From the Cookbook Lover's Guide 1940 to 1952.

27/9/01 - Standing shoulder to shoulder? (via Bushwacker)

"Seizing on concerns about the security of the nation's energy supply in light of the recent terror attacks, House and Senate Republicans called Tuesday for a modified "energy security" bill...

As a key to their plan, Republicans are again pushing a controversial measure to open the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) for oil exploration."

"TALLAHASSEE -- Florida is under a state of emergency, legislators are considering closing committee meetings, and routine public records are being withheld in the name of a massive federal terrorism investigation."

Loads more at Media Whores Online.

27/9/01 - Maybe this is for me?

"Have you ever found yourself asking "Is that all there is?"
...
Do you ever wake up thinking "Oh no, I'm Thirty-something! " ?"

27/9/01 - Bunny Bytes, Outfitters of the Urban Rabbit.

26/9/01 - Free mp3s from Elephant Six bands (although the hosting server seems to be down).

26/9/01 - Dragonthief gets one over a London bus driver: (via I Love Everything)

"The pisspot buslord fancied himself as a little tyrant, and I don't like petty little misanthropes with beetling brows and lank hair. Well, you can imagine: the conversation deteriorated until we were both yelling handsomely at each other. He started it, of course, in that really annoying small-minded tit-with-a-complex way some throwbacks have. The other passengers were transfixed by my strident tones (I have a great diaphragm, you know, and remarkable projection). The diminutive tosser was getting apoplectic: he clearly thought being challenged was insupportable. He narrowed his eyes at me cruelly and told me that if I did not get off his bus he would call the police. There is not a bluff I will not call (which gets me into quite a lot of trouble, actually). I leaned forward and told him to do just that, and to make sure that it didn't take too long because he had still to drive me home that night..."

If those are the cats she deals with good luck to her.

26/9/01 - I've put a comments feature on the weblog.  Just click on the speech bubble (the thing that looks like this, on the left) to leave me your witticisms and criticisms.  Please email me if it's all wrong.

24/9/01 - The Russians tell it like it is, re. fighting a war in Afghanistan: (via net.Headlines)

""The Afghans will stop fighting each other and join together to fight you," said Izmailov, former battalion commander...

And though veterans of the Afghan conflict point out that the U.S. bought the bullets for the moujahedeen who killed their comrades, Lisinenko said most wouldn't wish an Afghan war on their worst enemy."

24/9/01 - The Blog Twinning Project matches me up with methylsalicylate (of course), linkmachinego (good choice) and rossfleming (hmmm).

20/9/01 - You learn something every day.  It seems as rabbits are regarded as a pest in Australia, there is a movement afoot to celebrate Easter with a chocolate bilby:

"This very cute little creature is a marsupial and native to the Australian outback. Unfortunately, it is also currently on the endangered species list. Haigh's is the major sponsor of the special bilby exhibit at Adelaide Zoo. We also manufacture a chocolate Easter Bilby - part proceeds of every sale go toward helping save the bilby from almost certain extinction."

"But in Australia, rabbits aren't so beloved. There, bunnies are voracious habitat-destroying vermin that have helped drive native species to near-extinction.

So among some Aussies, the Easter Bunny is about as popular as a Christmas Fire Ant would be in Texas."

""You find fans in the most unlikely places," says Ellen. "I went to Russia with my wife, and there was three feet of snow and we were surrounded by people carrying Kalashnikov rifles and wearing bearskins. I remember thinking, this is so far removed from England. Then I got a tap on the shoulder from a bloke who said, 'So when's Whistle Test coming back?""

"Do you ever get any flack from Jews [about the name]?

In the beginning, I got more flack from non-Jews who were associated with the label. Members of one of the bands cited the scene in Spinal Tap where the record store employees think the band is gay because they're on Hot Pink Records or something. The band was afraid that the label would be mistaken for a klezmer or at least exclusively Jewish musician label, which is most definitely not the case."

18/9/01 - Something I need not worry about:

"A Canadian professor has identified a phenomenon causing countless boating deaths and accidents: Experienced Skipper Syndrome."

"Some patients had difficulty even understanding the names of the dishes so the hospital had to print explanatory notes...

" 'Couscous, what the hell is that?' they say," said Ahmed Jama, facilities services manager..."

"Pavarotti to bare all in £16m tax fight"

18/9/01 - Looks like I was right to be wary of the fake footage story.   Memepool lays out the truth:

"Taking a critical standpoint towards mass-media is generally a wise decision, if one wishes to keep a level head during stressful times. Not only has CNN failed to mention some rather interesting background info on America's most wanted Terrorist, now claims are circulating that the footage of people dancing on the streets of Palestina is, in fact, 10 years old. These claims have been proven to be incorrect as well as recanted by their origin, and apparently the disappearance of said footage can be accredited to Palestinian authorities threatening camera crews. Nontheless, keep this media giant's flawed record in mind when watching the news."

18/9/01 - A great name for a weblog, Oink!  Pity I can't read it as it's in Spanish.

18/9/01 - Looka has a very good summary of what it's like to travel by air in America at the moment:

"MEALS:  Stopped to get a bite to eat. There are no plastic knives at McDonalds or other restaurants. It doesn't matter whether the restaurant is on one side of the metal detectors or the other. The restaurants will have to delete steaks and such from their offerings, or will have to pre-cut them or something."