October 2004 Archives

I'm ECSTATIC to report that the Boston Red Sox have just defeated the St. Louis Cardinals to win the World Series!!!

The Curse of the Bambino is dead! Long live the Red Sox!!!

Now I'm going to bed and sleep in tomorrow!

p.s. Bill Buckner: all is forgiven. :)

My friend Stephanie just forwarded this to me, thought I'd share it:

The Patriots are like the new boyfriend that you really like--he's awesome but almost too good to be true, so you worry.

The Bruins are like the guy that you just casually dated and you don't really care about him, he's just something to do.

The Celtics are like the marriage that was great at one time but has lost its spark and you always kinda look back and think about how great it was.

And the Red Sox are the hard core abusive husband who just absolutely beats the daylights out of you, but day after day you always go back to him cause you always believe that tomorrow will be different and you just love him too much.

Go Red Sox!

DISCLAIMER: Apologies in advance to anyone who is offended by the spousal abuse analogy, I didn't write this but still think there's humor in the comparison. I don't however believe there's anything remotely funny about spousal abuse.

As I'm sure I have mentioned on this site I have several friends and family members who have had battles with breast cancer. Some have survived, some have not. One of the best ways to prevent this horrible disease from being a death sentence is through early detection. Now while I'm always suspect of people touting fundraising campaigns without actually asking for money, there is one web site I can recommend: The Breast Cancer Site

I'm posting the link to this site on the right-hand side of my blog so that visitors can click on it.

In 2003 visitors to this site helped generate funds to pay for over 1,900 mammograms. Of course the advertisers on the site would like you to buy some Pink Ribbon-related apparel, which would help the cause further, but it's not necessary to raise money to fund mammograms.

Please visit the site by clicking on the Fund Free Mammograms button on my site, or by visiting the Breast Cancer Site directly.

A friend asked me to explain what a split infinitive is, so I thought I'd share my explanation with the folks who read my blog:

An infinitive consists of the function word "to" and the infinitive form of a verb: to + verb

A split infinitive is when an adverb (usually a word ending in -ly) is inserted between "to" and the infinitive verb creating the form: to + adverb + verb

Recently I've had a problem with anonymous users posting rude, offensive, and generally inappropriate comments to my blog. Therefore I am forced to implement the necessary process of reviewing comments before they get posted to the site.

This is an unfortunate but necessary step to avoid offending the people who I've invited to read this site, as well as the uninvited. :P It will also significantly reduce the likelihood that anyone will want to sue me because of the comments being posted. So here's my "Policy on Alan's Skew Comments":

Please keep your comments relevant to the content posted on this site. This is my site and therefore I reserve the right to refuse to post a comment. If I deem it to be inappropriate, I'll attempt to return it to you with a note telling you so. It'll be up to you to change it or not. If you don't like it, get your own blog.

Here's a list of the top five things that will cause me to not post a comment:

1. Use of expletives except in occasional mild expressions of emphasis - There's a lot of words in the English language, please expand your vocabulary.


2. Threatening language - I don't wish to be sued or have any harm come to me or anyone I know.


3. Deragotory, defamatory, or threatening language about me or issues concerning race, ethnicity, religion, political affiliation, or sexual orientation - I don't wish to have legal counsel for the Armenian-Pro-Nuke-Transgender-Conservative-Whale-Lovers-for-Jesus Committee of South Bend, Indiana, or any other group suing me.


4. Disclosure of anyone's personal information - This is the "World Wide" Web after all.


5. Advertisements - I already have more than enough offers for help to grow more hair, enlarge parts of my body, remove unwanted hair, improve my stamina, and buy my prescriptions in other countries, while cleaning my oven and showing me graphic images of young people doing unspeakable things with other species. Eeewww!

This is a partial list and is subject to change without notice.

I apologize in advance if I do not have time to get your comment posted immediately. I have a day job and that's what pays the bills, so that takes higher priority than my blog. Sorry.

My friend Becca sent this image with the comment that she'd like to give this item as a holiday present to someone she despises. I think this item would work well in training men not to leave the seat up or to teach children to change the toilet paper when it runs out.