http://okoboji.unh.edu/punsalad/ The most recent articles from Pun Salad en-us Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:00:02 -0400 * Yay! The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest winners have been announced. The contest is for "bad opening sentences to imaginary novels." I'm a sucker for the Detective category: ... http://okoboji.unh.edu/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2008/08/19/1219183200 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:00:00 -0400 [Amazon Link] [1.0 stars] [IMDB Link] [Tomato Link] This movie is one of numerous recent Hollywood films made in support of American efforts to track down and thwart terrorist bad guys before they take more innocent lives. Just kidding!... http://okoboji.unh.edu/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2008/08/18/1219096800 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:00:00 -0400 The phony gap between Obama and McCain narrows again! These kids are making it interesting. Query String Hit Count Change Since 2008-08-10 "Barack Obama" phony 706,000 -16,000 "John McCain"... http://okoboji.unh.edu/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2008/08/17/1218995816 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:56:56 -0400 This week's test of the Sunday Basic Cable Movie Actor Theory: * 4:45AM on AMC: A Fistful of Dollars (Clint Eastwood) * 6:00AM on TNT: In the Line of Fire (Clint Eastwood) *... http://okoboji.unh.edu/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2008/08/17/1218965548 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:32:28 -0400 Pun Salad has been hosted on the University of New Hampshire network for the past 3.5 years or so. Specifically, on the Linux workstation in my cubicle. That's been very convenient, not to mention inexpensive. But the blog's URL... http://okoboji.unh.edu/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2008/08/16/1218884300 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:58:20 -0400 The story in Wednesday's USA Today (which would, I guess, make it USA Day Before Yesterday) is headlined "Psychologists determine what it means to think 'green'". Those who make human behavior their business aim to make living ... http://okoboji.unh.edu/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2008/08/15/1218839400 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:30:00 -0400 I got an amusing e-mail a few days ago. First, let's look at some relevant header lines. From webmaster@owl-tipps.de Sat Aug 2 09:40:03 2008 Return-Path: <webmaster@owl-tipps.de> Received: from s556.evanzo-server.de (s556.evanzo-server.de [62.140.23.56]) ... http://okoboji.unh.edu/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2008/08/15/1218837600 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:00:00 -0400 * Jim Harper rightly ridicules the efforts of the "Coalition for Free Broadband Now" by adding "… and a Pony". Two things are for sure: 1) Somebody’s going to pay... http://okoboji.unh.edu/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2008/08/14/1218751200 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:00:00 -0400 * People who eagerly sought government regulation to ensure "network neutrality" from Internet Service Providers will no doubt be aghast at what comes next. ... http://okoboji.unh.edu/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2008/08/13/1218672722 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:12:02 -0400 * Mr. Mark Ambinder provides the 54-page PDF draft of the 2008 Democratic Party Platform. Mr. Michael Kinsley has a number of pungent observations about the ... http://okoboji.unh.edu/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2008/08/12/1218578400 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:00:00 -0400