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Monday, May 31, 2004:

Okay, so I'm feeling silly and do these tests on Quizilla...


Numenorean


To which race of Middle Earth do you belong?
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TOLKIEN CONSERVATIVE:

Traditional, loyal, faithful, and, above all,
reverent defender of Tolkien and his works.
You probably either belong to the Canon Police
or are a sympathizer. Though you have a
tendency to be pompous, supercilious, and
condescending in conversing with fans who fail
to meet your exacting standards for approval,
you won't burn anyone at the stake.


Tolkienology 101: What is Your Tolkien Belief System?
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You are Aragorn!
You are very strong and mature. You adapt well to
your surroundings and know the world well. You
are very loyal to your friends but tend to be
secretive. You are kingly and work well in
leadership situations. You tend to fall in love
with people not like you.


What character from Lord of the Rings are you?
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Go you! You really know what Boromir is made of.


LOTR - How Much Do You Know About Boromir? (Could Be Hard)
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Haggis // 6:38 AM

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Saturday, May 29, 2004:

Google is inconsistent. I mean, I love it and all, but there's something...

Two searches, with the exact same parameters, and the same URL, give different results:
* This is a search for 'blue whale' by a friend in New Zealand.
* This is a search for 'blue whale' by me.
Notice how they're exactly the same? Same URL, both the New Zealand versions of Google, SafeSearch off... and yet, different results. It seems to me that Google are just putting in random pictures of blue whales or something... and if you click that first link again, you'll see that there's even a result from The World of Monkey Island. Weird...
Haggis // 10:16 AM

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The weather is good today, so I just sat on the balcony for a little while. With my cat. And I saw a bee, collecting nectar, searching the flowers for this strange yellow stuff. It had already accumulated quite a bit of it on its hind legs.

Life is beautiful. Especially when someone told you she loves you.
Haggis // 5:06 AM

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Thursday, May 27, 2004:

So, you guys wanted a post about me. Well, not all of you, but at least one or two. ;)

Well, the point is... I've been thinking about emigrating for a while now. And it could be that I found a destination. Well, in any case, it'll be my next holiday destination: Colorado. Now all I need is: a) money; b) information about Colorado; c) leave everything behind I have here. Obviously, 'c)' will be the most difficult to achieve, but of course there is a reason why I picked that particular destination. Guess you'd like to know, huh...?
Haggis // 5:13 AM

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Tuesday, May 18, 2004:

Well, to come back to my previous post: http://marc.perkel.com/archives/000233.html. That site is about the famous Berg decapitation video, which I'm sure you've either heard of, or maybe even seen. It's easy to find on the Internet, and pretty gruesome if you're easily shocked.
But, about the page. It raises some interesting questions concerning the authenticity of the video. It is really worth a read. Now, I'm not saying that I agree or disagree with what is said there, but it sparks a huge discussion (judging from all the comments) and shows what Bush really sparked when he said he was 'gonna smoke 'em outta their holes'. War is bad. People who go to war are bad. Period.
Haggis // 7:12 AM

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Let's go back a while. About four years back. George W. Bush was elected president of the United States of America, and Osama bin Laden was dancing on the table. Osama had seen George Bush Senior's war on Iraq and his agressiveness towards the Middle East. Bin Laden was hoping that history would repeat itself. Finally, he could get out his plans, the plans he had been making, for a terrorist attack of which the likes had never been seen before. Under Clinton, he would never be able to get the reaction he wanted, but with Bush Junior, it would be a piece of cake. September 11, 2001. A day we'll never forget - our generation's equivalent of the assasination on President Kennedy. The whole American nation is in shock, and even panicking. George W. Bush sees no option but to resort to violence - he is a simple man. Thus, war in Afghanistan. But what made Osama really happy, is that President Bush decided that he must finish the job his father started. Not only did this shift the attention from Afghanistan to Iraq, but also it gave Bin Laden another reason to be happy. The Americans invaded Iraq, Saddam is captured, everybody happy. Fast forward a couple of months, and the Americans (under the uninspiring leadership of an arrogant president) are still in Iraq. Iraqis are unhappy, and revolting. Americans are unhappy, and are starting to voice their opinions in public. The thin patriottic veil has finally been lifted, and Bush is accomplishing the opposite of what he wanted to. He is helping terrorism a great deal, by achieving that Americans are finally beginning to see what is happening in the Middle East, and by setting the Arabian world aflame. Osama turns out to be a brilliant strategist, like Napoleon, or Gaius Julius Caesar. And, like those two, he is a deeply cruel man, not afraid of killing, and oppressing people to no end. Where this whole situation will go, nobody knows, but a culmination of violence is not unrealistic, and all that Bin Laden had to do was to stir things up a little - and presto, the mixture is still moving violently, nearly three years after the initial stir.
Haggis // 2:24 AM

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Monday, May 17, 2004:

I'm afraid I haven't been posting as much I should be, lately, but anyway. As you can see, I redesigned the shoutbox to give it a really old-school look. Cool, huh?



Actually.... it isn't by design, but if the shoutbox isn't displayed properly, then you can just pretend it is by design.
Haggis // 12:31 PM

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