tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81649532009-11-07T18:50:41.219-05:00Garfield Ridge has relocated to Typepad: come visit http://www.garfield-ridge.comDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18239043394690812538noreply@blogger.comBlogger1240125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8164953.post-1110780288674967512005-03-14T00:59:00.000-05:002005-03-14T01:04:48.676-05:00

My new address is http://www.garfield-ridge.com.Or, if you'd like to visit directly, http://garfieldridge.typepad.com.Either way, you'll visit a new and improved Garfield Ridge, one with working comments, Trackbacks, extended posts, and a whole slew of goodies that Blogger never provided me.That all said, I'm very thankful to Blogger for what it's done for me. I learned how to blog here, and

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I spent most of Friday night building a Typepad template.It looks like a blind 3-year old painting Vermeer.I really don't understand why they make template design so hard. Unless I'm missing something, it's either "Use one of our *FOUR* boring pre-fabricated templates with minimal abilities to modify them!" or "Dive into the most horrifying CSS hell you can possibly imagine."I bash Blogger, but

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I've spent the past few hours "shopping" new blogging software.As problematic as Blogger is, I do envy its simplicity. After a couple of hours messing around with Typepad, I have no idea why more blogging software isn't dumbed down to a manageable level.Anyways, checking out the Blogger help pages is like reading the New York Times Op-Ed page the day after the Rapture-- everything seems to be

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You know Blogger is bad when the Pentagon generals start saying this.As many of you are aware, my comments are not working. Why this is, I have no idea. I feed off comments like ticks feed off legs-- I miss them dearly.If I were to venture a reason why, I think it's because the Indonesian tribesmen brutally enslaved by Blogger tech support have finally risen up, cast off their shackles, and

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Good Opinion Journal piece today on the search for life on Mars.I wholeheartedly agree with at least one thing the article says: the next astronauts to set foot on the Moon, or Mars, better bring an IMAX camera with them.___

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Until something cleaner comes along, you can find a download link here. I strongly suggest a right click, and don't even bother if you have dial-up.Yeah, baby.---UPDATE: Here's a link that works. Just scroll down, click "Free," and wait for the timer to expire. Then right click and save as on the file entitled "Trailer."

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Alas, the tale of Dave Matthews and his shitriverdumping is coming to a close.___

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Like Rodney Dangerfield used to say, I'm a lover, not a fighter.Alright, I'm not too much of a lover, either.Ahem. Moving on. . .After work Thursday night I had to run a few errands. While out and about, I stopped behind an interminable line of traffic at a light.Tapping my fingers on the wheel, I looked up into the mirror, staring at my rugged, "Fred Ward in Remo Williams-The-Adventure Begins"

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Still, it's very cool.Click through the pages of photos to see just how tall this thing gets.Impressive.Most impressive.___

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Hell, this just may be the video of the year.This cop uses his Ronnie Lott powers to keep on talking when he probably should just cut his losses and go home. Go home, via the hospital, that is.---UPDATE: Another link here, in case the one above won't work for you.___

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Didya see that trailer on Fox tonight? Man, I really hope there's a J-Lo movie opening against it.Worst. Trailer. Ever.I mean, c'mon-- who wants to see lightsabers? Or wookies? Or epic space battles?Yawn.The thing looks like an effin' fan film. I keep waiting to see the Star Wars kid show up and start jumping around like he's on PCP.I think I'll stay home. I'll stay home and watch Lifetime

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Story here.____

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A lot of practical suggestions here, like this one:The StandThis is a powerful classic. Sometimes you've just got to get someone out of your office/cubicle so you can resume your solitare game. When other tactics fail, turn to The Stand. It's simple to implement. Just stand up. Take it easy, though. Too fast and you look like you're about to rush to the restroom. Too slow and you look like you're

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Hans Bricks finds an animated .GIF that has two of my favorite things of all time.Simply spectacular.___

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While on the Hill today, just outside the Capitol South Metro stop, everybody's favorite political whack-jobs were out in force.Yup, you guessed it: LaRouche cultists.These guys (and gals!) have always been personal favorites of mine. Stalking bookstores, food courts and Metro stops everywhere, the loyal laypeople of Lyndon LaRouche are politics' version of Scientologists. Any time you run across

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Today's work-generated hell was a congressional hearing late in the day.The hearing was scheduled for 3:00-5:00 pm. However, about an hour into it the Chairman announced they had to adjourn for a series of votes, and rather than keep everyone waiting for an hour or more until the members returned (don't laugh, it happens), they called it a day.While on paper this sounds like a good thing, I just

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Yeah, I know-- every reader of Garfield Ridge that cares already read this New York Times story today. Sorry, I wish I could've posted earlier.WASHINGTON, March 8 - A commission due to report to President Bush this month will describe American intelligence on Iran as inadequate to allow firm judgments about Iran's weapons programs, according to people who have been briefed on the panel's work.The

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Latest Brushback:WASHINGTON , DC --Daniel Snyder, owner of the Washington Redskins, detailed today his strategy for getting the team back into contention next year. As in years past, the team will utilize the free agent market where they will sign a whole bunch of shitheads. Once the team is assembled, Snyder and his staff plan to start hoping for the best.“As soon as our roster is put together,

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That's *one* way to motivate your players, I guess. Story here.HALSEY -- A state panel is expected to investigate a high school football coach who acknowledged licking one of his player's cuts.The Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Commission decided to look at the case after a parent complained that Central Linn High School coach of Scott Reed's "repeated inappropriate behavior."The 34-

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Obviously, you can tell I'm just dumping links right now.Again.Sorry, another late night at work, and another early day tomorrow.A couple more weeks. . . a couple more weeks. . .___

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Thankfully, some helpful foreigner has collected a vast number of revealing quotes from the legendary characters Mr. Seagal has played over the years.Read the list here. . . if you dare.I have *all* his songs running through my head right now.___

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This guy is one of them.___

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Knowing this would've saved me mucho embarrassment.___

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I post a long thought out contemplation on the matters of life, death, and religion, and I get two replies-- one comment, one email. (BTW, thanks for those thoughts!)However, I post about an industrial chicken vaccuum, and I get six comments.I guess I should reconsider what you, the readers, want to read.In the spirit of this reconisderation, I give you. . . ALF BEATINGS.Garfield Ridge. Your #1

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I have no qualms about eating meat.I have no qualms about how our meat is prepared. Hell, at times, I've even been tempted to urge that the veal be prepared in utero, if it means more tender flesh.That said, I just don't know if something like the E-Z Catch Harvester is, well, kosher. Be sure to watch the video of the Harvester in action to get the full effect.I don't need my chicken free-range,

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