Archive for May 6th, 2004

Disney Stops Miramax From Releasing Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 911″

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Hat tip to Common Sense and Wonder
Here’s a nice collection of sniglets.
For those who don’t know what sniglets are: they are words which don’t
exist but should. The term sniglet was originally coined by comedian
Rich Hall, but the idea is much older. One of my favorites,
unfortunately I don’t remember the word itself, but the definition was
“The [...]

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Since
the Continental Congress sat in Philadelphia, America has, from time to
time, set aside a national day of prayer. Under a law signed by
President Ronald Reagan, that day comes every year on the first
Thursday in May. Today, in our Nation’s Capital and around the country,
we pause to acknowledge our reliance on almighty God, to join in
gratitude [...]

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John “Waffles” Kerry served in Viet Nam and more in Thursday’s QuickLinks.

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I knew my first name is fairly common.
Jason is the #24 most common male name. 0.66% of men in the US are named Jason. Around 808500 US men are named Jason! source namestatistics.com
However, I found this statistic to be rather odd.
Jason is the #2512 most common female name. 0.002% of females in
the US are named [...]

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