tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87066332011-12-14T20:42:10.365-06:00Catastrophic SuccessAs if there weren't enough political opinionating out there, I, too, now sing the body bloglectric.
<a href="http://misterbixby.blogspot.com/atom.xml">Let me FEED you!</a>[XML]Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.comBlogger911100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1117082786656884132005-05-25T23:45:00.000-05:002005-05-25T23:46:26.663-05:00Dear LivingDot.com SupportI really messed it up this time. I was trying to upgrade my Wordpress from 1.5 to 1.5.1.1. It turns out that I was looking at the wrong Wiki for the upgrade (apparently, the new install one instead). It also turns out that I really don't have clue one what I am doing. I overwrote all of my WP files, created a new database and managed to apparently wipe my entire blog. This, if true, is highly Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1115096699369256182005-05-03T00:03:00.000-05:002005-08-29T14:41:17.630-05:00Moving on up....I haven't unpacked all the boxes yet, and I'm still mucking about with my WordPress template, but I have moved to http://www.misterbixby.com/. Please update your links accordingly.Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1114634300946690452005-04-27T15:36:00.000-05:002005-04-27T15:38:20.950-05:00Another Missive from Mrs. Bixby (Not Her Real Name)That is what is left until my Avon Walk. The event is in 38 days and I still have to raise $400 to reach my goal of $2000.Here it is folks.... my call out to all of you! Please help me! There are MANY of you receiving this letter that have not yet made a donation! Come on.... you can do it! If everyone on this list that has not donated simply made a $10 donation, I would reach my goal. Let's get Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1114633453703956402005-04-27T15:22:00.000-05:002005-04-28T11:15:08.993-05:00More from the Front ... or In this episode I Geek Out.MisterBixby: Whoa....MisterBixby: Please to be clicking here...David: omg!MisterBixby: uh huhDavid: i can't believe i just said 'omg'MisterBixby: Whatev y00 big AOLer y00David: they should make a series about Kit FistoMisterBixby: that sounds dirty.David: hahDavid: this guyDavid: there was a clone wars episode about him fighting the separatists on Mon CalamariDavid: he was using his lightsaber Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1114552572796205792005-04-26T16:47:00.000-05:002005-04-26T16:56:12.796-05:00pissed offSorry folks. I had a big long post planned as a response to ElizabethSheryl's comment to my very popular Pope + Tater Ratzinger Sith post but as I was about to post it at 11:50 last night, it disappeared into the memory hole. I have the first third of it saved and maybe I'll try again later, but meanwhile, I have submitted a support request to blogspot. I discovered I had to log out of blogger inMister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1114137005271522232005-04-21T20:45:00.000-05:002005-04-21T21:39:37.300-05:00Weirdest Referral Log Ever!!!Over the past two days I have gotten no less than 7 (out of 15) hits coming from Google or Yahoo searches for "Ratzinger" and "Sith." Obviously I'm coming up on that search because I posted about the new Pope and the coolest Star Wars swag one right after the other, but I just don't understand what would cause you to put those two words together in a search bar. Is there an article calling Pope Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1114018891529494302005-04-20T12:36:00.000-05:002005-04-20T12:41:31.530-05:001000 hits!!!Congratulations to whoever visited my site from Europe (GMT +2) after visiting Rishon Rishon's Steven Den Beste entry recap here.Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1113940982009787502005-04-19T14:04:00.000-05:002005-04-19T19:45:20.650-05:00In other important news....I have given in to the Dark Fried of the Force ...The Tater is MINE!!!!"Chips are the path to the dark fried. Chips lead to Hash Browns. Hash Browns lead to the plate. The plate leads to suffering." --Roota, Jedi MasterBeware the Dark Gourd of the Sith I'm anxiously awaiting his son Luke Frywalker and his friend Hash Solo. That's all I got... and the gourd one was really a stretch...Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1113937281930741342005-04-19T14:00:00.000-05:002005-04-19T14:01:21.933-05:00Power to the Papal!!!!Just sounded funny to me. I don't particularly care how much power the pope has. However, there is a new one. Pope Benedict XVI took office today. He's formerly known as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, a hard-line orthodox traditionalist. The Reuters reporter who wrote this story apparently couldn't find anyone who believed he would actually be a hard-line orthodox traditionalist Pope. "Somewhere a Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1113928426984281252005-04-19T11:29:00.000-05:002005-04-19T11:33:46.986-05:00White Smoke and BellsDrudge and the AP (as well as a co-worker's policeman husband, via the police radio) report that a new pope has been elected. So far no word on who it will be. I will post more later regarding my atheistic and therefore non-Catholic reaction to the news both about the death of John Paull II and about the new pope. I am surprised by the speed though.Interesting article on OpinionJournal about why Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1111542482591646372005-03-22T19:29:00.000-06:002005-03-24T16:57:43.420-06:00Intercepted from Central CommandDanglingStars:*ahem* just a reminder that it's almost APRIL..that feb. hiatis sure did last long. :-)paulisworkin: *snooooore*DanglingStars: lolpaulisworkin: things have been real hairy around here. My daughterDanglingStars: well hairy is no funpaulisworkin: My younger daughter has developed a cyst in the bone of her left upper arm and the diagnosis treatment.paulisworkin: can't think ... one Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1109105423089368572005-02-22T14:15:00.000-06:002005-02-22T14:50:23.090-06:00Brief HiatusSince it appears that I am on a brief hiatus, I will officially declare that I am on a brief hiatus through the end of February. I need to re-think the direction of this blog. Originally, it was intended as less personal and more political, but with the conclusion of the recent spate of elections, I am a little burned out on politics and need to devise some more regular material - i.e. more Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1107970306181162732005-02-09T11:19:00.000-06:002005-02-09T11:31:46.180-06:00Avon Walk for Breast CancerMy wife, the irrepressible Mrs. Bixby (not her real name) is walking the Walk. Please consider donating to her campaign. I haven't begged for money yet, and I probably won't do it again, but she has set herself a high goal and we would love to surpass it.
The format of the walk is unique. It extends over two days and covers up to 39.3 miles. That's a Marathon-and-a-half! On your feet. For TWO Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1107968558169327272005-02-09T10:53:00.000-06:002005-02-09T11:02:38.170-06:00Draft Condi!Dick Morris, who is actively engaged in thwarting the Clinton Legacy, or rather, the Legacy the Clintons wanted to leave, is calling for a Draft Condi for President movement to halt Hillary in '08 and put the final nail in the wrong-headed "Rethuglicanz R H4terzzz" gibberish the left keep spewing. Hmm... has anyone locked down draftcondi08.com? Nope... get jumping kids. I hate cyber-squatting, Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1107622182154018092005-02-05T10:38:00.000-06:002005-02-05T10:49:42.156-06:00Dropping like Flies!First Steven Den Beste hangs up his keyboard, then Bill Whittle seems to have flown into the Wild Blue Yonder and now The Chief Diplomad announces that The Diplomad is departing for the Far Abroad. I have been a big fan of The Diplomad since I discovered them last summer. I thought they were well on their way to becoming one of the great blogs of our time, and frankly I think they are being a Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1107407175670675852005-02-02T22:56:00.000-06:002005-02-02T23:07:03.283-06:00Tucker Carlson gets a new gig, the Enterprise docksTucker Carlson, Jon Stewart's favorite sock monkey, will be getting a new show on MSNBC and starting work there next week. The new show should premiere some time next quarter. Carlson was fired earlier this year after the heated conversation with Jon Stewart and Paul Begala linked above. Good luck to him. It takes a better man than I to wear a bow tie every day.
Via Peoria Pundit, I just found Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1107397607613750362005-02-02T20:08:00.000-06:002005-02-02T21:48:06.430-06:00LiveBlogging the SOTU8:10 strong opening. Start with a list of countries practicing the liberty and freedom you will espouse in the rest of the speech.
8:15 next year's budget will work wonders.
8:16 asbestos claims? Legal reform yes ... but asbestos?
8:17 I don't know if I like this tack when focusing on the health care issue. I wish he'd talk more in terms of the ownership society and tell us what we'd own. Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1107192053101398412005-01-31T11:07:00.000-06:002005-01-31T11:20:53.103-06:00Iraqi Crispian DayBy Jove, I am not covetous for gold,
Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;
It yearns me not if men my garments wear;
Such outward things dwell not in my desires.
But if it be a sin to covet honour,
I am the most offending soul alive.
No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England.
God's peace! I would not lose so great an honour
As one man more methinks would share from me
For the best hope I Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1107107787289227782005-01-30T11:52:00.000-06:002005-01-30T11:56:27.290-06:00CongratulationsIt wasn't without its pain, and suffering, but for the most part, the Iraqis accomplished something grand and momentous in their history. I hope that the new government honors its assigned duties and executes the creation of a new and fair Constitution and turns power over when it is time for the new permanent government to take over. The peaceful transition of power is the most defining moment Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1106954250078823042005-01-28T16:44:00.000-06:002005-01-28T17:45:17.463-06:00Blog-gazingWhat a week for the hit count! 56 hits in one week with a spike on Tuesday to 16 (the first day I posted the list of Blogburst participants to my sidebar) up from 2 on Sunday and 3 on Monday. Mostly it was people following the new links in their Technorati or Blog Ecosystem reports. Dropped to 12 on Wednesday as more referral checks came in, back up to 15 yesterday - the day of the actual Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1106815270766574842005-01-27T01:38:00.000-06:002005-01-27T02:41:50.490-06:00Blogburst - Wannsee Conference and Liberation of AuschwitzThe Holocaust, symbolized by Auschwitz, the worst of the death camps, occurred in the wake of consistent, systematic, unrelenting anti-Jewish propaganda campaign. As a result, the elimination of the Jews from German society was accepted as axiomatic, leaving open only two questions: when and how.
As Germany expanded its domination and occupation of Austria, Czechoslovakia, France, the Low Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1106695327322734562005-01-25T17:19:00.000-06:002005-01-26T10:05:07.136-06:00:(I would have posted more yesterday, but I was too depressed...Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1106606622703599552005-01-24T16:42:00.000-06:002005-01-26T10:07:48.533-06:00I'm shovelling out of a blizzard! Where the hell is global warming?Apparently, Michael McCarthy of the Independent has not read State of Fear by Michael Crichton.
He buys hook, line and sinker a report from the Institute for Public Policy Research in the UK, the Center for American Progress in the US, and The Australia Institute (not exactly the most moderate organizations) that won't be released until tomorrow.
Among other things, it calls for the G8 and Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1106345022566856142005-01-21T15:59:00.000-06:002005-01-21T16:03:42.566-06:00SDB WatchSteven Den Beste has been spotted at Eternity Road debating the connotative and denotative meaning of war. Interesting discussion and it is continued in a separate entry here.Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1106344688019882602005-01-21T14:32:00.000-06:002005-01-21T15:58:08.020-06:00Michael Powell to go fishing with father!!!Actually, Michael Powell, son of soon-to-be-former Secretary of State Colin Powell will soon announce that he will step down as Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. He has two years left to his term, but, for undisclosed reasons and at an undisclosed time (just soon according to the AP), he will announce his resignation. Now who's gonna bitch about seeing Janet Jackson's breast? It Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1106328224816797182005-01-21T10:56:00.000-06:002005-01-21T11:24:33.246-06:00Schadenfreude Moment of the Day IIBrian Becker, National Coodinator of ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism), on the stage protesting Bush's Second Inauguration:
"Today is a workday for all of those lucky enough to still have a job after four years of George W. Bush [slight delay] and Wall Street"
[Crowd Cheers]
"How many of you took off [of] work to be here today?"
[Large portion of Crowd cheers]
"How many of you are Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1106281573745224512005-01-20T22:20:00.000-06:002005-01-20T22:26:13.746-06:00Coolest Keyboard EVAR!This is a pretty nifty Ergonomic Keyboard, but it costs $299, plus another $89 for the foot pedal. That's Right. I said FOOT. PEDAL. Hellz YA!
You drive your computer!
Terry Goodkind uses it to write the Sword of Truth books. Pretty high recommendation to me.
IwantitIwantitIwantit.
I don't know if I could use it, but ... IwantitIwantitIwantit.Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1106280727460905582005-01-20T21:55:00.000-06:002005-01-20T22:27:23.823-06:00Schadenfreude Moment of the NightMoorewatch reports that the Moore story from this morning is apparently too good to be true. According to a note sent to them from the employer of Patrick Burk, the subject of the story:
1. Patrick Burk was once assigned to protect Moore, but was never "his" bodyguard. He was not working for Moore at the time.
2. The gun was legally registered, Burk was just not licensed to carry a gun in New Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1106241067752751702005-01-20T11:03:00.000-06:002005-01-20T11:11:07.753-06:00Schadenfreude moment of the dayThis is petty, especially on such a historical day of reflection as the Inauguration of our President, but the speech just started and I have to attend a meeting during it so I'll have to watch it on VHS when I get home. Instead I present our Schadenfreude Moment of the Day.
Michael Moore's Bodyguard Arrested for Unregistered Handgun at Airport
NEW YORK — Filmmaker Michael Moore's (search) Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1106164963693557192005-01-19T13:51:00.000-06:002005-01-19T19:31:01.926-06:00Late Friday Funnies...Or maybe early?
I just found this from ChicagoBoyz; those JibJab fellers have a new Bush cartoon up. I think they were a little harder on W this time, since they tended to be a little more even-handed during the election. On the other hand, he won, so he's bound to be a bigger target.
Enjoy.Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1106155914102634702005-01-19T11:16:00.000-06:002005-01-19T11:31:54.110-06:00MUST! HAVE! THIS!To quote Dork Tower: The Force can have a strong influence on the geek-minded!
Darth Tater Bends My Will!
Thanks to Peter David for bringing this to my attention. My wallet now officially hates you, you darn good comics writer you!
Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1105989580470170602005-01-17T13:19:00.000-06:002005-01-17T13:19:40.470-06:00Where is Gloria Steinem?Haaretz - Israel News - Feminists outraged as B nai B rith Canada sides with Muslims on domestic law
According to the article, B'nai B'rith Canada (a Jewish Human Rights group) has filed a brief with the Canadian Court advocating allowing Canadian Muslims to privately adjudicate (non-criminal) disputes with legally binding Muslim courts that enforce Sharia law.
This whole thing smells fishy toMister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1105569169544022652005-01-12T16:32:00.000-06:002005-01-12T16:32:49.543-06:00Dirty dirty geeksNASA fired off a rocket today to intercept and strike a nearby (80 million miles away) comet on July 4th. It should provide all kinds of neat scientific data ranging from what makes up a comet to what matter was present just after the creation of the universe. The name: Deep Impact. The shape: distinctly phallic. No wonder people accuse the US of prick-waving.
Photo Source: APMister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1104901743730819212005-01-04T23:00:00.000-06:002005-01-04T23:09:45.283-06:00Tsunami reliefI can't really say much about the Tsunami that hasn't already been said, but I did want to point out that the guys at Cox & Forkum (named, amazingly enough, Cox and Forkum) are auctioning off original art of their tsunami cartoon. The bidding is open and the bid is paid in the form of a donation to Direct Relief International. So far, bidding is only at $100.
Since almost no one who visits hereMister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1104618728512268222005-01-01T17:30:00.000-06:002005-01-01T17:34:09.100-06:00I don't get it...On yesterday's New Year's Eve post, I received two comments telling the sad tale of a US Marine and his death. What the poster wants me to do about unexploded ordnance, I don't know. Perhaps I'm a welcome target because I supported the Iraq War? I'm not sure, nor do I care. The entire comment is non-sequitor to the post in question, but that isn't the part that I don't get. What I don't Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1104508546152325412004-12-31T09:45:00.000-06:002004-12-31T09:55:46.153-06:00Interested?John Derbyshire at NRO, amongst many other things, discusses how 2005 is not an interesting number. He also requests submissions as to why it is, in fact interesting, in order to prove his theorem that there is no such thing as an uninteresting number if only because any uninteresting number could be the lowest uninteresting number in a set of uninteresting numbers, which is an interesting thing Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1104459018937161732004-12-30T20:02:00.001-06:002004-12-30T20:10:18.936-06:00LandmarkAt 2:06 Central Time today, I received my 500th unique visitor. Whoever it was lives in (or at least receives internet connection from) Peoria, IL, so if it wasn't the Peoria Pundit it was one of his readers, many of whom have wandered this way lately. Welcome! Stick around, leave me a note. Thanks Bill!Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1104363669989664072004-12-29T16:36:00.000-06:002004-12-29T18:03:58.066-06:00If it walks like a duck...Since the vast majority of terrorism is committed by Muslims, is it unfair that a fictional portrayal of an FBI Counter-Terrorism Unit would feature a predominately Muslim terrorist enemy?
I don't believe so, any more than fictional accounts of the mafia feature predominately Italian characters (although the Italian-American groups have long protested those as well). I'm no more offended by the Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1104348391820775062004-12-29T13:22:00.000-06:002004-12-29T13:26:31.820-06:00New Addition to BlogrollI added Bill Dennis' Peoria Pundit to my blog feed. He's funny, political, a geek and a former journo (a lot like me, except he was a real professional and didn't give up after two years in the newsroom of his college newspaper and more J-School than he could handle). Plus, he's from Illinois, which makes him cool, even though he went to the hated Eastern Illinois University rather than the Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1104262418915806132004-12-28T13:31:00.000-06:002004-12-28T13:33:38.916-06:00EcoterrorismI have joined the Truth Laid Bear (N.Z. Bear) Ecosystem. I don't really know what this means other than my links to other bloggers now are counted for their totals. I am unsure, however, how I feel about being known as an insignificant microbe... especially since I posted it on my blogroll for all the world to see. Ah well, we all start from a single cell, do we not?Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1104259836462787652004-12-28T13:04:00.000-06:002004-12-28T12:50:36.463-06:00Survival of the Sabre-Toothed FittestThe Diplomad postulates the Sabre-Tooth Tiger Law of Life. Essentially, anyone over the age of forty, especially with any aid at all from Modern Science, Engineering and Medicine (MSEAM) does so on borrowed time and are essentially Intel 286s boosted to run Windows XP.
I have had similar epiphanies about living in the modern world. We evolved to live only so long and the man who lives to 76 Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1103944766811117142004-12-24T21:15:00.000-06:002004-12-24T21:19:26.810-06:00Happy Holidays :)Happy Chrismahanukwanzakah from a Atheistic Ex-Lutheran with strong interest in religions and Judaism in particular!
Or as a friend of mine just wished me "Merry Wintereenmas!"
Have a safe and fun holiday!Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1103658573662109422004-12-21T13:50:00.000-06:002004-12-21T14:50:59.853-06:00Thank you Mr. Den BesteWhile I was off-line last week, Nelson at Europundit speculated about Stephen Den Beste coming back to the blogosphere. I must say that I harbored the same hope. SDB had explained his writing process as something that burst forth from him after percolating in his subconscious for a while. He would then compose, edit and post the resulting brainstorm. He was always a brightspot in black hole of Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1103569971541563892004-12-20T13:55:00.000-06:002004-12-21T14:52:58.560-06:00WonkedAna Marie Cox, better known under her Nom de Blog, Wonkette was the subject of the MSNBC Fast Chat interview (3 questions) this week. She talks about the incestuous relationship between bloggers and journalists, calling it a bastardized "Tracy-Hepburn" affair. She also calls blogging a resume builder for wannabe-journalists. Aside from the fact that I find that incredibly unlikely, considering I Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1103392209825103402004-12-18T10:50:00.000-06:002004-12-18T11:50:09.826-06:00VacationI know that after a busy November full of posts, this December has made it appear that I fell off the face of the Earth. That's not true, I was just vacationing there. I took my final week of vacation time from work this past week and I have been tremendously enjoying the ample time I have been able to spend with Missus Bixby (not her real name) and the Bixblets (also not their real name). I Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1102953945817836472004-12-13T09:41:00.000-06:002004-12-13T10:05:58.086-06:00Tanks for everything, guys and galsI posted this as a comment to this post by The Diplomad regarding their experiences with the stalwart young Marine Security Guards who stand watch over our embassies and protect our Foreign Service Personnel. Their tribute touched me to tears and I wanted to thank those Marines in my own way, but all of our armed forces deserve these thanks and praise. Their service is a gift to the undeserving, Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1102461953438860592004-12-07T15:29:00.000-06:002004-12-07T17:25:53.436-06:00A Day Which Will Live in Infamy and a Man Who Will Live in IgnominyTerry McAuliffe, the soon-to-be-outgoing Chairman of the Democratic National Committee released a statement today that leads me to believe I have woken up in some alternate dimension where everything I hold to be true is, in fact, false.
The subject matter was ostensibly a Pearl Harbor remembrance. He praised the unity shown by the nation 63 years ago today as the citizenry learned about a Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1102026189190786612004-12-02T16:07:00.000-06:002004-12-02T16:23:09.190-06:00Something is Rotten in the State of FranceVia LGF
LGF posted this as one of its "It's hard not to hate the French when..." but I think there is more to it than that.
The article states:
Less than ten days after Hezbollah’s “al-Manar” television station was permitted to broadcast in France, one of its commentators has stirred uproar after he accused Israel of “repeated attempts in the past several years to spread AIDS throughout the Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1102023607056917642004-12-02T15:37:00.000-06:002004-12-02T15:40:07.110-06:00Personal DomainI just tried posting this question to the Blogger support desk, but I get an internal error whenever I submit it, so I'm posting it and hoping someone can help me out.
I recently registered misterbixby.com through ENameCo.com. They offer a free re-direct service so that hits there redirect to misterbixby.blogspot.com; however, their method of doing so adversely affects my sitemeter referral logsMister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1101869803276302852004-11-30T20:40:00.000-06:002004-11-30T20:59:55.926-06:00End of NaNoBlogMoI wanted to write an entry per day for the month of November with a minimum of 15,000 words. Sadly, not counting this entry or titles, I only wrote 12,489 words, some of which were actually other articles. I did make 30 (now 31) posts. Still I will give myself 10,000 words for the month, meaning that at this pace, I could write a novel in 5 to 6 months. Good to know. Maybe I'll do it for real Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1101768343999406312004-11-29T16:39:00.000-06:002004-11-29T16:45:44.000-06:0010 Rules of a Southern BelleI found this link in my referrer logs (an artifact of Blogger's odd "Next Blog" feature, I imagine) and read it and dear god, this is brilliant. These 10 items are more guidelines than rules, but this woman so completely understands men that her code of behaviour will lead to the utter and willing domination of all men. I think this woman should give classes in how to completely subvert the will Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1101764810758965722004-11-29T15:43:00.000-06:002004-11-29T15:57:58.103-06:00November 29, 1947 - November 29, 2004This BlogBurst piece is cross-posted by participating websites, to commemorate a milestone in Israel's history. The list of the participating sites is appended at israpundit's original post.
November 29, 2004:
Anniversary of the UN vote on Resolution 181
Today is the anniversary of the UN vote on resolution 181, which approved the partition of the western part Palestine into a predominately Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1101335985339712572004-11-24T15:00:00.000-06:002004-11-24T16:39:45.340-06:00Navel-GazingThanksgiving is on Thursday (how unusual) and I was feeling reflective as a result. So since blogs are vanity publishing I thought I'd turn away from the politics of this blog (in which my interest has temporarily ebbed as I scramble hither and yon in preparation for the holidays and end-of-year at work) and focus instead on what I have to be thankful for.
A little background. Growing up, I was Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1100904861121833842004-11-19T16:42:00.000-06:002004-11-19T16:56:08.586-06:00New addition to bookmarksI just added Billiken's Bluff to my feed list. They have an interesting little group over there. There are multiple posters, and I tend to agree with N-Dot more often than not, but the other posters seem to have good heads on their shoulders too.
N-Dot's Most recent entry is quite good and gives a new perspective on the way Jaques Chirac views international relations, in light of his remarks toMister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1100895133577004732004-11-19T14:01:00.000-06:002004-11-19T23:09:03.006-06:00EU ValuesEuropean Union justice and interior ministers agreed Friday that new immigrants to the 25-nation bloc should be required to learn local languages, and to adhere to general "European values" that will guide them toward better integration.
European Values? Like this?
Other interesting tidbits today:
Missing link found?
A nearly 13 million-year-old ape discovered in Spain is the last probable Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1100893983235570352004-11-19T13:51:00.000-06:002004-11-19T23:13:56.410-06:00Really? Are you kidding me with this?"Comparing pornography to heroin, researchers on Thursday called on Congress to finance studies on "porn addiction" and launch a public health campaign about the dangers.
...
"Internet pornography is corrupting children and hooking adults into an addiction that threatens their jobs and families, a panel of anti-porn advocates told the hearing organized by Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., chairman of Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1100889959808070582004-11-19T13:30:00.000-06:002004-11-19T12:45:59.806-06:00Friday Funnieshttp://zattevrienden.realroot.be/depanneren.htm
Bad day to be a crane operator
http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2004/11/searskmart_acqu.html
Newest Member of the Sears/K-Mart merger: France
http://www.blackfive.net/main/2004/11/exit_strategy_f.html
Viable Exit Strategy from Iraq and Afghanistan.
http://drsanity.blogspot.com/2004/11/pirates-of-un.html
With most sincere apologies to Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1100837793267766222004-11-18T21:04:00.000-06:002004-11-18T22:20:32.926-06:00ConsequencesCarolyn Parrish has been thrown out of the Liberal caucus by Prime Minister Paul Martin, who said Thursday that her behaviour had become "unacceptable."
According to the one Canadian with whom I am familiar, the government is perilously close to falling because the Liberal Party and New Democratic Party Coalition's now two vote deficit. A straight-party no-confidence vote would bring a 153 to Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1100798949089275842004-11-18T10:58:00.000-06:002004-11-18T11:30:26.456-06:00Canadian MP Teaches Love and UnderstandingOutspokenly Liberal Canadian MP Stomps Bush.
"OTTAWA - Renegade Liberal MP Carolyn Parrish has once again enraged members of the opposition and her own caucus after tossing a George W. Bush doll on the floor and grinding it under her heel on a satirical television show.
Incensed Conservative MPs demanded that Ms. Parrish -- who last year referred to Americans as "bastards" and more recently Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1100667003101749072004-11-16T22:37:00.000-06:002004-11-16T22:50:03.100-06:00Rights and ResponsibilitiesI wrote this some time ago as an elucidation of the basis of my personal philosophy. I accept these statements as axiomatic and thus, if you disagree with me on any of them, chances are you are going to disgree with me on any extrapolation of these statements.
As a human you possess these rights:
The right to Life. The right to live and continue to live until you choose otherwise, or until your Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1100549097822461322004-11-15T13:43:00.000-06:002004-11-15T14:04:57.823-06:00Apparently I'm dense...Through an apparently completely unintentially ironic choice of words, the diagnosis of Waaah-fter Election Blues was named Post-Election Selection Trauma. I didn't realize it until LGF abbreviated it, but it comes up as PEST in short-form. Just how unintentional was it though?
I can well imagine a therapist getting sick and tired of listening to his patients whine after the election about theirMister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1100537313937185382004-11-15T10:47:00.000-06:002004-11-15T10:48:33.936-06:00Colin Powell ResignsI hereby nominate The Diplomad for Secretary of State.Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1100371571502161282004-11-13T13:15:00.000-06:002004-11-13T12:46:11.503-06:00Vote Fraud! But I don't mean that in a bad way...The Votemaster over at Electoral Vote.com has linked to and is hosting a "study" by a University of Pennsylvania professor who insinuates the complete impossibility of the President being re-elected legitimately in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida based solely on non-scrubbed raw data released by the exit pollsters by mistake. He claims that there is no possible way for the vote counts to be Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1100152977382185322004-11-10T23:33:00.000-06:002004-11-11T10:48:57.496-06:00It's about damn time!!Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat Dies
Thursday, November 11, 2004
Associated Press
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Yasser Arafat (search), who triumphantly forced his people's plight into the world spotlight but failed to achieve his lifelong quest for Palestinian statehood, died Thursday at age 75.
Triumphantly? This murdering terrorist slimeball? TRIUMPHANTLY? The man is single-handedly responsible forMister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1100041536742522052004-11-09T17:00:00.000-06:002004-11-09T17:05:36.743-06:00Judges Shmudges!The last news cycle has focused on the probability of the President nominating judges for the Supreme Court and possible opposition from Arlen Spector and the Democrat minority, or on the Same-Sex Marriage issue. I have to admit that my largest focus during the election was on foreign, not domestic issues. At home we have our system of checks and balances, our local, state and federal elected Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1099978430387840862004-11-08T22:18:00.000-06:002004-11-22T09:43:27.626-06:00Love and Marriage: Or A Simple ProposalThere seems to be a cosmic confluence of news cycle that is telling me to discuss Gay Marriage (really a piece on Jim Lehrer and ChicagoBoyz.net). Most of the debate at the moment is prompted by the nebulous "moral values" stat from the exit polls (which were SOO reliable when predicting the election winner...). I think there is a way to reach the end-state that the SSM advocates want while not "Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1099714704601267272004-11-05T21:54:00.000-06:002004-11-06T10:48:44.083-06:00John Kerry Loves DemocracyIn a showing of utter class and grace, John Kerry chose not to pursue a scorched earth war to obtain the presidency through chicanery and strongarming the courts. In his speech, he displayed exactly the pro-American sentiments that would have actually earned him credit with exactly the Middle Americans he could not or would not connect to. Middle Americans want their President to actually strive Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1099609661357446712004-11-04T17:06:00.000-06:002004-11-24T14:27:26.836-06:00By the waySince they stopped updating the profile page, this is the latest post that shows up even though it isn't the most recent. Click here for the front page.
I have added trackback and commenting from HaloScan. Not that anyone reads this...Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1099600265713552542004-11-04T13:46:00.000-06:002004-11-05T00:51:40.763-06:00Oh if only ...This post on Democratic Underground (I know, I know, but hear me out) is exactly the kind of analysis I want the Democratic Party to conduct on itself. The author exercises clear vision when viewing the differing factions of his own party, of which he labels three (Left-liberals, Center-left libertarians and Center-left populists). We are all familiar with the first two. These are the people we Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1099509581458008592004-11-03T13:16:00.000-06:002004-11-03T14:29:30.800-06:00Now that's ClassJohn Kerry:
In American elections there are no losers, because whether or not our candidates win or lose, the next morning we wake up as Americans.
Pretty good speech. It will be nice if he goes back to the Senate and makes a real effort to reach across the aisle. It would be classy for the Republicans not to get drunk on Power and shut the Democrats out of the process.
Maybe next time the Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1099502844822406512004-11-03T11:06:00.000-06:002004-11-03T11:27:24.823-06:00Popularity contestBush is the first President to be elected with more than 50% of the popular vote since his dad in 1988, but more importantly, the first president to win RE-election with more than 50% of the popular vote since Ronald Reagan and beating the popular vote record besides.
I can't see how you can call a 3 and a half million vote difference, a 3-4 seat gain in the Senate, and a 2 to 5 seat pickup in Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1099501464241999412004-11-03T11:00:00.000-06:002004-11-03T11:04:24.243-06:00Red ShiftAaron the Liberal Slayer has a great post showing how big Blue states got redder and a lot of smaller blue states got a lot redder.
Also, he has this rebuke from Senator Kerry:
Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1099500034600596982004-11-03T10:27:00.000-06:002004-11-03T10:40:34.600-06:00That'll do itFox has just called Nevada for Bush which puts him at 274 Electoral Votes. This is the first network to give Bush an Electoral College victory. Fox still shows 22 votes up for grabs in New Mexico, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Kerry is shown with 242.
CNN still shows Ohio Iowa and New Mexico up for grabs has Bush up 254 to 252 since they have called Wisconsin for Kerry.
Yahoo! still shows the same countMister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1099499198680732932004-11-03T10:23:00.000-06:002004-11-03T10:26:38.680-06:00It's all over, and its not even DecemberThe Associate Press is reporting that Kerry has conceded Ohio and the election. Fox News confirms. Finally, we can get back to whining about our individual lives and worlds and stop pontificating on presidential politics except where if affects our corners of the world. You know, status quo.
Don't worry, of course, I'll keep pontificating. I know both of you are waiting with baited breath.Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1099468078795120882004-11-03T01:44:00.000-06:002004-11-03T01:47:58.796-06:00Correction already (at Whine Oh 5)Yahoo! and CNN have called Michigan and Hawaii for Kerry giving him 242 Electoral Votes, but they have not called Ohio for Bush so they still show him at 249. Fox has given Kerry Michigan, but not yet Hawaii, giving Kerry 238, but they have called Ohio for Bush, giving him 269. C-SPAN still has not called Michigan, Ohio or Hawaii for anyone, so they still show Bush 249 and Kerry 221.
I'm sure Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1099467847561880722004-11-03T01:29:00.000-06:002004-11-03T01:44:07.560-06:00Hello Mr. Edwards, is it Whine O;Clock already?What does it mean when the candidate can't come out and rally the troops on his own and sends his running mate to declare the team's intention to again try to use state courts to hijack an election?
Yahoo! is showing that Bush leads in Ohio by 125,000 votes and gaining as the final precincts come in. That's about 2% of the votes in Ohio, an awfully BIG challenge. I can't imagine that there are Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1099462365696133292004-11-03T01:09:00.000-06:002004-11-03T00:13:02.406-06:00Come on... Come on...Fox has given Bush Ohio and Alaska (269 Electoral Votes). CNN, C-SPAN and Yahoo! has not.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!
I know that I am shamelessly begging like a six-year-old in a Christmas Department Store, but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota or Nevada ... PLEASE break for Bush!!!Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1099460736174108862004-11-02T23:41:00.000-06:002004-11-02T23:45:36.176-06:00It's so close....I am sweating like a bitch. It is so warm in my house and I'm really just champing at the bit to see Ohio called for Bush.
At this point, if Bush wins Ohio, Kerry CAN NOT win. If Bush loses Ohio, he can still win or tie.
Our election party was a success I believe. Now, the food is wiped out, and we play the waiting game (and Super Smash Brothers).
Come on Ohio, DON'T LET ME DOWN!!!! Ohio isMister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1099331412597359622004-11-01T11:48:00.000-06:002004-11-01T11:50:12.596-06:00Birthday wishesHelp me grant an earnest young man's birthday wish tomorrow.
Vote for George W. Bush!!!!
All two of you who may be reading this that is...
That is all.
Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1099330034448059802004-11-01T11:19:00.000-06:002004-11-01T16:23:11.966-06:00Jobs lost and gainedI've been wondering how Bush can have an annualized unemployment rate of 5.4% (the same as Clinton in 1996) and still have lost more jobs than he gained, as John Kerry would have us all believe. I accepted the idea that maybe there were more jobs, but that wages for these new jobs were lower. As it turns out, neither of those Kerry statements are true. As quoted by a Carnegie Mellon economics Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1099286989332598962004-10-31T23:29:00.000-06:002004-10-31T23:29:49.333-06:00Haloscan commenting and trackback have been added to this blog.Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1099286173714738502004-10-31T22:54:00.000-06:002004-10-31T23:18:23.353-06:00Regarding Egg on my faceAs I said in response to Bill Whittle's post of chagrin although many of us really thought Osama was dead, it is at least encouraging that he was reduced to sending his message via VHS to Al-Jazeera rather than via Boeing 777 to the Sears Tower.
It was pointed out to me by the beautiful chocolate-haired goddess who deigns to share her life with mine (aka, my sainted wife), he could be delaying Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1099281578375243142004-10-31T21:32:00.000-06:002004-10-31T22:05:59.036-06:00He wasn't kiddingJohn Kerry wasn't kidding when he said, "I've met foreign leaders who can't go out and say this publicly, but boy they look at you and say, 'You've got to win this, you've got to beat this guy, we need a new policy,' things like that."
According to this article on Little Green Footballs, a new, more accurate translation of Bin Laden's tape by MEMRI TV makes clear that Bin Laden offers a truce toMister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1099252610550884152004-10-31T21:17:00.000-06:002004-10-31T21:22:39.176-06:00The Big Dance (or Invasion of the Sports Metaphor)The anticipation courses through my body like electricity. I get breathless and panicky thinking about the different possible outcomes. As unexpected events surfaced, I thrill or despair depending on the swing of the pendulum toward or away from my favor. There are two things that elicit this effect in me.
The Chicago Bears (Papa Bear, oh why hast thou forsaken us?) and National Politics.
Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1099011572148108022004-10-28T19:51:00.000-05:002004-10-28T20:02:12.556-05:00Snarky Photo Post - Feeling childishLet's ask John Edwards about how big he thinks his chances of winning the election are!
He says, "This Big!"
Really John? How much of chance do you REALLY have to win?
He says, "Oooh, about this much."
Yeah. I think so too.Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1099010964050764872004-10-28T19:25:00.000-05:002004-10-28T19:49:24.050-05:00Bunnies!!!The Daily
Recycler brings us the joyously funny link above. The film is taken from Satellite Video Feeds. I know Edwards' feed is part of a Harry Shearer comedy/art piece, but I hadn't seen the Bush feed until this morning here.
The big joke, of course, is that Bush is a man's man and Edwards is a little too Hollywood for the White House, and that's probably unfair to Edwards. I always Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1098986449098888652004-10-28T13:05:00.000-05:002004-10-28T14:02:19.126-05:00That's a Relief!!SelectSmart.com has a quiz that polls your feelings on a range of issues and tries to match you up with your best candidate. If only I could get Mr. Theoretical to run. He sounds like a smart and (obviously) good-looking fellow. My results follow. I took it twice. After seeing a few questions I didn't remember answering in the review of my results, I felt I should take it again. However, I don't Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1098941334567124492004-10-28T13:00:00.000-05:002004-10-28T20:04:32.600-05:00Waaaaaitaminnit!Drudge reports that ABC has passed a tape to the CIA and FBI for verification of authenticity before broadcasting it. The hour-long video they received in Pakistan reportedly shows an American-born man in a face-concealing headdress warning the US of an impending attack that would dwarf the attacks of September 11th. Apparently we brought it on ourselves by ... I don't know ... breathing, maybe?Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1098904454047247922004-10-27T14:13:00.000-05:002004-10-27T14:15:32.740-05:00Dear TonyI saw this cool site in a blog ad. There should be one for Prime Minister Howard of Australia too, but I haven't found one yet. However, with his recent easy victory, I don't think he quite needs the show of support that Mr. Blair needs. I decided to go ahead and write him a note, especially after watching Saturday Night Live, which had a sketch of a rather beleagured (and surprisingly Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1098286556901548822004-10-20T10:35:00.000-05:002004-10-20T10:36:31.053-05:00OpinionJournal - The Real WorldOpinionJournal - The Real World
Kofi Annan, secretary-general of the United Nations, finds it "inconceivable" that Russia, France or China might have been influenced in Security Council debates by Saddam Hussein's Oil for Food business and bribes. "These are very serious and important governments," Mr. Annan told Britain's ITV News Sunday. "You are not dealing with banana republics."
The only Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706633.post-1097721750791753362004-10-13T21:39:00.000-05:002004-10-13T21:49:14.046-05:00Debate Round III7:58 p.m. I think Bush is going to deliver as well on substance as he has in the last two debates. However, being a podium debate, I think Kerry is probably going to appear to tie again entirely on style.
I am shamelessly stealing this format from Peter David and his blog at PeterDavid.net.
8:00 p.m., bare stage, the Fox pundits are predicting either for Bush or identical to my guess. Charlie Mister Bixbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357828045138609270noreply@blogger.com0