Lovely phone call… from “Google Marketing” offering to get me on the first page of search results and to “redesign my website for me.” Them: “This is Filmcritic.com right?” Me: “Yes.” Them: “What do you do?” Me: click (866) 754-9145 / 8667549145

Goodbye Ticker. Hello Flipper. Is this any better? CNN Ticker, 2001-2008 — R.I.P. | Tower Ticker

This is kind of amazing, but Mark Cuban is exactly right on what Yahoo’s strategy should be: Acquire media properties on the cheap, build traffic, and dominate every niche of the content space. I agree with everything in this blog post except for Cuban’s bizarre capitalization of “MicroSoft.” What Yahoo Should Do « blog maverick

How did anyone manage to survive?!?! cbs5.com – Magnitude 2.1 Quake Shakes Santa Clara County

Doublespeak? Triple? More? From a flier from my daughter’s elementary school, regarding goals of an upcoming community meeting: 1: Access and Equity: Make social justice a reality by diminishing the historic power of demographics Obfuscation: Alive and well!

Who knew we were the Best of the Internet in 2003!? PC Magazine Best of the Internet – Google Book Search

But that’s the Chicago way! Illinois governor tried to sell Senate seat: prosecutors – Yahoo! News

Looks like it’s legit! Kids are back in the hall : News 2008 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jowfxw-f_EE&hl=en&fs=1] This is why I love Fallout 3.

17 episodes? Really? “Knight Rider” to halt production early–The Live Feed

When you’re doing your Christmas shopping on Amazon, you come across some weird stuff. Amazon.com: TYRA BANKS Signed CROTCH IN YOUR FACE Photo 4: Everything Else

I’m all for reducing car usage… but why not just build these fees into auto registration costs? Seems a whole lot easier thane erecting toll plazas and totally redoing the parking meter setup. Planners to consider S.F. congestion charge

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You should try the toddler food at our place. It’s organic! Review of My Toddler’s Pretend Restaurant | Momlogic

When you ask a two year old what he wants for dinner, you get this: “Rice and chicken, no chicken.”

Overheard on the street: World’s worst technology advice. “You can’t use your camera unless you download some software. It’s just like your MP3 player. Without the software you can’t get the pictures!”

Classic. There’s sadness in that smile. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jvl8rs95pU&hl=en&fs=1]

TV gets ya preggo. True. KCBS – Study Links Racy TV Shows To Teen Pregnancy

Here’s a weird phenomenon I don’t get: Why do delivery people always want to shake my hand when they come by? Not FedEx, UPS, etc. I see them every day and we never touch. The furniture delivery kind of guys. They invariably want to shake hands when they come by, even though I’ll never see…