I got this message when trying to access my hotmail today using the Firefox browser:
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We recommend that you upgrade your web browsing software and invite you to download Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.
Going caroling tonight. Should be fun, I haven't caroled in a long time. I won't be singing much - it's not my...gift. Looks like I'll be doing the Ashley Simpson lip-sync method.
Man, I hate this. The day after I arrive home for Christmas, the laptop loses it. (Of course being away, I don't have the recovery disks I need). Am reformating now. What a holiday headache.
Oh well, I guess it's like getting a new computer - though not in the way I prefer!
Looks like Microsoft is getting into the blogging business with the launch of MSN Spaces. Worth trying out, but I still like better.
UPDATE: It's offical, MSN Spaces sucks. No support for those of us using Firefox. Not good Mav. Guess I won't be using it.
Christmas carols and the phrase "Merry Christmas" are not welcome. According to the The Denver Channel:
DENVER -- It's one of Denver's most colorful holiday traditions -- the lighting of the Denver City and County Building and the parade of lights downtown. But now two decisions about those events are making church groups see red.
Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper recently announced that next year the phrase "Merry Christmas" will be removed from the city building and replaced with "Happy Holidays."
Oh brother.
I just can't stop, it's too funny. Another bad review for Alexander from the DesMoines Register:
How nice of Uncle Oliver to have brought the turkey.
At a whopping $150 million, his bloated, boring "Alexander" is anything but great. It's a pathetic tribute to a military genius who by the time of his death at 32 had amassed an empire that stretched across 2 million square miles that now makes up 17 countries.
Ouch!
The Spectator (registration req.) has published an entrance exam for 11 year olds seeking a spot at a British school in 1898. Here's a sample:
Where are silver, platinum, tin, wool, wheat, palm oil, furs and cacao got from?
Name the conditions upon which the climate of a country depends, and explain the reason of any one of them.
Write in columns the nominative singular, genitive plural, gender, and meaning of:— operibus, principe, imperatori, genere, apro, nivem, vires, frondi, muri.
What important results followed — the raising of the siege of Orleans, the Gunpowder plot, the Scottish rebellion of 1639, the surrender at Yorktown, the battles of Bannockburn, Bosworth, Ethandune, La Hogue, Plassey, and Vittoria?
Don't I feel stupid.