Disqus - Latest Comments for Andy

Re: Snowboard!

Andy — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:42:03 -0000

Yo fan gå in i en bur och slåss så får du veta vad total adrenalinkick är får nåt

Re: Köra golfbil!

Andy — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:49:21 -0000

haha hur kan man vara så talanglös?

Re: Segway!

Andy — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:18:50 -0000

fan va jag vill ha den här apan, den e så skön

Re: Hallowindow!

Andy — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:19:42 -0000

nördigt eller?

Re: Be om hjälp!

Andy — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:54:23 -0000

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH fyfan va. bästa jag sett!

Re: Magnus Betnér!

Andy — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:52:08 -0000

kefft!

Re: Världens svåraste spel!

Andy — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:11:33 -0000

Bana 10 e ju fikus!

Re: Robert Muraine!

Andy — Mon, 26 May 2008 19:21:18 -0000

fan va bra han va, så där skulle man ju vilja kunna göra!

Re: Löparband!

Andy — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:07:00 -0000

först!

Re: Moment of truth!

Andy — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:07:29 -0000

Vafan haha efter hon orskat pengarna så grinar hon och hennes man kommer och tröstar henne?! borde inte han typ spotta på henne å dra? klart att det är fejk där manusförfattarna fått dille!

Re: Mys på is!

Andy — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:10:45 -0000

nån som vet vad det är för låt som spelas? den var ju det bästa med det här klippet

Re: Christer Sjögren!

Andy — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:11:18 -0000

Inte så dålig??!?!?! Det är den sämsta låt som finns. e du sjuk i huvet?

Re: Christer Sjögren!

Andy — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:00:34 -0000

fan har kärringen flummat eller!

Re: Basket!

Andy — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:17:29 -0000

vicken tabbe! hahaha!!!

Re: Höjdrädd!

Andy — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:48:34 -0000

orka riskera livet för att göra chin-ups.. idioter.. :)

Re: Sten i röven!

Andy — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 10:13:50 -0000

up in the asshole of timo, haha! bra engelska där :)

Re: Cursor*10!

Andy — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:09:10 -0000

Kul spel i typ fem min, för er som inte klarar det så kan jag ju avslöja att ni måste hålla in knappen på våning 6 samt de 3 på våning 15, jävla korkarslen :)

Re: Tricks!

Andy — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:30:05 -0000

vissa av sakerna de gör är säkert fejk, ´men mycket är nog inte det..

Re: Borat!

Andy — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:04:59 -0000

BORAT ÄR BEST!! inte fejk!!

Re: Toalett!

Andy — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:57:09 -0000

dålig, gammal, äcklig, FEJK så in i helvete, sluta skrik din slyna, ursäkta språket..!

Re: Nyfiken i en strut!

Andy — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:03:21 -0000

fejk

Re: Kärlek!

Andy — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:44:00 -0000

som jag skrev tidigare, dom e bara för goa :)

Re: Kärlek!

Andy — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 05:13:36 -0000

De är bara för goa :):)

Re: Chewbacca!

Andy — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:51:28 -0000

det var ju ganska likt, så lite kul var det :)

Re: Missberäkning!

Andy — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:19:46 -0000

Så jävla klockren

Re: Stadskörning!

Andy — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 05:10:43 -0000

yay! fan va fiint...
Ps. orka vespor de e för kärringar!

Re: Bakåtvolt!

Andy — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 05:17:16 -0000

som någon skrev lite högre upp, det svåra är inte själva volten utan landningen. han var utsträckt som ni kanske såg... nästan studsmatta....//andy :)

Re: Godnattpuss!

Andy — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 13:53:41 -0000

heith herring i pride fc för några år sen, inte så smart kanske men rakt på knappen :)

Re: Britain’s got talent!

Andy — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:01:20 -0000

sett den ett par gånger. han e grym!

Re: Simpsonrösterna!

Andy — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:16:39 -0000

Det är inte fejk, det är de som spelar de riktiga rösterna i the simpsons, och det här klippet äger :DDD

Re: Stunt dirt bike!

Andy — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:08:08 -0000

för lätt spel..

Re: Stunt dirt bike!

Andy — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:53:31 -0000

fejk, det är inte äkta

Re: Smart hund!

Andy — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 08:47:06 -0000

faan video no longer available!?

Re: De e najs!

Andy — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 04:06:31 -0000

HAHAH fyfan vilken toknolla! NAJS!

Re: Grundlurad!

Andy — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:54:47 -0000

Den äger sönder!!

Re: http://www.somosmedicina.com/2008/10/toracocentesis.html

Andy — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:04:35 -0000

Hola, una pregunta como puedo descargar el video, lo necesito para una presentacion y es urgente, ya le di el en link que ponen pero me dice que la pagina no se puede mostrar, me gustaria y les agradeceria mucho que me dijeran.

Nos vemos y de antemano gracias

Re: http://www.misscouturable.com/2008/01/visions-of-sugar-plums-still-dancing-in.html

Andy — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:30:00 -0000

I think these are inspiring for people who dance.. ballet style is not really my style but i think it can be really cute! :)

Re: http://www.misscouturable.com/2008/01/alek-wek-extending-beauty-beyond-milan.html

Andy — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:28:00 -0000

i really want to buy that too!

Re: http://www.misscouturable.com/2008/03/east-coast-college-visits-part-1.html

Andy — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:08:00 -0000

ohh, this one looks amazing. you're really lucky.

Re: http://www.animationtipsandtricks.com/2009/05/students-of-animation-need-to-start.html

Andy — Tue, 26 May 2009 16:58:16 -0000

Kenny, that is some dynamite advice.

Re: http://www.animationtipsandtricks.com/2009/05/students-of-animation-need-to-start.html

Andy — Tue, 26 May 2009 16:58:16 -0000

Kenny, that is some dynamite advice.

Re: http://hitormiss.org/2002/06/07/one-university-of-missouri-campus/

Andy — Tue, 11 Jun 2002 18:30:03 -0000

"Higher Education commissioner Kala Stroup said none of MissouriÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s 32 publicly funded colleges or universities are on the verge of shutting down."

I had assumed that statistic had excluded community colleges. As I glanced through a list of colleges in the state of MO, it caught my attention that I was probably wrong. Still, MO could strip community colleges of their funding (its been done in IA) Additionally, I think there are plenty of other state schools in MO that serve as better targets (Lincoln U is a glaring target, especially after it lost its status as a historically black university, Missouri Southern State, Missouri Western, Northwest MO state, Southeast MO state U since it is not only small, but regarded as a regional embarassment). You probably understand the situation better than I do...I just dont think its logical to feel that after a decade of being overfunded, Truman will suddenly be shut down before it is fully stripped of its budget. I also agree that its a travesty that prices are rising, but that is the price MO pays for being backwards, anti-tax and pro state spending. In all fairness, education here is cheaper than in most states...the out of state tuition is nearly identical to the in-state cost of The University of IA, and (notably) CHEAPER than the university of illinois at urbanna's in state cost. I think we could all live with a moderate tuition hike, given the already low rates we pay. Don't get me wrong, I dont want it to happen, but there are worse options.

Re: Googlewhacking

Andy — Sun, 25 May 2003 05:00:13 -0000

GeblÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¤se + Lohnsteuerkarte = 1.596.450.000

Re: http://igorandandre.blogspot.com/2009/08/4th-and-bleeker.html

Andy — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:50:02 -0000

Hi Danny!!!

The posting about the girls in glasses tee is up on my blog now, check it out :)

xoxo
Andy from stylescrapbook.com

Re: http://igorandandre.blogspot.com/2009/10/happy-birthday-stacy.html

Andy — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:37:42 -0000

Hey Danny!!!!

The coolest thing happened....the other weekend, I was wearing the girls in glasses tee again (you can check on my second last post) and few different girls stopped me in Amsterdam to ask me where I got it.....OF COURSE I was totally bragging about this amazing american illustrator who designed it and made the idea of running back home and ordering it the right thing to do... So more orders coming that way!!!!

XOXOXO
Andy from Stylescrapbook.com (still dreaming about being part of your blogging series :P) lol...

You must be incredibly busy!!!Being a blogger gets crazy at times doesnt it?? I was last month in NYLON Mex and this month in Glamour france and next in Vogue Germany, few interviews here and there in between and I can barely find time to answer them, send high res pictures, design and have a normal life at the same time!!

btw, have twitter if you wanted to check it out:
http://twitter.com/stylescrapbook

Re: http://igorandandre.blogspot.com/2009/10/in-vogue-brazil.html

Andy — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:51:49 -0000

Congrats Danny!!!
very well deserved!!!! All your illustrations are incredible.
I´ll be in Vogue Germany next month! Im so excited!!!!

xoxo
Andy
www.stylescrapbook.com

Re: http://igorandandre.blogspot.com/2009/10/hello-miss-fetherston.html

Andy — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:36:14 -0000

hi Danny!!!

Congrats for the feature on Glossy..
They asked me to blog about the new issue and I talked a little bit about you as well...

go check it out!
p.s- love the drawings.....all of them ! <3

Andy
www.stylescrapbook.com

Re: Liverpool-liket lever

Andy — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:31:55 -0000

...och Rodallega kom väl från Rayados eller Necaxa i Mexikanska ligan, om jag inte gissar fel. Men man kan ju se det som att de scoutar syd/centralamerikanska landslag och sen tittar vidare i respektive klubbar.

Re: Förlust mot Ukraina och patetisk ursäkt från Ferguson

Andy — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:52:02 -0000

Vad an detta Manchester/Sir Alex hat. Visa respekt mot allt han har åstadkommit. Jag tycker att du/journalister är väldigt enögda. När Sir Alex uttalat sig om något så är alla där och tycker att han bortförklarar. Varför skulle han behöva bortförklara med hans meriter?

Han säger väl som han tycker, vilket alltid är till Uniteds fördel. Men du gör ju exakt samma sak men åt andra hållet....Detta gäller även journalisters behandling av tex Wenger och Benitez. Att stå och förlöjliga dessa duktiga herrar är oerhört respektlöst. Uttalandena de gör kan ibland vara märkliga men de visar också de har lite hjärta, något som knappt finns inom dagens fotboll.......

Re: Next version of Post Levels

Andy — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 16:02:30 -0000

Maybe this is just me, but I think it would be great if this plugin would also allow you to set levels for pages as well as posts. Maybe it's just something I'm missing, but that's about the only thing I can think of to improve this already lifesaving plugin.

Re: 43Folders: Getting things done - again | Jack Baty says...

Andy — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 00:29:52 -0000

Ah-ha, I’m not alone in my strange attraction to this camera! I just purchased the GRD last week. The more bad reviews I read the more I liked the sound of it. I don’t know why. It has so many features to experiment with. For eg I just found out about the MCont mode, which remembers the last 2 secs (16 shots) after you take finger off the shutter release. Pity I didn’t know about it when trying to take a picture of dolphins in the ocean just yesterday!

Re: Best Wordpress Plugins (March 2007) | Poll

Andy — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:35:00 -0000

what tool did you use to create the poll for this post? thanks andy@gamerscircle.net

Re: Best Wordpress Plugins (March 2007) | Poll

Andy — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:35:00 -0000

what tool did you use to create the poll for this post? thanks andy@gamerscircle.net

Re: Why I’m Quitting ESPN Insider

Andy — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 23:37:00 -0000

I have also cut my ESPN insider subscription but that was awhile ago. Looking back, they used to have lots of good free stuff on their site. But now, you have to subscribe to their insider to get any decent materials. I only follow basketball and baseball anyway, so SI is good enough for me ;)

Re: The Departed, Al, Leo, iPhone, and Marty

Andy — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:42:00 -0000

LOL, I too had a good laugh when Al Gore and Leo were on stage rubbing each others' back.

I don't see any Apple commericals in our Canada Networks :P

Re: BitTorRENT

Andy — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:38:00 -0000

Seriously, 20 years from now, TV, game console, pc would be sell in one single box.

Re: Is America Smarter Than A 5th Grader?

Andy — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:59:00 -0000

I heard the show had a really good rating last night!

Re: Google Maps Traffic Gets the Green Light

Andy — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:03:00 -0000

GPS now stands for "Google Positioning System" ;-)

Re: This Site Is Blocked in China!?

Andy — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:22:00 -0000

MG- it is on Digg, and it is down :P I will check it out when it went back up.

Re: Was Google Toolbar StumbleUpon Before StumbleUpon?

Andy — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:29:00 -0000

I don't see the voting option in Firefox Google toolbar. Maybe it is it in IE only?

Re: Picasa Gets More Interesting and Tricky…

Andy — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:58:00 -0000

thanks mg, i never knew there was a limit in the Blogger storage :P

Re: All Aboard the Google Bus

Andy — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 23:00:00 -0000

wow, that's awesome ;)

Re: MySpace News as Digg Killer? No Way.

Andy — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 23:07:00 -0000

Agreed, I think it is a nice upgrade for current MySpace users. But would I join MySpace because I want to read/vote news, definitely not.

Re: Photo: Birds in Flight

Andy — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:11:00 -0000

They must be tired :P

Re: Google Talk from Your Start Page…View YouTube Videos on it?

Andy — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:08:00 -0000

That's cool MG! I'm gonna give it a try. Is that a widget that Google roll out to compete with Yahoo's MBL?
:)

Re: Google Talk from Your Start Page…View YouTube Videos on it?

Andy — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:18:00 -0000

mg, true true. Now you saying it, it doesn't seem to make sense!

Re: Google Shows Some Skin(s) for Homepages

Andy — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:28:00 -0000

Indeed, it is very nice!

Re: The New Black Xbox 360 is the New Black

Andy — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:30:00 -0000

There is a major computer store in Toronto that has some promotion like, buy a computer system and get a free xbox 360! I'm not sure if it is really that hard to sell!

Re: The Tap - Distillation 4

Andy — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 22:10:00 -0000

Kobe is going for 5th straight tonight, looking strong after the 1st quarter ;)

Re: Yahoo Hits the Email Storage Sweet Spot: Unlimited

Andy — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:43:00 -0000

I can't understand why am I getting all the spam emails either!

Re: Robert Scoble Calls for a Digg Boycott

Andy — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:56:00 -0000

Seriously, the internet is a very scary place. We have came to a point that we can't live without it, yet it is so fragile to abuse, scams, etc...

Re: Digg Creates a New Game for Users To Play; Digg Wins

Andy — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 01:57:00 -0000

MG- very insightful post.

Digg's culture has definitely changed.

I hope Digg understand that they need to improve the site performance with the site getting slower everyday. Do they really want to push for an increase in users and impress them with a slow site? The increase in users would probably make the load time even worse.

Re: Facebook Now Worth $3 Billion?

Andy — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 23:40:00 -0000

MG, I just joined facebook couple of days ago. I think it is pretty neat, and the design is much better than myspace. Thanks for pointing out the facebook developer sections, I wasn't aware of that.

Re: Forget Switch-Hitter, How About Switch-Pitcher!

Andy — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:29:00 -0000

Nice, I gotta Youtube some of his videos and watch him pitch!

Re: Forget Switch-Hitter, How About Switch-Pitcher!

Andy — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:07:00 -0000

I can't find any of his YouTube videos .. the only video I saw was the one on NYTimes.

Re: Facebook Goes Live With Their New Look…Dare I Say, Twitter-Inspired?

Andy — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:43:00 -0000

Good call MG, more fun stuff for the facebook addict.

Re: Celebrity Gossip Is Kind of Like Fantasy Sports For Girls

Andy — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 23:01:00 -0000

yep MG, there are fantasy celebrities leagues out there :P

Re: The Atheist's Nightmare? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Andy — Thu, 04 May 2006 04:56:00 -0000

My response to Kirk and his delusional sidekick, Ray Comfort:

http://www.godlessbastard.com/Page.html

Re: http://www.windowstorussia.com/2007/10/windows-to-russia-200-posts.html

Andy — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 03:58:00 -0000

Congratulations - I always enjoy reading Windows to Russia.

Apologies, though, for not being a particularly frequent commenter!

Re: http://igorandandre.blogspot.com/2008/07/blogging-world.html

Andy — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:57:00 -0000

I LOVE YOUR WORK, I THINK YOU ARE BEYOND AMAZIN AND TALENTED......
THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO SAY IT, OH YEAH, YOU ROCK! lol.

Visit my blog! maybe you´ll like it.
I´ll post about your shirt and try to buy one asap!!!!

xoxoxo

www.stylescrapbook.com

Re: http://igorandandre.blogspot.com/2008/12/page-150.html

Andy — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:46:00 -0000

You are so talented, Im in love with your work!

Re: http://igorandandre.blogspot.com/2009/07/birthday-short.html

Andy — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:08:38 -0000

Hey Danny! This is Andy from Stylescrapbook.com, I watched the video but for some reason, youtube wouldnt let me comment on it, dont know why :S, but I loved the drawing!
Happy bday by the way!!! My bday was on friday! so one day before yours! I spent it in Paris :) New pics of my trip are on lookbook already :)
I will make sure I pass your vid!

xoxoxo
Andy

Re: http://igorandandre.blogspot.com/2009/07/nylon-mexico-shirt-feature.html

Andy — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:57:39 -0000

Hey Danny!
This is Andy from StyleScrapbook.com

I recieved my girls in glasses te so Ill be DIY´ing some shoulder pads today and posting about it.
btw, My new blog with ELLE magazine in spain was launched today!! I would love if you check it out and when I post about my girls in glasses tee, Ill tell everyone to run and but one! :P

xoxox

Re: http://igorandandre.blogspot.com/2009/07/nylon-mexico-shirt-feature.html

Andy — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:58:33 -0000

oh, I forgot to post the link for my ELLE blog! dahh jaja

www.elle.es
www.elleblogs.es
www.stylescrapbook.elleblogs.es

ciao!
xoxoxox

Re: http://igorandandre.blogspot.com/2009/08/happy-romeo-juliet-friday.html

Andy — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 06:45:44 -0000

That is gorgeous, I love it!
xoxoxo

Andy from Stylescrapbook.com

Re: http://igorandandre.blogspot.com/2009/08/happy-romeo-juliet-friday.html

Andy — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:02:15 -0000

Hey Mr Danny!

I posted a look on lookbook with the Girls in glasses tee and I´ll be posting all the big photos on my blogs this week.
I love my tee and hope you like how I styled it, though im planning to do it in lots of other different ways! :P
here´s the link:

http://lookbook.nu/look/217097-GIRLS-IN-GLASSES-BY-DANNY-ROBERTS

xoxox
Andy from Stylescrapbook.com

Re: Hey Don’t Look Now, Even More Ads on ESPN.com

Andy — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 03:29:00 -0000

MG, Where do you do fantasy sports now?

Re: Hey Don’t Look Now, Even More Ads on ESPN.com

Andy — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 02:06:00 -0000

Thanks MG.

I never played in any ESPN leagues before. I usually do it in Sportingnews and Yahoo(no public).

It is hard to get away from Yahoo now because it is so popular.

Re: Presenting ParisLime on Tumblr

Andy — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 02:12:00 -0000

Cool, and definitely no comment spam right? :P

I like your domain naming convention, I wonder how would you name your third site.

Re: Newsflash! Digg is not for Breaking News

Andy — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:42:00 -0000

I agree with you guys, when I first heard the news from my gf. I went on Digg to check for more detail, but I found it no where near the front page (kinda disappointed).

A breaking news section is definitely a good idea; there are too many random stuff that cloaked the front page lately.

Re: Google Becomes More StumbleUpon-like…Again - While eBay Just Buys the Real Deal

Andy — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:18:00 -0000

Very interesting! I too remembered the days when the Google toolbar has the thumb up/thumb down buttons there.

It shouldn't be too late for Google to catch up though. Not sure how many computers have Google toolbar installed, maybe 100 times more than SU?

Google should also be able integrate any stumble like features with its toolbar and a Google account?

Re: Google Becomes More StumbleUpon-like…Again - While eBay Just Buys the Real Deal

Andy — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:47:00 -0000

LOL, I m heading over there now.

Re: MySpace News - 100 Million Users CAN Be Wrong

Andy — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:52:00 -0000

hey it is up... and I can vote even I don't have a myspace account.

Re: We. Are. Watching. (A Brief Google Web History of Time)

Andy — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:40:00 -0000

uh, because google search history goes back as far as you want, not the day-limit on the browser? and what if your pc crashes? hard drive erased, no more history. googles servers are backed up. kinda creeps me out though. i dont believe ill be participating.

Re: MrBabyMan: A Day in the Life of a Digger

Andy — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:55:00 -0000

Man, the video already got submitted :(

It already made to the front page in a few hours... that's the power of MrBabyMan :P

Re: MrBabyMan: A Day in the Life of a Digger

Andy — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:56:00 -0000

The video isn't loading... too many digg I guess..

Re: Are Google’s Services Becoming the Platform of Choice for Spammers?

Andy — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:05:00 -0000

nice idea dim, I think many of us are receiving these spam mails...

Re: The First Great Digg Mashup - TINC

Andy — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:03:00 -0000

MG, this is awesome ;)

Re: Magazine Tag Meme

Andy — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:30:00 -0000

MG, thanks for tagging me. I have listed a couple that I used to read :)

Re: Joost Almost Ready to Go

Andy — Tue, 01 May 2007 15:35:00 -0000

MG, I hope you will more soon ... I'm referring more people to your blog for Joost invites :P

Re: 32 Digits Are Driving Digg Users Absolutely Crazy

Andy — Tue, 01 May 2007 23:56:00 -0000

LOL, this is one of the most amazing thing I have seen on Digg

Re: Nadal | Federer / Clay | Grass

Andy — Thu, 03 May 2007 21:32:00 -0000

Definitely one of the coolest tennis idea :P

Re: Kevin Rose, Beyond Popular

Andy — Thu, 03 May 2007 21:38:00 -0000

Any insights on where the second missing story is?

Re: The Race Is On For the YouTube Cash

Andy — Fri, 04 May 2007 20:23:00 -0000

I'm not sure how it gonna work ... but does this mean that people may start gaming YouTube as well?

Re: What’s Your Web 2.0 Meme

Andy — Fri, 04 May 2007 20:25:00 -0000

thanks for the tagging... gonna do mine soon! ;)

Re: Gmail Going Unlimited As Well?

Andy — Sun, 06 May 2007 00:59:00 -0000

Google goes unlimited? Ya, it makes sense to me... if Yahoo is able to do it, pretty sure Google can do it also. Unless Yahoo was bluffing :P

Re: Twitter Becoming a Larger Force

Andy — Sun, 06 May 2007 01:03:00 -0000

You're welcome MG ... you are actually the one that made me digging into Twitter and started using it more :P

Re: Hollywood Needs to Change to Number of Tickets Sold

Andy — Mon, 07 May 2007 23:44:00 -0000

MG, I had been thinking about this awhile ago too. I think the ticket price has increased at least 10 times in the last 20 years.

People like to see "inflated numbers" and "new record"..

Re: Hollywood Needs to Change to Number of Tickets Sold

Andy — Wed, 09 May 2007 10:46:00 -0000

And that makes no one other than the people in SF cares about that anymore;P

Re: The Big Boys Are Taking Notice?

Andy — Wed, 09 May 2007 11:01:00 -0000

It looks like the big boys will be reading your blog from now on :)

Re: Microsoft Beats Google to the Online Storage Drive - Then Insults Us

Andy — Sun, 13 May 2007 02:25:00 -0000

LOL, thanks Microsoft ...

Trivia of the day: what should I store with the precious 500 MB storage?

Re: Say Hello to the REAL Facebook Marketplace

Andy — Mon, 14 May 2007 17:11:00 -0000

One more place for the Facebook addicts to hang around :P

Re: Microsoft Beats Google to the Online Storage Drive - Then Insults Us

Andy — Mon, 14 May 2007 23:21:00 -0000

Do they even realize that the email storage is like 2G?

I guess they want us to save the stuff in our emails..

Re: Mr. Rose, Tear Down This Wall! (that hides the bury data)

Andy — Wed, 16 May 2007 00:08:00 -0000

I think I have said it before ... Digg seems to be taking care of the stuff that we can see (be-friending, voting friends' stories).

But we have no clue on whether they care about the the other side of the formula...

There is no transparency on this system and there is no word on whether they are doing anything to improve it at all.

I wondered if they have tweaked anything after all the non HD DvD stories were buried on the big day.

Re: Google’s Most Loved Children

Andy — Fri, 18 May 2007 02:25:00 -0000

These links definitely help. The homepage was too clean before and it is difficult to find all these links.

Re: Blogger Getting Some Upgrades - Auto Save Is Here!

Andy — Fri, 18 May 2007 02:28:00 -0000

It is good... and still long way to go.

Look at the Google Blogger Help Group and see all the bugs that they need to fix.

Re: Google Gets Hip to What’s Hot in Trends

Andy — Tue, 22 May 2007 13:34:00 -0000

I have been using Google Trend since last year. It is good to see they created this useful feature.

When I look at the historical data, it is really interesting to see that I have never made any of the top 10 searches... I wondered if Google filtered/ manipulated the results..

Re: Google Gets Hip to What’s Hot in Trends

Andy — Tue, 22 May 2007 17:24:00 -0000

Ya, pretty sure they have filtered it ... which is what they have done in their top 2006 searches ;)

Btw, I like the new comment section in Parislemon.

Re: Technorati Updated - Lookin Good

Andy — Wed, 23 May 2007 14:15:00 -0000

If I didn't read about the ticker here, I wouldn't haven't know what it is for.. :P

I think the ticker is a little distracting also.

Re: The Tap - Distillation 13

Andy — Sun, 27 May 2007 14:56:00 -0000

The price cut on PS3 make sense on the marketing side. I don't think anyone who would like to purchase a blu ray would pass on a PS3 if their price is like the same.

Re: MyBlogLog Rolls Out Tags, Seeks Schmoes

Andy — Sun, 27 May 2007 22:52:00 -0000

It is a very smart idea to categorize different blogs ;)

MBL has kind of copied what technorati have done awhile back, but I found that it is easier to tag this way.

Re: Rejected Wii Play Games

Andy — Tue, 29 May 2007 17:05:00 -0000

LOL ... this Wii Play beat the original

Re: Google Reader Unplugs, To Get Search?

Andy — Thu, 31 May 2007 17:10:00 -0000

Search and able to go offline? I don't think I can ask for more :P

Re: Microsoft Thought About Buying Dow Jones

Andy — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:13:00 -0000

This has been the trend for the last couple of years.

I'm not sure if it has gone to a point that these corporates are too big to stop now.

Re: WiTricity, Wireless Electricity, Just About a Reality

Andy — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 22:39:00 -0000

If we have wireless electricity, then we won't have any power outlet in any building (which is awesome) ... safety is a good concern :P

Re: CNN and YouTube: Making Political Debate Matter Again

Andy — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:59:00 -0000

MG: you are right. We see lots of politicians running internet campaigns and blogging. This medium is simply too big to ignore ;)

Re: ParisLemon Notes

Andy — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:48:00 -0000

MG, I like the 3 column template. Personally I like the color scheme of your old one, but the new layout is good.

I would like to see Google making some improvement in the comment section in Blogger. Or else, we would have to find a work around like googlesystem.blogspot.com

Re: Super Mario on the iPhone?

Andy — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:51:00 -0000

This definitely give more cool factors to the iPhone.

I wouldn't want to play these kind of video games on it though. (It is not likely I will get an iPhone anyway :)

Re: Hype (Pretty Much) Lived Up To: First iPhone Reviews Are In

Andy — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:07:00 -0000

LOL MG, you are right.. I think it is much more reasonable to wait for the iPhone2.0 (next year?)

$600 + $60/month (min data plan), I'm not too sure :P

Re: My First Wired Cover - Circulation: 1

Andy — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:48:00 -0000

It looks very cool MG ;)

Re: Thoughts on iPhone Day 5

Andy — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:03:00 -0000

on item "i", how often do you have to clean your screen?

It always tick me off when I see any of my handheld got smudgy and fingerprint all over the screen.

Re: Thoughts on iPhone Day 5

Andy — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:37:00 -0000

Since it is a touchscreen, a protective sticker maybe?

Re: PS3 To Get Its Price Cut, Finally.

Andy — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:45:00 -0000

PS3 is a good system, but I'll wait for its price to drop more ;)

Re: Facebook Has More People Than Iraq, Gunning For Canada

Andy — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:04:00 -0000

Canada has more facebook users than most of the other countries too :P

Re: Hint of a Facebook IPO?

Andy — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:06:00 -0000

If this is true, people who missed out on the Google IPO shouldn't miss this.

Re: Blogger Continues to Beef Up

Andy — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:35:00 -0000

Cool, I can actually change the selection on your poll :P

Re: Making ParisLemon Prettier on the iPhone

Andy — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:25:00 -0000

Very nice new banner. I hope you will keep it.

Re: Is Arod Really Going to Get $30 Million + A Season?!

Andy — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:31:00 -0000

This sound pretty crazy :P how many guys can sign two 250+ Million contracts in one career?

Re: Making ParisLemon Prettier on the iPhone

Andy — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 20:06:00 -0000

maybe you can add some texture to the lemon?

Re: Can David Beckham Makes Soccer More Popular Than Hockey in the U.S.?

Andy — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 20:17:00 -0000

To get soccer up to par with other major sports, it is important to let the kids grow up with it.

It takes more than just Beckham and a couple of other superstars to make MLS popular in the States.

Re: The Blu-ray Has Landed (in Blockbuster), Is the War with HD-DVD Over?

Andy — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:20:00 -0000

Blu-ray is winning, but I think this war won't end anytime soon...

I also look at it as X360 against PS3.

Re: Google’s Cell Phone Complete With Service for the Low Low Price of Free?

Andy — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 22:42:00 -0000

Free cell phone? It is good to live in the States and having Google giving out all the good stuff :)

Re: Why Apple Is Smart and Sony is Dumb (Price Cuts)

Andy — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:14:00 -0000

now they just have to bring the iPhone to Toronto. ;)

Re: Digg Becomes Facebook With Voting

Andy — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:46:00 -0000

MG- this is going to be very interesting! Are we going to receive lots of "digg this" spam once we get our digg mail box? :P

Re: New Premiership Shirt Lettering/Numbering

Andy — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:26:00 -0000

wow I had been calling for this just a few days ago...
http://footballkitblog.blogspot.com/2007/02/open-letter-to-premier-league-and.html

Re: Liam Brady Gets Upset at RTE’s Joke Against Wenger

Andy — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:55:07 -0000

Think you're missing the point lads, as did Liam Brady. The video reel was intended to show that Wenger has transformed from a quiet reflective manager on the sidelines to an agitated manager who prowls the touchline shouting and gesturing. Why? Because he's frustrated with his team - they have lost their nerve at the crucial time. For Brady to say that he wouldn't have gone on the show if he knew that was going to be shown is a joke - a loss of humour as the death-knell sounds on Arsenal's season.

Re: Are Hleb and Flamini Really Necessary?

Andy — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:23:42 -0000

The most stupid headline ever!
They are very necessary!
And none of them will leave.

Re: England vs USA: Why Americans Hate English Football Supporters

Andy — Wed, 28 May 2008 05:52:45 -0000

boooooooooooooooooooo

Re: Benitez Burns His Bridges

Andy — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:46:54 -0000

Xib, you hit it spot on, Barry isn't half the player Mascherano is. I'm only "ok" with this deal because I think Barry is a better premiership performer than Alonso. If Barry was being signed to replace Mascherano i'd be protesting outside Rafa's house!

If Mascherano is worth £18m (you could make the arguement is any player..) then Barry is worth £14m AT THE MOST. He's a squad player for England and Mascherano will probably be the next argentina captain - and hopefully Liverpool's.

Re: Premiership Preview–19. Hull City

Andy — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 07:21:42 -0000

What all the Stokies on here are failing to recognise is that they pipped Hull for the second auto spot with a game to go.. You hardly panned them over a season did you?

If the gap between 2nd and 3rd had been of the margin of 10-15 points then i'd concede that Stoke were significantly the better team. It wasn't, so you're not!

Re: Everton FC Launches Redesigned Website | EPL Talk

Andy — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:28:42 -0000

I preferred the old website...

Re: Failure to Appear: A prosecutor’s best friend? | a public defender

Andy — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 04:22:16 -0000

In Maryland, where I am a PD, there is an FTA charge, but it is rarely used. Typically, judges will withdraw a bench warrant when a client arrives late, if they are willing to enter a guilty plea. If not, they can sit until their next trial date.

Re: Came2Pass.com

Andy — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 19:34:03 -0000

There used to be a comment on this thread, did you delete it? I seem to recall the person having referred to a similar site.. are you trying to stifle the competition? :)

Re: Arcor-Sperre von Youporn umgehen

Andy — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:09:00 -0000

Youporn hier Youporn da ... Und das alles wegen der BILD Zeitung! ... Ich weiss gar nicht was ihr alle immer habt mit dem driss ...

Außerdem gibt es mittlerweile hunderte von solchen seiten. Teilweise bessere! Nehmt nur pornflag oder was weiss ich wie sie heissen.

Da ist exakt die selbe scheisse in grün! Nur weil die noch mit keinem von der BILD Zeitung geschlafen haben ... Dann soll die Bild es doch wieder gerade rücken. Die haben den Hype verursacht!

Viel mieser finde ich die Gangart von diesem komischen Kirchberg, der mit solchen mitteln die Konkurrenten ausstechen will. Nur weil keiner mehr seine scheiss filmchen schaut? Weils das alles bei youporn und pornflag umsonst gibt?

Was können arcor kunden dafür, dass der kerl zu dumm war sich rechtzeitig mit seiner seite und seinen servern ins ausland zu verkrümeln wie es besagte portale gemacht habe? Die agieren aus den USA ... die merken nicht mal was ihr hier für einen aufstand macht. Interessieren wird die das auch nicht was so eine popels tittenseite hier aus deutschland macht ...

schönen abend!

Re: Hillary Clinton on Meet the Press — Aftermath and Impressions

Andy — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:37:00 -0000

dear jack and jill thanks for the great coverage of this story. race and gender are obviously at the center of this primary. the lbj quote is telling because she identifies herself not by gender but by race with lbj. race is still the great divide. one of the many reasons i love barack is he bridges that divide. the lbj quote is telling because she identifies herself with the ultimate washington powerbroker. the lbj quote is telling because she identifies herself with a president who pulled the trigger on the genocide known as the vietnam war. she has no moral barometer and she is sloppy. i don't see how the abbreviation of this quote alters it's essential stupidity.

Re: The Media’s Three-Fifth’s Compromise

Andy — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:50:00 -0000

it is not just the blacks who got thrown undr the train. this white progressive got hurled in 2002 when my senator cynically authorised our unelected pres to launch his war. every time she ditorts barak's incredible anti war speech and it's significance i recoil anew. my take is there is a sizable number of us white progressives who will not show up in nov. i hope hillary has a plan to cover her ass without our support...andy

Re: Fresh Meat - Writer Says Clinton Betrayed By Blacks, Can’t Trust Them

Andy — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:59:00 -0000

louder and more dissonant. he knew it was coming and he is ready. their attacks betray their angst and fixation. they are looking to him for leadership as well. like children acting out. ....andy

Re: Clintons Using Wright to Hurt Obama

Andy — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:57:00 -0000

dear jack and jill, the super automatics know that the rev is bad news. but they also know that the phone call is not going to be answered in philadelphia, newark, detroit,cinncinnati, cleveland, st.louis, chicago. could the borg queen lose illinois? there are alot of us white progs who won't vote as well in seattle, portland, madison, ...so good luck borg queen!
enough of this downer crap. let's just win it all. the alternative is unacceptable....andy

Re: Obama’s Latest Defenders: Mike Huckabee and Fox’s Chris Wallace?

Andy — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:44:00 -0000

dear jack and jill, wallace and huckabee deserve some real credit. when they are before st. pete, this is going to help both of them in a big way. something decent bubbled up through the crap.

Re: Bill Clinton Says There are TWO Patriots in this Race…and guess who’s NOT included?

Andy — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:49:00 -0000

dear jack and jill, bill richardson is a good man. he acted because he saw how disgusting the reverend story was. ditto mike huckabee and chris wallace. i know this is not nazi germany. these politicians and pundits are not gambling with their lives, but they are gambling with their careers. they are betting on honor. hey gretchen, joe, carville,douchy, and etc.NOT THIS TIME!...andy

Re: Media, Clinton Campaign Slowly Acknowledging Reality?

Andy — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:21:00 -0000

please hillary, go away! i want my life back. you are driving us all nuts.

Re: Booman Tribune Lays Out Why Clinton On Wright Is So Wrong

Andy — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:19:00 -0000

dear jack and jill, booman tribune makes it clear for the reader. the democratic party risks losing the black vote in this and maybe more elections. the clintons appear to be eliciting and exacerbating the white bigot within the party. they are driving this bus over the ledge. that is psycho. everyday they say or do something new that is really off. somedays there are multiple anecdotes. yesterday senator clinton launched back into her plan to subvert the pledge delegate system as well as bringing up rev. wright. she is psycho. one of the newspaper interviews she gave looked like a police tape. she looked awful. the former prez is also psycho. he seems totally unhinged. who is dressing him? his tie knot seems to big. his hands are strangely delicate as he points and jabs. he looks a little like w.c. fields. lets try to see the humor in their psychoness and trust it will work out. what else can we do? i suggest the doctored video of bombs going off around her in tusla. it is a hoot.

Re: Obama On The View (videos)

Andy — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:42:00 -0000

dear jack and jill, anonymous obama basher posters should look in the mirror. our hateful legacy in iraq is lotsa dead people, maimed people, traumatised people, sick people, and homeless people. thems the facts. deal with it. it is about empathy. so don't lecture me til you get some. patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Re: Obama On The View (videos)

Andy — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:52:00 -0000

dear jack and jill, i want to say a few more words to the anonymous posts flogging the wright thing. you want to talk about outrage? what did the vietnamese villagers do to us that deserved the hell we unleashed upon them? what did the ctizens of fallujah and ramadi do to us that deserved the hell we unleashed upon them? if your answer was nothing, you are correct. we went paranoid nutso on these poor peasants for no good reason. makes you proud huh?

Re: Lou Dobbs. Cotton What? Cotton Who?

Andy — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:55:00 -0000

dear jack and jill, lou dobbs and the rest of them...gretchen on fox and friends...hasselback on the view. they are so annoyed by this race stuff and feeling confused about the rules...is cotton picking a racist term?...it is entertaining watching their therapy sessions on reality t.v.

Re: So Obama’s Lithuanian Too?

Andy — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:05:00 -0000

dear jack and jill , the bowling thing is so ridiculous it defies my comprehension. there is something a little sick about it. just when you thought you had seen it all...i think obama should call them out on it by challenging them (hillary, scarborough, matthews) to a basketball game one on one. no that is to play their game. just let it go. what retards!

Re: Much Respect To Bill Richardson

Andy — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:07:00 -0000

dear jack and jill, maybe richarson endorsed obama because he thinks obama is the best candidate for the party and the progressive agenda. maybe obama's graciousness means something to him. maybe he was moved by the speech. maybe he did what he did because it felt like the right thing to do. who is the snake? carville or richardson? who is the judas? war vote clinton or richardson? i think everybody gets it. and if they don't they are real dense.

Re: More Hillary Deception On Her Iraq Record. Enough!

Andy — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:19:00 -0000

today with polls swinging decidedly towards obama despite the wall to wall coverage on his gutterballs in altoona, i am begining to see the end of the hillary nightmare. it is exciting!
as for her latest lie, obama is winning.com has a quote from her in 2005 declaring the insurgency weakening and generally playing the hawk. she is so stupid. why does she insult those who might have supported her to pander to those who never will? her ineptitude is stunning. democrats really will have dodged a bullet in choosing obama. she is a terrible candidate who squandered huge prestanding advantages with the democratic machinery and electorate. she reminds of her inadequacy on a daily basis. looking forward to her exit.

Re: Hitchens, The Black Church and Empowerment in Chicago

Andy — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:45:00 -0000

dear jack and jill, i am still waiting for the always condescending and pompous and sometimes inebriated christopher hichens to acknowledge that he might have been a wee bit wrong about the iraq war and those of us anti war hippies might have been on to something back in 2002....oh well!

Re: Why 3G video calls are useless

Andy — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 00:39:28 -0000

Luca and Peter,

I have experienced Mobile Video Calling using the Nokia N70 and N90 last spring during VON Europe. The images were sharp because the Nokia technology was built for the UMTS network.

A couple of observations:

The USA is a car society. Europe is a commuter society using buses, trains, trams and trolley. This heavy concentration of people on public transportation lends itself to handheld devices becomig the commnicator of choice.

With Video on the devices it becomes easy to promote a new technology to an audience that is not driving. That is one of the reasons why in London VodaFone placed ads the London Tube stations.

There are also many commercial uses as well as some very fun consumer uses of video. Real estate and car sales comes to mind first as people can see things before coming to check out the goods.

I also beleive that mobile video will help spur even more use of online dating sites as well as provide a new way for people to stay in touch more and also to include others in what they are seeing.

Re: Transformers Headed To Big Screen

Andy — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 05:30:32 -0000

hey transformers rocks and a big screen movie will be awsome. now if we can only get a video game

Re: The Great Escape Festival 2008

Andy — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:05:29 -0000

Who books a festival for the same weekend as ATP? Madness.

Re: Check Out: Alkaline Trio’s new single

Andy — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:47:50 -0000

I love Alkaline trio and Tim armstrong!

Re: The Police return to Chicago (5/10)

Andy — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:27:26 -0000

Hey I actually saw them last year in Miami also! Small world. I was in the nosebleed seats in Miami but on the floor for this show in Chicago. Great show both times! Good review. Thanks for posting the set list!

Re: Update: Rancid readies September release, debuts new song

Andy — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:31:21 -0000

See you in the pit in Chicago!

Re: Album Review: 12 Angry Months

Andy — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:10:25 -0000

The album is not centered around a relationship between two people, rather 12 angry months after a bitter breakup. The One With 'Kid' is clearly about wanting his records back.... BMW Man is meeting the new boyfriend... Summer of Boats is realizing blame is to be had on both ends, etc.

Re: Viva La Vida or Plagiarism?

Andy — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:10:45 -0000

Creaky boards should copy Coldplay. Cuz this song sucks.

Re: http://consequenceofsound.net/2008/07/31/album-review-the-stand-ins/

Andy — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:51:36 -0000

point is yer a faggot.

Re: Late Night Lobotomy (Week of 9/1)

Andy — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:44:12 -0000

i love this segment

Re: http://consequenceofsound.net/2008/09/18/album-review-the-quilt/

Andy — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:06:28 -0000

their first 2 albums are way better than the "quilt". This think is like a travis solo album. the others were more a band.

Re: http://consequenceofsound.net/2008/09/24/album-review-only-by-the-night/

Andy — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:39:38 -0000

I love their last 3 albums. I hope I'm not disappointed by this one.

Re: Lollapalooza announces 2009 dates

Andy — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:43:26 -0000

i agree. janes is a great band. even to this day they can ( and hopefully will again) still jam and get your blood flowing. i would love to see them headline lollapalooza 2009!

Re: Lollapalloza remembers 2008, thinks 2009

Andy — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:28:54 -0000

only 60,000 people? thought it was more.

Re: Good and Evil

Andy — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 16:52:00 -0000

Great quote from Lord of War. I haven't seen it, but now I will. I'm using it as my email signature. Thanks!

Re: Fucking Vegans!

Andy — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 12:52:00 -0000

Reading this entry in your blog after you left a comment in mine. (Thanks, btw.) Hilarious. You perfectly illustrate something I believe in, and that is, you can be well-meaning (e.g. be a vegan), but still be a lousy human being (e.g. the waiter).

It's easy to say you're going to "save the world" (e.g. be a vegan). I mean, hey, that's great. But instead of pursuing some abstract (perhaps impossible) goal like that, why not start by being less of a jerk to the people around you? The payoff is more akin to instant gratification.

Re: Man, I Love You Guys!!!!

Andy — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 16:51:00 -0000

:bows before Stolie: I'm not worthy! I'm not worthy! Heh, heh. Wayne's World gags are spent, man. But it was the best way to sum up how I feel.

Thank you, Stolie. That is certainly one of the nicest things anyone has ever written about me. It's especially meaningful coming from a blogger--and person--I hold in high regard.

And it seems like I've been included among some very good company. :-)

Cheers, luv!

Re: Man, I Love You Guys!!!!

Andy — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 17:01:00 -0000

P.S. :holds up finger tentatively:

Uh, excuse me for the breach in Netocol, but I just had to add: I just browsed Siddity's blog, and Siddity, you're doing NaNo (National Novel Writing Month), too?? Man, it's a small cyber-world. :-D

Good luck!

Re: Man, I Love You Guys!!!!

Andy — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 17:01:00 -0000

This post has been removed by the author.

Re: Man, I Love You Guys!!!!

Andy — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 23:55:00 -0000

eddiegrrl: Keep doing your thing. If you're at 6K, 50K is still attainable. Just keep writing, and by Nov. 30, I know you'll be there.

sid: You write on and rock on, too! :-) *thumbs up*

Stolie: [I have to admit that I'm kind of nervous about meeting other bloggers. It hasn't happened yet, but when/if it does, I'll probably write a post about it. :)]

I've met a few folks off the Internets before. You spend enough time online, and you get a pretty good sense about people (e.g. who's an axe murderer and who's not). It's not all that scary and can be an interesting experience.

Oh, by the waaay...my brother lives up your way, so if I ever get off my ass and visit him...what do you say to you, me, a bite to eat, drinking ourselves into oblivion...? It's on like Donkey Kong(?)! ;-)

Re: To Stolie, On Her 100th Blogbirthday

Andy — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 04:50:00 -0000

Gosh, I don't even remember, in all honesty. I think I discovered this blog via another blog's list o' links. Don't remember which one it was. I know I don't read theirs anymore. Glad I found yours, of course!

Re: I Need to Get Some

Andy — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:38:00 -0000

...and the Stolie Nation (I just coined that--catchy, no?) continues to live parallel lives.

Here I am, at Panera, enjoying the wifi access. When I ordered the hot chocolate, I was told that the machine was broken. (I guess they couldn't simply melt up some chocolate and pour hot milk over it...?)

Jonesin' for a little hot chocolate over here.

Re: Protected: I Am Not a Dominatrix But …

Andy — Sat, 19 Nov 2005 12:53:00 -0000

(takes ball gag out of mouth long enough to say:) No, I don't think it's possible to have a 50/50 power share in a relationship. But I think each partner should always "stand up" for him- or herself. Goes back to something I believe about relationships--another person will step all over you as much as you let them. (True for friendships, work, romance, etc.) So don't let them.

Little story, maybe off topic: Whenever my male friends whine to me and ask, "Why do girls like jerks? Why don't they see the value in a nice guy like me?" I tell them three simple words: Be Han Solo. In other words, you don't have to be the Jerk...but don't be such a Nice Guy.

I once created a monster this way. Mark* (*not Mark Hammill) received my Zen-like advice and told a girl he was dating, "You know, I don't want to listen to stories about your ex-boyfriends anymore." When she asked why he suddenly grew a spine, he told her my "Be Han Solo" theory.

Cheeez! Dipshit! It doesn't work if you tell them you're doing it! ;-)

Re: For The Love of … Passion

Andy — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 18:00:00 -0000

Stols, I'm with you on the poetry. My misgivings about poetry is that the imagery and references are often too personal to the poet for us to gleam much meaning, for us to play the literary interpretation game and learn from his or her writing.

Having said that, I've rediscovered my fondness (not love, but fondness) for poetry as I finish my National Novel Writing Month project. (No, this isn't a plug for my NaNo. :-) It would be sorta chintzy of me to link to my NaNo blog just to drive hits to it from your blog.)

I have always had a fondness for T.S. Eliot (especially The Waste Land), but as I introduce each chapter with a portion of a poem (something about, say, the month of January for the chapter entitled "January," for example), I've come across some beautiful stuff.

(No, I am not so well-read that I can recall poems that mention each of the months just off the top of my head. I have Bartleby to thank for that. LOL)

One I liked so much that I actually posted it on my NaNo blog, although none of the others has made it:

I am renewed by death, thought of my death,
The dry scent of a dying garden in September,
The wind fanning the ash of a low fire.
What I love is near at hand,
Always, in earth and air.

-Theodore Roethke, "The Far Field"

Re: Breakin’ … There’s No Stopping Us

Andy — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 14:36:00 -0000

No sequel--and I mean none--has ever topped the name Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo when it comes to naming sequels.

Oh, and at usps.com, you can use your own images to print up a sheet of stamps. I'm using that one for my Christmas cards. That's all there is to it.

Re: Life vs. Sex in the City

Andy — Sun, 27 Nov 2005 10:46:00 -0000

A friend once told me that you can love where you live, love your job and have a mate you love, but rarely all three at the same time, that if you get two out of three, you're very lucky, indeed. I was reminded of that when I read your post. Good entry.

Re: Wouldn’t You Like to Be a Coppola, Too?

Andy — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 21:41:00 -0000

Instead of trying to "Stump Stolie," I'm going to pull a name out of the air and say "Philip Seymour Hoffman."

As for "Six Degrees of Coppola," I think "Six Degrees of Baldwin" is another no-brainer.

And this is weird. I was also blogging about an Elvis connection today. Huh.

Re: Twins Are Scary

Andy — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 03:18:00 -0000

1. The twins in The Shining are by far the creepiest thing about that film.

2. I once dated a girl who had a phobia about twins. So you're not alone.

3. I have a phobia about helium balloons. I'm not kidding, either.

Re: Love Your Boobies

Andy — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 23:01:00 -0000

*cautiously holds up hand*

Um, I, uh, humbly offer my services to check everyone's boobs.

Re: Madonna vs. Cher

Andy — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 19:56:00 -0000

Madonna commits the same crime that bad dates commit--she tries too hard...way too hard. Sorry, Stols. But we're still simpatico on lots o' things.

Re: Why Do Women Date Assholes?

Andy — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 13:54:00 -0000

In answer to the question posed by the title of your post: Because, as Neil Gaiman put so well in Anansi Boys, they "don't apologize like a dog that has just messed on the carpet. They stand up and look the world straight in the eye." Because they're the types of guys who, when the water pipe breaks at 3 am on some freezing-cold morning, roll up their sleeves without grumbling (much) and fix it. They know how. And they do it. Because they have the one thing that will get you through this mad fucking world: balls. Plenty of balls. Because when the crowd stays seated, bow their heads and nod "yes," they're not afraid to stand up and say "no." Because, like the samurai, they live by a Code. It may not be a code you agree with, but at least they have one, know what it is, and live by it. Because they don't shy away; they know what they want and go for it. Because, as you put so well, things get done. Because unlike meek men, they don't compromise. If I had to, I would look someone I didn't like straight in the eye, and say, "Fuck you. Sideways and often." (And I have.) They're not afraid to be alone, if they had to (and sometimes do), because they're not afraid of their internal dialogue (or the thoughts their minds produce).

Assholes get old, though, because in some ways, false bravado is just one manifestation of low self-esteem, too, and that's just not sexy. So, as I've said before, and I'll say again, "Be Han Solo." You don't have to be an asshole...but don't be such a pushover, either. Assholes sit at home, eating Tuna Helper and watch ESPN religiously. Han Solo's marry the Queen of the Galaxy and produce Jedi children. And I like being Han Solo.

Re: Would you Like Me to Seduce You?

Andy — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 09:51:00 -0000

Right. Being the chaser and being the chased (not the chaste ;)) both get old if they drag on, for different reasons.

Re: 2 OUT OF 3: Apartment. Boy. Job.

Andy — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:59:00 -0000

Stols, I am thinking about you and hoping the best for you, too. You are a talented, intelligent, confident young woman, and I have no doubt you will land on your feet. None whatsoever. I don't know if it means shit right now, but I just happened to be reading Conan O'Brien's commencement speech to the Harvard class of 2000 yesterday http://www.february-7.com/features/conan.htm and although it's worth a read because it's freaking hilarious, I was also affected by the following: I left the cocoon of Harvard, I left the cocoon of Saturday Night Live, I left the cocoon of The Simpsons. And each time it was bruising and tumultuous. And yet, every failure was freeing, and today I'm as nostalgic for the bad as I am for the good.

So, that's what I wish for all of you: the bad as well as the good. Fall down, make a mess, break something occasionally. And remember that the story is never over.

Words of wisdom are, at best, the source of a smile in trying times and, at worst, irritating. :-) Nevertheless, I believe firmly that jobs are like romantic relationships in many regards, and especially in this case, "It may be for the best." This may be the case of one door shutting and another door opening on a better opportunity to come. Good luck.

Re: “I Hope Your Freakoid Baby Dies, Kyle!”

Andy — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 04:56:00 -0000

I keep seeing the adverts (is that British enough for you, darling?) [said in a British accent], but I keep missing it. You would think I would catch it, on account of my finally getting out of the Stone Age and having a TiVO unit, but no.

Let's see--I currently watch The Sopranos, Big Love and my newest addiction is Lost. (Yeah, yeah--I'm joining the rest of the world on that one, finally, but keep in mind I didn't even like The Simpsons until six years into the series.)

I also used to watch quite a bit of reality television. Not so much anymore.

Re: The Art of Mandal-Wearing

Andy — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 13:19:00 -0000

I admit I like flip-flops. (It's the California boy in me.) But I don't like mandals/Jesus Sandals. I think all those straps and buckles are too fussy. Hey, I wear flip-flops to avoid fussy.

I read a nice little recommendation in GQ (ooh-la-la!) on the topic of sandals. The magazine recommends leather flip-flops for men, which I think is sharp paired with a T-shirt and blue jeans.

I think I'll pick up a pair this summer.

Re: Protected: BBW: Beautiful Black Women*

Andy — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 04:20:00 -0000

#1: It's funny I should see this post. I was in line at the grocery store when a young black woman joined the line behind me. And she was so freaking drop-dead beautiful, that I'm sure I was just staring. I almost wrote a blog entry about it. Then I popped online and saw yours. Strange.

#2: That's a good list, and I'm also a fan of Thandie Newton. I also like Brandy and Sanaa Lathan.

#3: re red bra/red panties. Wow. But what's with the size of those photos? Cell phone photos, maybe?

Re: Baby’s First Audio Post

Andy — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 05:16:00 -0000

You know, I never expected you to sound like a California "Valley Girl," but I think you do. Nice voice!

(By the way, did you know I also named my first audio post, "Baby's First Audio Post"? Great minds think alike, Stols.)

Re: Ask Me About: Love. Friends. Religion. Sex. Life.

Andy — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 05:19:00 -0000

I'm first! I'll lob a softball:

Stols, if God is all-knowing and benevolent, why does He/She allow bad things to happen to good people?

And, more importantly, why is it when there's a long-running show you rarely watch, if you just happen to be flipping channels and run across it, it will be the exact same episode you've seen before?

Re: Cheap Asses Have More Fun

Andy — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 02:53:00 -0000

Like most men my age, I like video games, but I can't justify spending $40+ on a new game. I like browsing the used games at places like EB, Game Exchange, etc. Two miles from where I used to work here in beautiful Birmingham, Alabama, was a Chinese buffet. I used to eat lunch then wander next door to the used games store. It didn't hurt that the clerk was cute as a button--sprinkle of freckles across the bridge of her nose...and massive tits. Call me a pig, but she was a major draw.

I like Amazon's used goods, and, of course, there's Ebay. Oh, and to Nerd Girl's comment (points up), the Vietnamese soup noodle place is likely called "Pho [something something]," pho (pronounced "fuh") being the Vietnamese word for that dish.

And I like a bargain as much as you do, Stolie.

Re: The Best of the Funky Brown Chick

Andy — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 02:57:00 -0000

Happy anniversary, Stols! I've said it before, but I'll say it again: One of the primary reasons my blog still exists is because of your support and encouragement in its earliest days. So. Thank you. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. Here's to the first year--and what a great retrospective, a great post (as usual)--and to 100 more.

Re: The Man Who Hated Hippies

Andy — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:53:00 -0000

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa - no hatin' on us comic book nerds! So, okay, it's been ten years since I attended Comic Con, and, okay, I didn't dress as an X-Men character...Justice League maybe, but not X-Men. I keed, I KEED! ;-)

But, yeah, I'm with you on Renaissance Faires 110%. I've gone on and on about Renaissance Faire folken, although people who are a little too much into Lord of the Rings (and the Fantasy genre in general) run a close second.

There's something about watching those people walk around in costume that makes me want to put down ye olde pimpe slappe.

Re: Unknown Prowler at Work

Andy — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 08:13:00 -0000

That wasn't anonymous. That was me! I go away with another reason not to ever regret leaving Blogger: why oh why does something always, always, go wrong with Blogger on an almost daily basis? Ah well... x

Re: Who I’m buying today

Andy — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:21:00 -0000

hard to support kanye when he acts like a whiny baby every time he goes home empty from an award show, as in last nights MTV music awards meltdown:

http://www.break.com/index/kanye-west-vma-backstage-meltdown.html

I get it. It's all a part of his ego is larger then life shtick he plays up in his albums, but I think life is starting to imitate art a little to much now.

Re: Four Observations After Four Weeks At An Internet Start-up

Andy — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:04:17 -0000

Hey - what about the Maryland office?

Re: NYC

Andy — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:13:55 -0000

Welcome to America!

Re: AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) Hyperlink Command Codes | Instant messaging | Tech-Recipes

Andy — Tue, 17 Aug 2004 14:25:42 -0000

i love rick fox!!!

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Groomy- the Desk Shammy

Andy — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 22:09:17 -0000

Jamie is that bitch from accounting, Ken is the IT guy, and Sally, well... I am not even sure what she does. I am pretty sure she way layed off a few years ago... but still shows up to work (ok - so sorry for the office space reference.. jeez)

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Affordable Micro R/C Helicopter

Andy — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:24:05 -0000

A friend and I picked one of these up and had the following observations:
We had to open up the transmitter to adjust the internal trims to get the thing to be marginally stable in the vertical axis (left/right rotation.) Once we had that taken care of we were able to successfully hover with a little work, but the tail rotor simply did not generate enough force even at full power to give it any appreciable forward motion. It seems to be completely overwhelmed by the forces of the two main rotors.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » 5 Ways To Get Toasted

Andy — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:15:00 -0000

Just thought you might like to know.....

Toast tastes different to bread cos the starch in the bread caramelizes with the heat and turns to sugar giving a richer taste.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » 5 Ways To Get Toasted

Andy — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:19:18 -0000

A slice of toast also has more calories than a slice of bread (due to the sugar)

Re: Joost Invitations Up For Grabs!

Andy — Fri, 04 May 2007 12:43:02 -0000

I want to try Joost - My tv shows rubbish all day and I want a change.

Thanks,

Andy

Re: Nerf Vulcan EBF-25 Is Plastic And Foam Pwnage

Andy — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:32:22 -0000

wow! that is so cool it will be in the furture in target,i guess? well i made a design for that gun. IT WAS MY IDEA! why did you take punk!

Re: Nerf Vulcan EBF-25 Is Plastic And Foam Pwnage

Andy — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:33:41 -0000

JUST TELL ME WHY! YOU OWN ME IT!

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » In-Dash Eclipse AVN2210p mkII Stereo Features Removeable TomTom GPS Unit

Andy — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:04:41 -0000

I have one, and it's a decent HU. The sound is great, the navigation is great, but some of the audio controls are a little "meh." My biggest disappointment is that the newly compatible XM tuner (CNP2000UC) seems to be limited to a display of 9 characters. MP3s and iPod information aren't limited to so few, so I don't see why XM would be...

Re: More Strange Happenings in the Online World

Andy — Tue, 17 Aug 2004 18:15:00 -0000

they look like little puppy dogsYeah - puppy dogs with the plague.

Re: Selfish Hedonism

Andy — Wed, 01 Sep 2004 19:13:00 -0000

Sometimes I think that all the Republicans thought was: 'Obama's black. We need a black guy! Who we got?' and they got this freakshow. Some of the stuff Keyes says is just unbelievable.

Re: Holy Shiz!

Andy — Thu, 06 Jan 2005 03:10:00 -0000

Tried reading it over Xmas - no dice - I couldn't get into it. I guess I'm not such a huge Oz fan starting out. I admire any kind of alternate story around an old favorite. Still would like to see the show.

Re: Sorting 2D-arrays in PHP - anectodes and reflections

Andy — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 09:46:26 -0000

Um... Just use any of the sort functions that accept a callback...

usort() or uasort() would solve the above problem *much* faster, using far less code,
and will not care what the array keys are. The following will sort by age, and if the same,
sort by name. Nicer, no?

function _callback($a, $b) {
if ($a['age'] $b['age']) return -1;
return strcmp($a['name'], $b['name']);
}

uasort($customers, '_callback');

Re: Sorting 2D-arrays in PHP - anectodes and reflections

Andy — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 09:48:20 -0000

Sorry, the formatting is screwed up in the above post...

It should really be:

function _callback($a, $b) {
if ($a['age'] < $b['age']) return 1;
if ($a['age'] > $b['age']) return -1;
return strcmp($a['name'], $b['name']);
}

uasort($customers, '_callback');

Re: Blog Wars: The Genius Playlist | Round 2, Battle 2

Andy — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:14:51 -0000

Playlist One takes it for The Decemberists - The Sporting Life

Re: The Scarlet Newscast

Andy — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 13:39:19 -0000

Ok, poor word choice You got me, Master of None. That was poor word choice.

Are you arguing that with my comment because you feel LGBT people don't have any major concerns? That's what my point is.

I point out that they can't have a picnic in the park without a group of people several yards away telling them that they are evil, "incorrect" and corrupting the town's youth.

If Christians held an event in the park and atheists and secularists set up a picnic next to them criticizing their beliefs, conservatives throughout the state would be up in arms.

My point is, that if LGBT people still had it easy, they could have a picnic in Pine City without religious zealots setting up shop next door.

Men engaging in indecent exposure in plain view is bad. But not worse than drunk driving, domestic assault, or a whole host of other crimes. That this became a sensational story at all is the point.

Re: Pine City Pride Picnic Prompts ‘Pro-Family’ Protest

Andy — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 15:04:48 -0000

I dunno I'm not trying to paint all Republicans as anti-gay or make a point that all DFLers are awesome. I found the two publicly available documents that establish DeGray's authority and public life.

Is it a coincidence the DeGray is a Republican? Or that the MN GOP actively courts the anti-gay fundamentalist vote?

I know it stings when good Republicans try to change the party for the better, and people like DeGray continue their shinanigans making the entire party look anti-gay.

If this was a DFL activist saying these things, I'd certainly point that out too. But it's pretty rare for anyone with the DFL label to engage in this kind of rhetoric. Unfortunately for the GOP, it's fairly common.

The DFL could do more, I don't dispute that.

Re: The Scarlet Newscast

Andy — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 06:51:07 -0000

Lots of stretching "The GBLT community should really distance itself from the kind of behaviour that occured in Burnsville"

Why? Does the 'straight community' distance itself each time there is a prostitution ring bust? Should other communities be actively distancing themselves from extreme minorities within?

Absolutely not. Plus we don't have like a head drag queen or biker dyke to get on the nightly news and say "These guys are totally bad news."

Also, are you asserting that gay marriage is the only issue facing the LGBT community? That's a 'bit of a stretch.'

And why do you assume that butt***ing was going on in the bushes? I didn't read that anywhere. Is there something you know about the bushes at Black Dog that neither I nor the news were privy to? Do you just have anal sex on the mind? Or maybe that's a 'bit of a stretch' too.

Re: The Scarlet Newscast

Andy — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 15:56:32 -0000

Nuh uh Master of None: I disagree on two points.

That I, or by extension Minnesota Monitor, are responsible for speaking on behalf of an entire community. I don't and we don't.

That condoms are used only for anal sex. Or that wrappers indicate condom usage for anal sex. Any sexual health course or presentation will give you a plenty of ways to use condoms. But that neither here nor there. I'm simply pointing out that your assumption that everything homo has to do with butt****ing. It doesn't.

Also,

When I wrote this criticism, I contacted local gay groups...unfortunately this piece came out on the weekend. No one was available for comment. They are the ones who have the authority to comment. If they do, I will certainly post it here as a comment, update, or in a new post.

This piece, at its heart, is a criticism on KARE 11's handling of the arrests. Not a commentary on public indecency. If you want to debate opinions of homosexuality, there's another post available for that. ANd tons of forums and blogs that specifically cover that issue.

Finally, why do you continue to ignore by comments: "Men engaging in indecent exposure in plain view is bad."

Jane: Thanks for your comment, and we agree for the most part. The sensationalism of this story was over the top. Master of None seems to think my criticism of the media coverage condones the behavior that led to those arrests. I can assure you that I don't. The arrests were justified, but as KARE 11 said, it's a problem, and we need to find solutions. I simply offered that perhaps middle aged and elderly men might find an easier time finding a sexual outlet that is not in a park, if homosexuality wasn't stigmatized to such a degree (like, why are they closeted in the first place? Maybe because 30 years ago police raided gay bars and arrested folks for being gay, and you could be fired), and that solutions other than arrest and media shaming are better means of prevention.

Re: Pine City Pride Picnic Prompts ‘Pro-Family’ Protest

Andy — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 15:59:31 -0000

So Are you saying that 16 closeted men in a park are justification for discriminating against tens of thousands of LGBT people?

That I should be vilified for the actions of a few?

That is what is truly disgusting. Rhetoric like that is the heart of all racism, sexism, and homophobia.

Re: The Scarlet Newscast

Andy — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 18:14:41 -0000

Although You must admit that violence perpetrated in the name of religion is far more dangerous to individuaals and society than sex in the bushes.

And I want to reiterate, once again, that I do not condone sex in the bushes. But if we want to eliminate the problem, we need to look at the root causes. The police themselves said that arrests alone are not enough.

And it's not the place of the media to use shame. They over stepped in this case.

Re: The Scarlet Newscast

Andy — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 19:21:51 -0000

Just in public My comment is self explanatory. Indecent exposure is exposure of genitals or breasts in a public place. That is the crime at issue, and I have already said that I do not condone indecent exposure. If someone's genitals are exposed in private, then it's not indecent exposure, and I have no problem with it.

It's not terribly confusing.

Unfortunately, it does have to do with sexuality. Which I have already explained, at length, in both the post and in comments. And my whole point (!) is that it is not the media's job to decide what or who is immoral. They can interview guests and experts to establish community standards, but using shame at the request of law enforcement is inappropriate.

I already told you that there is no head drag queen or biker dyke. You are again ignoring my comments.

Re: The Scarlet Newscast

Andy — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 06:06:06 -0000

You didn't mention anything about infidelity Your comment asked a vague question concerning 'morality' that I assumed was your typical slam against homosexuality.

If you are asking whether I think it is OK to lie to a spouse. No, that's not OK. If you are asking me if I condone infidelity, than the answer is no.

Re: The Scarlet Newscast

Andy — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 07:53:41 -0000

Clear? Either way, I answered your comment. In the future, if you want a direct answer, ask a direct question.

Re: Summer Sun Brings Sex in the Media

Andy — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:02:06 -0000

Nope The reason I wrote this is because of the politicization of sex, both in the media and the culture at large. Doesn't it seem that the different media outlets treat different sexualities differently?

Vita.mn says "yay! Public sex!" When it discusses sex between men and women in public.

At the same time, we have two articles that point to public sex being criminalized when it involves men having sex with men, one of them from Vita.mn's parent organization.

I suppose I could have done a better job highlighting the distinction, but I found it to be a striking difference.

Re: Reproductive Health Groups Sponsor Documentary Screening

Andy — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 12:51:13 -0000

Feigning horrified You can be horrified all you like, but I will insist that there is a big difference between sex among consenting adults and the types of crimes that should be vigorously prosecuted. Public sex is bad, Ive said that numerous times at this site. But your reaction is out of proportion to the seriosness of the crime.

The article you referenced in your comment intended to slam the MN AIDS Project was targetting gay men, was written by a gay lawyer, and discussed gay men. You brought up homosexuality just by referencing it so its a bit disengenious to accuse anyone of bringing gay people into it.

Or, if you are so unfamiliar with the article in question, why bring it up?

Re: The Power of Strong Opinions: Star Tribune’s Jim Boyd Joins Minnesota Monitor

Andy — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:35:06 -0000

Quality, not quantity. The trouble, he said, was not with running diverse viewpoints but in finding high-quality writers to represent the right.

The point.

See, to get really good, a writer has to do his or her own thinking, not wait for the talking points to come down from The Party.

Re: Republicans Repudiate Single-Payer Health Care

Andy — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:22:28 -0000

"corruption tax" It does this at a savings by removing the inefficient layers of billing, insurance, collections, administrative overhead, and insures that much more of every dollar spent on healthcare is actually spent on health care.

Or what I like to call, a corruption tax.

Fact is, single payer systems works all

over the rest of the civilized world.

But I guess we have a few too many Ayn

Rand fanboys for something so sensible to

happen here.

But hey, if you really want to see what

the Invisible Hand can achieve, go to

Iraq.

Think of it- a weak central government, lots

of guns, and competition, as in, all against all.

Obviously, it's paradise.

Re: The Scarlet Newscast

Andy — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 13:39:19 -0000

Ok, poor word choice You got me, Master of None. That was poor word choice.

Are you arguing that with my comment because you feel LGBT people don't have any major concerns? That's what my point is.

I point out that they can't have a picnic in the park without a group of people several yards away telling them that they are evil, "incorrect" and corrupting the town's youth.

If Christians held an event in the park and atheists and secularists set up a picnic next to them criticizing their beliefs, conservatives throughout the state would be up in arms.

My point is, that if LGBT people still had it easy, they could have a picnic in Pine City without religious zealots setting up shop next door.

Men engaging in indecent exposure in plain view is bad. But not worse than drunk driving, domestic assault, or a whole host of other crimes. That this became a sensational story at all is the point.

Re: Pine City Pride Picnic Prompts ‘Pro-Family’ Protest

Andy — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 15:04:48 -0000

Is it a coincidence the DeGray is a Republican? Or that the MN GOP actively courts the anti-gay fundamentalist vote?

I know it stings when good Republicans try to change the party for the better, and people like DeGray continue their shinanigans making the entire party look anti-gay.

The DFL could do more, I don't dispute that.

Re: The Scarlet Newscast

Andy — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 06:51:07 -0000

Lots of stretching "The GBLT community should really distance itself from the kind of behaviour that occured in Burnsville"

Why? Does the 'straight community' distance itself each time there is a prostitution ring bust? Should other communities be actively distancing themselves from extreme minorities within?

Absolutely not. Plus we don't have like a head drag queen or biker dyke to get on the nightly news and say "These guys are totally bad news."

Also, are you asserting that gay marriage is the only issue facing the LGBT community? That's a 'bit of a stretch.'

Re: The Scarlet Newscast

Andy — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 15:56:32 -0000

Nuh uh Master of None: I disagree on two points.

That I, or by extension Minnesota Monitor, are responsible for speaking on behalf of an entire community. I don't and we don't.

Also,

Finally, why do you continue to ignore by comments: "Men engaging in indecent exposure in plain view is bad."

Re: Pine City Pride Picnic Prompts ‘Pro-Family’ Protest

Andy — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 15:59:31 -0000

So Are you saying that 16 closeted men in a park are justification for discriminating against tens of thousands of LGBT people?

That I should be vilified for the actions of a few?

That is what is truly disgusting. Rhetoric like that is the heart of all racism, sexism, and homophobia.

Re: The Scarlet Newscast

Andy — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 18:14:41 -0000

Although You must admit that violence perpetrated in the name of religion is far more dangerous to individuaals and society than sex in the bushes.

And it's not the place of the media to use shame. They over stepped in this case.

Re: The Scarlet Newscast

Andy — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 19:21:51 -0000

It's not terribly confusing.

I already told you that there is no head drag queen or biker dyke. You are again ignoring my comments.

Re: The Scarlet Newscast

Andy — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 06:06:06 -0000

You didn't mention anything about infidelity Your comment asked a vague question concerning 'morality' that I assumed was your typical slam against homosexuality.

If you are asking whether I think it is OK to lie to a spouse. No, that's not OK. If you are asking me if I condone infidelity, than the answer is no.

Re: What You Missed This Morning – North Road Ride

Andy — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:56:07 -0000

Hey CT, Thanks for the updates Love your work. How about using LCD sound Systems, Get Innocuous as the sound track?? Could work nicely.

Re: Maximum Aerobic Power In Cycling

Andy — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:03:54 -0000

CJ always looks like that!

Re: macri o macri?

Andy — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:38:00 -0000

no mar, me gusta así.

si votás filmus me enojo.

Re: macri o macri?

Andy — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:26:00 -0000

claro, ahora nadie lo votó, pero tuvo más del 45%... ja!

gracias n

Re: benchmark

Andy — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:27:00 -0000

gracias julián, creo que es un comienzo

Re: We are not monsters now - Testimonies of Ex-Christians

Andy — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 04:39:00 -0000

My hat goes off to you for having that courage despite your social pressure.
I can hardly imagine that here, where I live(Europe). Of course, some families are still very pious(mostly the Polish, Catholic families of which I know quite a lot), but with my family and friends it was no problem at all. Most of my friends are atheists to begin with; when I once mentioned my unbelief in front of my family, more like a side-note, everyone's reaction was like "so what?". Only my grandma exclaimed, surprised, not shocked: "Aww, no faith?" and the talk just went on where we left.
Very courageous of you, I cannot visualize the fear and distress you must have gone through.

Re: CANDY CANES and their meaning - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Andy — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 07:59:00 -0000

Guys,

Why are some of you "ex-Christians" so bitter if life is sweeter now?

The Christian folk who have posted have done so in good nature, and some of them, including me, will accept that the Candy Cane story could very easily be a bi-product of the modern era trying to stamp a Christian authority on the holidays.

Many Christians, particularly outside of the USA are quite open about the pagan origins of the holiday, and realise the continued customs of having greenery and food on display through the dark months as a tribute to "mother earth" and the gods of "fertility, nutrition" etc etc.

My peeve with you guys is that you are agressive towards them. If a Christian meets a none-believer, they calmly explain, and you must admit that there are more "nice mannered" people who come from a faith background...whether Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, Islamic...than those without. My feeling on this, and my own journey is far from a steady one, as a historian, I question EVERYTHING! is that those who believe they are happier without a god or a belief, are in actual fact, the ones with the greater inner-turmoils. Faith isn't a crutch, it's a bold leap. It's much easier and much more convenient in modern times to say all religion is bad and flawed.

I won't force doctrine and scripture down your throat, but there are more people in this world who believe in some sort of Divine power than who don't...even physicists when explaining the creation of all the Universe, use a name for the unknown, or God...they call it "X".

When was the last time you felt particularly emboldened? Stop hiding behind false bravery, intellectualism, and agression.

Re: Longtime director of Apologetics Press fired - ExChristian.Net - Articles

Andy — Sun, 27 May 2007 08:54:00 -0000

In Gods eyes, sin is sin no matter if the sin is homosexuality, murder, gossip, or disbelief. The world likes to compare sin or people by saying, "I'm not a bad as so and so" or "I've never done anything like that." The bottom line is that we all need the forgiveness of our sins through the blood of Christ. I encourage all Christians to pray for Mr. Thompson that he will have victory over this sin. There is always hope if we turn to God.

Re: The Scarlet Newscast

Andy — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 07:53:41 -0000

Clear? Either way, I answered your comment. In the future, if you want a direct answer, ask a direct question.

Re: Summer Sun Brings Sex in the Media

Andy — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:02:06 -0000

Vita.mn says "yay! Public sex!" When it discusses sex between men and women in public.

At the same time, we have two articles that point to public sex being criminalized when it involves men having sex with men, one of them from Vita.mn's parent organization.

I suppose I could have done a better job highlighting the distinction, but I found it to be a striking difference.

Re: Reproductive Health Groups Sponsor Documentary Screening

Andy — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 12:51:13 -0000

Or, if you are so unfamiliar with the article in question, why bring it up?

Re: The Power of Strong Opinions: Star Tribune’s Jim Boyd Joins Minnesota Monitor

Andy — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:35:06 -0000

Quality, not quantity. The trouble, he said, was not with running diverse viewpoints but in finding high-quality writers to represent the right.

The point.

See, to get really good, a writer has to do his or her own thinking, not wait for the talking points to come down from The Party.

Re: Republicans Repudiate Single-Payer Health Care

Andy — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:22:28 -0000

Or what I like to call, a corruption tax.

Fact is, single payer systems works all

over the rest of the civilized world.

But I guess we have a few too many Ayn

Rand fanboys for something so sensible to

happen here.

But hey, if you really want to see what

the Invisible Hand can achieve, go to

Iraq.

Think of it- a weak central government, lots

of guns, and competition, as in, all against all.

Obviously, it's paradise.

Re: Universal Healthcare: the Jihadists’ Secret Weapon

Andy — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:47:50 -0000

They also forgot to mention that socializing medicine makes you more sick.

Re: Who are you (who, who)?

Andy — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 06:47:21 -0000

This sounds all too much like an "AA" meeting. Hi. My name is Andy and I've been a Mac user for five years. Making the switch, if I recall, was quite sobering so it's actually a pretty good analogy.

Like many Mac users who made the switch from some piece of garbage PC (in my case a Gateway), I did so because I was in need of a powerhouse machine that could make easy work of the video editing and graphics based work I was doing. Enter the Dual 2 GHz PowerPC G5 with 2.5 GB Ram, 500 GB internal/1 TB External Hard Drive.

Add to that brilliant native programs like Final Cut Pro, Motion, Live Type, all the iApps...

I never looked back.

Re: feed me

Andy — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 22:43:00 -0000

se puede decir que es una cochinada

Re: GSN Plans 5 "Celebrity" Lingo Episodes

Andy — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 04:11:00 -0000

A Kenny vs. Spenny Lingo episode? Wow. How ingenious.

I wonder what the humiliation will be for the poor loser of that challenge -- and if Kenny will try to cheat at all.

Andy Saunders

(Personally, if you view the show more as comedy than game opera - you might get more of an appreciation for it. It has quite a cult following up in Canada)

Re: Get Rich Quickies!

Andy — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:12:00 -0000

IMHO, if they make money, fine it's their business. What I really despise about these schemes is they give this false sense of hope to people. It exploits the very mind of the human, especially in a competitive and materealistic society now, which is full of greed, nothing gets more cruel than this. Agreed with anonymous about changing one to the worse as I've had friends who turned to the worse.

Re: Biggest Loser and Turbulence Training Connection

Andy — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:39:00 -0000

Biggest Loser is still an inspiring show to watch...yet, the reality is - we don't have the luxuries they have at bootcamp...er I mean "the ranch". They get top notch trainers, a built in gym right at their finger tips and have to let go of alot of distractions that we in the "real world" have to endure on a daily basis. It's a big sacrifice but it does pay off for the contestants....the question is: What happens when they get sent home and their off on their own when the camera's are off? I tell you Kali, it's a whole different story when the biggest challenge is continue to keep it going on a daily basis...constantly pushing it to your limit - testing your mental fortitude as well. Not an easy task, yet in 7 months - you've lost 25 lbs with Turbulence Training...with support that's 2nd to none at the TT Forums. In that note, there is a connection but far from the truth in comparison to what TT can do to you really.

Here's my blog, Kali...feel free to drop by and chime in!

www.findingmymotivation.blogspot.com

Keep it going!!!

Andy

Re: Day 131 - This is Bananas!

Andy — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:48:00 -0000

Man, now you got me so hooked up on your blog lady!!! :)

My mantra in the realm of fitness:

"Half assed efforts give you half assed results."

Never settle for anything less than your absolute best in anything in life. Life will always challenge us no matter what we do in life...it's how we face those challenges that matters most. We live in a world that is comprised of men/women of action (the action takers) and those of action fakers. The sad thing is the action fakers are the majority here...so let's not be the majority and make that positive change for the better!

How's that? Hahahaha!!!

Andy

Re: Day 133 - Motivational Mantra Hall of Fame

Andy — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:10:00 -0000

Hey...saw my mantra in theres...

Wow the quad blaster looks like a pretty cool piece of workout equipment, Kali! Adam Waters is definitely the real deal right there...I remember seeing him on youtube and it was an awesome journey and very inspired that he's continued the journey!!!!

Nice!!!

Re: Day 134 - I’ve Got A Shiny New Badge!

Andy — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:18:00 -0000

You know my answer to that one Kali...go with the Feb 08 circuit!

Re: Day 136 - 600 Rep TT Circuit Coming My Way

Andy — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:43:00 -0000

I love circuit training, Kali and am so pleased you did in fact do the Feb circuit! Glad you're having a blast with it. I know I did. I bet people at your gym were like: "what the hell?". Ey girl - its a fat blasting workout for crying out loud!

Did you check out the latest at the TT Home page? The workout of the month looks pretty awesome!

Re: Day 140 - Skinny Mocha: Breakfast of Champions!

Andy — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:57:00 -0000

Adam was a teacher in Japan right?

Re: The "Do Be, Do Be, Do" Dance

Andy — Sat, 03 May 2008 21:00:00 -0000

Whoa...deep. Got lost with this one, Kali. May have to re-read this one a little more!

Re: Day 141 - A Minefield of Temptation

Andy — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:51:00 -0000

Hahahahahhahaha!!!!!!!!!!

You got such a great sense of humor Kali on how to tackle those nutritional challenges...goodluck!

:)

Re: The Ultimate Turbulance Training Package

Andy — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:14:00 -0000

Hi Marbella...I'm not Kali...but yes you should! ;)

Andy

:)

Re: Day 142 - I Can’t Be Trusted with a Jar of Almond Butter

Andy — Tue, 06 May 2008 00:58:00 -0000

Can you ship me one of dem delicious bars packaged to San Diego? Please!? Just kidding, Kali...

Seriously, yes you're right about certain cravings that are just so hard to bare without. But you're doing so good there kali with the food exchange approach you got goin'.

I love almonds, too!!!

Re: Day 143 - Mango Swap

Andy — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:22:00 -0000

Geez Kali...talk about self control vs self indulge. Good job!

Re: Day 145 - Fishy Results

Andy — Thu, 08 May 2008 23:14:00 -0000

I used to take fish oil...but fish is common in an Asian diet so I get mine pretty much naturally anyway.

Also, I noticed with fish oil - urine looked yellower while I was on it. Absorption qualities of the capsule good? Not sure. But the health benefits are great (cardiovascular, recovery from certain injuries)... My .02

Re: Day 149 - Weekly nutrition tip: Revving up metabolism

Andy — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:50:00 -0000

That's why I hate the word diet...it's almost a word synonymous to deprivation. I'd rather call it strategic eating. Sounds better...hehehe! :)

Andy

Re: Day 154 - Guess my dress

Andy — Sat, 17 May 2008 21:13:00 -0000

Whatever it is you'll be wearing on your sister's wedding, Kali...please post it here! :)

Re: Day 152- Knock, knock, knocking on neighbor’s doors

Andy — Sun, 18 May 2008 10:28:00 -0000

Hi Kali....I understand the need to change up things with the program and dieting. Alot of us TT'ers have been on TT for quite some time. I think it would be very refreshing to try out new programs and approaches. I'm doing something a little differently as well the past month or so and can feel and see the changes. Adaptation will always be the enemy in getting to our goals. Goodluck.

Re: Day 156 - Sliver of silver

Andy — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:59:00 -0000

Jaw dropping, Kali! Absolutely stunning. Nice to know the wedding went well. You look good! :)

Andy

Re: Day 158 - 10% wiggle to lose the jiggle

Andy — Wed, 21 May 2008 22:09:00 -0000

Slowly but surely Kali..you'll get there. I think the gradual weight loss/bf loss is alot better than one that is lost and gained right back. Sometimes that 10% does really help every now and then...I like the refeed approach when I'm dieting sometimes (I hate that word). It only allows me to be able to stick to something long term. Indulge yourself every now and then and reward all that hard work...never feel guilty or deprived. When I feel deprived, I don't really get a good workout in. Again, it's all individual really. I'm not quite sure how your workouts have been as far as weights/reps or what have you. Just curious, have you thought of going heavy on some days and light on others? I think a good mix up of intensity on your workouts would go a long way in shedding more fat and even get a little ripped there too?

Re: Day 158 - 10% wiggle to lose the jiggle

Andy — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:29:00 -0000

Agreed.

What do you have planned if you don't mind my asking?

How's Tom Venutto's Book?

Re: Day 161 - Atlantic City Pictorial

Andy — Mon, 26 May 2008 15:04:00 -0000

Kali...you crack me up. I read up on this post 2 nights ago. Yesterday, I was flashbacking this post because it was so funny in a good way! But looking at what surrounds us is true - it's definitely out there. But hey, don't be too hard with yourself on dieting and getting the weight down to double digits. I don't believe in that word. Just take it strategically in relation to your fitness goals and you'll be alright. And like you said on your newest post - moderation is good. Just don't go too sloppy on the nutrition side but don't let great times pass you by like a few indulgences here and there.

Re: Day 162 - One whole inch of incineration

Andy — Mon, 26 May 2008 15:08:00 -0000

I posted in the other post..but I'll post here too. Great job so far, Kali! Enjoy what life has to offer you! Take a well deserved break!

Re: Day 167 - Finding My Motivation

Andy — Sat, 31 May 2008 20:23:00 -0000

Join the contest, Kali! I think it would be good for you to do so if "Finding My Motivation" (catchy title. ;) ) is VERY important to you and your goals. I know what it's like to be in those shoes (still am..everyday!). If it's in your heart to join - I say go for it, Kali and I say this with sincerest wishes that you will succeed much like you did the 1st one.

Andy

Re: Day 167 - Finding My Motivation

Andy — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 11:13:00 -0000

No, unfortunately...it was a gruelling yet enjoying 12 weeks then.

But I'm definitely there in spirit! :)

Re: Day 168 - SoBe It!

Andy — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 17:12:00 -0000

That pic reminds me alot of an episode Miami Vice back in the 80's! Where did the 80's go????!!! (sobbing).

Re: Day 170 - SoBe Beach Picture

Andy — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:02:00 -0000

Lookin good there! Kali in the Islands...now Kali in South Beach! Nice pic there! You must've had a ball of a time over there girl!

Re: Day 171 - Bikini-less

Andy — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:12:00 -0000

Missed the bikini's...just kidding. :)

Looking forward to the video, too!

Re: Day 172 - Weekly Nutrition Tip: Eat Fat, Lose Fat

Andy — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:15:00 -0000

I love pork rinds by "Mission"...although it does have fat...it has absolutely no carbs.

But just like alcohol: eat with moderation. :)

Re: Day 173 - Benefits of EFAs

Andy — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:32:00 -0000

Unwind girl...this is good for you longterm. Take a well deserved break and work on your fitness and nutritional plans. Breaks from workouts are therapeutic and we don't take enough of them.

Re: Day 180 - Stop Procrastinating

Andy — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:45:00 -0000

"Learn to embrace change."

You are so right on all accounts.

Here's my 5:

1) goal setting - Know what you want to achieve. But it should be something for you and not for someone else's benefit.

2) Start today. Don't wait for tomorrow. Start today.

3) Reward yourself.

4) Find new motivations to carry on the "journey." Look for social support: friends, bloggers, family.

5) Be happy. Very important.

Nice post Kali...

Re: Day 183 - South Beach Workout

Andy — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:47:00 -0000

Kick butt BW exercises there Kali! At the beach even! Yay!

The reggae music was perfect.

Andy

Re: Day 183 - South Beach Workout

Andy — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:57:00 -0000

Definitely a book to keep in your fitness library for sure. I think it's a great resource, just like TT. He really did an outstanding job on his books.

Re: Day 186 - Athletic Conditioning Hell

Andy — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:30:00 -0000

Nice workout, Kali. Seems like fun. :/

Just kidding...the pain to go through a circuit of exercises is a draining yet awesome experience. Be careful though, Kali!

Andy

Re: Day 188 - Super Quick

Andy — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:14:00 -0000

Lookin great Kali!!

Yo, as far as that tag, Kali...Hahahaha!!! Sorry, that was one click that turned bad for me! Someone sent me a tag invite (never heard of it before) and although a friend of mines...I don't really like going on those types of websites. So oops! Sorry about that. You got my email...and I think I got yours so that's good enough for me. Plus we got great blogs like this to resort to as well.

Whew...just deleted my account there just now. Sigh...

Re: Day 188 - Super Quick

Andy — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:28:00 -0000

Thanks Kali...appreciate the heads up because it went to quite a few people as well!!! Yikes!

Yes, it sure was cool to have CB visit my blog. I was a bit caught off guard but crazy cool indeed. :)

Keep the daily posts coming! I'm a regular visitor of yours! You're awesome!

Re: Day 189 - The Genesis of World PRW Day

Andy — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:35:00 -0000

PRW's...awesome, Kali. Hey, those are definitely powerful reasons why we should all keep going at it! I always try to find my own reasons why to: when I get up, when I'm in my car, when I brush my teeth, when I'm with my family, while I'm at work, when I eat, when I workout, when I put my shoes on...it goes on and on...and it's rather difficult to fine tune those personal reasons why like you mentioned in your post here. I wish I can express those in words as eloquently as you do, Kali...Very well thought out and love your writing.

Re: 195 - Fuschia protein powder recipe

Andy — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:04:00 -0000

The shredder nike challenge looks fun! I have 2 pairs of nike + air turbulence shoes (that I absolutely love to death)...the only thing is - I have the 30 GB video Ipod so Im really out of luck here!

Re: 204 - Navigating the Human Obstacle Course

Andy — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:31:00 -0000

"...soccer ball missiles." Had to laugh at that one, Kali...you are so funny! Hahah!

Good job on the sleep in. It really helps with getting your body "reset" for the week that lies ahead.

Watch out for the balls!

Andy

Re: 205 - Weekly nutrition tip: the thermic effect of protein

Andy — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:59:00 -0000

Dude...I was just thinking of the same thing last night!!!! Did you see the Swimming trials yesterday, Kali!? D. Torres just tore it up yesterday. For a 41 year old - that's freakin' A-M-A-Z-I-N-G to beat people that are young enough to be her teenage daughter. She has a great physique...something to die for! Not literally of course. But whew!

Can't wait to see her in action in Beijing.

Re: 204 - Navigating the Human Obstacle Course

Andy — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:28:00 -0000

Human obtacles? Check out this video. No words mentioned:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1Ry7yPvc1A&feature;=related

nice workout tune too!

Andy

Re: 215 - I have a confession to make

Andy — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:36:00 -0000

Great going Kali...trial and error and it looks like it's working for you to a tee!

Is it weight loss which is your goal correct?

Hey, as long as you keep your proteins in conjunction with your workouts I think youre doing fantastic...and shouldn't worry too much about losing some muscle if you aren't - especially with your fasting diets and all. Not too significant really looking at the whole picture and what you're goals are.

Definitely keep it up!

Andy

Re: 216 - I won a Problogger contest

Andy — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:01:00 -0000

Congratulations Miss Blogger Supreme!

Re: 222 - Never before seen picture

Andy — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:02:00 -0000

Congrats on finishing your 2nd TT contest, Kali...you're amazing! Keep up the great work! And goodluck on the Nike challenge!

Andy

Re: 225 - The results are in- UPDATED

Andy — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:05:00 -0000

I'd like to join this contest...seems like fun. I just don't have a compatible ipod!!!

Have fun!

Made a post on another post of yours Kali...just thought I'd give you a shout and give you a hug on a job well done on your 2nd TT challenge.

You look amazing! Fantastic job!!!!

Andy

Re: Hawthorne Classic

Andy — Fri, 21 May 2004 17:10:59 -0000

I love Chunk's bikes.

Re: The Warrior-King Clarity Model for Change

Andy — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:54:00 -0000

As soon as I figure out a way to have a spare 100/mo I'll be sure and have a look at what you have to offer with the warrior-king society.

Re: Other Than What You Think It Is

Andy — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:19:00 -0000

My first time leaving a comment on this blog, but this post kind of goes along with a lot of things regarding "ego" that I have been looking at/researching lately.

It seems that so many of men's problems (and society at-large, for that matter) stem from their ego/pride. I have seen egos so large that they allow a layperson to believe they know more about medicine than a doctor. Everyone believes they already have the answers for everything.

Humility. Curiosity. Open-mindedness. A thirst for intellect. Let go of your ego and strive for these qualities. Accept the fact that you don't know everything, but that you CAN learn anything...if you are willing to put your ego aside and allow yourself to educated (or even better, educate yourself).

Re: FDR at Fire Station #1

Andy — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 11:09:00 -0000

That is such an awesome picture. Not only for FDR being in the picture, but to see the firefighters dressed up, and the equipment they used back then.

Andy

http://www.emt-blog.com

Re: wp-mail.php

Andy — Sun, 25 Jul 2004 17:55:14 -0000

Thanks for this, it works like a charm. I really use this so i can send emails from my phone to my blog. I am using this to send message from an o2 UK mobile phone. All that i needed to change was adding a str_replace line to remove the advert at the top of the message. Thanks once again.

Re: Executive physicals, and what the Mayo Clinic doesn’t want you to know

Andy — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:12:30 -0000

Why is it considered high cost?
It contributes jobs to the economy.
High GDP doesn't make healthcare a bad industry.
For example, you give jobs to the CT Tech, pharmaceutical company, radiologist, biller, etc.
I guess Obama and NEJM want to ruin healthcare along with the banks, auto, etc.

Re: Resign Today!

Andy — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:28:40 -0000

I feel like I am where I am supposed to be right now. I love most parts of it. When I came here, it was my dream job. 3 months later the pastor (who told me he had no plans of leaving when I was interviewing) resigned. Since then there have been some discouraging days/weeks. I love the life change that is taking place, don't get me wrong. I feel like the youth/young adult ministry is growing. We are in a smaller than small town (one caution light.) Since my family moved here the youth ministry has grown from averaging 35 to just under 70 last week. But there are some things happening that makes me wonder, is this my dream job? I read everything I can find about Newspring because your passion and the way you operate is something I covet (I know that is a sin, but @ least I didn't say effing. Don't judge me.)
So maybe you guys can answer some questions- and only newspringers answer please(No offense to non-springers, I just don't care what crazy guy who lives in a cabin and pastors a church that is full of unhappy Christians who came to his church because they resonate with the problems he has with churches and pastors who are growing the kingdom and making a difference.)
1. My ministry is thriving, growing, God is blessing it and He is the only reason for any success it is having. So how am I supposed to handle the fact the ministry is growing faster than I can train volunteers and my budget is exactly where it was when I started, which means I am away from home alot and it is starting to impact my family life and marriage in a negative way?
2. How do you handle it when "tenured" staff are more interested in people pleasing than reaching people? I've heard comments like "I don't know if we can grow anymore, etc." What if it is my dream job, but I am next to somebody who is riding it out to retirement and just seems lazy?. The church looks at this person for 75% of her direction because they have been here for along time. How do I keep this from draining passion and focus?
3. How do I find a mentor who thinks and operates similarily to me. I have emailed people asking for some mentoring/advice/guidance through email and only gotten a kind note from their assistant (don't worry Perry, it was a very nice note and I could just barely tell it was a copy/paste job.- I know you're too busy-I'm laughing as I type this.) My point is that I am in rural Central Kentucky, and it is tough trying to think with a "whatever it takes to reach people" attitude when it seems like most experienced pastors have a "whatever it takes to make people happy and tithe" mentality. Frankly, I don't want to learn from that guy, and I for sure don't wan to hear him preach every Sunday...

I do love my job, but sometimes the frustrations can be so overwhelming.

Newspring- thanks for what you are doing. Keep it up my friends. You are influencing more than just those attending your services. Thank you.

Re: Gordon Campbell : Drunk Driver

Andy — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 04:02:28 -0000

Campbell, your broke the contract that you promised to uphold. Thanks to you, the worst thing imaginable now becomes a reality for many BC families. You have no sympathy for other people so I will have no sympathy for you. The provincial election in Ontario is a foreshadow of what is to come in 2005. Hiding behind your RCMP cronies will only momentarily shield you from the wrath of the people you have wronged. Just wait, though we cannot beat you or even spit at you, at least we can vote against you in 2005 to see how it will be like to lose you job. Rest in Hell asshole.

Re: Guestbook

Andy — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:56:45 -0000

Name: Andy Green
E-mail: andrewgreen@talk21.com

Hi T.C.
I have just been listening, yet again, to one of your fantastic Spacemusic shows (3.12). It is the most wonderful collection of relaxing music, and as always, excellent quality in both content and sound. I have lots of your episodes on my iPod and I take much pleasure in listening to them. They help me relax at work and alsoin my private times. They are wonderful at helping me to relax from the pressures of work and take a moment to look at things differently, a new perspective!

I hope that YOUR shows go on forever just like when you asked the listeners to imagine music being available forever now that is in a more digital permanent format.

Please continue with your shows as I am sure that people all over the world are happier just being able to listen to your show even if it is for a single episode.

Many many thanks for these soundscapes and atmospheres.
Kindest regards, Andy

Re: feliz día, papá

Andy — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 20:20:00 -0000

ahahahaha
genial el cuento.

gracias chicos!!!

Re: Rush - YYZ « Darfuria

Andy — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:17:31 -0000

Oooo freaky

Re: Resistance Fall of Man : All PS3 Themes

Andy — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:47:11 -0000

Sick theme dude,
leave VIOLENCE alone his atheist theme was cool especially the icon wat sed adults shouldn't have imagenery friends
VIOLENCE wts ur PSN

Re: Zoo York : All PS3 Themes

Andy — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:58:15 -0000

This theme rules,
add Saint_Andy on PS3

Re: Knight Rider : All PS3 Themes

Andy — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:20:42 -0000

looks nothing like the knightrider car:

http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=k...

Re: Dark Skeleton : All PS3 Themes

Andy — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:32:02 -0000

WOW thts the first wallpaper i ever had on my ps3
nearly had my ps3 a year now, 23rd march!

Re: Bleach_Cinema_versionD : All PS3 Themes

Andy — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:10:02 -0000

will u send the shown wallpaper plz
my psn is St_Andy

Re: Boundary Spanning at Office 2.0

Andy — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:45:30 -0000

Your post immediately brought to mind Coghead, which I discovered last week via Guy Kawasaki. According to Coghead's blog, they came out of stealth mode at Office 2.0 with the announcement of their beta. With its boundary-spanning capabilities, Coghead should qualify as a lightweight workflow platform.

"Coghead empowers tech-savvy business people to develop applications for common business problems. By combining the benefits of zero infrastructure, drag and drop tools, powerful development features and more, Coghead is changing the app development game, in your favor."

As noted by Guy, who serves on Coghead's advisory board, "tech-savvy business people" equates to "non-programmers." Essentially, it has potential to take some application development out of the hands of application developers and mitigate constraints that could otherwise prevent organizations from providing the customized tools desired by their workers.

"Now you can develop custom apps quickly, and share them with your co-workers in real time. The revolutionary Coghead application delivery service provides an intuitive drag and drop development environment so you can build, and maintain, your custom applications yourself... no coding required!"

But, with these capabilities, how would the average corporation -- with "average" as the operative word -- approach the potential for an increasingly splintered set of new applications (and processes)? Despite this flexibility to achieve pin-point customization where the rubber meets the road, so to speak, would conventional wisdom label it a problem rather than a solution?

What will happen when IT is no longer the gatekeeper? Would its responsibilities then shift to include socializing "best-in-class" worker-developed applications in order to retain control and prevent presumed chaos? Or, would the invisible hand of a marketplace mentality propel the adoption of superior user-built software across an organization, curb individual groups' desire to develop homegrown solutions (which would be dramatically easier) and, consequently, result in some semblance of uniformity?

In the end, regardless of how organizations approach its use, Coghead definitely sounds like cool technology to me. And, it looks like you could accomplish your hypothetical co-authors' lightweight project management using it.

Re: Tear Down These Walls!?!?

Andy — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 23:16:00 -0000

So assuming there are no confidentiality issues, why would you post your problem only on the lab wiki when you could post it company-wide?

Using your lab example, here's one fictionalized and somewhat dramatic answer:

Top Executive: I heard about this E2.0. Do you think it can help us in the labs? We would've never been able to imagine something like a wiki back in the day when I was working my way up through the labs.

Product Manager: No kidding! My teams could have collaborated so much more when I worked down in the labs.

Lab Manager: Yeah, a wiki might be a good platform to use when approaching some persistent problems my lab is trying to solve.

Lab Worker: We could probably adopt it for the work we're doing in the lab right now.

IT Manager: You'll allow Supply Chain, Finance, Marketing, IT and HR people to collaborate with you on these problems then, right? They'll bring different perspectives to the table and might see an opportunity or solution that's been somehow overlooked by the labs.

Collective Response: Why? They don't know anything about the types of problems the labs are working on... They're not scientists or engineers... How could they possibly offer any useful input to the labs' problems? They've never worked in the labs like we have.

For E2.0 to truly deliver, first you need a culture that believes everyone could have something meaningful to offer to everyone else's problems, regardless of functional area or discipline.

As a final note, consider a wiki for solving problems that does enjoy company-wide accessibility. However, its target audience is just one discipline, so its existence is not communicated company-wide. "Silently walled garden" perhaps?

Re: HBS Case on Wikipedia

Andy — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 22:18:54 -0000

Wikipedia is an important authority site. Since it dominates the SERPS, spammers frequently try to spam Wikipedia with their links and search engine optimizers too edit Wikipedia for their own interests. Therefore a new policy this year gets introduced across Wikipedia to "nofollow" all external links, to prevent link gain passes from Wikipedia to any external site. This new policy will certainly change the dynamics and the motivations of spammers and SEOs alike.

Re: +++ Ivan Cameron Died Overnight +++

Andy — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:52:00 -0000

I've been there, I know how wretched it is...

Did Prick Robinson really say those things?

Re: PPS Revolt Threatened Over Post Privatisation

Andy — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:20:00 -0000

so Mandy's introduced the Royal Mail Bill a day earlier than expected......surely not cos some might see today as one on which to bury bad news?

Re: Battlefield 2 - The Future of Gaming?

Andy — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 23:34:45 -0000

1) You don't specify what res you're running - if it's 1600x1200, even the 7800 has difficulty with AA enabled.
2) Ultra-High Audio will be unlocked when you install a Creative X-Fi sound card, although they're not available until the Fall. The X-Fi has an equivalent speed of 3.2GHz...
3) AFAIK, the server cos have to pay a small number to EA to be allowed to host ranked servers, plus the hardware has to be slightly more powerful due to all the stats being crunched, hence the higher monthly rental price.

Re: The Makes Nice

Andy — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:04:00 -0000

Hey,

This is Andy at Fanatic Promotion. My company promotes this band, thanks so much for discovering and posting them on your blog!

Here are some links you might enjoy:

a. MP3’s TO ADD TO YOUR SITE:

Candy Wrapper: http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/mp3s/themakesni... Sun: http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/mp3s/themakesni.... E-CARD W/ FULL ALBUM STREAM TO ADD TO YOUR SITE:

http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/ecards/themakesnice

c. BIO and HI-RES IMAGES:

http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/current/makes_candy.html

Re: Blinded By The Hype? Britney Spears – Circus

Andy — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:43:54 -0000

She was writing credits on Mannequin too, as well as one of the bonus tracks.

Re: Blinded By The Hype? Britney Spears – Circus

Andy — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:49:18 -0000

Oh and nice re-reviewing idea : )

I agree mostly, it's a strong collection of individual songs which don't QUITE flow together.

Re: Welcome!

Andy — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:39:00 -0000

Haha, I've heard that one before... thanks for the comment Cmac!

Re: A Day in the Life…

Andy — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:14:00 -0000

No, the only away game we're going to is this weekend against our big rival Florida State

Re: Breaking my heart and hurting my tongue

Andy — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 09:45:35 -0000

Try Cheetos Cheese and Bacon Balls. More suited to the adult pallette!

Re: British Long Jumper Jonathan Moore Jumps Naked From Roof Of House

Andy — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 07:31:00 -0000

As you said, he clearly needs help and the I find the jokey undertones of this artucle to be somewhat inappropriate.

Andy Davies - An ex-Birchfield Harrier

Re: Making products that spread themselves.

Andy — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:07:00 -0000

how about an online book that awards you another chapter for every person you send it to?
Or a movie that only plays once you get 10 people to watch the stream - reignite communal viewing, whihc now exists only in theatres.

Re: Making products that spread themselves.

Andy — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:45:00 -0000

what about something a bit more subtle. You remember 1000 paintings. What about limited edition products that have a number printed on them: the number represents how many there are left. So your consumption of a product is a reminder to others to get theirs.

Re: Making products that spread themselves.

Andy — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:40:00 -0000

Whoa. Coincidence:

http://www.crackunit.com/2007/10/15/hype-machine-stunt/

Re: We’re not in the communications industry anymore.

Andy — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:24:00 -0000

It's a human condition to allow means to masquerade as ends.

The classic ad motto: "people don't want a drill, they want a hole" needs to be applied to the product "comms" agencies sell.

Re: http://www.zeusjones.com/blog/2007/209/

Andy — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 06:15:00 -0000

Completely behind you Adrian. I used to use the analogy of a human relationship.. where 'moments' were buying flowers or taking your partner away for the weekend. These may be lovely gestures, but the real relationship is the invisible, immeasurable bond that builds over time.
The big challenge is selling a slow burn approach to clients when others promise to make the immediate splash that this band-aid culture desires.

Of course, both would be ideal...

Re: Big launch day at Zeus Jones!

Andy — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:08:00 -0000

is this a screenshot AFTER the champagne was opened?

Re: Marketing is increasingly about the creative application of technology.

Andy — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:39:00 -0000

I'm completely behind you here. And I'm following a similar path myself.

The fudged way we group anything made of pixels into the meaningless category of 'digital' is not adequate anymore. Expressing a comms idea on a laptop screen is a far cry from the utility you're talking about. 'Brand utility' does a job here but not completely satisfyingly.

Let the race to pretentiously reclassify this category begin.

Re: The real digital divide is a human values one not a technological one.

Andy — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:24:00 -0000

this is going to be a bit random but...

I think the concept of changing values is very interesting. I feel as though it's common to assume evolution (in the broadest sense of the word) takes a lot of time. But there are reasons to believe that organisms can change quickly when their environment does -- Like the moth that evolved to match pullution-tinted trees:

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/biology/evolution/genetics/naturalselection.html

(fourth para)

I think the 'digital' landscape can drastically change values very quickly for similar reasons. In two year periods our entire culture of doing something (sharing photos; reporting news etc) can change. I'm with you in regard to values not being immutable. I wonder what we'll think tomorrow!

Re: The real digital divide is a human values one not a technological one.

Andy — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:25:00 -0000

sorry, link wasn't complete:

http://tinyurl.com/2hdnza

Re: US Dollar rising dramatically

Andy — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:51:00 -0000

Good article, though I think in the longer term a weaker dollar will return. As I wrote recently, the rapid rise of the US dollar in the near term is a result of the flight to safety to US treasury's due to the global financial meltdown (yes people short the dollar are suffering!). This just shows despite America's longer term challenges it is still viewed as the financial bastion of the world. Hard to believe with the all the institutional collpases, but in Red, White and Blue we trust.

Re: The $700 billion Paulson Plan is dead on arrival

Andy — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:56:00 -0000

How a month can change things or show the futility of good intentions. We have now spent close to 2 Trillion dollar on Government interventions and yet the Dow is down 25%. So becoming a bailout nation has not solved our problems. Only time will clear the mess and a recession is inevitable. Paulson tried, but it was too late.

Re: About Credit Writedowns

Andy — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:00:00 -0000

Great to discover this blog and am now a subscriber. The analysis here is spot on and as a fellow finance blogger, it is always great to discover new and interesting perspectives on the financial and economic issues of the day.

Re: Jobless claims in holding pattern

Andy — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:15:00 -0000

Per the prior comments and annoucnemnt by AMEX and other FS firms over this week, the current jobless figures are just the tip of the iceberg.

Re: Static Utility Methods

Andy — Thu, 22 May 2008 12:38:00 -0000

It's true with StringUtils.reverse that I would be unlikely to want to change the implementation, but I would much rather write:
"abc1234".reverse();

than:

StringUtils.reverse("abc1234");

I think if I bumped into one of the instances I mentioned where I wanted to be able to change out the configuration at runtime, then I would use an instance wrapper around a static method...

My opinions are no way set in stone, it's just that static methods make me feel icky and I'm not 100% sure why :-)

Re: Returning ‘null’ Considered Dishonest

Andy — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:58:00 -0000

@Kris: Where does your sample code live? It seems that it's in the vending machine, in which case, how does blinkNotEnoughMoneyLight() keep to the contract of returning a Drink?
If it's in the client code, then "Tell, Don't Ask" says that we should not base what we ask of the called object on the state of that object. That's a decision for that object to make. Let's just ask it and see what we get.

@eckes: I'm thinking that we might move to a DrinksChute object, which is a collection, but that's not the way it is at the moment

@jeremy: Null Object is a possibility, but it depends on the planned usage of the returned object. In this case, the Drink has no behaviour, so it doesn't make sense to have a NullDrink. If we can't return a real Drink, I want to know why

@mark: These exceptions are unchecked :-) I'll post some thoughts on that soon.

Null Object is useful where we are expecting some behaviour from the returned object rather than just existence.

A quick example that I thought of would be a NullTransaction on a BankAccount. This would have no effect on the balance of the account, but may be used to make a note in the transaction history.

@sarah: I see where you're coming from, and there are many possible workarounds, but I have asked the VendingMachine for a Drink. I don't want my clients to have to worry about DrinkResponses that may or may not have a drink, which then has to be extracted. The DrinkChute collection would be acceptable, but it's not the simplest thing in this example.

@all: This is a contrived example, but the exceptions aren't really being used for business logic. They are unchecked, so there is no reason to catch them unless you want to handle the situation. The system fails fast with a clear reason as to why and where the problem occured.

Obviously, this is all just my opinion :-)

I'll defend my choice of using Exceptions with this:

The client code needs a Drink to proceed, it makes no sense to continue running if we do not receive a drink. If we use any of the other solutions, we still have to check to see if it's ok to proceed (did we get our drink?). With the Exception route, the application stops and tells you why, without additional burden on the client.

Re: Refactoring / Design: Composed Method

Andy — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:58:00 -0000

That's looking good :-)
The point of the post was that the first thing we should do is get to a consistent detail level.

I rolled up the "how we wash our hands" into a "what are we doing?" washHands method.

My feeling is that washing hands is nothing to do with the making of the base. The chef should make sure he washes his hands before he starts making the base, but we'll get there eventually :-)

Re: Returning ‘null’ Considered Dishonest

Andy — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:00:00 -0000

@Jamal, thanks for commenting.
I want my code to fail fast. If I don't get a Drink, I want my code to tell me why.

I don't want my client code, that is expecting to receive a Drink, to have to check that I didn't cheat him and give him a null instead :-)

Can you give me an example of when a null is a valid response to something that is expecting a Drink object? That is, can you describe a situation where an object that needs a Drink to work with, would be happy with a null?

Re: Missuppfattat?

Andy — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 09:29:00 -0000

Det handlar inte om att vara nöjd med sin tillvaro och till freds utan om att vara liknöjd med den skit man lever i eftersom det inte finns någon möjlighet att förändra den då allt styrs uppifrån av människor och fenomen som är så mycket starkare än man själv.

Är det inte det som kan kallas den goda smakens tyranni eller är det den generella maktlöshetssjukan du pratar om? Men jag vet precis, för jag kan tillskriva mig detta själv. Det finns inte så mycket att göra uppror mot längre, nästan alla intressesfärer är redan annekterade av andra. Ur detta finns några vägar (självklart fler än två) att gå, antingen mot en nynaivistisk eller en snäppet cyniskare. Den senare håller på att ta övertaget. Ja, det går ju t ex att se Napoleon Dynamite som en tämligen cynisk och effektsökande film om man vill.

Re: GSN Plans 5 "Celebrity" Lingo Episodes

Andy — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 04:11:00 -0000

Re: What is the best honeymoon spot close to East Coast USA during July ?

Andy — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 20:55:06 -0000

Kiawah Island, near Charleston, South Carolina
Inn by the Sea, near Portland, Maine
St. John, Virgin Islands
Consider taking a cruise. You can have a different beach every day; the food is fantastic; the on board entertainment is phenomenal; you will have all the privacy that you want; free room service, 24/7; excursions to fabulous places (if you want).

Re: städa städa städa

Andy — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:12:16 -0000

Jag har igår flyttstädat ur min gamla lägenhet, det är ingen dans på rosor =) skittrist. Hoppas ni får sålt er, vart ska ni flytta?

Iaf såsammanträder Frukostklubben på lördag 3/2 och jag tar med utskrifter, kommer ni ?

Re: Assignment Tracker [Updated 0650 1/30/07]

Andy — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:04:28 -0000

How did you figure this part out? I got all the way to the wap info on your last post, but I'm not sure where you got t3001 from...

Re: Assignment Tracker [Updated 0650 1/30/07]

Andy — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:13:39 -0000

never mind...I was late getting my email...

Re: 'The Karate Kid' remake goes to China

Andy — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:05:43 -0000

how you expect that to work not all blacks are liked in japan,but you still have good masters who will teach them

Re: History tells us 'How Bruce Lee Changed the World'

Andy — Sun, 03 May 2009 06:34:19 -0000

Will this be shown on History channel in the UK?

Re: Sarah Lacy on Sarah Lacy and the SXSW Mark Zuckerberg Keynote

Andy — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:48:00 -0000

If Mark is always a boring evasive interview then why bother with him? Surely there's more exciting and extroverted people from the company willing to talk? I know he's trying to style himself like Steve Jobs but he seems to lack that enthusiasm and warmth - but I know he's working on that with media coaching and it will probably improve with time. But if he's 'a tough interview' then tell him to keep his toys and stay home. I think Twitter enables drama queens to not just over-react but to churn their over-reactions together into one big stew. Keynotes with stars of this magnitude will probably always disappoint - I mean really what is he going to say that will truly be worthwhile that hadn't already been said over drinks the night before?

Re: Twitter Tools for Community and Communications Professionals

Andy — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:09:00 -0000

If you use Internet Explorer you may want to try TweetIE, the twitter add-on for IE that helps you post quotes from the websites you visit to your twitter account http://twitter.cloudberrylab.com/</a>

Re: Make Tweet Love – Top Tips for Building Twitter Relationships

Andy — Fri, 29 May 2009 09:30:46 -0000

One question I have I didn't see answered is how to identify yourself on Twitter. I run a news service called ohmygov.com, but we use the screen name bureaupat - our androgynous bureaucratic mascot - as our main Twitterer. Is this a good idea or not? I thought it more interesting than tweeting from ohmygov.com.

Re: Sarah Lacy on Sarah Lacy and the SXSW Mark Zuckerberg Keynote

Andy — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:48:00 -0000

Re: Twitter Tools for Community and Communications Professionals

Andy — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:09:00 -0000

Re: Make Tweet Love – Top Tips for Building Twitter Relationships

Andy — Fri, 29 May 2009 09:30:46 -0000

Re: More on The Price of Everything

Andy — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:48:04 -0000

Excellent radio interview. Anyone able to save a copy?

Re: salir en el diario

Andy — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 14:27:00 -0000

claaaarooo la culpa es mía

Re: pura vida

Andy — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 14:25:00 -0000

no tomamos alcohol en el almuerzo
eh

ojo

ok

Re: buuu

Andy — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 14:26:00 -0000

puede ser...

Re: buuu

Andy — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 14:49:00 -0000

touché

Re: ZefHemel.com RSS feed and other new stuff

Andy — Sat, 04 Oct 2003 12:55:02 -0000

Ah, finally, thanks :)

Re: Starwars kid moves

Andy — Fri, 20 Feb 2004 10:45:05 -0000

this kid is making so much money off of his own web site it's rediculous. im sure you have went to www.jedimaster.net to buy his stuff well just so you know he made that site and is now making a ton of money off of it.

Re: MSN nickchanges should be forbidden

Andy — Mon, 26 Apr 2004 16:27:39 -0000

I often have a little "tagline" after my nickname - but I always make sure it startes with my name.

Some of my friends don't put their name's in front - but I know them so well I can tell from the kind of name they have who it is!

Re: Interesting trick to finding Java caller

Andy — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:15:43 -0000

It used to be that Thread.getStackTrace accompished its task by doing the throw too. I suspect things haven't changed.

Nicely done.

Re: Jock Rotator for Joomla!

Andy — Sat, 02 May 2009 16:52:40 -0000

Hi,

This is a great script but I was wondering if you happened to have a version with a full back-end version so that the script can be edited within Joomla. EG, items can be selected with text boxes - so that idiots can use it basically?

Thanks

Re: Båtmässan med nya vattensmaker (del 1)

Andy — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:41:07 -0000

Jag tycker det är super att du skapat det här forumet, Mattias. Och att du vågar blotta dina texter för en kritisk bransch. Fortsätt så! Nu till texten, och annonsen. Den berör mig inte så mycket. Kanske skulle den behöva ännu starkare rubriker att fastna för... Men, jag är heller ingen segelfantast!. A

Re: Båtmässan med nya vattensmaker (del 1)

Andy — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:41:07 -0000

Re: ”Reklamen invaderar varje ledigt utrymme i samhället och ockuperar människors tankar och drömmar”

Andy — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:54:24 -0000

Att underhålla och överraska. Prata till hjärtat mer än till hjärnan.

Re: ”Reklamen invaderar varje ledigt utrymme i samhället och ockuperar människors tankar och drömmar”

Andy — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:54:24 -0000

Att underhålla och överraska. Prata till hjärtat mer än till hjärnan.

Re: Shehzad Yunus balanserar för Indiens gamla

Andy — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:40:49 -0000

jag håller helt med dig, Mattias. Den är nästintill perfekt. Avslutningen borde få håret att resa sig, men det händer tyvärr inte.

Re: Shehzad Yunus balanserar för Indiens gamla

Andy — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:40:49 -0000

jag håller helt med dig, Mattias. Den är nästintill perfekt. Avslutningen borde få håret att resa sig, men det händer tyvärr inte.

Re: Shehzad Yunus balanserar för Indiens gamla

Andy — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:40:49 -0000

jag håller helt med dig, Mattias. Den är nästintill perfekt. Avslutningen borde få håret att resa sig, men det händer tyvärr inte.

Re: Paul Arden (1940-2008): ”Det är rätt att tänka fel”

Andy — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:55:19 -0000

Jag håller med Patrick. Däremot håller jag inte med Arden om stjälande. I mitt arbete utgår jag från att varje kund har något nytt att erbjuda sina blivande konsumenter. Och när man finner det som särskiljer, som också är relevant för konsumenten, borde inga jobb lika ut. Tyck gärna annorlunda.

Re: Paul Arden (1940-2008): ”Det är rätt att tänka fel”

Andy — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:55:19 -0000

Re: Paul Arden (1940-2008): ”Det är rätt att tänka fel”

Andy — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:55:19 -0000

Re: Gorillan och relevansen

Andy — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:47:56 -0000

Tack Hanna Björk

Jag hade ett samtal med en av mina kollegor om just denna film. Och mitt svar på om den fungerade och gjorde sitt jobb var exakt som ditt. Tur att nån håller med mig!

Re: Gorillan och relevansen

Andy — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:47:56 -0000

Tack Hanna Björk

Jag hade ett samtal med en av mina kollegor om just denna film. Och mitt svar på om den fungerade och gjorde sitt jobb var exakt som ditt. Tur att nån håller med mig!

Re: Gorillan och relevansen

Andy — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:47:56 -0000

Tack Hanna Björk

Jag hade ett samtal med en av mina kollegor om just denna film. Och mitt svar på om den fungerade och gjorde sitt jobb var exakt som ditt. Tur att nån håller med mig!

Re: Transparent kampanj utan något i

Andy — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:42:44 -0000

Håller inte alls med Tomten. Budskapen är ju helt olika; att inte dölja något kontra att kunna se igenom. Visst har jag sett fler liknande visuella uttryck, men det spelar mindre roll så länge det är relevant för produkten. Detta är bra!

Re: Transparent kampanj utan något i

Andy — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:42:44 -0000

Re: Äntligen! Alla får upp energifrågan på sin agenda

Andy — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:17:52 -0000

MIn fråga är om det är en skolad copywriter som skrivit texten. För när jag försökte läsa annonsen började det klia i mitt skelett, och det är inte ett bra tecken.

Re: Äntligen! Alla får upp energifrågan på sin agenda

Andy — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 04:17:52 -0000

MIn fråga är om det är en skolad copywriter som skrivit texten. För när jag försökte läsa annonsen började det klia i mitt skelett, och det är inte ett bra tecken.

Re: PaperCut och DDB bjuder på spännande dr

Andy — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 02:48:32 -0000

Kul skrivet, halvkul idé. Däremot finns ingen relevans till Papercut. I alla fall inte för mig. Papercut må vara kul och inspirerande. Men inte spännande.

Tycker dock att Magnus J gjort många andra bra jobb.

Re: Gör den här annonsen dig förbannad?

Andy — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 02:55:21 -0000

Inledningen är bra. Men sedan säger nästa stycke i stort sett samma sak. Bort med det!

Re: PaperCut och DDB bjuder på spännande dr

Andy — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:48:32 -0000

Re: Gör den här annonsen dig förbannad?

Andy — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:55:21 -0000

Inledningen är bra. Men sedan säger nästa stycke i stort sett samma sak. Bort med det!

Re: Trumgorillan är utrotningshotad

Andy — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:39:36 -0000

Varken billigt eller briljant. En vinkning till polarna i branschen: Titta vi har tagit bort den där kända gorillan.

Re: Trumgorillan är utrotningshotad

Andy — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:39:36 -0000

Varken billigt eller briljant. En vinkning till polarna i branschen: Titta vi har tagit bort den där kända gorillan.

Re: PaperCut skickar dr till kvarteret – den spännande fortsättningen

Andy — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:09:22 -0000

Får man ångra sig, Magnus J? Jag sa efter första dr:et att det saknade relevans till produkten. Det tycker jag pyttelite fortfarande. Men kreativiteten och lösningen sätter ändå Papercut i mitt huvud och ger mig en glad känsla. Det räcker.

Re: PaperCut skickar dr till kvarteret – den spännande fortsättningen

Andy — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:09:22 -0000

Re: En smart och enkel annons med klipp

Andy — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:03:57 -0000

Kanske så som du precis gjorde, Mikaela!!

Re: En smart och enkel annons med klipp

Andy — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:03:57 -0000

Kanske så som du precis gjorde, Mikaela!!

Re: Please copy me vann Yet Another Blog Award

Andy — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 07:21:49 -0000

Mattias. Stort grattis! Både till vinsten och din krönika i Resumé. Hoppas den får effekten den förtjänar. Jag är glad att du tar upp detta problem som så många tänker på, men få vågar tala om.

Re: Please copy me vann Yet Another Blog Award

Andy — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:21:49 -0000

Re: Folksam får mig att knipa i 45 sekunder

Andy — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:48:50 -0000

Jag tycker inte att den är direkt. Det tror jag är problemet med denna film. Det borde vara reklam för Lika Lön istället. Nu tvingas man som tittare gå två vändor.

Om någon fattar vad jag tycker?

Re: Folksam får mig att knipa i 45 sekunder

Andy — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:48:50 -0000

Re: Volvo V50 låter mottagaren tänka själv

Andy — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:01:50 -0000

Forsman Bodenfors när de bevisar att de är Sveriges bästa byrå. Hur många gånger har inte en bil sagt att den drar mindre bensin? Jag tycker detta är så bra och jag älskar Volvo för det. Och så är produktionen super. Tycker jag, alltså.

Re: Wii!

Andy — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:54:14 -0000

undra om han får ut det där på drulle försäkringen

Re: Jonas Björkman!

Andy — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:36:28 -0000

han lackar på att motståndaren gör övertramp på baslinjen.
Luuuuuuder!!!, Din jävla dåre!!! Du e dum i huvvet, fattar du det eller???!!! Fan inte första gången du e inne för nära.

säger han

Re: Dockteater!

Andy — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:57:29 -0000

haha va han uttrycker sig på ett sköönt sätt

Re: Träna rätt!

Andy — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:29:12 -0000

vilken dum jävel

Re: O-Zone!

Andy — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:32:33 -0000

Re: http://annaburman.blogspot.com/2009/10/en-klassiker.html

Andy — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:02:32 -0000

Ja det är ju en klassiker! ;)

Re: http://deliciouslyazfarul.blogspot.com/2009/10/finally-uitm-noticed-me.html

Andy — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:41:42 -0000

just rilex and al the best :')

ps"welcome to my blog :)

http://mybreakfastclub.wordpress.com/

Re: iPhone迷走随時【20090901-02】

Andy — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:38:06 -0000

7776は6の5乗で好きな数字です

Re: Pastor and wife sex offenders jailed, given probation - ExChristian.Net - News and Opinion

Andy — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 21:30:00 -0000

Anonymous..... You make it sound as if being a christian makes me exempt from the harm in the world. Do you see the wind? You see the effects of the wind but not see the wind. How do I know God is real? I am created by unique design. You are created by unique design. I was not a freak accident that stumbled along over millions of years that started started as a cosmic rock orgy. And neither were you. Why do you hate so much? I do not spend my days and night trying to tear down your walls. It is not my duty to condem or convict. Simply to present. Jesus died for you and me out of love. An unconditional love. Where was my God? Hanging on a cross. Suffering with me. I don't expect you to understand. And that's ok.... I don't understand alot of it either. But I will. Someday we all will.

Re: Volvo V50 låter mottagaren tänka själv

Andy — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:01:50 -0000

Re: Volvo V50 låter mottagaren tänka själv

Andy — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:45:59 -0000

Jan! "Ta dig lite längre" hade varit onödigt. Copyn är perfekt i mina ögon. Men säg gärna ett bättre alternativ

Re: Volvo V50 låter mottagaren tänka själv

Andy — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:45:59 -0000

Jan! "Ta dig lite längre" hade varit onödigt. Copyn är perfekt i mina ögon. Men säg gärna ett bättre alternativ

Re: Tele2: Död åt telefonväxeln! Leve Direct!

Andy — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:29:32 -0000

För mig är detta i första hand en varumärkesbyggande kampanj. Tycker inte att det handlar så mycket om tjänsten. Till mig säger den mer att Tele 2 gör en hel del saker vid sidan om att erbjuda världens billigaste telefoni. Och jag fortsätter att le åt deras kommunikation. Jag fortsätter att gilla Tele 2.

Re: Tele2: Död åt telefonväxeln! Leve Direct!

Andy — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:29:32 -0000

Re: The Warrior-King Clarity Model for Change

Andy — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:54:00 -0000

As soon as I figure out a way to have a spare 100/mo I'll be sure and have a look at what you have to offer with the warrior-king society.

Re: Other Than What You Think It Is

Andy — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:19:00 -0000

Re: cumpleaños feliz

Andy — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 20:18:00 -0000

tenían onda pero está casada

Re: werner es mundial: basket

Andy — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 20:19:00 -0000

me voy a levantar para verlo, más vale que ganemos

Re: Regina Spektor – Far, Album Review & Giveaway

Andy — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:30:17 -0000

PS: Pitchfork can go die :)

Re: The Absolute Best Songs of 2009 (Half Way There)

Andy — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:51:01 -0000

cool list, it's pretty varied. here are mine:

tommy sparks - shes got me dancing, tiga - shoes, phoenix - 1901, röyksopp - the girl and the robot...

and even more... such a good year!!

Re: Best Album of the 2000s: 2001

Andy — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:22:18 -0000

Discovery/Is This It? aren't the best, but definitely one of 50 albums, that i'd die for. :)

Re: 08450261094

Andy — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:14:25 -0000

yes its a scam, credit score agency, or rewards.com, im in dispute as well

Re: 0715550611

Andy — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:23:58 -0000

yep, auch bei mir, die idioten spam uebers handy, sollte strafbar sein!..

Re: http://blog.inc.com/technology/2008/12/the_trick_to_evernote.html

Andy — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:05:21 -0000

There are so many other things you can do with Evernote that you cannot do with Outlook and a print screen (or even Outlook period). You can put (almost) anything into Evernote. Synchronize between multiple devices. Search for text (even text contained in an image!)... it just goes on an on. This is really the best piece of software I've used in a long long time.

Re: Blog Wars: The Genius Playlist | Round 1, Battle 1

Andy — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:15:49 -0000

Pigeons & Planes is much better.

Re: Some Remixes on a Sunday #2

Andy — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:23:15 -0000

You definitely need to watch those three in the movie theater. I dont know about those other movies ("The Reader, Iâ€™ve Loved You So Long, Frost/Nixon, Defiance, Che, and Good.") Except maybe Frost/Nixon, that one looks intense!

Re: redá lookearse

Andy — Sun, 21 May 2006 22:30:00 -0000

si, la onda es linkear!

Re: el mejor día de tu vida

Andy — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 20:20:00 -0000

para mi estuvo arreglado, es obvio

macabo de dar cuenta que puse dos veces esta foto

chan

Re: New Music Hump-Day: Hip Hop Madness + SMD. Heh

Andy — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:39:00 -0000

Post your queries related to Knee Replacement at,

http://cjrindia.com/cjr/contactcjr.htm

Toll Free

UK: 0-808-234-6343

US / Canada: 1-800-730-6373

http://cjrindia.com/cjr/speciality/knee_replacement_surgery.htm

Re: New Music Hump-Day: Hip Hop Madness + SMD. Heh

Andy — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:40:00 -0000

Post your queries related to Joint Replacement at,

http://cjrindia.com/cjr/contactcjr.htm

Toll Free

UK: 0-808-234-6343

US / Canada: 1-800-730-6373

http://cjrindia.com

Re: Blog Wars: The Genius Playlist | Round 1, Battle 2

Andy — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:00:15 -0000

Music Slut has 'Heavy Metal Drummer'. Case closed.

Re: Regina Spektor – Far, Album Review & Giveaway

Andy — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:06:39 -0000

This album is absolutely beautiful! Thank you for not bashing it like a lot of the other blogs I read. <3

Re: Regina Spektor – Far, Album Review & Giveaway

Andy — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:29:47 -0000

Good review man, I agree with the rating -- very good album, indeed!

My favorite songs are Folding Chair, Dance Anthem of The 80’s, and the EPIC Machine. Machine is one of the best songs I've heard all year.

Re: Grizzly Bear – While You Wait For The Others

Andy — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:51:00 -0000

I love this song... it's my favorite from Veckatimest.

Re: 365Black.com: You Wouldn’t Understand.

Andy — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:56:21 -0000

I understand all of the above, including the need to appeal to different cultures in different ways and means. Unfortunately, the issue not yet addressed above, is that other races (specifically whites) are not allowed to appeal to one race in this same way. It is classified as racism. There can be no United White College fund, Miss White America, or even 365White. This is a very tough economy for everyone. The thought that one race has it tougher than the other is simply simple minded, and a cop out. For goodness sake! We have a Black (and white) president. Countless number of successful black business leaders across the nation. The once publicized discrimination within professional sports is now weighed heavily in the opposite direction, including coaching positions. But we don't see that coming from the media.

If you believe what you say above, then tell me how we can appeal to the white race, in the same way you want to be allowed to appeal to the balck race, without being charged with Racism?

Re: En soppa på makrill

Andy — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:47:44 -0000

Nej, det måste bli poängavdrag, skillnad om det varit nån inhoppare eller liknande, men brassen har ju gjort direkt matchavgörande mål i de här matcherna.. Och slarv? Möjligen är det icke avsiktligt slarv fram till den 17:e när man lämnar in sin nya ansökan, men den 23:e - i ett prekärt tabelläge - gamblar GAIS och låter Wanderson spela, fastän tillståndet inte var klart. Andra klubbar har tvingats ställa över icke spelklara spelare den här säsongen, däribland Hammarby, som i så fall dubbelt drabbas. Så det är solklart poängavdrag, annat vore väldigt konstigt.

Re: En soppa på makrill

Andy — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:52:45 -0000

aha, du är djurgårdare står ju här, då borde du inte få skriva om ärendet.

Re: Daniel Briere got what kind of money???? Who is the reporter on that one, Rod Serling?

Andy — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 16:51:23 -0000

It's insane !

The Flyers are throwing their money around like no other team.

I could't understand the Hartnell deal, but Briere's contract is absolutely unbelievable.

I think, this contract is a big burden for Briere. He has to play his best hockey, or the Flyers will regret the deal very very soon.

Re: Settle down, folks

Andy — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 19:51:52 -0000

Sportsnet.ca has learned that the New York Rangers have signed free agent rival Scott Gomez to a seven-year deal worth over $50 million, as well as free agent Chris Drury.

Re: Forsberg update, and other notes

Andy — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 05:14:43 -0000

If the Avs don't sign Forsberg, so what will they do with their capspace ?

Re: http://blog.worldmaker.net/2009/mar/07/bsg-versus-dollhouse-weird-car-analogy/

Andy — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:25:27 -0000

"Aside, just so that I can yell “I told you so” when they finally get around to calling it. I don’t read spoilers, I’m just psychic about the show’s writing". I applaud you for leaving this blog post up even after the show has proven you wrong. It shows integrity. Really damn arrogant blog post too. Incredible.

Re: Wind-Up Charger

Andy — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 14:18:44 -0000

Link above didn't work for me; Available at http://www.porta-charge.co.uk/</p>

Re: ZAP delivers first smart cars in US

Andy — Wed, 18 May 2005 17:09:57 -0000

Note from Germany: Funny that a smart ist considered 'green' in the US because in Germany it's not. A green car would be something like a Toyota Prius, a smart is just small but not especially green. It has been in the beginning when smart-founder Nicolas Hayek ("swatch") wanted to build cars with electric or hybrid power and promoted the idea of integrated transport systems but after his split from the project DaimlerChrysler was no longer interested in Hayeks green ideas. Today they would probably be happy if they had hybrid car ...

Re: Kyocera's "Solar Grove" Parking Lot

Andy — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 12:42:50 -0000

While producing much energy from the panels themselves, its great that the solar heat gain of the asphalt parking lot is also reduced in the process.

It would be interesting to see how much CO2 these prevent from being release to the amount a similar number/size of trees would absorb from the atmosphere.

Re: ecoMOD - Architecture for People (who'd've thought?)

Andy — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 04:29:38 -0000

Sounds like groups like these could do a lot of good paired up with groups like Habitat for Humanity.

Re: Montana Governor Promotes Coal to Gasoline Conversion

Andy — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:51:53 -0000

Good article.

"Efficiency is where the game needs to start."

Conservation is the efficient use of our natural resources. According to Schweitzer the first step of his energy policy is conservation. He believes that we can reduce 1 billion barrels a year through conservation. He says it's 16% of the total, and we already did it once during the 1970s.

"We ought to have tax credits for anybody across America that demonstrates their ability to decrease consumption."

-Gov. Brian Schweitzer (Oct. 13, 2006)

If you're suggesting that because coal-gas-liquid harms the environment we should wait for something better and keep using foreign oil, I respectfully disagree.

Re: Wall Street Journal: High Gas Prices Make Sense

Andy — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 15:42:28 -0000

Ian, I took a brief look at the study on pregnant women and smoking. The authors didn't just rate pregnant smokers over time, but compared a vast range of demographic groups with and without a 55-cent tax. Among their conclusions: "white women, older women, and highly educated women are most responsive to changes in cigarette taxes." But they add that "nearly all subgroups of pregnant women have higher smoking participation price elasticities than the general population."

Re: Toyota Introduces New Campaign For “Hybrid Synergy Drive”

Andy — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 12:08:37 -0000

I think what Christian may have meant is that Priuses are in short supply as it is, so what's the point of increasing consumer awareness if they don't have the capacity to meet increased demand?

Re: Small Car Comeback in US

Andy — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 13:44:29 -0000

Indeed, the more we can internalize the costs to the environment, to national security, to climate change, etc., the more "simple economics" will dovetail with those interests as well. That's part of the reasoning behind pollution credits.

Re: Garbage In, Diesel Out

Andy — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 05:35:33 -0000

Germany's biggest tabloid recently implied that Kochs fuel contained dead cats - the silly accusation ("for a tank he needs 20 cats") was totally wrong, of course, but made it into many newspapers.

For more details look up "cats fuel koch" in Google news.

----

Note from author: thanks for throwing this tidbit into the conversation. I saw these reports and decided against perpetuating the silliness, but it does go to show the state of reporting on alternative energy these days. CNN, BBC, where are you? AutoBild Nr. 38 (23.9.2005) has a reasonably straightforward article on the topic.

Re: Treehugger Homework: Drive The Speed Limit

Andy — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 06:49:43 -0000

I'm sorry but the blatant mis understanding of simple physics is quite astounding. travelling over the same distance but faster requires more energy. It's as simple as that. Someone has mentioned F1 already, if you have watched it since they introduced refueling in the mid 90's you will know that, for example, a safety car situation means everyone drives much slower (say 75 avg mph vs 150) and in turn save something like 2 laps worth of fuel.

It's not just about air resistance but it is a major part. anyone who has done physics at about age 14 (at least here in the UK) will understand the basic principles.

Re: Green & Blacks Do Ice Cream. Why Wasn’t I Told?

Andy — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 04:59:49 -0000

Shame they sold out to Cadburys a few months ago :-(

Re: Instant Survey: The Best Environmental Pop Song

Andy — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 03:39:51 -0000

Revelation by Charles Earland - probably the most unknown environmental (jazz) song

Re: Smithsonian Kills the Electric Car

Andy — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:31:09 -0000

It's just like the one guy says in the movie "GM would make a car that ran on pig shit if it would sell".

Re: Clean Up Your Kitchen

Andy — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 08:39:22 -0000

Anyone else noticed that this brand of recycled foil disitegrates (almost like it's eaten away) when in contact with food, especially things like moussaka and lasagna? Seems quite dangerous...

Re: A Double Whammy - The Wind Powered Bike Light

Andy — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 08:22:20 -0000

Ok, another example of sketchy science. Unless you are planning on riding on a very windy day, these things aren't powered by wind, they are powered by drag. Whatever power you gain for your light from the blades comes at the expense of energy you put into pushing your

bike through the air.

Since the energy is coming out of your pedaling anyway, you may as well use a more efficient coupling by using an old tire spinner generator. Or find some way to couple to your pedal crank so the light doesn't dim with gear changes or ride with a tail wind.

Re: What Electric Cars Are Available Today in the U.S.?

Andy — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 02:39:19 -0000

It seems to me that three wheelers really shouldn't be discussed in the category of "cars". They have an entirely different stability dynamic.

Re: What Electric Cars Are Available Today in the U.S.?

Andy — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 02:58:13 -0000

While the Tango production model isn't designed yet, that *only* refers to the assembly line products that are at consumer prices.

They T600 *IS* available NOW, just that they are being individully built at a price of $108,000. They stack it with all the premium racing parts though. 1000 ft-lb of torque, 0-60 in 4 sec, more roll resistant than most roadsters, racing grade roll cage. Clooney got #1, but others have shipped and are in the works. While technically it is classified as a kit, assembly is mainly a formality that allows it to be exempt from various DOT requirements that they can't afford to undergo as of yet.

While pricey, that may not be so much more than the MSRP of the Tesla Roadster.

By the way, though the Tango is narrow, it is not small. It sits up like a tall car with fantastic visibility (yes I sat in Clooney's car.) The Tesla by contrast makes a Miata almost look bulky.

Re: Fhybrid Hydrogen Powered Scooter

Andy — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 17:03:27 -0000

Unless I misread this, this is an electric scooter with a box where the hydrogen motor *would* go, if it existed?

So all I have to do to make "news" with a hydrogen powered vehicle is to point to the conventional gasoline motor and say, "that will be hydrogen someday."

And the headline is "Hydrogen Powered Scooter" ??? C'mon! This is totally mislabeled. When it comes to hydrogen technology, this bike is *nothing*.

Re: Farming The Sun: \$600,000 A Year

Andy — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 17:11:04 -0000

I thought greenhouses made things hotter, not cooler..??? Maybe the panels could be modified to allow piping of cooled air through the glass enclosures.

Re: Quick Tip: Don't Use Antibacterial Soap...

Andy — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 18:54:56 -0000

The key thing to emphasize here is that there is no *advantage* to using antimicrobial soaps. It sounds good, as if only antimicrobials kill microbes. The opposite is true (if I understand correctly.)

A microbial kills only *some* organisms. Regular antiseptics and detergents kill *all* organisms. That's why we use antibiotics in people and don't have them drinking rubbing alchohol. We want to kill the pest but not the person.

But on skin, we don't need nor benefit from this selectivity. Use regular soap and kill it all.

As footnote, for those of us with drier skin, I've noticed that antibacterial stuff is nasty anyway and chaps my hands really fast. This is anecdotal.

Re: Should Treehuggers Appeal to Selfishness?

Andy — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 12:20:27 -0000

I agree with K.

Julie Gerstein no doubt chose the word selfish to attract attention to her point. A less charged word might be "self-interest".

The false dilemma between serving ourselves OR others unnecessarily burdens the cause.

Only for the unimaginative does one have to exclude the other.

So I agree with the general point. It is imperative that individuals of the world recognize what they have to gain for themselves by going green. People are more efficient this way anyway since they are more aware of their own needs than others.

Re: Ice Bear: Thermal Storage for Cheaper AC

Andy — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 15:24:38 -0000

"It is not saving a watt of energy for the owner"

I think this is incorrect. The system is saving substantial energy by in effect *storing* the (lack of) energy of the cool night.

Heat energy transfer rate is proportional to the temperature differential e.g. cold water cools a frying pan faster than warm water.

So while the building is hot outside during the day, the A/C is running as if it is night time outside and so doesn't have to work nearly as hard to extract the same amount of heat from the house.

Re: Bruce Willis Gets Electric

Andy — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 15:58:17 -0000

You apparently must not live in L.A. He didn't say he spent five hours each day *driving* he said he spent five hours in his car. Most of that is probably stop and go at 5 mph in traffic jams where an electric hardly uses up any juice at all. By contrast, an internal combustion engine is slurping down gas all five of those hours even if it's going nowhere at all. "Fortunately" gas stations are stashed around L.A. for just such purpose.

Re: Scuderi Air-Hybrid Engine

Andy — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 12:51:36 -0000

This is perhaps an oversimplification and the claims of "revolutionary" are probably overstated as well. According to the description Motortrend gives of the independent analysis, the gains are theoretically there, though incremental, not fundamental.

Using exhaust pressure to precompress combustion gases is after all basically what a turbo charger does.

Recapturing heat loss through steam assist is also an idea that's been around for decades, but the relatively small efficiency gain for the added complexity has not been demanded by consumers at the accompanying price.

Here's a more complete description of the engine cycle. http://www.motortrend.com/features/editorial/11...>

So don't get too excited. Theoretical efficiency improvements have been collecting in closets for years. It's only news when someone can make it perform in real world production and business model.

Good luck to them.

Re: Scuderi Air-Hybrid Engine

Andy — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 13:13:18 -0000

Sorry that link got cut short. Here's the MotorTrend Article

Re: Instant Survey: Conflicted About The New Big Green?

Andy — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:20:33 -0000

Corps are amoral machines. They do whatever they are paid to do. Finally by public awareness (thanks to all who have worked to get attention on the environment), they are being redirected by us to "go green".

The real concern is that consumers pay for appearances more than reality. If we reward them for just "saying green" instead of being actual green, that's all we'll get. Their powerhouse advertising machinery is already in place and effective. Actually changing their business processes requires phenomenal structural changes. So inertia says this is likely mostly going to be just hype. e.g. Oil companies claiming big interest in renewable energy, tobacco companies producing "low tar" products and saying smoking never hurt anybody, ... Seriously, company lies could fill encyclopedias.

Answer: consumer watchdogs are going to need to breath down corporate backs and verify whose changes are real. And they are going to have to compete against corporate megaphones muddying the waters. It's just like political campaigning.

Re: Wal-Mart Aims To Sell 100 Million Compact Fluorescents In One Year

Andy — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 04:52:55 -0000

I would love to replace these 500W halogen torchiers (aka "Easy Bake Ovens") I have all over.

Has anyone found a decent flourescent floor lamp that puts out anywhere near that amount of light? All I have found are equivalent to about 150W incandescent or traditional long tube flourescents that would require a ceiling fixture.

I'm also interested in being able to choose the light "temperature" (color).

Re: Pacific Gas and Electric Endorses Federal Legislation on Climate Change

Andy — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 17:41:04 -0000

PG&E would probably come out ahead in a national cap/trade program without having to make any changes. I believe California power has the largest or close to largest percentage of renewable power in the country. This would allow them to profit from the others paying to catch up.

It's not obvious to me how a California regulation would help them.

Re: The Prius of Boating: the Baylis Hybrid

Andy — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 19:39:43 -0000

I suppose the original article was designed just to point out to the unfamiliar that sailboats are green vehicles. Those who've ever thought for more than five seconds about it would already know that, but that rules out a good fraction of the world.

Actually, the comparison to a Prius is kind of insulting since while it may have two modes of differing efficiency, *both* Prius energy sources are still provided by petroleum. When sailing, a boat burns zero petrol, produces zero greenhouse gasses, and so on.

With regard to the keel battery suggestion: I don't know if adding volume to the keel would be smart or not. But one thing is for sure, a boat is not really a battery's happiest place to be and takes a lot of work to protect. Since the motor is only used for a small percentage of travel compared to the *totally* green wind propulsion, it's probably not worth the added hassle, cost, volume, etc anyway.

As for solar cell coovered sails ... um... I can't even count the difficulties that would introduce... The metaphor of a solar plated gymnastic trampoline is what comes to mind. Sails are there to take a beating.

That all-solar motorboat is cool, but not as green as a plain sailboat that doesn't need all those industrial processes to run.

As for the Annapolis Powerball, that generates its own energy even for fuel power so it's far better than a Prius which consumes *only* petroleum as its source of energy.

Re: The Prius of Boating: the Baylis Hybrid

Andy — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 04:18:15 -0000

The catamaran you mention is the Lagoon 410. You can forget the hydrofoil idea though. These things are heavy cruisers that empty weigh over 12 tons.

Re: Zap! and Lotus Team Up to Create the Zap-X: 350 Miles and 155 Mph on a 10 Minute Charge

Andy — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 04:39:27 -0000

This is total vapor. Zap doesn't make anything that goes over 40 mph, or less if you want four whole wheels. They have announced plans not for a car, but for a feasibility study. Then they show a picture of a car built by someone else.

The only serious electric car company is Tesla.

The big three will talk and talk about electric concepts, but understand simple business. They would never in a million years introduce the product that undercuts their enormous existing gas-car business. How would that benefit them?

Nothing will change until a separate company introduces the disruptive technology and people move their money.

Re: San Francisco To Ban Plastic Shopping Bags

Andy — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:06:31 -0000

Sweet. In Taiwan the plastic bags aren't banned, but consumers are charged extra for them. They're still ubiquitous though – food vendors even use small plastic bags to store your soup to go.

Re: One man’s food is another man’s fossil

Andy — Mon, 14 May 2007 15:55:16 -0000

Where's that photo from? It looks nothing like the rock rat pictured with the National Geographic story.

Re: Apple Helps Schools Recycle Old Computers

Andy — Wed, 23 May 2007 17:34:11 -0000

quikboy: "Isn't Apple one of the most ungreen tech companies there is? I think they just joined the bandwagon only because other companies like Dell have been pushing green forward for a long time, and they felt that they had to be in on the action too. ... I think this comes really from Apple's PR, than something in their hearts. It's all just to get consumers."

Speaking of PR, have you been getting your facts from the Greenpeace PR machine? As others, and Apple itself, have pointed out, Greenpeace's ranking of Apple as ungreen comes almost exclusively from their previously undisclosed "roadmap" to remove toxins from their products -- compared to Dell, HP, et al, which have published such roadmaps (or in HP's case, voiced plans to do so).

In fact, in terms of actual progress in removing toxins, Apple is consistently ahead of its competitors, sometimes years ahead -- they just haven't been vocal about it.

All just out to get consumers? Fair enough, every company wants more business. But check Apple's record: they've drastically reduced packaging on software (and iPods), their stores take iPods for recycling, and they're ahead of the curve in toxic-chemicals removal.

All of which have been consistently ignored by Greenpeace as they continued their shrill PR pronouncements against the company. So, if Apple is one of the "most ungreen tech companies," where's the evidence?

Re: New Ways to Destroy the Earth: The Humdinga

Andy — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 04:59:20 -0000

That was the baddest shit I've ever seen. I sure could think of a lot less cool ways to destroy the environment.

Re: More People, More Diseases

Andy — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 21:17:10 -0000

Well there is a population crisis. C'mon you honestly think that we will be able to function when our planet is so overcrowded that there is no environment left and the earth is a big city? It's already bad enough, poor people have so many kids. This may sound elitist but it's the cold hard truth of it.

Re: Excess Nightime Energy Could Fuel Over 158 Million Plug-in Hybrids

Andy — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 02:41:37 -0000

Nice to hear they've put numbers to this.

The title is sort of messed up though. Electricity isn't a fuel and the point of study was how to reduce the use of fuel. And the vehicles don't need to be "Hybrid". Hybrid specifically means they are both combustion and electric. This study applies only to the electric storage capability of cars which plug in. Hybridness has nothing to do with it.

And as a matter of preference, I'd like to see the caption photo be of a real car. The credit deserves to go to the companies that have an electric actually headed to market, not merely as a science project. So show an actual plugin conversion or an electric like the Tesla instead of this publicity vaporware.

viva electric cars

Re: Mitsubishi Unveils All-Electric Car With Solar Roof

Andy — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 20:14:49 -0000

The wind "turbines" look great. Perhaps they are enough to power the fans to blow the ventilation air into the car that was slowed down by the turbines.

If not, they could surely power some dashboard illumination.

..and I could go on.

Anyway, no the engineers aren't serious. It's just concept to capture hearts and minds.

Re: German Town Scraps Road Signs to Increase Safety

Andy — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:58:10 -0000

I just don't believe it. The planners claim their experiment has worked elsewhere, but still it doesn't seem plausible. So much of human functioning relies upon the existence of rules - where is the evidence that drivers don't develop expectations of the behaviors of other drivers, even in the absence of traffic signals? I feel sure they will - and when those expectations clash, and collisions occur, who will be to blame? How will we know?

Re: WhatGreenCar?'s Top 10 Gas Guzzlers

Andy — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:15:49 -0000

I saw a Hummer today (silicon valley) with a plate frame that said, "My other car is a Prius". I leave that for the readers to ponder.

Re: Mr. Splashy Pants For President?

Andy — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:40:51 -0000

The wall in the picture was erected at Normandale Community College in Minnesota to separate men and women in the meditation room at the request of Muslim students.

See more details here: http://www.startribune.com/featuredColumns/1255...>

Re: Nike Talks Trash With Shoe Made From Manufacturing Waste

Andy — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:47:54 -0000

"Yeah but Converse All Stars are made of canvas and rubber; are way more stylish and don't involve slavery (or do they?)"

Converse are owned by Nike.

Re: A Picture is Worth... And You Thought Gas Was Expensive Before?

Andy — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:01:53 -0000

I generally don't trust CERA for analysis. They tend to dismiss peak oil, and figure the free hand of the market place will solve all our problems without much pain to the consumer. I suggest www.theoildrum.com for analysis.

Re: Reduce Waste: Lose the Cafeteria Trays

Andy — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:13:41 -0000

I'm a college student and my school recently decided to get rid of trays entirely due to this issue being raised. Some students are upset about it, but it is something I think will pass with time. It decreases food purchased, and wasted hauled away that cannot be composted.

Re: Pelotón Vip

Andy — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:00:52 -0000

foxleyyyyy no te puedes irrrrrrrrr.

Re: Pelotón Vip

Andy — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:35:49 -0000

POBRE ENFERMOOOOO...DAS PENA...

Re: Pelotón Vip

Andy — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:39:41 -0000

kLAU..DEBES SER UNA MUJER SUMAMENTE ENVIDIOSA...FEA DEMÁS, DE LO CONTRARIO ES INACEPATBLE QUE HABLES ASÍ DE MUJERES. ERES PATÉTICA, IGNORANTE, ENVIDIOSA....Y ESCRIBES MUY MAL...EN SÍNTESIS...UN DESASTRE.

Re: Pelotón Vip

Andy — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:45:16 -0000

DEJA DE PELARRRRR....DALE SENTIDO A TU VIDA JAJA..DEJA DE PREOCUPARTE DEL RESTO..

Re: Pelotón Vip

Andy — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:46:19 -0000

BUENA xIME

Re: Pelotón Vip

Andy — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:08:06 -0000

toda la razón...de acuerdo totalmente

Re: A Million Koreans Protest American Hamburgers

Andy — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:30:46 -0000

It is because Korea government had accepted that over 30years old beef import to Korea from USA without considering people health care. As we know, USA not use over 30years beef to eat in the market but USA government to push other ASIA country now include Japan, China. In Aisa, especially Korea, they are eating most part of cow. So they're worrying about MAD COW disease from the beef trade agreement.

Re: Big Solar LED Art in China: Interview with Simone Giostra, GreenPix Media Wall Architect

Andy — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:26:23 -0000

I don't think you can assume such things. So much design process has been put into the installation I really doubt they would forget to link the system to a renewable power source.

Re: Honda Insight Hybrid Wins Hypermiling Competition with 124 Miles per Gallon

Andy — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:19:49 -0000

No doubt drafting improves the gas mileage of the Insight, unless you count the fuel used by the car plowing the air cavity you are ducting through. It would also improve your mileage to be pulled by a tow truck. I'm just pointing out that that is an efficiency not attributable specifically to the record breaker, but to the combined operation of two vehicles in convoy. So it's probably not an appropriate technique for competition.

Re: U.S. Solar Moratorium on Public Lands, Part Two: The Industry Strikes Back

Andy — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:25:30 -0000

This could be a good idea. At least the BLM is aiming for a unified standard. That will make it much easier for solar businesses to plan, and allow the BLM to speed up approvals in the future.

Though I imagine it unlikely, it would be unfortunate to rush forward in ignorance and later discover we were doing more damage than with gas plants.

There are still a few more days to comment, if you have any expertise on the land impact issues. Just telling them you want solar power probably won't help them finish the process any faster.

http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/newsroom/2008/may_08/NR_053008.html

Re: U.S. Solar Moratorium on Public Lands, Part Two: The Industry Strikes Back

Andy — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:30:04 -0000

This could be a good idea. At least the BLM is aiming for a unified standard which should make it much easier for solar businesses to plan, and allow the BLM to speed up approvals in the future. It's not like they are stopping the process altogether. There are still 1 million acres in the works.

Though I imagine it unlikely, it would be unfortunate to rush forward in ignorance and later discover we were doing more damage than with gas plants.

There are still a few more days to comment, if you have any expertise on the land impact issues. Just telling them you want solar power probably won't help them finish the land analysis process any faster.

BLM Request for Comment

Re: Hidden Oil Subsidies: We Need to END Them

Andy — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:31:59 -0000

There are too many factors in calculating the "real cost" of something to be able to estimate it very accurately. That's why civilization uses the monetary system. All the little pieces add together and at the end, the consumer can fairly evaluate whether it's worth the price.

So if you want economics to balance this energy market, you have to make sure those hidden costs are instead reflected in sales price so we can get a hard number with which to evaluate the overall best deal.

So you don't simply "remove" subsidies like Coast Guard escorts. Instead, pay for those mission expenses through fees on oil ships, allowing (theoretical) tax relief.

The problem is this still routes the money through Washington which generally has a hard time escaping its gravitational pull. I'll try to be optimistic.

Re: Make Cycling Safer and More Convenient With An Informal Bicycle Triple A

Andy — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:49:35 -0000

The Oregon/Idaho club of the AAA network (all of Oregon and southern Idaho) recently began providing bicycle "tow" service to Plus members (up to 100 miles, up to 4 times a year). If I never rode in a car I might go with a dedicated bike assistance service, for a whole lot of reasons.

The Oregon/Idaho club is the only one I know of that's doing this.

Re: It’s a Competition Time! With HYA and Dirty Microbe

Andy — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:42:00 -0000

Thanks a lot for the mention, I'm rapidly getting a list of strange things to do on holiday!

Re: One New T-shirt Everyday at Shirt A Day

Andy — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:37:00 -0000

It's also worth noting that, while Unetee has some very clever and/or aesthetically-pleasing designs fairly often, it's generally the case that Shirt-a-Day's designs are absolute crap... tired designs and weak humor at best.

Re: Hellogoodbye T-shirts at West Aspen

Andy — Sun, 20 May 2007 13:28:00 -0000

It's nice to see that bands are making the effort with merch nowadays.

Re: T-shirt Subscription Gets Buzzed at BuzzFeed

Andy — Fri, 25 May 2007 16:12:00 -0000

I posted a review of a tee from a subscription service called MOMI TEeA PARTY about a minute ago.

http://hideyourarms.com/2007/05/25/soft-touch-reviews-momi-teea-party/

Re: Lucky Threadz vs. Scrappy Apparel, Rip-Off?

Andy — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:07:00 -0000

I think it's pretty harsh to call it a rip-off, its a famous image, even if no one can find the original at the moment (I think the one mentioned above this comment is actually an homage).

Sure, Tom Burns took a famous image and gave it his own touch, whereas Scrappy kept things more true to the original, but that doesn't mean that either of them are ripping each other off (the use of the image to begin with is probably more of an issue, I don't know about that kind of thing though).

Oh, and Scrappy are an advertiser on my blog, I thought I'd better mention that.

Re: T-shirt Day, I Wish I Could Get a Day Off

Andy — Mon, 26 May 2008 18:05:00 -0000

thanks for the shout out, when they first launched that site they actually had my "WTF is t-shirt day?" in the news section, which I thought was pretty funny, I forgot to get a screen grab though..

Re: T-shirt Design Competition Cameesa Gives back to Supporters

Andy — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:38:00 -0000

Heyo! Andy from Cameesa here.

Thanks for the writeup. You nailed it: we are trying to do something different with Cameesa. The main thing being that we are not a competition at all.

We are using crowd funding to allow our community to make the full choice of what gets printed. We then reward those people for finding the best stuff on the site by giving them a limited edition of the shirt and having them share in the sales.

Re: The new Hide Your Arms’ T-shirt Blogs List, it’s Huge

Andy — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:05:00 -0000

That photo is so much better than the one I made!

Don't worry Tim, the list isn't in any particular order, you could have just as easily been written in as no.1

Re: Japanese Folding Technique Inspires Ucon’s New Tee Shirt

Andy — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:24:00 -0000

I hadn't noticed that when I posted their new collection, brilliant idea.

Re: T-Shirt Blogs Round Up: Harry Potter, Ript, Okoto and MySpace Marketing

Andy — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:43:54 -0000

Good roundup Blake, thanks for the mentions!

Re: http://www.liverpool-kop.com/2009/09/steven-gerrard-should-be-banned.html

Andy — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:13:04 -0000

Are you all kidding, when Gerrard is not taking corners (and this has happend a bit latley) they have been wasted. His delivery is the best in the team and it is no good having you best players ready to get on the end of corners if the delivery is poor.

Re: http://www.crimene.ws/2009/03/finally-someone-gets-jail-time-in.html

Andy — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:48:00 -0000

Oh, and secondly, how did the judge justify the sentencing? These videotapes are clear and coherent enough for positive identification of the attackers, as well as clearly depicting assault and battery. Normally, would the judge not have to justify his sentencing?

Re: http://www.crimene.ws/2009/03/finally-someone-gets-jail-time-in.html

Andy — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:46:34 -0000

In response to Angela, I think that in the case of adults, in most cases, yes it would be. I lived myself in the UK (Belfast) for a number of years, though I am a native American. In the area I lived in, beatings were a common occurrence, which is why at first, I was rather surprised that one incident would make such a news wave. My heart goes out to Victoria Lindsay and I wish that justice had been better served, but what makes her so special as opposed to the thousands of others that end up in the hospital after being jumped?

Re: Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Can your daughters picture at a car wash be used for an ad campaign?

Andy — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:17:00 -0000

I'm not sure how they could win a case against CC, as it's simply a legal framework that played no role in the transaction. The dilemma occurred because the person licensed a photo that featured a minor, and they never got a release form signed by that minor's parents. That could lead to a lawsuit whether or not CC was used as part of the licensing scheme. If the pic had been "all rights reserved," and they licensed it without getting a release form, the blame would still go towards the photographer and the licensor, not the copyright scheme used to make the transaction. It's a privacy matter and an issue of release forms, not a copyright one. That's why documentary makers always ask people to sign releases before going on camera, particularly when a person is a private citizen and not a public figure.

Re: Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Is this the future of education: the micro PC.

Andy — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:55:00 -0000

I have been using both a Sony UX micro PC and Sony TX laptop for a yea now in my teaching. I think the Sony UX 90 I have is even more advanced than the flipstart since it has 1 gb of ram compared to 512 with the flipstart. And it ihas a 32 gb solid state drive (not a hard drive, no moving parts, complete flash memory). I combine them with projectors, white boards and a mimio and I no longereven use a blackboard.

Re: Written by Men? - Letters to the Webmaster

Andy — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 20:34:00 -0000

jb, Can you prove that the Holy Quran is not the inspired word of God?

Allah is the only God, all other Gods are imposters.

I know that the Holy Quran is the inspired word of God, because Mohammad said it is.

Shalom

Re: http://www.crimene.ws/2008/06/view-from-my-window.html

Andy — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:51:00 -0000

No need for any more comments to be forwarded. Thanks.

Re: http://www.crimene.ws/2008/06/mercades-request-to-go-public-denied.html

Andy — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 08:14:28 -0000

Is there any video evidence that VLindsay was actually knocked out in that "violent" beating?

Re: http://www.crimene.ws/2008/06/victoria-lindsay-video-transcript.html

Andy — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:21:18 -0000

Haven't seen any evidence (especially video) of Victoria getting knocked out. Is there any?

Re: http://vixandmore.blogspot.com/2009/05/big-intraday-surge-in-vix-while-spx.html

Andy — Fri, 22 May 2009 21:44:38 -0000

Next weeks GM headlines will be unnerving to the marginal buyer of equities.

Re: http://vixandmore.blogspot.com/2009/05/where-will-vix-bottom.html

Andy — Wed, 20 May 2009 08:34:49 -0000

The magnitude and frequency of intraday swings also are a factor in the level of the Vix. The mkt may finish unch, but if it made wild multi-percent swings all day, option longs make out like bandits.

Re: http://vixandmore.blogspot.com/2008/09/volatility-catastrophe-graphic.html

Andy — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:02:00 -0000

When I look at your charts, I can only see to the end of 2006. Thus, I am not able to visually grasp your point. Is there a setting on ie that I can change, or is it related to the site.

Thanks.

Re: http://vixandmore.blogspot.com/2007/11/portfolio-a1-stretches-margin-over-spx.html

Andy — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:01:00 -0000

Hi Bill

I hope all is well.

Have you thought about using a short portfolio in P123, if the market does turn south for an extended period of time? If so, can you tell me which portfolios you've looked at?

Thanks

Re: http://vixandmore.blogspot.com/2007/11/odds-and-sods_02.html

Andy — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 08:12:00 -0000

Hi Bill,

Do you think last weeks volatility also involved sector rotation? Did you see a large shift from one sector to another?

Thanks

Re: http://vixandmore.blogspot.com/2007/10/mosaic-mos-continues-to-lead-portfolio.html

Andy — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:11:00 -0000

Hi Bill,

I see you are using Balanced4e for Port123. Is that your own deviation of the Balanced4?

Thanks

Re: http://vixandmore.blogspot.com/2007/10/mosaic-mos-continues-to-lead-portfolio.html

Andy — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:26:00 -0000

Bill,

I am going to try out Port123. Is it okay if I use you as the person that referred me?

Thanks

Re: http://vixandmore.blogspot.com/2007/09/vix-oversold.html

Andy — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:35:00 -0000

Thanks Bill

I got the chart setup.

Re: http://vixandmore.blogspot.com/2007/09/vix-oversold.html

Andy — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:51:00 -0000

Hi Bill,

Can you tell me how you setup the chart for $VIX:SDS in stockcharts? I seem to be missing a setup.

Also,

I was wondering is the VIX a lagging indicator. Meaning does it move after the market moves?

Thanks

Re: http://vixandmore.blogspot.com/2007/09/reflections-on-investing-ten-years-ago.html

Andy — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:45:00 -0000

Here is an example of not knowing how to handle an entry:

I bought 500 shares of GS the day before the Fed rate cut. My entry was 187.47......I decided that I would let run a bit, and I put a stop in at 186.47, accepting a $500 loss if it were to head lower. The stock went above 188, and I was a bit nervous about the next day's fed announcement. I moved my stop back to my original buy point of 187.47, with though of break even if it could not hold 188. Well my stop hit, and now I'm looking at GS today wanting to slash my wrist (just kidding). How could I have handled this trade better using a trailing stop?

Thanks for any words of advice Bill

Re: http://vixandmore.blogspot.com/2007/09/reflections-on-investing-ten-years-ago.html

Andy — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:03:00 -0000

Hi Bill,

I've been trading since '97 while working a full time job. I have no formal experience and I have paid my tution if you know what I mean. It seems like I do real well during times of high volatility but then not so well when the VIX is low. I think I lack trust in the market and have a tough time holding stocks long term.

For example...I was down about 8% before july and now up around 18% which I attribute to volatility.

I remember Darvas saying that he would try not to listen to the noise of the markets and just look at the charts. I think this makes sense, but easier said than done in a time of mega-media.

You said that playing with trailing stops has been one of the greatest improvements to your trading. Have you succeeded with trailing stops in a bear market as well as a bull market?

Re: http://vixandmore.blogspot.com/2007/09/vix-macro-cycles.html

Andy — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:01:00 -0000

Great Blog...thanks for the info

Re: http://www.crimene.ws/2007/11/evelyn-mezzich-fuguitve-from-justice.html

Andy — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:53:10 -0000

If she feels so bad what she did, she needs to turn herself in. For each day that goes by, the punishmnet will get worse. This is another reason why we should look what type of people we let in this country. How can parents let her run and hide in peru? The parents should be arrested for assisting in the run, I know thay wont be or cant be, but it would be nice.

Re: http://swiftywriting.blogspot.com/2007/11/catch-swifty-on-ntv7-at-1045pm-tonight.html

Andy — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:57:00 -0000

Wow, so that was you! :D

Re: Question of the day * Updated x1 *

Andy — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:07:27 -0000

Florida Specialty Plate Stats

http://www.hsmv.state.fl.us/specialtytags/tagsa...

Choose Life has had a consistent 40,000 or so on the road each year, so thats probably comparable in a rough sense. Rank is #8, that's what would irk the opponents the most, you would see these things everywhere.

Some interesting #'s:
The "Impact Eternity" message on Clearwater Christian College(a fundamentalist christian organization), which has about 90 tags on the road.(the bottom of the list)
"Family Values", that sure sounds political!!
"Homeownership for all", that sounds communist!!
"Kids deserve Justice", reeks political, ala UN-types.
"Boy Scouts of America", a establisment clause violator there
Tons of environmental stuff there, "support education" thinly veiled politics all.

But who does it hurt? Give me a break Law Enforcement people. If you are calling out a APB on a white camaro, a unique tag should help find the offender quicker than a generic.

I did an essay application to the Hon George Ryan college summer republican intern program in the early 90's suggesting such a program, and cited the great success of the Florida progam, encouraging the future governor to use such a program to gain popularity for future office. I didn't get the job, but I think I called George a political animal or something like that, should have kept a copy.

More tags for all!!(I have a Pet Friendly and my wife formerly had an Illinois State(old version with the little numbers even), so I wholly support expansion of this program.

Re: Question of the day * Updated x1 *

Andy — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:10:03 -0000

Florida List with links to pics.
http://www3.hsmv.state.fl.us/Intranet/dmv/speci...

Re: http://swiftywriting.blogspot.com/2006/05/swifty-reviews-american-dreamz.html

Andy — Fri, 05 May 2006 05:33:00 -0000

Your comments on The Reader of Depressing Books' blog are the most intelligent and incisive things I've ever seen there. Thank you.

Re: http://www.thingswelovetohate.com/2009/04/meet-my-brute.html

Andy — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:59:00 -0000

http://eckerd.mybrute.com/

Re: Question of the day

Andy — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:08:36 -0000

How about this: Session is scheduled to start again in just a bit over two months. We're still not over that last session. The thought of more just makes you cringe...

Re: The wake of the flood

Andy — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:22:35 -0000

I can understand Hendon wanting to do something about wanting to help poor African Americans--in addition to poor members of others races. But how is guaranteeing that ownership of one or more casinos goes to African Americans going to help fight poverty? Anyone able to open one of these casinos is obviously going to be wealthy. Let them bid for a license just like anyone else. This is just welfare for the most wealthy in the African American community. But, alas, as Rich pointed out, Hendon is Hendon.

Re: Question of the day

Andy — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:49:06 -0000

Blagorific

Re: Question of the Day

Andy — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:26:00 -0000

Mr. Blagojevich Goes to Springfield...Rarely

Re: http://www.virtualization.info/2009/07/release-microsoft-windows-server-2008.html

Andy — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:41:44 -0000

I'm one to look at the positives, which are:

1.Hyper-v is getting to the point of being a contender in the enterprise virtualization market (albeit slowly)
2.Microsoft is actually listening to the customers (WOW!)
3.Competition will only drive down the prices.

That being said, I run my enterprise on VMware (and I'm a MCSE and MCITP). It simply is the most mature product out there. The execs have heard of it, and that has gone along way to get these implementations funded. Until Microsoft can do everything that VMware can do (and better), no one in their right mind would choose anything over VMware (isn't that right VirtualIron clients?)

Re: http://midre.blogspot.com/2009/06/dangerous-curves-apparently-too.html

Andy — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:29:00 -0000

perhaps we should all go back to wearing "mom jeans"?

i don't like to lose all feeling in my lower extremities...so i usually just let my boobs hang out instead.

andy

Re: http://midre.blogspot.com/2009/05/i-think-im-dead.html

Andy — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:10:55 -0000

i had something witty to say but now all i can think of is if "Canadian Tire" money can be used like "Monopoly" money.

Re: http://midre.blogspot.com/2009/04/im-happy-and-angry.html

Andy — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:18:00 -0000

dude, that is A LOT to read while i'm being totally non-productive @ work.

must return later to digest better.

although i peed my pants a little over the whole "squirrel preparedness" comment.

thanks.

Re: http://midre.blogspot.com/2009/04/this-little-piggy-went-to-free-clinic.html

Andy — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:24:00 -0000

mo, stop playing WoW. your brain will rot.

and hey! i work for the government(albeit the Canadian government, so does that still count?).

so i am totally offended by your insinuation that they want us to be shut ins.

i kind of like no physical contact with people.

bet you get swine flu before i do;)

Re: http://midre.blogspot.com/2009/04/mindful-tip-public-transportation.html

Andy — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:36:00 -0000

twats...hahahahaha.

like that word.

had to google the proper spelling when i used it in a post last week.

Re: http://midre.blogspot.com/2009/04/mindful-tip-public-transportation.html

Andy — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:36:00 -0000

from one unstable mofo to another...

wrap me up a krispy kreme whopper to go.

(that just totally made my intestines shudder)

me likey the funny.

once when i had strep throat i licked the report i had to do for my boss. because she was not nice to me...EVER. i justify my shocking behaviour with the fact that she was oh so difficult to deal with and she was always nit pickety on me.

germs are fabulous warfare.

silent, invisible, usually non-smelly.

andy

Re: Day 50

Andy — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 20:36:31 -0000

Welcome Home!!!

Re: Family Troubles

Andy — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 17:11:29 -0000

I'll definantly be praying for her.

Re: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2008/08/usbing-me-still.html

Andy — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:53:00 -0000

That is pretty odd, I have these and they write to the card no probs :-)

Re: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2008/06/usb-me.html

Andy — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:23:00 -0000

I love these too :-) I have 2, mine are USB 2.0, get back to poundland and complain :-)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy2boyz/2619448116/

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2009/03/what-if.html

Andy — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:04:00 -0000

I think the quickest to translate would be the aiki brushoff if i HAD to pick one thing.

Aikido would be much more evasive without holds or throws or anything that would "end" the encounter but given timing and space an aikidoka could theoretically keep off a single person or group of opponents off them for a long time untill the aikidoka was able to get away.

The rest of the things i learn at the dojo just help me better accomidate the "what ifs".

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2009/03/correct-length-for-jo-stave.html

Andy — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:03:00 -0000

I'm still waiting for the first production run of Parker brand Mokuren Jos. I wonder if there really has been an explored science for custom fit jos to the detailed extent things like bowling balls are fitted with?

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2009/03/mokuren-interview-marc-animal-macyoung.html

Andy — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:22:00 -0000

Great interview Pat. He's got a pretty cool p.o.v. and his website is interesting too. I especially like the post he did about Are Martial Arts Self-Defense? Everyone should give it a look if they haven't yet.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2009/02/chinese-posture-vs-japanese-posture.html

Andy — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:32:00 -0000

Haha, co-worker participation is cool. I just got a couple of them to first walk normal then try and walk across concentrating on their center of gravity and thier hips. On the second part they walked all stiff legged. I was curious how their posture would change, which it didn't, but their motion did. What does this have to do with anything? Probably nothing.

I was thinkng of how to keep your back straight like those in the videos and i figured they both moved from the hips. I remembered some of the conversation Pat had once about the difference between japanese and american walking. Is motion from the hips what allows them to have such a comfortable upper posture or rigid torso? And if so, other than practice at something like aikido can anyone develop a better comfortable posture? This may all be off topic but im curious.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2009/01/stick-sword-class-that-didnt-make.html

Andy — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:35:00 -0000

Alas, my wretched poverty shames myself and the dojo. Stick and sword stuff was what i was looking forward to the most today.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2009/01/how-to-drop-100000-calories-this-year.html

Andy — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:07:00 -0000

Ok, sounds good. Nothing but water. Im sure its do-able.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2008/11/chi-tards.html

Andy — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 09:47:00 -0000

Obviously we were just watching what happens when you're able to get the offbalance every time. And i mean EVERY TIME. Even when uke is stationary and grounded. I'm sure we could learn a thing or two from these guys... like collecting money at the gate and no refunds.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2008/11/he-who-fights-and-runs-away.html

Andy — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:42:00 -0000

Wow, you've been in rare form these last few posts. Really great stuff and i've enjoyed them all. You should definately throw these together in the eventual book. Or atleast link them all together into a super post.

If we practice every encounter with the intent of getting away from uke instead of engaging him, won't most of practice boil down into the aiki brush off?

Unless tori enters into a hanasu type situation all direct attacks seem to be easily avoided with the brush off. That seemed to be the best defense during the ABG weekend.

Tori's part in all the nijusan techniques begins with engaging doesn't it? Even if it's stepping of to the side it's still moving towards the attacker, towards inherent danger insted of away. I might not be looking at it at the right angle.

One of your responses in the first aiki post made me think. It seems to me that what we've been doing boils down into evading OR avoiding. Evaiding being hanasu, brush-off being avoiding. Maybe evading THEN avoiding would be nijusan.

Could aikido really be something where the defender is the one looking for the fight? I move away or around then bust you. I like that idea of contrasts.

Either way it would be neat to see someone training from the standpoint of hanasu and the brush off as the main two ways to train. Looking forward to see how the next month or so of training at Mokuren goes.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2008/11/aikido-shibboleth.html

Andy — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:12:00 -0000

Not ignoring the questions just thinking.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2008/08/so-why-do-you-train.html

Andy — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:55:00 -0000

I had to give this one a little thought, and it's nothing all that profound. I'm sure i'll come up with something for a wider audience or something that makes more sense after i submit this.

I think i keep training (and i use that word losely with my training schedule of late) mainly because it's something to constantly work at/with. A kind of logic puzzle i guess. I can, and usually do, learn something fresh and new every time i turn around. The techniques, and more importantly (to me) the ideas can be plugged in to a variety of different things. There's always another hurdle to overcome, but i wouldn't say i'm in it to master the system.

From where i stand i think that training for a long time in any martial art leaves a huge open-ended experience that...thought from other standpoints might seem like mastery, to the pearson that is at that particular plateau there's always more room to grow. Maybe i'm making it out to be some romantic idea but i like the thought of that.

Also i have fun, and i'd have to agree with John that there is a twinkle of something special in a great aikido move that i never found in any of the other martial arts i tried.

Though self defense is a part of the game, i don't think i'd be able to say that's my primary drive. I've never felt particularly threatened or unsafe enough to need to learn how to protect myself but I do feel more capable of being able to do so from my training and that's a comforting thought. And if you're comfortable in a tense situation that may arise i think that's a huge boon to making it safely out of said situation.

I may have lost my point, my blog is called epic ramble for a reason, but i think my jumble of words may have created a sense of what i meant and sometimes that's just as good.

I have to agree with Mr. Paden, this is so going to become a blog post.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2008/07/your-feet-will-thank-you-and-you-will.html

Andy — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:04:00 -0000

Also the only hand lotion i've come across that does wonders for severe psoriosis!

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2008/07/who-do-you-think-would-win.html

Andy — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:48:00 -0000

I'm afraid Captain Marvel would have the advantage. With the wisdom of Solomon i'm sure he's well versed in the art of aikido. The speed of Mercury and the strength of Hercules doesn hurt. Not to mention his powers are technically magic based and that happens to be one of Supes' weaknesses.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2008/05/ironman.html

Andy — Sat, 03 May 2008 12:25:00 -0000

Make sure to wait and see what happens after the credits. It's worth it

Re: Great intro to randori

Andy — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:41:00 -0000

I liked the video. What's his name? Does he have more vids or a site?

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2008/02/ju-no-kata.html

Andy — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:28:00 -0000

I'll probably be stoned for saying this.. but aren't they doing aikido randori? Lol, that's what it looks like to me.. it's odd watching it though. Which one was Kano?

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2008/02/new-green-belt.html

Andy — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:30:00 -0000

Congrats Kel!

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2008/02/im-speechless.html

Andy — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:24:00 -0000

I'm shocked too, i thought this stuff only happened at your dojo.

Re: The most amazing martial artist you ever met

Andy — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:48:00 -0000

I have to steal Chops' disclaimer on this one and claim that i'm not sucking up just cause he's my sensei, but Patrick Parker would rank up at my number one spot for most amazing martial artist i've ever met.

Not only is he extremely talented at what he does and extensivley knowledgeable about it, but his ability to convey this knowledge in an easy to understand manner to whomever his teaching is directed at makes him a rare breed indeed.

I consider myself really fortunate to be one of his students, he's a warm and friendly guy both in and out of the dojo and his patience and teaching pace is something i will always value. There were many times where i found i was still clueless about that night's lessons after a half hour of attempting it and Pat always took it in stride.

To me he represents what an aiki practitioner should strive to become.

There are honorable mentions though:

Henery Copeland, who showed me with a few minutes of randori that aiki exsists without resistance.

Zenpo Shimabukuro, as imposing and talented a grandmaster of okinawan karate as one could ever hope to meet and who, with a surprising warm smile, gave me great advice: "Just breate"

And all those breakfasts and dinners after class in no way influenced my decisions Pat ;-)

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2007/11/competitive-ethos.html

Andy — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:04:00 -0000

Sheesh, i think it's an example of just how far off the mark people's ideals are these days. I dont think there's anything wrong with the mentality of expecting the other guy to win as hard as he can but i may just not have the enthusiasim to ".. leave a permenant scar on their mental psyche".

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2007/10/rolling-ball-and-brushing-off.html

Andy — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:50:00 -0000

Almost identical to the second technique in hanasu, the evasion is exactly the same. It's always cool to me to see the same principles pop up in all the different martial arts.

It was funny to see your "patented" wall push done by someone else. Looks like they've got your dojo bugged.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2007/09/rhadi-video-clip.html

Andy — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:48:00 -0000

I think this is one of those instances where the word judo doesn't even need to be involved. The things he discussed are more universal, they're things that apply to everyday life. Say what you will about his ability in judo but his outlook comes from a person who has definately learned from life. No one can can make you a judo "master". There's not a training method out there that can guarantee you a win especially if your time in class is all you rely on. Training perserverance outside the dojo (and inside for that matter) is what counts. Fighting against that frustration he's talking about. Traveling to some mountain top in japan just because the teacher is "at the top" won't make a difference if it's not what you want or believe in.

That "fire" and desire to show up, to keep going, is what's worth it. And if you don't have that desire to do it, then it's time to let it go. Doesn't just apply to judo, but then again my judo experience is limited.

"If you could go back..and redo or change anything what would that be?"

"Nothing. I appreciated the up's and the downs. I even liked not going to the olympics."

Good stuff i thought.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2007/09/forward-and-backward-rolls.html

Andy — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:02:00 -0000

That's sorta the idea i was trying to describe thought not that well. It seems more like he's just crouching into it, like at any moment he could just pause. Pat has us make our forward rolls by moving untill there's a point of no return and then going beyond it into a roll. It definately creates a sense of being beyond your control!

The only thing i can say for a beginner, still being one myself, is that our way creates this thing in your mind akin to a leap of faith and that's a hard thing to overcome. Facing a "fear" of falling, especially forward towards your noggin, is one of the most un-natural feeling things we come across in our practice. Atleast from my standpoint.

I think that the crouch he rolls into especially at the point where his leg is extended out in front of his center gives the person a better "guide" when it comes to having your upper body in the right position of the roll. It creates that same gap between the legs that we get when we roll forward on the floor. Maybe it'd be a litte easier for a newbie to digest.

Just my two cents.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2007/09/forward-and-backward-rolls.html

Andy — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:45:00 -0000

It's very fluid and he seems relaxed but isn't the foot tuck a no no? I noticed that the big differance from our current way of doing it is he bends his knee as he goes forward. As far as a specific, isn't he taking all of the "fall" out of his forward rolls by doing that? I may be wrong but i get the impression that a beginner's ukemi would grow to be less automatic and more a prepared thing by doing that and that could be bad since most falls aren't something to plan for. I may have gone off in left field on that.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2007/08/jodo-kata-practice_31.html

Andy — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:17:00 -0000

Sweet. Thanks for posting this one Pat. It'll give me something extra to work on while i'm incognitio. By the way, NICE music.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2007/08/what-they-take-away.html

Andy — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:29:00 -0000

Hey Pat, i'm going to have to bow out of class this weekend. Something family related came up. Hope to see you next weekend.

Re: Rider's mini-documentary about his delayed SEPTA ride last Friday

Andy — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:02:34 -0000

Why did they need to switch to a different train?

Re: Consequences of a half-baked smart card fare system

Andy — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:58:06 -0000

They could have at least posted signs on the block notifying people of the date of removal as a courtesy.

And I'm going to have to agree with Colin's comment. That's why PA has some of the worst roads in the nation. It's like "Let's repave this road. Okay now lets rip it back up again to install this traffic light." Why couldn't you install the traffic light BEFORE repaving the road?! Nothing is very well planned in PA.

I also agree with Mike R. One smart card for everything in the city would be fantastic. But, again, nothing is very well planned and coordinated here before it is haphazardly implemented. 90% planning 10% doing. Maybe with a little more planning we wouldn't have to worry about "budget impasses" and could pay state employees on time.

"If you don't have time to do it right when will you have time to do it over?" -John Wooden

Re: What are the best methods of dealing with panic attacks and O.C.D?

Andy — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:12:59 -0000

try alternative medicine and meditation.
References :

Re: Soda pop stop!

Andy — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:03:03 -0000

skön inställning och attityd från den här gammle gubben

Re: Roger Federer!

Andy — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:31:25 -0000

Federer har en mot rodick som finns på youtube som e minst lika sjuk tycker jag

Re: William Spencer!

Andy — Sun, 03 May 2009 12:37:30 -0000

Snubben på bicikeln var bättre men observera bakåtvolten på slutet den var brutal!

Re: Massa skill!

Andy — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:48:03 -0000

satan va brutalt!

Re: Linus Omark!

Andy — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:10:22 -0000

Riktigt snyggt men ingen har väll lyckats undgå den från tidigare, tv har ju visat den 200 gånger.

Re: Prickskytte!

Andy — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:12:47 -0000

Vilken jävla idiot!

Re: Inlines!

Andy — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:26:57 -0000

fett snabb var han det e crazy att åka i den hastigheten, fett grymmt klipp

Re: Parkera bilen!

Andy — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:31:48 -0000

Man blir ju mörkrädd när man ser vad det är för folk som har körkort!

Re: Världens starkaste man!

Andy — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:35:57 -0000

Vafan trodde dom egentligen när dom lät han va med i programmet? Vem fan skulle kunna klara av det där om inte han? Men jävligt kul att han förnedrar så hårt!!

Re: Thomas Quick!

Andy — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 09:08:31 -0000

fan va tråkigt

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2007/07/ninja-army.html

Andy — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 18:32:00 -0000

As dangerous as they already are and you arm them. I'll have to be extra carefull in class from now on.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2007/06/eat-your-heart-out-northstar.html

Andy — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:27:00 -0000

Oh...oh come ON! And that last one?! If i had know you would retaliate like that, i would never have missed the ABG. lol! I'm going to go wipe the blood out of my eyes now.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2007/06/bride-of-frankenstein.html

Andy — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:00:00 -0000

Is that about to be a kotegaeshi? Ol Frank must have arms from a dead aikidoka.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2007/05/valuable-lesson.html

Andy — Tue, 15 May 2007 13:11:00 -0000

A McComb zen koan (say that 3 times fast!). Neat story.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2007/04/mushin-mugame.html

Andy — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:03:00 -0000

What, no group photo?

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2007/04/attack-of-living-dead.html

Andy — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:30:00 -0000

I know i've been guilty of making an attack at tori that's not the most balanced to begin with so i've got something to work on. Something i think brings out "the living dead" is the times uke doesn't doesn't put any weight into a grab or push. I'ts always sorta awkward to move around in hanasu. There's nothing worse than a weak zombie flailing at you.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2007/04/third-great-fear.html

Andy — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:02:00 -0000

So stopping a technique to keep someone from falling is not the way to go? Gotcha.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2007/02/new-aiki-cub_24.html

Andy — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:47:00 -0000

Congratulations Pat.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2007/01/care-and-feeding-of-pat.html

Andy — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 09:46:00 -0000

I have definately played my parts on both sides of the issue, "wave rider" and "deliberate seeker" alike, so it's sorta hard for me to pick one side of the fence.

As for the whole jodo/kendo thing, it's something cool that i'm interested in, but it's not what i REALLY want to learn. I think what i'm learning in aikido is invaluable when employed in jodo/kendo. Especially the timing and stepping. John mentioned something about aikiken i'm about to wander about the web for and see what comes up.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2006/12/quin-kata.html

Andy — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 23:45:00 -0000

Yeah, he'll definatley grow up to be a powerful jedi like Quinlan Vos (his shoulda been namesake).

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2006/12/new-sankyu.html

Andy — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 23:32:00 -0000

I think i may have killed tegatana for myself again. Can you see if my latest post makes sense to you?

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2006/12/new-sankyu.html

Andy — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 15:24:00 -0000

I didn't feel cheated at all, i'm just glad i understand things better. If it's up to me i'd rather learn my way through a rank test than do kata. It clears mental cobwebs.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2006/10/two-new-kyu.html

Andy — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:05:00 -0000

Do you want me to come an hour or so early wednesday for Owaza?

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2006/09/what-ifs-for-tsukezue.html

Andy — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 01:29:00 -0000

I want to join. I'm just going to have to stop coming with people that have to work on saturday. And after this saturday.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2006/09/perception.html

Andy — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:28:00 -0000

If i'm not mistaken, that would be the words of the 63rd successor of Hokuto Shinken, Ryuken. Awesome quote by the way, and awesome class. Speaking of quotes, I don't know where the quote about wasted energy and releasing people came from but it definately made the two hattiesburgers pause and think.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2006/09/hickory-jitsu.html

Andy — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:14:00 -0000

Saturday's party?

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2006/08/waxing-and-waning-at-mokuren.html

Andy — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 22:12:00 -0000

Just letting you know i'm not gone! I won't be able to make it wednesday but Saturday i'll be back in full swing. Going to try and get in touch with the judo guy tomorrow and see what his situation is.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2006/08/judo-plans-for-tonite.html

Andy — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 22:55:00 -0000

hey pat, unfortunately due to me having car problems, gary and i won't be there tomorrow. Going tomorrow to see about getting it fixed.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2006/08/shichihon-no-kuzushi.html

Andy — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 18:22:00 -0000

Pat, the h-burg group can't make it tonight. Sorry.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2006/08/class-plans-for-this-week.html

Andy — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 00:32:00 -0000

Cool! I can always use more work on gedan ate.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2006/08/choreutics-and-aikido.html

Andy — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 12:08:00 -0000

Ok, on some of that i followed you but on some of it you lost me. I can easily see how forward motion implies up and down from what we do in class. On the other hand i'm having trouble visualizing point one and three. From where i'm thinking, i can't see how any side to side motion would genertate forward backward. Waitaminute...when we're walking we move up and down to plant left leg, right leg and that's what generates side to side? We may have to go over this in class tonight. =D

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2006/07/feldenkrais-movement-principles.html

Andy — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 12:12:00 -0000

Wow, i've got to get that book.

Re: Ukemi night

Andy — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 04:43:00 -0000

Out of all the classes i shouldn't miss that would have been one of the most helpfull for me. Thanks to all the times i've twisted ankles and hurt knees i'm extremely gun shy over getting tripped in Judo. It's probably something only coming to judo on a regular basis would cure.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2006/07/mokuren-uchideshi-program.html

Andy — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 23:22:00 -0000

Aw man, i'm jealous. It'll be cool to have one new aiki-buddy in class. Welcome and whatnot Kristof!

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2006/07/safety-strategies-in-aikido.html

Andy — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 02:29:00 -0000

Thanks for liking my weird little aikido rants.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2006/07/tegatana-ideas.html

Andy — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 22:15:00 -0000

I understand the box idea, i'n going to go play around with that right now.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2006/07/totally-awesome-martial-arts-action.html

Andy — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 12:07:00 -0000

I saw that you pulled that from google video, you should check out YouTube. There are 570 videos just on aikido alone.

link 1: www.youtube.com

Link 2: http://youtube.com/results?search=aikido&search... paste and drop is the only option, i can'tput the link up directly.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2006/07/on-and-off-line.html

Andy — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 14:30:00 -0000

since you mentioned tegatana no kata where do the "sweep and turn" portions put tori in relation to the line. Do they work like #2 in hanasu? I decided to do that blog idea you had.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2006/07/jo-as-uke.html

Andy — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 12:04:00 -0000

Are there any other things you can turn into an uke? i know there's some sort of exercise with a door, but i don't know specifics.

Re: The resistant uke

Andy — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 01:32:00 -0000

Now i feel like a jerk. Resistance no more. Sorry Pat.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2006/07/happy-birthday-america.html

Andy — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 21:02:00 -0000

Kennedy had the right idea.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2006/07/principles-of-aikido.html

Andy — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 20:45:00 -0000

Sadly, i had to work. Which meant that i had to stand around and do nothing all day (especially after it started raining) until management turned the other way so i could leave early. John's the one who told me about the blog and Gary somehow lives without internet. What did your family do today? Are your kids firework savvy yet?

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2006/07/principles-of-aikido.html

Andy — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 12:16:00 -0000

Guilty as charged.

Re: http://www.mokurendojo.com/2006/07/principles-of-aikido.html

Andy — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 23:15:00 -0000

Awesome blog Pat.

Re: http://slidingintohome.blogspot.com/2009/08/81-minor-league-report.html

Andy — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:17:23 -0000

Any serious thoughts about bringing up Igawa? I guess maybe we could look into reacquiring Pavano first...

Re: Free Joost invitation – 998

Andy — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:05:24 -0000

Ich möchte auch gerne eingeladen werden...

Vorname: Andy
Nachname: Ganse
Email: mergeddragon@gmx.de
OS: Windows XP Pro

Re: [game request] Nano War

Andy — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:47:45 -0000

Ja Level 11 & 12 hattens in sich. Aber ist wirklich ein super Game, welches wie geschaffen wäre für das iPhone :)

Re: [wwdc] iPhone 3G – $199 – 11.Juli

Andy — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:32:20 -0000

Ich hasses es zwar einem Hype zu erlegen, aber genau das habe ich mir gewünscht :D Jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiha... Und wie schon gesagt wurde, nun gibt es das Teil wohl auch endlich (offiziell) in der Schweiz...

Unlocked wurde die Firmware 2.0 (Beta) ja schon lange.... Von mehr als einem Tool wie man liest...

Re: [wwdc] iPhone 3G – $199 – 11.Juli

Andy — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:33:47 -0000

... erliegen ... meinte ich natürlich ;) Hier gibts auch noch ein paar Details mehr bei Golem: http://www.golem.de/0806/60272.html

Re: [wwdc] iPhone 3G – $199 – 11.Juli

Andy — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:09:41 -0000

Was mich brennend interessieren würde wäre ob nun (dank Exchange/MobileMe Support) nun auch "Aufgaben" gesynct werden können...? Hat jemand schon etwas darüber gehört?

Re: [wwdc] iPhone 3G – $199 – 11.Juli

Andy — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:26:38 -0000

Auch wenn ich noch keine Antwort auf meine "Aufgaben" synchronisieren Frage gefunden habe, bin ich dennoch auf etwas sehr sehr interessantes gestossen:

TomTom für iPhone wird kommen, seht selber: http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/09/tomtom-alrea...

Das ist doch mal eine Neuigkeit :D

Re: [Klimbim] 2008-06-10

Andy — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:18:02 -0000

Also für die Tomtom Nachricht hättest du nicht auf Reuters zurückgreifen zu brauchen ;) Siehe Comments von gestern..

Das mit der Dockinstation finde ich nur billig.. Apple ist inzwischen echt schlimmer als M$.. Aber sie haben wirklich gute Produkte, der einzige Grund wieso ich mitspiele :p

Re: [game] CubicMan

Andy — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:11:05 -0000

Besten dank für den prima Tipp :) Da ich schon ein riesen grosser Bloxorz Fan war, ist dies natürlich super Unterhaltung für mich. Was ich allerdings noch nicht herausgefunden habe: Wenn ich mich bis zu Level XY vorgekämpft habe und danach übers Menü auf "Exit" gehe, kann ich jeweils nur Level 1 anwählen. Wie macht ihr das? Ich mag nicht jedes mal wieder von vorne beginnen...

Re: iPhone 2.2 Software Update

Andy — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:43:52 -0000

ich hab aus versehen mein iphone 3g mit der neuen software 3.0 synchrinisiert -.-'' nix mehr jailbreak und unlock

seit tagen versuche ich jz mit quickpwn mein iphone wieder zum laufen zu bringen, aber ich bringe diese 2.2 software i.wie nicht mehr drauf! selbst wenn ich die datei downloade und ganz normal entpacke, erhalte ich nie die .ipsw datei die quickpwn sucht und mit der ich mein iphone eigentlich synchronisieren sollte... aber i.wie kann mir da auch niemand helfen -.-

Re: [app] momentile

Andy — Sat, 09 May 2009 04:44:21 -0000

star-eye (gmx) (de)

würde mich auch über ne einladung freuen.

Gruss
Andy

Re: http://youngcampbell.blogspot.com/2009/05/if-you-think-my-summer-is-too-boring.html

Andy — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:00:12 -0000

thx for visiting my blog. ^^. you have a nice blog too.

Re: http://the-bob-blog.blogspot.com/2007/09/correct-tiny-planets.html

Andy — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:37:00 -0000

Wow. That's cool.

Re: http://de-lostpedia.blogspot.com/2009/03/neues-von-kristin.html

Andy — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:36:00 -0000

Und ich auf Juliet

Re: No Henry, No Reyes, No Result, No Europe? HMM…NO!

Andy — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 07:11:00 -0000

Nice article mate, love ya style, you gonna write a piece on the 1-1? Or for West Brom? Look forward to reading it,nice one mate

Re: Adebayor and Arsenal Off SONG!

Andy — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 09:22:00 -0000

Nice one mate, why aint you on Newsnow yet? Should be put on there

Re: Player Ratings - Arsenal v Kiev - Sent From Mobile Phone

Andy — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:07:00 -0000

If you could not the the worst player in that game, then you really have not wathced the game. Van Persie was so utterly bad that everyone in the sports bar shouted "Sub him" He was so bad that everyone was happy he was subbed. FAT 3.5 maximum.

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2009/05/one-month-giveaway-ipod-touch.html

Andy — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:19:47 -0000

I want to enter! Tweeted!

http://twitter.com/amplifyy/status/2097313102

Re: TWITTER GIVEAWAY: iPhone 3G 16GB Version!

Andy — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:18:10 -0000

Tweeted!

http://twitter.com/amplifyy/status/2097295179

Re: http://www.weekinrewind.com/2009/04/giveaway-my-bloody-valentine-3d.html

Andy — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:44:00 -0000

tweeeted

Re: http://withlovegabrielle.blogspot.com/2008/12/casual-and-festive.html

Andy — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:43:00 -0000

You look lovely and gorgeous!
That's the first time i check your blog out i guess.. this outfit is casual, but chic as you said!
i like it :)

check out my blog !

-A.

Re: http://mfbar.blogspot.com/2008/03/demam-pilihan-raya-versi-mfbar.html

Andy — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:42:00 -0000

wahaha... menarik~~ bole print poster ni...

Re: Ny Xbox 360 i april – Svart, 120GB HDD, HDMI

Andy — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:59:39 -0000

OMG, gud va underbart. Om detta nu bara är ännu ett rykte blir jag riktigt ledsen =/ Kommer den. Blir det sälja den "gamla" och införskaffa denna. Ps3 känn dej utmanad!!!

Re: http://www.mintblogger.com/2009/04/micro-blogging-26-twitter-desktop.html

Andy — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:00:00 -0000

A slew of new Twitter clients are coming out as we speak. The day this article was published, Tweetie for Mac was released (http://www.atebits.com/tweetie-mac) with much fanfare. Next Thursday marks the scheduled release of Beak (http://www.beakapp.com) and I've heard of several others in the works (http://getsweetapp.com)<br />
If you don't like any of the options listed above, sit tight. Something new will surely be released that is exactly what you want.

Re: http://mikalatos.blogspot.com/2009/04/squeaky-thing-which-lives-in-our-attic.html

Andy — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:15:00 -0000

Smoke detector low on batteries?

Re: http://mikalatos.blogspot.com/2008/10/monty-pythons-spamalot-with-surprise.html

Andy — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:52:00 -0000

Wow! The crazies do really come out when you bag on Clay Aiken! Wrong move Mikilatos

Re: http://mikalatos.blogspot.com/2008/07/eavesdropping-with-matt-episode-twenty_26.html

Andy — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:06:00 -0000

That's great and totally awkward!

Re: http://mikalatos.blogspot.com/2007/09/doubting-thomas.html

Andy — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:07:00 -0000

Yeah, what a ridiculous song. It is definitely one of my favorites. I was so happy to be able to see them last spring when they came through for their "farewell" tour. Such an amazing band.

Re: http://mikalatos.blogspot.com/2007/08/living-in-edge.html

Andy — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 22:07:00 -0000

You should probably take a Diggler out for a spin! And try to get everyone else to also, especially the Rijeka team. See if you can make it three years in a row that one person gets taken out at briefing.

Re: http://mikalatos.blogspot.com/2007/06/and-now-word-from-our-sponsors.html

Andy — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:57:00 -0000

4. Matt, I blame you for ruining my ability to drive past Burgerville! Ever since you explained your problem with this, I've been having the same problem myself. I'm gonna blame you for me getting fatter!

Re: http://www.techwebpro.com/2009/07/on-page-optimization-tips-and-tricks.html

Andy — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:10:53 -0000

In today’s internet savvy world an online presence is a must for any organization weather big or small, but just a mere website of the company wont serve the purpose of reaching out and impressing the target audience, your online presence should leave an impact on the mind of the viewers, and from here comes website designing and development companies of Delhi, search engine optimization and marketing companies of Delhi and internet marketing services providing companies of Delhi in picture. These companies provide end to end solutions for all your website related issues.

Re: http://dreambenderpacu.blogspot.com/2009/05/if-you-think-my-summer-is-too-boring.html

Andy — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:00:12 -0000

thx for visiting my blog. ^^. you have a nice blog too.

Re: http://www.childfreeclique.com/2007/11/bad-breeder-idea-letting-your-man-in.html

Andy — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 11:21:00 -0000

Woman needs to shit to pop out baby !!!

My god !! Horrible !!!

6 billion human animals and we are multiplying !!!

Re: http://www.childfreeclique.com/2007/10/updates-on-life-and-rants-about-pro.html

Andy — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 13:21:00 -0000

Amazing post. True words written.

You think practical and excellent.

Re: http://www.childfreeclique.com/2007/09/delusional-complaining-breeders.html

Andy — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:54:00 -0000

They need to face the consequences of their action. I wonder how many of them are unwanted kids- Pills/condom failed.

We as childfree by choice have less stress, more time, more income to enjoy life other things rather then reproducing in crowded world.

Stay Childfree , always.

Re: http://www.childfreeclique.com/2007/09/trip-to-gyno.html

Andy — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:14:00 -0000

They are jealous. They know by staying childfree, you will enjoy your life to maximum !!

We are a minority society- Childfree by choice and these breeders will be always be jealous of our freedom.

Re: http://www.childfreeclique.com/2007/08/having-job-whoring-i-beg-to-differ.html

Andy — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 05:38:00 -0000

Great post !!! I enjoyed reading it !!!

Andy.

Re: http://www.childfreeclique.com/2007/08/lets-give-this-bitch-swift-kick-in-ass.html

Andy — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 05:40:00 -0000

She knows how to do sex to get pregnant but she does not know how to teach her kids !!

Fuked up world with unwanted pregnancies.

Re: http://www.childfreeclique.com/2007/08/my-kids-are-better-than-yours.html

Andy — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 05:44:00 -0000

Yup...I agree with the post. Kids are waste of time and money. So many kids around.

Great Going..dont get pregnant by accident :)

Re: http://www.childfreeclique.com/2007/08/why-i-shouldnt-have-kids.html

Andy — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:11:00 -0000

Superb Post. You will enjoy your life maximum without kids.

I feel kids are sexually transmitted disease and nothing else. Marriage leads to sex which leads to kids.

Re: Seinfeld + Superman

Andy — Sat, 03 Apr 2004 19:52:51 -0000

Steve, you might want to look at Adam's post from 12:51 on March 31st. Deja vu?

Re: http://edittag.blogspot.com/2007/12/web-agushery-blogspot-got-9-as-pr.html

Andy — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:26:00 -0000

congratulation ya mas....
kalo saya nggak tau deh kapan dapet pr dari om google-nya... hihihi... yang jelas, saya emang sering mampir kesini koq..., untuk menimba ilmu, dan ... siapa tau aja saya dapat pr juga.... ;)

Re: http://edittag.blogspot.com/2007/11/writing-class-from-salamadani.html

Andy — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 13:52:00 -0000

aduh..., sayang ya mas cuma ada di bandung. sebenarnya saya juga mau belajar menulis, karena saya juga hobi menulis.

Re: http://edittag.blogspot.com/2007/01/web-recent-reader-by-mybloglog.html

Andy — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:34:00 -0000

udah coba pake www.statcounter.com? itu lumayan comprehensive juga..

Re: The Retaliation

Andy — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:42:00 -0000

(To finish up rocky mountain's comment...)< />< />With friends like that, who needs enemas?

Re: The Retaliation

Andy — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:42:00 -0000

(To finish up rocky mountain's comment...)< />< />With friends like that, who needs enemas?

Re: http://www.ilanbresler.com/2009/08/window-story.html

Andy — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:40:22 -0000

Wow really nice still life. Love the stone surrounding the window and how you can just barely see inside because of the single light bulb.

Re: http://www.ilanbresler.com/2009/08/island-of-tranquility.html

Andy — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:28:47 -0000

Has a great atmosphere to it! Makes me think I would like to go shopping here! Great shot.

Re: http://www.ilanbresler.com/2009/07/morning-ritual.html

Andy — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:27:19 -0000

Wow love the natural light here! Great candid moment.

Re: http://www.ilanbresler.com/2009/06/love-story.html

Andy — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:07:35 -0000

Really cool series that tells a story.

Re: http://www.ilanbresler.com/2009/06/one-year.html

Andy — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:05:27 -0000

Congrats on the anniversary! I always love coming here. Sorry to hear about your breakup though :(

Re: http://www.ilanbresler.com/2009/06/together-and-alone.html

Andy — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:55:21 -0000

Wow what a great shot. They both look so lonely.

Re: http://www.ilanbresler.com/2009/06/cuckoo.html

Andy — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:46:44 -0000

Love the reflections you captured so you can see what this man is looking at through the window! Great candid moment.

Re: http://www.ilanbresler.com/2009/06/flower.html

Andy — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:04:22 -0000

Love this shot of someone taking a photo of another person. Its interesting to see the pose the woman is doing for the photo!

Re: http://www.ilanbresler.com/2009/05/lunch.html

Andy — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:47:22 -0000

Very cool street shot. Looks like whatever food they are selling around this street is good because everyone seems to be enjoying it!

Re: http://www.ilanbresler.com/2009/05/what.html

Andy — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:57:00 -0000

Love the grain in this image as well as the huge dogs! Great street shot!

Re: http://www.ilanbresler.com/2009/05/maze.html

Andy — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:56:00 -0000

Love the contrast on this photo! Very cool looking up at these trees too!

Re: http://www.ilanbresler.com/2009/05/attention.html

Andy — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:03:00 -0000

Thanks for explaining the last image! I just went back to look at it again after reading and now I understand!

As for this image its another great street shot. I love how even without showing anyone's face you can sort of see what they are like.

Re: http://www.ilanbresler.com/2009/04/dimensions.html

Andy — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:47:00 -0000

I forgot to say I read your interview and really enjoyed it! I had not seen some of those photos in it. My favorite is the one of the guy in the window looking out at the world but seemingly trapped.

Re: http://www.ilanbresler.com/2009/04/dimensions.html

Andy — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:22:00 -0000

Wow I cant believe this is one shot. Seems like it must be an optical illusion because it doesn't seem to fit together! You will have to explain it to us! Great shot though love the b&w tones.

Re: http://www.ilanbresler.com/2009/04/bona-petit.html

Andy — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:54:00 -0000

Fantastic! really funny.. i like the red tones from her hair.

Re: http://www.ilanbresler.com/2009/04/bona-petit.html

Andy — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:18:00 -0000

HA what a great candid shot! I love all the green in the photo and how she is even wearing a green sweater! Nice work!

Re: http://www.ilanbresler.com/2009/04/impression.html

Andy — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:06:00 -0000

Welcome back! Sounds like you had great fun! I really like all the reflections in this shot its a cool effect!

Re: http://www.ilanbresler.com/2009/04/moment-of-peace.html

Andy — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:48:00 -0000

A great candid moment of this happy older couple in love! I hope you have a great trip!!

Re: http://www.ilanbresler.com/2009/03/forest.html

Andy — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:37:00 -0000

Awesome abstract! Gives it sort of a mysterious or haunting atmosphere.

Re: http://www.ilanbresler.com/2009/03/night-shift.html

Andy — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:59:00 -0000

Cool shot showing this man hard at work. I especially like it because you have been saying how you are working hard on your new site design so this shot is perfect!

Re: http://www.ilanbresler.com/2009/03/flying-fish.html

Andy — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:10:00 -0000

Looks like she is mesmerized by the fish. really nice shot!

Re: http://www.ilanbresler.com/2009/03/one.html

Andy — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:18:00 -0000

Love the framing on this photo. Great portrait and congrats on 8 years!

Re: http://www.ilanbresler.com/2009/03/stop.html

Andy — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:41:00 -0000

Congrats on your new camera! I bet it will be great for street photography! Really nice candid moment you captured here.

Re: http://www.ilanbresler.com/2009/02/ice-cream-lady.html

Andy — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:05:00 -0000

Really nice light in this shot! Makes me want to have an ice cream cone!

BTW Thanks for visiting my blog and the nice comment!

Re: V – значит “вот такого я не ожидал”

Andy — Tue, 02 May 2006 12:21:09 -0000

добавлю свою ложку...
Вендетта - супермен в политическом антураже. Действительно похоже, что в основе лежит комикс.
Соответственно фильм очень поверхностный и наивный по отношению к затронутой проблеме. Наверное, вот так примерно политику простые американцы и представляют: чтобы "добро" победило, надо замочить "злобных" оппонентов. По сути, цель героя - только месть.
Весь фильм на подпорках. Пожалел, что сходил.
Антон Антич, не обсуждали Вы фильмы и не надо было начинать.