Things Caught in the Web

May, 2002 April, 2002 March, 2002 Feb, 2002 Jan, 2002 Dec, 2001 Nov, 2001 Oct, 2001 Sept, 2001 Aug, 2001 July, 2001 June, 2001 May, 2001 April, 2001 March, 2001 Feb, 2001 Jan, 2001 Dec, 2000 Nov, 2000 Oct, 2000 Sept, 2000 Aug, 2000	February 28, 2001 - Wednesday Move over eBay, here come the online police auctions Well what do you know... I always thought that this sort of thing only happened in Road Runner cartoons . Of course alcohol was involved. February 27, 2001 - Tuesday It's Mardi Gras and, for those of us who can't make it to NOLA this year, here are the Bourbon Street live cams ! Lazzier les bon temps roullez! (or however it's spelled :-) ). I had to memorize the poem Jabberwocky in high school and can definitively state that it consists mostly of nonsense words. "Twas brilling and the slithy troves did gyre and gymble in the wabe..." and so on. So, how do you translate nonsense into dozens of other languages ? And the really scary part is that one of the other languages is Klingon! "puqloDwI' ja'pu'vawq Dayep!" February 26, 2001 - Monday It's the 21st century and most of us have managed to let the 1970's go and move on. For the rest of you, there's Eight Track Heaven . February 23, 2001 - Friday Remember, when e-mailing someone a death thread proper grammar is still important... February 15, 2001 - Thursday You know the last movie didn't do that well when they hold a James Bond Memorabilia Auction . I guess this means that the movies are not enough... February 13, 2001 - Tuesday When they tell you that cigarettes can kill you they probably didn't mean that you could be shot to death with cigarette butts , but apparently that can happen too... February 12, 2001 - Monday And, for the first truly great invention of the 21st century, I give you the Self-Cooling Beer Keg ! February 9, 2001 - Friday While it really isn't that high on my list of things to do (OK, it actually wasn't anywhere on my list of things to do) there are apparently enough people who want to see the Mir space station crash that someone is actually organizing a tour group to watch it fall . I don't know; I think I'll go visit Chernoybol instead. February 6, 2001 - Tuesday It's an even better sign that someone needs to watch where their research funding is going a bit better when someone bothers to re-create the smell of a T-Rex . A better question would be to wonder why they think it will actually sell in their gift shop. Now they're developing Survivor Trading Cards . I suggest we vote this one off the island at the next Tribal Council. And, according to the Cereal Name Generator you can call me Nutty Funsmacks. February 2, 2001 - Friday When someone has actually done reasearch on whether penguins fall over when watching planes flying overhead it's probably a sign that you may want to monitor your research department a bit better. I just want to know what these guys are drinking when they come up with some of these research ideas.

Dennis Matheson - tanstaafl@earthlink.net Last Updated: July 20, 2006

Things Caught in the Web

February 28, 2001 - Wednesday

Move over eBay, here come the online police auctions

Well what do you know... I always thought that this sort of thing only happened in Road Runner cartoons . Of course alcohol was involved.

February 27, 2001 - Tuesday

It's Mardi Gras and, for those of us who can't make it to NOLA this year, here are the Bourbon Street live cams ! Lazzier les bon temps roullez! (or however it's spelled :-) ).

I had to memorize the poem Jabberwocky in high school and can definitively state that it consists mostly of nonsense words. "Twas brilling and the slithy troves did gyre and gymble in the wabe..." and so on. So, how do you translate nonsense into dozens of other languages ? And the really scary part is that one of the other languages is Klingon! "puqloDwI' ja'pu'vawq Dayep!"

February 26, 2001 - Monday

It's the 21st century and most of us have managed to let the 1970's go and move on. For the rest of you, there's Eight Track Heaven .

February 23, 2001 - Friday

Remember, when e-mailing someone a death thread proper grammar is still important...

February 15, 2001 - Thursday

You know the last movie didn't do that well when they hold a James Bond Memorabilia Auction . I guess this means that the movies are not enough...

February 13, 2001 - Tuesday

When they tell you that cigarettes can kill you they probably didn't mean that you could be shot to death with cigarette butts , but apparently that can happen too...

February 12, 2001 - Monday

And, for the first truly great invention of the 21st century, I give you the Self-Cooling Beer Keg !

February 9, 2001 - Friday

While it really isn't that high on my list of things to do (OK, it actually wasn't anywhere on my list of things to do) there are apparently enough people who want to see the Mir space station crash that someone is actually organizing a tour group to watch it fall . I don't know; I think I'll go visit Chernoybol instead.

February 6, 2001 - Tuesday

It's an even better sign that someone needs to watch where their research funding is going a bit better when someone bothers to re-create the smell of a T-Rex . A better question would be to wonder why they think it will actually sell in their gift shop.

Now they're developing Survivor Trading Cards . I suggest we vote this one off the island at the next Tribal Council.

And, according to the Cereal Name Generator you can call me Nutty Funsmacks.

February 2, 2001 - Friday

When someone has actually done reasearch on whether penguins fall over when watching planes flying overhead it's probably a sign that you may want to monitor your research department a bit better. I just want to know what these guys are drinking when they come up with some of these research ideas.

Dennis Matheson - tanstaafl@earthlink.net

Last Updated: July 20, 2006