Welcome to the February 4, 2008 edition of best of me symphony. Enjoy the fine selection of posts below and make sure to spread the word.

Sholom Anarchy presents Stumping for Ron Paul again posted at Anarcho-Judaism.

SJ Yee presents The Best of RichGrad.com in 2007 posted at Personal Development for the Book Smart.

John Crenshaw presents Mindless Zombies Attack Will Smith, And Im Not Talking About His New Movie posted at Dominate Your Life, saying, “You may or may not have heard of the recent comments Will Smith made about Adolf Hitler in an interview with The Daily Record in the U.K., in which he said, Even Hitler didnt wake up going, let me do the most evil thing I can do today. I think he woke up in the morning and using a twisted, backwards logic, he set out to do what he thought was good. Stuff like that just needs reprogramming.”

TherapyDoc presents At the Check-out posted at Everyone Needs Therapy.

Nicole presents Bigoted Old People Can Teach You Great Lessons posted at Makeitbetter’s Weblog.

200motels presents The Declining Price of World Pussy posted at 200motels.net, saying, “Foreign hookers are GIVING it away!”

Madeleine Begun Kane presents May I Please Have Your Paw In Marriage? posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.

Ryan Du Bois presents the hits keep coming posted at the daily dub.

Ken Nubo presents How to write an article in 7 minutes posted at Ken Nubo, PUA extraordinaire and ranting buddhist..

Justin Duval presents www.darkgrin.com – Why You Choose to Get Angry posted at The Dark Grin, saying, “recognized in 2 other carnivals so far, probably my best writing on my site so far”

Tali presents THE NIGHT-CELL posted at Helium – Where Knowledge Rules, saying, “I’m trying to build up this character, while writing a few shorts, involving her. This is the first.”

Missy presents Monday Poetry Train (short story submission) posted at Incurable Disease of Writing, saying, “A fictional account on how different generations feel about an event.”

Bill presents Shocking Course Correction Secret Revealed posted at The Bubble Planner.

Karen Shanley presents The Steering Wheel posted at Karen Shanley.

Edith presents How to Stay Focused posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act., saying, “Are you distracted? Are you thinking about 3 things at the same time? Do you have more than 3 screens opened on your computer right now? If you said yes to any of the questions above, please stay focused here and read on.”

Life. Money. Development. presents 10 recommendations for fighting panic and stress posted at Life. Money. Development., saying, “Anti-stress tactics”

Avant News presents Bush Backs Investment Banker Bonus Bailout In Wake of Subprime Crisis posted at Avant News.

miriam sawyer presents A short history of the United States posted at miriam’s ideas.

Michael@TSM presents Travel Writing Contest! Win $150 Cash Prize | Traveling Stories Magazine posted at Traveling Stories Magazine.

Karen Shanley presents The Happy Box posted at Karen Shanley.

John Gillespie presents A Sensitivity to Things: Aversion to Violence posted at A Sensitivity to Things, saying, “An article submission for your upcoming blog carnival. Thanks.”

Alex Blackwell presents How Much is Too Much? posted at The Next 45 Years.

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A couple of other carnivals that might strike your fancy include Haveil Havalim and the Britblog one. Oh yes and there is a nice selection of tales over at the Storyblogging Carnival. Oh yes there is a new SNN with Mark Steyn.

Considering how many different groups there are on Facebook both anti and even pro Michael “Dog fighting” Vick it is no surprise that someone has made a site campaigning for sacking. Its has a round-up of petitions and other information in the campaign to get this guy kicked out of pro-football. What is involved with, which he claims to know nothing about, is a federal crime and considering how many dogs they found on his estate he should go away for a long time.

PAGANS have pledged to perform “rain magic” to wash away cartoon character Homer Simpson who was painted next to their famous fertility symbol – the Cerne Abbas giant.

The 17th century chalk outline of the naked, sexually aroused, club-wielding giant is believed by many to be a symbol of ancient spirituality.

Many couples also believe the 180ft giant, which is carved in the hillside above Cerne Abbas, Dorset, is an aid to fertility.

A giant 180ft Homer Simpson brandishing a doughnut was painted next to the well-endowed figure today in a publicity stunt to promote The Simpsons Movie released later this month.

The lads at b3ta have their own take on it. Warning: Possibly NSFW.

Another tie-in to the Simpsons movie: This game, where Homer (you, using the arrow keys) attempts to free his family by smashing a police car with a wrecking ball. In theory, anyway—the only thing I succeeded in smashing was Homer himself. Sound effects.

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As its July 4th week, there will be little in the form of round-ups. Britbloggers are unaffected by this holiday so have theirs up. There is a nice selection in this fortnight’s Storyblogging Carnival for fiction fans.

SNN have an interview with Nick Cohen in their latest edition.

Betwixt logistics and watching the appalling weather outside and in Boston. I have stumbled on a couple of good articles. One called The Silencing which deals the Islamic Society of Boston’s censoring tactics.

The other one is more fun and about a band who is getting somewhere using online promotion methods that I have tried with my band.

Here is the latest batch of tales from bloggers who write.

Elvis D presents 365Fiction & Beyond posted at 365fiction.

Elvis D presents Strange Date posted at 365fiction.

Pat gives us his excellent Almighty Father, strong to save

Small Things Come In Small Quanta A story about a struggling student.

Skwib presents The Skunk Incidentby John Sloan.

His Majesty presents More Vignettes posted at King of the Moment.

I hope you enjoyed these tales and please send your own in next time round.

Once you have your fill of these tales why not check out the Carnival of Vanities, Postie, SNN and Haviel Havalim.

Oh yes and pop over for a read of Marty’s latest set of reviews.

Well there is a rather unusual for host for the Britblog Carnival and one whose has gotten some flack for her fans for posting it. Carnival of Vanities is up for your consideration over with Silflay’s. Come back here for more carnivals that might catch my eye. If you want yours included here sent us an email. And there is a good SNN interview with Sandmonkey with some nice Martin “saying all Americans are morons is really funny” Brigstocke bashing from Brian.

First of all there is a new SNN. There is a great JCast podcast with an interesting piece on the Israeli entry to Eurovision. As always there are doggy /archives/006560.html”>links for canine lovers. And, we have the round-up for Britbloggers at Liberal England. They are few but quality, the Storyblogging Carnival.

Do you disagree with sudden withdrawl from Iraq? Well this PAC wants you to help oppose those who do.

Oh yes, me ole’ rock mucker Mitch Benn has got a create song mocking John Lennon’s ghastyly dirge ‘Imagine, on this week’s Now Show. There are some who consider this blaphemy in extremis, although it has to be said it would not number any libertarians among that group.

A new web listing service where you literally get what you pay for. Its called Big Web Links Directory and it allows you to do all kinds of things to your link to make sure you get as high a listing as you want. This gives sites that are newer a chance to get noticed as soon as they exist. Head over and take a look…see if its the right thing for your site. This post is sponsored.

A fairly short BOMs this week but all worthwhile none the less. Enjoy the dusty goodness.

Mad Kane sends us False Alarm.

Rajesh.P.I presents Hugging Saint posted at Let the sunshine in.

SteveO presents What Thomas Jefferson Learned from the Muslim Book of Jihad posted at Acme Anvil Co..

Send us your stuff next week. I prefer you use Blogcarnival but I will accept it any way.

Oh yes and not related but I thought I would sneak it in..the Watchers Council is looking for a new member.

Here are a few more interesting links for yer eyeballs. First of all we have Haveil Havalim and then Britblog in mercenary digs. This carnival is going to the dogs…deliberately. Here is the newest Storyblogging one as well.

Oh and there is a spring limerick contest @ Mad Kane’s.

SNN this week has the first part of their interview with former-Muslim/Allahpundit responsible for House of Apostasy.

The Carnival of the Dogs is first up quickly followed by Haveil Havalim.

And there is a new set of tales in the weekly challenge mine didn’t manage to make it in time. SNN, sans Brian of London but with Laurence, has an interesting interview with someone who has riled the left and Islamists of Australia.

There is a Britblog round-up at Poons. Silfay has the newest CoTV. There is the Carnival of the Welsh bloggers to enjoy.

Oh yes and we have a nice daft quiz. This one rather shocked me it has to be said.

What Famous Leader Are You?
personality tests by similarminds.com

Via: Simply Jews

Oh speaking of Jews, there is this little bit of info from Nice. It seems they have retained their bans on Jews living in certain areas.

One more quiz via < href="http://graymonk.mu.nu/">Grey Monk:

My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is: Emperor Andrew Ian the Wholesome of Chalmondley Chumleyton Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title

Gangsta colouring book pulled by TopShop. Can’t think why…

First of all Tim links to this challenge and I duly oblige. As with Tim I will let you perfuse my archive to see what I got wrong.

Good interview with Presidential Candidate Tom Tancredo at Elliotblog.

Mediankritik has found yet another attempt by Stern to create a violent trend in the US that actually doesn’t exist. Curiously others have pointed that the actual violent crime rate in the US has gone down, one wonders how well they German’s are doing at keeping their crime in check.

Speaking of Germans and their history, AgentAzure explains why he is at the horns of dilemma over Holocaust Denial laws that exist in certain countries with a penchant for genocide.

Speaking of all things Islamist, there is a rather good, SNN this week. There is a bloke from the Hudson Institute slagging off bloggers which might get some good replys. Oh yes and Tom Paine has a good go at Dean Esmay and his Buckley complex.

On a much lighter not I have yet another tale in the weekly challenge. Your ears and votes would be much appreciated.

There is a Storyblogging Carnival up for some sheer escapism. And, of course, a COTV for those in search more links.

Finally there is some really sad news…a leading light in the No2ID and an occasional commenter Chris Lightfoot has died.

Care of the lovely people at Carol Cil. The site will have a bit of tweaking over the next few days so be aware. I do rather like the new look as it has quite a bit of gravitas methinks.

Oh yes and a few other things. Another week, another challenge this time on a steaming pile. There is another dog carnival for those who are fans of the canine. Naturally Tim rounds up the Britblogs.

Someone has a deathwish you might think? Well it seems organising a marathon will get you killed in Pakistan as will flying a kite.

Oh and I know someone in This is England (hint he is going to be my brother-in-law)...check out the film trailer.

Lagwolf & Lair show goes live at 8pm/3st tonight via this link. Come join us for a bit of liberty and freedom chat on a winter’s Sunday evening. And, of course, Laurence & I are doing a lecture in Second Life at the Unconference at midnight UK time.

Tim is out of gate first with his britblogger round-up. Posties are getting in on the carnical act with their own.

Meanwhile Kesher Talk has an interesting insight to the Christian Zionist movement. Let’s just say that Judith is a less than impressed.

David has a nice comparison to the treatment of Saddam to that Honecker over at Medienkritik.

Paranoia…self destroya Lebanon style. Of course, you can read all about Davos over at Davos Conversation. Oh yes and the BBC is doing a bit of censoring of `their discussion groups

Oh yes and Laurence has made the finals of the Podcast Pickle contest…listen to his plea for your mate.

And if you are voting, how about popping over and give a listen and a vote for my latest challenge piece: this piece features the talent of Kim with me.

If you want to read some music reviews head over to Marty’s Musical Meltdown.

First up there is a place open on the Watchers Council do you think you are hard enough to take the challenge and become a watcher? Tim Worstall has the Britbloggers round-up for your perusal and the Dogs are howling for another week.

The Lagwolf & Lair show was the best yet last night both technically and professionally. Lair & I did a 30 minute sketch featuring a world leader from another planet. We also had a good chat with Second Life entreprenuer Interlib, who also runs the International Libertarian site. Many thanks to Jason for another good job of producing the show.

This week I am doing another appearance on 18 Doughty Street from 10-12 this Wednesday.

Oh yes and this Sunday in addition to the Lagwolf & Lair show…Lagwolf & Lair are delivering lecture in Second Life next Sunday at 4 est at the PodCamp Unconference. Or as we put it in the program.

Lagwolf and Lair (Lagwolf Gloucester and Crap Mariner) – Demonstration of power of Skypecasting for live events and comedy pieces, expanding the interview format, archiving Skypecasts as podcasts, collaborative tools for trans-Atlantic projects, etc.

And those of you that were listening to last night’s show might be interested in the site mentioned by interlib about the SL terrorist organisation Patriotic Nigras in the Encyclopedia Dramatica.

Shire News Network has an interview with Mark Steyn that is in two parts over the next two weeks. Marty’s review of Steyn’s book can be found here.

My colleague on the Lagwolf & Lair and fellow ex-SNNer Laurence has made the 5th round of the Podcast Pickle story contest. Go have a listen and then Vote Lair.

Oh yes and there is a new Haveil Havalim.

The dogs have their day as do those of us who are Britbloggers. Those guys over at the Adam Smith Blog have their own link fest of things that catch their eye. For something completely different why not head over to the Haveil Havalim the Jewish carnival. Then there is the Postie carnival.

And, of course, there SNN who have got off their arses and done a new episode.

I have published my first piece over at Agoravox just to see what its like.

Another week, another BOMS and I have to say there is a better response than last week. I suspect people are getting out of their post-NYE malaise and getting back to it.

Zendo Deb presents Arrested Twice and Released Twice in the Same Day posted at TFS Magnum.

John presents A DC Birding Blog: Tupelo posted at A DC Birding Blog.

Jim presents Requesting Credit Line Increases posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.

Jane Chin presents Your Crucial Key To Success posted at On Careers and Life.

Dad presents Don’t Let Your Kids Get Ahold of Your Checkbook posted at raising4boys.com.

Nickel presents My Best and Worst Money Moves posted at fivecentnickel.com.

Ask General Kang: If we have love in a time of cholera, what if do we do we have in a time of bird flu?

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Tow Guy Blues posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.

Desire Hendricks presents A Conservatory of One: Exploring the Writing Craft & Life: Writing, War and Conscience posted at A Conservatory of One: Exploring the Writing Craft & Life.

Not that big a collection but all worthy nonetheless. Thanks to all who have sent in their contributions. See you next week.

Just because its the dead space between the two holidays does not mean that the various link fests are not still ongoing. The latest Carnival of the Vanities is up as well as the latest Carnival of the Dogs. You can always head over and have a listen to the latest Dodging Reality (on iTunes) or via its iWeb page. There is still stuff out there in this normally rather dead time of the year if you know where to look. Lagwolf & Lair show will return the first Sunday of the new year.

You go to San Diego, forget you have to drive, get hammered and drive home only to get busted. Wouldn’t it be good to know a DUI attorney in the area? This San Diego DUI Lawyer even has helpful tips on his site for what to say or do when it happens. And the advice on his site is free, not exactly something that happens too often when involving a lawyer. So head over and check him out…hopefully reminding yourself that you should never need him.

Tim has his collection from Britbloggers as does those who love dogs and guns.

This week’s BOMs is up Owners Manual. The gun lovers have got their Carnival going well at Gullyborg. But first off the block is Tim with his Britblogger round-up.

Doc Rampage hosts the storyblogging carnival... he has requested that I write a few longer tales.

CoTV is up at Spooky Action; the last before new rules are coming into force.

And Dissident Frogman has an interesting piece about a French warmonger.

Here’s an easy way to add a fully-functional Google map to your blog or webpage. Why you would want to do that I don’t know. It’s your blog, after all, and one day you’ll have to answer to your spouse and/or God about it.

Click here, then on the red WikiMapia button at the upper right of the page, then on the “Map on
your page” dropdown option. A box will appear that you can drag to the location that
you want (you can zoom in to the maximum resolution and also resize the borders to
whatever rectangular shape you like). Cut and paste the HTML code into your page and there you go.

It’s unnatural, I tell you. If we were meant to study roofs from such a height, we
would have been equipped with stilts.
Warning: Music and sound effects. It’s a quite large QuickTime file, so you might want to let it buffer for a few seconds before clicking the Play button.

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http://www.mesotheliomamedical.com is a site full of resources for those with Mesothelioma a form of cancer.

Mesothelioma is a form of cancer that develops in the tissues of cells that line the lungs, heart and stomach.

If you are into tanning then Future Industries have all that you will need from Tanning Beds to even Swedish tanning supplies. Go check em’ out if like a bit of bronze in your life.

This commercial for American Express, featuring Andy Roddick, is from a while ago judging by the comments on the YouTube forum. However, it’s just appeared on Canadian TV, in support of the Rogers Cup next month in Toronto. Pretty imaginative, if I do say:

Or you can play it as a game (press the keyboard “3” key for the 3D version).

Or you might remember this from a few days ago. The same guy gave Pong the pixilation treatment. (Yes, yes, he should have had the “paddles” on the sides, moving up and down, with the “ball” travelling horizontally. But he didn’t. Flip your monitor on its side if you’re such a purist.)

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First of all the Society of Individual Freedom’s latest PDF mag is out.

FTTW is about to have the final between the best of Punk of the decades.

Tim’s hosts the Britbloggers for this week. And there is a collection of Best of at Owner’s Manual. Spank the Monkey hosts the Carnival of Cordite. We got a Storyblogging Carnival for you as well. Carnival of the Vanities appears for the week over at Accidental Verbosity. Its the Acidman Memorial Edition.

Oh and Pagans need to represented too.

There is an SNN up for the week hosted by Dodging Reality alum Brian of London.

Dissident Frogman is back and has a few things to say about Israel.

I tell you, this same-sex marriage thing is getting out of control. Warning: Music.

After that, I wouldn’t be surprised if God Himself punished this blog with a plague of meteors.

Invoke your own Biblical wrath here.

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in the town where I was born
lived a man who sailed to sea
and he told us of his life
in the land of submarines

“target=”new”>the beatles

There doesn’t seem to be much of a point to this, but it is beautifully done. There’s a (somewhat yellowish) submarine and two islands and some sea creatures, and no secret passages or magic buttons that I can find.

So I’m guessing that it’s just a one-off project by some flash programmer exercising his chops.

Showoff.

(Note: There’s music and regular sonar “pings,” which may not be suitable for your office. Unless you work in an office equipped with sonar, like, say, in a submarine, in which case probably nobody will notice.)

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If I had epilepsy, I wouldn’t be clicking on this. I’m just sayin’.

After that, you might want to relax with this, which is a Tetris-like game with one of those confusing dimensions removed. I think that with enough patience, you should be able to rack up some truly impressive scores.

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Theory.

Practice.

Penance.

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