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I still cannot load Google blogs. Two weeks now, and I'm sorry to be MIA from some of my favorite reading spots. Its honestly weird to find out people have been talking about this site, but I can't find out what they are saying! A week ago here, I dropped a pretty big hint for someone to let me know who won the Brilliant Blog awards for December. No one did. Turns out I won Best Comedic Post. Thanks a lot, guys, I had to find out on my own. I have heard from Blogger Help, but they don't know what's wrong. I also was "tagged" for a "meme" by Omegamom (its a whole new language). I don't know how long its been, but I managed to copy the pertinent info from her. My response is at the bottom of this post. But first, some interesting things!

Photo Booth Prank from the Tonight Show. Hysterical! (Thanks, Patrice!)

The straight dude�s guide to Brokeback Mountain. (Thanks, Sharon!)

The World of Warcraft meets Avenue Q in this music video The Internet is for Porn.

If you liked that one, you might enjoy Dracula�s Guest. Not a music video, but a movie made from video game characters.

Blog I Like: Moxie has advice on dating and men.

Embarassing Stories.

Harry Finley�s Museum of Menstruation.

You�ve got questions. Ninja�s got answers. Ask A Ninja.

A band�s name can backfire on you (just ask Ass Pony) or be worth a goldmine in PR (just ask Barenaked Ladies). So what do you think of Morningwood?

A gallery of the inventive things people do with mobile homes.

For those of you who enjoyed reading about Winders 98, there is another version, specifically for Australia called Windaz 2000. Read about it at Wulfweard.

Video of a life-size Pac Man game at the University of Michigan. Give that guy a Power Pill!

Read this fascinating and perhaps frightening story of the most powerful weapon ever constructed. On October 30, 1961, the most powerful weapon ever constructed by mankind was exploded over the island of Novaya Zemlya in the Arctic Sea.
The device was code-named 'Ivan,' and it was a multi-stage hydrogen bomb which was built in only fifteen weeks by engineers in the USSR, using off-the-shelf nuclear weapon components.
Here's a video of the explosion. (via the Presurfer)

Google mirror. Remember, if you want your search to work, you also have to type your terms in backwards.

The Euphemism Generator. Makes no sense, but can be funny!

What Jello is really made of. (Thanks, Christy!)

Download Google Earth.

Gallery of Eastern European stop-motion animation.

All�s Fair in Love and Police Actions.

Ever wonder what a balloon looks like AS its popping? Thanks to high-speed photography, we now know.

Did the Chinese �discover� America before Columbus?

Penguins are nature�s Weebles. A study of waddling.

If you spent the eighties hanging around an arcade, you may do well with Name That Game, a sound effects quiz. I once lived in an apartment directly above an arcade, so I did better than you�d expect.



CAN STACKING

Architects and engineers compete to see whose team can build the most spectacular structure using little more than cans of food at Construction, the 13th annual NYC Design and Build competition in New York. The exhibit at New York Design Center is open to the public. At the end of the competition on 23 November 2005, the 130,000 cans that are part of the exhibit were given to the Food Bank of New York City.

Construction is a national charity and has similar competitions each year in over 66 cities throughout the United States and Canada. For more information, visit http://www.canstruction.org/




























































































MEME


What were you doing 10 years ago?
I was a newlywed, looking at ways to achieve parenthood.

What were you doing 1 year ago?
Struggling with my husband�s passing. Battling loneliness.

Five snacks I enjoy
Chocolate, chips and salsa, coffee, chai, cheese (alliteration unintended).

Five songs to which I know all the lyrics
Lets don�t even go there. 24 years in radio, different formats, has left me with a brain full of lyrics I have no need to remember at all.

Five things I would do if I were a millionaire
Quit my day job, adopt another child, buy a bigger piece of land, travel, and throw a big party!

Five bad habits
Smoking (for the moment), procrastination, too much time on the net, biting my nails, daydreaming.

Five things I like doing
Finding and sharing humor, hugging my kids, gardening, shopping for antiques, going somewhere I�ve never been.

Five things I would never wear, buy or get new again
I will never wear a size 14 again. A wedding gown. Home improvements from the lowest bidder. Can�t think of any more. I hate to say �never�

Five favorite toys
Mac Mini, a guy I met, my new Canon digital camera, this website, MSN messenger.


So here's the deal: Remove the blog in the top spot from the following list and bump everyone up one place. Then add your blog to the bottom slot.

afrindiemum
An Elephant's Gestation
So, it's come down to this
OmegaMom
Miss Cellania

Then select five people to tag:
Clueless in Carolina
The Naked Ovary
It Occurred To Me
Wulfweard the White
El Jacek
You're IT!


Thought for today: Just because I have nothing to say is no reason why you shouldn't listen.




Posted on Tuesday, 01.17.06 @ 12:11AM by Registered CommenterMiss Cellania in , | Comments5 Comments

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01.17.06 @ 09:30AM | Unregistered CommenterAnonymous
I, too, am a true English nerd. I scored 89 on "erudition", and did better than 94% of people of my age and gender.

Sweets, I had no idea you couldn't see other people's blogs, either! I'd have told you you won the Best Comedic Post! You left a comment on my blog--is the blog blindness gone now?
01.17.06 @ 09:31AM | Unregistered CommenterKate
I may get far enough to leave a comment one out of 100 load attempts. I had to go through my dashboard-template-preview just to post this! I feel a bit lost in my own little circle. Other blogs are fine, i just can't see the blogspot sites.
01.17.06 @ 09:43AM | Unregistered CommenterMiss Cellania
Your answers to the MEME here are funny too. My guess... you didn't plagiarize them? ~ jb///
P.S. Four of your five bad habits are just that, but the last one BELONGS in the "Romantic" category, not the "bad habits" one! ~ jb///
01.17.06 @ 04:49PM | Unregistered CommenterLZ Blogger
There has to be something in your browser preventing you form viewing those sites. If you've cleared your cache and deleted temporary internet files, maybe if you went and reset Firefox to its default settings it might help.

Maybe you could try Netscape 8, too. It lets you set the rendering engine for any site to Firefox or IE.
01.17.06 @ 05:41PM | Unregistered CommenterFTS

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