sweet. much better.
Now for some Yo-Yo Ma jokes:

Yo Yo Ma gets so much pussy Condoleezza Rice is now on Hef's speed dial.

Yo-Yo Ma's so popular your new favourite band's Clap Your Hands and Say Yo-Yo Ma
(alt. read "Clap Yo-Yo Hands and Say Yo-Yo Ma")

Yo-Yo Ma's so smart that on this season of the Apprentice, Donald Trump gave Yo-Yo Ma his job.
(needs work)

Yo-Yo Ma's so rich he named an island Yo-Yo Maui

Yo-Yo Ma gets so much pussy his new daughters are named Jen and Angelina

Yo-Yo Ma's so phat your Millwoods Friend's cousin wears a Yo-Yo Ma Farm hoodie

but my fave is:
Yo-Yo Ma's so fresh your sister's wearing Yo-Yo Ma with wings.

someone help me out with a Yo-Yo Ma's so smart, with Stephen Hawking thrown in there

Burn:

Ask and ye shall receive.*

(*Offer not good on all requests. Most requests, actually.)

Paras. i like the calender on the side, i think that's helpful.
but i kinda liked how you could check the weather on the old page, especially since it seemed to be more accurate than my Widget.

Hey Ed I signed up for Ultimate, when can I give you my cheque?

I can only think of that Uli guy you stayed with in Germany. Or possibly someone you meet while you were over there last summer.

alison, one might point out that there's probably a rather large number of people that you have thought of in passing who haven't died. It's sad to hear, nonetheless.

hmm... this "ERIC FRIGGIN CLARK"-off has become decidedly more entertaining since that first incredibly unoriginal and exceptionally dimwitted impersonation. I do have one question, though. Who do we know that's in Germany right now?

RIGHT ON, about fucking time:

ANTI-MATTER PROPULSION IN DEVELOPMENT AT NASA


Now let's just cross our fingers and pray that this technology is not subverted into purposes of weapons development. Nuclear-arms are terrifying enough, thank-you.

Al, you are the man. Just thought somebody should point that out.