Elvis crowned at Irish goat festival (Reuters)

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Weeds got yer goat? Try, uh, a goat
(USATODAY.com)

Weeds got yer goat? Try, uh, a goat
(USATODAY.com) 06/09/2004 05:51 AM
USATODAY.com - The perennial pepperweed is an attractive plant with dainty white flowers. But it chokes everything in its path, even trees. And in California, it grows everywhere. It may have one natural enemy - goats.

Customs Gets Tribeswoman's Goat
(Reuters)

Customs Gets Tribeswoman's Goat
(Reuters) 03/08/2004 11:25 PM
Reuters - A Gambian tribeswoman has been arrested at a London airport with her bags crammed with illegal snails, catfish and goat meat.

Give a Goat for Christmas (Reuters)

Give a Goat for Christmas (Reuters) 12/24/2004 01:13 PM
Reuters - Looking for a last minute Christmas gift? Think goat!

Gatwick customs gets tribeswoman's goat
(Reuters)

Gatwick customs gets tribeswoman's goat
(Reuters) 03/08/2004 11:25 PM
Reuters - A Gambian tribeswoman has been arrested at Gatwick airport with her bags crammed with illegal snails, catfish and goat meat.

Scottish man crowned world's fastest
texter (Reuters)

Scottish man crowned world's fastest
texter (Reuters) 03/22/2005 04:51 PM
Reuters - A Scottish factory worker has been crowned the world's fastest texter after punching out a complicated message in record time.

Purported eau de Elvis sells on eBay
(Reuters)

Purported eau de Elvis sells on eBay
(Reuters) 12/28/2004 05:07 PM
Reuters - Wade Jones of North Carolina says he snared a plastic cup from which Elvis Presley drank at a concert in 1977 and kept the cup and the water for 27 years before selling the remaining few tablespoons of water on eBay.

Dutch enlist Elvis for EU reforms
(Reuters)

Dutch enlist Elvis for EU reforms
(Reuters) 07/09/2004 04:46 AM
Reuters - "A little less conversation, a little more action please" is what the Dutch want from their six months at the helm of the European Union.

Factory Worker Crowned World's Fastest
Texter (Reuters)

Factory Worker Crowned World's Fastest
Texter (Reuters) 03/22/2005 04:51 PM
Reuters - A Scottish factory worker has been crowned the world's fastest text-messager after punching out a complicated message in record time.

Purported Elvis Water Brings $455
Bid on EBay (Reuters)

Purported Elvis Water Brings $455
Bid on EBay (Reuters) 12/28/2004 05:05 PM
Reuters - Wade Jones of North Carolina says he snared a plastic cup from which Elvis Presley drank at a concert in 1977 and kept the cup and the water for 27 years before selling the remaining few tablespoons of water on eBay.

Farm Life TV Show Gets Animal Lovers'
Goat (Reuters)

Farm Life TV Show Gets Animal Lovers'
Goat (Reuters) 07/28/2004 08:04 AM
Reuters - A German reality television show featuring stars wading in manure and cooking with animal guts will keep running despite criticism from animal lovers and media institutes, show producers said on Tuesday.

Cyprus or Crete on Irish stamp?
(Reuters)

Cyprus or Crete on Irish stamp?
(Reuters) 05/06/2004 07:27 AM
Reuters - Ireland, current president of the European Union, has issued a postage stamp which appears to confuse new EU-member Cyprus with the Greek holiday island of Crete.

Defiant pub flouts new Irish smoking ban
(Reuters)

Defiant pub flouts new Irish smoking ban
(Reuters) 07/07/2004 12:40 PM
Reuters - Fibber Magee's has become the first pub in Ireland to openly defy the country's new smoking ban, allowing customers to light up in a last-ditch attempt to stay in business and incurring the wrath of the government.

Irish budget airline goes bust after a
week (Reuters)

Irish budget airline goes bust after a
week (Reuters) 05/12/2004 11:08 AM
Reuters - Irish budget airline JetGreen Airways has ceased trading one week after its first flight as it became the latest victim of cut-throat competition in Europe's no-frills airline market.

Irish church cracks down on "a la carte"
funerals (Reuters)

Irish church cracks down on "a la carte"
funerals (Reuters) 12/29/2003 11:40 PM
Reuters - Downing pints of beer and telling blue jokes at funeral services will no longer be tolerated by Roman Catholic priests in Ireland.

Hostage-Takers Steal Millions from
N.Irish Bank (Reuters)

Hostage-Takers Steal Millions from
N.Irish Bank (Reuters) 12/22/2004 01:21 AM
Reuters - A gang held the families of two Northern Ireland bank officials hostage for 24 hours before stealing about 20 million pounds ($39 million) in one of Britain's biggest robberies, police said on Tuesday.

Who Closes a Sex Festival for Lack of
Interest? (Reuters)

Who Closes a Sex Festival for Lack of
Interest? (Reuters) 04/01/2005 11:51 AM
Reuters - Organizers of a major erotic festival are closing for business in Manchester due to a lack of interest, which they blame on recalcitrant northern English men.

Same-Sex Wedding Festival Flowers in San
Francisco (Reuters)

Same-Sex Wedding Festival Flowers in San
Francisco (Reuters) 02/13/2004 05:28 PM
Reuters - Same sex couples, like a joyful Wendy and Tristan Higgins-Goodell who had traveled up from Los Angeles, packed San Francisco's City Hall on Friday to get married ahead of legal challenges to have their unions declared null and void.

The Irish Have a New Jackass: If You
Like Dumb, Stupid and Funny Stuff, Then
You Will Love This New Site From a Group
of Crazy Mental Irish guys Who Just Love
to Party

The Irish Have a New Jackass: If You
Like Dumb, Stupid and Funny Stuff, Then
You Will Love This New Site From a Group
of Crazy Mental Irish guys Who Just Love
to Party 03/22/2005 04:47 PM
The Americans have Jackass while the Irish have the Crazy mental team. These guys film all their stupid and funny stuff for our enjoyment, from driving a Ferrari 355 at breakneck speeds around the Hollywood hills in Los Angeles to drilling a hole in one of their arms with a hammer drill, these guys are really crazy. [PRWEB Mar 21, 2005]

Mud from Rainy Rock Music Festival Sells
for $890 (Reuters)

Mud from Rainy Rock Music Festival Sells
for $890 (Reuters) 07/02/2004 11:46 AM
Reuters - A dollop of mud scooped up during last weekend's Glastonbury music festival in Britain has sold for 490 pounds ($890) on the Internet auction site Ebay.

Goat-see

Goat-see 02/01/2005 09:59 PM
Tennessee Fainting (or Myotonic) Goats.

Abramovich crowned richest man

Abramovich crowned richest man 04/17/2004 02:05 PM
Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich is Britain's richest man with £7.5 billion, The Sunday Times suggests.

Arsenal crowned champions

Arsenal crowned champions 04/25/2004 12:38 PM
Arsenal win the Premiership title after a 2-2 draw with rivals Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane.

Elvis did to who?

Elvis did to who? 12/17/2004 06:33 PM

Lucas Gonze has a way with words:

Can I just say this? Napster politics are brutally boring. The action right now is in making the music and video owned by the major labels and film studios archaic and unpopular. We're going to do to those properties what talkies did to silent films, what political bloggers did to Dan Rather, what Elvis did to Mantovani. Our stuff is better, that's how we're going to win.

Forcibly liberating that old stuff is a painfully stupid strategy. The more unauthorized filesharing you do, the more attention you give those old cutural fiefdoms, the more money you generate to sue you with. It is a total waste of time.

Creative Commons is of course the antithesis of forcible liberation. You can choose to participate in free culture, or not.

The legal tools and technology for free culture are loosed. Free content is burgeoning (ex: 8 3,360 licensed tracks on Soundclick, now).

As many others have pointed out, the immediate challenge is discovery. Who will be our Elivses? Who will find and promote them?

By the way, a Mantovani fan site. No disrespect intended, you just may not have heard of this great star of pop music, pre-Rock'n'Roll.

Ask Elvis!

Ask Elvis! 04/23/2004 02:50 AM
Friday nonsense: in a shock plagiarism of "Ask MetaFilter", but with added blue suede shoes, BBC Radio 2 hires Elvis Presley to answer listener's questions on moles, quantum physics, parrots and bread . Sadly, few arguments about operating systems or Iraq, but you can't have everything.... Real Player required

'Fat Darrell' Crowned As Best Sandwich
(AP)

'Fat Darrell' Crowned As Best Sandwich
(AP) 08/18/2004 10:08 PM
AP - It started early one morning in 1997 after a night of partying, when Darrell Butler was a Rutgers University sophomore with little money and a craving for chicken fingers, mozzarella sticks and french fries.

How to Get a Tech CEO's Goat

How to Get a Tech CEO's Goat 05/11/2004 04:53 AM
Want to piss off a CEO? Point out that the company's tech products are turning into commodities. By Nicholas G. Carr from Wired magazine.

The Year We Lived with a Goat

The Year We Lived with a Goat 02/13/2003 03:56 AM
Well, Chinese New Year is coming again, and it's back to Penang, my hometown to meet old friends, relatives, and get fat. For you guys and gals celebrating, Kung Hee Fat Choy! February 1st is the start of the Year of the Goat. Famous goats include Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Mira Sorvino and last but not least Billy Gates...

"zeldman.55"

Kerry on the pet goat dilemma

Kerry on the pet goat dilemma 08/05/2004 04:04 PM

My Pet Goat: instant classic

My Pet Goat: instant classic 07/17/2004 10:02 AM
"I was stunned by its lyrical beauty and easy cadence. The tempo, the choice of words, and the layout on each page captured my imagination so much that it took me about seven minutes to recover my bearings." Am azon users review My Pet Goat. (via Sadly, No!)

The passion of Elvis

The passion of Elvis 07/15/2004 08:26 AM
Watching Presley's "'68 Comeback Special" is a total religious experience, proving once and for all that the King was no false idol.

105-Pound Woman Crowned Fruitcake Champ
(AP)

105-Pound Woman Crowned Fruitcake Champ
(AP) 12/31/2003 06:15 AM
AP - A 105-pound woman was crowned Fruitcake Champion after swallowing nearly five pounds of the treat in 10 minutes, beating her closest rival — a man almost four times her weight — by a single bite.

School Bus Gets Vermont Farmer's Goat
(AP)

School Bus Gets Vermont Farmer's Goat
(AP) 05/30/2004 02:52 PM
AP - A goat farmer who converted his house into a barn to keep his animals warm during the winter has had another run-in with the law.

Goat Enjoying Life After Escape From Pen
(AP)

Goat Enjoying Life After Escape From Pen
(AP) 07/28/2004 06:30 PM
AP - After escaping from a holding pen, flying ropes and failed lunges, Billy the goat has quietly made an independent life for himself near the very farm it fled in December.

Vt. Goat Farmer Goes on Hunger Strike
(AP)

Vt. Goat Farmer Goes on Hunger Strike
(AP) 06/25/2004 05:24 PM
AP - A goat farmer who is the subject of an animal cruelty investigation has gone on a hunger strike. Chris Weathersbee, 62, vowed he would risk death from starvation in order to find homes where his 250 goats could live out their lives.

Goat Shrugs Off Shot From Stun Gun (AP)

Goat Shrugs Off Shot From Stun Gun (AP) 08/16/2004 08:06 PM
AP - A goat on the lam shrugged off a shot from a stun gun, but couldn't get past the Sandman.

Goat Is a Popular Gift With Britons (AP)

Goat Is a Popular Gift With Britons (AP) 12/24/2004 01:13 PM
AP - It's hairy and smells and will butt you, given half a chance. But the humble goat is one of Britain's most popular Christmas presents, with several charities offering the chance to do something for others by buying one of the animals for an impoverished family in the developing world.

Man Auctions Water From Cup Elvis Used
(AP)

Man Auctions Water From Cup Elvis Used
(AP) 12/28/2004 09:04 AM
AP - Wade Jones is a fan of Elvis Presley, but says he's not a fanatic. That's why — after a grilled cheese sandwich said to bear the image of the Virgin Mary sold on eBay for $28,000 — he decided to sell three tablespoons of water from a cup that Jones said was used by Presley during a 1977 concert.

i see elvis, i hear god on the phone

i see elvis, i hear god on the phone 04/09/2004 04:08 PM
And now, another entry from the "I really need a break from the Just A Geek rewrite" department . . .

Last Wednesday, I had the awesome session for Super Robot Monkey Hyper Force Terriffic Mega Madness Hella Hella Bitchin GO! That session led to an audition on Friday for the freakin' head of voice over casting at Disney Feature Animation for a new Disney project. If I book that job, I'll be one of two leads on the show!

In this entry, I talk about the difference between on-camera and voice over auditions, how I'm pretty sure I screwed myself out of a job, and announce some pretty cool writing opportunities that have come my way recently.

Database of Elvis Impersonators

Database of Elvis Impersonators 03/19/2005 03:03 AM
Xeni Jardin: This extensive database of Elvis impersonators is sorted by location. Each hip-swinging clone has his own website with audio and video clips. The company that runs this database, gigmasters, rents out other entertainers. Artist profile pages contain a line at the bottom: INFLUENCES, but members of the "Elvis" category list one and only one influence... ELVIS. Link to database.

Don't miss "Stingray" Elvis's version of American Trilogy: Link to video (MPEG-4, 5.5 MB). I think my favorite is Bibby Simmons aka Black Elvis, from Alabama. His website has as many excellent blinking gifs as his cape does sequins, and you can download some of his MP3s here for free. I don't see Thai Elvis in here, but he's just a few miles away from me here in Hollywood, at Palms Thai restaurant.

Also, apropos of nothing: before I discovered the glamorous world of blogs, I once wanted to be a linguist. I studied a number of languages, including some "endangered" languages, because I thought they were beautiful like code. I studied Lakhota ("Sioux") for a while with an indigenous linguist who was born on the Pine Ridge reservation. One of the only words I can still remember is "igluchanchalowan." My teacher told me that translated literally it means, "he who gyrates," but it's the Lakhota word for "Elvis Presley."
(thanks, Bob DuCharme)
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