Only some of my readers will know why this is the funniest thing I saw all day.
Ah, good old FROH…
Month: January 2007
But he is a miserable failure!
After just over two years, Google has finally defused the “Google Bomb” that has returned US President George W. Bush at the top of its results in a search on miserable failure. The move wasn’t a post-State Of The Union Address gift for Bush. Instead, it’s part of an overall algorithm change designed to stop such mass link pranks from working.
Via Boing Boing.
Of course, the Google bomb was so widely reported that a search for “miserable failure” does still bring you mostly Bush-related links. Which I find amusing.
Even more amusing? Try looking up part numbers 18851985 and 19852015 in the the Delorean Motors car-parts search page. You can probably guess, but it’s still amusing. Via Jon Kilgannon.
“Pride and resentment are not indigenous to the human heart; and perhaps it is due to the gardener’s innate love of the exotic that we take such pains to make them thrive.” – Hope Mirrlees, Lud-in-the-Mist
The Friday Random Guess 10, the “No Work This Weekend!” edition:
- “The War of 1812” by Arrogant Worms
There was no CBC - “What a Good Boy” by Barenaked Ladies, guessed by Eric
When temptation calls, we just look away - “You Can Never Hold Back Spring” by Tom Waits, guessed by Eric
Winter dreams the same dream every time - “Closer to Fine” by Indigo Girls, guessed by Eric
I’m trying to tell you something about my life - “All Along the Watchtower” by U2 (orig. Bob Dylan), guessed by Eric
I can’t get no relief - “Everyone Knows Everyone” by Helio Sequence
It’s cloudy now but that’s okay - “Pretty Maids All in a Row” by the Eagles, guessed by Eric
My, but we learn so slow - “The Real World” by Jesus Jones, guessed by Kim
These home truths fall on deaf ears - “Perfect World” by Liz Phair, guessed by Eric
I want to be cool, tall, vulnerable and luscious - “Into the Great Wide Open” by Tom Petty, guessed by Eric
He met a girl out there with a tattoo too
Good luck! Last week’s answers are here.
Hey, come on, people. Neil Gaiman is doing his part. Wouldn’t you like to pretend, just for a moment, that your weblog was as classy as Neil Gaiman’s?
Oh, all right:
How could I resist?
Oh, and speaking of Neil Gaiman, the Dream doll photographs he links to at the the top of this post are amazing…but also a little creepy. I’m not sure I want to know what one would do with such a life-size doll…