ROTFLMAOTNTPMPAFM!
I dearly love a good turn of phrase, and I like my humor rapid-fire.
Oh, and I find stick figures hilarious for no sensible reason that I've ever been able to nail down.
Best combination of these three comes from - oddly enough - a gentleman who reviews video games. And none too gently, either. Oodles of coarse language, so you've been warned.
I suppose you can start with his review of "Clive Barker's Jehrico" and work your way down the list in the right sidebar, but they're all pretty damn good.
Posted by: Richmond at January 28, 2008 01:49 PM (EplK/)
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7885 EXACTLY! I WIN!
Blogson Andrew of Custos Honor tagged me with this one (edited slightly):
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SUPPOSEDLY if you've seen over 85 movies, you have no life.
Mark the ones you've seen. Copy this list, check the movies you've seen, add them up, and include the number in your post title.
________________________________________
(x)Rocky Horror Picture Show
(x) Grease
(x)Pirates of the Caribbean
()Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest
() Boondock Saints
(X) Fight Club
(x) Starsky and Hutch
(x) Neverending Story
(x) Blazing Saddles
() Universal Soldier
(x) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
(X) Along Came Polly
() Deep Impact
(x) KingPin
() Never Been Kissed
(X) Meet The Parents
(X) Meet the Fockers
(X) Eight Crazy Nights
(X) Joe Dirt
(x) KING KONG
Total so far: 15
() A Cinderella Story
(x) The Terminal
() The Lizzie McGuire Movie
() Passport to Paris
(X) Dumb & Dumber
(X) Dumber & Dumberer
() Final Destination
() Final Destination 2
() Final Destination 3
() Halloween
() The Ring
() The Ring 2
() Surviving X-MAS
(x) Flubber
Total so far: 18
(X) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
() Practical Magic
(x) Chicago
() Ghost Ship
() From Hell
(x) Hellboy
() Secret Window
(X) I Am Sam
(x) The Whole Nine Yards
(X) The Whole Ten Yards
Total so far: 24
() The Day After Tomorrow
() Child's Play
() Seed of Chucky
() Bride of Chucky
() Ten Things I Hate About You
() Just Married
() Gothika
() Nightmare on Elm Street
(x) Sixteen Candles
(x) Remember the Titans
(X) Coach Carter
() The Grudge
() The Grudge 2
(x) The Mask
(X) Son Of The Mask
Total so far: 29
(X) Bad Boys
() Bad Boys 2
() Joy Ride
() Lucky Number Slevin
(x) Ocean's Eleven
(X) Ocean's Twelve
(x) Bourne Identity
(X) Bourne Supremecy
() Lone Star
(X) Bedazzled
() Predator I
() Predator II
() The Fog
(x) Ice Age
() Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
() Curious George
Total so far: 36
(x) Independence Day
() Cujo
(X) A Bronx Tale
() Darkness Falls
() Christine
(x) ET
() Children of the Corn
(X) My Bosses Daughter
(X) Maid in Manhattan
(x) War of the Worlds
(X) Rush Hour
() Rush Hour 2
Total so far: 43
() Best Bet
(X) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(X) She's All That
() Calendar Girls
(X) Sideways
() Mars Attacks!
() Event Horizon
() Ever After
(x) Wizard of Oz
(x) Forrest Gump
() Big Trouble in Little China
(x) The Terminator
(x) The Terminator 2
(x) The Terminator 3
Total so far: 51
(x) X-Men
(x) X2
() X-3
(x) Spider-Man
(x) Spider-Man 2
() Sky High
() Jeepers Creepers
() Jeepers Creepers 2
(X) Catch Me If You Can
() The Little Mermaid
(X) Freaky Friday
() Reign of Fire
() The Skulls
() Cruel Intentions
() Cruel Intentions 2
(X) The Hot Chick
(x) Shrek
() Shrek 2
()6 Shrek 3
Total so far: 59
() Swimfan
(x) Miracle on 34th street
(X) Old School
(X) The Notebook
() K-Pax
() Kippendorf's Tribe
() A Walk to Remember
() Ice Castles
() Boogeyman
(X) The 40-year-old-virgin
Total so far: 63
() Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
() Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
() Lord of the Rings Return Of the King
(x) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(x) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(x) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Total so far: 66
(X) Baseketball
() Hostel
() Waiting for Guffman
() House of 1000 Corpses
() Devils Rejects
(x) Elf
() Highlander
() Mothman Prophecies
(x) American History X
() Three
Total so Far: 69
() The Jacket
(X) Kung Fu Hustle
() Shaolin Soccer
() Night Watch
(x) Monsters Inc.
(X) Titanic
(x) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
() Shaun Of the Dead
() Willard
Total so far: 71
() High Tension
() Club Dread
(x) Hulk
() Dawn Of the Dead
() Hook
() Chronicle Of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
() 28 days later
() Orgazmo
() Phantasm
(X ) Waterworld
Total so far: 73
(x) Kill Bill vol 1
() Kill Bill vol 2
() Mortal Kombat
() Wolf Creek
() Kingdom of Heaven
() The Hills Have Eyes
() I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
() The Last House on the Left
() Re-Animator
() Army of Darkness
Total so far: 74
() Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
() Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
() Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
() Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
(x) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
(x) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
( ) Ewoks Caravan Of Courage
( ) Ewoks The Battle For Endor
Total so far: 76
(x) The Matrix
(x) The Matrix Reloaded
() The Matrix Revolutions
() Animatrix
() Evil Dead
() Evil Dead 2
() Team America: World Police
() Red Dragon
() Silence of the Lambs
() Hannibal
Final total: 78
Posted by: A Moose at January 30, 2008 04:25 PM (K8xr7)
85 EXACTLY! I WIN!
Blogson Andrew of Custos Honor tagged me with this one (edited slightly):
SUPPOSEDLY if you've seen over 85 movies, you have no life.
Mark the ones you've seen. Copy this list, check the movies you've seen, add them up, and include the number in your post title.
(x)Rocky Horror Picture Show
(x) Grease
(x)Pirates of the Caribbean
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest
() Boondock Saints
() Fight Club
(x) Starsky and Hutch
(x) Neverending Story
(x) Blazing Saddles
() Universal Soldier
(x) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
() Along Came Polly
() Deep Impact
(x) KingPin
() Never Been Kissed
() Meet The Parents
() Meet the Fockers
() Eight Crazy Nights
() Joe Dirt
(x) KING KONG
Total so far: 10
() A Cinderella Story
(x) The Terminal
() The Lizzie McGuire Movie
() Passport to Paris
() Dumb & Dumber
() Dumber & Dumberer
() Final Destination
() Final Destination 2
() Final Destination 3
(x) Halloween
() The Ring
() The Ring 2
() Surviving X-MAS
(x) Flubber
Total so far: 13
() Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
() Practical Magic
(x) Chicago
() Ghost Ship
() From Hell
(x) Hellboy
(x) Secret Window
() I Am Sam
(x) The Whole Nine Yards
() The Whole Ten Yards
Total so far: 17
() The Day After Tomorrow
(x) Child's Play
() Seed of Chucky
() Bride of Chucky
() Ten Things I Hate About You
() Just Married
() Gothika
(x) Nightmare on Elm Street
(x) Sixteen Candles
(x) Remember the Titans
() Coach Carter
() The Grudge
() The Grudge 2
(x) The Mask
() Son Of The Mask
Total so far: 22
() Bad Boys
() Bad Boys 2
() Joy Ride
() Lucky Number Slevin
(x) Ocean's Eleven
() Ocean's Twelve
(x) Bourne Identity
() Bourne Supremecy
() Lone Star
() Bedazzled
(x) Predator I
(x) Predator II
() The Fog
(x) Ice Age
() Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
() Curious George
Total so far: 27
(x) Independence Day
(x) Cujo
() A Bronx Tale
() Darkness Falls
(x) Christine
(x) ET
() Children of the Corn
() My Bosses Daughter
() Maid in Manhattan
(x) War of the Worlds
() Rush Hour
() Rush Hour 2
Total so far: 32
() Best Bet
() How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
() She's All That
() Calendar Girls
() Sideways
(x) Mars Attacks!
() Event Horizon
() Ever After
(x) Wizard of Oz
(x) Forrest Gump
() Big Trouble in Little China
(x) The Terminator
(x) The Terminator 2
(x) The Terminator 3
Total so far: 38
(x) X-Men
(x) X2
() X-3
(x) Spider-Man
(x) Spider-Man 2
() Sky High
() Jeepers Creepers
() Jeepers Creepers 2
() Catch Me If You Can
(x) The Little Mermaid
() Freaky Friday
() Reign of Fire
() The Skulls
() Cruel Intentions
() Cruel Intentions 2
() The Hot Chick
(x) Shrek
(x) Shrek 2
(x) Shrek 3
Total so far: 46
() Swimfan
(x) Miracle on 34th street
() Old School
() The Notebook
() K-Pax
() Kippendorf's Tribe
() A Walk to Remember
() Ice Castles
() Boogeyman
() The 40-year-old-virgin
Total so far: 47
(x) Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
(x) Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
(x) Lord of the Rings Return Of the King
(x) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(x) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(x) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Total so far: 53
() Baseketball
() Hostel
() Waiting for Guffman
() House of 1000 Corpses
() Devils Rejects
(x) Elf
(x) Highlander
() Mothman Prophecies
(x) American History X
() Three
Total so Far: 56
() The Jacket
() Kung Fu Hustle
() Shaolin Soccer
() Night Watch
(x) Monsters Inc.
() Titanic
(x) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(x) Shaun Of the Dead
(x) Willard
Total so far: 60
() High Tension
() Club Dread
(x) Hulk
() Dawn Of the Dead
(x) Hook
(x) Chronicle Of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
() 28 days later
(x) Orgazmo
(x) Phantasm
( ) Waterworld
Total so far: 65
(x) Kill Bill vol 1
(x) Kill Bill vol 2
() Mortal Kombat
() Wolf Creek
() Kingdom of Heaven
() The Hills Have Eyes
() I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
() The Last House on the Left
(x) Re-Animator
(x) Army of Darkness
Total so far: 69
(x) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
(x) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
(x) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
(x) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
(x) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
(x) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
( ) Ewoks Caravan Of Courage
( ) Ewoks The Battle For Endor
Total so far: 75
(x) The Matrix
(x) The Matrix Reloaded
(x) The Matrix Revolutions
(x) Animatrix
(x) Evil Dead
(x) Evil Dead 2
(x) Team America: World Police
(x) Red Dragon
(x) Silence of the Lambs
(x) Hannibal
By the way, if any of the above actually do this, please drop a link in the comments to this post. I'm old, and I don't get around my blogroll like I used to. Gosh durn lumbago, ya know.
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Heh yeah I've done this when it was getting passed around MySpace. I've seen 100 of them, and that's just the ones on the list. Based on the number of reviewed items I have on Netflix, I've seen well over 1000 overall.
Posted by: Shadoglare at January 27, 2008 09:36 AM (m6q/K)
Posted by: Jenelle at January 27, 2008 10:25 AM (1J5JC)
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81 for me. I was surprised to see Orgazmo and Day of the Woman on there. My copy of the latter is actually autographed by Joe Bob Briggs.
Although I wondered which versions of King Kong and The Hills Have Eyes they were talking about. I've seen the originals but not the remakes.
Posted by: Phelps at January 27, 2008 11:25 AM (XWc7i)
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I got 51... and like Phelps I was wondering about the "original vs remake" thing. King Kong, War of the Worlds I've seen the originals of both but not the remakes.
BTW - Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, both are hilarious - of course they were done by Christopher Guest of This is Spinal Tap fame - well worth wasting time on seeing. *grin*
Posted by: Teresa at January 27, 2008 11:59 AM (rVIv9)
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71! I have a life!! I have a life!!!!
Oh wait...do I have to count how many times I've actually watched those that I did see? Cause if so.....I'm WAY over the limit.....
Posted by: Tammi at January 27, 2008 12:19 PM (pWX3U)
Posted by: That 1 Guy at January 27, 2008 01:00 PM (Ym1CA)
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104. I'm telling you; the older you are the more time you've had to watch. That's all... really.
Posted by: pam at January 27, 2008 02:06 PM (l6NIn)
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91 counting remakes. 88 not counting remakes.
http://cheapshot.mu.nu/archives/joey/91_or_88.html
Posted by: Joey at January 27, 2008 04:50 PM (4wcQq)
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Actually, I guess 87 not counting remakes: I never saw the original The Fog.
Posted by: Joey at January 27, 2008 04:52 PM (4wcQq)
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105 and I have seen the originals and the remakes, except Ghost Ship which I just found out last night they made a remake of. But I'm with Shadoglare, I know I have seen more than a 1,000. Heck I own 1,000.
Posted by: Tink at January 27, 2008 05:14 PM (ZW8U5)
Posted by: Justin at January 27, 2008 11:15 PM (+ObG3)
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What kind of a movie list has no westerns? Foosh.
Posted by: Peter at January 27, 2008 11:49 PM (1L5Ft)
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WHAT!?!?!? Fuck You!
I'm not puttin' that shit on my blog!
Posted by: _Jon at January 28, 2008 07:26 AM (grH7t)
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Dude! you could have at least told me I was being tagged! In stead I ran across it on my tri-weekly trek over here. Well I know what my second post of the night is going to be, and just glancing at this I know I'm going to beat the pants off of you.
Posted by: Contagion at January 28, 2008 08:25 AM (Q5WxB)
Posted by: physics geek at January 30, 2008 02:04 PM (MT22W)
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I'm right there with Tammi -- 71 movies, but if I have to count each viewing individually, I'm way, WAY over the limit.
Posted by: Ogre at January 31, 2008 08:00 AM (oifEm)
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With the exception of AJ Hafner up there, ya'll are a bunch of rookies. I hit 114.
Oh, and Harv that link supplied by "alex" is spam... I think. I mean, I suppose if that's your kink, and like... I dunno who you hang out with after hours... not that I'm sayin'... I'm just sayin'... uhhh... yeeeahhh...
Posted by: Mike the Marine at February 02, 2008 10:17 PM (zqWB/)
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Hmmm. Nope. Heard the term from my brother who is an engineer on the Disneyland train. That's the Disneyland in So.Cal. where the train glides over the top of the entrance to the park and the engineers enjoy discussing the views down the skimpy blouses displayed below them.
How very not Disney of them! ;-)
Posted by: JulieB at January 26, 2008 08:35 PM (2ccfx)
Realistically, they played about as well as they usually do, it's just that the Giants defense played better than the Packers defense.
They got behind our screen passes and blew them up.
Short passes, where our receivers can usually run for 5 yards after the catch, there was always a Giant right in the receiver's grill.
The Packers played the kind of football that got them to the playoffs, the Giants were prepared for that, and they execute consummately. They deserved to win.
Of course, in two weeks, those filthy sodomite troll-humping shit-hound Patriots will end up kicking a last-second field goal to win by 3 points like they always do, so I hope Eli & company enjoy their victory while it lasts.
Meanwhile I'm looking forward to a 2008 season where pretty much the same Packer team will have a similar run, but with a happier ending.
Hopefully including a victory at Texas Stadium, which is pretty much the only damn thing missing from Favre's resume.
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Hi!! visit my home page!
political ranting
Sorry, no incest, just political ranting.
And the Packers? Geez. The Giants keep surprising me. I didn't think they'd get a single win in the post season. I sure hope they surprise me again and whoop the team you so clearly defined.
Posted by: Ogre at January 21, 2008 09:56 AM (oifEm)
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I can't say that I'm rooting for the Giants, but I am vehemently rooting against the Pats.
I really hope that Favre is coming back for at least one more season. He's one of the few NFC players that I enjoy seeing win.
(I consider the Packers to be sort of the Buffalo Bills - West...)
Oh, and don't bother visiting my website... I hardly do anymore either.
Killer BEAL.
Posted by: GEBIV at January 21, 2008 12:42 PM (V4lvA)
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The Packer Defense made too many mistakes and gave up too many oportunites. The drive with three encroachment calls, roughing the passer and pass interference defined that scoring drive. The fumbles they should have recovered, and just letting the receivers get ahead of our secondary like that.
Hopefully next year will be better.
Posted by: Contagion at January 22, 2008 01:18 PM (Q5WxB)
THE OTHER REAL MEANING OF CHRISTMAS
As explained by blogson Shaun of Cheap Shot Entertainment:
it isn't that people avoid giving gifts year-round because they're waiting for Christmas to do it, it's that if it weren't for Christmas, most people wouldn't even give gifts once a year.
IT'S LIKE SCOTT ADAMS CAN PEER DIRECTLY INTO MY SOUL
He made this observation:
[I] wonder if other people get an actual physical pleasure from doing work, at least the kind where you accomplish something, no matter how unimportant. My guess is that people who work long hours get a sort of charge every time they complete a discrete task.
[snip]
I think the pleasure of completed work is what makes blogging so popular. You have to believe most bloggers have few if any actual readers. The writers are in it for other reasons. Blogging is like work, but without coworkers thwarting you at every turn. All you get is the pleasure of a completed task.
Every day at my job (which I enjoy, except for the insanely long hours), I face a long series of discrete tasks that have definite ending points. As such, I get the satisfaction of completion literally hundreds of times a day. There are very few events that are open-ended or that carry over to the next work day. When I leave work, I can leave it behind without guilt or remorse.
As for blogging, well, it pretty much goes without saying.
Posted by: sarahk at January 17, 2008 11:53 AM (XVabb)
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I spend my day doing discrete tasks.
Then the next day, I have to do the same ones over. Not because they need to be re-done, but because they've expired and we need new ones.
Every day.
It really sucks.
Not as bad as my brother, though. He works in a factory. He finishes a discrete task twenty-five times every minute.
That super sucks.
Dang. I need chocolate.
Posted by: Roses at January 17, 2008 08:22 PM (VsRqB)
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I used to be a dispatcher. That's the job - in case you all didn't know - that inspired the SSDD phrase. It's like doing a 2000 piece puzzle just to find out one of the pieces is missing.
I recently took a promotion to planner. There's definitely a sense of accomplishment as you can actually be "done" at the end of the day.
Still, it can be like doing a 2000 piece puzzle of clear, blue sky some days...
Posted by: Hapkido at January 22, 2008 12:09 PM (+cC9w)
IT'S A BOY!
Putting a pause in the waterfall of estrogen pouring out of blogdaughter Tammi of Tammi's World's corner of the Bad Example Family, she's graced us with a bouncing baby blogson:
Who, for the sake of brevity, I will start calling "Chief", as he's a fellow Navy man, and rightfully proud of his rank.
Hey, it was either that or "MSMW", which is way to close to the vile epithet "MSM".
Let's peer into the bassinet, shall we?
Traditional sucky first post - Totally. It's the long-winded version of "Look! I've got a blog!". You can always count on Navy guys to respect tradition (although I *still* wonder whatever happened to rum rations and gold hoop earrings).
A short bio - Good introduction. Chief, I recommend linking this prominently in the sidebar with the words "About Me" so that future visitors can get a feeling for who you are and why you write what you write.
Speaking of your sidebar, I'd also suggest putting up an e-mail address in the sidebar so that people can say howdy and/or discuss things in private. If you want a dedicated blogging e-mail addy, just let me know and I can send you a Gmail invite.
Ok, this guy's a freak - A Navy man who doesn't drink? If he's also Irish, then Satan is strapping on his ice skates.
He thinks being part of the Bad Example Family is cool because it brings traffic. Wait until he discovers the dark side... MUAHAHAHAHA!
Already embedding YouTube videos - Ya know, back when I was a little Blogsprout, we didn't HAVE fancy YouTube videos! When we were desperate for filler content, we had to blog about our cats! And by gum, that's the way we LIKED it!
Rain - turns out it's like Kryptonite for Californians.
Blood boiler - I thought the headline he quoted from the Seattle Times was his sarcastic condensation of the opinion piece that it was topping. Turns out he quoted it verbatim. Color me nauseous.
Unintentional blood boiler - a basketball game where they don't keep score? That's what pre-game warm-ups are for.
One more suggestion for the sidebar - a "Cast of Characters" list, e.g.:
Number 1 (wife)
The Story Teller (older[?] son)
Mini Me (younger[?] son)
For the benefit of new readers.
Anyway, Chief, you can pick up a Bad Example Family logo from this post, and you may, if you wish, blogroll the rest of the Bad Example Family using the handy blogrolling javascript, although neither is a requirement.
Membership in the Bad Example Clan is also an option, if you're so inclined to jump through the requisite hoops, but is not mandatory.
Meanwhile you can look forward - with either anticipation or dread - to occasional visits and comments from me.
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dude, ya'll seriously need birth control. the freak factor is spinning out of control. i haven't seen this much sister sleeping since the waltons. be a man, harv, lay down some standards, would you?
Posted by: SuperGurl at January 12, 2008 03:29 PM (92r08)
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I'm so proud. And what a surprise!! More to him I'm thinkin'! LOL
Thanks Pop. Appreicate you puttin' this out there....
Oh, and SuperGurl? Yeah, we BEFM's are takin' over the world darlin'. One blog at a time.........and I'm a single parent, just so you know. There was no sister sleepin' in Tammi's World!
;-)
Posted by: Tammi at January 12, 2008 06:47 PM (SM1LR)
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All recommendations noted. Will definitely add the rest of the blog roll quicker than a J.O can say "Sorry Chief, I broke you're jet".
I do feel honored to be mentioned by the blogfadder. Anyone who has a self portrait by the one and only Chris Muir is someone to sit up and pay attention to.
Posted by: Navy CPO at January 12, 2008 09:02 PM (rFA/7)
Posted by: Brighton at January 12, 2008 09:32 PM (8HjnX)
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SuperGurl - Yeah, this one's disappointing since he's not the product of a drunken tri-sexual encounter. DO try not to hold his relative normality against him, though :-)
Posted by: Harvey at January 12, 2008 11:06 PM (lsX5p)
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SuperGurl - Yeah, this one's disappointing since he's not the product of a drunken tri-sexual encounter. DO try not to hold his relative normality against him, though :-)
Posted by: at January 13, 2008 11:22 AM (lsX5p)
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"back when I was a little Blogsprout, we didn't HAVE fancy YouTube videos!"
Maybe that's because you're an OLD MAN!!
*RUNS FOR COVER*
Posted by: ktreva at January 14, 2008 08:56 PM (QQZMi)
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Congrats C3PO,
, kiddin' man, put the sidearm down and don't take nothin' serious 'round here. First mutant to come outta da family. Well, good mutant that is, the rest, well, they're good in their own way. They're all mutants in one way or another. I'll tell you this though, us Clan Folk... dissed. Very little offspring goin' poppin' out in camp. Anybody got a sister that ain't busy Saturday night? I might could line somethin' up.
Posted by: RedNeck at January 17, 2008 05:31 PM (zVAJL)
For Staying True To Their Beliefs
Bad Example. In the two plus years that I have been blogging, I can honestly say that I know what to expect when I visit granddad Harv's blog. He has never waivered in his beliefs. Thanks Harv.
Now, I wasn't the only awardee on the list, which makes me happy, because - as we all know - one important Bad Example Family Value is:
* A belief that new bloggers should be supported and encouraged.
And when it comes right down to it, we're ALL new bloggers at heart.
I'm proud to see Tink putting some shine on the family honor.
Color me bemused. I can't imagine how she found it. Although she probably has interns to comb the web for sidebar fluff, so I doubt it's actually personally approved.
Still, I'm a little embarrassed by this link. When I wrote that piece, I didn't END it so much as... just quit writing... because I was tired from my day job. I told myself comforting procrastinators mottos like "It won't get posted for a couple days [IMAO has a scheduled-post feature that actually works, unlike the still-broken one here], so I can put a little polish on it tomorrow", and "it doesn't really matter if it's good or not, the audience is forgiving of the occasional near-miss".
Then it winds up with a celebrity endorsement.
It's like dashing out to the grocery store in your sweats & bad-hair-day hair, and being accosted by a CNN reporter and her camera crew.
On the bright side, it turns out that Ann Coulter doesn't have anywhere NEAR the site traffic that you'd suspect a crudely-entertaining, political bomb-throwing polemicist like her would have, so it wasn't as humiliating as, say, being Instalanched would've been.
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I find there is also "sleepy" and "is the game on" or the ever popular, "will this make me money."
It's good to know the motivations... ; )
Posted by: Richmond at January 09, 2008 01:24 PM (wg5Wh)
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More importantly, if you see him without a sandwich, run!
Posted by: Roses at January 11, 2008 09:51 AM (jCDHV)
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Hey Harvey - You need to hand the keys to the blogroll over to someone else.
Since your "retirement" we have added a couple to the family.
Tammy has a son (finally) and Shakey Pete has a daughter.
Posted by: Quality Weenie at January 11, 2008 01:22 PM (uHRYR)
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So that's where you've been. And here I thought you were just running around drinking beer and trying to make larger jell-o molds.
Well, good on ya.
And if I ever make it to that area of the country, I'll find ya.
Posted by: Ogre at January 11, 2008 07:03 PM (OA13F)
ROUGH WEEK
In accordance with Harvey's Law, I'm posting again after saying I wouldn't post jack anymore.
Just gotta vent a bit.
The week in Jamaica was awesome and the 7 days of drunken nudity really hit the spot.
However, when I returned to work on Wednesday morning after getting home at 10:30 Tuesday night, I discovered that my lazy/incompentent coworkers had decided that keeping the computer system updated on the vault's cash transaction was "optional" because they were "busy".
And they hadn't balanced the vault once during my absence (supposed to be every day).
Starting Wednesday, and including Saturday, I put in 60 hours over 4 days unfucking everything that got fucked up while I was on vacation.
When I left, the vault was a well-oiled machine. When I got back, it was Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang.
BEFORE Caractacus Potts started working on it.
After Monday (another 15 hour day), everything was unfucked.
Of course, due to the holiday, we've got to cram 5 days worth of work in to 4 days. I expect it's gonna be another busy week.
However, after the 7th, there aren't any more bank holidays until Memorial Day, so I may actually get to work normal human hours at some point.
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Yeah man, coworkers suck.
If you want something done right etc.
Good luck
Posted by: Joey at January 01, 2008 11:49 PM (mxIXU)
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Glad to see that Harvey's Law is still in effect.
And glad you had a great time in Jamaica. : )
I hope that work and life balance out soon - you take care! And I'll see you at IMAO...
Posted by: Richmond at January 02, 2008 12:23 PM (8hMid)
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Dude, that truly blows. I have been off since December 21st and my first day back I spent most of the day just undoing what my peers did.
Posted by: Contagion at January 02, 2008 01:32 PM (Q5WxB)
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Ah, no matter what, we love ya! Sorry to hear about work - but I think I have you beat in the hours department, as I didn't take time off on NYE or yesterday . . . blah . . .
Posted by: oddybobo at January 02, 2008 02:42 PM (mZfwW)
NEW YEAR, NEW DIRECTION
After over 4 years of blogging at Bad Money & Bad Example, it looks like I'll be doing things very differently after January 1st.
Now, I'm not pulling some kind of Rachel Lucas, claiming that I'll be checking out of the blogosphere, but recent changes in my life situation require that I set some priorities and make some choices. Not necessarily easy ones, but ones that I feel will be best for me in the long run.
Couple things driving this, and stemming mainly from a very relaxing vacation where I took some time to think thinks over in a setting where I wasn't beset by pressures & deadlines.
First, my day job - which I really do enjoy - is asking for about 60 hours a week on the clock, plus 7-8 hours of non-quality windshield time. There's just not much left over.
So what to do with it...
In my years of blogging, I've tried a lot of different projects - King of the Blogs blog reviews, running the Alliance of Free Blogs, Graffiti Currency, Love Notes, Precision Guided Humor, Filthy Lies, smutty innunendo, raising blogkids, hosting comment parties, and assorted knick-knackery. I've learned and grown from all of it. It's had an inestimable effect on the person I've become, and I don't regret any of it.
Perhaps the biggest event/process was becoming a paid contributor to IMAO, after starting off as a lowly fan-boi with no sense of humor and a lot of admiration for the comedy stylings of Frank J.
When I started blogging, I had no idea that I could actually write humor pieces. I think there was always a bit of fantasy that I could parlay my blog into some sort of paid daily column, but it was kind of iffy, at best. However, these days, I find myself more or less doing just that. I write 5 days a week at IMAO, usually original satirical political pieces, and I find myself thoroughly enjoying the constant reader feedback. Its very emotionally satisfying. More so, even, than my day job.
Looking toward the future, I don't want to be doing my day job in 10 years, but I wouldn't mind writing for IMAO, or some other paid, published vehicle. Unfortunately, any efforts that I put into regularly posting at Bad Example will inevitably interfere with that.
So it looks as though something has to give, and it will be my posting here.
There will be no more daily features at Bad Example.
Posting here will not cease, but it will become an afterthought, receiving only those entries which niggle at my brain too much to be silent about, but which don't fit the mold at IMAO.
In short, Bad Example will become, essentially, a blog about nothing, lacking theme, substance, and goal.
Not shut down so much as not maintained.
I will be focussing what little time & energy I have to spare at IMAO, where I expect to continue posting five days a week.
I have to say that dedicating my life to writing political satire (or at least cruel, derisive, anti-leftist polemics), isn't necessarily my primary career choice. Frankly, politics and current events can be a bore. However, I find that I do enjoy the raw challenge of taking a news story and twisting it in my head until it yields up a humorous angle. It's not always easy, but the mental gymnastics required DO pay off with a certain amount of psychic satisfaction that is both rare and precious. It would be nice to dedicate my writing talents to building up and supporting causes which are good, but there's also value in mocking, belittling, and knocking away the smug, self-satisfied importance of ideas which, I believe, would do this nation great damage if they were to be given general credence. For example, it'd be nice to propose a practical, free-market based health care system, but it's also good to mock a government-run system by pointing out that it would have the customer-service anti-mentality of the US Post Office combined with the soulless inefficiency of the DMV. There's all kinds of fun to be had in stomping the cockroaches of leftist dogma.
Still, I can't help thinking of what I'll lose with this decision. There will be little to no time for surfing my blogroll (not that there HAS been for the last few months), and there will be the inevitable drifting apart from the friends I've made in the on-line world over the last few years. I won't be able to keep up with everyone's blogs, and I fear that we'll wind up as strangers or mere passing acquaintances. The potential for loss tears at me, despite the fact that I recognize it as an inevitable price.
Yet I know that I'll still be able to keep in touch, here and there, and I take strong comfort in the knowledge that my blogkids have all turned out well, and become strong, talented bloggers in their own rights. I must trust them to raise and guide their own blogchildren and bloggrandchildren to the best of their ability. The apron strings have long frayed away and I can look out with pride to see the bloggers they've become.
On the bright side, I know I will still be able to enjoy the physical company of those bloggers in my local sphere. The Illinois-Wisconsin border will continue to be a gathering place for good times, great minds and wonderful company. I hope that it will become more so with each passing year.
So for now, it's less posting here, more at IMAO, and as for the future, we'll just have to see where it takes us. Wherever it leads, I can only hope that it will be as much fun as as the past.
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Damn. We'll miss you seeing you here of course. You have been an inspiration to many. But life never stays cut-and-dried and unchanging. May you enjoy all that you do.
Posted by: Mrs. Who at January 01, 2008 05:52 PM (K3tCd)
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Happy New Year to you Blog Daddy! *sniff, sniff* Now I'll have to put IMAO no my feed reader so I can visit you... LOL.
Posted by: Teresa at January 01, 2008 07:14 PM (rVIv9)
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I know I've said this before, but I'm going to say it again. You do what you feel is best for you. All I'm going to do is throw back at you a piece of advice you gave me just over 3 years ago.
Once blogging becomes an obligation instead of a release, it may be time to re-evaluate what your doing.
At the time I thought that was excellent advice, and I'm glad to see you are following you own advice.
Posted by: Contagion at January 02, 2008 01:41 PM (Q5WxB)
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Harvey,
We're gonna miss you around here. I'm keeping you linked, just in case someone pisses you off and you just HAVE to write about it.
Take care.
Posted by: Jerry at January 02, 2008 05:27 PM (e48LL)
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You weakass little quitter.
"Ooooh! I'm so busy. I can't blog anymore."
Who would ever use such an excuse...
Good luck to you.
Posted by: That 1 Guy at January 02, 2008 06:24 PM (TvGdf)
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Oh, yeah... the next time I come home, don't even think of running away to Jamaica.
Think you're so sly...
Posted by: That 1 Guy at January 02, 2008 06:26 PM (TvGdf)
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Good luck to you, Harvey...and converting this to an occasional ranting/personal blog probably won't be as painful as everyone thinks. After all, with you at IMAO regularly, you're not gone.
And I've found the people who stick around when "substance" fades away are the only people you really cared about anyway. So the good friendships will continue.
Posted by: Jenelle at January 02, 2008 11:32 PM (1J5JC)
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Yeah, well keep in touch. After all I'm gettin' so damned old that come the revolution I'll need someone younger to point out the ones I'm supposed to be shootin' at.
Posted by: Peter at January 03, 2008 12:11 AM (ljX6L)
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.... good luck in whatever direction you decide to go, Harvey...... and Happy New Year to you and the missus.....
Posted by: Eric at January 03, 2008 07:43 AM (g02Hg)
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I am going to miss you Harvey and I guess this means I am actually going to have to visit the IMAO blog from time to time now.
In short, Bad Example will become, essentially, a blog about nothing, lacking theme, substance, and goal.
And here I thought that was the goal of Bad Example all along.
*Hug*
Posted by: Quality Weenie at January 03, 2008 08:12 AM (R6yie)
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Take it easy on yourself. And I will see you over at IMAO!! : )
Glad you had a great time in Jamaica, BTW...
Posted by: Richmond at January 04, 2008 08:31 AM (2ml0G)
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"Thanks for the memories." And I will be popping in from time to time just to check. But as you say, sometimes youse just gotta do what youse gotta do. Take care Harvey and if you ever make it down the Florida way, make sure you look us up (especially if we ever get the boat back in the water, LOL).
Posted by: Tink at January 04, 2008 01:20 PM (ZW8U5)
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"Thanks for the memories." And as you always say "Youse just gotta do what youse gotta do." Or was that you? Anyway, you know what I mean
A big thank you for all the help in getting me started and in general being the grandfather I never knew (boy that is weird, being that I'm at least a decade older, LOL). Even stranger is that One Happy Dog is listed as your bloggrandaughter and bloggreatgranddaughter. Now that is weird....
If you are ever down the Florida way, make sure to look us up. We may even have the boat back in the water by then. Take care.
Posted by: Tink at January 04, 2008 01:25 PM (ZW8U5)
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I thought you'd never shut the fuck up...
"Shpxurnq!!1!"
Posted by: Madfish Willie at January 04, 2008 10:38 PM (Bfx2M)