The left thinks this is some big deal. Little surprise there; they think everything is a very big deal.

Anyway, Rudy Giuliani used to host an ask the mayor radio show in NYC, which was, I think, pretty cool. How many pols open themselves up to criticism and questions from the public a couple of times a week?

So this guy big into "ferret rights" called one week, demanding to know why NYC forbade ferrets as pets while NY State did not. Rudy told him to get a life.

He called up the following week to continue his pro-ferret crusade, and Guiliani told him he was "sick" to be "so concerned about weasels" and needed to seek professional psychiatric help.

Personally, I think it's funny, and it is pretty indicative of Giuliani's style and temperament. On one hand, it's low on bullshit. On the other hand, it's low on tact.

From Hot Air, also featuring Joan Rivers' recent meltdown with a snotty British interviewer who suggested she was a racist and William F. Buckley, Jr.'s immortal exchange of insults with Gore Vidal on live ABCNews television.

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A heartwarming power-ballad about what a guy likes most about his gal -- "Her Holes." Light content warning.

(Link Fixed) Cool video of a Rube Goldberg contraption in a dude's apartment. I love to watch these things work. Even if I have no idea what it's supposed to end up doing at the end.

Thanks to Allah and dri, respectively.

A More Realistic Interpretation of Calvin & Hobbes:

Dri again.

WTF? Some weird rap video about a martial arts midget Indian (?) secret agent and original gangsta.

Thanks to Lance.

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Sorry about not posting yesterday. I went out with some friends to a gun range in New Hampshire. New Hampshire, because they let you rent and fire submachineguns there.

They also had a turret-mounted minigun there, but I doubt they actually let anyone fire that. more...

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Apparently he won big, Sarkozy - 54.5%. Royal - 45.5%, though it's not official or final yet.

Sego's threat of unrest should Sarko win has been partly borne out: 30 burned cars so far.

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Let's see...

We have the NBA Playoffs (Go Suns!).

We have Barry "Blame My Physique Not on Steroids but on Gamma Rays" Bonds continuing to close in on Hammerin' Hank.

We have the De La Hoya/Mayweather fight. Anyone want a rematch?

We have Nextel Cup action at Richmond.

We have the Hockey Playoffs.

And we have a horse (Street Sense) to root for/against in the triple crown chase.

So get your game on in here.

As for me, I'll be trying to figure out what the proper over/under for the number of burned Peugeots in the wake of Sarkozy's win should be.

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Okay, updating the web framework didn't solve the problem, so I went back to the fix I tried a couple of days ago - running multiple copies of new comments thingy simultaneously. There were a couple of issues with that; I needed to modify the code to manage user sessions across the multiple servers and to properly identify users' IP addresses (because it's now running behind a reverse proxy). The last time I did it, the first thing that happened was that it banned everyone. Which is not necessarily a bad thing, but not what I had intended.

That's all done, and we are now running with six copies of New Comments Thingy. If one of them dies, I can easily find it and restart that one while the other five keep things going. (The reverse proxy automatically diverts traffic to the other processes.)

I still haven't identified the underlying bug, but I do know that it's in the web framework rather than New Comments Thingy itself. That helps, though not a lot...

If comments are down at any time, email me at andrew -at- pixymisa -dot- net. I will keep working on this until it is resolved, but if it dies again in the meantime, please let me know so I can get it restarted as quickly as possible.

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A video that is in no way related to the holiday.

But hey, it's got a guy singing in Spanish, so close enough.

It's from the one Robert Rodriguez movie I've actually enjoyed.

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Or as American citizens call it: May the Fifth.

Apparently, it's a big Mexican holiday. I think it commemorates some Mexican military victory over the French. If I remember my history right, the French army surrendered to Speedy Gonzalez. Or something. I don't really care about either French or Mexican history.

But don't think that my lack of enthusiasm for May the Fifth means that I don't have annual traditions when the date arrives.

In point of fact, I do. And I'll share them with you.

1) The first thing I do is call the Immigration and Naturalization Service and tip them that every Mexican restaurant in town is owned and operated by illegal aliens. Then I sit on my balcony and drink beer while the vans pull up outside. It's important to have a good view of the festivities.

One thing I have learned over the years, though. If you plan to eat at said restaurant, make sure you let "Paco" know that your order is "to go". It's a real pain in the ass trying to outrun your waiter.

2) The second thing I do is set my DVR to record Lou Dobbs' show for later viewing. I only watch it once a year. So why not today?

3) I then e-mail FoxNews and send an expletive filled message demanding that they cancel their association with Geraldo Rivera. Yes, I would do this even if it wasn't the 5th of May, but I wouldn't use as many exclamation points.

See...the whole joke here is that Mexicans put upside down exclamation points ahead of sentences that end in regular exclamation points...aww, screw it.

4) I then go out and rent "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" and when "Gold Hat" tells Bogie that he "dont need no stinking badges" I pause the movie and in my best Bogart voice say "Maybe not...but you do need to go thru customs, kid. And make sure you have your passport ready for inspection." I then resume the movie.

On the rare occasion when I have had a date for the 5th of May, the date usually ends right about here.

5) If the weather permits, I stand outside and protest grocery stores that carry "El Paso" brand picante sauce because I ain't about to go to a small Texas town to fall in love with some Mexican girl. Unless she's in the country legally. And she's of age. And she looks like Catherine Zeta Jones in Zorro. Or any combination of 2 out of the preceding 3.

6) Just for kicks, I like to call the Mexican Embassy and tell them that Ace has possession of General Santa Anna's leg. That prank just never gets old. Does it, Ace?

7) I also like to stand outside Shea Stadium if Pedro Martinez happens to be pitching, and yell "Reconquista This!" at the tops of my lungs while pointing to my crotch.

I'm pretty sure he isn't Mexican, but I'm not taking any chances!

Finally, I wrap up the day's fun by going to the most ritzy French restaurant in town and saying "You lost to...Mexico. Mexico." Then I just laugh and laugh and laugh.

So, that's pretty much how I celebrate May the Fifth. Do you morons have your own annual traditions? If so, let me know what they are and maybe I'll incorporate them into next year's festivities.

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Kinda getting bothersome.

Here's the old site, for now.

Message from Pixy: Comments back now. This seems to be related to a bug in the web framework I'm using. I've updated it to the latest compatible version, and we'll see if that helps.

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