I don’t know who was behind the recent hurricane naming but Tropical Storm Bonnie and Tropical Storm Charlie are bearing down on Florida, how they missed the obvious naming of Bonnie and Clyde I’ll never know. Somebody was asleep at the stick.

Latest map of Bonnie and Charlie


The Subservient President

Wed 04 August 2004 by Kevin van Haaren

Yeah, yeah, the subservient chicken was all the rage and now the subservient president is the cute site of the day. but for some reason i find it amazingly entertaining.

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Things I’ve found he’ll respond to:

  • count to ten
  • give the bird
  • dance for me
  • tell me a secret
  • pray
  • kill reagan (actually i think anything with reagan in it does this)
  • vote kerry
  • get osama
  • do a magic trick (same as get osama)
  • how can i win the war on terror (same as osama)
  • find wmd
  • give speech
  • raise money
  • laura
  • drink ...
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Werid Things I've Seen (3)

Tue 09 December 2003 by Kevin van Haaren

Just remembered this from my trip to Mississippi a few weeks ago (must’ve blacked it out of memory).

When I travel I end up spending lots of time in hotel rooms, and if said hotel room is sans fast internet connection the concept of hooking up the ‘ole laptop ~~to search for pr0n~~ to read the news is just a bit too much to bear. So I read. A lot.

In Mississippi I was bored out of my mind at nights so I read 3 or 4 books that week. I usually only bring a few with me, so ...

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I know what hell will be like

Fri 05 December 2003 by Kevin van Haaren

I’ve found out what hell will be like. In hell you will have a Tivo with the best setup imaginable — plasma screen tv, surround sound system, digital cable AND satellite tv — but no remote control.

This isn’t “too lazy to get up and hit the button” issue, the Tivo has no front controls! Did you hear that? THE TIVO HAS NO FRONT CONTROLS!

Worst 2 hours of my life looking for that damn remote. I’m just glad my mind isn’t so far gone (yet) that I can proudly say it was NOT in the refrigerator.

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Weird Things I've Seen (2)

Thu 20 November 2003 by Kevin van Haaren

So I was in Mississippi for a weeking fixing things. While there I was driving behind a Ford Explorer, you know an SUV thingies supposedly designed for off-road driving. The lady driving was dodging all the pot holes. What the heck is the point of owning an SUV if you’re scared to drive through a few pot holes?

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Weird Things I've Seen (1)

Sun 31 August 2003 by Kevin van Haaren

55-65 year old lady, all gray hair, in front of me at the grocery store buying 6-24oz cans of Icehouse beer. Guess the tall boys need fewer trips to the 'frig.

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