Usually my news commentary posts are the ones that get splogged. Akismet does a good job of catching those. Today I got splogged on cat posts. Weird. Still got caught by Akismet.
Who’d want to splog cat posts? They are hardly newsworthy, amusing yes but splog material?
Note my other posts are not splog material either, just got dredged up by keyword I think.
I’ve had problems with Izzy/Cece’s blog for the past several days, some of which were the result of the ISP having issues as many of the routers along the network path were timing out, ran a traceroute, then problems with image upload which worked fine on the test blog - trunk-r8075, then this - Redirection limit for this URL exceeded. Unable to load the requested page. - when I tried to login or access any admin pages. I was able to logout. Weird. I contacted Dreamhost support cause I thought I had borked WP with the upgrades and downgrades, now down to 2.5.1, they didn’t have a problem so I tested it in Safari, worked there. Tried Firefox which autoupdated itself, worked there but TinyMCE didn’t. Forcequitted and restarted Camino, no go. Upgraded Camino, no go. Another email to Dreamhost support then followed his suggestion to delete cookies, it worked. So now Cece can post again. And I learned something I probably should have known to start with. Note Dreamhost support was very prompt in handling my case which I greatly appreciate especially since it was not their fault.
Had never checked the details on my Sitemeter stats, the domain names, until today. In addition to the usual suspects, there were a few surprises like army.mil, navy.mil, nasa.gov, va.gov, doe.gov, duke.edu. Guessing they all like kittycats cause most referrals were from Tig, Gracie and Meryl’s hosting the Carnival of the Cats.
And speaking of cats, took more pics today and movies (of the 10 second length variety). Really need a proper movie camera cause that cat can purr. Haven’t even looked at those yet. But will share a few pics. Here’s Psycho Cat (formally named Ritzi) looking a little less formal.
Here she is sniffing around the bush.
Next, she checks out a smaller bush.
So she heads upward.
And Psycho Cat let me pet and skritch her. In return, I got head rubs and lots of really loud purring.
Font sizes are smaller in Firefox and there are no Quicktags. It says “Quicktags:” but there are none. I know why there aren’t any in Safari, cause Safari doesn’t implement them correctly so WP excludes Safari from having them.
Unless…
one manually edits the page. But Firefox is supposed to have them. Camino does. Both are the latest nightlies btw. Course nightlies don’t always work. That may be it.
I do like to live dangerously.
This from Yahoo. And no I didn’t watch the funeral, had to work.
The funeral even brought a hint of the reconciliation between nations that John Paul championed.
Israeli President Moshe Katsav said he shook hands with President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, a country formally at war with Israel, and spoke to President Mohammad Khatami of Iran, which is also deeply hostile to the Jewish state.
Earlier, Khatami told Corriere della Sera newspaper in an interview: “Maybe today will make us hope of a future of peace, not of conflict and hatred.”
Now that I would have liked to have seen. Seeing is believing after all.
The vision. Not getting any better. Did get the lock changed and some other chores done but typing is difficult. I still can’t see the screen. And I have been a bit shaky.
But not weird, that is reserved for Provo, Utah where you can have oodles of kids, maybe even several wives (among the apostates), but only two cats or dogs but not both. I’m sure there is a logical reason for that law like someone watched Ren and Stimpy and decided that if they allowed cats and dogs to live together, they would become gay. And they couldn’t bear the thought of their kids catching their pets doing gay stuff. Or watching Ren and Stimpy, that too.
Now I wonder if they have a similar law here cause we are way over the two cat limit if they do.
I used to feel I looked bad especially after working a 12 hour shift and seeing myself in the bathroom mirror at work, horrid fluroescent lighting, until I saw this.
She looks worse than Courtney Love on a bender.
Mind you, celebrities have the benefit of makeup, lighting, plastic surgery and all that so there is no excuse.
None.
Whatsoever. She can’t even say she had bad plastic surgery.
One post, I only wrote one post and it was boring too cause I was so tired I slept all day and this happens.
I have absolutely no explanation for that. Remember even the spammer only hit 286 times.
Think I’ll just go back to bed. Get more hits that way anyway.
This is beyond belief, the moonbats at DU think Ted Rall just may have, possibly, gone just a little bit too far even for them.
However, I don’t have the heart to actually read it.
Do I want to know just what is too far?
Two blogs, main and photoblog, two separate WordPress installs in two different directories, two different versions of WordPress, two different databases, two different logins, two different tabs, same browser thou, and when I start to type in the title, I get a list lf all the entries for both blogs starting with that letter and it doesn’t matter which blog I use to write my post.
Oh I did back up my database before installing the new one. That’s a must just for stuff like this.
This is one I have to add despite not using WordPress, does the brain thing. I have too many link categories to do brain related stuff and have anyone make sense of it.
She even has a post about MPD - multiple personality disorder, see brain stuff, well Janet Jackson actually. That family is nuttier than a fruitcake.
Thanks Sweet N Sassy for her linky love.
This news story from WND caught my attention cause of the shocking revelations contained within.
The Mexican air force has released video footage of 11 unidentified flying objects that were only visible via an infrared camera.The objects reportedly flew around a military surveillance plane, Reuters reported.
Jamie Maussan, a journalists and UFO enthusiast, told reporters yesterday the objects seemed “intelligent” because at one point they changed direction and surrounded the plane that was chasing them.
“They were invisible to the eye but they were there, there is no doubt about it. They had mass, they had energy and they were moving about,” Maussan said after showing a 15-minute video. He says Mexico’s Defense Ministry gave him permission to show the footage.
…”This is historic news,” Maussan said.
Mexico has an air force. I am dumbfounded. I never knew.
Check it out if you dare but be warned, might get a headache doing so. It’s an aggregate of all the sites Google uses for news.
Hat tip to Right Thoughts for the link.
Wired has a link filled article on makeovers, all kinds of makeovers.
The Internet can’t make you beautiful, but it does cater to a host of vanities, from the search for the perfect eye shadow to the ultimate makeover, plastic surgery.If you have ever wondered whether television hit Friends star Jennifer Aniston’s signature hairstyle would complement your own cheekbones, the Makeover-o-Matic can paste celebrity “do’s” onto your scanned photograph.
A similar site lets visitors play with blush tones and lipstick on a number of models’ faces, as well as their own photos, to determine whether “winter” or “summer” colors suit them best.
Those are the mild ones, then there’s the plastic surgery sites.
Greco belongs to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), whose website allows visitors to locate certified surgeons in their geographic area. The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery offers similar advice and an extensive photo gallery of results, from nose jobs to tummy tucks.
Who says surgery has to be conservative? Some go the full Michael Jackson route, the extreme makeovers.
Television network ABC does little to dampen expectations with its Extreme Makeover site, a companion to its weekly program in which plain Janes and Joes undergo multiple plastic surgery procedures to transform themselves. A link on the site offers graphic footage of the actual surgeries. Rival network Fox is no less effusive about the hidden beauty unearthed on its plastic surgery-laden show The Swan.
Never watched them. More fun to see the bad makeovers, check out Awful Plastic Surgery or just watch Michael Jackson, seems to be in the news a lot. Now I actually have some I can recommend, used them myself. My picks for facial reconstruction and a damn good makeover, reasonable and safe, few side effects, highlly recommended, and for the essential spine job to keep one reasonably functional. Expect to be doing repeat business there since my back is totally fubarred.
Finally news of the weird from Yahoo, hey it’s something different.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California grand jury investigating child molestation accusations against Michael Jackson indicted the pop star on Wednesday, U.S. television networks ABC, NBC and CNN reported.A Santa Barbara County court spokesman said he could not confirm the indictment of Jackson, who has already been charged with molesting a young boy. The grand jury has met for about two weeks in Santa Barbara under extraordinary secrecy.
And in related news, some of his associates may be charged too for threatening the boy’s family. I’d give links but every one I checked trapped you on the site when you checked the back button. I so hate that. CNN has the full story and it doesn’t trap you on it’s site. Note, I haven’t been watching the news lately so little on the slow side here.
Jane brings new meaning to the words “explosive orgasm,” definitely one to make you cringe.
Denita finds amusement in spam. I think I might be tempted to read it if it was from Seph I. Roth. Otherwise, delete delete delete.
Kate has another fun filled snark hunt for us to enjoy.
Not to be outdone, Kelley has the most humongous Cul de Sac ever. OK, that should be enough to satisfy the most blog hungry blogger.
Er me.
More on Bush from Dean Esmay who I quoted back here.
Political liberals are even more amusing, for they continually try to portray Bush’s fundamental centrism as “hard right wing” extremism. But anyone who actually looks at the record knows that, on all but a very tiny handful of issues, Bush is virtually indistinguishable on a policy level from Bill Clinton. Hell, even on the war issue, not only did Bill Clinton make it the stated policy of the U.S. government that we needed regime change in Iraq, but Clinton was very supportive of the Iraq invasion when Bush was proposing it.
What reminded me of this is this post by Trey where he states:
What’s more and more ominous to me about the whole deal, though, is that I think the reason they hate Bush SO MUCH, is because he agrees with them on so many other issues. If it weren’t for the War on Terror and the tax cuts, Bush might easily be mistaken for a democrat some days!And I think that’s why they hate him so much.
Exactly, would be well to remember that. So point is, what really matters is who will handle the issues important to you. For me, the war on terror is paramount. So I have to ask why, considering it is painfully obvious that terrorism is not dead, is John Asscroft focusing his energies on the war on porn unless said porn contains hidden messages by terrorists. Unfortunately, after analyzing millions of porn images, they found nothing. Quoting:
However, after analysing over two million images from eBay, Niels Provos and colleagues from the University of Michigan have said they found no evidence of hidden messages. Mr Provos and his colleagues are now extending their work to check more images.
So, what purpose does this abuse of the Department of Homeland Security serve? Erosion of liberties perhaps?
Many net privacy groups and security experts fear that last week’s attacks could result in a slew of draconian laws and regulations that erode online liberty and restrict the use of encryption software that can protect messages.In the US, cyber-liberty groups, such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (Epic), have asked supporters to lobby politicians to stop them supporting the hastily drafted Anti-Terrorism Act. The EFF warned: “[The Act] would dramatically alter the civil liberties landscape through unnecessarily broad restrictions on free speech and privacy rights in the United States and abroad.”
Please tell me how this is a good thing. I have far less fear of getting killed by someone viewing a little porn than I do by some rabid militant terrorist. Hat tip to Jay.
I discovered this, which just might be putting the nail in the coffin of the gay marriage thing. This is about as far as one could imagine from shaking hands or even the accepted view of marriage.
While its possible that Kevin could be totally misrepresenting the views of the homosexual community, I think he’s basically right. His view appears to confirm what I’ve found in researching the subject: monogamy is a “straight” ideal that may or may not be useful in gay relationships.The problem is that this is not what most people, even the supporters of same-sex marriage, have in mind when they discuss this issue. The subject is already contentious enough when it is thought that these “marriages” are going to be exclusive; what will happen when it’s discovered that what’s being advocated is “same-sex open marriage”?
…Gay rights supporters who think this issue is controversial now should prepare themselves for the PR nightmare that awaits them. Americans may be tolerant of traditional, committed “Ozzie and Ozzie” or “Harriet and Harriet” type relationships. But if the gay marriage agenda turns out to be nothing more than a way to convey social benefits for polyamourous relationships, then you can count on the FMA being our next amendment to the Constitution.
It will be interesting to see just how many people want to legalize polyamorous relationships. Another interesting post has this thoughtful observation.
Most people draw the line at cheating–that is, having outside relationships without the knowledge or consent of one’s partner. “The rules are simple: If you are in a monogamous relationship, you don’t cheat,” says Jeffrey Denke, 26, a video producer. “It is a matter of self-control and will.” The best way to combat the desire to cheat, he says, is to “explore a variety of sexual encounters together. Third partners and other couples are a great way to add variety to sex.”
Gee, I never would have thought of group sex as a way to combat the desire to cheat. Ok, I may have been misinformed about gay marriage. So it’s natural to think of marriage as a monogamous lifelong committment within which one raises a family, easy to get the wrong opinion. I just don’t think open marriage, which includes multiple expressions of group sex is going to go over well. Not with me at any rate. Mind you I know people that are into open relationships, both gay and straight. Not my thing and not something I would be in favor of legalizing either.
Credit to One Hand Clapping, oh, a whole bunch of his posts, one just led to another.
Ok, some crackpot on Fox News just called Bush a White Supremist and said Dean got thrown out because he’s going after the Southern White vote. Weird.
More weirdness, this time of a religious nature. Quoting.
from a Halachic POV, there is no such thing as “casual contact”, and thus this behavior is explicitly forbidden between Jews, I can’t think how involving a non-Jew would make this less of a problem :-) if anything, it would be much more of a problem.There are many authorities that say men and women shouldn’t shake hands with each other. In general I try and avoid it, unless I feel that making it obvious, would offend the woman involved - which is also what various authorities say (that avoiding offense in this case is greater of an issue). So coming from issues with hand-shaking, your suggestion of cuddling is “way out there” in the bright red-zone.
At every possible occasion, our Sages remind us that we can hardly be too careful, with regard to sexual issues, seeing how strong and physically attractive this topic is to us humans. You yourself know to say “cuddling that might lead to making out”. [And where does one go from "2nd Base"] This should be a loud warning-bell. Just don’t go there ;-)
Ok, not quite a burka but still pretty severe. Dating Jews is out obviously.
Was sent this in the mail. Warning: SQUICK (more…)
Received in one of the Incredimail groups I am in a new font, titled “JanetJacksonNipple.ttf” and yes it looks like little sunbursts.
Quibbles and Bits definitely deserves BOTD if only for this post. Oh just read it, check out the linked site, all of it. Has to be the best advertisement for the FMA if there ever was one.
There is an alternative - defining marriage as being between two consensual adult humans. Would take care of the objections and that twit.
Maybe…
Maybe not.
Poor guy also has trouble with Macs. Go cheer him up, tell him your Windows woes. Four crashes in 18 months, that hardly compares with my 14 or so fdisks, Win95 and 98. Running Win2000 on the PC and so far it works. Daily tales of XP disasters fill my inbox. It can be worse.
Oh, almost forgot, these good links thanks to IMing with Jay. He finds the best stuff.
The costume designed with snaps, far fewer from the studs would infer, made for ripping, the stunt designed to upstage the Britney/Madonna kiss. After all, Justin is Britney’s ex.
One thing for sure, Janet and Michael are no Donny and Marie. Wonder if the prosecuter in Michael’s trial can introduce this as evidence of the general state of moral decay in the family?
Now the question begging to be answered is what will Britney do next to upstage the boob?
Lair has more. Suffice it to say doubt many will swallow that spin. Oh dear, that gave me an idea what she might do next. We so don’t want to see that.
Anyone notice how the cameraman caught that, all of it, closeup even, like he knew. Check this out, it’s dead on, not satire, true.
Didn’t really watch the game. Saw a bit of the pregame, the astronauts, Beyonce singing the National Anthem, missed the half time show so it wasn’t until I checked Lair’s blog that I found I missed all the excitement.
Considering who did what, not surprised. Drudge has a pic. Yahoo has lots. No, I’m not posting one. Found another courtesy of Lair. Can’t say it wasn’t planned. Why else would she have worn a pasty?
Beyonce was classy. Janet was honoring family tradition, that’s got to be it. Fine family entertainment, yep.
Update: It was not a pasty, was some kind of nipple clamp, pierced right across the nipple too. See Drudge for full report. Quoting:
“I’ll get you naked by the end of this song,” sang performer Justin Timberlake, moments before he ripped off Jackson’s top, exposing a bare breast
Doing the dirty with a former Mouseketeer seems to be the rage these days.
Warning: CLOSE UP BOOBIE SHOT NOT WORKSAFE!
Well, it’s all over FoxNews, this is the version that hit the website. However, it’s also here oh and here. Some highlights:
* The bizarro former boy wonder has been in and out of rehab because of an addiction to Demerol and morphine, writer Maureen Orth charges in the upcoming issue of Vanity Fair magazine.* Jackson routinely swigs wine from soda cans so only insiders know he’s drinking alcohol, Orth says. And he calls white wine “Jesus juice” and red wine “Jesus blood.”
* He said Jackson’s plans to open a series of theme parks and toy stores in Japan were deep-sixed in 1998 after he took the 13-year-old son of one of his new Japanese partners to an amusement park and got him drunk on cans of “Jesus juice.”
* Jackson’s young accuser has provided police with drawings of the superstar’s private parts - as did the teen whose family dropped charges against the singer in 1993 after a megabucks payoff.
* The teen claims underwear he wore during his visits to Neverland went missing - which is consistent with a report that Jackson kept the underwear of his young overnight guests.
So was the Enquirer the source of all these revelations and if so will the Enquirer be treated with respect or will all the other news outlets reporting the story go the way of the BBC for actually believing something reported in the Enquirer?
First thing this morning I came across a recipe for fried baby. I imagine Lair must have been thinking about paleSwinean baby terrorists when he came up with that. That’s the only explanation I can think of.
That is followed by instructions on what wine to serve with your fried baby.
Of course, one can’t fry baby without killing baby first. This one’s for real folks, others were jokes.
Warning: MAJOR SQUICK ALERT!
I knew it, ok, watching Geraldo Rivera on FoxNews. According to one of the reporters, Debbie Rowe was just as much a wife as I had suspected all along. She entered into an agreement to bear children and was artificially inseminated with sperm Michael Jackson got from a sperm bank, not his. The two older kids do look like her, look nothing like him pre or post plastic surgery.
Jacko and Debbie DID enter into a SURROGACY agreement on January 23 1996. The deal made their marriage ceremony nine months later a total sham - aimed only at securing his parental rights.Michael was so obsessed with controlling the creation of each child he imposed a six-month SEX BAN on Debbie before insemination.
In return for bearing Michael two children, Debbie received a staggering £6million PAY-OFF. She also got a £1.6million Beverly Hills home, a car, clothes, furs and jewels. Michael continues to pay her monthly expenses. Last month she claimed £35,000.
In the surrogacy agreement Debbie, 41, agreed to “knowingly and voluntarily waive my right to contest Michael’s paternity of either child” and “consent to Michael being declared the father”.
So, will she or won’t she try to gain custody. That remains in some doubt as is the credibility of the quoted sources. Not that it doesn’t sound totally reasonable considering who is involved.
Sunday Update: Geraldo now says both stories are false based on a conversation with a Jackson insider. Course, who would trust someone on Jackson’s team? Whatever, the truth will out in court. For that matter, who would trust Geraldo? Seems he could find out the truth before airing the story providing the truth is findable. Oh, a DNA test would be verrrrry interesting - especially if the children’s DNA turns out to not match Jackson’s. Something about laws against baby selling in California might come into play.
Bored, here’s a fun game to keep you amused.
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