Jamie Burnside

Reply to Blacklisting Myself in Blogging JoeUser Forums

That was just a needless post of a Jm J Bullock image. It is weblog "dadaism" at its best. Have a happy day, Chipperprime

Reply to Blacklisting Myself in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Sorry. Sometimes I can't help "stirring the pot." I hope that you come back and visit me soon.

American Idol 3, Big Band/ Swing night. May 4, 2004. in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

210 Click here for my most recent weblog entry. Well, tonight's show is over, It was a fun one. The theme of tonight's show was big band and swing. At the beginning of the show it was mentioned that it is too bad that John Stevens couldn't be there for "his genre." Yeah right... Random observation: There are a few times during each season of "American Idol" when it seems that Paula Abdul is high on

Reply to I joined the Wedge today! in Misc JoeUser Forums

Some day we will all shop at collectives. The workers of the world must overthrow the evil grocery store-owning capitalists.

Reply to There are NO extenuating circumstances in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Sounds right to me. Good article.

Reply to HELP!!! in Blogging JoeUser Forums

There is a picture of a mountain and a sun in a little box in the toolbar that you use to write messages. Assuming that you have saved the picture that you want to post to a geocities.com (or other free site) homepage, you will have a http:// address for each picture posted. After downloading the picture to geocities, open it up. Copy the address bar. Then paste the http:// address in the prompt after you "press" the "image" button. It is a lot easier than

May 3, 2004. American Idol profile show. in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

209 For current American Idol results and commentary, visit the top page of my weblog . New commentary added each Tuesday and Wednesday. Tonight's episode of American Idol is over. It was the "profile show." Each contestant had a short sit-down interview with Ryan Seacrest, followed by a performance of each contestant's favorite song to-date. The "profile show" is an important event in the season. It

Reply to To be completely honest in Blogging JoeUser Forums

If you can be consistently boring over the course of a few months, you may find yourself with a following of regular readers. Keep it up. You'll be surprised with the results! Chipperprime. (By the way, I don't know how to do that "favorite blogs" list either. I wish I did. Then I would recommendother sites.)

A day on the towns. in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

208 Hello there friends. I hope that you are having a nice weekend. My wife, my son, and I had a happy day today. We left our house in the late-morning to meet some friends at the "Festival of Nations" in Saint Paul, Minnesota. At the festival, we were able to eat all sorts of yummy foods from many different countries. The best thing that I ate was some tandoori chicken (Indian), Kazuko really enjoued some noodles (Chap-Jae) from Korea. We were

Reply to I love my mom... in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

It's like a "best mom" competition. Each entry can be made by anecdote. In the final analysis: Mom's always try to do what's best for the kids.

Reply to Crap called Rap and Heavy Metal... in Music JoeUser Forums

I would have read your article if it would have been written in paragraph-form.

There's a bunny in the yard. in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

Here is a bunny. I caught him on camera. He was enjoying his sun this morning. He is cute and all, but I sure hope that he doesn't end-up eating my garden.

How statistics may possibly be misleading. in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Background information: a two-month bus drivers' strike has recently ended in the Minneapolis/ Saint Paul Metro area. A headline on the front page of the (4/30/04) Minneapolis newspaper reads: "Police caution against making link to ridership. Some crime ebbed during strike ." In the article, we learn that the number of crime reports had fa

Reply to 10 Reasons to Blog at JU in Blogging JoeUser Forums

HEEEEEEY! Trinitie made a post. So much for self-imposed exile... Or did I promise I wouldn't mention that? Welcome back regardless.

Reply to Way oh -way -oh waaay oh way oh in Music JoeUser Forums

Yeah, I noticed that you were reading my blogs. Thanks. You reminded me of a bunch of "oldies but goodies." You know when Suzanna Hoffs started her solo career, it didn't really go anywhere. I was pretty surprised about that. She was definitely the main face of the Bangles. Have a nice day TrinaP

Reply to Ian Fleming's 007 books. in Misc JoeUser Forums

As far as I know, none of the Gardener books ever made it to the movies. As for the Fleming books: some of them are adhered-to more than others in the movies. ("Goldfinger" is pretty close, "For Your Eyes Only" is an anthology of short stories, so it is COMPLETELY different from the movie. "The Spy Who Loved Me" is completely different as well.) There are scenes from the book "Live and Let Die" that were played-out in the movies: "License

Reply to Marketing Idea for Diapers. in Misc JoeUser Forums

I don't think that cashiers would like to get coupons that were cut out from an extra-poopy diaper. Maybe sticker coupons would work. ...then again the babies would peel off the stickers and eat them.

Reply to Ebonics - language or bastardization? in Misc JoeUser Forums

I studied Linguistics a lot. It was a big part of the "Language Acquisition" part of my "Teaching Second Languages and Cultures" education in college. Lots of academics have studied Ebonics as a dialect. Compared to "Prescriptive English" (what we learn in grammar books,) Ebonics is very consistent in applying and following grammar rules. In a sense, it is more "logical" in structure than what some of us would consider to be "proper English

Reply to We saw a WWE house show in Saint Paul, Minnesota. in Sports & Leisure JoeUser Forums

I saw Kane vs. Matt Hardy. It was kind of a rotten match.

Reply to American Idol Results' Show. April 28, 2004. in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

Kurt Nilsson was fantastic. I had a chance to listen to some of his other stuff and I was really impressed. I am quite surprised that he hasn't had a chance to release a record in the US yet. (His song "Ebony" is pretty cool.) Guy didn't exactly shine on World Idol. I think that may have done a lot to temper his "push" worldwide. (You Australians really seem to love him though!)

American Idol Results' Show. April 28, 2004. in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

Click here for my most-current post! 205 The results' show is over. John, George, and Jasmine were in the bottom-three. This time John was mercifully voted-off. Regardless of the criticism from the judges, and quality of his performances, it took a positive comment from Simon on last night's show to finally get that poor kid eliminated. Next year if a similar situation arises, maybe we'll see Simon "gush" over a particularil

Reply to Vandals strike again! in Misc JoeUser Forums

That is one of the main things that I remember about when I lived in Minneapolis. I would get at least one parking ticket per month. Never towed though... You have to watch for those signs! I am sure that the lack of information (about temporary tow-away zones, etc.) is exceptionally harsh on non-English speakers.

American Idol April 27, 2004 in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

204 Hi there friends! Well, tonight's "American Idol" was interesting. The theme of tonight's show was "Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine." I must admit that I was a bit surprised by the theme. I didn't know that they had more than one hit song. Surprisingly however, I knew a lot of the songs that the contestants sang tonight. (It's kin

Marketing Idea for Diapers. in Misc JoeUser Forums

203 The other day as I was changing our baby's diapers, I had a thought. Our five month-old baby's diapers are decorated with images of Sesame Street characters, Barney, Mickey Mouse, and like that. I wonder whose benefit those pictures are for, the babies or the parents? Of course, the pictures are for the parents' benefit. <im