Archive for March, 2004



Fake background noise for cell phones

Phoney background noise
like traffic and thunderstorms
to use on your cell.
An ingenius ploy
to trick boss-across-the-hall.
Just fifteen euros!

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Blackmun’s notes

Supreme Court memo:
VP Agnew just resigned;
Mets 2, Reds nothing.
They passed lots of notes.
Harry Blackmun saved them all–
he was a pack rat.

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Strunk and White online…
wow, I had no idea.
Go there and read it.

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Friday Top 5

Top five in haiku?
Items from the week that was
are below (in verse).
No more supersize,
Bagle and netsky,
John Edwards is out.
Bonds bought some steroids?
Even more gay marriage news.
Interesting week!

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Haiku Week Hint

Haikus make more sense
when you click through to the links
(it’s a blog, ya know).

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Update: Penn a Phrase for Pennsylvania

I wrote here before
about five mundane choices
for the state slogan
One was from Vermont:
Discover our Good Nature.
Oops–can’t use that one!
We have a winner:
The State of Independence
(more than one author).
But what about Saab?
Their tag line is similar;
they said it’s ok.

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Grapefruit League victory

Hey, the Yankees suck…
Phillies won their opener
in the Grapefruit League.

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Scrushy’s talk show

Trouble with the law?
Are you depressed by bad press?
Get your own talk show!

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Haikus everywhere

Now Best of the Web
is also doing haikus.
I started a fad:
Two Americas:
One prefers President Bush;
One likes John Kerry
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Bait and switch

Some funny websites
to randomly generate
essays and people.
But it’s just a trick
so you will follow the links
and get to know God:
Chyou is a randomly generated man. He exists purely by chance. Do you think that you are more valuable than a randomly generated person?
I believe that you were made for a purpose. Find out more: […]