January 5, 2007

• FRIDAY FIVE

  Appetizer – Which celebrity (or celebrities) do you think will make headlines this year?
  Oh
  cripes, as if I care, let’s see, reaching directly to my left I can
  pick up a recent Entertainment Weekly. I got suckered into subscribing
  to it sometime last year by a clever ploy at Best Buy where you got a
  free 6 months when you purchased something or other. Then of course I
  became immediately addicted to knowing what latest movies, books,
  music, etc. were out and how they were reviewed. So let’s see, here are
  three celebrities right off the first open page that I figure will make
  headlines this year – Nicole Kidman (besides being a gorgeous and also
  competent actress in her own right, she picks bodacious men to hang out
  with), Justin Timberlake (omigod, he dumped Cameron Diaz – actually I
  don’t know which way it went, maybe she dumped him), and Stephen
  Colbert (I hope I hope).
  Soup – They say that good things come in small packages? What is something little that you think is great?
  The
  first thing that popped into my head is some scallops I had over 40
  years ago at an Ivar’s outside seafood bar on Seattle’s waterfront.
  I’ve never forgotten them. I love shellfish with a deep and abiding
  love.
  Salad – Name a song that makes you want to dance.
  For that I quickly turn to Pandora, and if you haven’t discovered Pandora yet click here.
  It’s an online radio where you can plug in songs you know you like and
  it will line up several different stations of music that its little
  computer mind figures are similar. That way you can discover a whole
  lot of music you might not have heard yet. So the first one that came
  up that qualifies for me is one of my all-time all-life favorites -
  Into the Mystic – Van Morrison – the Moondance album. I met the Van
  once in a little store out in Marin County. I was with a musician from
  the house I lived in with a little rock band at the time and we both
  got to shake his hand. Across the road was a barn with “Freedom’s just
  another word for nothin’ left to lose” painted on it in big red
  letters. Yes, it was the late ’60′s.
  Main Course – What is your favorite font?
  Comic sans MS lately. It’s the font in my blog. Weird title, huh? No idea what it means.
  Dessert – If you were to write a do-it-yourself article, what would it be about?
  Oh
  I guess one thing would be teaching yourself HTML. It’s not that hard
  if you have that kind of mind. I started by using the View in the
  toolbar you see above and going to View Page Source in any web page you
  happen to be on. You can see how they did it. Then there’s nifty
  javascripts you can copy from Dynamic Drive. If you can drive a car, play video games, or blog, you can learn HTML. Plus, there’s plenty of online tutorials.

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  Deep Thought:
  “Don’t ever get your speedometer confused with your clock, like I did
  once, because the faster you go the later you think you are.”
  Today I am grateful for: Shenanigans
  Guess the Movie:
  “Loneliness has followed me my whole life, everywhere. In bars, in
  cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. There’s no escape. I’m God’s
  lonely man.”  Answer:  Taxi Driver, 1976.  Winner:  buttermelon.
  Stop This War, Now!
  by Molly Ivins
  The president of the United States does not have the sense God gave a duck—so it’s up to us. You and me, Bubba.
  I
  don’t know why Bush is just standing there like a frozen rabbit, but
  it’s time we found out. The fact is we have to do something about it.
  This country is being torn apart by an evil and unnecessary war, and it
  has to be stopped now. (Rest of article here.)

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