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Saturday, May 31, 2003

Today I met a man

He wore his wallet on a shoe string tied around his neck. Is this a.... [click for full entry]

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Cemetery shot

Another shot from Memorial Day. At the time, she didn't know I was taking.... [click for full entry]

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Tuesday, May 27, 2003

Monday Mission 0526

Doing the PromoGuy's Monday Mission 3.21. Fold. 1. What's the worst thing about Mondays? -by.... [click for full entry]

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Monday, May 26, 2003

Memorial Day 2003

My mom and I went traipsing around the cemetery for a couple hours this.... [click for full entry]

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Sunday, May 25, 2003

More Firebird discoveries

I discovered a massive amount of wonderful tips and tricks for customizing Firebird at Texturizer.... [click for full entry]

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Saturday, May 24, 2003

Firebird and MT buttons mystery solved

Follow-up to my earlier post about Firebird, I stumbled upon an easy and quick fix.... [click for full entry]

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Thursday, May 22, 2003

Online software auctions

This is something I don't quite understand. I'm wondering if there's something illegal going on.... [click for full entry]

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Wednesday, May 21, 2003

HAARGIS

A construction worker digging a foundation for a garage may have unearthed an ancient Indian.... [click for full entry]

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Tuesday, May 20, 2003

Turning points

Geesh. To the droves of people who came here today looking for pranks to play,.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 10:20 PM

Shadow pundit

I sent my little summary of former Illinois governor George Ryan's recent TV interview to.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 09:48 PM

Sunday, May 18, 2003

Lawn ornaments

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Firebird

On the excellent advice of Kristine, I have finally installed the Mozilla Firebird Browser. Thanks.... [click for full entry]

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Friday, May 16, 2003

Stolen buttons mother lode

So, I went off in search of a Movable Type gif because I'm certain that.... [click for full entry]

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Discerning the truth

The Guardian has an article about the rescue of Jessica Lynch that raises some questions.... [click for full entry]

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Thursday, May 15, 2003

Total lunar eclipse

I love the moon. Probably by now, everyone knows there'll be a total lunar eclipse.... [click for full entry]

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Senior pranks

It's that time of year again when high school seniors everywhere just wanna have some.... [click for full entry]

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Wednesday, May 14, 2003

More blog reading

The Movable Type Recently Updated sidebar is a great place to find more blogs to.... [click for full entry]

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Techno folk music

Recently I'm noticing a new trend in background music on television commercials. Well, I don't.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 10:36 PM | Comments (1)

Elvis: The man, the myth, the trademark

A small non-profit theater group in Waterbury, Connecticut has received, and is heeding, a cease.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 01:17 PM | Comments (2)

Tuesday, May 13, 2003

Illinois political blogs

No one ever asks me where the blogs about Illinois politics are. Occasionally, I do.... [click for full entry]

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Monday, May 12, 2003

MOnday Mission 0512

Doing the PromoGuy's Monday Mission 3.19. Skip. 1. Who are your favorite cartoon characters? That.... [click for full entry]

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Dairy Queen

Almost every day for the last month my co-worker has dangled the hope of Dairy.... [click for full entry]

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Saturday, May 10, 2003

Disclaimers and more

Joi Ito is considering making a disclaimer page. Personally, I don't think a disclaimer is.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 02:15 AM | Comments (1)

Google blog search feature?

This may or may not be all it's reported to be. The Register is running.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 01:14 AM | Comments (1)

Friday, May 09, 2003

From now on

There are to be no big eyes looking over your shoulder. You know what to.... [click for full entry]

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Thursday, May 08, 2003

Audblog rush

Or, at least a mini rush. It's late and I'm too hyped to sleep. Oh.... [click for full entry]

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audblog audio post

audblog audio post EDIT AFTER THE FACT to add a category to the post. Noting.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 12:28 AM | Comments (4)

Wednesday, May 07, 2003

Antique car auction

The U.S. Marshall's Service will hold an auto auction on Thursday night at the Illinois.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 11:26 PM

Tuesday, May 06, 2003

Battle of the telecoms

There's a major battle going on right now between the phone companies in Illinois. On.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 11:29 PM | Comments (1)

Farewell Gordita

All four of the Taco Bell restaurants in Springfield have mysteriously closed. SJR: Taco Bells.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 11:10 PM | Comments (1)

A note that lost its meaning

A few minutes ago I swiveled around in my chair and noticed a sticky note.... [click for full entry]

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Monday, May 05, 2003

Hoaxes

Vmyths has an RSS feed for their hoax alerts which "provides the top virus hoaxes/hysteria.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 10:41 PM | Comments (1)

If it plays in Peoria

It'll play anywhere. Internet2 is up and running in Peoria of all places. Bradley University.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 10:26 PM

Sunday, May 04, 2003

Buddy

One of the people I deal with at my current job has recently started calling.... [click for full entry]

Posted by Marie at 02:47 PM

Welcome back my friends

To the show that never ends. From NY Times: Software Bullet Is Sought to Kill.... [click for full entry]

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