Excellent question! I wish I could help. I try to guage my neighbors by walking around wearing my shirt with the below logo. My friend Jonathan got it for me as a goodbye gift — even though he was the one who was leaving! Anyway, when your neighbors see you in this shirt and run away, that is a pretty good sign that they might be raptors. Also, it is currently up for debate as to whether or not raptors can pick locks. So be careful.
You might have read about the man who tried to pay a bill with a drawing of a spider: http://www.27bslash6.com/overdue.html. When I read a news article about this, I immediately fell in love with David Thorne’s sense of humor. I began to read his website, and the more I read, the more I loved David.
Use the left nav to go through the entries David has written. I’ve got some favorites, like http://www.27bslash6.com/jason.html.
People like David Thorne make me happy the intertubes exist. Thanks, Al Gore!
The best “first dance” ever. The fun starts at 1:32 and it just keeps getting better. Enjoy!
http://video.aol.com/video/comedy-evolution-of-the-wedding-dance/2147896
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/050108dnmetbillion.b623795f.html
Dumbest guy ever!
My comments:
1. $360 BILLION? Really?? You want to try and cash a check for more money than the United States itself has as a whole. Okay. (exaggeration to prove point)
2. Do you even realize how much money a billion actually is? Much less 360 of them? Why not try cashing fake checks at, let’s say, $1,000 and working our way up from there? Oh, because $360,000,000,000 is exactly what one needs to start up a music company. I forgot.
3. “…and when the bank contacted the check owner, the woman said she did not write a check for $360 billion.”
Didn’t she now?
4. “Mr. Fuller was also accused of unlawful carrying of a weapon and possession of marijuana.”
Exactly what one takes along when trying to cash a multi-billion dollar check. It’s the perfect crime!
5. $360,000,000,000!!!!!
As far as we know, bears in french isn’t ducks. . .
I am the proudest big sister of all time. My brilliant little brother is publicly recognized for the computer genius he is. Listen to him sharing his expertise on a podcast (he starts at about 38 minutes and goes through the end): http://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showNum=316.
Matt Matt discusses MSDN Code Gallery and his time as a baby intern at Microsoft. He is mucho funnies.
And as if I couldn’t possibly be prouder, the top blogger at Microsoft wrote about my boy! Read this short and very sweet entry right here: http://blogs.msdn.com/saraford/archive/2008/02/20/matt-my-dev-on-dotnetrocks.aspx
If you ever want to read more about Matt’s work and computer interests, read his blog. It’s really interesting and extremely helpful to web developers: http://blogs.msdn.com/matt/
Here is a picture of the cute one:
I was looking for instances of this blog in a Google search of “IHOP RULES” when I came across this gem of an article:
http://www.hotelstravel.com/news/20071206-001.html
That’s right, kids — IHOP is political!
The hilarity of the article can be best surmised by this AIM conversation between Mallory and myself:
Mallories4
do they think that people just sit and eat pancakes all day???
Dori
and will have to choose between pancakes and voting!
Mallories4
i like to sit inside the voting booth for at least 5 hours to make sure i make the right choice
and then i fast
for the rest of the day
just to make sure my vote sticks
it truly is a political/pancake conundrum
Dori
IHOP is doing what they have to do
so people dont wander aimlessly on national pancake/voting day
between IHOP and the nearest voting booth
unable to decide
or cope with the pressure
Mallories4
oooh the solution:
VOTING IN IHOP
same place
right in the booth
you draw a curtain around you
vote
get some pancakes
Dori
OR bringing free pancakes to the booths as an incentive for voting!
Mallories4
haha that’s a good idea too
or do both
that way, you catch both crowds
they don’t get a choice
the best part is they are not concerned with low pancake turnout…they think that pancakes will keep people from voting somehow
seriously, what these higher-ups in the government thinking when they get these letters
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And there you have it. So when election/national pancake day comes around this February, I implore you to make your decision wisely. But don’t forget, this is your CHOICE. Don’t let the gravitating draw of the voting booth pull you away from FREE PANCAKES — as tempting as that booth might be.
I find it absolutely fascinating to look at the stats of this blag and see what people are typing into search engines that lead them right here.
Of course a bunch of you google “Dori Manela” — which makes me wonder who googles me and why! I wish I knew! Some google “Dori Manela blog” — aww you guys are looking for this! One googled “Baruch college sucks” (and found my blog, love it) and another, “My roomate Dori” (roommate spelled like that) Who’s roommate is Dori and why are you googling that phrase — what did you expect to find?
Anyway, I wanted to touch on a VERY ALARMING SEARCH that led to me. Now, anyone who knows me knows that I absolutely, positively adore IHOP. I have always preferred breakfast foods to all others, and IHOP is just delicious. They have so many types of pancakes that are all delicious and lots of yummy syrup flavors! Plus, everything you order comes WITH pancakes — so you never have to choose between an omelette or pancakes, because you get both!
Anyway, I was very hurt to find that some asshole found my blog by typing in the search phrase “IHOP sucks.” Yeah, yeah, I know that exact phrase DOES appear in this blog (quoting someone else who had said it) — but I am the #8 search result for “IHOP sucks”! Nooooo!! I should be #1 for “IHOP RULES” and “IHOP IS THE BEST EVER.” So next time someone searches “IHOP sucks” I hope they see this entry and see that I LOVE IHOP. I tend not to get along well with people who don’t like IHOP. In fact, I can think of a couple of people who’s entire friendship with me is based solely on a shared love of IHOP. It brings people together.
Anyway, to keep this list going. Not gonna go through them all, just a couple of my favorites. One person searched “why the us is better than england” and got me. And 2 of my most favorite people I’ve never met and never will meet found me by googling “xkcds” — YES!!! I am #2 in xkcds! Randall Munroe, if you are reading this. . .please love me.
I’d like to end this entry by trying to bring up my result in “IHOP rules” — which I will officially work into every entry I write going forward. So…
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