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My New Ride

I’m buying my first vehicle!

I decided on a 2005 Toyota Matrix, with a manual transmission.

2005 Toyota Matrix

I’ll know by Monday which color I’m getting, and I should probably be behind the wheel by next Saturday!

Posted by Mark | August 28th, 2004 @ 7:37 PM | "Personal"
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Day by Day PHP

Hmm, this sure seems like familiar subject matter.

Acronyms are fun

Might this be a reference to the PHP script I wrote that displays Day by Day in the vertical orientation? Visit The King of Fools to see what it looks like in action, as right now I am using an alternative display scheme.

Posted by Mark | August 28th, 2004 @ 7:18 PM | "Personal" :: " Miscellaneous"
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Poverty, Oh No!

Oh no! 35.9 million Americans live in poverty! 35.9 million Americans can barely afford to eat, living in squalor.

Oh wait, I’m sorry, this is America. In America, 46 percent of “poor” households own their home. Nearly 75 percent own a car, and 30 percent own two or more cars. 97 percent own a color television. Shall I continue?

Read more at heritage.org

Posted by Mark | August 27th, 2004 @ 12:19 AM | "Political Commentary" :: " News"
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Free iPod?

If you’re a skeptic like me, a site like http://freeipods.com/ sounds supremely suspicious. But this site isn’t a scam, it’s merely a marketing tool. In order to get a free iPod (or iPod mini, your choice) all you have to do is go to the site, give some information (being sure to uncheck the “Let our partners e-mail you” box), sign up for one trial offer (I took the Video Professor PhotoShop CD for $6.95 S&H, I’ve been meaning to learn PhotoShop anyway), and get five friends to do the same.

Just to prove that it isn’t a hoax: Wired.com article

Posted by Mark | August 26th, 2004 @ 8:25 PM | "Announcements" :: " Miscellaneous"
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Not Doing It

Nope, still not blogging about the “Swift Vets” brouhaha.

People (possibly you): “But it speaks to John Kerry’s character!”

And George W. Bush is an alcoholic, convicted drunk driver who used to do coke. He’s doing alright now. Focus, people: issues and current political track record are the things that really matter.

Posted by Mark | August 26th, 2004 @ 3:45 AM | "Political Commentary" :: " Rants"
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Is This Still Going On?

Prosecutors to claim evidence is contaminated in Kobe case

This thing was over before it even started. Kobe had sex with her, he admits that. She claims it was rape. Let’s look at the evidence that says that she’s a bloody liar, shall we?

1. She bragged to a friend about the size of Kobe’s anatomy
2. She went into a basketball star’s room in the middle of the night, what did she think was going to happen, deep conversation?
3. When she went in for her exam, the next day, they found semen from Kobe on her underwear, and semen from someone else on her underwear and in her body, suggesting that she had sex with this “Mr. X” after she claims that Kobe raped her, which is psychologically improbable

Basketball stars don’t rape, because they don’t ever have to. Women throw themselves at them. Apparently this one wanted to brag about Kobe’s size, and then claim she didn’t consent. There’s a phrase for such a person, but I’ll just politely state it using unoffensive language: an untruthful promiscuous woman.

Posted by Mark | August 26th, 2004 @ 3:33 AM | "Commentary" :: " News"
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Rumored Speaker

I have it on good authority that a controversial and well-known person is about to be booked to speak at the University of Florida. I’m sworn to secrecy, but just know that he’s big.

No really, he has a serious weight problem.

Posted by Mark | August 26th, 2004 @ 3:21 AM | "Announcements"
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Wheelchairs XP

While browsing my girlfriend’s laptop, I came across this.

If you laugh, you’re going to hell

I must have done this a long time ago and forgotten.

Posted by Mark | August 22nd, 2004 @ 9:18 PM | "Funny Photos"
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