Or "Adventures In Google Chumming".

It seems like forever ago that - just for shits 'n giggles - I posted this pic, which came from some Hollywood premiere:

Guess what I named the .jpg file? "Bad Girl". Makes sense, huh?

Well, since then it's THE number one Google Image search hit for "bad girl". Of course, wouldn't you know it brings them to by old site on BlogSnot.

And the most interesting part is that the vast majority of the searches come from Europe and the Middle East. Those dirty dogs!

And thanks to Steve the Llama Butcher for enlightening me to the term "google chumming". Of course, he is the google chum king.

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1 Ha ha...I get many hits per day for the "How about a nice cup of shut the f**k up?" pic. From all over the world!

Posted by: GroovyVic at November 29, 2005 07:52 PM (Jf+ho)

2 Yeah, silly me, I uploaded my first Melissa Theuriau picture as "Melissa Theuriau Yasser Arafat naked." Traffic followed like Oliver Willis on the Crisco Factory Tour. We also get a nice bit of traffic from ISPs in Riyadh who google us up for "Arab Gay Personals" That will teach Rob to blog about his hobbies...

Posted by: Steve the LLamabutcher at November 30, 2005 02:32 PM (c5Jw4)

3 You found this pic and didn't send it to me? I'm a sad panda.

Posted by: V the K at November 30, 2005 02:52 PM (q/kmn)

4 Never too late...By all means, swipe it! I've also gotten hits a plenty from those searching "bad" and "girl on girl". Strangely enough, many of them from Tehran. Hmmmm.

Posted by: Gary at November 30, 2005 04:36 PM (QoxB+)

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I don't have a whole lot of use for politicians in Connecticut - Democrat or Republican. But as I've said before I'm proud to be represented by Sen. Joe Lieberman in the U.S. Senate.

Lieberman just returned from his fourth trip to Iraq and reports on the success story of the Iraqi people in their quest to reclaim their country. Successes that are so often ignored by the MSM and lied about by his fellow Democrats. In an Op-Ed today in the Wall Street Journal's OpinionJournal.com, he lays out the case for staying the course, something that will no doubt earn him further scorn by Democrats.

In the face of terrorist threats and escalating violence, eight million Iraqis voted for their interim national government in January, almost 10 million participated in the referendum on their new constitution in October, and even more than that are expected to vote in the elections for a full-term government on Dec. 15. Every time the 27 million Iraqis have been given the chance since Saddam was overthrown, they have voted for self-government and hope over the violence and hatred the 10,000 terrorists offer them. Most encouraging has been the behavior of the Sunni community, which, when disappointed by the proposed constitution, registered to vote and went to the polls instead of taking up arms and going to the streets. Last week, I was thrilled to see a vigorous political campaign, and a large number of independent television stations and newspapers covering it.

None of these remarkable changes would have happened without the coalition forces led by the U.S. And, I am convinced, almost all of the progress in Iraq and throughout the Middle East will be lost if those forces are withdrawn faster than the Iraqi military is capable of securing the country.

The leaders of Iraq's duly elected government understand this, and they asked me for reassurance about America's commitment. The question is whether the American people and enough of their representatives in Congress from both parties understand this. I am disappointed by Democrats who are more focused on how President Bush took America into the war in Iraq almost three years ago, and by Republicans who are more worried about whether the war will bring them down in next November's elections, than they are concerned about how we continue the progress in Iraq in the months and years ahead.

Here is an ironic finding I brought back from Iraq. While U.S. public opinion polls show serious declines in support for the war and increasing pessimism about how it will end, polls conducted by Iraqis for Iraqi universities show increasing optimism. Two-thirds say they are better off than they were under Saddam, and a resounding 82% are confident their lives in Iraq will be better a year from now than they are today. What a colossal mistake it would be for America's bipartisan political leadership to choose this moment in history to lose its will and, in the famous phrase, to seize defeat from the jaws of the coming victory.

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The Two Towers, Book Four, Chapter Five is posted (with a little Peter Jackson controversy added for good measure),

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OK, I'm a big fan of John Cusack's work going back to The Sure Thing. So I'll take the following with a grain of salt:

On being attacked from the right as a Hollywood liberal: "So maybe I'm smug, and maybe the Democrats are petty. Maybe you're right. But you're ordering people to their deaths. How are those two things comparable?"

"Two brothers... One speaks no English, the other learned English from watching "The Wide World of Sports." So you tell me... Which is better, speaking no English at all, or speaking Howard Cosell?"

h/t: KLO @ The Corner

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David of IsReallyCool.com gives the lowdown of a film inspired by the writings of blogger Michael Yon that will portray the heroism of U.S. Soldiers in Iraq. And it will star my favorite Action Movie actor, Bruce Willis.

The film will depict the exploits of the heavily-decorated Deuce Four (1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Division) in Mosul. Willis will play Lieutenant-Colonel Erik Kurilla. Michael Yon's post of the homecoming banquet for these soldiers is here. Willis, who was in attendance at the ball, gave a speech praising the work of our military and expressed frustration at the negative way Hollywood usually presents them.

It's great to see guys like Bruce Willis using their box-office clout to help bring a film like this to fruition.

h/t: Ace

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If there was ever a person who grossly overestimated their own noteriety, it's this gal:

Cindy Sheehan waited this past Saturday for the crowds of supporters to come out to her camp in Texas and have her autograph copies of her book. It was a long wait. They didn't come.

This woman, who jumped the shark weeks ago, still holds on to the hope that she will be the spark that ignites the fire of an anti-war uprising the likes of which this country hasn't seen since the 1970's. In doing so, she has made a fool of herself. She has alienated her family. She has driven away her husband. And all the Left-wing nutjobs that she thought were her friends have squeezed the last bit of anti-Bush propaganda out of her and tossed her into the trashcan like an empty tube of toothpaste.

Now she has nobody, except for two guys with cameras who showed up for the free coffee and donuts.

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This week's Carnival of the RINO's is up at Don Surber's site.

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Well, the day got off to a rousing start when the family and I loaded up the Tactical Urban Assault Vehicle minivan and headed across the state to my in-laws' neck of the woods. Our mission: to go out and get our Festivus Pole Christmas Tree.

After canvassing the entire tree farm we finally stalked and killed our very own tree, as seen here with Ryan (holding the saw) and Justin (in the background).

We stopped at my brother-in-law's place for hot chocolate all around. Then we hauled it back to the homestead where I proceeded to wrestle with said tree until I could get it to stand up on its own while still looking somewhat straight from at least one side. The needles of a Blue Spruce are not to be taken lightly and my hands and arms are covered in red dots from where I was stuck by those little sap-laden buggers.

To make the day complete, I got a call from my sister-in-law in Atlanta who informed me that, if I wasn't watching the Giants game, I should turn on the TV as it had just gone into overtime. She warned me that being as the game was in the hands (and feet) of our kicker Jay Feely, the Giants didn't have a prayer because, well, he SUCKS. She should know because Feely used to be on the Falcons. Sure enough, he blew it and the Giants choked it in almost exactly the same fashion as the Cowboys had only three days before.

Now next week's game is basically for the division. With Dallas and New York both tied at 7-4 (and Dallas having won the first meeting), if the Giants lose next week they can pretty much hand the division title to the Cowboys right then and there.

Now I need to go pick dead fallen needles out of my living room carpet. Grrrrrr.

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Gary hasn't called me once since he's been posting those Melissa Theuriau pictures. Sigh.

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1 "Looks like I'll have to pay her off after all. Sigh."

Posted by: Georgia Girl at November 26, 2005 10:51 PM (M2L+3)

2 Diane Lane is the best.

Posted by: justin Kreutzmann at November 29, 2005 02:20 AM (FWh9T)

3 You're not really going to stop the Diane Lane pics, right? Thats my favotire part of the blog!

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The Two Towers, Book Four, Chapter Four is posted.

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Islamofascist Bastards Attack U.S. Toy Giveway:

A suicide attacker steered a car packed with explosives toward U.S. soldiers giving away toys to children outside a hospital in central Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 31 people. Almost all of the victims were women and children, police said.

h/t: The Corner

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I'm halfway between impressed and appalled at this one. Here's a guy who is Master of Qigong, an "ancient Chinese art of moving and breathing to increase energy". Specifically, Master Tu Jin-Sheng is best known for his Iron Crotch branch of Qigong.

The guy pulled a pick-up truck with his johnson.

A documentary film director and producer from London were on hand to shoot the jaw-dropping feat for a three-part series called Penis Envy, scheduled to air next year on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. Footage from the truck pull will be used for the series piece on building the perfect penis.

Hes very special. Powerful. Superman, said an awe-struck Shawnee Wang, who studies Qigong with Jin-Sheng at his gym in Cupertino. I just came here to watch my master perform.

Jin-Sheng, the grandmaster of Iron Crotch, a branch of Qigong also known as 99 Qigong, is said to have 60,000 followers worldwide. Its practitioners are known to lift hundreds of pounds with their genitals to increase energy and sexual performance. One of Jin-Shengs most famous students, a 70-year-old man in Taiwan, is said to have lifted more than 660 pounds with his penis. The grandmaster teaches Iron Crotch and Qigong in Fremont and Cupertino.

Jin-Shengs performance drew a hearty applause (and only a few gasps) from the sparse crowd. He wrapped a piece of fabric around his waist to conceal his genitals from the crowd, but in the heat of the second truck pull, when he tied the cloth around his testicles only, it was pushed aside to reveal a ball of flesh that looked ready to burst.

Jin-Sheng wiped the sweat from his brow after the show and said through an interpreter that he felt comfortable and warm.

When asked if he was in any pain, he laughed.

And how does this fellow get himself "warmed up" for such an exercise? He has one of his students give him a swift kick to the nuts.

I'm speechless. My five-year old accidently whacks me in the old bait and tackle and I cry like a baby.

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Chokin' it up in overtime. Giants lead the NFC East.

My only question is why the hell didn't Ron Dayne bust a run like that when he played for the Giants?

On a personal note, I brought home more turkey leftovers tonight than I have from any other Thanksgiving - ever! Whoo-Hoo!

Now the Mrs. wants me to sit through "Cold Mountain". And my 9-year old gets to watch Star Wars: A New Hope on DVD. Damn.

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1 I was watching the game when that 250lb monster started huffing down the gridiron. I said to my dad, if they dont try to make a field-goal they deserve to loose. They booted it on a first down. Smart, never risk a turnover for a few points.

Posted by: mdmhvonpa at November 24, 2005 11:07 PM (K5MD3)

2 "Dear Gary", do I think your blog is funny and clever? In fact, more often than not I do. Do you I share your tastes? Some I certainly do: take Diane Lane (not literally), who I think is most enchanting, and then there's The Lord of the Rings, which I absolutely love (both the books and the films I've enjoyed many times). Albeit that your blog is entertaining and all that, here's something that you need to hear: you use a lot of words, and you have a lot of attitude, both of which you direly need indeed to mask your lack of moral depth, to cover the abyss that your value-system has become, and wherefrom, instead of profound, heart-felt humanity and empathy, emenates the Nothingness that is the scentless, tasteless drug of Modern Man, who is a slave of ignorance, and therefore, of Evil (yes, I like big words too, just like George W.). I don't think you're personally evil, that's not my point, but judging from the way you defend the Bush Doctrine and its global fall-out you have chosen to blatantly ignore the gruesome facts that Republican America apparently only needed a few excuses to start killing thousands of innocent people and torturing of prisoners of war, of which many are innocent too, to mention but two of the countless reasons why the Republicans, needing only a few excuses and little time to become dangerously indifferent to the intertwined fates of historical fact and political ethics, are hypocrits that are totally unfit to represent, let alone defend, any moral values that can be considered worthwhile by intelligent people, meaning people that are responsible and brave enough to engage in independent critical thought processes. I am glad that you don't use the name of Gandalf anymore, for how far you'd fall behind, or more probably betray The Fellowship of the Ring, which was on a quest to destroy the very things that you defend. Let's continue this metaphor, as you're so fond of them... Bush's vision of the world is not from a Gandalf-perspective, it's from a Sauron-perspective, and like a New World Ork, his loyalties are Mordor-bound. In the language of Doom: "Be with us or be against us"; who's "us"? The world is a big place, "Gary", so where does it end, this "War on Terror", this "justifiable war", this "war to end all wars"? Rethorical question, of course, so don't bother. War = terror. Read some real history books, for God's sake, and reconsider your points of view. My father actually was in a (Japanese) prison-camp, as a boy in WWII, and what he innocently went through, gradually destroyed his spirit, which obviously profoundly affected me also; that is a true example of the reach of historical fact that should be thoroughly considered, before claiming rights on the crown of moral authority. J.P.S., Ex-Ignoramus

Posted by: J.P. Scheffer at November 25, 2005 12:49 AM (pcpAb)

3 "Albeit that your blog is entertaining and all that, here's something that you need to hear: you use a lot of words, and you have a lot of attitude, both of which you direly need indeed to mask your lack of moral depth, to cover the abyss that your value-system has become, and wherefrom, instead of profound, heart-felt humanity and empathy, emenates the Nothingness that is the scentless, tasteless drug of Modern Man, who is a slave of ignorance, and therefore, of Evil (yes, I like big words too, just like George W.)." Do you talk like this in real life? Sounds to me more like you've been "profoundly affected" by getting your ass kicked and your lunch money stolen too many times.

Posted by: Gary at November 25, 2005 07:05 AM (0eYgQ)

4 No, I don't talk like this in real life, and it isn't "talking" but "writing", a form of expression that some people use to communicate complex thoughts and ideas, and I was stupid enough to communicate them to someone who has no idea what "real life" is, though through the small percentage of your intellectual faculties that you use you make yourself believe that your version of it actually is. And I thought I was sad.

Posted by: Jan-Peter Scheffer at November 25, 2005 08:33 AM (pcpAb)

5 Well, it comes across more as "whining" than anything else. Your tone is too pedantic and pretentious to take seriously. And yes, you are sad. See, we agree on something.

Posted by: Gary at November 25, 2005 09:24 AM (0eYgQ)

6 Jeez, dude. Someone kick sand in your face??

Posted by: MCPO Airdale at November 25, 2005 05:13 PM (WOQ34)

7 Hell no, I'm enjoying this. I think I may have made that guy cry.

Posted by: Gary at November 25, 2005 05:16 PM (0eYgQ)

8 Hey! Jan-Peter! Nobody's making you come here. DON'T READ THE BLOG! Get your own. Have a nice day, .....Dan

Posted by: Dan at November 25, 2005 05:38 PM (eAUyf)

9 Hey Dan. You know these trolls? :confused:

Posted by: Gary at November 25, 2005 06:01 PM (0eYgQ)

10 Thank God, no! Although they're along the same vein as the gambling trollers that hit my blog -- useless leeches that are not willing to contribute back to society. I find it ironic that I am commenting on a post that commemorates my Boys' loss. We have a kicker for sale. Anyone wanna trade? We would've won the game if he'da made that field goal. Putz! Cheers, Gary!

Posted by: Dan at November 25, 2005 06:10 PM (eAUyf)

11 For the life of me I can't figure out why I get left-wingers reading this blog and coming back day after day. This guy remembers when I used to have a "handle" instead using my first name. That was ages ago. I only thing I can figure is that they come here looking for a little levity. Ever read a Liberal blog? Some of the most humorless people I've ever encountered. And they take themselves so freaking seriously it makes my hair hurt. If I run into a moonbat site, I just move along. What's the point?

Posted by: Gary at November 25, 2005 06:17 PM (0eYgQ)

12 Exactly! We don't force our viewpoints in their arenas. Let 'em believe what they want to believe. However, they feel "enlightened" and licensed to shove their drivel outside of their turf. And then get their panties in a wad when some kind of resistence is shown. I say grow up or move on. There sure are more important things in life. Keep the faith, Gary!

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Best wishes to you and yours. The author is busy eating, drinking and watching football. There will probably be no other posting to...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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Dan at A Slower Pace alerts me to this site where you can type up a message to our men and women serving overseas, via "Operation Dear Abby".

Before you head off to wherever you're going today or before you get too involved in preparing your own meal, head on over and send a message of support and thanks (and don't wait too long, after all Thanksgiving is almost over on that side of the world!)

And spread the word to family and friends. The link is here: http://anyservicemember.navy.mil/

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1 Happy Thanksgiving Ex-Donkey!

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I woke up this morning to the sound of $30 bucks going out the window. You know what that sounds like? Like a pick-up truck with a plow attached to the front weaving in and out of my driveway.

The last time it snowed on Thanksgiving was the winter of 1995-96. And that winter was a BITCH. They're saying that this year will be just as bad.

Super.

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Or "Being Surrounded By Donkeys On Thanksgiving".

Many of us who are Conservatives and/or Republicans and live in "Blue States" will be going to visit relatives tomorrow. And many of us will come into contact with relatives who are Liberals and/or Democrats openly hostile to President Bush, the war or the GOP in general.

more...

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And Michael Yon posts a whole bunch of 'em in this photo essay from Iraq.

h/t: Vodkapundit

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You have to unlearn what you have learned and answer honestly. Very tough.

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The Two Towers, Book Four, Chapter Three is posted.

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