Thursday, April 13, 2006

More carnivalia...

The Carnival of Comedy gets a different look at Point Five this week. Looks good.
And the Skwib, the pride of London, Ontario, delivers another Carnival of Satire.
Enjoy 'em both.

Happy anniversary to me

One year ago today, a small voice ventured into the blogosphere.
I'm still here, so I guess it's my first blogiversary.
And I'd like to thank the visitors who have been by, said hi, etc., etc., etc.
They've come from a lot of different places...

U.S.A.
ALABAMA: Alabaster, Anniston, Birmingham, Florence, Gadsden, Haleyville, Huntsville, Madison, Meridianville, Mobile, Needham, Opelika, Phenix City, Pinson, Selma, Summerdale, Talladega, Vincent
ALASKA: Anchorage, Fairbanks, Homer, Juneau, Ketchikan, North Pole
ARIZONA: Apache Junction, Avondale, Bisbee, Bullhead City, Chandler, Cottonwood, Flagstaff, Fort Huachuca, Gilbert, Glendale, Higley, Lake Havasu City, Mesa, Phoenix, Prescott, Prescott Valley, Scottsdale, Sierra Vista, Sun City West, Tempe, Tucson, Wittmann
ARKANSAS: Bryant, Cabot, Cherokee Village, Egypt, Glencoe, Hot Springs, Jonesboro, Lavaca, Little Rock, Sage, Springdale, Vilonia, West Helena
CALIFORNIA: Aliso Viejo, Alhambra, Alta Loma, Anaheim, Antioch, Atwood, Azusa, Bakersfield, Bellflower, Belvidere, Benicia, Berkeley, Brea, Burbank, Calimesa, Camarillo, Camp Pendleton, Carmichael, Cerritos, Chatsworth, Chico, Chino Hills, Chula Vista, Citrus Heights, Clayton, Clovis, Concord, Copperopolis, Corona, Costa Mesa, Covina, Davis, Downey, Dublin, Dunsmuir, Edwards AFB, El Cajon, El Centro, El Segundo, El Toro, Elk Grove, Emeryville, Encinitas, Escalon, Escondido, Fairfield, Foster City, Fowler, Fremont, Fresno, Fullerton, Gilroy, Glendale, Hacienda Heights, Hawaiian Gardens, Hayward, Helendale, Hesperia, Huntington Beach, Inglewood, Irvine, Jackson, Kingsburg, La Mirada, La Puente, La Quinta, Laguna Niguel, Lake Forest, Lakewood, Lancaster, Loma Linda, Lompoc, Long Beach, Los Alamitos, Los Altos, Los Angeles, Los Olivos, Los Osos, Malibu, Manteca, Maywood, Milpitas, Mira Loma, Mission Valley, Mission Viejo, Modesto, Monterey Park, Montclair, Morgan Hill, Mt Shasta, Mountain View, Newhall, Newport Beach, North Hollywood, Northridge, Novato, Oakdale, Oakland, Oceanside, Ontario, Orange, Oxnard, Palm Springs, Palo Alto, Panorama City, Paramount, Pasadena, Perris, Petaluma, Pinole, Placentia, Placerville, Pleasanton, Pomona, Poway, Rancho Cordova, Rancho Cucamonga, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redding, Redlands, Redondo Beach, Redwood City, Richmond, Ridgecrest, Riverside, Rosamond, Roseville, Sacramento, Salinas, San Clemente, San Diego, San Dimas, San Francisco, San Gabriel, San Jose, San Juan Capistrano, San Leandro, San Lorenzo, San Luis Obispo, San Marcos, San Rafael, San Ramon, Santa Ana, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe Springs, Santa Monica, Santa Ynez, Signal Hill, Simi Valley, Sonora, Stanford, Studio City, Sun City, Sunland, Sunnyvale, Sunol, Sylmar, Tarzana, Thousand Oaks, Tiburon, Torrance, Turlock, Tustin, Upland, Valencia, Vallejo, Venice, Ventura, Visalia, Vista, Walnut Creek, Waterford, Watsonville, West Covina, West Hollywood, Westminster, Whittier, Williams, Winnetka, Yorba Linda, Yuba City, Yucaipa
COLORADO: Arvada, Aurora, Boulder, Breckenridge, Colorado Springs, Commerce City, Crestone, Denver, Englewood, Estes Park, Fort Collins, Grand Junction, Greeley, Hudson, Johnstown, La Junta, Lakewood, Littleton, Longmont, Loveland, Mead, Montrose, Niwot, Peyton, Pueblo, Westminster
CONNECTICUT: Bloomfield, Bridgeport, Brookfield, Cheshire, Danbury, Darien, East Haven, East Lyme, Fairfield, Gales Ferry, Groton, Hartford, Manchester, Mansfield, Meriden, Monroe, New Haven, New Milford, Newington, Norwalk, Orange, Pomfret Center, Putnam, Redding, Ridgefield, Shelton, Simsbury, Somersville, Stamford, Storrs, Torrington, Waterbury, Watertown, West Haven, West Hartford, Westport, Willimantic, Wilton
DELAWARE: Dover, Newark, New Castle, Wilmington
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Washington
FLORIDA: Alachua, Altamonte Springs, Apopka, Babson Park, Boca Raton, Bonifay, Boynton Beach, Bradenton, Brooksville, Cape Coral, Clearwater, Clermont, Crawfordville, Davenport, Daytona Beach, DeBary, Deerfield Beach, DeLand, Destin, Dunedin, Edgewater, Eglin AFB, Evinston, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Fort Pierce, Fort Walton Beach, Gainesville, Hialeah, Holiday, Hollywood, Jacksonville, Jupiter, Kissimmee, Lake Mary, Lakeland, Largo, Longwood, Maitland, Marco Island, Melbourne, Miami, Miami Beach, Milton, Naples, New Port Richey, Ocala, Orlando, Palm Bay, Palm City, Palm Coast, Panama City, Pensacola, Pinellas Park, Pompano Beach, Port Charlotte, Rockledge, Sanford, Sarasota, Satellite Beach, Seminole, St Petersburg, Spring Hill, Stuart, Tallahassee, Tampa, Tarpon Springs, Tavares, Valparaiso, Venice, Vero Beach, West Palm Beach, Winter Haven, Winter Park
GEORGIA: Acworth, Alpharetta, Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, Blairsville, Brunswick, Canton, Centerville, Clarkston, Cleveland, Columbus, Conley, Dahlonega, Dawsonville, Decatur, Dublin, Duluth, Dunwoody, Ellijay, Eton, Fortson, Grayson, Inman, Kennesaw, LaGrange, Lavonia, Lawrenceville, Lebanon, Lilburn, Lithonia, Macon, Marietta, McDonough, Moultrie, Newnan, Norcross, Peachtree City, Porterdale, Roswell, St Mary’s, Savannah, Smyrna, Statesboro, Stone Mountain, Suwanee, Talking Rock, Thomasville, Tucker, Warner Robins, Woodstock
HAWAII: Hawi, Hilo, Honolulu, Kahului, Kailua, Kaneohe Bay, Kapolei, Lahaina
IDAHO: Boise, Coeur d’Alene, Ketchum, Mountain Home, Post Falls, Twin Falls
ILLINOIS: Addison, Arlington Heights, Aurora, Bartlett, Bedford Park, Belleville, Bloomington, Bolingbrook, Brookfield, Carbondale, Carlinville, Carol Stream, Champaign, Chenoa, Cherry Valley, Chicago, Crystal Lake, Danville, Davis, DeKalb, Downers Grove, East Alton, Effingham, Elgin, Elk Grove Village, Elmhurst, Eureka, Evanston, Evergreen Park, Fairbury, Fairview Heights, Glen Ellyn, Glenview, Gurnee, Highland Park, Highwood, Jerseyville, Joliet, Lincolnshire, Lombard, Long Grove, Manhattan, Mattoon, Melrose Park, Monmouth, Morton Grove, Mt Vernon, Naperville, Normal, North Aurora, North Chicago, Northbrook, Oak Park, O’Fallon, Palatine, Peoria, Quincy, River Forest, Rock Island, Rockford, Roselle, St Jacob, Savoy, Schaumburg, Sesser, Skokie, Springfield, Tinley Park, Washington, Waukegan, Westchester, Wheaton, Wheeling, Willowbrook, Winfield, Wood Dale, Woodlawn, Woodstock
INDIANA: Attica, Bloomington, Cambridge City, Chesterton, Columbus, Crown Point, Dillsboro, Elkhart, Evansville, Fishers, Fort Wayne, Gary, Goldsmith, Greens Fork, Griffith, Indianapolis, Lafayette, Lynn, Michigan City, Mishawaka, Nappanee, New Albany, Noblesville, North Vernon, Notre Dame, Parker City, Peru, Portage, Princeton, Rolling Prairie, South Bend, Valparaiso, Warsaw, West Lafayette, Westville
IOWA: Ames, Burlington, Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids, Clinton, Creston, Denmark, Des Moines, Fairfield, Fort Dodge, Grinnell, Hamburg, Harlan, Iowa Falls, Laurel, Madrid, Marshalltown, Sioux City, Union, West Branch, West Des Moines
KANSAS: Alma, Beloit, Derby, Edna, Eudora, Gardner, Independence, Lansing, Lawrence, Liberal, Little River, Newton, Olathe, Ottawa, Overland Park, Partridge, Pretty Prairie, Pittsburg, Salina, Scott City, Shawnee, Topeka, Waverly, Wichita
KENTUCKY: Ashland, Auburn, Bardstown, Bellevue, Bethelridge, Burkesville, Covington, Crestwood, Florence, Fort Knox, Frankfort, Glasgow, Glenview, Lexington, Louisville, Marrowbone, Murray, Shepherdsville, Sizerock, Versailles, Whitesburg
LOUISIANA: Albany, Baker, Baton Rouge, Elizabeth, Gonzales, Hammond, Kenner, Lake Charles, Metairie, Monroe, New Orleans, Ponchatoula, Shreveport, Slidell, Springhill, Thibodaux
MAINE: Bangor, Bar Harbor, Bar Mills, Brunswick, Gorham, Lubec, North Monmouth, Ogunquit, Old Orchard Beach, Pittsfield, Portland, Saco, Scarborough, Waterville, York
MARYLAND: Aberdeen, Andrews AFB, Arnold, Baltimore, Berlin, Bowie, Capitol Heights, College Park, Columbia, Crofton, Cumberland, Curtis Bay, Denton, Dundalk, Elkridge, Ellicott City, Gambrills, Germantown, Greenbelt, Hagerstown, Halethorpe, Hyattsville, Lanham, Laurel, Lutherville, Millersville, Montgomery Village, Mt Airy, Ocean City, Olney, Owings Mills, Oxon Hill, Pasadena, Rock Hall, Rockville, Secretary, Severn, Silver Spring, Suitland, Takoma Park, Temple Hills, Timonium, Towson, Waldorf, Windsor Mill
MASSACHUSETTS: Acton, Avon, Bedford, Blandford, Boston, Brockton, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Chelsea, Chestnut Hill, Dedham, Dracut, Dudley, Duxbury, Edgartown, Forestdale, Framingham, Franklin, Groton, Holden, Holliston, Hopkinton, Lakeville, Lawrence, Lexington, Lowell, Lynn, Lynnfield, Mashpee, Mattapan, Melrose, Middleton, Nahant, Natick, Needham, Newton, Newton Center, North Attleboro, North Reading, Northborough, Norwood, Pepperell, Pittsfield, Plymouth, Revere, Roslindale, Salem, Sherborn, Springfield, Stoughton, Sudbury, Taunton, Tewksbury, Tyngsboro, Waltham, Watertown, Wayland, Westfield, Weymouth, Winchester, Woburn
MICHIGAN: Alanson, Allen Park, Ann Arbor, Auburn Hills, Baraga, Bay City, Big Rapids, Bloomfield Hills, Brighton, Canton, Clare, Clarkston, Corunna, Davison, Dearborn, Dearborn Heights, Detroit, Dodgeville, East Lansing, Farmington, Fenton, Flint, Flushing, Franklin, Freeland, Fremont, Garden City, Grand Rapids, Haslett, Highland Park, Holland, Houghton, Howell, Huntington Woods, Iron Mountain, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Kentwood, L’Anse, Lakeland, Lansing, Lincoln Park, Livonia, Lyons, Marine City, Midland, Mt Clemens, Mt Morris, Mulliken, National City, New Baltimore, Newport, Niles, Okemos, Oscoda, Owosso, Portage, Potterville, Redford, Remus, Rochester, Romulus, Royal Oak, Saginaw, Saline, Sault Ste Marie, South Haven, Southfield, Southgate, Sterling Heights, Stockbridge, Taylor, Tecumseh, Traverse City, Troy, Warren, Waterford, Wayne, Webberville, West Bloomfield, Westland, White Lake, Wyandotte, Ypsilanti
MINNESOTA: Albert Lea, Albertville, Amboy, Annandale, Anoka, Austin, Blaine, Bloomington, Brainerd, Buffalo, Burnsville, Cambridge, Cold Spring, Coon Rapids, Crane Lake, Duluth, Eagan, Edina, Eveleth, Fergus Falls, Hastings, Hopkins, Houston, Inver Grove Heights, Kasota, Lake City, Lakeville, Mankato, Minneapolis, Minnetonka, Monticello, Norwood, Preston, Ramsey, Rochester, Rogers, St Cloud, St Paul, Spring Lake Park, Stillwater, Tracy, Victoria, Waseca, Wayzata, West Concord, White Bear Lake
MISSISSIPPI: Brandon, Columbus, Flowood, Greenwood, Grenada, Hattiesburg, Jackson, Madison, Meridian, Richland, Terry, Tougaloo, Whitfield
MISSOURI: Arnold, Ballwin, Bolivar, Broseley, Cape Girardeau, Chesterfield, Columbia, Diggins, Farley, Fenton, Florissant, Hannibal, Joplin, Kansas City, Knob Noster, Lees Summit, Leeton, Monett, O’Fallon, Poplar Bluff, Rolla, St Louis, St Peters, Sikeston, Springfield
MONTANA: Billings, Bozeman, Ennis, Great Falls, Helena, Missoula
NEBRASKA: Alvo, Ashland, Bellevue, Columbus, Lincoln, Omaha
NEVADA: Gerlach, Henderson, Las Vegas, Pahrump, Reno
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Concord, Enfield, Hanover, Hollis, Hooksett, Laconia, Nashua, New London, Peterborough, Portsmouth, Raymond, Rochester, Salem, Somersworth
NEW JERSEY: Absecon, Adelphia, Atlantic City, Basking Ridge, Bayville, Bedminster, Bergenfield, Blackwood, Blairstown, Brick, Bridgewater, Brielle, Camden, Cherry Hill, Chester, Clementon, Cliffside Park, Clifton, East Brunswick, East Hanover, Eatontown, Edison, Egg Harbor Twp., Elizabeth, Elmwood Park, Englewood Cliffs, Flanders, Florham Park, Fort Monmouth, Franklin Park, Garfield, Hackettstown, Haddonfield, Hawthorne, Hazlet, Hillside, Hoboken, Howell, Irvington, Jackson, Jersey City, Lake Hiawatha, Lakewood, Lawrenceville, Linden, Little Ferry, Livingston, Lyndhurst, Mantua, Marlton, Martinsville, Merchantville, Metuchen, Millburn, Monmouth Junction, Moorestown, Mt Laurel, Mountain Lakes, Mullica Hill, New Brunswick, New Egypt, Newark, Newton, North Bergen, Oaklyn, Old Bridge, Paramus, Parlin, Parsippany, Peapack, Pennsauken, Piscataway, Princeton, Rahway, Ramsey, Randolph, Raritan, Ringwood, Riverdale, Rocky Hill, Saddle River, Sayreville, Schooleys Mountain, Sicklerville, Somers Point, Somerset, Stanhope, Thorofare, Totowa, Trenton, Vineland, Voorhees, Warren, Wayne, Weehawken, West New York, Westfield, Williamstown, Willingboro, Woodbury Heights
NEW MEXICO: Alamogordo, Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Laguna, Los Alamos, Placitas, Rio Rancho, Roswell, Shiprock, White Sands
NEW YORK: Albany, Albertson, Amityville, Amsterdam, Astoria, Auburn, Baldwin, Ballston Spa, Bedford Hills, Bellvale, Bethpage, Binghamton, Blue Point, Bowmansville, Brentwood, Brockport, Brooklyn, Bronx, Buffalo, Centerport, Clifton Park, Cold Spring, Copiague, Cortlandt Manor, Delmar, Depew, East Amherst, East Aurora, East Northport, East Pharsalia, East Rockaway, Elmsford, Fairport, Flushing, Forest Hills, Fort Drum, Fresh Meadows, Fulton, Glasco, Glen Cove, Glens Falls, Great Neck, Greenlawn, Hauppauge, Hempstead, Henderson Harbor, Hicksville, Howard Beach, Ithaca, Jamaica, Lewiston, Lindenhurst, Manhasset, Maryknoll, Massapequa, Massapequa Park, Massena, McDonough, Medford, Middle Island, Middle Village, Miller Place, Monroe, Montgomery, Nesconset, New Berlin, New City, New Hyde Park, New Paltz, New Rochelle, New York, New York Mills, Newark, Newburgh, Newfane, Niagara Falls, North Babylon, Norwich, Norwood, Nyack, Ogdensburg, Oneonta, Pelham, Pittsford, Plattsburgh, Port Washington, Poughkeepsie, Purchase, Queensbury, Ridge, Rochester, Rockville Centre, Rosedale, Roslyn, Rocky Point, Round Lake, Saratoga Springs, Scarsdale, Schoharie, Seacliff, Sloansville, South Jamesport, South Ozone Park, Staten Island, Stony Brook, Syracuse, Troy, Uniondale, Utica, Valley Stream, Vestal, Walden, Warwick, Wellsville, West Henrietta, West Point, White Plains, Whitehall, Williston Park, Wyandanch, Yonkers, Yorktown Heights
NORTH CAROLINA: Apex, Ararat, Asheville, Boone, Burlington, Candler, Caroleen, Carrboro, Cary, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Colfax, Concord, Durham, Edenton, Fayetteville, Graham, Greensboro, Greenville, Hickory, Holly Springs, Jacksonville, Kinston, Morrisville, Mt Airy, Mt Pleasant, New Bern, New London, Pinehurst, Raleigh, Roanoke Rapids, Robbinsville, Shallotte, Shelby, Skyland, Summerfield, Trinity, Wake Forest, Weaverville, West Jefferson, Winston-Salem
NORTH DAKOTA: Bisbee, Bismarck, Grand Forks, Langdon, Minot, Tioga
OHIO: Akron, Alliance, Amherst, Ashtabula, Athens, Aurora, Batavia, Bowling Green, Bryan, Canton, Celina, Chillicothe, Cincinnati, Clay Center, Cleveland, Clyde, Columbus, Continental, Convoy, Dayton, Defiance, Dublin, East Liverpool, Elmore, Elyria, Fairborn, Gettysburg, Greenville, Hamilton, Hartville, Hilliard, Hudson, Kettering, Lakewood, Lima, Lisbon, Maineville, Martins Ferry, Mason, Medina, Minford, New Matamoras, Ohio City, Oxford, Pataskala, Piqua, Powell, Rossford, Salesville, Sardis, South Point, Springboro, Sunbury, Troy, Union City, Wadsworth, Wapakoneta, West Manchester, Westlake, Williamsburg, Wooster, Youngstown
OKLAHOMA: Ardmore, Bartlesville, Durant, Edmond, Elk City, Enid, Guymon, Haskell, Muskogee, Mustang, Norman, Oklahoma City, Owasso, Panama, Proctor, Stillwater, Tulsa, Vinita, Wayne
OREGON: Aumsville, Bandon, Beaverton, Bend, Boring, Corvallis, Depoe Bay, Estacada, Eugene, Gold Hill, Grants Pass, Gresham, Klamath Falls, Medford, Newport, Oregon City, Portland, Redmond, Rose Lodge, Salem, Siletz, The Dalles, Toledo, Troutdale, Tualatin
PENNSYLVANIA: Alexandria, Allentown, Ambler, Ardmore, Aston, Bear Creek, Beaver Falls, Bellwood, Bensalem, Berwyn, Birdsboro, Bloomsburg, Broomall, Bridgeport, Bridgeville, Bryn Mawr, Camp Hill, Canonsburg, Carlisle, Cedars, Chambersburg, Clifton Heights, Coatesville, Collegeville, Conshohocken, Coudersport, Coupon, Cranberry, Cranesville, Cresco, Curwensville, Danville, Darby, Devon, Downingtown, Drexel Hill, Eagleville, East Stroudsburg, East Greenville, Easton, Ephrata, Erie, Fayetteville, Feasterville, Fort Washington, Franconia, Freeland, Gettysburg, Gladwyne, Greensburg, Grove City, Hanover, Harleysville, Harrisburg, Hazleton, Hollidaysburg, Honey Brook, Horsham, Huntingdon Valley, Indiana, Jenkintown, Jersey Shore, Johnstown, Kennett Square, King of Prussia, Koppel, Kunkletown, Kutztown, Lafayette Hill, Lancaster, Langhorne, Lansdale, Lansdowne, Lewistown, Lightstreet, Malvern, Marcus Hook, McKeesport, Mechanicsburg, Merion Station, Mill Hall, Monessen, Mountaintop, Narberth, Narvon, New Columbia, New Cumberland, New Stanton, Newtown, Norristown, North Wales, Northampton, Oakdale, Oaks, Palmerton, Philadelphia, Phoenixville, Pittsburgh, Port Matilda, Pottsville, Reading, Sarver, Scranton, Shawanese, South Fork, Southampton, Spring City, State College, Summerdale, Telford, Towanda, Trevose, Trooper, Tunkhannock, Tyrone, University Park, Upper Darby, Valley Forge, Wallingford, Washington, Waynesburg, Wellsboro, West Chester, West Mifflin, Whitehall, Wilkes-Barre, Williamsport, Woodlyn, Wynnewood, Yardley, York
RHODE ISLAND: Cranston, Hope, Johnston, Lincoln, Newport, North Kingstown, Providence, Warwick
SOUTH CAROLINA: Charleston, Clemson, Columbia, Easley, Fort Mill, Fountain Inn, Goose Creek, Greenville, Inman, Irmo, Lugoff, Myrtle Beach, Norris, North Augusta, Rock Hill, Simpsonville, Spartanburg, Sumter, Walterboro, West Columbia
SOUTH DAKOTA: Rapid City, Sioux Falls
TENNESSEE: Afton, Brentwood, Chapel Hill, Chapmansboro, Chattanooga, Clarksville, Cleveland, College Grove, Columbia, Cookeville, Cordova, Darden, Dyersburg, Elizabethton, Fairview, Franklin, Hermitage, Jackson, Johnson City, Kingsport, Kingston, Knoxville, Lascassas, Lebanon, Liberty, Luray, Madison, Mansfield, Maryville, Memphis, Mt Juliet, Murfreesboro, Nashville, Newport, Norene, Old Hickory, Paris, Parsons, Rockford, Smithville, Summertown, Walland
TEXAS: Abilene, Alamo, Allen, Amarillo, Arlington, Austin, Baytown, Beaumont, Belton, Bridgeport, Caldwell, Carrollton, Cleburne, College Station, Conroe, Copperas Cove, Corpus Christi, Coupland, Dallas, Denton, Dickinson, Early, El Paso, Electra, Evadale, Flat, Flower Mound, Fort Worth, Friendswood, Frisco, Garland, Grand Prairie, Houston, Hughes Springs, Humble, Irving, Italy, Katy, Keller, Killeen, Kingsville, Lake Dallas, League City, Leander, Lewisville, Liberty Hill, Lindale, Longview, Lubbock, McAllen, McKinney, Mesquite, Midland, Missouri City, Montgomery, Nacogdoches, New Braunfels, New Caney, Plano, Randolph AFB, Raymondville, Richardson, Round Rock, Sachse, San Angelo, San Antonio, San Marcos, Santa Fe, Sealy, Sherman, Spring, Sugar Land, Sweetwater, Tahoka, Taylor, Temple, Texarkana, Texas City, Tyler, Universal City, Waco, Whitehouse, Wichita Falls, Winona, Wylie
UTAH: Draper, Lindon, Midvale, Nephi, Paradise, Provo, Salt Lake City, Sandy, South Jordan
VERMONT: Bethel, Brattleboro, Burlington, Colchester, Lake Elmore, Marlboro, Montpelier, St Johnsbury, Winooski, Worcester
VIRGINIA: Annandale, Arlington, Ashburn, Ashland, Bristow, Burke, Cana, Catlett, Centreville, Chantilly, Charlottesville, Chesapeake, Clifton, Crozet, Dahlgren, Dulles, Dumfries, Dutton, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Glen Allen, Gloucester, Greenway, Hampton, Herndon, Hillsville, Keezletown, King George, Leesburg, Lexington, Lorton, Lynchburg, Manassas, McLean, Mechanicsville, Merrifield, Moneta, Newport News, Portsmouth, Reston, Richlands, Richmond, Roanoke, Springfield, Sterling, Vienna, Virginia Beach, Warrenton, Waynesboro, Williamsburg, Winchester, Woodbridge
WASHINGTON: Auburn, Bellevue, Bellingham, Bothell, Bow, Bremerton, Brewster, Carlsborg, Clinton, Coupeville, Duvall, Edmonds, Everett, Federal Way, Ferndale, Four Lakes, Gig Harbor, Issaquah, Kalama, Kelso, Kenmore, Kent, Kirkland, Lakewood, Langley, Lynnwood, Maple Falls, Monitor, Mt Vernon, Oak Harbor, Olympia, Point Roberts, Poulsbo, Preston, Puyallup, Redmond, Renton, Richland, Seattle, Silverdale, Snohomish, Spokane, Stanwood, Tacoma, Vancouver, Vashon, Wenatchee, Whidbey Island, Woodinville, Woodway, Yakima
WEST VIRGINIA: Charleston, East Bank, Fairmont, Harpers Ferry, Huntington, Montcalm, Petersburg, Teays, Winfield
WISCONSIN: Appleton, Baraboo, Beloit, Brookfield, Butler, Cataract, Delavan, Eau Claire, Edgerton, Gillett, Janesville, Madison, Marshfield, Middleton, Milwaukee, Neenah, New Berlin, Oak Creek, Oconto, Park Falls, Pewaukee, Prairie du Chien, Sheboygan, Shullsburg, Stevens Point, Sun Prairie, Watertown, Waunakee, Wausau, Wisconsin Rapids
WYOMING: Cheyenne, Gillette, Laramie, Mills
CANADA
ALBERTA: Airdrie, Balzac, Banff, Beverly, Blackfalds, Bonnyville, Bowness, Breton, Calgary, Coaldale, Cold Lake, Crossfield, Duffield, Edmonton, Fort McMurray, Fort Saskatchewan, Grande Prairie, High Level, Hinton, Hobbema, Irricana, Jasper, Jumping Pound, Keoma, Lacombe, Lancaster Park, Leduc, Lethbridge, Lloydminster, Mannville, Meanook, Medicine Hat, Michichi, Midnapore, Montgomery, Morinville, Muriel Lake, Nisku, Nobleford, North Cooking Lake, Okotoks, Olds, Peace River, Penhold, Red Deer, St Albert, Sherwood Park, Slave Lake, Strathcona, Turin, Valleyview, Wainwright, Westlock
BRITISH COLUMBIA: Abbotsford, Agassiz, Aldergrove, Beaverley, Bednesti, Burnaby, Campbell River, Canal Flats, Cassidy, Castlegar, Chilliwack, Comox, Coquitlam, Courtenay, Cranbrook, Crofton, Delta, Duncan, East Kelowna, Fernie, Fort St John, Gibsons, Goldstream Station, Harmac, Hollyburn, Hope, Kamloops, Kelowna, Kitimat, Ladner, Ladysmith, Langley, Maple Ridge, Mayne, Metchasin, Mission, Nanaimo, Nelson, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Parksville, Penticton, Port Alberni, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Prince George, Prince Rupert, Pritchard, Qualicum Beach, Quesnel, Richmond, Salmon Arm, Sherwood, Sidney, Summerland, Surrey, Tahsis, Taft, Terrace, Trail, Tsawwassen, Usk, Vallican, Vancouver, Vernon, Victoria, White Rock, Williams Lake
MANITOBA: Altona, Brandon, Brooklands, Chater, Dauphin, Dufresne, Flin Flon, Forrest Station, Kildonan, Lac du Bonnet, Minnedosa, Plum Coulee, St James, St Lazare, Selkirk, Steinbach, Thompson, Virden, West Kildonan, Winkler, Winnipeg.
NEW BRUNSWICK: Bartibog Station, Berry Mills, Bristol, Fredericton, Hampton, Hartland, Lakeburn, Marysville, Moncton, Mouth of Keswick, Notre-Dame, Oromocto, Rothesay, Sackville, St John, Tracadie.
NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR: Burlington, Corner Brook, Fishels, Gander, Glenwood, Harry’s Brook, Mt Pearl, Paradise Cove, St John’s, Stephenville, Wabana
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES: Yellowknife.
NOVA SCOTIA: Annapolis Royal, Amherst, Antigonish, Bedford, Berwick, Bridgetown, Cornwallis, Dalhousie West, Dartmouth, Deep Brook, Elmsvale, Granville Ferry, Greenwood, Halifax, Maitland, Mill Cove, New Albany, New Glasgow, Pictou, Shubenacadie, Sydney, Truro, Webster Station, Wolfville, Yarmouth.
ONTARIO: Agincourt, Ajax, Almonte, Arnprior, Atikokan, Aurora, Aylmer, Barrie, Beaverton, Belleville, Blind River, Bolton, Bowmanville, Brampton, Brantford, Bridgeport, Brimley, Brittannia, Brockville, Burgessville, Buckhorn, Burketon Station, Burlington, Cambridge, Cannington, Carleton Place, Chalk River, Chatham, Chelmsford, Clarkson, Cobourg, Cochrane, Colwell, Corbyville, Cornwall, Courtice, Deep River Depot, Don Mills, Dundas, Dunnville, East Windsor, Eastview, Elliot Lake, Elmira, Englehart, Erin, Etobicoke, Fergus, Fonthill, Forest, Forest Hill, Fort Erie, Fort Frances, Fredericksburg, Gananoque, Georgetown, Glen Buell, Gormley, Grimsby, Guelph, Haliburton, Hamilton, Hanover, Harriston, Harwood, Hensall, Ingersoll, Inglewood, Kanata, Kenora, Keswick, Kincardine, King City, Kingston, Kitchener, Leitrim, Lindsay, London, Long Sault, Markdale, Markham, Markstay, Merrickville, Midhurst, Midland, Millbrook, Milton, Mimico, Mississauga, Nanticoke, Napanee, Nepean, Niagara Falls, North Bay, North York, Oakville, Onemee, Orangeville, Orleans, Oshawa, Ottawa, Owen Sound, Pakenham, Parkhill, Parry Sound, Pefferlaw, Perth, Petawawa, Peterborough, Pickering, Port Colborne, Port Credit, Port Dalhousie, Port Hope, Port Perry, Renfrew, Rexdale, Richmond Hill, Riverside, Rockcliffe Park, St Catharines, St Thomas, Sarnia, Scarborough, Scarborough Junction, Schreiber, Smiths Falls, Stamford, Stittsville, Stouffville, Stratford, Sudbury, Swansea, Tecumseh, Thedford, Thornhill, Thunder Bay, Timmins, Tiverton, Toronto, Trenton, Wasaga Beach, Waterford, Waterloo, Welland, Weston, Whitby, Whitefish, Winchester, Windsor, Woodstock, Yarker, York Mills.
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Charlottetown, Sherwood, Summerside.
QUEBEC: Anjou, Aylmer, Baie-d’Urfe, Beaconsfield, Beloeil, Beaumont, Bordeaux, Boucherville, Brossard, Cartierville, Chateauguay, Cote-St-Catherine, Cote-St-Luc, Deschenes, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Dorval, Gatineau, Granby, Hull, La Pocatiere, Lac-Meach, LaSalle, Laval, Longueuil, Luskville, Montreal, Montreal-Ouest, Mont-Royal, Muncey, Old Chelsea, Pierrefonds, Pincourt, Pointe-Calumet, Pointe-Gatineau, Pont-Viau, Price, Quebec, Quebec-Ouest, Richelieu, Richmond, Roxboro, St-Eustache, St-Laurent, St-Paul, Ste-Foy, Senneville, Shawinigan, Sherbrooke, Terrebonne, Valcourt, Waterloo, Westmount, Windsor.
SASKATCHEWAN: Corinne, Delisle, Esterhazy, Estevan, Garrick, Gorlitz, Grand Coulee, Lampman, Mankota, Melville, Moose Jaw, North Battleford, Pilot Butte, Prince Albert, Regina, Saskatoon, Sutherland, Wapella, Warman, Webb, Weyburn, Yorkton.
YUKON TERRITORY: Whitehorse.
INTERNATIONAL
ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires, Entre Rios
AUSTRALIA: Abbotsford (NSW), Adelaide (SA), Applecross (NSW), Bendigo (V), Brisbane (Q), Campbell (V), Canberra (ACT), Clayton North (V), Earlwood (NSW), Eastwood (NSW), Glenroy (VIC), Jondaryan (Q), Karlgarin (WA), Lindfield (NSW), Liverpool (NSW), Melbourne (V), O’Connor (WA), Perth (WA), Regents Park (NSW), Sydney (NSW), Tempe (NSW), Wallacia (NSW), Woolwich (NSW), Yougali (NSW).
AUSTRIA: Retz, Salzburg, Vienna.
BELGIUM: Antwerp, Brussels, Drogerbos, Genk, Herentals, Ketem
BERMUDA: Hamilton
BRAZIL: Bahia, Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Curitiba, Goainia, Guara, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Bernardo da Campo, Sao Paulo
BRUNEI: Bandar Seri Begawan
BULGARIA: Pernik, Sofia
CHILE: Santiago, Vina del Mar
CHINA: Beijing
COLOMBIA: Bogota, Medellin
COSTA RICA: Hermosa, San Jose
CZECH REPUBLIC: Prague
DENMARK: Aalborg, Arhus, Copenhagen, Fborg, Fredericia, Gillelaje, Haderslev, Helsingor, Herlev, Horsens, Roenne, Roskilde, Silkeborg, Tim, Tranbjerg, Varndrup
ECUADOR: Quito
EGYPT: Cairo
EL SALVADOR: Delgado, San Salvador
ENGLAND: Altrincham, Bailleston, Balham, Banbury, Beenham, Birmingham, Blackbushes, Bradford, Bristol, Chelsfield, Chipstead, Chislehurst, Crawley, Cubitt Town, Elsfield, Ewell, Exeter, Falmouth, Farnborough, Gloucester, Greenwich, Guildford, Hampstead, Holywood, Hope, Ipswich, Lambeth, Lancaster, Leicester, London, Maidenhead, Manchester, Mere, Middlesbrough, Navestock, Northolt, Oxford, Oxton, Paddington, Peterborough, Rochdale, Runcorn, Shawford, Sheffield, Shooters Hill, Slough, Southend-on-Sea, Staines, Stevenage, Stithians, Stockport, Stoke-on-Trent, Taunton, Uxbridge, Walworth, Warlingham, Warrington, Watford, Wimbledon, Wokingham, Wolverhampton, Worcester
ESTONIA: Tallinn, Tartu
FINLAND: Brevdik, Espoo, Helsinki, Imatra, Iisalmi, Lahti, Murto, Nokia, Rauma, Tampere, Voutila
FRANCE: Boulogne-Billancourt, Fourmeis, Grenoble, Lille, Marseille, Nice, Paris, Pinay-Sous-Nart, St-Cyr-au-Mont-d’Or, Strasbourg, Toulon, Vanves, Villefranche-sur-Sane
GERMANY: Aachen, Berlin, Bielefeld, Dachau, Dortmund, Dresden, Dusseldorf, Essen, Geisenkirchen, Groauheim, Haan, Hamburg, Heppendorf, Hockenheim, Kaiserslautern, Kassel, Leinfelden-Echterdingen,
Mainz, Nurnberg, Rottenburg, Thomashotte, Unterschneberg, Walldorf, Weisbach, Wiesloch
GHANA: Accra
GREECE: Athens, Thessaloniki
HONG KONG: Hong Kong
HUNGARY: Budapest, Budars
INDIA: Bangalore, Calcutta, Chennai, Dehra Dun, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kumar, Madras, Mumbai, Nashik, Pune
INDONESIA: Bandung, Batam, Jakarta, Surabaya.
IRAN: Irancheh, Tehran
IRELAND: Ballymount, Dublin
ISRAEL: Bene Beraq, Kinneret, Natanya, Tel Aviv
ITALY: Casa San Biagio, Crotone, Lecce, Milan, Rome, Trinitapoli, Turin
JAMAICA: Kingston
JAPAN: Nagasaki, Naha, Sasebo, Tokyo, Toyama, Urawa
KENYA: Nairobi
MALAYSIA: Johor Baharu, Kampong, Kuala Lumpur, Miri, Pantai Valley
MEXICO: Ciudad Juarez, Del Carmen, Duarte, Leon, Matamoros, Mexicali, Mexico City, Monterrey, Puerto Vallarta, Reynosa, San Juan de la Cruz, San Lorenzo, Zapopan
MOROCCO: Casablanca
NETHERLANDS: Abersfoot, Acht, Amsterdam, Borne, DeBaest, Enschede, Groningen, Hellevoetsluis, Hoofddorp, Huizen, Meerssen, Overvecht-Noord, Rijswijk, Rotterdam, S’Hertogenbosch, The Hague, Tilburg, Utrecht, Weesp, Zwolle
NEW ZEALAND: Auckland, Christchurch, Days Bay, Napier, Ngauranga, Wellington
NIGERIA: Lagos
NORTHERN IRELAND: Belfast
NORWAY: Bergen, Larvik, Oslo, Saksvik, Trondheim
PAKISTAN: Abbottabad
PERU: Lima
PHILIPPINES: Benguet, Cebu City, Manila, Marikima, Quezon City
POLAND: Gorzow Slaski, Krakow, Plac, Warsaw, Wroclaw
PORTUGAL: Boua, Gondomar, Estabil, Leiria, Lisbon, Maia, Marinha, Oeiras
ROMANIA: Bucharest
RUSSIA: Moscow
ST KITTS & NEVIS: St. Kitts
SAUDI ARABIA: Dhahran, Riyadh
SCOTLAND: Douglas, Dundee, Edinburgh, Perth
SERBIA & MONTENEGRO: Belgrade, Brezenak, Pristina
SINGAPORE: Singapore
SLOVENIA: Ljubljana
SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Town, Johannesburg, Welkom
SOUTH KOREA: Seoul
SPAIN: Alicante, Amedo, Barcelona, Cadiz, Igualada, La Bauma, Logrono, Madrid, Puerto Real, San Juan De Aznalfarache, San Sebastian, Sevilla, Valladolid, Yunclillas
SRI LANKA: Colombo
SWEDEN: Alingsas, Gothenburg, Homyrsvedjan, Kista, Kungsbacka, Lackarebock, Liding, Linnarhult, Lund, Malmo, Mossebo, Palestina, Soderhamn, Stockholm, Sundsvall, Umea
SWITZERLAND: Bern, Villarvolard
SYRIA: Damascus
TAIWAN: Hanying, Taipei
THAILAND: Bangkok, Phuket
TUNISIA: Tunis
TURKEY: Ankara, Burdur, Bursa, Istanbul, Izmir
UGANDA: Kampala
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Dubai
URUGUAY: Montevideo
VENEZUELA: Caracas, El Taparita, San Joaquin, Valencia
VIETNAM: Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City
WALES: Cardiff, Swansea, Wrexham
YEMEN: Sana

Thanks, y'all.

Hockey stuff

My hockey blogging, which will probably increase as we enter Nirvana (read: the Stanley Cup playoffs), will now be done at a new location. Stop by for my rants, raves, etc.
All other blogging will remain here.

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Someone has too much time on his hands...

There's a professor at the University of Alberta who definitely has too much time on his hands.
He is Andrew Harrell. His discipline? The social sciences. His latest findings? That ugly people make bad parents.
“Unattractive parents are less likely than attractive parents to supervise their children closely,” said Harrell.
He’s the same social scientist who took a fair bit of heat last year when he presented evidence suggesting parents pay more attention to attractive children.
This guy needs to have something to do.
Does he have any children? His listing on the U of A web site doesn't say.
Perhaps he should pay more attention to his own kids, if he has 'em.

Canadians help our enemies again

Illegal immigration from north of the border...
SEATTLE (AP) - U.S. and Canadian authorities announced Wednesday they have broken up a human smuggling ring suspected of illegally shepherding dozens of Indian and Pakistani nationals into Washington state from British Columbia.
A U.S. federal grand jury in Seattle has indicted 14 U.S. and Canadian men for their roles in the alleged scheme. Twelve had been arrested as of Wednesday. Investigators on both sides of the border worked on the case for more than a year, apprehending roughly 50 people who had allegedly paid as much as $35,000 US apiece to be smuggled into the United States, said Leigh Winchell, special agent in charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Seattle.

RCMP officers arrested the suspected ringleader Kavel Multani, 46, a dual Canadian and Indian citizen living in Vancouver on Tuesday, along with three other suspects: Nizar Sabaz-Ali, 38, a Pakistani citizen of North York, Ont.; Sandip Parhar, 26, a Canadian citizen of Delta, B.C. and Armardeep Singh Powar, 23, an Indian citizen of Vancouver.
Multani was named in a nine-count indictment unsealed Wednesday charging him with smuggling and transporting illegal aliens. Also arrested so far are two Indian citizens living in Canada, one Indian citizen living in Washington state, four Canadian citizens and one American.
Authorities were still seeking two other men who have been indicted.
Winchell said two undercover agents infiltrated the alleged smuggling operation, which slipped most immigrants across the border in between patrolled ports of entry. He said the network in Vancouver is part of a larger smuggling organization spread across Canada.

We have our problems south of the border... and we're getting it from the north, too?

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

An oldie but a goodie

Back in the days of President Peanut (aka Jimmuh Cahtah), we had a little trouble with Iran. Four hundred-plus days of hostage-taking, to be exact.
Now, we're having more problems with the Ayatollahs Ho-Ho-Kus.
It's time to act.
And we dedicate this song to what needs to be done...

Ah, bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb Iran
bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb Iran
Oh bomb Iran, that’s the plan
bomb Iran
We got to get the ayatollahs
before they get us first now
bomb Iran
bomb bomb bomb bomb Iran

Nukes at a glance; Europe’s in a trance
Iran‘s got the bomb, so we’ve gotta take a chance
and bomb Iran, bomb Iran
That’s the plan
Bomb Iran

We got to get the ayatollahs
before they get us first now
bomb Iran
bomb bomb bomb bomb Iran


bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb Iran
bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb Iran

bomb Iran, that’s the plan
bomb Iran
We gotta get the ayatollahs
Before they get us first now
bomb Iran
bomb bomb bomb bomb Iran


Tried the U.N.
They’re girlie-men
Tried Europe, too
But we knew they wouldn’t do it
bomb Iran, bomb Iran
That's the plan
Bomb Iran
That's the plan
We gotta get the ayatollahs
Before they get us first now
bomb Iran
Bomb bomb bomb bomb Iran


bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb Iran
bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb Iran
bomb Iran
That's the plan
bomb Iran
We got to get the ayatollahs
Before they get us first now

bomb Iran
Bomb bomb bomb bomb Iran


(hat tip to the Beach Boys)