The Family Letter

For anyone who loves trivia today's site is a gold mine. Enjoy!

Somehow I waltzed right through Sunday and never posted the link. Let's blame jet lag. At any rate, Sunday we're invited to contemplate someone who has managed to give us all the finger for all eternity. Yes, the page is clean, not at all explicit. It is a bit odd, though. Odder still when you look carefully at the URL to see who is hosting this page.

Monday's link was broken, so I didn't post it yesterday.

Today we finally get a link from Wikipedia. Given how huge that wiki is getting, I'm surprised this is the first, but also suspect it won't be the last. I was a bit disappointed by the lack of depth in this section of the article, however I must still say it is quite the cromulent site. Hm, did I use "cromulent" correctly? DOH! I have no idea.

'nuff said!

(And thank goodness I'm not preaching in the morning!)

I guess I was enjoying vacation more than I realized, because it just dawned on me today as I travel homeward that I hadn't blogged in a week. Oops. So, here goes:

Need an aphorism? I know I often do, for preaching or whatnot. Well, last Saturday's site should help.

Last Sunday's link was a YouTube video that was removed due to "terms of use violation." The question is, then: Does that make you want to see it all the more, or less?

Ever wondered if there are famous internet figures? Well, yep, there are! Check them out at this internet moguls web site. (I'm a bit disappointed that AKMA isn't on the list.)

Nothing makes my day like a web site featuring demonic children selling food. No, I'm not joking. The 50's was indeed a scary era.

You can send this guy a title and he'll illustrate it. That is, actually, pretty cool. I know your normal book cover is going to be a bit more, ah, graphic, Lynn (as amply illustrated by your new blog header, nice!), but maybe you should give this a shot and see what he comes up with.

Every time I think I've seen it all online, another site pops up and surprises me. For example, click here to learn to yodel. Whee.

Oh! Oh! This one's great! Puppy curling! Hours of fun ahead. Too bad the plane doesn't have internet. (And no puppies were harmed. Heck, they look like they're having fun.)

Okay, finally, and probably just in time to board, we come to today! Here you can convert your birthday into decimal years. Well, sort of, I'm not putting that right. But you'll feel younger, trust me.

Phew. That about takes care of the last week. Enjoy.

In the meantime I'll be winging my way back to Honolulu from Atlanta for the rest of the day. Hanging out in airports as much as I have the last two weeks has given me plenty to think on. AKMA asked a while back when the TSA security status of "elevated" would just become "normal." I'm noticing that the regulations in effect due to "elevated" status aren't much different than those from years before 2001. For example even back in the 80's you weren't supposed to leave your baggage unattended. Duh. Oh well.

Oops, they're starting to board first class passengers. Ciao!

Okay, since I have some time at the airport (the theme for the day is "killin' time at the airport, both Asheville and Detroit), let's get caught up on some links.

Thursday's link is failing me no matter what browser I try, both Windows and MacOS X. I have no idea what a "Rails error" is, but the site seems to have one or more. But feel free to try it yourself, maybe you'll have better luck. It looked interesting, a look back at historical telephone books. Back in the day before they became the whopping boat-anchor weight tomes they are today.

Today's is a potentially addictive little web-game with a monkey and a ball. Hope you don't waste too much time on this one.

The amusing sign of the day was discovered at a Fiddlin' Pig restaurant in Asheville, NC. It holds the first prize for most wordy way of reminding employees to wash before returning to work: "Each employee's hands must be washed thoroughly, using soap, warm water and sanitary towel or approved hand-drying device, before beginning work and after each visit to the toilet." Don't believe me? I have a photo. I couldn't resist.

I wonder who authorizes hand-drying devices. Is there a department of hand-drying devices in the local or state government?