Welcome to the new bigmerl.com!

This post will be anchored at the top and I will update it every now and then. It is for anything so big it HAS to be on the top but I don't want to change the template coding.

Some new features:

• New template (more cowbell!)
• New no frames layout
• Way cool new splash page (old school to 1995)
• less clutter
• comments are now easy to find (so use em folks!)
• Direct linkage to the blog at http://blog.bigmerl.com/
• XML Site Feed (I reccomend Pluck for viewing)
• Picasa Hello photo posting
• Audio posting
• oFoto album links
• 50% more Ashley Judd!
  

XML Feed

I have setup an Atom XML feed of BigMerl.Com for those of you that are into that kind of thing. For a reader, I reccomend Pluck since it is really easy to use and lives in your web browser.

gprime.net - video - blindfolded mario pianist take two

Since Steve thought it was cool, LCX and Heather might.

RAILforum - powered by Infopop

As some of you may know, after my Amtrak trip I fell in love with train travel. If you ever wondered where someone that wants to talk about train travel goes, wonder no longer. Also, seek professional help. That is all.

What is up with the Big Merl?

I just realized it has been a while since I posted any original content to the site, so I figured I might as well. Gotta fill the space next to the info box anyways thanks to my posting of that comic. :)
Lets see, I didn't win the Powerball, I did win the Who Wants to Be the Big Merl contest that was run last week though.
I have been contemplating rearranging my apartment. Partially because I want a love seat in my bedroom for when lounging around watching tv. It's all good.
Not a lot, life is pretty quiet lately. Oh, and if you are visiting tonight, HI DON!

Little Gamers

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ESPN.com: The Daily Quickie

Helping skew the Google test for page two and see how fast I update with Google.
Maria Sharapova

National Toy Hall of Fame

What rolls down stairs in singles or pairs, runs over the neighbors dog? It's fit for a snack, and fits on your back its log log log. Its lo-og its lo-og, its big its heavy its wood, its lo-og its lo-og its better then bad its good!

Omaha.com

Preach on!

What employees value most at work
Men
1. Pay and benefits
2. Achievement and success
3. Status and authority

X-Entertainment: The Worst Game Room Ever!

I don't remember if I linked this before or not

Backcountry Conservative: Retrosexuals

I think I am digging this one

Amazon.com: Books: Real Ultimate Power: The Official Ninja Book

If anybody wants to buy bigmerl.com a one year aniversary gift...

The Best Page In The Universe.

NSFW Link to a blog gone bad

Entertainment News! for June 24, 2004

Obligatory link

Kick it!

Body movin, body movin,
A1 sound, sound so soothing
Body movin, body movin,
We be getting down and you know we're crush groovin

Let me get some action from the back section
We need body rocking not perfection
Let your back bone flip but don't slip a disc
Let your spine unwind just take a risk
I wanna do the freak until the break of dawn
Tell me party people is that so wrong
The ship is docking, inter-lockin
And up-rockin electro-shocking
We're getting down computer action
Do the robotic satisfaction
All of y'all get off the wall
Have a ball and get involved with

Body movin, body movin with the A-1 sound sound so soothing

Flame on, I'm gone
I'm so sweet like a nice bon bon
Came out rapping when I was born
Mom said rock it 'til the break of dawn
Puttin bodies in motion cause I got the notion
Like Roy Cormier with the coconut lotion
The sound of the music drivin you insane
You can't explain to people this type of mind frame
Like a bottle of Chateau Neuf Du Pap
I'm fine like wine when I start to rap
We need body rockin not perfection
Let me get some action from the back section

Body movin, body movin,
A1 sound, sound so soothing
Body movin, body movin,
We be getting down and you know we're crush groovin

Mike D with the master plan
Ooh my my and thank you ma'am
And when I grab the mic you scream Ooh god damn
The creme de la creme is who I am
MCA where have you been
Packed like sardines in the tin
So kick off your shoes and put on your swim fins
Cause when it comes to quarries I'm known to swim
Adrock light up the place
And if you pull my card you pull the ace
And if you ask me turn up the bass
And if you play defender I could be your hyper space

Body movin'

If you can dodge your scanner...

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Dummies::AOL For Dummies, 2nd Edition

Irony defined

Twentieth Century Fox: Dodgeball

If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball. This is the best movie of 2004, hands down.

MMORPG currency exchange defrauded for $3,000 - PC News at GameSpot

Too many jokes, not enough time before I leave for my movie.

TV Hates Me

That is three straight Fridays I had off, three straight instances of not being able to watch Price is Right. Two weeks ago it was the Reagan funeral. Last week it was the Ray Charles funeral. This week it was a cable outage. :/

The Weather Network � Merlin � Ontario � Canada

For those keeping score, I now have my own Canadian City

YAY! My internet works again!

I don't really know why it stopped working or how it started again. But I now have internet again and I can do cool things like... post saying that I have internet again... yeah... about that...

Whiplash the Cowboy Monkey

This is too cool for words!

Omaha.com

Sometimes reality is funnier then fiction. This is one of those times

SecurityFocus HOME Mailing List: BugTraq

Why you shouldn't buy the new Beastie Boys album. Hint: it will kill your computer.

Major Changes!

BigMerl.Com is going under some MAJOR changes today. First the bad news, I deleted the message boards and Star Wars sub webs. Now the good news:

1) There are now comments pages for every post on the site. On the summary line it says "comments", well if you click there you can add to the article someone already posted. Of course, if you want to add articles to the main page, just let me know.

2) There will be a revitilzation of the Front Page sections of the site too. I haven't decided what yet, but there will be stuff.

3) I am adding some external links on the navigation bar to the left. Expect cool things there.

4) More as I think of it.

YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE:

Big Merl is in a very weird mood today, listening to LIMP and just chilling at the Hoeliday Inn. I'm thinking its the bottle of C2 I bought. I'm afraid to open it if it is already having this effect on me. :)

Looks like I'm gonna do everything myself (everything myself!)
Maybe I could use some help but if you want something done right you gotta do it yourself!
Maybe life is up and down, but my lifes been what till now?
I crawled up your butt somehow and thats when things got turned around.
I used to be alive (used to be alive), so pathetic but now I get it!
What's done is done, I know, you just leave it alone and don't regret it!

But sometimes some things turn into dumb things and thats when you put your foot down!
Why'd I have to go and meet somebody like you?
Why'd you have to go and hurt somebody like me?
How could you do somebody like that?
Hope you know that I'm never coming back!

Depending on you is done!
Giving to you is done!
No more eating or sleeping or living it's just more giving to you and I'm done.
Depending on you is done, and giving to you is done!
No more eating or sleepig or living it's all just more giving to you and I'm done!
The hiding from you is done!
The lying to you is done!
No more eating or sleepig or living it's all just more giving to you and I'm done! (and I'm done!)

ok, I'll kill the lyrics :)

MOVE IN NOW MOVE OUT!
HANDS UP NOW HANDS DOWN!
BACK UP BACK UP!
TELL ME WHAT YOU GONNA DO NOW!
BREATHE IN NOW BREATHE OUT!
HANDS UP NOW HANDS DOWN!
BACK UP BACK UP!
TELL ME WHAT YOU GONNA DO NOW!

Did you say zero down?

To be fair, there was a sneeze involved.

Did it beep? Yes, it beeped.

Only one person should get this, if they remember the phone call they made.

The Rainforest Site: Help Save Our Rainforests!

BONGO ANTELOPE!

Yeaya

Midgets?

Here's something at least one person will find interesting.

Wednesday, before I left for work, there was a movie on Comedy Central called Knee-High P.I. Hopefully I don't need to say more about well... what it was about.

BigMerl.Com now hiring!

Have you always wanted to write for a top notch web site but were too lazy? Now is your chance to write for a horrible site but with no deadlines. The pay isn't too bad, if you don't insist on being paid, and the atmosphere is fun. If you would like to be added to the bigmerl.com blogger account, just let me know. The only request I have is please help keep it PG. :)

Whatever

I don't really have anything to say, I just wanted to make a post so I could be the most recent one to post to bigmerl.com
/poser

Whoa!!!

It posted 5 times? I tried posting it and it was giving me an error, so deal with it.

Sault Ste. Marie News and Weather: Full Story on SooToday.com

And once again my getting a greenlighted article from sootoday.com gives me an article on sootoday.com. Go me! :)

I AM The incredible man, I only do things incredible can!

I got my DVDs of Playmakers today. Great show, shame it got cancelled.

Freeky Bug

I just had the freekiest bug in my kitchen. To keep this site PG I won't put a pic up, but ask me in IM if you want one.

Dude

Where you hung over when you posted that like 90 times? :) Ok, Five, but its easy to confuse 90 with 5.

TOTALFARK.com: (992720)

I got another green light, number two for Soo Today!

For everyone's information...

Mr. LCX did not leave early. He put in his full 8 hours, he just put them in from 7 to 4 (plus the hour lunch for all those out there scratching their heads).

No offense to Mr. LCX

But Angela said you left early today.

No offense to Mr. Reagan

But you should of done more important stuff so I could of got the day off.

eBay item 3729093734 (Ends Jun-13-04 23:36:16 PDT) - Leif Garret "FEEL THE NEED" new in package

From the same seller as the Showbiz pizza thingie: Why I don't want the Showbiz Pizza thingie anymore.

No offense to Mr. Reagan

But today is my day off. I wanted to watch Price is Right!

Greatest comic ever!

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QDB: Quote #334331

New best bash ever!

WHAT???

You need gems to make potions? That is teh lame.

hmm...

I really don't know what to say about this...

Not a happy camper

I recently reinstalled Diablo 2 and have started playing for the first time on patch 10. To my suprise, when I get the cube I'm having trouble making potions. Since I play a barbarian, you can bet that is alarming. So I go and search the web, and find out that you now need gems to make potions. Gee, thank you Blizzard for messing up the game.
So now I am at a crossroads, my barbarian needs better potions to keep moving on, but the better potions are only going to come with tons of time killed running through the early acts looking for gem pieces to build the potions. Makes a guy seriously consider cheating.

New mission for bigmerl.com

The staff at bigmerl.com have a new mission for the site. To become the number one site for albino midget rodeo clown porn on the net. (Wow, that'll mess up my search stats with Google)

eBay item 3818719625 (Ends Jun-08-04 10:10:21 PDT) - Animated Robot Stage Show "Showbiz Pizza Place"

If only I had $35,000... :)

eBaum's World Media Download -

Who said the spelling bee kids aren't hardcore?

Housekeeping

No, I'm not going to come on with a post of "blah update this, blah delete that". I'm actually cleaning my apartment, the good ole spring cleaning. did you know that I actually have a passthrough? :)

TOTALFARK.com: (980123)

Ok, lets try posting this again. Weirdest thing, it was on the site then it vanished. I wonder if blogger is having issues?
Anyways, I got another green light

This is a pointless update

please ignore it, it is pointless

As the bigmerl.com turns

OH NO! TJ IS PREGNANT!
MERLIN IS IN A COMA!
BEAVIS HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR SECURITIES FRAUD!
Yeya, soap operas are funny.