<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221805</id><updated>2009-11-16T09:09:41.557-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Johnny Smoke's - South of Sideways</title><subtitle type='html'>Smoke evolves through forces of circumstance. It does not seem to accomplish anything extraordinary, yet... it is intelligent enough to understand it's insignificance. -unknown -</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Johnny Smoke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04639849348164762557</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>80</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221805.post-974012414514653190</id><published>2009-11-16T09:04:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-11-16T09:07:15.024-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Anniversary Sesame Street</title><content type='html'>A &lt;a href="http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/41125837.html"&gt;tribute&lt;/a&gt; to Sesame Street&lt;a href="http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/41125837.html"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8221805-974012414514653190?l=johnnysmoke.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/41125837.html' title='Happy Anniversary Sesame Street'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/feeds/974012414514653190/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8221805&amp;postID=974012414514653190' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/974012414514653190'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/974012414514653190'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/2009/11/happy-anniversary-sesame-street.html' title='Happy Anniversary Sesame Street'/><author><name>Johnny Smoke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04639849348164762557</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13005848282589960409'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221805.post-7825710174124918389</id><published>2009-11-14T23:16:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-11-14T23:21:31.417-06:00</updated><title type='text'>The Chinese are Sweating</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HLeeGeouNXs/Sv-Pdb6rMZI/AAAAAAAAAGs/-cPJ7lCz-mY/s1600-h/popup.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HLeeGeouNXs/Sv-Pdb6rMZI/AAAAAAAAAGs/-cPJ7lCz-mY/s320/popup.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404195813740720530" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8221805-7825710174124918389?l=johnnysmoke.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/world/asia/15china.html' title='The Chinese are Sweating'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/feeds/7825710174124918389/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8221805&amp;postID=7825710174124918389' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/7825710174124918389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/7825710174124918389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/2009/11/chinese-are-sweating.html' title='The Chinese are Sweating'/><author><name>Johnny Smoke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04639849348164762557</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13005848282589960409'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HLeeGeouNXs/Sv-Pdb6rMZI/AAAAAAAAAGs/-cPJ7lCz-mY/s72-c/popup.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221805.post-421744340892977006</id><published>2009-11-02T12:39:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2009-11-02T12:47:13.950-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Dante Never Would Have Made It Through Hell</title><content type='html'>The United Friends of Futility&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HLeeGeouNXs/Su8oI2m63kI/AAAAAAAAAGk/wXdUHh5pBts/s1600-h/6a00d83451eb8269e201156efa3115970c-150wi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 179px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HLeeGeouNXs/Su8oI2m63kI/AAAAAAAAAGk/wXdUHh5pBts/s320/6a00d83451eb8269e201156efa3115970c-150wi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399578610803334722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks UF.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8221805-421744340892977006?l=johnnysmoke.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://futility.typepad.com/futility/2009/10/dante-never-would-have-made-it-through-hell.html' title='Dante Never Would Have Made It Through Hell'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/feeds/421744340892977006/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8221805&amp;postID=421744340892977006' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/421744340892977006'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/421744340892977006'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/2009/11/dante-never-would-have-made-it-through.html' title='Dante Never Would Have Made It Through Hell'/><author><name>Johnny Smoke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04639849348164762557</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13005848282589960409'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HLeeGeouNXs/Su8oI2m63kI/AAAAAAAAAGk/wXdUHh5pBts/s72-c/6a00d83451eb8269e201156efa3115970c-150wi.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221805.post-7279120981329794327</id><published>2009-11-02T12:20:00.007-06:00</published><updated>2009-11-02T12:36:17.522-06:00</updated><title type='text'>When Rubber Bands Go Bad</title><content type='html'>For whatever reason I needed a big rubber band recently.  Fortunately, I have an adequate stash for just such events. So imagine my disappointment when I found this...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HLeeGeouNXs/Su8jvZMXn5I/AAAAAAAAAGc/Ev_mT3cx1Tw/s1600-h/DSCF5274.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HLeeGeouNXs/Su8jvZMXn5I/AAAAAAAAAGc/Ev_mT3cx1Tw/s320/DSCF5274.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399573775364104082" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I mean...  what's the shelf live of a rubber band for Chrysler's sake?  Rassa frassa snicken fricken frakkin gul-dern burnin blammit...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8221805-7279120981329794327?l=johnnysmoke.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/feeds/7279120981329794327/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8221805&amp;postID=7279120981329794327' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/7279120981329794327'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/7279120981329794327'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/2009/11/when-rubber-bands-go-bad.html' title='When Rubber Bands Go Bad'/><author><name>Johnny Smoke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04639849348164762557</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13005848282589960409'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HLeeGeouNXs/Su8jvZMXn5I/AAAAAAAAAGc/Ev_mT3cx1Tw/s72-c/DSCF5274.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221805.post-9042731797483608533</id><published>2009-09-29T21:39:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-29T21:45:57.053-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dirty Pretty Things - Tired of England</title><content type='html'>Don't drink yourself to a lonely death&lt;br /&gt;In casinos on crystal meth&lt;br /&gt;Don't drink yourself to a lonely death&lt;br /&gt;In casinos on crystal meth&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8221805-9042731797483608533?l=johnnysmoke.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/feeds/9042731797483608533/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8221805&amp;postID=9042731797483608533' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/9042731797483608533'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/9042731797483608533'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/2009/09/dirty-pretty-things-tired-of-england.html' title='Dirty Pretty Things - Tired of England'/><author><name>Johnny Smoke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04639849348164762557</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13005848282589960409'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221805.post-1517530144128119571</id><published>2009-03-01T14:02:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2009-03-01T14:02:39.910-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Fox News Reports Joe Biden's Gaffe - Dailyshow</title><content type='html'>Fox News should spell check before reporting on Joe Biden's gaffe....&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=219506&amp;amp;title=fox-news-reports-joe-bidens'&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href='http://digg.com/comedy/Fox_News_Reports_Joe_Biden_s_Gaffe_Dailyshow'&gt;digg story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8221805-1517530144128119571?l=johnnysmoke.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/feeds/1517530144128119571/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8221805&amp;postID=1517530144128119571' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/1517530144128119571'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/1517530144128119571'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/2009/03/fox-news-reports-joe-biden-gaffe.html' title='Fox News Reports Joe Biden&amp;#39;s Gaffe - Dailyshow'/><author><name>Johnny Smoke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04639849348164762557</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13005848282589960409'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221805.post-344945332907753013</id><published>2009-02-10T15:07:00.012-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-10T16:50:44.401-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Words'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Moon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='WWC'/><title type='text'>G's and On This Day.</title><content type='html'>It's been a while since I've played this... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week’s &lt;a href="http://pickledbeef.blogspot.com/"&gt;WWC&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;G's and On This Day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HLeeGeouNXs/SZH5xJ1XoKI/AAAAAAAAAF8/j6DD6PnVj6A/s1600-h/DSCF9466_JSD_WWC.png"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HLeeGeouNXs/SZH5xJ1XoKI/AAAAAAAAAF8/j6DD6PnVj6A/s320/DSCF9466_JSD_WWC.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301292859240456354" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Give &amp;amp; Go&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HLeeGeouNXs/SZH4hNP11jI/AAAAAAAAAF0/M3QFf7g8dDg/s1600-h/DSCF3517_JSD_WWC.png"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HLeeGeouNXs/SZH4hNP11jI/AAAAAAAAAF0/M3QFf7g8dDg/s320/DSCF3517_JSD_WWC.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301291485767259698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On this day... the moon was full. (Last Saturday as a matter of fact.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here’s the &lt;a href="http://pickledbeef.blogspot.com/2007/09/passing-torch.html"&gt;rules&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8221805-344945332907753013?l=johnnysmoke.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/feeds/344945332907753013/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8221805&amp;postID=344945332907753013' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/344945332907753013'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/344945332907753013'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/2009/02/gs-and-on-this-day.html' title='G&apos;s and On This Day.'/><author><name>Johnny Smoke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04639849348164762557</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13005848282589960409'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HLeeGeouNXs/SZH5xJ1XoKI/AAAAAAAAAF8/j6DD6PnVj6A/s72-c/DSCF9466_JSD_WWC.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221805.post-782456178197208535</id><published>2009-02-10T08:57:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-10T16:10:25.315-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random Poopstains'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='absurdity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quotes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fear'/><title type='text'>Which Suit?</title><content type='html'>Which suit should I wear today?  Brave New World or New World Order?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8221805-782456178197208535?l=johnnysmoke.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/feeds/782456178197208535/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8221805&amp;postID=782456178197208535' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/782456178197208535'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/782456178197208535'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/2009/02/which-suit-should-i-wear-today-brave.html' title='Which Suit?'/><author><name>Johnny Smoke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04639849348164762557</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13005848282589960409'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221805.post-2376110226741026125</id><published>2009-02-04T10:39:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-04T10:48:00.189-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Bale Out - RevoLucian's Christian Bale Remix!</title><content type='html'>The first remix, feat. the inevitable Barba Streisand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTihsJQHt48"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://digg.com/celebrity/Bale_Out_RevoLucian_s_Christian_Bale_Remix"&gt;digg story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;No comments required. Nice work.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8221805-2376110226741026125?l=johnnysmoke.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/feeds/2376110226741026125/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8221805&amp;postID=2376110226741026125' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/2376110226741026125'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/2376110226741026125'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/2009/02/bale-out-revolucian-christian-bale.html' title='Bale Out - RevoLucian&amp;#39;s Christian Bale Remix!'/><author><name>Johnny Smoke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04639849348164762557</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13005848282589960409'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221805.post-2231874098095877242</id><published>2009-01-12T17:20:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-12T17:53:39.899-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random Poopstains'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Today I&apos;m Lazy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tchotchkes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='humor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='entertainment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blogging'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='children'/><title type='text'>My Daisy Chain</title><content type='html'>I'm sure my case of hyperlink A.D.D. is not unique by any stretch of the imagination. I see one shiny page only to have my attention snagged by something shinier and so on and so on.  Today I found a couple cools sites that I thought I'd share.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I started with one of my favorites &lt;a href="http://futility.typepad.com/futility/"&gt;Unremitting Failure&lt;/a&gt; and his commentary of &lt;a href="http://futility.typepad.com/futility/2009/01/little-lord-futileroy.html"&gt;childhood or lack there of&lt;/a&gt; which took me to &lt;a href="http://beautifulcandy.blogspot.com/"&gt;Kissyfaces&lt;/a&gt; awful experience with a male babysitter (btw Kissyface was one of my nicknames in high school). From there I saw &lt;a href="http://rulesformyunbornson.tumblr.com/"&gt;1001 Rules for My Unborn Son&lt;/a&gt; which finally led me to &lt;a href="http://theimpossiblecool.tumblr.com/"&gt;The Impossible Cool. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So much content, so little time.  Now if there were only a way to make money at this.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8221805-2231874098095877242?l=johnnysmoke.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/feeds/2231874098095877242/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8221805&amp;postID=2231874098095877242' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/2231874098095877242'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/2231874098095877242'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/2009/01/my-daisy-chain.html' title='My Daisy Chain'/><author><name>Johnny Smoke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04639849348164762557</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13005848282589960409'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221805.post-7360693794080196281</id><published>2009-01-12T16:36:00.005-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-12T16:59:02.662-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Un-Freakin-Believable'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='absurdity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='We get the government we deserve'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Daily Show'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>The Daily Show - Deliberative Disorder</title><content type='html'>&lt;style type="text/css"&gt;.cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url('http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-over.png') !important;}.cc_links a{color:#b9b9b9;text-decoration:none;}.cc_show a{color:#707070;text-decoration:none;}.cc_title a{color:#868686;text-decoration:none;}.cc_links a:hover{color:#67bee2;text-decoration:underline;}&lt;/style&gt;&lt;div class="cc_box" style="position: relative;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.comedycentral.com/" target="_blank" style="display: inline; float: left; width: 60px; height: 31px;"&gt;&lt;div class="cc_home" style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(207, 207, 207); border-width: 1px 0px 0px 1px; background: transparent url(http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-out.png) repeat scroll 0% 0%; float: left; width: 60px; height: 31px; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(207, 207, 207); border-width: 1px 1px 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; float: left; width: 299px; height: 31px; color: rgb(112, 112, 112);"&gt;&lt;div class="cc_show" style="overflow: hidden; position: relative; background-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); padding-left: 3px; height: 14px; padding-top: 2px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thedailyshow.com/" target="_blank"&gt;The Daily Show With Jon Stewart&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="position: absolute; top: 2px; right: 3px;"&gt;M - Th 11p / 10c&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="cc_title" style="padding: 1px 3px 3px; overflow: hidden; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(134, 134, 134); background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); line-height: 14px; height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=215300&amp;amp;title=crisis-in-the-senate" target="_blank"&gt;Crisis in the Senate - Deliberative Disorder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;embed style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:215300" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="window" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" allownetworking="all" flashvars="autoPlay=false" bgcolor="#000000" width="360" height="301"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;div class="cc_links" style="border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(207, 207, 207) rgb(207, 207, 207); border-width: 0px 1px 1px; float: left; clear: left; width: 358px; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(185, 185, 185); background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"&gt;&lt;div style="width: 177px; float: left; padding-left: 3px;"&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=166515&amp;amp;title=Barack-Obama-Pt.-1"&gt;Barack Obama Interview&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=167938&amp;amp;title=John-McCain-Pt.-1"&gt;John McCain Interview&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="width: 177px; float: left;"&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?searchterm=Sarah+Palin&amp;amp;searchtype=site&amp;amp;x=0&amp;amp;y=0"&gt;Sarah Palin Video&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?searchterm=indecision+2008&amp;amp;searchtype=site&amp;amp;x=0&amp;amp;y=0"&gt;Funny Election Video&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="clear: both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="clear: both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I know this is a few days old, but this is classic TDS from 1/6/09.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;Maryland or one of those states that should wear be wearing a helmut&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Norm Coleman is a big fat liar that eats his own dingleberries&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Roland Burris - Ron Johnson reference, his resume on his mausoleum and God chose him&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Caroline Kennedy oratory skills and mice in her vagina &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8221805-7360693794080196281?l=johnnysmoke.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/feeds/7360693794080196281/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8221805&amp;postID=7360693794080196281' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/7360693794080196281'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/7360693794080196281'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/2009/01/daily-show-deliberative-disorder.html' title='The Daily Show - Deliberative Disorder'/><author><name>Johnny Smoke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04639849348164762557</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13005848282589960409'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221805.post-7769639456115540464</id><published>2009-01-07T18:51:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-07T19:01:48.511-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Joe the Plumber to become war correspondent</title><content type='html'>Joe the Plumber is taking on a new job. The Ohio man, who became famous during the U.S. presidential campaign after asking Barack Obama about his tax plan, is heading to Israel as a war correspondent for a conservative Web site called pjtv.com...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/07/america/NA-US-Mideast-Joe-The-Plumber.php"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://digg.com/people/Joe_the_Plumber_to_become_war_correspondent"&gt;digg story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;We can only hope and pray this numb nut doesn't get killed over there and become the modern right's next martyr.  Also, I'm still waiting to hear from someone who can tell me why a butt munch like JTP gives a shit about Israel and the Jews.  JTP strikes me as one notch away from a skinhead who'd smite anything that wasn't white, evangelical and had a nut sack.  When did rednecks from northern Ohio become so sensitive to the Israeli cause?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8221805-7769639456115540464?l=johnnysmoke.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/feeds/7769639456115540464/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8221805&amp;postID=7769639456115540464' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/7769639456115540464'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/7769639456115540464'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/2009/01/joe-plumber-to-become-war-correspondent.html' title='Joe the Plumber to become war correspondent'/><author><name>Johnny Smoke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04639849348164762557</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13005848282589960409'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221805.post-5452751319010044200</id><published>2009-01-07T11:57:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-07T11:59:02.618-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Milky Way and Andromeda will collide sooner than expected</title><content type='html'>The Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxies are on a collision course and will hit one another earlier than scientists had previously predicted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/4128018/Milky-Way-and-Andromeda-will-collide-sooner-than-expected.html"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://digg.com/space/Milky_Way_and_Andromeda_will_collide_sooner_than_expected"&gt;digg story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Holy crap! I have less time then I thought!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8221805-5452751319010044200?l=johnnysmoke.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/feeds/5452751319010044200/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8221805&amp;postID=5452751319010044200' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/5452751319010044200'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/5452751319010044200'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/2009/01/milky-way-and-andromeda-will-collide.html' title='Milky Way and Andromeda will collide sooner than expected'/><author><name>Johnny Smoke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04639849348164762557</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13005848282589960409'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221805.post-6531388580430607740</id><published>2009-01-04T21:35:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-11-02T10:45:51.771-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beliefs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='children'/><title type='text'>I am determined...</title><content type='html'>I am determined my children shall be brought up in their father's  religion, if they can find out what it is.&lt;br /&gt;- Charles Lamb -&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8221805-6531388580430607740?l=johnnysmoke.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/feeds/6531388580430607740/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8221805&amp;postID=6531388580430607740' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/6531388580430607740'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/6531388580430607740'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-am-determined.html' title='I am determined...'/><author><name>Johnny Smoke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04639849348164762557</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13005848282589960409'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221805.post-7311127356043813941</id><published>2009-01-03T15:03:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-03T15:11:34.744-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Cornyn promises filibuster on Franken seating</title><content type='html'>Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) threatened Friday to filibuster any attempt to seat Democratic Minnesota Senate candidate Al Franken next week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/cornyn-promises-filibuster-on-franken-seating-2009-01-02.html"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://digg.com/politics/Cornyn_promises_filibuster_on_Franken_seating"&gt;digg story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I have never liked Big John "Cornhole" Cornyn and I like him even less. The audacity of this bloated cowfuck from North Texas.  On rare occasions I'm embarrassed to admit I live in Texas and this is one of those times.  Not that I think Franken necesarrily has the credentials to be a good politician, but it's what the people of MN decided.  Butt the fuck out! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8221805-7311127356043813941?l=johnnysmoke.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/feeds/7311127356043813941/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8221805&amp;postID=7311127356043813941' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/7311127356043813941'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/7311127356043813941'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/2009/01/cornyn-promises-filibuster-on-franken.html' title='Cornyn promises filibuster on Franken seating'/><author><name>Johnny Smoke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04639849348164762557</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13005848282589960409'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221805.post-8640534774085023168</id><published>2008-12-23T16:56:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-23T17:02:01.963-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Onion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sports'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='football'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='humor'/><title type='text'>Patriots' Season Perfect For Rest Of Nation</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HLeeGeouNXs/SVFtSlVD6kI/AAAAAAAAAE8/B1roWNS3rzI/s1600-h/ts_brady_large.article_large.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 118px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HLeeGeouNXs/SVFtSlVD6kI/AAAAAAAAAE8/B1roWNS3rzI/s320/ts_brady_large.article_large.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283124003907824194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;FOXBOROUGH, MA—As the once-invincible, still-insufferable Patriots attempt to come to grips with their 17-14 Super Bowl loss to the Giants, the death of their dream to go undefeated, and the possible end of their dynasty, almost every other person in America is reveling in what they consider the perfect ending to New England's season.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/news/patriots_season_perfect_for_rest"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://digg.com/comedy/Patriots_Season_Perfect_For_Rest_Of_Nation_3"&gt;digg story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8221805-8640534774085023168?l=johnnysmoke.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/feeds/8640534774085023168/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8221805&amp;postID=8640534774085023168' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/8640534774085023168'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/8640534774085023168'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/2008/12/patriots-season-perfect-for-rest-of.html' title='Patriots&amp;#39; Season Perfect For Rest Of Nation'/><author><name>Johnny Smoke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04639849348164762557</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13005848282589960409'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HLeeGeouNXs/SVFtSlVD6kI/AAAAAAAAAE8/B1roWNS3rzI/s72-c/ts_brady_large.article_large.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221805.post-223990299892214478</id><published>2008-12-22T09:59:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-22T10:00:45.522-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Holy Fucking Shit I Was Just In A Plane Crash!</title><content type='html'>A Continental airlines 737 slid off the runway in Denver last night.  The engine on the right side was shorn off and the plane burst into flames. Passengers escaped out the left side on slides. 38 people were hurt. Fortunately no one was killed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/12/twitter-holy-fucking-shit-i-was-just-in-denver-plane-crash"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Holy_Fucking_Shit_I_Was_Just_In_A_Plane_Crash"&gt;digg story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I fly Continental a lot!  I hope I never, ever have to share my crash experience... Holy Jesus!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8221805-223990299892214478?l=johnnysmoke.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/feeds/223990299892214478/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8221805&amp;postID=223990299892214478' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/223990299892214478'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/223990299892214478'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/2008/12/holy-fucking-shit-i-was-just-in-plane.html' title='Holy Fucking Shit I Was Just In A Plane Crash!'/><author><name>Johnny Smoke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04639849348164762557</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13005848282589960409'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221805.post-6319252650289173816</id><published>2008-12-22T09:39:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-22T09:39:37.110-06:00</updated><title type='text'>My dad wants a hores but my mom says no!</title><content type='html'>Isn't Christmas time the best...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/8918/horespq7.jpg'&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href='http://digg.com/comedy/My_dad_wants_a_hores_but_my_mom_says_no'&gt;digg story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8221805-6319252650289173816?l=johnnysmoke.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/feeds/6319252650289173816/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8221805&amp;postID=6319252650289173816' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/6319252650289173816'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/6319252650289173816'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/2008/12/my-dad-wants-hores-but-my-mom-says-no.html' title='My dad wants a hores but my mom says no!'/><author><name>Johnny Smoke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04639849348164762557</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13005848282589960409'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221805.post-5422285541368304452</id><published>2008-12-16T08:03:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-16T08:05:09.699-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Attack of the Drunken, Smoking, Half-Naked Santas</title><content type='html'>Hundreds of Santas (most of them naughty, some of them nice) wandered around San Francisco on Saturday, leaving chaos and confused tourists in their wake.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2008/12/post_1.php"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://digg.com/people/Attack_of_the_Drunken_Smoking_Half_Naked_Santas"&gt;digg story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;If this doesn't get you in the mood for Xmas... then nothing will.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8221805-5422285541368304452?l=johnnysmoke.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/feeds/5422285541368304452/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8221805&amp;postID=5422285541368304452' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/5422285541368304452'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/5422285541368304452'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/2008/12/attack-of-drunken-smoking-half-naked.html' title='Attack of the Drunken, Smoking, Half-Naked Santas'/><author><name>Johnny Smoke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04639849348164762557</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13005848282589960409'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221805.post-5925646685075878892</id><published>2008-12-08T22:26:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T22:31:36.439-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Even W. can't keep these two apart</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HnB45sYwmos&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HnB45sYwmos&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;One of the better songs about hurricanes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8221805-5925646685075878892?l=johnnysmoke.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/feeds/5925646685075878892/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8221805&amp;postID=5925646685075878892' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/5925646685075878892'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/5925646685075878892'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/2008/12/even-w-cant-keep-these-two-apart.html' title='Even W. can&apos;t keep these two apart'/><author><name>Johnny Smoke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04639849348164762557</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13005848282589960409'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221805.post-6728888228321461324</id><published>2008-12-08T22:11:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T22:32:17.559-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Statistically... 9 out of 10 ducks enjoy gang rape.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HLeeGeouNXs/ST3xYUb0R6I/AAAAAAAAAEo/Zn3YJtq_X34/s1600-h/ducks-theyll-gang-rape-your-ass-demotivational-poster.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HLeeGeouNXs/ST3xYUb0R6I/AAAAAAAAAEo/Zn3YJtq_X34/s320/ducks-theyll-gang-rape-your-ass-demotivational-poster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277639738452625314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8221805-6728888228321461324?l=johnnysmoke.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/feeds/6728888228321461324/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8221805&amp;postID=6728888228321461324' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/6728888228321461324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/6728888228321461324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/2008/12/statistically-9-out-of-10-people-enjoy.html' title='Statistically... 9 out of 10 ducks enjoy gang rape.'/><author><name>Johnny Smoke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04639849348164762557</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13005848282589960409'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HLeeGeouNXs/ST3xYUb0R6I/AAAAAAAAAEo/Zn3YJtq_X34/s72-c/ducks-theyll-gang-rape-your-ass-demotivational-poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221805.post-7532915515542601537</id><published>2008-12-08T13:24:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T13:37:10.658-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='morons'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='absurdity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='real patriotism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fear'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='weapons'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='no one&apos;s in charge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='signs that the armageddon is upon us'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='panic'/><title type='text'>All I want for Xmas is my 32 round magazine</title><content type='html'>From the same people that brought us Joe the Plumber and Sarah the Govner.  We have a run on &lt;a href="http://futility.typepad.com/futility/2008/12/in-political-news.html"&gt;firearm sales&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's enough to make me want to go out and buy a bunch of assault rifles, and ammo, and a bullet proof vest and maybe a taser.  Who said Charlton Heston was dead.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I smell another market bubble...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks UF&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8221805-7532915515542601537?l=johnnysmoke.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/feeds/7532915515542601537/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8221805&amp;postID=7532915515542601537' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/7532915515542601537'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/7532915515542601537'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/2008/12/all-i-want-for-xmas-is-my-32-round.html' title='All I want for Xmas is my 32 round magazine'/><author><name>Johnny Smoke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04639849348164762557</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13005848282589960409'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221805.post-7216578680457772510</id><published>2008-12-08T12:33:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T13:35:19.025-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Un-Freakin-Believable'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='corporations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='executives'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='no one&apos;s in charge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bring In The Clowns'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fraud'/><title type='text'>WSJ.com - Thain Spars With Board Over Bonus At Merrill</title><content type='html'>Merrill Lynch Chairman and CEO John Thain has suggested to directors he receive a 2008 bonus of as much as $10 million, according to people familiar with the situation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122870455251587405.html"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://digg.com/business_finance/WSJ_com_Thain_Spars_With_Board_Over_Bonus_At_Merrill"&gt;digg story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HLeeGeouNXs/ST1sBqwTrxI/AAAAAAAAAEg/RSfR22T0klI/s1600-h/corporatethieves.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 314px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HLeeGeouNXs/ST1sBqwTrxI/AAAAAAAAAEg/RSfR22T0klI/s320/corporatethieves.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277493114260664082" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" &gt;Merrill Lynch Chairman and CEO John Thain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These guys are not going to give up easily.  Many feel they're still entitled to these bonuses despite pathetic performance and in this case total collapse of an organization. I hope the BOD of Merrill or BOA push back on this one.  As a matter of fact, they should probably fire the loser and stop screwing around with it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8221805-7216578680457772510?l=johnnysmoke.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/feeds/7216578680457772510/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8221805&amp;postID=7216578680457772510' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/7216578680457772510'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/7216578680457772510'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/2008/12/wsjcom-thain-spars-with-board-over.html' title='WSJ.com - Thain Spars With Board Over Bonus At Merrill'/><author><name>Johnny Smoke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04639849348164762557</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13005848282589960409'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HLeeGeouNXs/ST1sBqwTrxI/AAAAAAAAAEg/RSfR22T0klI/s72-c/corporatethieves.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221805.post-2417146288712309728</id><published>2008-12-05T07:42:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-05T08:10:43.575-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Smoothie Attitude</title><content type='html'>This morning noticed my Naked Juice "Well Being" smoothie bottle suggested I "Enjoy by Dec. 03 08".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or what I thought...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8221805-2417146288712309728?l=johnnysmoke.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/feeds/2417146288712309728/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8221805&amp;postID=2417146288712309728' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/2417146288712309728'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/2417146288712309728'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/2008/12/smoothie-attitude.html' title='Smoothie Attitude'/><author><name>Johnny Smoke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04639849348164762557</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13005848282589960409'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221805.post-3513928325637035023</id><published>2008-11-22T00:22:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2008-11-22T11:13:46.158-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='We get the government we deserve'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>How Obama Got Elected</title><content type='html'>On Election day twelve Obama voters were interviewed extensively right after they voted to learn how the news media impacted their knowledge of what occurred during the campaign. The video seeks to provide some insight into which information broke through the news media clutter and which did not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mm1KOBMg1Y8&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mm1KOBMg1Y8&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm1KOBMg1Y8"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://digg.com/politics/How_Obama_Got_Elected"&gt;digg story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;This video is a sad commentary on our electorate. Obama won a popularity contest not a presidential race. This is also why wealthy CEOs can get away with robbery.  Everyone's too busy, distracted or apathetic to know.  Where's the rifle, where's the tower, where's the rifle, where's the tower...  another tear in my beer. These poor souls have no idea what Obama is trying to accomplish or what he stands for.  We get the government we deserve.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8221805-3513928325637035023?l=johnnysmoke.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/feeds/3513928325637035023/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8221805&amp;postID=3513928325637035023' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/3513928325637035023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8221805/posts/default/3513928325637035023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnnysmoke.blogspot.com/2008/11/how-obama-got-elected.html' title='How Obama Got Elected'/><author><name>Johnny Smoke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04639849348164762557</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13005848282589960409'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry></feed>