Google Breaks!

Tried to do a search on Google this morning. For the first time I can recall, the site is not working! Why? I’ve no idea, but here is a screen capture to show you what it looked like:

I wonder if there was some DOS attack?

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Jumble

This morning I experienced the cognitive dissonance (mental discomfort) of seeing a sheriff directing traffic who looked a decade younger than moi � a fresh-skinned, buzz-cut, baby-faced dude directing traffic a car that had been broadsided.  I felt suddenly mature as the skin crackled around my eyes and mouth.  Hear that, Oil-of-Olay, this discomfort may [...]

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Funny little quote

From my favorite megacorp news site comes a quote offered by an anonymous “Senate Democrat”: ‘If we can’t beat Bush and Cheney after all this, we don’t deserve to exist as a party.’

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People really are the new cars

And that is why all pedestrians will soon be required to don Pedestrian Turn Signals.
Cars have turn signals, why not humans? …being safe has never been so much fun!!
Wow, the march of progress never ceases to amaze me. Err, or is it stupidity that never ceases to amaze me? I can’t tell for sure right [...]

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Unwanted controversy

Killed Stories - Great Journalism Too Hot to Print: Just in case there was anyone who still believed that journalism is “neutral” and “impartial”. O! Fourth estate what a disgrace you have become ever since corporate consolidation began! (BTW-looks like a good read - I may try to check it out from the [...]

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Links are the new, err, blogpost

A beautiful panorama of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon, circa July 1969.
 
A bizzarre postmodern orchestra and flash animation from Aiwa.
 
And lastly, I leave you with Connie Rice’s Top 10 Weapons of Mass Distraction. To draw you in, I offer a prime example:
Number 3: The Cult of Celebrity and Entertainment
We’re laughing and entertaining ourselves to [...]

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