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Entries from October 2007

tis the season - Halloween 2

October 31st, 2007 No Comments

Admitedly, the following images are not of a donkey.  They are, however, of the same equus family (just not of the asinus variety).  But it occurs to me that if you forget to carve the pumpkin as shown in “tis the season - Halloween” post, there is a recovery plan.  Go buy a horse and [...]

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tis the season - Halloween

October 31st, 2007 No Comments

Lets face it.  You should have had your pumpkin carved a week or two ago.  If you have waited until now, you are procrastinating.  One reason you might be procrastinating is that you lack imagination when it comes to designing and carving cool pumpkin designs.  Well, procrastinate no further.  There is a great website with [...]

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Post-Mortem Political Potshots

October 31st, 2007 No Comments

Most people decompose when they are dead and buried.  Amazingly, the late President Gerald Ford is composing!  Apparently, President Ford was not very Presidential in private and was happy to take potshots at anyone and everyone.  President Ford did this in private, but within eat shot of Thomas DeFrank who published these quips in his book [...]

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Stolidus Equus Asinus

October 29th, 2007 No Comments

stolidus:  dull, obtuse, dull-witted, dumb.
equus asinus:  donkey, ass.
I was contemplating the URL stolidusEquusAsinus.com, but it just doesn’t have the same ring to it as muteDonkey.com!

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The 1K Letter (frequent flyer’s delight)

October 29th, 2007 No Comments

I achieved a milestone on my latest trip to SE Asia, I became a 1K member in my “preferred carrier’s” frequent flyer program.  Even if they send the obligatory “Congratulations!” letter, I won’t get to read it for the next couple weeks because this is a long trip.  But that doesn’t stop me from imagining what the [...]

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The Evolution of My Password

October 29th, 2007 No Comments

It is with fear and trepidation that I enter this week.  The reason?  Next week, I will be required to change my password on our LAN, an event that now occurs at least once per quarter.  Why should this cause anxiety?  Three reasons:

It will take me a week to figure out a good password that [...]

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muteDonkey Nominations: Week of Oct 29, 2007.

October 29th, 2007 No Comments

Submit your nominee for the muteDonkey of the Week contest.  You can submit your nominee by commenting on this post with their picture and a story about why thy deserve this honorable distinction. Yes, you can nominate yourself.  Politicians, Hollywood Elites, and Lawyers are always fair game. These folks generally prove to be muteDonkeys on a regular basis, so it shouldn’t be difficult to [...]

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is anybody out there?

October 26th, 2007 No Comments

It is with a bit of sad resignation that I have to admit that Despair has it right (like most of the stuff on the site).
 
I can’t confirm it for sure, but I think that I am the only person that actually reads this blog.  I am certainly the only person that posts to it.  [...]

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Funny Words and Phrases

October 25th, 2007 No Comments

Lets face it.  Some people are more clever than others and use great words and phrases as just part of their daily lexicon.  I am going to keep listening and updating this post as I run across new material.  Here is what I have so far…
Phrases:

Farting against thunder  (SH)
The natural progression is Crawl, Walk, Run, but instead we seem [...]

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SOX (Sabanes-Oxley Act of 2002) Sucks!

October 24th, 2007 No Comments

A warning:  This post is going to get revised a lot over the next few days, weeks, and months.  A few reasons:  First, it is an EXTREMELY important topic for publically traded  American companies.  Second, it is sucking the life out of publically traded American companies.  The fine folks at Wikipedia have been working on this topic [...]

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