Apr. 29 - The Alliance: New Filthy Lie Assignment: The Glenn Look.

What ever is Glenn looking at?

Judging by his look of chagrin, I'd say he's looking at us - that's right, us, the Alliance of Free Blogs which, in a brilliantly coordinated stealth attack swept past him to Rule The Blogs!

Or he could be looking at one of his students who just said something incredibly dumb and he's trying to figure out how to say "That was incredibly dumb" without coming right out and, you know, saying it.

I figure I'll give Harvey a real shock and get this in ultra-early because somebody's got to even for When the Ents decide to march to war, stand up and shout, "RUN FOREST, RUN!"

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Apr. 29 - It all started innocuously with this, but got sort of weird with this.

If I'm stuck on a desert island with bloggers, I'd be more concerned about their abilities to hunt, trap, build a fire, find shelter, and get us off the damned island than just about anything except the Whine Factor, because the biggest irritant would be someone who whined incessantly (they'd probably have an unfortunate accident.)

But if posting my a picture will boost my traffic, I'll do it.

Okay, I've done it. Those hits better roll in or I'm going to have some words with John.

He's promised that this is the final chapter.

The sad part is, John may have a point. I've been astonished at how many search engine hits I've received for "Darcy Tucker's two black eyes" and "Bobby Clarke's a maggot" - two throwaway lines I mentioned during hockey playoffs.

More gratifying have been the search hits for the "U.N. Oil for food program" and "Khadr," though. more...

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1 I took my photo down and my traffic increased. Isn't that good for my self image?? Don't have houseplants -- I have cats. I do wear makeup, but sleep in it, icky! Sports I can take or leave. If I'm going to follow something it'll be college football. I hate baseball. Don't smoke, I drink tequila, and I have a 1986 GMC Jimmy.

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2 I like tecquila, but it goes to my head too fast! Even my hanging plants die. I like your new blog look, but miss the warm crimson you used to have. But mostly, Ith, I read you because your warm personality shines through your posts and I always feel like I'm having a nice, quiet chat with a lady who makes sense and doesn't hold back. Did you catch Angel last night? The last few eps have been too "typing up loose ends" and thus sad.

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3 Aww, thank you I'll bring the old theme back at some point. I'm far too fond of it to retire it to the dustbin. I'm one ep behind on Angel. I watched last week's last night [g] But yes, it's kinda sad.

Posted by: Ith at April 29, 2004 01:03 PM (9lFJz)

4 Glad I tiptoed cautiously, then, about the Angel ep. I don't want to spoil it for you.

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Apr. 24 - Munuvania's fearless leader and absolute ruler will be doing some stuff to thingies in the database at 2 a.m. GMT (which I think means 9 p.m. EST.)

None of us will be able to post or edit things, and something odd will happen with comments. I don't think anyone will be able to make them, but even if you can, they'll disappear.

Or something like that. It's tech stuff, and thus techie.

Everything should be restored back to normal around 10 a.m. GMT which is 5 a.m. our time. I think.

Go Leafs!

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Apr. 21 - This week's assignment from the Alliance of Free Blogs is about the The 9/11 Commission. We can either explain the commission or come up with suggestins to improve the ratings.

My suggestions include thongs, tassles and wardrobe malfunctions. Once you do that, explanations will be unnecessary.

19:28 Okay, it appears some explanation is necessary.

Two words: strip tease.

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Apr. 19 - Methuselah's Daughter has returned (note new url.)

I'm never sure to what category she belongs - lifetimes of experience? Anyway, I'm just happy to be able to read this gifted writer again.

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Apr. 18 - It's Sunday, I have to go to work, blah blah blah.

There are so many good web logs out there these days it's hard to pick any, but I'll stick with the Methodology of Randomness:

Winds of Change is always worth reading. They connect events and dots (and I'm not just saying that because they occasionally link to me ...)

Ambient Irony lives up to the name. Amazing posts, and never dull.

Murdoc looks at the war and homefront with analytical posts that help make sense of where we're going.

Andrew Coyne is still heroically navigating the complexity of Adscam and now Svend Robinson. My compass went nuts as we approached the North Pole, and I knew Robinson was nuts a long time ago, but Coyne analyzes it all as a real columnists should.

That was a clumsy segue to Let It Bleed. It's Sunday, and you know what that means.

Jay Currie continues to make sense and reins us all in when emotions run high.

Check out Shotgun for the meeting of minds of Canadian bloggers. I received and accepted an invitation to join, and would say more but I'm embarassed by such things and need much time and massive re-editing for that post.

Command Post is faster than CNN with news.

Although I haven't mentioned the American hostages currently held in Iraq I do think of them. I think most of us recognize that we must remain stoic and those of us old enough to remember the hostages-taking in Tehran probably have a harsher view of this than others.

I prefer to say less than more on this because of the torture being inflicted on their families, but Fabrizio Quattrocchi has set the example for us all. God forgive his murderers because I won't.

But it's Sunday, and I try to wrestle with my own demons however hard may be.

Yeah, there's a thunderstorm outside. At least it isn't snowing!

Go Leafs! and hurrah for the Montreal fans last night! A lot of cliches about people of good will spring to mind, but I'll let each of you supply your own.

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Sorry about the no posting - I've been feeling ill all day, nothing specific just yucky. It wasn't so bad I couldn't work, but I fell asleep as soon as I got home and think I'll head back to bed.

Last night's hockey game ended on a very down note. Last I heard, it wasn't known if Mats Sundin would be playing, but they reported he was able to walk out of the arena. The less I say about the referees, the better.

Rumour has it that Boston fans cheered the Canadian national anthem. That'll show certain fans in Montreal the meaning of class.

Before I go, a good one from Ith: some Allah photo shop moments.

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Apr. 13 - I fell asleep before the game last night so missed it but I can cheer retroactively Zero hero saves day. They're giving Eddie Belfour's chiropractor the win. Numerous links in the article about last night's game.

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Apr. 13 - I keep missing assignments because I'm trying to come up with funny stuff, but no more. I'm just going to post whatever pops in my mind and be done with it. I may as well churn out unfunny stuff without all the angst and torture it takes me to churn out unfunny stuff.

The latest assignments is Write a witty tagline for Air America.

Air America Now Under New Management!

Grass and cocaine are cool, but do you feel you need something more? Try our product!

We guarantee to distort the news, not your vision!!!!!

Note: Possible side effects may include nausea, drowsiness, acne, stunted growth, irrational lapses of logic, unsubstantiated rumour mongering and paranoia. If you experience these symptoms, don't see a doctor who's probably a member of the vast right wing conspiracy.

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Apr. 10 - I have to go to work (to a place that has no access for stealth posting) but check out the blogroll.

My usual first ports of call (as Damian is out of the country and others like Instapundit and Expat Yank are taking the weekend off) would be

Let it Bleed
Spin Killer
Jay Currie
Canadian Comment
Ghost of a Flea
Right Wing News
Winds of Change

but those are only the first, not the only.

The Western Standard group blog Shotgun has a much better viewing platform, permalinks and enabled comments, so have a look.

Later ...

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Apr. 8 - Ghost of a Flea has written an insightful analysis of a recent political debate and how it revealed the need in Canada to define Conservative.

For these parties to offer viable alternatives they must espouse convictions about what government is for and therefore how policy should be made. There is a legitimate difference between those advocating personal responsibility in contrast with collective responsibility and these have reasonable correlates in views toward business, health care, trade and so forth. Political views formed solely on the basis that a particular religious or secular worldview should predominate do not meet this test.

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Apr. 8 - New home for Anticipatory Retaliation here in sunny, downtown Munuvania.

Go over to say hi, and change your bookmarks.

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Apr. 6 - Ith has a slew of posts about Tartan Day 2004 and they are wonderful.

This is the intro of the series, Not For Glory, Nor Riches and the Calling of the Blogs is here. Before you start linking, though, check out her other posts for the day.

She has some haunting photos of standing stones, poetry, and favourite Scottish things, and a link here to a bit of Scottish military history.

I can't resist linking to this picture of Paul in his Tartan.

Enjoy, and Happy Tartan Day to you all!

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1 wow! Now that's what I call a recap! Thanks for the links

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2 Ith, you did a fabulous job. They are so full of joy and celebration.

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3 Thanks for the link.

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Apr. 1 - How 9-11 happened. This timeline of terror actions against the US contains some things even I had forgotten about:

On April 5, 1986, a West Berlin discotheque frequented by U.S. servicemen was bombed by Muslim extremists from the Libyan Embassy in East Berlin, killing an American.

Ten days later, Reagan bombed Libya, despite our dear ally France refusing the use of their airspace. Americans bombed Gadhafi's residence, killing his daughter, and dropped a bomb on the French Embassy "by mistake."

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Apr. 1 - Can anyone help Name that movie?

It's going to be bug me all day.

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