Tag: memes
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Operation Iraqi Liberation
It’s been over three weeks since this (Who’s leading Who?) appeared in my in-box and it still creeps me out every time I go take a look. I think it’s the phallic nose. And, no, I’ve never thought this conflict was merely about oil, but it still amuses me to imagine the operation named as…
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IM status seen today
Spotted this IM status message from the environs of Chaif consulting today: YANKEES MAGIC NUMBER – 156
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OK, OK, dullest blog
This one keeps showing up on my screen, so I might as well note it. The Dullest Blog in the world is a deadpan satire of inconsequential web journaling. It’s like shooting fish in a barrel. Yahoo’s crack crew of editors can hardly contain their mirth: Web logs have reached critical mass and become ubiquitous…
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Euphemism karma
As I recall, “regime change” first entered the vocabulary back in 1998, when it stood for a stronger position against Saddam’s regime in Iraq than disarmament, essentially promising that post-Gulf War sanctions against Iraq would never be lifted as long as the Saddam Hussein regime remained in power there. There may have been a whiff…
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What's the word on C-Dilla?
A friend on one of my lists wrote: …found some nasty stuff on C-Dilla – installed as a copy protection tool with Turbo Tax, seemed to cause some nasty stuff on my system running as a system service in Win2000. Searches on various forums turned up some news on it in game software with the…
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Rhymes with bogosity
Measure the buzzosity (suit and geek) of any website.