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Phillyblog - Hi, Jen!

posted by Ed at 11:05 AM

some blog sites in boston globe article
Salon about blogs & stuff
Salon about free software & subversion
posted by Ed at 12:10 PM

Long Time, No Blog

A title that has absolutely nothing to do with the blog entry. This entry is a collection of links for Pennsylvania Interscholastic sports. The first link has to be PIAA. I guess the best site was e-PA Sports which is most notable for their links page. e-PA sports links page gave me The Pennsylvania Sports Board Community - a message board that, at first glance, should have something to offer everyone interested in interscholastic sports in Pennsylvania. Nothing else I saw impressed me that much. Maybe more later.

Found this on a random search - pahoops.org. Plus I found a recruiting site that is pretty good.

posted by Ed at 9:01 AM

Friday Five

It's Ba-ack!
1. Were you raised in a particular religious faith? Yes.

2. Do you still practice that faith? Why or why not? Sort of. Because of family.


3. What do you think happens after death? While I always liked the Islamic virgins thing, I think that you meet God, and he decides what's next.


4. What is your favorite religious ritual (participating in or just observing)? Human sacrifice.


5. Do you believe people are basically good?Yes, I think that they are. I think that the amount of active evil is fairly small; that most evil in the world is because of not caring, lazyness, inattention.

Yeah - pretty lame answers, but I don't have much time.
posted by Ed at 3:56 PM

Fark'd Tesla: Yale Tesla - FBI Tesla
Quizilla
posted by Ed at 2:41 PM

Technology Review - check it out!
posted by Ed at 2:27 PM

Once again, I'm forced to blog during work (tho' I'm eating my lunch right now). Resica Falls!! - Resica Falls!!!
posted by Ed at 12:42 PM

I found shirky.com from a link in tomalek
posted by Ed at 8:42 AM

too bloggy not to

Even tho' I'm at work, I had to blog this. Peterme is Peter Merholz's blog/web site. Peter is "a Web design guy residing in San Francisco, running my first company, engaging in various forms of Web punditry, drinking coffee and scotch (not together) to keep going." I found his blog from his 5/21/02 post that I found with a "J.C. Herz" search. I also found J.C. Herz's homepage. Plus, Harry Turtledove is coming out with a new "War Between the Provinces" book called Advance and Retreat as well as another book called Ruled Britannia. Both are on order at the Chester County Library System.

posted by Ed at 1:27 PM

Noise

Sitting here with Drudge playing in the background (I can't really hear it since it's coming from 2 rooms away, but it's there). Messing around on ebay, reading some e-mail. I also took a look at Fanfiction.net, but wasn't in the mood to read anything. Guess I should just go to bed. G'night.
posted by Ed at 12:19 AM

I'm blogging! I blog! I'm a blogger, Dr. M

If you understand that, you have watched What About Bob? too many times, as have I. Some stuff I found today: The Theological Engineering Exam (I was amused). The Official Katherine Kurtz website. I need to add her to the Redwolf's Den books page. Johnny Unitas, hero of my youth, died on Wednesday (9/11/02). I was reminded of his death today while reading The Case for Cunningham on Slate. He's not Johnny U., but he belongs in Canton. I also came across The Argus Clearinghouse - self proclaimed as "The Internet's Premier Research Library." Is that corn hand shucked, Mrs. M?
posted by Ed at 3:13 PM

Conspiracy Theories Abound

While checking on something as I asked someone to save yesteday's Wall Street Journal editorial about Jana Davis, I came across the Mars-Earth Connection. Unfortunately, you can't link to the WSJ unless you subscribe - you can always go to the library.
posted by Ed at 8:24 AM

As the summer doldrums reduce my blogging to a sloowwwww trickle, Lee Lawrence highlighted The 19th Century Internet in the Tomalak's Realm newsletter. I was compelled to blog it. Maybe I should re-read The Difference Engine.
posted by Ed at 9:11 AM

Blogs Suck

Let's see how fast I can write this down. Microcontent news linked me to the 'Blog Martyr story that linked me to 'Back in the Bloghouse' from February, that linked me to Dvorak's 'Cult of the Cluetrain Manifesto'. Somehow this led to 'scripting news', but I'm not sure how. It all kind of fits with John's 'Accidental (blog) Empires' blog for today (yesterday? who cares). If you're blogging to impress your friends, I pity you. If you're blogging because it's kind of a replacement for memory, I empathize with you.
posted by Ed at 2:53 PM

Friday Five

1. Do you have a car? If so, what kind of car is it? Yes, I have a 1999 Chevrolet Lumina.

2. Do you drive very often? I drive pretty much every day. I've already driven over 700 miles this week, and it will be over 800 by Saturday night.

3. What's your dream car? Probably a Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing Coupe. It's not a car, it's an objet d'art.

4. Have you ever received a ticket? Yes, not recently, but yes. Speeding twice. Parking 2 or 3 times.

5. Have you ever been in an accident? Yes, quite a few times, with mixed results. I've been rear-ended 3 times at this intersection. (The on-ramp to the north-bound "Fort Washington Expy" as it's called on the map - It's really PA Route 309). The first time, it totalled my car. The next time there was no damage. The 3rd time it cost about $1200 for repairs. There's more (at least a couple I can remember), but I don't have time now. Maybe I'll update later.

posted by Ed at 1:06 PM

I am NOT owned

6.25 %

My weblog owns 6.25 % of me.
Does your weblog own you?
posted by Ed at 12:09 PM

In the interest of posting something other than Friday Fives, I thought I would make some comments on a link I book-marked for follow-up. A list apart had an article about the Pickle Jar Theory of Time Management. I found the metaphor interesting, and did a google search. Much to my chagrin, all of the other top results were blogs that linked to the original list apart article. John Hiler was alerted to the same effect by Dr. Weevil. I did manage to get a little more insight by leaving comments at a few sites. The feedback I got was that the Pickle Jar Theory was a simplified Seven Habits approach to time and life management. When I look for info on "Seven Habits" I find all kinds of things, including Stephen R. Covey's article on The Seven Habits Revisited and summaries of Covey's book if you're too busy to actually read the book. I also found The Seven Habits of Effective Websites which focuses on making your web site accessible. Even more interesting is The Seven Habits of Sensitive, Celibate Men which basically tells you how not to be a sensitive, celibate man. The seven habits of effective text editing may be more useful over the long haul, however. (Unless you're Ray Gordon - don't get me started). Am I managing my time any better yet?
posted by Ed at 11:56 AM

Friday Five

1. What is your lineage? Where are your ancestors from?
Germany for sure. Some ancestors from Great Britain, too, but not too much detail, there. Could be England, Wales, Scotland. Could be some Scotch-Irish (my Dad is from Mifflin County, PA).

2. Of those countries, which would you most like to visit?
Germany. (Anywhere I can get away from my kids (AAAGGHHH!!!!!)

3. Which would you least like to visit? Why?
Wales. Pretty desolate place from what I here.

4. Do you do anything during the year to celebrate or recognize your heritage?
Hmmm... Not really. Eat pork & sauerkraut for New Year's. Drink beer occassionally.

5. Who were the first ancestors to move to your present country (parents, grandparents, etc)?
I'm not sure -- it goes back to the 1700's..

posted by Ed at 7:07 PM

Friday Five

1. How long have you had a weblog? What's a weblog? ;) This one started on April 24, 2002.

2. What was your first post about? Absolutely nothing. See title above.

3. How many changes (name, location, etc.) of your weblog have there been, if more than one? None, changing takes effort.

4. What CMS (content management system) do you use? Do you like it or do you want to try something else? See answer to 3 above.

5. Do you read people who have both a journal and a weblog? Or do you prefer to read people who have all of their writing in one central place? What kind of a question is that? I read things I find interesting. If I want to read more of what someone has written, I will look for it wherever it is and read it. James Lileks, for example. Or Seth Godin. I'll even read Seth on paper!! So I guess I kind of don't prefer to read people who have all of their writing in one place.

posted by Ed at 4:39 PM

Daniel Gross thinks that Enron was Congress' fault.
posted by Ed at 1:24 PM

Gotta stop now
posted by Ed at 9:44 AM

21C has some really interesting, thought-provoking stuff. Including an article about a documentary on the US Annexation of the Phillipines.
posted by Ed at 9:44 AM

From Yahoo news via Matt Drudge, a really sick vampire story.
posted by Ed at 9:25 AM

The solution to global bio-terrorism? Buffy, the Vampire Slayer.
posted by Ed at 8:04 AM

This is going to be a somewhat disjointed post with little explanation as to why I posted all these links. It all started early this morning on my drive to my client, a specialty chemical company in northern New Jersey (USA). I heard NPR's story on Fritz Haber who, along with Carl Bosch, invented the Haber-Bosch process for making ammonia with air. What the NPR story didn't discuss was how Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch were part of the brain trust that powered IG Farben. My favorite telling of the story is Joseph Borkin's The crime and punishment of I. G. Farben. Amazon link for book. And the strange irony of all this is that my client has it's roots as the US subsidiary of IG Farben...

But of course, I started wondering about NPR and their policy of linking to their site (that I think I may have violated above), along with a number of newspapers that also forbid linking, and the Danish (I think) newspaper that recently won a case forbidding a website to link to their stories. Why do they need to have policies? All the pay sites limit what you can see. I can't link to premium content in Salon or The Economist. If they are so all-fired concerned about who or how people go their content, CLOSE THE DOOR!!!

And these thoughts led to me considering the state of intellectual property. Dan Gillmor talks about it . Copyfight (Donna Wentworth) talks about it.. Dan Gillmor's ejournal. Edward Felton worries about it. I think it would be okay for Fritz Hollings to get his bill passed IF software copyrights were limited to 10 years and "content" copyrights were limited to the life of the author. I don't think Disney would be so hot for piracy protection if it limited their quest for the eternal copyright on Mickey.

posted by Ed at 9:04 AM

It hit me last night. How can we expect America's business leaders to be less "scumbag-like" than our political leaders? The Washington Times points out the irony.
posted by Ed at 4:30 PM

The Economist published a story with the solution to greenhouse gas emissions.
posted by Ed at 10:48 AM

I wish I had thought of this!! The Time Travel Fund will try to get you 500 years into the future for a small, one-time payment. Why haven't I seen this on memepool?

Update, 7/10 - because memepool is sucking big-time. Stick with fark.
posted by Ed at 4:05 PM

Okay, so I took a week off. Had a nice time "down the shore" as the Philadelphia colloquialism goes. I got an interesting e-mail in my in-box last week with a link to Ten Great Reasons to Celebrate by Dinesh D'Souza. It's an interesting article, but more interesting was this refutation of D'Souza's End of Racism.
posted by Ed at 9:37 AM

There is nothing interesting on the web this week. Except, of course, for Redwolf's Den.
posted by Ed at 1:32 PM

Game tool downloads from Good Ol' ZDNet
posted by Ed at 2:34 PM

Occassionally I check out the "recently updated blogs" on the blogger home page. Today I found the WIU Library Instruction blog, which features gems such as a list of all the rulers of all the nations in the world for the last 300 years. But what the heck is WIU? Where the heck is Slippery Rock?

posted by Ed at 9:55 AM

Who killed Jesus? from The Straight Dope - Interesting. I wonder if it's accurate.

posted by Ed at 1:02 PM

I remember reading What Color is Your Parachute? when I was graduating from college and looking for my first job. Dick Bolles has a web site, jobhuntersbible.com, that continues his advice on careers and life. He has also completely re-written the classic What Color is Your Parachute.

posted by Ed at 8:40 AM

Small world, degrees of separation, interconnections or maybe pure coincidence... Slate's other web sites feature today linked to edge (which is also linked on the redwolf's den links page under What does the future hold?). But it had been a while since I had been to the edge, and the thing that really caught my eye was James J. O'Donnell's address to Penn's graduating class. He compares current events to the sack of Rome in 410 AD (I refuse to say "Common Era" or CE) and comes up with some very interesting observations.

From another Slate link, observations on Eritrea and its history and potential.

Lord help me, but am I becoming a warblogger or what?


posted by Ed at 1:36 PM

Warbloggin'

Some thoughts occurred to me while I was watching the cable news outlets this evening.

First of all, why isn't anyone questioning the NSA about intelligence failures on 9/11? It was always my impression that the NSA's mission was to coordinate the intelligence assets of the US government. It turns out this is not correct, that the mission of the NSA is to secure the information infrastructure of the USA. Even so, shouldn't there be some NSA role in identifying terrorist threats to the USA?

The other thing, that seems apparent to dumb ol' me, is that Al Qaeda has shown dogged persistence in pursuing the WTC as a target. It took more than 8 years after the February 26, 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center for the second, successful attack. From what I recall of reports after 9/11, it seems that the White House and Capitol Building may have been the original targets of American Flight 77 (Pentagon crash) and United Flight 93 (PA crash). If this is a possibility, don't we need to take a very long view of potential threats to the White House and Capitol? Why isn't this being reported in the media? Is it in the blogs?
posted by Ed at 11:58 PM

I just can't blog any more.
posted by Ed at 10:55 AM

The Underhills

Based on John Corante's article about finding music on blogs, I feel compelled to blog The Underhills and their mp3's. Bluto's Lament is one of my fave's.

6/14 Update: John Corante's follow-up on blogged creativity. Emergent Music looks like it could have HUGE potential.

Update to the update: While I'm still keeping my fingers crossed that Emergent Music will take off, I'm worried. Gary Robinson just reminds me of too many people from the last 20 years who were enamored of Betamax, DR-DOS, OS/2, etc. Maybe the technology is better, but the product may fall by the wayside. Gary, have you read Seth Godin's stuff?

6/17 update - Wired's MP3 News collection

posted by Ed at 1:06 PM

Should geekissues.org be on my daily read list? How about their collection of humorous irc quotes?
Another candidate for Daily Read is Whitney Matheson's Hip Clicks weblog on USA Today Online.
Whitney also gave me radio playlists online.
And Watch with Wanda on E! Online.

posted by Ed at 10:03 AM

When we needed more business a few months ago, my boss compared getting new clients to getting a date. He didn't have this scientific approach to dating I saw on memepool.
posted by Ed at 12:20 PM

Blog, blog, blog, blog-blog

I'm sure this will be some kind of abortive post, but John Corante's blog and Jim Lileks' bleat made me want to list some links. First off, what does everyone see in instapundit and Andrew Sullivan (no links - find them yourself). John linked over to John Udell's Radio Blog from June 6 which got me to ">.
Okay, I'm losing it. some random links:
Google search for horizon of observability
More John Udell
Something from Cameron Barrett
Cameron Barrett's top 25 meme producers:

1. scripting.com, 149
2. ncf.ca/~ek867, 104
3. davelog.com, 91
4. dangerousmeta.com, 83
5. randomwalks.com, 82
6. camworld.com, 78
7. swallowingtacks.com, 69
8. themorningnews.org, 67
   
9. wannabegirl.org, 66
10. booboolina.com, 65
11. zeggelaar.com/log, 63
12. robotwisdom.com, 63
13. bulltown.com/dailywebthing, 60
14. fredleal.com/blog, 60
15. tonie.net, 59
16. world.std.com/home/dacha/www/emg/public_html, 59
17. swaine.com, 57
18. smartass.nu/blog, 57
19. doc.weblogs.com, 55
20. geocities.com/radio_mookie, 54
21. watnou.com, 54
22. megosteve.com 53
23. letsvamos.com/letsblogar, 52
24. 42.cabaretvoltaire.com, 52
25. blahblahblog.com, 51

Interesting - the only one that showed I had visited recently was wannabegirl. Guess I gotta hop on those memes a little faster.
posted by Ed at 1:37 PM

Thank you Fark, for the tongue twisters.
posted by Ed at 11:35 AM

What happended to the Friday Five? (misspelling left intentionally). If you know, send me an e-mail. If I didn't add anything to yesterday's post, yet, please pretend that I did and that it is pithy and insightful.
posted by Ed at 9:38 AM

Well, I was reading an iwon article about the new security flaw (which in my mind I have dubbed "the gopher hole") and started to wonder whatever havppend to the gopher protocol. Well, The Gopher Manifesto wants to Bring Back Gopher And not Fred Grandy's character from the Love Boat, either.
posted by Ed at 11:14 AM

The Friday Five

(This is so much better than last Friday's)

1. What's the last vivid dream that you remember having? )
I had a dream that I was going back and forth between Portland, Oregon, and another location (that I no longer remember). I had to leave my car in this dark, decrepit old neighborhood. My ride and I went into one of the ramshackle houses on the street. We were watching tv in the house with 3-5 other people, when two of them started to discuss having sex. The man and the woman had a rather protracted negotiation, and then finally came to some agreement. As they started to have sex, I realized it wasn't a man and a women, but it was two men. That's where the dream ended. I wonder if I ever got where I was going.



2. Do you have any recurring dreams?

For years I had a dream about going to take a University final exam and realizing that as I sat down to take the exam, I had never been to the class, never read the book, and had no idea what I was doing there. I also have variations on the dream I describe in question 1, where I am traveling around the West Coast of the United States, always San Francisco and north, usually in some run-down, aging part of a city or town. My impression of the town is similar to my mental image of the New England towns described in H.P. Lovecraft stories. I don't remember a lot of the details, and I don't think that there are other people having sex in the dreams, other than that last one.



3. What's the scariest nightmare you've ever had?

The dream about being chased by the monster from the basement I used to have when I was a kid. The one where you can only run in slow motion, but whatever is chasing you is coming on fast.



4. Have you ever written your dreams down or considered it? Why or why not?

There was a period of time where I wrote down some dreams because I had read something that said you can get great ideas/solutions to problems from dreams. It never worked for me, so I stopped.



5. Have you ever had a lucid dream? What did you do in it?

I had a dream where I was in a "through the looking glass" world. I believe that the dream was in color, which is unusual for me. I realized, however, due to the lack of physics and unusual goings on, that it was a dream, and willed myself to wake up. I woke up into another dream, though. This one was in black and white, but I didn't realize at first that it was a dream. I got up and started to tell my room-mate about the dream, at which point, my room-mate turned into a vampire and started to attack me. Then I really woke up from the dream.



posted by Ed at 10:14 AM

KEWL

Redwolf's Den made it to #1 on Google!!!!!!
(I hope it's still there when you read this).
posted by Ed at 2:06 PM

Has the real world ever gotten just so time consuming that you don't have time to blog? I keep thinking of stuff to blog about in my car, and then I never do it. Wait, wait... NPR comes to the rescue again. sort of. The kids tv feature reminded me of the kids tv shows on the Philadelphia airwaves from the 60's. Philly kids shows get a bunch of comments in the Clutch Cargo entry on jump the shark. I remember going to see the filming of Gene London and Pixanne when I was a kid. At the time, I thought it was just about the coolest thing in the world.

In a recent letter, Gene London talks about the 2001 election, reminisces about the show and burning his parents house in Ohio. Weird. Jane Norman (Pixanne) is selling a CD of love songs. Oh, and Captain Noah's brother was an English teacher in my high school. (Speaking of burning things).


So I blogged something. I guess.
I'll try to do better next time.

posted by Ed at 9:23 AM

The Friday Five

1. What shampoo do you use? The Pert equivalent sold by CVS.

2. Do you use conditioner? What kind? None

3. When was the last time you got your hair cut? Last Saturday

4. What styling products do you use? Usually none - occasionally some gel

5. What's your worst hair-related experience? I'm sorry, but I can't recall any hair-related experiences, good or bad.


posted by Ed at 12:34 PM

Salon is calling their blog article, "Use the Blog, Luke." Cute, eh?

posted by Ed at 1:51 PM

Hey John, Why the heck would you need a book about blogging?
posted by Ed at 2:45 PM

Max Headroom?

Is this Max Headroom come to life? David Coursey's Anchordesk story referred me to Dan Gillmor's article in the San Jose Mercury News. Apparently, Turner Broadcasting CEO Jamie Kellner took the mandatory tv thing from Max Headroom to heart. As another aoltimewarner cartoon character would say, "What a maroon!" And as an added bonus, Max Headroom is coming back on Tech TV.
posted by Ed at 8:41 AM

When I listen to npr I constantly hear stuff I should blog. I heard about the z-boys on Fresh Air, a show that originates from my local affiliate, whyy.
posted by Ed at 11:46 AM

7th Heaven will pay tribute to real life USMC casualty Staff Sgt. Dwight J. Morgan on Monday. (I don't know how permanent these wb links are). The wb site has a big push on - with all kinds of resources for using the show as an impetus to discuss dealing with loss in your family.
posted by Ed at 1:26 PM

My wife is rather credulous when it comes to psychics. CSICOP has a site devoted to debunking (gleaned from a memepool posting). skeptic.com is the home of "The Skeptics Society and Skeptic Magazine." (also via memepool) Don't forget to check out the skeptic's dictionary, too. There is really a lot out there, like Sylvia Browne's Clock at the James Randi Educational Foundation. Plus, Skeptic News will keep you updated on the skeptic community. There is even a skeptic webring. I love webrings. And lest you become discouraged, remember that Beliefnet is out there for your troubled soul.
posted by Ed at 12:23 PM

From weblog wannabe I found this interesting game on the gamespy arcade site. I haven't really tried gamespy arcade, I've been more partial to real arcade.

July 11 update: Glad I stuck with real arcade, gamespy was gaming everyone.

posted by Ed at 12:34 PM

More blue tits in UK (ok - I'm blogging a Fark article, but it is ;).)
posted by Ed at 9:19 AM

Faithful Femmes - Out of Eden fan site
Redwolf's Den
posted by Ed at 2:17 PM

How did Richard Nixon kill RFK?
posted by Ed at 10:09 PM

WHAT ARE YOU?

Well, I did a google search and collected some quizzes, advice, etc. I didn't check a lot of these links, so.... Use at your own risk.
Which Care Bear are you?
Are you into it?
Are you a freak?
Which Greek Goddess are you?
Are you a blogaholic?
Which Powerpuff girls character are you?
emode home - personality & other tests
What breed of dog are you?
Are you polite?
How much are you worth?
Are you a spammer?
Which Angelina are you?
Which pattern are you?
Which rock chick are you?
Which Winona are you?
How immature are you?
Which vampire are your?
Are you fit?
Are you a Christian?
How sexy are you?
Are you a copyright criminal?
What fruit are you?
Are you as interesting as your weblog?
Which Drew are you? (Drew Carry! Ha!)
Which Buffy girl are you?
Which candy bar are you?
Are you an alien abductee?
Are you addicted to the internet?
Are you new?
Which Collosal Death Robot are you?
What element are you?
posted by Ed at 9:07 AM

MOTIVATION

Google search for "Seven Kinds of Smart." I got the meme from an audio tape program by Paul and Sarah Edwards. It seems like it's such a 90's concept. Or maybe even 80's. (Does that make it retro). Need more.

Paul & Sarah also mentioned Mark Victor Hansen on the tape.
posted by Ed at 8:25 AM

Mental Abilities

Unusual software for creative people. Lockergnome recommended the fortune telling program, but there is lots of cool stuff here. Google directory about hypnosis. Simpson's episode Home Hypnotism. Hypnotism entry from the Catholic Encyclopedia. Epinions reviews of books about hypnotism.

And speaking of mental abilities, I had to link to the SNL Common Knowledge skit. This has absolutely nothing to do with Creativity in Science & Engineering, but I wanted to add 1 more link.

posted by Ed at 11:19 AM

Don't pay too much taxes
posted by Ed at 9:46 AM

What the heck is Cold Wars? Well it's in Lancaster, PA on April 19-21. The hmgs east (Eastern Chapter of the Historical Miniatures Gaming Society) seems to know about it.
posted by Ed at 9:39 AM

This was on metafilter, but I still had to blog this link about the Crusades.
posted by Ed at 8:52 AM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CARA DELIZIA!!

I loved the Disney show "So Weird" when it first came on. Cara DeLizia did a great job as "Fi Phillips," the focal point of all the "Weird"ness. She left after Season 2, and was replaced by Alexz Johnson, who is a fine young actress, but the writing went downhill and they changed the time and the show just seemed to go stale. Still, it seems to be the concensus that So Weird Jumped the Shark when Cara left.

And today, Cara is 18!!!

So I blogged some stuff about Cara, like the best Cara Delizia fan site and another smitten teenage boy's site. Of course, some of the sites have very little info about Cara, while some webmasters have actually written e-mails to Cara (and gotten a reply!). Two years ago, Marilyn Beck gave a brief intro to Cara DeLizia in response to a question. If you want to talk about Cara you can do it at ezboard.

And then there is some weird (not So Weird) stuff on the net, too. Like what is "Littlegoldenguy.com?" Here is a cached google page that lists Cara as the associate editor for the site. Could there be 2? And Cara starred with Kirsten Storms in Crayola Kids Adventures - with some pics on this site. Speaking of Kirsten Storms, I found the Children of Salem that features Erik von Detten (another So Weird alum), too. How about So Weird/N*Sync Fan Fic for Cara's 18th birthday - Since Fi is 18 in the story, I thought it would be appropriate. (Although I had to "View Source" and read the story in Notepad to avoid the horrid red type on black background).

So, once again, Happy Birthday, Cara. Hope you have a great birthday, great career and a fantastic life.

And make sure to Vote for Cara as one of the most beautiful celebrities.

posted by Ed at 7:47 AM

MORE WHEELS

Well, I got a car. Nothing fancy, just your basic American car coming off a 3 year lease. It follows my rules: no new American cars, no used foreign cars, no 4-bangers with auto trannys, and no cars formerly owned by smokers. I'm happy again.
posted by Ed at 2:56 PM

WHEELS

I have to do something about a car. I've pretty much decided there is no way I am going to spend the money for a new one. Of course, buying a used car is no bonus, either. I hate dealing with car salesmen. I hate dealing with financing. The whole thing is a big pain in the butt.

posted by Ed at 4:07 PM

My web site is Redwolf's Den. I'm blogging here to check out blogger. It's a really gray day here in Wayne, NJ (where I am working today). I have great view of a leaden sky here. Even if I did have a cam it wouldn't be worth showing.

Check out Microcontent News
posted by Ed at 12:41 PM