Monday, April 21, 2003

Offensive Foul Tony Parker of the Spurs not afraid to shoulder the responsibilty of taking the team through to the next round of the playoffs.  Number 32, Amare Stoudemire, of the Suns taking one for the team. By the way, nice to see Danny Ferry getting the start for the Spurs.  Love to see a guy with my hair style (or complete lack thereof) and skin tone (or complete lack thereof) out there on the court giving it his all. 8:24:31 PM     |

Worthy Cause Last week the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, announced that he had started a fund to help the families of military personnel either seriously hurt or killed in Iraq.  He is personally matching the first million dollars in donations.  As Mark Cuban put it in a news conference last week, ''The kids, the wives, the spouses of those who are not returning, they didn't sign up to go to war.  All they know is that their loved ones went to serve their country and didn't return.''   As of last week, at least 128 U.S. troops have been killed, each of them with a family going through a loss most of us can barely imagine.  On top of the personal loss, the financial implications can be enormous.  For someone like myself who wishes they could do something to help out, I feel this is a more than worthy cause to contribute to.  The website to make a donation through is:  Fallen Patriot Fund You can make a donation online with a credit card or print out a form to mail in. 12:28:26 PM     |

Spread The Memes On this day after Easter, I take this opportunity to wish all of you a happy potty.  That wish is especially true if you're gay and have a stuttering problem.  Now if your potty isn't happy, and you're not gay and don't stutter, then don't despair.  The blind chihuahua is always there for you in your time of need (not to be confused with the Taco Bell Chihuahua, by the way). Other places there for you in your post-Easter depression: The Church of the Subgenius:  Pull the wool over your own eyes and believe in Bob.  Sounds reasonable to me.  Plus they advocate slacking off.  Can't go wrong there. Church of Euthanasia:  Thou shalt not procreate!  For those of you on the fence about whether to off yourself or not, the Church of Euthanasia will push you over.  Even includes instructions on how to kill yourself painlessly with helium. Church of the Covered Dish:  Church Related Cartoons and Comic Strips by a REAL LIVE Honest to Goodness Southern Baptist Pastor!  For those of you tired of getting your comic strips from real dead Baptist pastors. Church of All Worlds:   ...to evolve a network of information, mythology and experience that provides a context and stimulus for re-awakening Gaia, and re-uniting her children through tribal community dedicated to responsible stewardship and evolving consciousness.  HUH?? Church of Virus:  a memetically engineered atheistic religion.  Hold on a sec while I look up "memetically." meme   (mm)  n.   A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another. Use that word at least five times today in casual conversation and I guarantee you'll feel a whole lot better about yourself.  I've already used it once on my cat and we both feel better. 11:18:33 AM     |

Dacheese New Strong Bad email today features a look at The Cheat's baffling physiology as shown above.  Click on "dacheese" picture when it appears on Strong Bad's screen to make it appear.  Also click on the cake a few times at the end, as well as a spot of poop on the shovel. 10:13:31 AM     |

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