Archive for August, 2004

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Calling Gloria, Gloria, Gloria!

Sunday, August 29th, 2004

Grammy-nominated pop singer Laura Branigan, best known for her 1982 platinum hit “Gloria,” died of a brain aneurysm. She was 47.
“Gloria,” a signature song from her debut album “Branigan,” stayed atop the pop charts for 36 weeks and earned her a Grammy nomination for best female pop vocalist, the first of [...]

FAKEPOP! an on-line popularity game

Saturday, August 28th, 2004

Another silly diversion. I was too chicken to sign up though. Maybe it’s because popularity has never been a strong character trait of mine.
You go first and then tell me how popular you are. Click on fakepop! - The Online Popularity Game.
Do you like HMmmm me? Really do you like HMmmm me?
I like HMmmm you [...]

Billy’s weird fortune telling cat

Saturday, August 28th, 2004

You feel a sense ofcalm setting in….WRONG!The end is nigh!In fact, it’s nextTuesday. Better get1,000,000 sunblock

Billy’s Weird…cat…thing tells your fortune!
A sucker for punishment, I asked Billy’s cat thing for another fortune! Here’s the gist of the second fortune.
Live in the now,…and savor thehardships youbrought upon yourselfby not planningahead. dumbfuck!
Made me have a [...]

Bob would have been 55 today

Saturday, August 28th, 2004

Bob would have been 55 today.

Aliens are among us and here’s maps to prove it

Saturday, August 28th, 2004

Don’t just take my word for it. There are aliens among us right now. There’s even maps to show where they are located and lots more. Take a look and then make up your mind.
Space Invaders make the HMmmm on the back of my neck stand up.
Do you have any HMmmm about [...]

I’m on the trail of Doublemint gum

Saturday, August 28th, 2004

Info on the history of bubble gum, particularly Doublemint gum and how it links me to the Liberace Museum, a list of doublemint twins, and other HMmmm stuff.

Fishy habitats: shoes, sinks and toilets

Friday, August 27th, 2004

Greasefire is a weblog to bookmark. I picked out just one post and laughed until I almost peed myself (what else is new.)
He yadda yaddas brilliantly in his posts. Interspersed throughout the posts are links that didn’t connect at first but once you take the time to click on the link, I was [...]

Liberace: Mr Showmanship but more

Thursday, August 26th, 2004

My quest to find information on Cindy and Sandy Acker, the Doublemint Twins, led me on the off chance there were archival information at The Liberace Museum and Foundation.

Mr. Showmanship, LIBERACE
My e-mail inquiry resulted in a pleasant response from Pauline Lachance, the Archivist/Historian of the museum. She wrote that [...]

Getting started in web design

Wednesday, August 25th, 2004

Web design - good web design that is - is so much harder than I thought it would be. I was cleaning out my favourites and came across this site that has free templates available. I used them just to see how the coding was done. You might find them helpful as well.
Go to myfreetemplates.com

Cats play key role in protecting Russian art treasures

Monday, August 23rd, 2004

What a great name for cat food: Spot’s Stew.
I associate “Spot” as a dog’s name. Maybe it’s just that I learned to read from the old Fun with Dick and Jane readers. If you remember these readers, I’m not totally outdating myself.
I digress. Here’s the cat HMmmm.
Cats are protecting art treasures [...]