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1) Add Gossamer to the Warner Brothers section of SincereThoughts.Com. For Brother-in-law’s birthday next year.
2) Design a version of SincereThoughts.Com. For EricBrooks.Com, only the way I think it should look.
3) Come up with something more profound to write than “Happy Birthday” (Even though there’s only 3 minutes left to his birthday… that’s really no excuse!)
The end of the Z-List? – Mike “cooties” Brown posted his final post on the Z-List blog today. (More on that later… my thoughts on the Z-List ::A lot more positive than you may think:: deserves a separate post.)
PoodleCircus is lonely… go send your love.
Metafocker redesigns – Check our Mr. Larry’s new look. Navy blue and gold, very cool, and very manly. Why don’t *I* think of color combos like that… oh and the arrow buttons sinking when you press them? Tres kewl… I *will* be studying your CSS and sourcecodes for that little secret. :0)
Mozilla 1.0 is out the door! (via Pete) – Don’t want to use Internet Explorer? Well, I’m tired of tweaking sites for flawed browsers like Netscape and Opera…. Download Mozilla 1.0 here. Read the review at CNet. I’ll be taking this baby for a spin later this week.
WASPII: A New Stinger (via Zeldman) – The WebStandards Project has fought valiantly since 1998 to force browsers to comply with the W3C’s Standards in HTML, ECMAscript, XML, RSS, etc. Phase II will focus on education. If you’re serious about web design, and what it takes to produce clean code, that can be enjoyed by all… you really need to be there.
Pirated Sites.Com – Dammit to hell, people! Ripping off a site is *not* cool!!!!
“Originality is the art of hiding your sources.” Yes we all borrow from here and there (that’s how a lot of us *learned* HTML, or at least I did…). I have folders of JavaScript, CSS, DHTML, and SMIL samples from other sites that I save on my hard drive for later dissection…
But SIF Technologies? You are SO BUSTED!!!!
Though you may have hastily redesigned to spare yourself any further embarrassment, hate mail, or any resemblance to EVOLT… however, your stupidity and lack of originality has been immortalized in a screenshot for ALL (your clients?) to see you are a THIEF (and needless to say… finished?).
The Council of WebGods have spoken. May WE have mercy on your soul…
Please leave your hubris by the door. Thank you, and drive carefully.
Say or believe what you want about the man.
But whether it was the fireworks show every fourth of July in Ozone Park, or the streets of Little Italy…
He was the heart and soul of New York City, as far as I’m concerned.
Bye, John. 🙁
1) Brood.
2) Plot the death and destruction of thousands (or at least fantasize about it.).
3) Answer at least one email. Possibly using the tried and true eenie meenie minie moe method.
4) Brood some more.
5) Go over President Bush’s proposal of “The United Planet of America”.
6) Wish Tina a happy birthday. (Nico spilled the beans…)
7) Make up some more stories about my days as a CIA assasin for the paperboy (it keeps him from hitting on my daughter.)
8) Order 20 pizzas and have them delivered to a cave in Afghanistan. (*snicker* Osama HATES when I do that shit to him! Especially with anchovies… hee hee!)
9) World Peace Yeah right!
10) Decide what to do with the time machine I’m building in my basement. (In case Tyson won Saturday, I was bringing Muhammad Ali back from the 70’s.)
11) Stop making up stories Take a shower and try to sleep tonight. brood some more.
“You are Super(wo)man, the sort of righteous, indestructible do-gooder the world is crying out for. You use your uncanny powers for good, not ill. You are upright, resolute and just a wee bit boring ”
WHAT?????
Oh, this test SUCKED.
I’m not boring, and I use my powers for plenty of ill, bucko!!!!
I mean… look at my answers. Clearly… you can tell who you’re gonna be, with the stoopid obvious questions:
A) Superman
B) Spiderman
C) Batman
D) The Hulk
Four friggin’ superheroes, and you can’t even provide a cool graphic?
No Captain America (whom I find as irritatingly perfect as Superman.), no Human Torch, no Flash, no Black Panther, no Thor, no Silver Surfer, no Wolverine, no Wonder Woman… no Ghost Rider. (I’d give anything to ride the streets on a Harley and scare the shit out of little kids with my flaming skull, ok? And the whole “My soul belongs to Mephisto” stuff, tres cool, non?)
When you people can find a seemingly indestructible superhero, riddled with inferiority complexes, using a slingshot and plaster of paris as his weapons of choice (No. My *son* is “Dennis the Menace”, we covered that.), his arch-enemies are all redheads, unlimited supply of profanity, everyone hates him, and the world is out to get him… can you please pick him out for me????
Until then, I’m off the web…FOR GOOD!
Limey bastards. (It’s okay. I can say that, I’m a limey bastard too. Sorta.)
Welcome to my Metropolis: The bustling city of Stroudsburg, PA… the epicenter, the “command center” (if you will) of the Poconos. Where the plans for a new resort are presented, where the judges decide your fate, where all things “Pocono” are first presented before a committee, where the news reports it all…
The town I left NYC for. I lovingly refer to Stroudsburg as “The city that goes to bed at a reasonable hour.” :0)
My job is to present the news online to 60,000 people a day. What goes on the front page is my call. In lieu of the Three part AP series “The man without a face”, I opt to feature Dr. Kirit Kothari and his work.
It’s politics mostly. Dr. Kothari is a big advertiser at the Pocono Record. He’s the sponsor of our Pocono Weekend site, and I had the pleasure of finishing his Pain Management site last month. He takes care of us, we take care of him. Simple.
It’s “race weekend” here in the Poconos. Despite my personal feelings toward Jeff Gordon, I still put him in as Top Local Sports. Gotta be objective in the news biz. :0)
Since Thursday, the front page was covered with the tragic death of Dominick Lockwood. Struck down while crossing the street, three blocks from me. An area where two men were sprayed with bullets from an uzi a few weeks ago.
The story of Lockwood’s death was touching. The photo featured the motorist breaking down and crying, clutching a parking meter… seeking solace and forgiveness from the cold metal object.
He was a prominent man here in the Poconos. A lawyer, a developer… truth be told, the first time I ever saw the words “beloved” and “landlord” used in the same sentence. The sad countenance of the newsroom all this week let me to believe that all of today’s columns and editorials would be about him. What a great guy he was… yadda, yadda, yadda.
Truth be told, I never understood why it was such a “big deal”. It was sad. It was tragic. But was it front page news for three days? While I am slowly growing in power, and meeting the key players here in the Poconos…
Still, I eshew the conventional, if I can help it.
I gravitate toward the quirky and offbeat.
*They* make life interesting.
My mind travels back to certain lunch hours, where I’d trek down to the A-Plus convenience store (former place of employment of Carole & Melissa.). I think of this funny-looking little man, with wild hair & a bow tie. Truth be told, he looked like he wandered out of a time machine from the late 1800’s.
The girls behind the counters giggled, as he tied the line up with one of his anecdotes, or his stories. He made people smile though.
He fascinated me.
Once upon a time I loved meeting the colourful characters that put that extra “zing” in life. I spent lunch hours as a messenger in NYC buying a homeless person something to eat, and sitting with them for a while. To get inside their minds, see life though their eyes, to absorb a little bit of their psyche and keep it within me forever…
But that was then. Now… I’m nothing more than a broken and bitter warrior who posted a “No Vacancy” sign over my heart. No one was getting in. Not even the wierd little guy that I couldn’t stop staring at.
… and don’t think he didn’t try. :0)
We came to an understanding that he could say “hi” and make me smile when he saw me… and that was it.
Today, it seemed my world and Stroudsburg’s collided. As I assembled the touching stories, and the fond memories, and the obituaries for today’s edition…
It turns out, I knew Dominick Anthony Lockwood all along. He was that strange, charasmatic character that tried to make me smile at A-Plus the whole time.
Dammit.
All the missed opportunities, the chance to be stimulated by such a brilliant mind. Gone, because I wont let anyone in anymore.
Few men will leave the legacy that he did in the Poconos.
His friends are all at the funeral today to say goodbye. The powerful and elite, the man that didn’t mean to kill him, the people that he made smile on the streets. But rather than mourn his death… they will celebrate his life.
… because sometimes life is about living.
… siezing the day.
And making people smile.
11:25 PM EST – Round one… ding ding.
(To be updated countinously through the night…)
I’m keeping up on MSNBC.Com and Associated Press, because I couldn’t get tickets at Fernwood.
Gawd, I’m pathetic. :0)
ROUND 1
Tyson comes out jabbing, and Lewis jabs back. Tyson bulls Lewis into corner and Lewis lands two right uppercuts. Tyson misses wildly with left hook. Lewis holds Tyson. Referee Eddie Cotton separates the fighters. They clinch again. Tyson backs Lewis up with left jab. Lewis holds Tyson. Tyson lands a left hook with 50 seconds left. Lewis holds again and Tyson pushes him into ropes. Lewis lands jab and misses right.
Lewis’ round. (hee hee… guess who I’m rooting for?)
ROUND 2
Tyson comes out and they clash heads. Lewis is warned by Cotton for throwing an elbow after Tyson complains. Lewis lands a right uppercut 30 seconds in. Lewis begins jabbing and Tyson misses a wild left hook. Lewis lands another uppercut at 1:46 of the round. Lewis is warned again by Cotton for holding. Tyson rushes in and is caught with a right uppercut. With a minute left, Lewis begins using jab, landing four or five. Lewis lands an uppercut with 15 seconds left.
Lewis’ round.
ROUND 3
Tyson head-butts Lewis as round opens. Lewis towers over Tyson and pushes him off when he comes inside. Again, they clinch and Cotton forces them apart. Lewis is throwing jabs, dancing around with 1:30 left. Lewis is controlling the fight with his jab and Tyson can’t find the range. Tyson hits on Lewis’ ribs while they clinch. Tyson tries to move his head to avoid jab but it still lands. Tyson lands left hook with 47 seconds left, his biggest punch. Tyson is cut on the right eye. Blood is running from the cut. Lewis works on cut. Lewis lands good right as bell sounds.
Lewis’ round.
ROUND 4
Tyson rushes out again but is tied up and Lewis lands two jabs. Lewis lands a big right hand with 2:25 left. Lewis misses a left but lands a right. He is pushing Tyson around. Lewis jabs Tyson, who appears confused and unable to do anything to keep Lewis off of him. Lewis’ confidence is growing. He hits Tyson with two jabs and a right uppercut midway through the round. Lewis lands a big right with 1:14 left as Tyson tries to hold him. Lewis hits Tyson with two big rights. Tyson swings wildly with 40 seconds left. Tyson is desperately trying for a big punch but can’t land it. Lewis jabs him, then hits him with a right hand and Tyson goes down on his back with 10 seconds left. Cotton rules it a slip.
Lewis’ round (SWEEEEEEEET!!!!!!)
ROUND 5
Lewis lands his jab early. Tyson simply standing in center of ring taking it, unable to punch. Lewis lands an uppercut then Cotton stops fight and talks to Lewis again for pushing. Tyson is an easy target for Lewis’ jab. Lewis jabs again late in the round. Tyson is unable to get off a punch and is beaten to the punch.
Lewis’ round
ROUND 6
Tyson’s corner is trying to prevent swelling on both his eyes. Lewis hits Tyson then pushes him across the ring. He seems to have no fear of Tyson’s power. Lewis lands a big left-right with 2:15 left. Tyson tries to throw a right and misses, then misses another and they clinch. Lewis lands a succession of jabs midway through the round, then a right hand that backs Tyson up. Lewis is pushing Tyson off when he clinches. Tyson finally lands a right hand but it doesn’t faze Lewis.
Lewis’ round.
ROUND 7
Lewis has some swelling under his left eye. Tyson is cut over both eyes. Lewis is dominating with his jab. Lewis lands two jabs and a right, then is warned again by Cotton for using elbow. Action slows in this round, but Lewis’ jab is still accurate. Tyson is bleeding from the nose and from cuts on his eyes. With 23 seconds, Lewis left lands good left and right and Tyson hits him below the belt. Lewis buckles Tyson’s knees with a right hook with 8 seconds left.
Lewis round.
Lewis KO’s Tyson to Retain Titles
By TIM DAHLBERG
AP Boxing Writer
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – Lennox Lewis showed the bully who was boss.
Using a masterful left jab and landing his right hand at will, Lewis battered a befuddled MikeTyson before stopping him with a crashing right hand in the eighth round to keep his heavyweight titles Saturday night.
Tyson was bleeding from cuts over his eyes and from the nose when Lewis landed a punch that sent him sprawling on his back in Lewis’ corner. Tyson tried to get up at the count of eight, getting to one knee, but was counted out.
It was a sudden end to a dominating performance in which Lewis overwhelmed the former champion from the opening bell.
Referee Eddie Cotton counted Tyson out at 2:25 of the eighth round.
YESSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Like I predicted in the comments … KO in the 8th round! YES!
Please note: I’m not Jewish (a common assumption with my last name). I’m stating that for the fact that I really don’t know anyone currently living in the Middle East, and I have no ulterior motives, or vested interest for writing this… I’m just stating some facts. And here is my opinion, it’s open for discussion here… in fact, I encourage it.
Yes, I think it would be lovely if the Palestinians and Israel would work out thier differences, Israel pulling out of the Gaza Strip, and Arafat and Sharon doing the maypole dance together…
Guess what, guys? Do you *really* think that’s going to stop terrorism? Bring peace to the Middle East, which has been a fucked up shithole for centuries? Are you really that naive? Do you think Osama bin Laden even gave a shit about Palestine before he saw his face on a gazillion posters and saw all their support for his role on September 11th? Do you think Israel can pull out of the occupied territories, and Hamas and Hizbullah are “suddenly” going to acknowledge Israel’s right to exist?
Which Came First – Terrorism or “Occupation”? – Major Arab Terrorist Attacks against Israelis Prior to the 1967 Six-Day War. Yes it’s from the Israeli Government’s official site. But these are historical facts, unlike the propagandistic, post 9/11, drivel I’ve seen circulating on MetaFilter … (I’ll find the links later). You’ve seen them: Gory pictures of children missing body parts, captions like “Look at what one of your leftover bombs from the Gulf War did…”
Well, Saddam, you fucking moron. You invaded Kuwait, tried to take over the world’s oil supplies, you were ordered by the U.N. to pull out or else… what did you expect?
But I digress…
I suggest a little more fact finding before sides are taken. It’s a lot more complicated than just a so-called “illegal occupation”. Terrorism is more than just a “last resort” these days. It’s BIG business. Someone is getting rich selling these guns and bombs… and I doubt highly that they’re going to close up shop.
I don’t believe that certain people *want* peace out there. If Israel pulls out of the Gaza Strip, then these people will be strapping explosives on their children for something else…
There was terrorism *long before* the Six Day war…
There was terrorism *long before* Israel was even reformed…
You don’t give in to terrorists. It doesn’t work that way.
“Peace will come when the people of the world will want it so badly, that their leaders will have *no choice* but to give it to them…”
– Superman IV: The Quest for Peace –
The movie sucked, but what a great quote.
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