Monthly Archives: June 2008

Charlie has Been Sold Out. Anybody Understand Corpspeak?

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Kirk M

Poor Charlie, he was sold out to the Koreans along with the StarKist brand when Del Monte decided to unload their seafood division to the Korean Dongwon Group companies for $363 million dollars. Okay, fine then. Another American standard is … Continue reading →

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Organic, fur bearing, can fed, anti-blogging device

Posted on June 28, 2008 by Kirk M

Need I say more?

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Bush Buying Time for Big Oil?

Posted on June 28, 2008 by Kirk M

This has got to be the most transparent move that the current Administration has pulled yet. The Bush administration has put a two-year stop to solar energy projects on federal lands in Arizona and other Western states while it studies … Continue reading →

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An Icon of an Age Passes On

Posted on June 25, 2008 by Kirk M

George Carlin, the originator of the original Seven Dirty Words (upped to eleven as time went on if I remember correctly), the one comedian that’s followed me throughout the my entire life–is gone. This is the end of an age … Continue reading →

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Losing my Mind Again-Upgrading to 2.6 beta 1

Posted on June 25, 2008 by Kirk M

Yup, it’s that time again. My absolute addiction to using beta software has left me no choice but to once again update my WordPress install to an official beta 1 release of the upcoming version which in this case is … Continue reading →

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From the Mail-One for the Irish

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Kirk M

I got a set of 4 good Irish jokes in the mail today and I thought the first one was the best and although I’m sure it’s most likely an old one as far as my Irish friends and fellow … Continue reading →

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Back to Web 1.0 for Cash?

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Kirk M

Liz Strauss recently asked another thought provoking bloggy type question called; “$10MIL, Luxury Home, Would You Go Back to Web 1.0?” and of course I just had to answer that one. And no, I’m not going to tell you what … Continue reading →

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Best Day at Just Thinkin’-June 17th, 2008

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Kirk M

So what does it take to achieve the best day ever as far as unique visitors go? How about a single post about a certain popular Firefox extension and another on how to disable extension compatibility in Firefox? Yup that’s … Continue reading →

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