Finally, I can just plug these in my RSS reader, and never have to go to a comic’s specific page to download it. Sweet! And some of my favorites are in there, too.
Irony at its finest
I happened to be looking through my server logs, and noticed my stylesheet was getting linked to directly from an outside site. I had no idea why anybody would be linking directly to it, so I checked the referrer, and got this page:
http://www.intecmar.usb.ve/~eklein/Plagio/Plagioweb.html
Obviously, the page is in a foreign language, so I had it translated.
The title of the site and the content on it? It roughly translate “Why plagiarism happens in Universities and how to avoid it”. Ironic (or hypocritical?) that they’re stealing my template and stylesheet on a site about stealing content.
Michael Jackson brings out the best in people
With all the latest news about Michael Jackson and his court charges, people are searching Google for sites related to the King of Pop. People are searching for info on his face and about his surgical habits and they’re getting sent to my site, to a couple different entries (old, dated ones, of course). The last few days have brought more comments to those old entries. Many of the comments, old and new, are in support of Jackson, but there’s a few that I, truly, think are entertaining:
hi, um, i think michael jacksons face is gross, and he should be proud of his heritage also he looks like a stuck-up GIRL! so HA( the last comment was made by my friend, although i think he looks like someone stepped on him)
Oh, and they get better:
No it doesnt matter what he looks like, or what his music sounds like or how he dances. You people need to realize that child molesters are people too, they laugh and joke and live just like everyone else, they are everywhere among us and you probably will never know. Ive read the first 13 year olds police reports and it does sound like what he would say and do. Love him all you like, how sick does that make you? Because you dont really know, do you.
And a couple more:
Ok, if you think Michael Jackson has never had plastic surgery I have a great bridge in Brooklyn I’d like to sell you. Seriously people, does that nose look hereditary? And since when do people just “develop” dimples in their chin?
And the best of the bunch:
WHY DID MICHAEL BOND OUT OF JAIL? THERE’S PLENTY OF BOYS IN JAIL THAT HE WON’T HAVE TO DRUG TO MOLEST!
Again, read this entry and this one for the entertaining read.
(Note that just by having Jacko’s name in the title of this entry, I’m sure I’ll have more crap posted here. Just like the mentions of Eminem.)
Regardless, I can picture Jacko trying to get away from police:
How to avoid your wife/girlfriend’s “time of the month” mood swings
Download PMS Alert, a legit program with good intentions, but I could just see more men downloading it than women. Thanks to Neil for the link.
How not to get fired when you Blog at work
I do know that this site has sent traffic to my day job and here’s the way I justify it: Many of the folks in my office take smoke breaks — several of them a day. I don’t smoke, but I need a break. So I blog. But just in case, here’s a guide on how to avoid getting canned.
You knew it had to happen
Porn sites hiding behind blogs. A very good read, and a good bit of detective work by Adam. Link from Waxy.
Useful sign language
Without this easy to follow guide, you wouldn’t know how to sign such useful things “I grabbed the hooker by the hair,” “Soon I’ll Be Darth Vader,” “I’ve got Coke on my pinky,” or “I had an abortion for Christmas.” You never know when those will come in handy.
Them are some ol’ fishies!
First, there was the fish in San Francisco that is 65. They were claiming prize of oldest fish. But it turns out there’s one in Chicago that is even older.
On a related note, my annoying and old goby in my fish tank finally died. He was too big to flush down the toilet, but it was nice to get rid of him as he’s eaten most of the new fish we’ve tried to get. He was just such a pretty (and valuable) fish that we were trying to sell/trade him, but found no takers. Oh well … at least we can get some other fish in there, and just hope the ropefish won’t chew on them.
This town’s getting too big
This is why I’m starting to get annoyed with Central Oregon’s growth. The population in Bend in the last year gained nearly 9% — up 5,150. So we’re up to about 63,000. That amount of growth in one year is insane. Only one city in Oregon grew by more people: Portland went up 6,960, which is only a 1% increase for Portland. That’s scary to me that the biggest city in the state is the only one to get more people. Percentage-wise, Central Oregon exploded with Redmond (8.3%) and Sisters (32.4% — yes, you read that right) sitting on top of the charts as well. Full story.
But that PSU Study also showed that, while we gained nearly 7,000 in the major cities in Deschutes county, the county’s population only went up by 4,000. Huh? Yes, it’s a confusing mess, and, needless to say, the County and PSU are looking into the disparity.