to make their fundamental mission the prevention of new terrorist operations, and a new Office of Intelligence is being created to give the agency the capacity to piece together leads from diffrent cases more effectively.
Still, the fact that this might have been prevented? I’m stunned and sickened at the same time.
The real man in the moon
Wednesday, May 29th, 2002Did you know we left a man on the moon back in 1972? Yup, we did, and The Lonely Astronaut sure is pissed about it. Click and laugh now. ^_^
