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How to Pull Anything From YouTube With RSS

I saw something today that blew my mind. I have been using Google reader to bring the web to me as opposed to surfing thanks to my brother Steve. I also love to watch YouTube videos, but I still had to search for them which took a lot of time. Now for the beauty.

The McKinze Brothers Hoser!

In the Google reader, add a subscription. In the box, type ‘http://youtube.com/rss/tag/funny.rss’ Your reader will now feed you everything tagged as funny that Youtube has to offer. It took a while for this to aggregate or whatever. Substitute ‘funny’ with your topic, Ehh. BloggingThat

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Hello Blogging My Old Friend

The Sound of Silence

Hello blogging, my old friend,
I’ve come to talk with you again,
Because Wordpress softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
And the version that was planted in my brain
2.5 remains
Within the sound of silence.

6:60PM BloggingThat is down.

In restless dreams I walked alone
Database of cobblestone,
neath the halo of a street lamp,
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of
A neon light
That backup right
And touched the sound of silence.

7:23 in desperation, called brother

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, tech support.
People blogging without speaking,
People hearing without listening,
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence.

7:31 called Godaddy

Fools said I, you do not know
Blogging like a cancer grows.
Hear my words that I might teach you,
Take my arms that I might reach you.
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
And echoed
In the wells of silence

7:45 realized I shot self in foot

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon God they made.
And the sign flashed out its warning,
In that BloggingThat was forming.
And the signs said, the words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls.
And whispered in the sounds of silence.

8:30 BloggingThat is back minus a few posts

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Ode to Hot Boiled Peanuts

A Brief History

Hot boiled peanuts can be linked back as far as the civil war, when union General William T. Sherman (1820-1891) led troops on a march through Georgia.

2006 - On May 1, 2006, Gov. Mark Sanford came to York County and officially signed into law, H.4585, to make the boiled peanut South Carolina’s official state snack food. Tom Stanford, a Winthrop University graduate, came up with the idea in a government class because he likes boiled peanuts.

SECTION 1. The General Assembly finds that boiled peanuts are a delicious and popular snack food that are found both in stores and roadside stands across the State, and this unique snack food is defined as peanuts that are immersed in boiling water for at least one hour while still in the shell. The General Assembly further finds that this truly Southern delicacy is worthy of designation as the official state snack food.

My recipe: (Nebraskan Twist) Go Big Red! Ok, i’m done.

Note: We’re not setting up a road-side hot boiled peanut stand. Quality not quantity.

  • Place one pound of green peanuts in a Crockpot. (Find peanuts in the vegetable section.)
  • Fill Crockpot to the top with water and set to high. (For Nebraskans, “Full Blast!”)
  • Add 1/4 cup of table salt.
  • Let it cook, only topping off the water as needed for one day (24 hours)
  • Add a cup of soy sauce. (This is where you could add cayenne pepper for Cajun.)
  • Lower heat to warm or medium. Keep the water level up as needed.
  • Cook for one more day. They are done when there is jell inside the shell.
  • Enjoy!

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I’ll Be Honest With You

“I’ll be honest with you.”

I understand this phrase is mostly used as a figure of speech, “I’ll be honest with you.”, usually means I am going to be candid, frank, to the point, pull no punches, or direct with you, as opposed to “I was just bullshitting you before, now I’m being honest.” or “I was candy-coating the situation, now I’m being brutally honest.”

When I hear this, I do not assume people are not honest when they do not qualify their statement with “I’ll be honest with you.”, though, sometimes I wonder.

What other phrases do we use that have little meaning?

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Five Favorite Smells

Throwin’ Shade asked, “What’s that smell?” My favorite 5…

  1. Bacon
  2. Ocean
  3. Cinnamon
  4. Coffee Beans
  5. Bread

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GMAIL Unveils Time Machine

Edit: This was my only attempt at April Fools Day humor.

Check out Google’s approach to email. It is the first real time machine. It’s a little complex to explain as the formula is based on total emails sent, probability that user believes the time stamp, The Golden Ratio and average life expectancy. The BETA user testimonials are funny.

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