Ya know, if'n ya designed a really nifty blog and filled it full of finely written prose and stuff, why would ya fix it so that it is almos' impossible for anyone else to point out somethin' interestin' they found on your site? Permalinks, people -- USE 'EM!!!!!! They are the most tool you can provide to assist others in pointin' out the good stuff they find on your blog.
The culprit that caused this short rantin' diatribe is MadHaiku. I really hate pointin' out somethin' when the only reference link I have is the link to the site's primary index page, since my readers may find this entry months from now and will have no earthly clue which post was toppin' Mad Haiku's index page when I wrote this. As such, I have jes' copied the entire post I wanted to point out and pasted it in the extended entry. I 'spose there will be no necessity of ya'll visitin' the source site to search for it now.
my xmas greetingPosted by Tiger at December 18, 2004 01:06 PMYou know how you get that family newsletter in a Christmas card from your anal cousin or distant friend but you really don't want to read it because, well, you could give a flying fuck about how they spent their summer vacation or little Joey's Little League batting average or Wendy's little ballet recital in preschool, but you read it closely anyhow, even though it goes on for pages and pages, because you're hoping to find grammatical errors or misspellings which you can mark in red pen with the intention of sending it back all corrected but you never get around to it because you have better things to do and because you're really not that big of an asshole?
If I were sending out Christmas cards, this is the newsletter I would include:
Dear Family and Friends,
Wow, what a year it's been! So many exciting things happened in 2004 that we would like to share it with all of you! So here goes...
This past June, Janet was at lunch with a bunch of her girlfriends when, wouldn't you know it, she slipped as she was going to the ladies' room and broke her right femur. They had to call the paramedics and everything! This happened on the day before we were supposed to leave for Maui, so, well, no pictures from the Islands this year. Sorry! As luck would have it, on the very same day the year before (2003), she stepped on a crack in her mother's driveway and broke her left femur! Both fractures happened on June 23, so I guess she should not plan to do anything ever again on that date. Ha ha!
Sean moved down from up North in May. He'd met this girl here and got tired of commuting 400 miles just about every weekend to see her, so he packed up and moved in with us for a while. Then, after a few months, he and Dana found a house to rent and they moved in. Then, about a day later, they broke up! Sean repacked his stuff and moved back up North.
Ian got laid off and is addicted to Internet poker. (I guess that's better than Internet porn!) He and Maryanne are trying to get pregnant. Well, Maryanne is. So far no luck!
As you all know, I work for a big media conglomerate. I'm happy to report that I didn't get laid off or fired this year. But there's always next year! I took some time off this summer to bicycle across country. Yes, the entire country! Unfortunately, I crashed on the first day and didn't make it. Not to worry. I only suffered a partial separated right shoulder and an assortment of road rash along the entire right side of my body. Boy, did that hurt!
As you can see, it's such an exciting life we lead. Don't you all wish you were us?
Well, that's all for now. We don't want to make you too jealous, ha ha.
Mele Kalikimaka everyone!
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