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Larry King is a little behind the times!

Who's surprised?

Taken from http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/15/larry-king-internet/

Transcript:

LARRY KING: On your blog you write, “Bush is going to declare war on China next, I swear.”

ROSEANNE BARR: I was so scared because I woke up and there was the Drudge, you know. I always read the Drudge Report and it said on there that the Chinese were like, you know, spying on our subs or doing something with our subs and I was like, “Oh no, he’s going to think that’s an act of war and then we’re going to go over there next.” I mean we’re everywhere. We’re everywhere.

KING: The Internet as a political medium viable?

BARR: Yes, it’s like the only one left, absolutely, and that’s not just me saying it. That’s everybody saying it.

KING: But there’s 80 billion things on it.

BARR: Yes, but if you know where to look, you know, it all can come together. When you’re looking for the particular information that you’re looking for after you do the big search, this is what I found out by going on there, it just takes your mind and then you live in there forever. You can never come out.

KING: I’ve never done it, never gone searching.

BARR: Oh, my God! It just opens up the whole universe. It’s so awesome. You would love it.

KING: No, I wouldn’t.

BARR: Anything you want to know.

KING: The wife loves it. I wouldn’t love it. What do you punch little buttons and things?

BARR: You just click on this thing. The thing is you got to be able to read, so you have to have strong glasses when you’ve over 50 and then you just scroll down and click. It’s not that hard. I can show you how to do it.

KING: No, thanks.

I'll link the video later, but it's on the source page: http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/15/larry-king-internet/

Larry King is a little behind the times!

Who's surprised?

Taken from http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/15/larry-king-internet/

Transcript:

LARRY KING: On your blog you write, “Bush is going to declare war on China next, I swear.”

ROSEANNE BARR: I was so scared because I woke up and there was the Drudge, you know. I always read the Drudge Report and it said on there that the Chinese were like, you know, spying on our subs or doing something with our subs and I was like, “Oh no, he’s going to think that’s an act of war and then we’re going to go over there next.” I mean we’re everywhere. We’re everywhere.

KING: The Internet as a political medium viable?

BARR: Yes, it’s like the only one left, absolutely, and that’s not just me saying it. That’s everybody saying it.

KING: But there’s 80 billion things on it.

BARR: Yes, but if you know where to look, you know, it all can come together. When you’re looking for the particular information that you’re looking for after you do the big search, this is what I found out by going on there, it just takes your mind and then you live in there forever. You can never come out.

KING: I’ve never done it, never gone searching.

BARR: Oh, my God! It just opens up the whole universe. It’s so awesome. You would love it.

KING: No, I wouldn’t.

BARR: Anything you want to know.

KING: The wife loves it. I wouldn’t love it. What do you punch little buttons and things?

BARR: You just click on this thing. The thing is you got to be able to read, so you have to have strong glasses when you’ve over 50 and then you just scroll down and click. It’s not that hard. I can show you how to do it.

KING: No, thanks.

I'll link the video later, but it's on the source page: http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/15/larry-king-internet/

Vox Hunt: I Wrote This Myself

Show us a picture of your own handwriting.
Submitted by eclaire.

Can you read it?  Probably not.

Handwriting sample

Studying countless pages like this one as you read.  I have notoriously bad hand writing.  I've hurt my little finger a lot of times as a kid, and now it bends kinda weird, so it's hard for me to write for a long time.  But it's wonderful.
No one ever asks to borrow my notes after the first attempt! 
And I can always read my own writing (usually). That's what counts.

If you're curious what the heck it says, this page is from my Microbial Physiology class.  We were talking about the mechanisms controlling group translocation of sugars/carbon sources. Interesting stuff, huh? ;)

Vox Hunt: I Wrote This Myself

Show us a picture of your own handwriting.
Submitted by eclaire.

Can you read it?  Probably not.

Handwriting sample

Studying countless pages like this one as you read.  I have notoriously bad hand writing.  I've hurt my little finger a lot of times as a kid, and now it bends kinda weird, so it's hard for me to write for a long time.  But it's wonderful.
No one ever asks to borrow my notes after the first attempt! 
And I can always read my own writing (usually). That's what counts.

If you're curious what the heck it says, this page is from my Microbial Physiology class.  We were talking about the mechanisms controlling group translocation of sugars/carbon sources. Interesting stuff, huh? ;)

QotD: Pizza Preference

How do you eat your pizza:  folded, flat or with a fork and knife?
Submitted by danimass.

All of the above!!

Street style pizza slices, yeah, you fold, walk, and eat.  Or nice big gooey cheesy ones.  Yum.  If the slice is small, I end up just eating it flat.

Little speciality Italian places, too difficult to hold slice (especially when there's no crust), I end up using a knife and fork. 

Tomatina in Walnut Creek makes delicious pizza, and it's become a bit of a Friday tradition for my family and some of their friends to go there.  They go so often that the waitresses know them by sight (and sound from down the street).  They emember things like my mother wanting anchovies on the side, or my brother liking the garlic rolls, or even my Father and his friend's preference for wine from last week!   Just upon walking in, the waitresses say "give us a moment" and jump us up the queue past a 45 minute wait.  I've only gone with them a few times, but it's always fun.  And the dirty, dirty looks from people huddled up waiting is kind of fun. 

I'm a sucker for pepperoni, mushrooms, and olives.  And if you can give me a pesto sauce, so much the better.  Not a big tomato sauce guy, and I can't really enjoy pizza from the normal chains (Pizza Hut, Dominos, Round table, etc) cause I dislike thier sauce.  (As a kid, I'd always ask my parents to get 'light sauce'.)

Mhhmm, I wish I could go to Tomatina's right now. 

QotD: Pizza Preference

How do you eat your pizza:  folded, flat or with a fork and knife?
Submitted by danimass.

All of the above!!

Street style pizza slices, yeah, you fold, walk, and eat.  Or nice big gooey cheesy ones.  Yum.  If the slice is small, I end up just eating it flat.

Little speciality Italian places, too difficult to hold slice (especially when there's no crust), I end up using a knife and fork. 

Tomatina in Walnut Creek makes delicious pizza, and it's become a bit of a Friday tradition for my family and some of their friends to go there.  They go so often that the waitresses know them by sight (and sound from down the street).  They emember things like my mother wanting anchovies on the side, or my brother liking the garlic rolls, or even my Father and his friend's preference for wine from last week!   Just upon walking in, the waitresses say "give us a moment" and jump us up the queue past a 45 minute wait.  I've only gone with them a few times, but it's always fun.  And the dirty, dirty looks from people huddled up waiting is kind of fun. 

I'm a sucker for pepperoni, mushrooms, and olives.  And if you can give me a pesto sauce, so much the better.  Not a big tomato sauce guy, and I can't really enjoy pizza from the normal chains (Pizza Hut, Dominos, Round table, etc) cause I dislike thier sauce.  (As a kid, I'd always ask my parents to get 'light sauce'.)

Mhhmm, I wish I could go to Tomatina's right now. 

A Different Kind of Show

This will be a first for me.  I think Angela is happy and excited, so it'll be fun. She's really excited - she was a huuuugggeee N'SYNC fan in High School, something I teased her relentlessly about back in the dorms when we first met.  I've seen pictures of her room plastered with Justin posters, haha.  I guess she get's the last laugh now though!

Doing it

Tickets went on sale Saturday, and they already sold out the bottom sections - whoa! 

A Different Kind of Show

This will be a first for me.  I think Angela is happy and excited, so it'll be fun. She's really excited - she was a huuuugggeee N'SYNC fan in High School, something I teased her relentlessly about back in the dorms when we first met.  I've seen pictures of her room plastered with Justin posters, haha.  I guess she get's the last laugh now though!

Doing it

Tickets went on sale Saturday, and they already sold out the bottom sections - whoa! 

Vox Hunt: Dangerously Cute

Seeds are yummy

Show us something dangerously cute.
Submitted by Indy Bunny.

Awww, hammies!  I love our Dwarf Hamsters. These guys are beyond dangerously cute.  They are downright disarming.  Look how lil they are. Buttons was enjoying some nice pumpkin seeds watching tv, until Judge Joe Brown came on.  I didn't even have to say anything - he went for the remote and tried to change the channel.  He also dislikes paparazzi filming him and Belgarion trying to enjoy a meal.

Must...change...channel

Whatycha lookin at

These guys are perfectly tame.  I handle them regularly, and they never bite.  Well, usually not, and never on purpose.  If you wake them up from a nap, they tend to pounce.  Belgarion always jumps and grabs my finger if I put it in thier home and surprise him, but never bites unless napping, and then it's really just instinctual reflex.   Buttons...I gotta remember to wash my hands first. A few weeks ago I ate a piece of cheese, and forgetting to wash my hand, went over to say hey to him.  He gave me a decent bite (it was Jarlsberg cheese, who could blame him) - he let go pretty quickly though, before I could even react.  They've cut some scary chompers they can wield, so I'm glad they don't.  Then again, Garion didn't hesitate at all to chomp down on mealworms when I tried live food for them once as a treat.  Eww...

They fight each other a bit occasionally, and their squeeks are too cute.  They run on the wheel all the time, and they're pretty silly all around.  I could show so much more, like them in thier little hamster balls. 

They rock.

Vox Hunt: Dangerously Cute

Seeds are yummy

Show us something dangerously cute.
Submitted by Indy Bunny.

Awww, hammies!  I love our Dwarf Hamsters. These guys are beyond dangerously cute.  They are downright disarming.  Look how lil they are. Buttons was enjoying some nice pumpkin seeds watching tv, until Judge Joe Brown came on.  I didn't even have to say anything - he went for the remote and tried to change the channel.  He also dislikes paparazzi filming him and Belgarion trying to enjoy a meal.

Must...change...channel

Whatycha lookin at

These guys are perfectly tame.  I handle them regularly, and they never bite.  Well, usually not, and never on purpose.  If you wake them up from a nap, they tend to pounce.  Belgarion always jumps and grabs my finger if I put it in thier home and surprise him, but never bites unless napping, and then it's really just instinctual reflex.   Buttons...I gotta remember to wash my hands first. A few weeks ago I ate a piece of cheese, and forgetting to wash my hand, went over to say hey to him.  He gave me a decent bite (it was Jarlsberg cheese, who could blame him) - he let go pretty quickly though, before I could even react.  They've cut some scary chompers they can wield, so I'm glad they don't.  Then again, Garion didn't hesitate at all to chomp down on mealworms when I tried live food for them once as a treat.  Eww...

They fight each other a bit occasionally, and their squeeks are too cute.  They run on the wheel all the time, and they're pretty silly all around.  I could show so much more, like them in thier little hamster balls. 

They rock.