Monthly Archives: February 2008

Search fetishes

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Ok, so I have to be honest, and I’m sure most of you out there are like this, but I love to see what people search for. It’s a nosy thing, I know. I think what’s even more interesting is what people search for and end up on this site. So I dug around, and I’m thinking I’ll probably make this a monthly post of the “Top ten search terms I found interesting that found my site” kinda thing.

Search Terms for January:

  1. chicken place outside gate iwakuni japan Wow. I’m surprised the number of people who searched for this place. They also searched for “California Chicken” which was the name of the restaurant. I’m not sure if it’s there anymore, but there are some serious memories of going there late at night and getting some Really good tasty chicken.
  2. yoshi means japanese Hmm. I’m not Really sure what they were looking for, but the search seems out of place. Yes, Yoshi is a japanese word/name, and actually there are many other cultures that use the same “yoshi” name. But just thought this was interesting.
  3. heath ledger passed away Of course, this one is a Really big one. This was truly a sad day. Very very sad day.
  4. alphabetizing numbers I laughed when i saw this one, mainly because of Fact 20 in my 100 facts post.
  5. together we served When I posted about the Together We Served site, I didn’t Really expect anyone to be arriving here via search engine for it. Hopefully they found what they were looking for.
  6. dorama Do I talk about Japanese dorama that much? Hmm I guess I do. I keep getting people looking for dorama. I’m not sure which ones, but I know they’re looking for something.
  7. silver jackets Tiggerprr would get a kick out of this one. So would my friend Karen. When I was a teenager, I used to wear this shiny-ass silver jacket. I almost wish Tiggerprr would find a picture already. I’ll have to ask Karen if she has one. Hilarious
  8. toe socks facts I’m not sure how they found me. As far as I know I’ve never mentioned toe socks. Although I know Meesh loves them, and so does Jules. Actually I bet they got here because I mentioned in Fact 18 that I hate wet socks.
  9. treadmill incline broken You know, everyone must have this problem with their treadmill. I talked about how our treadmill incline motor saga way back in June 2006, and people are still doing a search and finding my site. I’m just amazed.
  10. the mist movie You know this search term caught my eye because holy crap, I haven’t seen this movie yet. After all the excitement I had to go see it, I just realized that I never saw it and don’t even remember when it was taken out of the theatre! Sheesh. I Really need to work on my memory. Ugh.

So there you have it. What are some crazy searches you’ve done or heard of being done?

Test Post with Flock

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This is a test post using flock. I’m just checking out my options on what I can use. So far Flock is pretty slick. You can add your various accounts to it like delicious, flickr, and even twitter. Although twitter appears to be out of reach to me (no surprise there) so I can’t set that one up.

Another thing I wanted to know is if anyone is using Magnolia?

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HTML Validation

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Ok, so because of the various plugins I have installed on this site, I don’t exactly have control of everything that is outputted on this site. (i.e. HTML validation) I could fix it, but I would have to hack the plugins, and every time it was updated, I would have to hack it again, unless the original author fixed the issue. Anyways, after passing this site through the HTML validator, my site is not quite XHTML transitional. The problems are fixable, however.

My question is here Really is simple: Does it Really matter? I mean Seriously. Does it look ok? If it does, does it Really matter?

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Berkeley to Marines: You're "not welcome in our city"

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CNN has an article: Berkeley to Marines: You’re ‘not welcome in our city’. Apparently, the city of Berkeley is protesting the presence of military recruiters (not necessarily just the Marine Corps, but all military recruiters) in the city.

From the article: ” The battle erupted after the Berkeley City Council approved a measure last week urging the Marine recruiters to leave their downtown office. “If recruiters choose to stay, they do so as uninvited and unwelcome intruders,” the item says.”

Now, I have to admit, I’m not against the war being over. I still have friends who are serving there. I’d love to see them come home. And honestly, I’d love to not see any more of our guys and gals go over there for a tour. But is protesting the recruiters the way to go around it?

Yes, I admit, recruiters can be evil, but not all of them are. The article says, “Military recruiters are salespeople known to lie to and seduce minors and young adults into contracting themselves into military service with false promises regarding jobs, job training, education and other benefits.” Yes, I would not deny this. Some recruiters do what it takes to get people to sign up. Lord knows it’s no different than any other job.

Come on people. This can’t be the way to protest things. Honestly. There has to be a better way. Now I myself would love to hear what that better way is. I personally have to admit that I don’t know. But I definitely know that this is not the way to do it.

I’m glad to hear that the Marine recruiters are not planning on going anywhere. They’re doing their job, and serving the country.

What do you think?

A better question would be: What do you think would happen if we did pull out our troops in Iraq right now? Would there be any consequences?

Yoshi wants to say that he normally wouldn’t write about something like this, but he was bothered that the city of Berkely had to specifically attack his fellow devil dogs. Although if they were protesting any other branch, it would be the same thing.

100 facts in 100 days – Fact 30

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Plate with fork and spoonI’m getting there with these facts. It’s tough coming up with 100 facts about yourself. Luckily I didn’t say 100 days in a row.

30. I might have mentioned this before, but I’ll try any food at least once. If it’s served to me, and I know I haven’t eaten it before and hated it, I’ll eat it. Sure. But I’m a hypocrite. Because there are certain foods I KNOW I will not care for, therefore won’t even try it.

One of those foods is cow tongue. I know, I know, there are a lot of you out there who think it’s awesome, and so good. No. No no no NO. I will not eat that. There is only one tongue in my mouth and no other tongues are allowed to be in my mouth to be eaten. That is just plain gross. If you’re gonna feed it to me, it better be hard to distinguish because I’ll know it’s not something I normally eat.

Oh yeah, another one? Rocky Mountain Oysters. Oh hell no!

What foods would you never ever eat?

What's new Yoshi?

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Ok, here’s a boring post where I talk about things I’ve added to the site recently. I know you’re cheering right now right?

You’ll notice I added a contact form to the site, this is for anyone who would like to get a hold of me, but for some reason do not have my email or forgot my email address. (or more likely, have not kept up with all my email address changes.)

You’ll also notice that I’ved added a new “Now Reading” widget on the sidebar that let’s you know what book I’m now reading, and any past books I’ve read and reviewed. It also shows you what books I’ve got stored up in my queue to read, which are a lot, but I only listed a few of them (for now).

I also started adding google ads. Although this might change. I’m just not sure yet. I’m also putting in Text Link Ads. I’m not sure my site is even popular enough to worry about it, but we’ll see in the upcoming months. I know a few people who are using it and if I got what they got, then my hosting would pay for itself. (which is a good thing folks)

Here’s the interactive portion. What plugins do you have installed? I think I might have too many of them, but I’m curious to see what everyone has installed. (again, I know.)

Is the USDA inspection process shoddy?

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Perhaps you’ve heard of the video that was released by the Humane Society from a Chino slaughterhouse. Watching this video makes me truly sad. Now, the USDA is under criticism. No, not for the treatment of the cows (which should be under investigation already) but for allowing mistreated cattle to go through the meat inspection process. Because this video has surfaced, they were forced to shut down that Chino-based slaughterhouse. Now people are wondering just how effective the USDA inspection process is.

This is aside from the fact that I am appalled at the amount of abuse that these cows have been given. But I digress.

From the LA Times article: “Cattle that are unable to walk are banned from use as human food because they show a higher occurrence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, commonly known as mad cow disease.

There also was a statement from an undercover activist from the Humane Society who said, “It would take two or three of us to get the cow to stand in front of the inspector, on wobbly legs, and he would say ‘That’s fine.’

I’m of firm belief that any type of inspection process can easily be corrupted, in the form of bribes or even laziness. It just sounds like the inspector in question in the quote above by the activist did not care about it. If we are going to allow these inspectors to determine if something is safe for us to consume, they must be ever vigilant. Seriously! They cannot be corrupted or they cannot allow certain things to happen.

I too believe in the inspection process, and it’s not necessarily the fault of the USDA as much as it is the fault of the inspectors themselves who become lazy or corrupted. But the USDA Seriously needs to get down on these people. They need to make a change and tighten things up.

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A Haunting

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So, as of late, I’ve been watching A Haunting a bit way too much. I’ve always been fascinated by any kind of ghost story, but honestly, especially now that we’re looking for a new house, if we moved into a house that was haunted? We’d probably move out of there as soon as possible. I can understand the determination that some people might have. You know, the “I moved into this house, I want to make it mine” but honestly. Ghosts. Ghosts people. There doesn’t seem to be much of a defense plan here.

And a question I always had: do priests charge for exorcisms? I would love the idea the church would do everything for free, but you know, they have to eat too. And what about the danger involved? It’s entirely possible they could get injured.

Am I the only person who thinks of things like this?

Get me a whopper right NOW

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Have you seen the Burger King Commercials where they say they stopped selling the whopper, and that it was discontinued from the menu? You know, where they say they don’t sell it for one day and people freak out? First of all, is it that important? I realize that’s BK’s tagline, “Home of the Whopper but is it Really the best thing on the menu? I Really do like the chicken fries and the Classic Chicken Sandwich. (Notice I say classic)

Is that commercial Really actual customers? I don’t believe it. But here’s the commercial, you judge for yourself. Would you freak out like the the voice of the guy at the end of the commercial? He was pissed.


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