As always, I am not home for American Idol on Thursdays. Sad, I know. So here’s the dish from MSNBC (the first AI news result on the Google):

The last two singers selected to be among the 24 semifinalists were among the first to be eliminated, as “American Idol” began the unpleasant business of whittling down the larger group on Thursday’s results show.

On last week’s selection show, Joanne Borgella became the final woman picked to sing this week, and Colton Berry the 12th man. But ultimately, all that bought them was an extra week, as the viewing audience heard them sing, looked at the telephone, and then went to bed instead of calling in their votes. Full Story

Eliminated:
Garret Haley
Amy Davis
Joanne Borgella
Colton Berry

Not too sad about any of them, but I did think that Colton and Joanne would have lasted a bit longer. I am kinda over Chikeze already tho but he made it. Maybe next week…

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I woke up with one chore to do today. Clean the fish tank filter. I was up nice and early. As I was checking my email and sipping a nice cup of coffee I heard it.

Beep. Beep. Beep beep!

It was that damn washer again. It does this every now and again. I don’t know why. It was brilliantly designed by those Kenmore folk with no display. Anyway, the last time it did this beeping non-stop (usually it stops on it’s own) I had found a magical button combo to reset it. Did I write it down? Erm.. No. Of course not. So I lost like 30 minutes looking for it on the Google. Then I went down to try and ‘figure it out’. No luck. It was getting late so I went to my chore of the filter.

Beep. Beep. Beep beepbeep.

The filter thing went fast, although with all the beeping I was a bit annoyed. I put it back together and went to re-attach it to the tank. It filled with water, but wouldn’t prime and start. I pumped the little starter to get suction. Nothing. I pumped more.

Beep. Beep. Beeeeep.

After some time I gave up and tried to detach a hose to use my mouth to start it. The hose apparently had filled with water even though it wouldn’t prime. This water sprayed everywhere, drenching me and the immediate area of floor and inside the cabinet that houses the filter.

Beep. Beep. Beep.

So I unplug it altogether and take it back to the sink to drain it and try to start the process all over. Water of course drips along the way. I head bak to the tank, re-attach and try again. I pump the thing. Water leaks out from somewhere. The washer beeps. Finally it starts.

Beeeeep.

So I have cleaned up. I am running totally late (even later after blogging it). The washer is still beeping. 

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Google Maps. (via)

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Internet Party!! via Fimoculous. 

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A lot of people are looking for the eggnog martini recipe from last year. I figured I’d make it easier to find. This was a hit at the 2 holiday events we were able to attend last year… give it a go! And try it with vanilla vodka. Mmmm…

Eggnog Martini
Ingredients:
1 Oz Eggnog
1 Oz Ameretto
1 Oz Vodka

Directions:
Combine all ingredients and shake well. Dust with freshly grated nutmeg or cinnamon, if desired.

Serves: 1

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You’d think that as much time I spend on the web, I’d have known this one.

You can type math into Google and get an answer! *thrilled*

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Who Owns What via Sarah In Tampa. 

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I am Google’s #3 result for SANITARY NAPKIN PORN. Notice the all-caps. Not mine. That’s how they searched. Like they were shouting. Shouting for sanitary napkin porn! Ew.

I need to wash. I feel dirty. 

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Okay. WTF. Today is a piece of crap. First of all, my site was down again. Somewhere, somehow I have traffic spikes that knock me offline. Now I love me some traffic. I am a traffic whore! But seriously. I didn’t think it was that high. So I must still have a robot or bandwidth sucking situation. It’s the only thing I can figure! So I blocked more bots, and put the Google Bot on a really tight leash. No more Image Bot. Speaking of images, I used to only block known ‘hotlink’ places like MySpace and Blogspot. Now I have blocked any and all hotlinking. No more Mister Nice Guy. Hopefully this will work, because waking up to no blog kinda sucks. So does spending your whole morning looking for unwanted traffic reducing solutions and code.

Where was I before I started the tech ramble? Oh, my crappy day so far! Yeah, so I have been for the most part tied to the computer trying to keep my site online. All the while the washing machine has been beeping. It started last night. It just won’t shut off and keeps beeping. I think it is making me slowly insane. I am starting to hear patterns in the beeps. Maybe we are haunted. The weird part is how it’ll stop for a while, then start again. Beep, beep beep, beeep…

In the meantime the sun has come out. Am I out driving in the convertable? No. I am here. But not for long… I am so out the door after a quick shower!

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Again with the search terms… I am so lucky to be on the first page of results for “homemade video of college kids having sex”. I hope they eventually find what they are looking for.

It’s Saturday afternoon. I am showered, shaved, and dressed all pretty for another day at work. Aren’t I lucky? Can you believe it’s Memorial Day weekend? Where did the year go? It’s practically ‘back to school’ time already! Then holiday! OMG! I need to get more organized. Time is running out! Why am I panicking?? Oh, look at the time. I am probably gonna be late for work. Meh. I was there till after 11:30 last night so whatever.

Anyhoo, I gotta run. 

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