Wizbang: October 2003 Archives

Weekend Caption Contest™

Posted by Kevin · Published: October 31, 2003 · Comments (16)

It's Friday, so it must be time for the Wizbang Weekend Caption Contest™. Winners to be announced Sunday. Update: Winners have been announced.... [Full Story]

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Halloween Look

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

I sort of forgot to mention that this Wizbang site skin has a Halloween look.... [Full Story]

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The Women Of The Blogosphere

Posted by Kevin · Published: October 31, 2003 · Comments (11)

So I hear (via Kate) that one of the TechTV girls (Cat Schwartz) is in a "hot girls of tech" Playboy poll. This is sort of a much ado about nothing given that it's a poll not a pictorial, and nude pictures of Cat were found mistakenly posted to her... [Full Story]

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On The Campaign Trail

Posted by Kevin · Published: October 31, 2003 · Comments (9)

Had she shown them this, I'm fairly confident she would have made the cut... Christina Aguilera says she was disappointed not to be named one of the world's worst dressed celebrities. Christina said she loved being criticised for her for what she wore because she was trying to make a... [Full Story]

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Halloween Themes

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

Check out the Halloween Madness at BlogCritics!... [Full Story]

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Kissing Is For Girls

Posted by Kevin · Published: October 30, 2003 · Comments (2)

Adam hosts the Kissing Booth, a collection of relationship posts. Just to prove that I'm a 5 year old at heart, and in keeping with the seasonal theme... Girls? Ewww... Via ExtremePumpkins.com... [Full Story]

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More Bad Economic News

Posted by Kevin · Published: October 30, 2003 · Comments (1)

It's only bad news if you insist on believing the economy is in the tank, or if you are running for the Presidency (current occupant excluded).WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy rocketed ahead at its fastest pace in more than 19 years in the third quarter of 2003 as consumers,... [Full Story]

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Taking Them Down A Few Pegs

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

Moody Mama is earning her nickname today. Seeing as I have one of those appointments today, I can think of no better pep talk.... [Full Story]

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Daytime Running Lights

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

Read the comment section in James Joyner's post on the efficiency of Daytime Running Lights (DRL). The question is, "do DRL's really cost $10 a year per vehicle to run?". I love a good engineer fight.... [Full Story]

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Moxology

Posted by Kevin · Published: October 30, 2003 · Comments (6)

Where were you three years ago? Everyone who was blogging raise their hand - not many can say that, right? One of my favorite bloggers ever, Moxie, just noticed that her fabulous blog turned 3 years old. If you're new to the blogging scene it's time for you to discover... [Full Story]

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Steal Her Traffic

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

Kate has an offer for you, good Thursday only - place your own virtual billboard on Electric Venom and grab her traffic.... [Full Story]

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Axis Business

Posted by Kevin · Published: October 29, 2003 · Comments (2)

As the erstwhile leader of the Axis of Naughty, it is time for us to weigh in on the mini controversy surrounding the New Weblog Showcase. Even the winner of last weeks showcase is wondering about the effects of alliance voting. No need to worry about alliance voting from the... [Full Story]

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She's A Man Baby

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

Meryl Yourish may be the most elaborate hoaxster since Dame Edna, at least according to the Gender Genie. Next time she's/he's in the DC area the truth will be told... Unless of course she/he hooks me up with one of those bribes. I can be bought, ask anyone...... [Full Story]

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Halloween Costumes

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

Via Joshua McClain at SportsBlog... Steve Bartman costumes are all the rage in Chicago this year. Speaking of SportsBlog, we are still looking for new contributors! If you're interested in in contributing (as much or as little as you want) send an e-mail to admin at sportsblog dot org. We'll... [Full Story]

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Allah Is In The New House

Posted by Kevin · Published: October 29, 2003 · Comments (4)

Allah has a new house! Allah correctly surmized that this Little Satan is conspiring to go American Jihad on his blog by introducing him to the tool of the Jew, RSS. Next up: teach Allah about sending trackbacks... You would think a diety deity would know this already. Then again... [Full Story]

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Smoking Guns

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

More bombshells coming out of Colorado on the Columbine case...GOLDEN, Colo., Oct. 29 - The two students who gunned down 12 classmates and a teacher at Columbine High School bragged about making pipe bombs and said they were looking for a "ground zero" two years before the bloodbath - and... [Full Story]

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Polls

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

Anyone have a favorite php/mySQL poll tool to integrate with their blog? I know about all the free poll sites, but I'd prefer to roll my own and host it here. Leave a link to an example or product page.... [Full Story]

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A State Ablaze

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

An area the size of Rhode Island is burning and the media coverage (for those outside Southern California) is just starting to catch up with the immensity of the disaster. Towns are starting to vanish, and firefighters rather than getting the upper hand are retreating and retrenching, exhausted from days... [Full Story]

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Truth In Advertising

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

The possibilities are endless with a headline like this: Snake Found in Conn. Divorce Courtroom... [Full Story]

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Carnival Of The Vanities - Week 58

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

Who Censored Blogger Rabbit? hosts this weeks edition of the Carnival of the Vanities. Boss Rabbit has done a top notch job. Wizbang is hosting next weeks edition of the Carnival, see the submission guidelines in this post.... [Full Story]

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Lions And Tiger And Bears, Oh My...

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

Just go to Amish Tech Support and enjoy this. David Blane is, unfortunately, recovering from his stunt - maybe one of those cute little cubs will win the 2005 Dead Pool for me.... [Full Story]

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New DDOS Attacks?

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

Glenn Reynolds links to a possible attack on Internet Haganah for this Thursday. Jim at Snooze Button Dreams ran the text through the translator and confirms that 7PM is the planned start time. Emperor Misha weighs in as well. Rather than speculate, I just asked what the plan at Hosing... [Full Story]

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Dead Parrots Are Serving Crow

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

The web administrators at whitehouse.gov changed their robots.txt file the other day, and judging by the minor hysteria from the left you might have thought there was actually a story here, but there's not.... The Dead Parrot Society covers the whole non-affair affair - most of the links below are... [Full Story]

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Pimp Daddy

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

P. Diddy and Kathy Lee, birds of a feather?NEW YORK -- Sean John, the clothing line of rap music mogul Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, is under scrutiny from a workers' rights group for allegedly using laborers from a Honduran sweatshop. The director of the anti-sweatshop National Labor Committee, Charles Kernaghan,... [Full Story]

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