Wizbang: July 2003 Archives

Fix The Blogger Template Scrolling Problem

Posted by Kevin · Published: July 31, 2003 · Comments (4)

From my Wizbang Tech Site. The new version of Blogger has new templates that for some reason have scrolling issues in Internet Explorer. The CSS for the template appears not to work properly in IE. This could be to IE or the template, but do you really care? You just... [Full Story]

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Blogrounds

Posted by Kevin · Published: July 31, 2003 · Comments (1)

Things that distracted me from doing real work:Outside The Beltway is having a Caption Contest™ of a Neil Armstrong picture. Evidently he is not dead yet. Here's another guy who you probably thought was dead. Frank J knows a homophone when he see's one, and it's not a phone booth... [Full Story]

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Group Navel Gazing

Posted by Kevin · Published: July 31, 2003 · Comments (0)

Here is the list I submitted for Right Wing New's latest contest: Bloggers Select The Great Movies Of All Time. Casablanca The Godfather The Godfather II Gone With The Wind The Graduate On The Waterfront The Bridge On The River Kwai Star Wars Psycho Caddyshack Animal House The Sting North... [Full Story]

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If You're Going To Fight...

Posted by Kevin · Published: July 31, 2003 · Comments (1)

Be like these "special" boys John Collins and Bill Cimino. They've obviously logged some serious hours on the short bus, so keep that in mind when you visit their sites. Bill is dissing John about being a goat. John shoots back with the ugly truth about Bill. It's evidently some... [Full Story]

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Controversy

Posted by Kevin · Published: July 30, 2003 · Comments (4)

David at Sketches of Strain is so right on the money! He's worried about Michele's kids, given her deviant film making tendancies. Thanks for pointing out the scary signals emanating from that film. Clearly your line of work qualifies you to make this diagnosis. Thanks for speaking up for the... [Full Story]

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A Different Kind Of Report From Iraq

Posted by Kevin · Published: July 30, 2003 · Comments (0)

Go read this article from Air Force Link about a 9/11 widow visiting our troops in Iraq. Have Kleenex handy... Hat Tip: Winds of Change and Eightlinks.... [Full Story]

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God Save The Queen

Posted by Kevin · Published: July 30, 2003 · Comments (0)

The BBC reports that the Queen will be attending a musical extravaganza marking the 50th anniversary of her coronation. She will treated to a special rendition of sounds and songs from 1953. Prince Charles must be wondering if she is EVER going to kick off. He's not exactly getting any... [Full Story]

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Word Of Mouth - SCAM!

Posted by Kevin · Published: July 30, 2003 · Comments (93)

Update: The site may have changed names (it's now Word Of Mouth Connection) but the scam is the same. Laurence Simon is curious about the attention he is receiving at site called Word of Mouth (now gone). A few quick searches confirm that many big name bloggers are listed, by... [Full Story]

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Florida Crocs

Posted by Kevin · Published: July 30, 2003 · Comments (5)

WKMG-TV is reporting that a large crocodile - and not the school's namesake Alligator mascot - is featured on the cover of the University of Florida's 2003 football media guide. Florida spokesman Steve McClain said, "We asked for an alligator, we paid for an alligator and unfortunately we did not... [Full Story]

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Cox & Forkum Interview At Dean's World

Posted by Kevin · Published: July 30, 2003 · Comments (0)

Dean Esmay has an interview with Cox & Forkum with many of their funniest strips intertwined. Do not miss this one, it's a classic...... [Full Story]

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Carnival Of The Vanities Week 45

Posted by Kevin · Published: July 30, 2003 · Comments (0)

Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics hosts this weeks Carnival. Dan's done a fine job even if it does remind me a lot of the style of the Bonfire. My entry is on pissing and moaning about the recall election in California. Next weeks Carnival is at Accross the Atlantic.... [Full Story]

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Welcome To My Nightmare

Posted by Kevin · Published: July 29, 2003 · Comments (0)

What a great idea, put the little race car driver back in the path of temptation.BERLIN (Reuters) - A motor-mad three-year-old German boy crashed his father's car twice in four days, police in the western town of Borken said on Monday. Using a ladder, the boy stole the keys to... [Full Story]

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100,000 Manics

Posted by Kevin · Published: July 29, 2003 · Comments (1)

Venomous Kate just passed the 100K visitor mark. Serious congratulation are in order! Like Frank Sinatra, she did it her way. Update: Just for Kate, I dug through the logs to find the 100,000th visitor. The visitor was a Windows XP user with IE 6.0 browser from cti-pet.com. They visited... [Full Story]

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Bonfire of the Vanities - Week 4

Posted by Kevin · Published: July 29, 2003 · Comments (12)

The Bonfire of the Vanities returns! This week we were treated to the Blogathon, which merited it's own special recognition here at the Bonfire. As usual, all of this weeks entries speak for themselves; poorly... Blogathon Special Section Michele was running on fumes at this point in the Blogathon (the... [Full Story]

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The Cat's Out Of The Bag

Posted by Kevin · Published: July 29, 2003 · Comments (8)

I have no idea who this woman is... but apparently she is quite the little dream girl for the TechTV crowd. Anyway, Cat Schwartz has a blog, which in an of itself is not real newsworthy, but what happened there with two pictures is. Recently Cat posted this semi-suggestive picture... [Full Story]

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Quick Bits

Posted by Kevin · Published: July 28, 2003 · Comments (2)

Random thoughts, none of which merit a post of their own: Woody Allen was quoted in various articles as saying, "It's hard for me to imagine a world without Bob Hope in it." What they forgot to print was the second half of the quote "or teenage Asian chicks for... [Full Story]

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Democratic Lawmakers Flee Texas Again

Posted by Kevin · Published: July 28, 2003 · Comments (3)

The wingnuts are taking their show on the road again.AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Democratic state lawmakers fled Texas on Tuesday for the second time in three months to thwart a Republican drive to redraw the state's congressional districts. Eleven of the 12 Democrats in the state Senate left for Albuquerque,... [Full Story]

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Blogging Holiday For InstaPundit?

Posted by Kevin · Published: July 28, 2003 · Comments (0)

Glenn Reynolds offered this post: "How Do I Get My Work Done?" over the weekend. He failed to mention where he was posting from though. I think CNN has the scoop on where he's been spending his weekends.MURFREESBORO, Tennessee (AP) -- The threat of scrapes and bruises, not to mention... [Full Story]

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Here's An Introspective Post

Posted by Kevin · Published: July 28, 2003 · Comments (0)

Glenn at Hi. I'm black! has an interesting post: My Failure As An Athlete, or, Why I'm Doing Data Entry Instead of Playing Minor League Baseball. It was one of my favorite posts over the weekend and I meant to link to it, but I was kind of busy Saturday.... [Full Story]

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What's The Oldest Item On Your TiVo?

Posted by Kevin · Published: July 28, 2003 · Comments (3)

Looking through the items that are saved on our TiVo, I noticed that quite a few items have been marked as Save Until I Delete (SUID). My wife, Vickie, gets a little carried away with that function sometimes. Since our Tivo has been upgraded to hold 100+ hours we hang... [Full Story]

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Bob Hope Dead At 100

Posted by Kevin · Published: July 28, 2003 · Comments (0)

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bob Hope, ski-nosed master of the one-liner and favorite comedian of servicemen and presidents alike, has died, less than two months after turning 100. Hope died late Sunday of pneumonia, his longtime publicist Ward Grant said Monday. Hope's family was at his bedside at his home... [Full Story]

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The Cul-de-Sac at suburban blight

Posted by Kevin · Published: July 28, 2003 · Comments (1)

I used to do a Weekend Wrapup, but Kelley started The Cul-de-Sac and it just took the life right out of me... Dam you woman for being so good. Maybe I'll resurect the Weekend wrapup some day, but with Bonfire work to do, I'm not so sure about that given... [Full Story]

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Change To The Blogroll

Posted by Kevin · Published: July 27, 2003 · Comments (2)

I finally got all the blogrolls sorted out... Here is the New World Order: The Reciprocal Links section now shows site names. Sites that blogroll me will always be listed in the Reciprocal Links section. If you've blogrolled me and are not listed, send me an e-mail (with your site... [Full Story]

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Bonfire Of The Vanities - Reminder

Posted by Kevin · Published: July 27, 2003 · Comments (4)

This may have gotten lost in the mass of postings that was the Blogathon (there's still time to pledge - pledges are open until Monday) I forgot to berate people about the Bonfire of the Vanities Week 4. There are certainly plenty of posts from the Blogathon to enter... Want... [Full Story]

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Lance Armstrong Wins Record-tying Fifth Tour De France Title

Posted by Kevin · Published: July 27, 2003 · Comments (1)

Lance Rocks! He's way beyond the greatest cycler ever, he's a serious contender for greatest athlete ever. Lance is a testicular cancer survivor as well, a fact that now seems the an afterthought. PARIS (AP) - Sipping champagne to celebrate, Lance Armstrong won his hardest but sweetest Tour de France... [Full Story]

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