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Quotably and Firefox Search

Just saw on Twitter via a couple of tweets by tech luminaries Leo Laporte and Cali Lewis that there is a site called Quotably that allows users to follow Twitter conversations in a threaded format. I can already see myself using this often so the following are two quick Firefox Search plugins to make this even easier.

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Louisville's Mayor is a Liar!

I was listening to NPR and Louisville's Mayor was on to provide some lip service about the mortgage crisis. The thing that stood out in his interview was that he emphasized that Louisville was a town of 700,000 people. Now, I admittedly know little about Louisville. I believe I have driven through the town twice in the last 10 years, but the phrase that immediately entered my mine was bullshit. Heck, I always thought one of the advantages the Charlotte 49ers had when Louisville came to visit during their Conference USA days was the Cardinals coming to the "big city" (I am only somewhat joking about that).

Well, wikipedia as always knows all and answered the mystery around this - it turns out that Louisville is a town of around 250k, but they passed a measure to combine with the county 7 years ago. I do not care how they want to reclassify themselves, but you are a shrinking town of 250k, Louisville, and having your mayor throw out some absurd number on national radio just emphasizes some ego problem you must have.

The Nice Guy Peace Prize

From TMQ today

Obama and Bush have backed higher mpg standards that would go into effect right now. But then, the lesson of Gore's Nobel Prize is that to talk big but do nothing of substance is what society rewards.

I am mostly poking fun at Gore because no one has explained to my satisfaction why he won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Undefeated Season Over

It is a shame to see the Bobcats undefeated season vanish after 3 games.

Though it is nearly unbelievable that it was in the discussion after 2 games!

Some subtle changes today

These are probably listed somewhere, but first Google Reader had a difference appearance on the iPhone yesterday (though I am not sure if I prefer it to the more spartan former look) and today there seems to be some differences to Gmail. I guess $700 a share produces subtle HTML changes (plus a mobile OS).

Winning and Meaningless Characters

Don Shula wants an asterisk by the Pats name if they go undefeated this year.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3097057

I want that too and I also want my Carolina Panthers Super Bowl XXXVIII Champion T-Shirt.

This reminds me of the asterisk that Harvard must want by Duke's name for winning the Putnam in 1996 because they did not select the right team.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lowell_Putnam_Mathematical_Competition#Winners

Clock Killin' Corey Dillon

So I'm at the Hooters in Santa Monica (like you do) and I'm watching the awesome North Carolina Tarheels put the hurtin' on dook. After a little post-game celebration we start to leave the fine establishment. On the way out, my boyfriend walks past a man and his face goes completely blank. I ask him what happened and he said, "that man looks exactly like Corey Dillon." For you non-sport oriented readers, he was the star running back for the New England Patriots the past couple years and also the recipient of a Super Bowl Ring (Something Jack Delhomme will never have, but I digress). We wait for him to walk back by and sure enough, the man looks exactly like Corey Dillon. I tell my boyfriend to go up and talk to him. I say all the standard things, "when are you going to get an opoprtunity like this again", "he's not going to be upset since you are going to compliment him, "this happens to him all the time, he'll like meeting a true fan".

But yet, this does not win him over. We walk out, me forcibly as he is dragging me. We walk just passed the front window and I make him stop so we can reaccess the situation. He is 100% not budging. Then Corey Dillon's lunch friend happens out at that exact moment and I get his attention and ask, "hey, that guy you're with looks exactly like Corey Dillon." The guy smiles big and says, "looks just like him!" and walks off. I turn to my boyfriend and say, "we're doing this". So I walk back inside and walk right up to Corey Dillon and say, "Excuse me, are you Corey Dillon?" He says yes, so I start gushing about how big a fan my boyfriend is and how we just wanted to come up and shake his hand. And then he shakes our hands and starts talking to us!!! F**k all the stuff you heard about him being a troublemaker in Cincinnati, he is THE NICEST GUY. I can not say enough nice things about him. He even let us know that don't believe anything you've heard from his agent, he is RETIRED. No Junior Seau trick here. He is a stand up guy whose going out on top. YEA COREY DILLON!

Undeniable proof dook is not "classy"

Dook sucks.

Gerald Henderson should be kicked out of the rest of the season. And anyone who says Tyler shouldn't have been in the game anyway is ignorant b/c that's like saying a rape victim in a short skirt is "asking for it".

We had to take our seniors out. And granted we only play two, but once they left what's wrong with keeping tyler in? And who are these dook fans to say that the classy thing to do would be to not run up the score. When have you NOT seen dook do this? Dook NEVER takes out their starters at the end of games. And yes, this year they suck (and hopefully for forever after) but in the past they act the same way that they're whining against right now.

I've broken one dook fan's nose. And i'm not afraid to break another.

Duke NFL Hall of Famers

Though I believe the only current Blue Devil playing in the NFL is with the Browns. let us remember now that this year's Hall of Famers have been announced the 3 Duke players in Canton.

Sonny Jurgensen
George McAfee
Clarence Parker

The Hitcher

The more I think of this movie, the more intrigued I am by the general concept. So C. Thomas Howell was so wimpy in the first one, they decide to replace him with a woman in the remake. Has that ever happened in a remake?

So the early 80's twenty-year-old man has the independence and will of the new millennium twenty-year-old woman? An interesting take.

Plus, someone should write a dissertation on the advancement of the woman lead horror movie character - from Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween, to Neve Campbell in Scream / JLH in IKWYDLS to today. There are probably some better examples from history, but that is all I have got at the moment.

Kissaboo Movie Quote of the Once in a While

Soldier #1: Now that Tom is dead, I want to use his body to create an android-like robot. I'd appreciate you approving my application.
Soldier #2: You're assured of success?
Soldier #1: Yes.
Soldier #2: Okay, it's approved.

We are the Champions!

Congratulations to the Carolina Hurricanes, the 2006 Stanley Cup champions. They started the season on fire and were the best team throughout. After having made the trip on a few occasions to watch them in the Greensboro Coliseum and getting the chance to attend a 2002 Stanley Cup game against Detroit, it is great to see them win the first major championship for the state of North Carolina (though not discounting the Charlotte Knights' 1993 and 1999 International League Governor Cups). They deserved it and the state of North Carolina deserved it, especially after being the best home crowd in the NHL. Now I must decide it I want a Staal, Ward, Cole, or Brind'Amour jersey to go along with my Stanley Cup championship hat and T-shirt - and perhaps a Commodore bath robe. Also congratulations to all the veterans who won it for the first time - especially Wesley, Brind'Amour, and Hedican.

They Don't Shoot Fireworks Anymore

Apparently, the current generation of Charlotte children will miss out on running around in downtown (or uptown) parking lots watching the reflected glow of fireworks off those big buildings since WBT is moving the fireworks to SC. While we would always listen along to WBT's classical tracks during the fireworks, I never knew they were the sole sponsor. Hopefully, Charlotte will get its act together and pay for the fireworks themselves like every other municipality in the United States. Let it be known that Pat McCrory is the man that thinks Charlotte's downtown is too vibrant to need to celebrate Independence Day.

Update (5/22/06): The fireworks are back on, but did they really have to get Clear Channel involved? I would rather they take money from Winston or RJR, but I guess beggers cannot be choosers - though why Charlotte has to beg is a mystery to me.

Which is better?

I still guarantee that the 2005 NBA Draft will be remembered as the one Bobcat's rue for actually finishing ahead of the Hornets and thus losing Chris Paul - in addition to wasting a draft to satisfy local lust. However, I do have to give Raymond Felton his due for this season and thus I was suprised when I saw the headline: Paul headlines All-Rookie Team as lone unanimous pick wondering who left off Felton? Then to my even greater surprise when I read the story - Felton was not even on the first team.

I have to agree with Rick Bonnell's assessment - either NBA coaches weren't paying attention that the guy won 3 Eastern Conference Rookie of the month's or they were trying to rig it for their own players.

Look at the following head-to-head and tell me who should be on the first team.

How many of you have flash games based on something down the road from your house?

While we are on the topic of flash games, here is a personal one for me. The Wachovia Championship is located around a mile from the house where I grew up. In fact, my father and I walked to the pro-am day a couple of years ago. Needless to say, it was my first time ever setting foot on the grounds of the Quail Hollow Country Club. It is a lovely course - and one of its most memorable holes is the par 3 17th. Now everyone has the chance to experience this hole virtually at www.championship17.com. I hit my first shot in the water and the second 9 feet from the hole - much like how I do it in real life.