Air America Radio One Year Anniversary!!!

March 31, 2005
Happy Birthday Blog
One year ago tonight. Reminisce.
Posted by majority at March 31, 2005 10:01 AM
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We're creepy and we're kooky.
Mysterious and spooky.
We're all together ooky.
Posted by: The Bloggie Family at March 31, 2005 05:00 PM
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Mitch Hedberg dead.
We're running out of people on the fringes.... people who dare to be different. The conservatives are winning on that count. They don't like comedians who are too funny. Moderation in all things, they say. They like people who are moderately funny.
They obviously hated Mitch Hedberg, because 5 minutes into his show... once you accepted his style... he had you short of breath from laughing.
Posted by: Fishgrease at March 31, 2005 05:16 PM
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In England Smoky the Bear is not the forest fire prevention representative. They have Smacky the Frog. It's just like a bear, but it's a frog. I think it's a better system, I think we should adopt it. Because bears can be mean, but frogs are always cool. Never has there been a frog hopping toward me, and I thought 'man, I'd better play dead. Here comes that frog...' You never say here comes that frog in a nervous manner. It's always optimistic. Hey here comes that frog, al-right. Maybe he'll come near me so I can pet him, and stick him in a mayonnaise jar, with a stick and a leaf, to recreate what he's used to. And I'm pretty sure I'd have to punch some holes in the lid, because he's damn sure used to air. Then I can observe him, and he won't be doing much in his 16 ounce world.
-courtesy of mitch hedberg
Posted by: Shell at March 31, 2005 05:22 PM
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Happy birthday, Majority Report I baked a cake
Posted by: Martin the golden brown God at March 31, 2005 07:55 PM
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Today is the 1st of March, the day of the teacher, in this day, we celebrate the teacher.. We went to the other school on foot, they made us stand on the second floor while the younger grades (1st, 2nd and 3rd) stood in the first floor (it's their school after all), at first, a girl read some verses of the Qura'an, then some girls said poetry.. Then, the mistress starting congratulating and giving gifts to the girls who had good marks in last year's final exams and this year's mid-year exams. Unlucky me, I was very close to the third girl on the 5th grade! I wasn't congratulated.. My friend was the first on the 5th grade, she was so happy about it and didn't expect it at all. Anyway, that wasn't a problem for me, I didn't expect to get anywhere any way, my dear Arabic teacher has made my average of marks much lower than it had to be! What made me sad was the teachers, every one who saw me asked me WHY I wasn't one of the first 3, what were they expecting me to say? I just said "What can I do?".. Going back to my school, I had to be the last one to leave the school because my shoes had some problem, so the English and Chemistry teacher walked me and my friend to school.. The Chemistry teacher has really big hopes on me, although I always make mistakes in her exams! She was telling me that I shouldn't be sad, and that I should concentrate a little bit because I always make dumb mistakes.. The English teacher (For my surprise) immediately agreed with her, she said "She's so great in English, but she makes some silly mistakes, although not very frequently", the last part relieved me, I've only made 2 mistakes in English exams this year.. One was in spelling, and the other was so.. I still can't figure out why it was wrong!!

Anyway, the gift our mistress gave to the students appeared to be some biscuits, this was a shock!

http://astarfrommosul.blogspot.com/2005/03/what-you-call-bad-luck-is-becoming-my.html

Faces

of the Fallen

The expression of a well-made man appears not only in his face;
It is in his limbs and joints also, it is curiously in the joints of his hips and wrists;
It is in his walk, the carriage of his neck, the flex of his waist and knees—dress does not hide him;
The strong, sweet, supple quality he has, strikes through the cotton and flannel;
To see him pass conveys as much as the best poem, perhaps more;
You linger to see his back, and the back of his neck and shoulder-side.

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Excerpt from I Sing the Body Electric by Walt Whitman (1819–1892)