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Thursday, November 15th, 2001

Subject:Ramblings....
Time:8:45 am.
-Ramblings is a good subject title for me because my Rolling Stones nickname is The Midnight Rambler. Speaking of da boys, we are going to see a Stones tribute from Little Rock tonite called Satisfaction, get our fix of tuneage
-heard the tornado warning siren for the first time yesterday, they test it every Wed at noon & I happened to be out in the yard. At first I thought it was an air raid warning from the airforce base so I rushed in to turn on tv
-we passed another milestone on ebay yesterday, we are getting a Red Star which means we have passed the 5,000 feedback level and entered the higher echelons. A personalized letter & certificate from the CEO of ebay comes with it
-if anyone wants to read a good book about the decadence of the music industry check out the new biography on Motley Crue. You thought Zeppelin and The Who were bad, these guys make them look like choirboys. Grossest tidbit is when Ozzy pissed beside a hotel pool and licked it up and snorted a line of live ants (several witnesses attest to the fact)
-congrats to Scarlete for winning one of our vintage ads, she joins Gardengnome, JustJamie and Alphachimp as LJers who have given us the Biz
-I changed all my passwords for stuff around yesterday, adding in numericals so hackers can't guess, but I forgot to change it in my Auctionlisting software and nothing I posted yesterday went on, so today I will be repeating what I did yesterday..I hate when that happens
-Lisa gets the day off tomorrow because they are moving the entire company down the street to a new building. She was hoping to start in her new position Monday but they still haven't replaced her receptionist job yet so she is stuck for awhile (oh well, she gets another $2/hr to answer the phones while she waits). Since she has the day off we are taking off in the afternoon for some Mexican food at our fave place and do some more Xmas shopping. Just need to get the inlaws something and we're done
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Wednesday, November 14th, 2001

Subject:Poll Question #142 In An Endless Series
Time:12:52 pm.
"Do you smoke? For those that do smoke are you affected by the advertising of smoking both pro & con? Does the No Smoking in public places bother you or are you used to it"...
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Subject:New Segment....Pet Peeve Of The Day #1
Time:10:05 am.
I guess I just don't have enough spare time to properly run any Contests on a regular basis, the Pick Your Fave LJer was a flop so I better stick to simple games easily executed
Pet Peeve #1: I hate coming attractions on tv. If you are watching a program, already committed yourself to spending 30-60 minutes, why do they have to show you upcoming scenes when they break for commercials? Is our attention spans so fractured that we will suddenly all collectively cause Nielson Ratings chaos by saying "hey, lets not stay tuned and find out who shot Frankie but instead lets surf over to the next show right in the middle and try to figure out whats happening". We are watching the show until the end you stupid mornonic tv executives, we don't need an incentive to keep tuned in, you have our attention. Speaking of ads I also hate at the end of the program when it goes split-screen so you can't make out whats happening at the end of the show you're watching unless you have a 50 inch big screen, and forget about reading the credits to find out who sung a song you were interested in. Instead we have another way the tv station can shove another ad for the next piece of crap to come on....any thoughts?
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Subject:Back From Hiatus....
Time:8:21 am.
Rumours of my demise are completely unfounded (notice the Canadian spelling, you can't take that away from me yet). Special kisses go out to Scarlete & Eriemarie who inquired as to my mysterious & unprecedented dissapearance, 2 out of 70 ain't bad. A bit of a financial crisis suddenly bit a huge chunk out of my already bruised ass (still sore from being screwed by the Gov). I did a bad bad thing when I left Canada and didn't leave a forwarding address to Visa (nah, you didn't Toddney...yeah I did). They have been harassing my poor dad with calls & letters and finally sent the Big One, that they would be instigating legal action if I didn't get ahold of them and settle my $4200 account. I sucked in my tummy (hey I look pretty good when I do that) and made the call and spewed out my excuses like a freshman vomiting on his first night of Frat Party. I told them I was tossed out of the house, closed my business, moved to the USA, have no job, no money etcetera etcetera etcetera (Yul Brynner does it better). I was prepared for the horror stories I heard about Visa collections to come true but they accepted my little white lies as gospel and they are going to accept my proposal of paying them back $100/month. Then I played phone tag with my Life Insurance agent and came to an agreement that I can cancel my RRSP now, renegotiate my premiums and take out a small loan against my policy so I can pay off Visa and get them off my back. What has Toddney learned you ask...no more fricking credit cards! You know those card swipe machines in stores, thats how my ass feels now, having my card swiped a few thousand times up my crack and boy does the pain come later....
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Friday, November 9th, 2001

Subject:Ramblings....
Time:1:42 pm.
-jezus Gates, with all those billions why can't you put out a decent piece of software, WTF are you paying those guys in development for? Another major Explorer security leak today announced
-Lisa was treated to lunch today by the Big Wigs at a fancy rooftop restaurant, very classy place where the rich dudes go. They were welcoming her to the company (hey, buddy get your eyes off her legs!)
-dogs vet bill tomorrow is going to cost $75 so we have to put off our celebratory dinner for a bit. Instead of steak & wine its takeout pizza and beers (I win either way)
-someone mentioned the new Billy Bob/Coen Brothers movie last week, its still not here this weekend. Is it only in New York area? I can't wait to see it.
-if I don't get a lot more responses to this weeks Desert Island Contest I am going to cancel it Monday
-Lisa's dad had a colonscopy for spastic colon and it hasn't stopped him from eating greasy takout food. He must have a really good book to finnish in the toiliet
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Subject:Desert Island Disc Contest Vol 1 is OVER
Time:9:03 am.
ok gang its official and in the books, the first Desert Island Contest is complete and the 5 cds we will be listening to are:
Beatles 'White Album'
Queen 'Greatest Hits'
Rolling Stones 'Exile' (my boys made it!)
Led Zeppelin 'Houses of The Holy'
Beethoven 'Symphony #9'
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Thursday, November 8th, 2001

Subject:Poll Question #140 In An Endless Series
Time:1:08 pm.
"What is your fave beer brand, wine brand, liquor brand?..for those that drink alcohol"...
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Subject:Desert Island Disc Contest.....FInal Results REPOST
Time:10:59 am.
Here are the final results, the ones that made it to the island but aren't loaded into the cd player yet. We can only take 5 cds. It wouldn't be fair to match these head to head so everyone can vote for their favourite 5 out of these titles, winners to be announced tomorrow. ...

Beatles 'White'
Stevie Ray Vaughan "Texas Flood"
Annie Lennox "Diva"
Nine Inch Nails "Pretty Hate Machine"
Led Zeppelin "IV"
Queen 'Greatest"
Rolling Stones "Exile On Main St"
Johnny Cash "Greatest"
Jimi Hendrix "Are You Experienced"
Bob Marley "Legend"
Led Zeppelin "Houses Of The Holy"
Nat King Cole "Greatest"
Concrete Blonde "Bloodletting"
Jimmy Buffet 'Greatest"
KMFDM "Xtort"
Jimi Hendrix 'Best"
Peter Gabriel 'Secret World Live'
Beethoven 'Symp #9' (yeah they both tied)
Rush 'All The Worlds A Stage'
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2001

Subject:Poll Question #139 In An Endless Series
Time:1:04 pm.
Lets liven it up a bit for Hump Day shall we? "You have lost a bet, you have to allow me to see you naked but you can cover one part of your body, what is it going to be?"...
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Subject:Desert Island Disc Contest.....Semi Finals
Time:10:34 am.
Ok, here it is, the real Battles begin. Semi Final Round

Stevie R Vaughan 'Texas Flood' vs Jonny Lang 'Wander'

Enya 'On Time' vs Annie Lennox 'Diva'

Pink Floyd 'Darkside' vs Beatles 'White'

9 Inch Nails 'Pretty Hate M' vs Metallica 'Master of Puppets'

ACDC 'Back In Black' vs Led Zepellin 'IV'

Queen 'Greatest' vs Who 'Next'

Rolling Stones 'Exile' vs Eric Clapton 'Cream of'

Johnny Cash 'Greatest' vs Dixie Chicks 'Wide Open'

Jimi Hendrix 'Are U Exp' vs Foreigner 'Best'

Bob Dylan 'Hiway 61' vs Bob Marley 'Legend'

Led Zeppelin 'Houses of Holy' vs Pink Floyd 'Wish U Were Here

Louis Armstrong 'Greatest' vs Nat King Cole 'Greatest'

Tori Amos 'Little Eartquake' vs Concrete Blonde 'Bloodletting

Jimmy Buffett 'Greatest' vs Moody Blues 'In Search Of Lost'

Amazing Crowns 'Royal' vs KMFDM 'Xtort'

Jimi Hendrix 'Best' vs Pink Floyd 'Division Bell'

Peter Gabriel 'Secret World Live' vs Beethoven 'Symp #9'

Metallica 'Garage' vs Rush 'All Worlds A Stage'
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Subject:Hump Day....
Time:8:24 am.
-Lisa was officially taken off her probation at work and added to the payroll yesterday..yahoo! They are moving into a new building Nov 16 so she won't be in her new office cubicle (complete with own extension & privavcy)until Nov 19 plus she has to train her replacement in reception first. They approved the making of the new assistant account manager position for her and are giving her a 10% raise plus paying for her parking in the garage. 15 days paid vacation kicks in right away, she doesn't have to wait a year first. Benefits are expensive though, $214/month and that doesn't include any kind of mutual fund or retirement investment we may want to get into. Officially celebrating this weekend but I wanted to go somewhere tonight, but her parents want to take us out to their fave Mexican restaurant, the same restaurant I just told Lisa I was sick of. Oh, well, they're picking up the tab...can anyone say Margarita Saturation!
-I heard Gwyneth Paltrow's butt can be seen in the new Harpers Bazarre, well is it worth visiting my magazine store and flipping pages for it?
-moving on to the Semi Finals (which start today at noon) is Peter Gabriel, Beethoven, Nine Inch Nails, Nat King Cole, Dixie Chicks, Pink Floyd 'Division', Bob Marley, Metallica 'Garage', Rush, Amazing Crowns, Foreigner, Jimmy Buffett, Enya
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Tuesday, November 6th, 2001

Subject:Poll #138
Time:12:47 pm.
"When you have the Munchies what do you grab for first?"...
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Subject:Desert Island Disc Contest.....ROUND 3
Time:10:50 am.
this is the final preliminary round, starting tomorrow is the SemiFinals. Poll question coming this afternoon sometime.

Prince 'Purple Rain' vs Peter Gabriel 'Secret World Live'

Beethoven 'Symp #9' vs Mussorgorsky 'Pictures At Exhibition'

9 Inch Nails 'Pretty Hate Machine' vs DJ Shadow 'Entroducing'

Nat King Cole 'Greatest' vs Louis Armstrong 'Wonderful World'

Dixie Chicks 'Wide Open' vs Blue Rodeo 'Outskirts'

Dave Matthews 'Under The Table' vs Pink Floyd 'Division Bell'

Bob Marley 'Legend' vs Bob Dylan 'Bringing It All Back Home'

Bruce Springsteen 'Born USA' vs Eric Clapton 'Cream Of'

Metallica 'Ride Lightning' vs Metallica 'Garage Days'

Bon Jovi 'Slippery When Wet' vs Rush 'All Worlds Stage'

Amazing Crowns 'Royal' vs Dr Dre 'Chronic'

Def Leppard 'Hysteria' vs Foreigner 'Records:Best'

Jimi Hendrix 'Best' vs Rolling Stones 'Jump Back:Best'

Buckingham Nicks vs Jimmy Buffet 'Hits'

Nickelback 'Silver Side Up' vs Enya 'On Time'
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Subject:Desert Island Disc Contest.....ROUND 2 RESULTS
Time:8:45 am.
Moving on to the semi finals is

Moody Blues, Led Zep 'Houses', Stevie Ray Vaughan, KMFDM, Louis Armstrong (close one), Tori Amos, Jonny Lang, Annie Lennox, The Who, Beatles 'White'.

Round 3 at noon today, will be the final Round before semi finals
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Monday, November 5th, 2001

Subject:Ramblings....
Time:1:01 pm.
-Lisa's friend's wedding wasn't legal because the idiot minister DID forget to get us to sign the papers. But they forged our signatures at city hall & filed them anyway
-somehow Auctionworks picture hosting blew a nut last week and now my pending auctions are all screwed up. I have spent all morning trying to fix things but the quickest road to recovery looks like to delete them all & rescan/upload GRRR!
-glad to see Sopranos actors taking some of the West Wing steam away last night. After seeing Wing taking the first bunch of awards we opted to watch the Nazi movie on NBC instead
-Lisa's fellow workers & boss failed to tell her about the free flu shots for staff & families today. She gets a free one but now I have to pay $20 for one somewhere else
-Zios italian restaurant was voted OKC's #1 but we thought it sucked. There was only 2 waiters working so we had to wait for a table even though the place was almost empty, we ordered an appetizer but weren't ready to order yet so of course waiter forgot to come back & take our entree orders until he brought the appetizer. She never brought any parmesan cheese, asked us if we needed a drink refill or anything. Very disatisfied, I left a 10% tip. There is a local website for reviews so I am placing one later
-got some Xmas shopping done, my parents are now taken care of
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Subject:Desert Island Disc Contest.....ROUND 2
Time:11:01 am.
Here is the 2nd Round. Tomorrow at noon is Round 3

Elton John 'Live Australia' vs Moody Blues 'In Search Of Lost Chord'

Led Zeppelin 'Houses Of Holy' vs Neil Young 'Harvest'

Stevie R. Vaughan 'Texas Flood' vs Dick Dale 'Greatest'

Rocket From The Crypt 'All Systems Go' vs KMFDM 'Xtort'

Louis Armstrong 'Greatest' vs Frank Sinatra 'Very Best Vol 2'

Tori Amos 'Little Earthquakes' vs Kate Bush 'Hounds of Love'

Jonny Lang 'Wander This World' vs Train 's/t'

Madonna 'Ray Of Light' vs Annie Lennox 'Diva'

Who 'Whos Next' vs Bruce Springsteen 'Born To Run'

Beatles 'White' vs Beach Boys 'Pet Sounds'
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Subject:Desert Island Disc Contest.....ROUND 1Results
Time:9:42 am.
Moving on to the semi-finals:
Pink Floyd 'Darkside'
Led Zep 'IV'
Stones 'Exile'
Johnny Cash 'Greatest'
Hendrix 'Are U Experienced'
ACDC 'Back' & Queen 'Gts' (tie)
Pink Floyd 'Wish'
Metallica 'Master'
Dylan 'Hiway 61'
Concrete Blonde 'Blood'

Round #2 coming at noon today
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Friday, November 2nd, 2001

Subject:Desert Island Disc Contest.....ROUND 1
Time:11:03 am.
Here is the first Round folks. Pick a winner from each of the 10 Groups. Winners will be announced at Noon Monday in same post as next Round, and these will go into the Finals

Pink Floyd 'Darkside of The Moon' vs CCR - 'Chronicles'

Led Zeppelin 'IV' vs Eric Clapton '461 Ocean Blvd'

Rolling Stones 'Exile On Main St' vs Journey 'Escape'

Brooks & Dunn 'Greatest' vs Johnny Cash 'Greatest'

Jimi Hendrix 'Are You Experienced' vs Cat Stevens 'Greatest'

ACDC 'Back In Black' vs Queen 'Greatest'

Pink Floyd 'Wish You Were Here' vs Led Zeppelin 'Physical Gr'

Metallica 'Master of Puppets' vs Ween 'Chocolate & Cheese'

Grateful Dead 'American Beauty' vs Bob Dylan 'Highway 61'

Concrete Blonde 'Bloodletting' vs Garbage '3.0'
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Subject:Ramblings....
Time:9:45 am.
-"Scientists kill mice with dance music"....Cambridge experiments have proven what I have been saying all along, bring back rock and roll!
-Rosie O'Donnell has made a big bold statement about loving bush..huh, I didn't even know she swung that way
-Geraldo is leaving his CNBC desk to go back into the field, first assignment Kabul. He will bring his regular hard hitting Journalism to the war effort. "Now Rashina why did you bitch slap Amamma and steal her flour soup?"
-some letters coated in Anthrax have ended up in Pakistan. I guess those dummy terrorists forgot to wash their hands before writing back home
-Microsoft has settled their antitrust case finally, now they can get back to fixing all the fucking software conflicts and security holes in all their shit
-27000 Russians have died this year from bad booze. Thank god Stoli hired those taste testers, I'd hate to have to buy domestic again
-B-52s are pounding Afghanistan today. They have turned up their song "Rock Lobster" to 400 deceibels and are literally melting the skin off the front lines
-its a good thing to not have the Feds looking after airport security. Red tape already takes 3 people's signature and a 4 month wait for a bathroom requisition, let alone anything to do with national security
-glad to see no malls blew up on Halloween so people can get back to buying their Nokia cell phone covers, giant pretzels and ear piercing while you wait. I think there is one guy with a supercomputer somewhere sending out all these internet rumors to disrupt our way of life. "Hmmm, what should I do to create chaos today? Malls or bridges?"
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Thursday, November 1st, 2001

Subject:Desert Island Disc Contest....
Time:4:12 pm.
to liven things up around here tomorrow I'll be posting the first group of Desert Island Disc contenders around noon eastern. No time like the present to get a good thing rolling, the response was great on this. For those who haven't submitted their 3 favourite cds to me you still can...
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