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Yesterday's Over (6/2/01)

Bueñas Tardés. Just here to drop a mini-update on some asses. Duckles was tired of feeling like the last kid on the block who had nintendo, so he went out and purchased his very own PDA, in the guise of a Visor handheld. Congrats to him, and it was plenty fun beaming three-way with him and his gal E.

Took the cat to the Vet today. It's amazing how often our pets have better health care then we do...

Lively discussions on the Messageboard this week. You can tell the baseball season is a revvvvving it up. Time to punch things out a bit.

Hey if you just took a peek @ the mystery link, and didn't actually READ the page....go back again and read more carefully. You'll be rewarded for your dedication.

Ma ma ma ma modern ca ca ca crazy.

Well, I'm going to go and get some more fun games for my Ghetto Palm before the Snoop Behind the Music comes on. Before you leave, check out the new Teaser Wallpaper I put up (there are two versions).

The Song Remains the Same (5/31/01)

He's Baaaaaaaaaaaack. After an extened trip up north, some Jart playing, a server change, and a few beers--i have returned to continue the mafia saga. My apologies to the three of you out there who have felt shunned the last two weeks, but there was much happening behind the scenes--namely the moving of the entire site to another server, for our technical Maestro, aDAm has left our metropolitain reigon, and is up in Maine for the summer (to be followed by a move to Pittsboig in the Fall). Now, most mortal men would have just let the site shut down and become lost in the nether-reigons of intranetspace...not aDAM. He spent the last two weeks transferring everything onto a lovely free server that will be our home until the fall. Give the man some props, folks--and tell him how much you appreciate what he's done by dropping him a line.

I had a dream last night that Kevin McHale (my basketball hero) offered me a job with the Miami Heat. What type of job, I don't know. Why Kevin McHale was working for the Heat....is another question entirely.

Now, many of you are aware of my animosity towards the Fox 5 (idiot) Baseball Commentators (i.e. Tim McCarver). Well, I discovered during the Sox/Yanks game last night that the announcers on MSG are far superior to their Fox counterparts. Not only are they good commentators, but they are quite knowledgable, as well. Por ejemplor:

Jim: "Now when Yankee fans think of the 'Boston Massacre', they think of 1978--but this is the site of a more important 'Boston Massacre', from the 1700's....why don't you tell them about it...
Joe: "Sure. When America was still ruled by the British Empire, this was the site where English soldiers opened fire and killed a large number of American protesters. The citizens had gathered to speak out against taxes being levyed against them unfairly--the process was considered 'Taxation without Representation'---
Jim: --"And that's Tyranny."
Joe: "That's right Jim, it is."

Now you try and tell me McCarver can even spell 'taxation'.

A big thanks to my sis for the new Mystery Link (although I'm a little scared to find out where she got it...), and to Mr. Nathan for the new Mystery Pic. Both are fresh for you this week, after a lengthy hiatus.

Ah, we also have a new Promo/Wallpaper available--fresh from my computron. Enjoy it and all it's ghetto flair, you bubblegum kids. And then for a big up birthday to Jedi Klove, I've made a special Wallpaper just for him! He finally turns 18 on Friday, so share the joy--He's finally legal! Perhaps he can get his Night Licence soon, too.

Oi--Slaphappy Wilson, aka Benjamin P., aka Jedi No has blessed us with an amazing collection of Haikus on the topic of Mullets. I havennae read so many funny things in many many moons. Viva La Mullet!

And that...I believe...is All. Pace.

Knock-down Drag-out (5/22/01)

Spent the weekend sipping Maalox like an 85-year-old. Was great fun. Finally jumped into the futurama and got a Pager (although as Diesel says, it's more like a jump back into the future--like 1991...). Also, I'm living large w/ a brand new Palm Pilot-o, the M100 Ghetto Palm, to be exact...So if you know of any nice sites for fun palm-goodies, or have some yourself...perhaps we can beam sometime, eh? beeeeeeam.

Oh, ChinaLars made another wallpaper/promo for the site. Check it out, and watch the world slow down...

A large thanks to my boy Nathan for leaving his Weezer cd @ my apartment. It's great, and I'm enjoying listening to it. Guess I'll have to send it too you sometime in the future. Also, saw Best In Show this past weekend. Dear LORD, it's all about Comic Genius. In a movie like that, it's hard to say what's tops--but I've got to say Fred Willard is the Bomb-Boy.

"Now, Do They Shrink Those? "

I'll be on out of here this weekend, as I must attend to the Family upstate in Syracuse. Adieu, and enjoy the Memorial Day.

Snootchie Bootchie Noochies!

Jedi Kluv

ps. Remember the GIANT CAT from last week? Well, there's an actual story to go with it. Read on, compliments of Mothra:

Tig Ol' Bitty!

Rodger Degagne, a former employee with AECL in Chalk River may be embarking on a new career as Feline Breeder. Relaxing in his spacious home on the shores of the Ottawa River, Mr. Degagne recalls how 15 years ago he befriended two stray young cats on the old AECL research facility at Chalk River. The kittens had appeared in late summer and apparently had
gotten under a security fence around the old labs abandoned since the late 50's. With the help of his tuna sandwich, Mr. Degagne was able to coax the kitties close enough so that he could pick them up. A self described animal lover he did not want to place the kittens in the local Human Society. In this largely rural area, cats of all stripes and age largely go unwanted and are humanely disposed of after a few days. Later that evening his wife Louise and their two children, Nicole and Kelly came to a family decision to keep the kittens which they named Lost and Found.

Lost turned out to be female and Found a male. When nature finally took its course a litter of kittens was born 6 years later. One of the litter was a big white female with a unique black markings on her side and tail. Something about the kitten captured the hearts of the family and while her siblings eventually found homes elsewhere, Snowball stayed with the Degagne's. While Lost and Found are no longer with us, their progeny live on. In her 9 years Snowball's size has seemed to snowball. Put simply Snowball is no ordinary cat, she measures 69 inches from nose to tail and weighs in at 87 lbs. "She started out a big kitty and she just seemed
to keep growing. She always meowed for more food, and would climb up on the counter to eat food which I forgot to cover. Chicken is her favorite, once I left a cooked chicken on the table that I was going to use for a boat picnic, an hour later the chicken was gone." Louise said.

"We knew that snowball wasn't your average cat when the neighbor German Shepherd ran yelping away from his first encounter with her. She just isn't afraid of any animals. After we found a half eaten raccoon out by the garage we decided that maybe Snowball should be kept fenced in. We soon discovered that while we can keep snowball in the yard we couldn't keep raccoons from Snowball. "At least it kept the food bills down" Rodger laughed. "Like all female cats she is very territorial, but with us she is just a big ole kitten" he said. So what does an 87 pound cat eat? Snowball goes through a about 3 lbs. of cat food a day, along with cooked chicken, supplemented with deer and moose that Rodger hunts in the fall. "She likes Pike a lot, so I don't throw them back any more." Snowball often accompanies Rodger fishing on the Ottawa, eagerly peering over the side of the boat as soon as his line goes tight.

So what do the Degagne's attribute Snowballs size to? Rodger says "Well the vet thinks it could be her thyroid, but she isn't fat, she's just a real big cat. I think maybe her parents got into something at Chalk River that they shouldn't have."

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