week 32 : 13 Jan 2005

travel & exploration

Great Mobile Homes of Mississippi - The Trailer Park (thanks, Dave)

Visit Aggie Land Bryan-College Station Visitors & Convention Bureau

Mexico publishes guide to assist border crossers: "The Guide for the Mexican Migrant"

The Museum of Broadcast Communications

Texas Watch is all about insurance, best I can figure

 job hunting

Work In Texas.com

 politics and/or religion

Something to do on January 20th: Call In Sick With Democracy Flu (if they ask, say your Uncle Sam has died)

David's Fresh Baked Cookie Shop

Nanjing Massacre

 entertainment

TVgasm: Amazing Race Archives

Reality Blurred

PetGroomer.com Pet Groomer and Dog Groomer Resource with Grooming Schools

Who is Jack Blood ?

 just plain weird different

Starbucks Drinks Simplified (kinda)

 tree huggers environment issues

DFW Wildlife Coalition - Humane Resolutions for Wildlife Conflicts

Hippo Water Roller

Sugar Alcohols

 wonders of the nerd|geek world

Creative Commons

My X Finder - Independent Buying Guides For Just About Anything

week 31 : 6 Jan 2005

The Metroplex

Dallas Dinner Table : I don't see where they're required to hold hands and sing Kum-ba-Ya

Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce - Promoting Economic Development & Quality of Life in Southern Dallas since 1960

travel & exploration

Airline Food - a photoset on Flickr

Brownsville (Texas) Herald (life at the south end of this huge state)

Common phrases in various languages

Naval District Washington

job hunting

Tech Alliance of Dallas

politics and/or religion

Library of Congress Plan to Accommodate 13-Digit ISBN

entertainment

CBC.ca: - Canada's News, Business, Sports, Health & Science, Arts, and Kids Information Source

Dreamland - devoted to the life and work of filmmaker John Waters

just plain weird different

Linux Mafia

The Philip Larkin Society (he wrote a book entitled "Jill")

tree huggers environment issues

2424milk.com - lose weight with milk?

Arts and Artist Protection League

ClinicalTrials.gov - - Information on Clinical Trials and Human Research Studies

Administrators in Medicine: "the only combined public online physician database in the nation that has its direct source of data from state government licensing boards and that also remains free of charge to the public"

The Institute of Linguists is abbreviated IoL which looks like it belongs upside-down on a cellphone's SMS. I was riveted by the items in their online store, especially the silver plated Zeppelin perfume atomiser

UCLA Globalization Research Center-Africa

wonders of the nerd|geek world

BirDog Satellite Meter was a link from perfect-10.tv

week 30 : 30 Dec 2004

This is the week where I clear all the new items I scribbled into my PDA this month. Deal with it!

 big D

Local Venture Capitalists/Incubators: Austin Ventures; InterWest Partners; StarTech Early Ventures (Richardson)

Jewish Family Service of Greater Dallas

Barbara Baynham is the Big Cheese at the Preservation Society for Spring Creek Forest

travel & exploration

city-data.com: Stats about all US cities - maps, race, income, photos, education, crime, weather, houses, etc.

Maryland got its name from Henrietta Maria; she was the daughter of King Henry IV of France and Marie de Médici of Italy. In 1625, Henrietta Maria married King Charles I and became Queen of England.

if you're ever in Fredericksburg, Texas: der Peach Garten will lead you to the Hog Stop Inn (B&B that caters to bikers). If you don't cotton to the roar of a Harley @ 6am, you may consider the Full Moon Inn which includes a log cabin. Yee ha!

del.icio.us: is a social bookmarks manager (social bookmarks is what Sundry on Thursday is all about)

map24.com is supposed to put MapQuest and MapBlast and Yahoo! Maps to shame

The Past Whispers is about whisperin' history, I think. Every website should have an "About" page, for people like me who wander across stuff at 0:dark:30

 job hunting

The DMN carries a column called "Kate and Dale talk jobs". Kate Wendleton's site is fiveoclockclub.com and Dale Dauten's site is dauten.com

JobCenterTV - channel 68 (KPXD) is shown weekdays from 6am to 6:30

I'll be watching the Super Bowl for the advertising. Go back to last year's post for the pointer? Here's a perennial favorite: Monster

 politics and/or religion

Clinton Birthplace Foundation is in Hope, Arkansas (SW corner of the state, on I-30)

The Federation of American Scientists website includes such gems as Secrecy News

Foundation for International Community Assistance (FINCA)

2005 Presidential Inauguration Balls (thanks, The George!)

Council for American-Islamic Relations

Dubya's World

Muslims Against Terrorism has changed their name to Muslim Voice for Peace

President's Council on Physical Fitness

 entertainment

The Daily Buzz - is this syndicated?

I suppose if you get tired of the Internet Movie Database, you can go to AllWatchers.com

 just plain weird different

hyperhidrosis is discussed on ExcessiveSweating.org

whoa! why did my Head-and-Shoulders shampoo come out of the bottle in orange? It lathers normally, though.

 tree huggers

If you want to know what companies still test their products on animals, see Cruelty Free Companies

Radio Flyer : remember the Little Red Wagon?

Cook's Thesaurus is a cooking encyclopedia that covers thousands of ingredients and kitchen tools. Entries include pictures, descriptions, synonyms, pronunciations, and suggested substitutions.

Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America

Carnival of the Cats

Purina Cat Chow - Vitality formula

Scottish sculptor Andy Goldsworthy - Rivers and Tides: Working With Time Universe

 wonders of the nerd|geek world

When I lived in southern California, there was a chain of retail software places called Egghead Software, which eventually went out of business. Now I see NewEgg.com - could this be their rebirth?

The Newted Community allows Newton users worldwide to keep in touch with one another

Straight Dope Staff Report: Why do we have so many temperature scales?

Why is it so hard to find a good Computer Stand? The one I like above all others is Chenbro's ES160 Computer Stand, available from Cyberguys. Pity I can't find a local source for these.

v-chip.org (anti violence, etc.)

beyond zettabyte: yottabyte (2^80). I spotted this on Parade magazine's Ask Marilyn column.

TV-B-Gone™ from Cornfield Electronics allows you to turn off most any TV (such as a public one that annoys you, but you didn't think to bring the remote for that brand of TV with you)

konfabulator.com explains itself: Widgets: they're even cooler when they're onyour desktop.

Heavily advertised is the $350 Ionic Breeze (plus $22 for shipping). I read somewhere that it accounts for 50% of Sharper Image's profits, yet Consumer Reports is adamant that it basically does nothing. One of the Breeze's features mentioned in the ad is the Zenion Effect™

week 29 : 23 Dec 2004

travel & exploration

Airport Status - South Central States (includes Texas)

Dallas local guide (good luck remembering the URL)

The Mystery of Rennes-le-Château

The Official Amelia Earhart site (not endorsed by Amelia, though)

The (Hermosa Beach, California) South Bay St Patrick's Day Parade And Festival

 job hunting

MENG - Marketing Executives Networking Group

I spotted Open Business Club (OpenBC) on Constantin's blog: it's the European equivalent of LinkedIn

Thunderbird MBA in International Management

TENG - Technology Executives Networking Group (no relation to Tang, the drink that the astronauts imbibe)

Dice.com - Job search for Technology Professionals

 politics and/or religion and/or military

The Official Kwanzaa Web Site - Kwanzaa African American Celebration of Family, Community and Culture by Maulana Karenga (related trivia: Kwanza (with only one trailing A) means "currency" in Angola)

MilitaryCity.com vectors to Army Times; Navy Times; Air Force Times; Marine Times

The 43 Presidents Song -- Lyrics & Sound File

USS Chancellorsville

 entertainment

Whatever Next - The Offical Publication of The Jasper Fforde Ffan Club (Tthanks, Mmary!)

Rate My Kitten (certainly better than Pull My Finger)

 just plain weird different

The Original Old Time Radio (OTR) WWW Pages. Old-Time Radio at its Best (don't miss the OTR FAQ)

Swearsaurus : Swear Words: Swearing, Cursing, Cussing and Insulting!

 tree huggers

Diet Riot: a humorous non diet weight loss site that integrates Nutrition, Fitness, and Hunger Healing

National Fatherhood Initiative

The World Health Network - Anti-Aging and Longevity

 wonders of the nerd|geek world

Electronic Frontier Foundation's Press Room: the latest news about EFF, as well as their reactions to current events

Fire Extinguisher 101

Google Scholar

Nauticos specializes in deep-ocean search and underwater problem solving (does this mean they can do analytical geometry underwater?)

njabl.org: "Not Just Another Bogus List"

Panaband Wireless Internet

PHPlist

TIGHAR: The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery

week 28 : 16 Dec 2004

the joys of Texas are upon you

Road Rage Cards: not recommended in Texas, where many of us are packin' heat

 travel & exploration

Sister Cities International (thanks, Tad!)

Nogales, Arizona

 job hunting

The James M. Kilts Center for Marketing has nothing to do with Scottish clothing

 politics and/or religion

why isn't it MOMINT? Metroplex Organization of Muslims in North-Texas (aka MOMIN)

 entertainment

Boy they were good but ... lists many food products that are no longer in production (like BubbleUp)

Consumer Reports - Best Buy Drugs

Lab Tests Online has all sorts of information about medical tests

 just plain weird different

Gang Signs

 tree huggers environment issues

Bureau of Land Management's National Wild Horse and Burro site

 eat me foodstuff

Chain Leader is about the food industry

Local Harvest: find farmers' markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area

Prepared Foods Magazine: Development Trends & Technologies For Formulators & Marketers

Seafood Business: The Magazine of the Seafood Industry

Professional Cutlery Direct and Cooking Enthusiast

 wonders of the nerd|geek world

"Is this person really interested in buying my domain?" from Ask Dave Taylor!

E-Mail Suffix List

AllExperts.com: the oldest & largest free Q&A service on the Internet

week 27 : 9 Dec 2004

world culture

Africa Within bills itself as a primary reference tool or research tool for African studies

British Museum of Political Incorrectness

History America Tours: Taking You Where History Happens

 wonders of Texas

Texas Department of Insurance includes Agent, Consumer, Industry News and Assistance (if it doesn't put you to sleep first)

Dallas Relocation - Dallas Texas Real Estate

Dave Perry's JFK Assassination Pages

Texas-Certified Online Defensive Driving & Comedy Driving Safety Class

Texas Department of Public Safety - Crime Records Service

Texas Dog Clubs

Texas Windstorm Insurance Association

Texas Women in Law Enforcement

 politics and/or religion

Catholic Youth Organization

we're Half the Country - and we're not going away

Iraq Coalition Casualties

Islam.com is a One-Stop shoppe for all your Islamic needs

Jewish Funerals: Burial and Mourning

Power of Prophecy: Texe Marrs (don't make me come down there and smite you!)

Socialist Action

 you call this entertainment?

GolfCourse.com, The GOLF MAGAZINE Golf Course Guide, Search over 20,000 course worldwide!

 just plain weird different

Mary liked The Grinch Doll : Landover Baptist Blacklist (Toys Banned From Church Property)

Although they never existed (except in the authors' mind), some people swear they saw and remembered that episode! See Whatever: The 10 Least Successful Holiday Specials of All Time which includes The Lost Star Trek Christmas Episode: "A Most Illogical Holiday" (1968)

Cluster Balloon Flight

 tree huggers environment issues

Politically Correct Rudolph

Michaels of Oregon | Hoppe's | Innovative Products For Shooting and Law Enforcement Markets

wonders of the nerd|geek world

DeadJournal (versus LiveJournal)

week 26 : 2 Dec 2004

travel & exploration

Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District

Coppell, Texas

Dallas Historic Tree Coalition

Dallas County Community Colleges

McKinney, Texas

Metrocrest Chamber of Commerce serving Addison, Carrollton and Farmers Branch

Metrocrest Medical Foundation: a charitable
organization established to support the initiatives of the Metrocrest Hospital Authority

Metrocrest Social Services is a United Way Affiliate serving Carrollton, Farmers Branch, Addison, Coppell, and area code 75287 in southern Denton County

 job hunting

NAPFA - National Association of Personal Financial Advisors -- (Fee-Only)

USpersonnel

 politics and/or religion

Afro-Nets

The Christmas Resistance Movement!

Chrismukkah Cards for Interfaith Families

MixedBlessing: Greeting Cards for Interfaith and Multicultures

 entertainment

TV Tome - guide to the television shows you love

 just plain weird different

Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts: CDFA

The Trilateral Commission

Illuminati

 tree huggers environment/health issues

A9.com Search: tankless Hot Water Heaters

Earthship Biotecture - Putting Housing Back into the Hands of the People

Real Goods - Products For An Ecologically Sustainable Future

Volunteer Center of North Texas

Calorie Restriction - Fewer Calories, More Life

when I lived in California, there was a chain of restaurants called The Good Earth. Now, all that appears to remain are their Good Earth Teas

 wonders of the nerd|geek world

it's not the original (by Rich Hall) but Bert Christensen's
Truth & Humour Collection appears to be all about Sniglets

week 25 : 25 Nov 2004

travel & exploration

Washington DC Sightseeing Map

 job hunting

Cambridge Human Resource Group

 politics and/or religion

Swift Boat Veterans Still Hounding Kerry says "John Kerry is a threat to every American he comes in contact with"

I've heard of Seventh Day Adventist, but never a Seventh-day Baptist church until I read about PE.net : Internet Access for the Inland Empire

Australian Catholic University

 entertainment

Facts About Debt (everyone can't spend the way Washington does) made me laugh: what did the rest of the world expect? Dubya couldn't even manage a baseball team. Since the GOPhers only know how to cut taxes (and give the proceeds to their cronies), expect this to get much worse before (or if) it ever gets better.

 just plain weird different

ASP Space Aquarium (if you have an extra $6000+ laying around)

 tree huggers environment issues

The Wilderness Society

SNIP a pet (Spay Neuter Incentive Program)

 wonders of the nerd|geek world

PHP is nothing new, but it's nice to find so many resources about it in one place

week 24 : 18 Nov 2004

travel & exploration

White Rock Lake Dog Park

Bark Park Central

The Navaho indians call themselves the Diné

 media watch

Society of Professional Journalists / Fort Worth

Columbia Journalism Review - Journalism Tools (includes "Who Owns What" listing of media ownership)

 politics and/or religion

Tolerance.org

Southern Poverty Law Center

All Hat, No Cattle (not to be confused with Big Hat, No Cattle

Interstate 69 is a new proposed highway from Laredo/Brownsville, Texas to Port Huron, Michigan - word is the GOPhers want to change the number, but they won't say why

 just plain weird different

Recipes Of The Damned -- The Back of the Fridge (Archive)

 tree huggers health / environment issues

Complete Sun and Moon Data for One Day

America on the Move: Walking, healthy eating program for weight management / weight loss

In the past week, I had a taste-off between the single-serving bowls from Richard's Cajun Foods and French Market Foods (verdict: yum yum to both)

 wonders of the nerd|geek world

Online Engineering Standards

F-Secure: : Be Sure. Data Security Solutions virus protection spam control SSH network encryption

FILExt - The File Extension Source

RFID Tribe

week 23 : 11 Nov 2004

Dallas civics

Texas Pecan Company: Gifts and Nuts

Volunteer Center of North Texas

Volunteer PowerCrew - Dallas and North Texas Student Volunteer Program (I was amazed to see that all students must perform volunteer work in the community)

Forward Dallas! deals with the Dallas Comprehensive Plan (fail to plan? plan to fail!)

hav you been served? North Texas Process Servers Association

need a private eye? Texas Association of Licensed Investigators

White Rock Heritage District

The Cedars is "Just south of downtown - one of the oldest neighborhoods in Dallas"

North Texas Food Bank (an excellent charity)

Penang Nyonya Malaysian Cuisine & Sushi Bar (Frisco TX)

 travel & exploration

One China Policy: the mainlanders are fixated with The Taiwan Problem

Language in India: how well do they converse with American Indians?

Directory of California State Propositions

 job hunting

CreativeCats: Freelance Commercial Writing Services - The Right Words to Improve Your Business

Voices Voices (voiceover talent; voice coach)

 politics and/or religion

Conversion Aggression

JesusLand.com (the red states)

Selective Service System (do you feel a draft?)

National Crime Prevention Council

Dummocrats

 entertainment

mycomicspage.com offers customized, online comic strips - for a fee

cin-o-matic (film ratings, etc.)

Marry an American

 just plain weird different

Dads & Daughters

Abu Ammar (aka Yassir Arafat) cheese-flavored potato chips

Smokey Robinson's 'The Soul is in the Bowl' Gumbo

not for red staters: Outlet Radio Network™ is a commercially licensed webcaster providing a 24/7, nationwide source of news, information, and entertainment for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and friends

 tree huggers environment issues

Sweatshop Watch

Clean Clothes Campaign

Sweet Maria's: Home Coffee Roasting Supplies

Nespresso (owned by Nestlé)

Ageless Iron - the site for tractor collectors

 geek stuff

zend: "the PHP company"

blog ads

tailored mail

Blogthings - Cool Stuff To Put In Your Blog

IBM Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing (Sametime)

week 22 : 4 Nov 2004

travel & exploration

Louisiana Travel

Big Weekends.com: "stag & hen" parties in the UK

 job hunting

Institute of Management Consultants - Dallas/Fort Worth

 politics and/or religion

You Forgot Poland.com - Politics Makes You Stupid

DemocracyNet

 entertainment

Groovy Candies.com: "Nostalgic and Retro Candy from the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s (spotted on one of those "Food Network" shows)

 just plain weird different

Out magazine: for those no longer In The Closet

 tree huggers environment issues

Juan Valdez.com: National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia

 cliff claven would be proud (more trivia than you can imagine)

cyberchondria is when you surf medical websites, and think you have every symptom

found in the Free Newspaper Rack at Dallas City Hall: Elite News: "The Official Voice of the Church and Community" and
African American News & Issues (Houston)

phone code -> time zone conversion (i.e. what time zone is area code 973?)

week 21 : 28 Oct 2004

travel & exploration

The King Ranch (in south Texas) is larger than the entire state of Rhode Island.

Save the Scottish Regiments

Profile: Black Watch: "the premier Scottish infantry regiment in the British Army and one of the most famous fighting forces in the world"

 job hunting

Hotgigs (consulting)

 politics and/or religion

Iraqi Interim Government (test site)

Vietnamese American Votes

 entertainment

Software Company Using Child Labor to Filter Spam

 just plain weird different

Naugahyde

Allerca : The Hypo-Allergenic Cat

 tree huggers environment issues

BEHEMOTH : Big Electronic Human-Energized Machine ...Only Too Heavy

 cliff claven would be proud

The DigiBarn Computer Museum

CAPTCHA Project (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart)

week 20 : 21 Oct 2004

travel & exploration

Militia of Montana

The American Air Museum has nothing to do with American Airlines (go figure)

 job hunting

American Ethical Union (I wonder how much their dues are, and if Karl Rove is a member?)

 politics and/or religion

The Rise of Pseudo Fascism is perhaps the saddest thing I've read in a long time.

Enjoy the Draft.com has pretty pictures of Jenna and NotJenna Bush ("the twins")

Bush Relatives for Kerry

Voter Call is a Get Out The Vote site

 entertainment

Dallas chapter of the American Institute of Architects (note that AIA isn't defined on their site: tres odd)

 just plain weird different

Hand University

 tree huggers environment issues

Don't Mess with Texas

Dallas Dirty Air

Architecture for Humanity

 cliff claven would be proud

ScanAlert rates the Tao of Herbs (and I don't even know anyone named Herb)

week 19 : 14 Oct 2004

travel & exploration

Animal Attraction.com - online dating, friendship, romance and community for pet lovers, pet enthusiasts and pet owners

Google Desktop Search - if that ain't exploration, I don't know what is! (Windows only)

 job hunting

The top 200 employers in Dallas-Fort Worth

 politics and/or religion

GWB in 3D (the infamous "4,000 Hours" and "Shame on Me" quotes)

Operation Truth

 entertainment

The Perfect Stranger Movie (thanks to Matthew Peanut Butter)

 just plain weird different

The Wonderful Wankometer - "measure the quantity of Management Wank in a piece of text or web page"

Microsoft Online Crash Analysis - " If you experience a blue screen crash event, or Stop error, while using Microsoft Windows XP, you can upload the error report"

 tree huggers environment issues

Metroplex Animal Coalition

Addison Texas airport monitor

 cliff claven would be proud

Pluck - yet another RSS reader - Windows only

American Diabetes Association

Cholesterol 101

week 18 : 7 October 2004

travel & exploration

Guide to Springfield USA

Palestine Remembered, al-Nakba 1948

AllaAhuAkbar.net

 job hunting

The North Texas BOLD Initiative - Executive Recruiting, Leadership Diversity Recruiting

 politics and/or religion

Log Cabin Republicans

George W Bush biography

The Political Puzzle

American Progress Action Fund

 entertainment

Barra Fitzgibbon - TV presenter, continuity announcer, writer, actor, musician

 just plain weird different

ProudLiberals.com

 tree huggers environment issues

Soil and Health Library

 cliff claven would be proud

Determining expiration dates of US patent

Cherokee alphabet

Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics (CCLE)

Museum of Hoaxes

international counterfeit laws

MoneyFactory - run by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing

week 17 : 30 Sep 2004

travel & exploration

Greater Dallas Planning Council

The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture

 job hunting

Eliyon Technologies

 politics and/or religion

Annenberg Public Policy Center has some interesting survey results, including the item below about The Daily Show (with Jon Stewart)

No Joke: Daily Show Viewers Follow Presidential Race says viewers of Comedy Central's show are more likely to know the issue positions and backgrounds of presidential candidates. Yeah, I know .. I watch every night.

American Forensic Association (real debaters)

eVoteInspector

 just plain weird different

Facts on Farts

 tree huggers environment issues

FDA/CFSAN: Guidance on How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Panel on Food Labels

IN HEAT SCENTS TexasBoars Dripper

 cliff claven would be proud

Anti-Phishing ("Phishing attacks use spoofed e-mails and fraudulent websites designed to fool recipients into divulging personal financial data")

Firehouse Subs (sandwiches, not undersea contraptions)

Kold Vest Mascot Accessory keeps you nice and chilled while wearing that stuffy Giant Chicken Suit

week 16 : 23 Sep 2004

travel & exploration

North Texas Technology Council is either nttc.ws or hrdpt.com, both of which just roll off the tongue

Dallas Sights has some very cool old Dallas maps and photos (watermelon kid.com)

Preservation Dallas is the group trying to keep old things old

 job hunting

Keep In Touch (KIT) List for people liberated from SGI (Silicon Graphics)

 politics and/or religion

TakeBackTexas.com: Cleaning Up The House For Texas Families

 entertainment

UNCOVERED: The War On Iraq: a film by Robert Greenwald

RatherBiased.com: Documenting Dan Rather and CBS News

 just plain weird different

Rooster Booster poultry lighting, for free range and organic chickens (no relation to the soft drink being sold at Quik Trip

 tree huggers environment issues

Melissa's World: Variety Produce - Organic, Specialty & Recipes

 cliff claven would be proud

Every week or so, I check the Social Security Death Index to make sure I'm still alive.

I've thought about calling the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators to see if they know where I left my sunglasses, or my keys, or ...

I saw somewhere that the Firefox browser is likely to gain even more converts, after Microsoft announced that improvements (read: "bug fixes") will be limited to the Internet Explorer browser that's for Windows XP, and not prior revs. Hmmm. SpreadFirefox.com and mozilla.org are the download sites

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When you are Tracking People or Their Stuff, there are Accurint.com (25c/basic search); PublicData.com ($25/year minimum); Urapi.com (Texas law firm centric, $100 minimum).

RipOffReport.com says these two are a waste of time and money: NetDetective.com and WebDetective.com

Here are a few lesser-known search sites:
DocuSearch.com
SearchSystems.net
Lycos People Search
Infospace White Pages

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There's an entire category of Campaign Management Software, including Fundraising: Campaign Headquarters; Campaign Office; Complete Campaigns; ELECT; GeoVoter; Trail Blazer Campaign Services; VoterTrack Online and of course, there are the Lists: knowledge.com and Google

week 15 : 16 Sep 2004

travel & exploration

Jeepney (in the Philippines) and Gerard's Jeepney Collection

 job hunting

Avoid These Mistakes In Your First Few Days after landing a new job

North Texas American Production and Inventory Control Society

Women in Executive Leadership - Dallas

North Dallas American Business Women's Association

 politics and/or religion

Society for Technical Communication - Lone Star Chapter

Dallas Junior Chamber of Commerce

 entertainment

Finding stuff you didn't know you lost is always entertaining, hence these sites:Unclaimed.org; National Unclaimed Property Database; US Treasury - forgotten US Savings Bonds and Missing Money.com

 just plain weird different

George W. Bush Resume (well, maybe the unofficial version)

 tree huggers environment issues

Hitchhiking, Road Travel & subCultural Movement

 Master Yoda would be proud

Genesis Women's Shelter

Flickr - Photo Sharing

BlogFusion - by countersink

BumperArt.com: My blog is so much better than yours. Bumper Sticker

week 14 : 9 Sep 2004

travel & exploration

Texans going to Iraq to be killed

ePodunk: Profiling more than 25,000 communities across America

International Museum of Cultures in Dallas?!?

Wisconsin State Fair

Northern Michigan University (in Marquette, which is near, uh .. the North Pole, I think)

 job hunting

WorkSource for Dallas County

Worker Profiling Orientation

WorkInTexas.com : Helping Texans Work Better

Dallas Job Net

Texas Workforce Commission (TWC)

 politics and/or religion

Bush and Kerry Side By Side

American Civil Liberties Union : In New ACLU Television Ad, Ordinary Americans Urge Curb on Extreme Portions of Patriot Act and Government Gag Exposed: "National Security Letter (NSL)"

 entertainment

*38: circumvent CallerID, for a price

 just plain weird different

no entry

 tree huggers environment issues

Organic Style (magazine)

Natural Resources Defense Council : Guide to Greener Living

 cliff claven would be proud

Beowulf.org: The Beowulf (Linux) Cluster Site

week 13 : 2 Sep 2004

travel & exploration

Dallas Goethe Center is for those interested in German culture, but don't try looking for a physical center - this one's virtual

 job hunting

Career Transition Workshop (not for those who don't like a dose of religious training in their job hunt)

 politics and/or religion

NotBush.com - - informed talking points from mainstream media

John Kerry Is A Douchebag But Im Voting For Him Anyway.com

Zabihah: your guide to halal eating

 entertainment

DallasBlue - Dallas Technology, Internet, and Entertainment Newsletter

 just plain weird different

Blabble - Thought Parsing

 tree huggers environment issues

American Partnership for Pets: their sole existance appears to be a request of the USPS to reprint the 37c Spay/Neuter stamps

 cliff claven would be proud

This shouldn't have surprised me, given the American seniors who regularly travel to Canada for cheaper prescription drugs. Now pet owners can get cheaper pet meds via Canadian web sites: PetMeds.DoctorSolve.com and PetDrugs.Canada are two of the larger ones.

Try not to confuse the American Library Association [ALA] and the American Translators Association [ATA]