i was one of those who thought that Martha got railroaded. But still, i am sad to see her get out of prison for the sole reason that Jeff's hilarious series of blog posts must now come to an end.

And, he's a Prufrock fan!

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Jake is the annika's journal Man of the Year!

Congratulations, Jake on this great honor!

: )

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Next Wednesday is my two year blogversary! i never thought i'd make it past one year, but here i am. i'd like to celebrate with a party for you all as my way of saying thanks. It don't matter if you're a new or old visitor, or even if you've never left a comment before. Everyone is invited. Once in the distant past, i held a Yahoo! pool party that was really fun, although only sparsely attended because i didn't give much notice. Now with the popularity of online poker, i'm considering the idea of an annika-versary poker party on Yahoo! Either that or pool. The advantage to a poker party is that everyone can participate at the same time, instead of one-on-one competition while everybody else chats. Of course, no money changes hands in Yahoo! poker, but that's okay, since i suck at poker anyways. It's all about the bragging rights, and the chance to socialize in cyberspace with my blog pals. And of course, since the money isn't real, drinking a large quantity of alcohol while playing shouldn't be a problem. Let me know what you think.

Update: Poker it is.

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1 Congrats!

Posted by: JD at March 02, 2005 04:46 AM (pQrtL)

2 Is this from the beginning of your BlogSnot blog, or your citizenship in Munuvia? Either way, congratulations, and an online poker tourney sounds like fun! I'll try to make it if you announce the where and when. (NOTE: You know if you try to put "p0ker c0m..." in the comments of a Munuvian blog, it won't go thru? Heh.)

Posted by: Victor and his seventeen pet rats at March 02, 2005 05:45 AM (L3qPK)

3 Thanks, JD. Victor, it's 2 years from the beginning of the Glogspot days. We'll do it next Wednesday, probably starting at like 7:00 pm California time. i'll post an announcement next week about which Yahoo! room, etc.

Posted by: annika at March 02, 2005 07:36 AM (N1ocN)

4 Not to sound repetitive or anything, but yet another "Congrats!" 7PM your time's only 10 here on the east coast, so it shouldn't be any problem: I'll try to be there. Should be fun.

Posted by: Dave J at March 02, 2005 08:27 AM (CYpG7)

5 I will consume mass quantities for the occasion.

Posted by: d-rod at March 02, 2005 09:51 AM (CSRmO)

6 Strip, right? I'll be there in my silk pajamas.

Posted by: Casca at March 02, 2005 06:02 PM (cdv3B)

7 I missed poker night last time, someone please remind me when it happens...

Posted by: Chris at March 02, 2005 10:32 PM (kkrSe)

8 Try to choose one of the less-populated social lounges, so we don't have to worry about back doors. I'm going to be busy in theatre rehearsals until after 10, but if I'm not completely burnt out (smoked out?) I'll try to join. I've met some good people via Yahoo! Poker.

Posted by: Ontario Emperor at March 03, 2005 12:24 PM (v9NCH)

9 I'm in!

Posted by: Karol at March 05, 2005 06:13 PM (NFi+H)

10 I'm in! And I plan on taking all your Yahoo Money!~

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Owing to the fact that i have a big project due Monday, it is highly unlikely that i will be blogging this weekend. i'm mostly done with the assignment, but i need to meet with my partner and go over it with a fine toothed comb, then make sure all the cites are correctly formatted, which takes forever.

Therefore, i think we'll have to say goodbye to Robot Week one day early.

And if anyone leaves a "thank God" comment, i will retaliate by designating next week otorhinolaryngology week.

As a final farewell to Robot Week, 2005, please go check out this cute illustrated story i found, by a teacher named Jeanette Kachkowski. It will bring a smile to your Friday afternoon, i promise.

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Shelly alerted me to Peggy Noonan's column about the blogosphere from last week, which i missed. In it she discusses the advantages political bloggers have over the MSM. Much of her column is stuff we've heard others say before, but i like this paragraph:

Bloggers have an institutional advantage in terms of technology and form. They can post immediately. The items they post can be as long or short as they judge to be necessary. Breaking news can be one sentence long: 'Malkin gets Barney Frank earwitness report.' In newspapers you have to go to the editor, explain to him why the paper should have another piece on the Eason Jordan affair, spend a day reporting it, only to find that all that's new today is that reporter Michelle Malkin got an interview with Barney Frank. That's not enough to merit 10 inches of newspaper space, so the Times doesn't carry what the blogosphere had 24 hours ago. In the old days a lot of interesting information fell off the editing desk in this way. Now it doesn't. This is a public service.

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Sacramento blogger Digger has the inside scoop on that idiot lawyer named Pearcy who keeps hanging up the soldier's effigy, then scurrying back to Berkeley.

Look at the sign he displays on the back of his Boxster. What a piece of work.

Update: You simply must see what Rodger did to the Pearcy's Boxter. What a freakin' riot!

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Now i know there's a flaw in The Ecosystem. But i quickly captured a screenprint of the phenomenon, before NZ Bear fixes whatever bug caused annika's journal to enter the top 100!

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From Candace:

I could write back to every single one of those desperate webcam guys with 'You are a complete and total loser,' because seriously, when a blogger tells you that you have no life outside the internet, it's for real, dudes.

Read at Candied Ginger.

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1 Thanks. My inner bitch is pretty proud.

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Voting in the Jewish and Israeli Blog Awards begins tomorrow. (No. i'm not in it, i think you have to be Jewish.) But some very good blogs have been nominated. If you vote, don't forget to support Munuvans Rishon Rishon* and D. F. Moore** and Simon World. i also plan to vote for Ari Goes Down and Protein Wisdom, both great blogs.
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* Nominated in several categories, including Best Post and Best Series.

** Also nominated in multiple categories.

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Here's an interesting communication theory i never really thought about before, which i think has a lot of merit. i can think of examples of it among some of my acquaintances and i'm going to watch for it in the future.

i tend to speak in the "was" mode a lot of the time, but that's understandable. i gotta get some use out of my history degrees.

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It's annika munuversary day!

Happy Munuversary to me!

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1 congrats

Posted by: cube at January 27, 2005 11:07 AM (nyNr0)

2 Congrats!! Keep it up.

Posted by: Pursuit at January 27, 2005 11:50 AM (VqIuy)

3 Happy anniversary from a fan from our old blogspot days...

Posted by: Hugo at January 27, 2005 12:14 PM (VqTF3)

4 Yay!

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5 Annika turns one I'd cook her a juicy steak if I had money all the pixies shout: "Annika! Queen of MuNu!" then they snort cocaine Kirsten Dunst has tits? that is neither here nor there: Annika is GOD getting more deranged haiku slips out of control like a surprise fart Annika with knife carves her name into my balls and writes, "I've turned ONE!" Annie: Valkyrie dressed to look like Joan of Arc sword? or chrome dildo? Congrats, A. Kevin

Posted by: Kevin Kim at January 27, 2005 12:40 PM (5GgXN)

6 ROTFL, Kev!

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7 I'd leave a haiku myself but where I come from gentlemen don't do that till at least the third date Congrats miss Annika. & as for who would play you in MU: the Muvie - that'd be tricky. I can't think of anyone who possesses your class or looks. You'll probably have to portray your damn self Just make sure there's one scene with you in Daisy Dukes? lol

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8 Are we drunk yet?

Posted by: Casca at January 27, 2005 04:10 PM (cdv3B)

9 we are not drunk yet silly rabbit coke is for kidz lets do better and get groovin kev

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10 Another annika?

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11 Happy Anniversary! Yay!

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. . . Generalissimo Duane forsees a bigger fight over Alberto Gonzales than we saw over Dr. Rice. Let's hope his math is worse than mine.

. . . RatherBiased reports that CBS's "expert" Marcel Matley is accusing the network of harming his professional reputation as a forensic expert. i'd say he has a case. No lie. If i were a lawyer, i'd sign him up in a heartbeat.

. . . Jordana posts a recipe for Salmon Chowder that looks so yummy, i may try it this weekend.

. . . David writes about my favorite Kipling story of all. Read the classic short story here.

. . . Gennie (who's awesome at this sorta thing - did you check out her Xmas list?) has a load of great suggestions for Valentine's day giftgiving.

. . . Jennifer takes a look at men's couture this time, and the runway pictures are freaking hilarious!

. . . Over at Blackfive, Matt posts the results of his discussions with a few dozen soldiers he served with and their thoughts on the war, Rumsfeld, and troop strength. Some of it is surprising.

. . . Ted, aka Munuviana's elder statesman, alerts us that tomorrow is the one year blogversary of The Gantry Launchpad, and urges us to rocket over there and wish Casey a happy blogversary.

. . . Which reminds me. Tomorrow happens to be my one year Munuversary! Yes, it's been one year since i blogged my first authentic post as a Munuvian. Mucho thanks again to Pixy, Susie, Joe Don and everyone else who helped me move over here. Mu.nu totally rocks!

. . . And speaking of Pixy, he asks a real fun question: "When they make MuNu: The Movie, who will play you?" hmmm. i think it has to be Brittany, who else?

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"Right Wing News emailed more than 200 right-of-center bloggers and asked them to send us a ranked list 1-5 of the candidates that they would most like to take the Republican nomination for President in 2008 and the 1-5 candidates they'd least like to see as the Republican nominee in 2008."

Check out the results here.

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Bill Clinton paid a visit to Moxie this weekend. Pool hijinx ensued, followed by drinks and a little spooning.

Happy belated birthday, Madison. You're the best!

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1 awwwww, thank you darling!! You rock the mike on stage, yourself

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Young Pundit has a rundown of the arguments against Social Security privatization.

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i get hate mail every once in a while. Not too often, thankfully, since i'm a relatively little known blogger. But Michelle Malkin, because she's a published author, television pundit and columnist, who also happens to be beautiful and a filipina American, must get a ton of it. i was shocked to see the number of haters who defaulted to the "w" word, which seems to be the insult of choice whenever an attractive woman gets "uppity." The letters are pretty disgusting, and i don't know how Michelle deals with all that abuse, but God bless her, she does.

And (if i may be allowed a bit of hypocrisy by doing some name calling of my own): Disgusting Lard Ass Ollie Wills shows his true colors yet again by condoning these racist and mysogynist attacks and even adding a racist slant of his own. i won't link to the fatbody because he is probably the biggest asshole in the blogosphere.

There's a culture of hatred on the fringes of the left that is seldom recognized or denounced. It exists on the right too, but today most conservatives reject that type of extremism vehemently when it appears in our own ranks. i know of examples of such rejection in the blogosphere in the form of public "de-linking." Kevin's criticism of Michael Savage, with which i agree, is another example. But on the left, where Bush hatred and anti-Christian bigotry are so encouraged and mainstream, it must be hard for some people to avoid giving in completely to their own hatred. In the end, the rhetoric of these types becomes as vile as the worst Nazi or Klansman.

B. Preston of JunkYardBlog summarizes the problem best, i think:

It's clear to me that the left has a problem. It is a political movement full of bigots. Anti-Americans at the core, anti-Christians over here, race bludgeons and hucksters over there, leftists who hate everything that isn't absolutely sterilized of all traces of faith over there, a death cult that pushes what amounts to eugenics through unfettered abortion over there, and all ably led by a bunch of potty-mouthed Hollywood elites who wouldn't give a nickel for the country that made them rich. The rank-and-file, the types who send Michelle Malkin racist emails her way on a daily basis and they types who never lift a finger to purge the movement of the racists, are just as bad as the elites. If you weren't, they wouldn't be elites, would they? You make them 'elite' by listening to them and voting for them.

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Shakespeare I ain't (a rebellion against talented writing) by Ginger of Candied Ginger, complete with mysterious picture.

Celebrate the King's birthday with The Thing About Elvis Movies by gcotharn of The End Zone.

Scorebard of Humbug comments on the recent blockbuster baseball moves with I Read the News Today, Oh Boy.

Blog O'DOB lyricizes the CBS fiasco in Joe Lockhart to Barnes to Mapes.

And from a blogger whose every post is like poetry anyway, Tony Pierce, we have "no one home but the stove and thats fixin to go out." Cool.

Anyone know of some others?

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Jeff at Beautiful Atrocities posts a "Foot Fetishist's Guide to the Blogosphere."

And there's a very familiar set of sexy pointy boots, too!

Hat tip to Victor for the alert.

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This and this is not just an example of masterful blogging, it's an entire year's worth of masterful blogging. And i'm not just saying that because i hate the L.A. Times.

Bravo Patterico.

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Let's not call them resolutions. It's a to do list. Resolutions are so guilt-driven.

Blog related:

1. Figure out CSS and clean up all the redundant HTML code in my template


2. Go to three columns


3. Move to the upgraded Movable Type system


4. Add that Bear Flag blogroll


5. No more posting about that racist skank Paris Hilton


6. Interview Hugo

Personal related:

1. Give up cigarettes


2. Work harder


3. Do moot court


4. Take a weekend trip for the sole purpose of writing poetry


5. Start that fucking book


6. Get back into regular exercise, including strength training


7. Watch more TV

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