<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321253</id><updated>2008-07-17T22:14:34.203-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Corsair the Rational Pirate</title><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><author><name>corsair the rational pirate</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1748</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321253.post-3410646779117157940</id><published>2008-07-17T21:57:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-17T22:14:34.217-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Holy Shit!</title><summary type='text'>Stupid, I know. But I laughed until I cried:

Shit</summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/2008/07/holy-shit.html' title='Holy Shit!'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3321253&amp;postID=3410646779117157940&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/3410646779117157940/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/3410646779117157940'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3321253/posts/default/3410646779117157940'/><author><name>corsair the rational pirate</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321253.post-3447099307101457301</id><published>2008-07-14T15:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-14T15:06:18.387-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I Do the Same Thing with Caterpillars</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/2008/07/i-do-same-thing-with-caterpillars.html' title='I Do the Same Thing with Caterpillars'/><link rel='related' href='http://www.jesusandmo.net/2008/07/14/mass/' title='I Do the Same Thing with Caterpillars'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3321253&amp;postID=3447099307101457301&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/3447099307101457301/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/3447099307101457301'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3321253/posts/default/3447099307101457301'/><author><name>corsair the rational pirate</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321253.post-3411950263849602026</id><published>2008-07-07T22:21:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-07T22:24:22.729-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Bewduiser! Ha!</title><summary type='text'>So I was watching some old episodes of Homicide Life on the Streets when they show this tattoo lady swilling down some brew. What sort of brew is that, I wondered? Well, here is a picture. You decide.



I guess they ran out of Kewrs and Mueller Light.</summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/2008/07/bewduiser-ha.html' title='Bewduiser! Ha!'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3321253&amp;postID=3411950263849602026&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/3411950263849602026/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/3411950263849602026'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3321253/posts/default/3411950263849602026'/><author><name>corsair the rational pirate</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321253.post-6842717194223556821</id><published>2008-07-04T08:51:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-04T09:06:46.082-04:00</updated><title type='text'>As Read in the Columbian Centinel November 5, 1796</title><summary type='text'>And we think the political discourse is tough in these modern times... Try checking out this editorial in the Columbian Centinel from November 5, 1796 which I got off of ebay.

Pay particular attention to the vitriol aimed at Thomas Jefferson, you know one of the founding fathers? Author of the Declaration of Independence. Ambassador to France. Founder of the University of Virginia.

Columbian </summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/2008/07/as-read-in-columbian-centinel-november.html' title='As Read in the Columbian Centinel November 5, 1796'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3321253&amp;postID=6842717194223556821&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/6842717194223556821/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/6842717194223556821'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3321253/posts/default/6842717194223556821'/><author><name>corsair the rational pirate</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321253.post-2366609395828205210</id><published>2008-06-30T19:57:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-30T20:00:19.294-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Inga and Helga are Sad</title><summary type='text'>It seems Germany lost some sort of sports contest. Losing makes these fräulein sad...



Come to me, meine mädchen, I will succor you.</summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/2008/06/inga-and-helga-are-sad.html' title='Inga and Helga are Sad'/><link rel='related' href='http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,562905,00.html' title='Inga and Helga are Sad'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3321253&amp;postID=2366609395828205210&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/2366609395828205210/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/2366609395828205210'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3321253/posts/default/2366609395828205210'/><author><name>corsair the rational pirate</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321253.post-3897709435511654884</id><published>2008-06-07T21:54:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-08T19:21:07.223-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Red Bank, New Jersey</title><summary type='text'>I spent a week in Red Bank, NJ once and took a bunch of pics. Here are some of them


Welcome to Red Bank


Have some Italian Ice


The Red Bank train station


The vacuum place


The State Theater


War heroes


Smith Barney building. When this building talks people run in fear


A fancy hotel near the water


Time to photograph the eagle


Navesink lodge number 39


They sell drugs in Red Bank
</summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/2008/06/red-bank-new-jersey.html' title='Red Bank, New Jersey'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3321253&amp;postID=3897709435511654884&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/3897709435511654884/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/3897709435511654884'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3321253/posts/default/3897709435511654884'/><author><name>corsair the rational pirate</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321253.post-3138639292260303327</id><published>2008-06-07T21:11:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-07T21:37:53.209-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Washington DC Old Postcards</title><summary type='text'>Here are a bunch of old Washington DC postcards that I seem to have lying around the basement.


The view from Pennsylvania Avenue with 1920s looking cars.


The view from Pennsylvania Avenue with horses and trolley cars.


The Navy used to have a large piece of land on what is now known as The Mall.


Close up on the Navy Buildings on The Mall.


Another view of the Mall with the Navy buildings.</summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/2008/06/washington-dc-old-postcards.html' title='Washington DC Old Postcards'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3321253&amp;postID=3138639292260303327&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/3138639292260303327/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/3138639292260303327'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3321253/posts/default/3138639292260303327'/><author><name>corsair the rational pirate</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321253.post-6990425646242771976</id><published>2008-05-23T12:19:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-23T12:20:50.563-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I want to Work Next To This Guy</title><summary type='text'>Whaterver he is doing, he is doing it right:

Alatanbagen Taoqi, 60, from China's ethnic Daur minority, was in an office building when it collapsed during the May 12 quake, The Nanjing Morning Post said. He was the only person in the building to survive, the report said. 

In 1976, he survived an earthquake in Tangshan city in northeast China that killed almost a quarter of a million people. He </summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/2008/05/i-want-to-work-next-to-this-guy.html' title='I want to Work Next To This Guy'/><link rel='related' href='http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/23/china.earthquake/' title='I want to Work Next To This Guy'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3321253&amp;postID=6990425646242771976&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/6990425646242771976/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/6990425646242771976'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3321253/posts/default/6990425646242771976'/><author><name>corsair the rational pirate</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321253.post-8880032239649581899</id><published>2008-05-23T08:33:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-23T08:39:29.791-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Well, Really, Isn't That a Given</title><summary type='text'>Turns out some other loony Brit tried to off himself and others at the food court of the local mall. Was a Timothy McVeigh type loony or something more insidious (and 21st century)?

Police are hunting for the Muslim extremists who allegedly radicalised Nicky Reilly, the 22-year-old suspected of setting off a nail bomb in a restaurant yesterday. 

Locals claimed that the 22-year-old changed his </summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/2008/05/well-really-isnt-that-given.html' title='Well, Really, Isn&apos;t That a Given'/><link rel='related' href='http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2014358/Exeter-bomb-Nicky-Reilly%2C-white-Muslim-convert%2C-is-named-as-suspect-in-Giraffe-restaurant-explosion.html' title='Well, Really, Isn&apos;t That a Given'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3321253&amp;postID=8880032239649581899&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/8880032239649581899/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/8880032239649581899'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3321253/posts/default/8880032239649581899'/><author><name>corsair the rational pirate</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321253.post-4621835311944605894</id><published>2008-05-13T20:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-13T20:09:18.511-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Bloody Brilliant</title><summary type='text'>Yeah!

</summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/2008/05/bloody-brilliant.html' title='Bloody Brilliant'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3321253&amp;postID=4621835311944605894&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/4621835311944605894/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/4621835311944605894'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3321253/posts/default/4621835311944605894'/><author><name>corsair the rational pirate</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321253.post-2335166309608251296</id><published>2008-05-11T14:22:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-11T14:31:41.216-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Infantile Obsession Again</title><summary type='text'>How's about some Hee Young Park:

</summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/2008/05/infantile-obsession-again.html' title='Infantile Obsession Again'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3321253&amp;postID=2335166309608251296&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/2335166309608251296/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/2335166309608251296'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3321253/posts/default/2335166309608251296'/><author><name>corsair the rational pirate</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321253.post-868802514065983119</id><published>2008-04-30T07:31:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-30T07:34:30.860-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Why Bother?</title><summary type='text'>We have all heard about the applaing story of the crazy dude in Austria who had seven children by his daughter and kept most of them in the cellar for 24 years. Reading about this nonsense I stumbled across this bit:

Fritzl, an electrical engineer and businessman, faces charges of incest, abduction and imprisonment and could serve 15 years in jail if convicted. He is on suicide watch. Two things</summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/2008/04/why-bother.html' title='Why Bother?'/><link rel='related' href='http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1913361/Austria-Trapped-brothers-&apos;open-mouthed-with-awe&apos;-at-first-sight-of-moon.html' title='Why Bother?'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3321253&amp;postID=868802514065983119&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/868802514065983119/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/868802514065983119'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3321253/posts/default/868802514065983119'/><author><name>corsair the rational pirate</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321253.post-7105638424804959622</id><published>2008-04-26T18:27:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-26T18:27:54.462-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Damn Straight</title><summary type='text'>You have to love this commercial:

</summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/2008/04/damn-straight.html' title='Damn Straight'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3321253&amp;postID=7105638424804959622&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/7105638424804959622/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/7105638424804959622'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3321253/posts/default/7105638424804959622'/><author><name>corsair the rational pirate</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321253.post-6666066509305097378</id><published>2008-04-25T07:13:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-25T07:16:45.297-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Return of Infantile Obsession</title><summary type='text'>Korean Lady Golfer bellybutton pics!

Na Yeon Choi:



And Song Hee Kim (just a hint):

</summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/2008/04/return-of-infantile-obsession.html' title='Return of Infantile Obsession'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3321253&amp;postID=6666066509305097378&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/6666066509305097378/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/6666066509305097378'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3321253/posts/default/6666066509305097378'/><author><name>corsair the rational pirate</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321253.post-4441323443744979881</id><published>2008-04-14T13:19:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-14T13:33:24.968-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Blogger Fishing</title><summary type='text'>I think this is called blogger fishing. It is where you randomly go to blogs set up no blogger (blogspot.com) and see what people are writing. Turns out it is not too much.

We'll start with country specific blogs:

http://japanese.blogspot.com/

Wednesday, May 23, 2001
Hi my name is David 
I am studying japanese. 
This site is all about the Japanese language. 
You can learn it online right here.</summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/2008/04/blogger-fishing.html' title='Blogger Fishing'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3321253&amp;postID=4441323443744979881&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/4441323443744979881/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/4441323443744979881'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3321253/posts/default/4441323443744979881'/><author><name>corsair the rational pirate</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321253.post-708924476873180313</id><published>2008-04-08T07:51:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-08T07:57:07.288-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I Can Tell You Why it Made No Money</title><summary type='text'>Seems there is this old Soviet made "space shuttle" bumming around the world and you can pay to see it. Why?

The Technik Museum Speyer bought the decommissioned Buran space shuttle and had it shipped from a junkyard in Bahrain to Rotterdam. 

After arriving in Rotterdam last week, the 37-meter (121-feet) shuttle was re-assembled and lowered onto a raft of barges for its trip through the Rhine to</summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-can-tell-you-why-it-made-no-money.html' title='I Can Tell You Why it Made No Money'/><link rel='related' href='http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,545835,00.html' title='I Can Tell You Why it Made No Money'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3321253&amp;postID=708924476873180313&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/708924476873180313/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/708924476873180313'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3321253/posts/default/708924476873180313'/><author><name>corsair the rational pirate</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321253.post-1375843674878009489</id><published>2008-04-01T10:24:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-01T10:44:47.318-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Scrambled Eggs Super?</title><summary type='text'>What the hell is a "professional egg thief?" 


A professional egg thief who illegally collected more than 7,000 birds' eggs has been jailed for 23 weeks. 

Richard Pearson, 41, of Phelps Place, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, had eggs from many rare birds such as golden eagles, peregrine falcons and ospreys. 

At Skegness Magistrates' Court Pearson admitted five charges of illegally stealing and </summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/2008/04/scrambled-eggs-super.html' title='Scrambled Eggs Super?'/><link rel='related' href='http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lincolnshire/7324397.stm' title='Scrambled Eggs Super?'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3321253&amp;postID=1375843674878009489&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/1375843674878009489/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/1375843674878009489'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3321253/posts/default/1375843674878009489'/><author><name>corsair the rational pirate</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321253.post-396713332272802176</id><published>2008-04-01T09:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-01T09:36:01.014-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Tell It Like It Is, Brother!</title><summary type='text'>Amen:

</summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/2008/04/tell-it-like-it-is-brother.html' title='Tell It Like It Is, Brother!'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3321253&amp;postID=396713332272802176&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/396713332272802176/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/396713332272802176'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3321253/posts/default/396713332272802176'/><author><name>corsair the rational pirate</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321253.post-1381192016644022297</id><published>2008-03-31T11:13:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-31T11:14:39.058-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Bring It, Baby!</title><summary type='text'>You have to love dance movies. Are the kids today just stupid enough that they think this story hasn't been done before?

Dancer Risks EverythingCHICAGO—In a daring show of hip-hop-infused ballet, a Chicago Academy of the Arts student put it all on the line and found the rhythm that was always within her..onion_embed {background: rgb(256, 256, 256) !important;border: 4px solid rgb(65, 160, 65);</summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/2008/03/bring-it-baby.html' title='Bring It, Baby!'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3321253&amp;postID=1381192016644022297&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/1381192016644022297/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/1381192016644022297'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3321253/posts/default/1381192016644022297'/><author><name>corsair the rational pirate</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321253.post-2344295087506041868</id><published>2008-03-31T07:09:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-31T07:16:08.394-04:00</updated><title type='text'>That's Some Fine Reporting, There</title><summary type='text'>So CNN makes a big deal about the following:

South Korea president to donate salary to poorGive away his salary? Why whatever can that mean?

(CNN) -- South Korea's new president has pledged to donate his salary to the underprivileged.

Lee Myung-Bak made the pledge during an unscheduled meeting with reporters Sunday in the press room of his presidential office, the state news agency reported.

</summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/2008/03/thats-some-fine-reporting-there.html' title='That&apos;s Some Fine Reporting, There'/><link rel='related' href='http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/31/south.korea.salary/index.html' title='That&apos;s Some Fine Reporting, There'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3321253&amp;postID=2344295087506041868&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/2344295087506041868/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/2344295087506041868'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3321253/posts/default/2344295087506041868'/><author><name>corsair the rational pirate</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321253.post-30724677839587892</id><published>2008-03-26T06:58:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-26T07:01:06.191-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The What Where?</title><summary type='text'>Seems that Samsung has a new phone out. You couldn't tell by the name they gave it:

Samsung launches touch-screen phone in South Korea

Samsung has launched a touch-screen mobile phone, thinner than Apple Inc.'s iPhone which delivers to the human touch senses through haptic feedback. The Anycall Haptic launched in South Korea on Tuesday, which has a large touch screen, has 22 different kinds of </summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/2008/03/what-where.html' title='The What Where?'/><link rel='related' href='http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/13369.cfm' title='The What Where?'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3321253&amp;postID=30724677839587892&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/30724677839587892/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/30724677839587892'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3321253/posts/default/30724677839587892'/><author><name>corsair the rational pirate</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321253.post-671331028870534393</id><published>2008-03-07T07:49:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-07T07:50:18.183-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Funny Sentence</title><summary type='text'>Ironic? You decide:

On Thursday, a North Korean government committee alleged the United States and its allies were stoking the rights issue to tarnish Pyongyang's image.Yeah, that's it. North Korea needs our help in tarnishing it's image. Right.</summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/2008/03/funny-sentence.html' title='Funny Sentence'/><link rel='related' href='http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iv-NxFUE1_tzjbplNyVm-_ViNQ0QD8V7TS7O0' title='Funny Sentence'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3321253&amp;postID=671331028870534393&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/671331028870534393/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/671331028870534393'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3321253/posts/default/671331028870534393'/><author><name>corsair the rational pirate</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321253.post-173052656598298336</id><published>2008-03-04T11:50:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-04T11:59:41.305-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Bought a Dog</title><summary type='text'>No wonder I have no posts lately. We got a dog last week and that is taking up all our time. She likes to bark so just today I got one of those citronella dog collars that spray every time the dog barks and startles her. Hopefully she will get the hint and knock it off. Some barking is ok. Barking continuously after I leave for work is not.

Oh, Penelope. A bassett hound. Thanks for asking.</summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/2008/03/bought-dog.html' title='Bought a Dog'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3321253&amp;postID=173052656598298336&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/173052656598298336/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/173052656598298336'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3321253/posts/default/173052656598298336'/><author><name>corsair the rational pirate</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321253.post-7081868888652839066</id><published>2008-02-24T16:44:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-24T17:03:00.408-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Stupid People Alert</title><summary type='text'>Isn't it cute when your little kids put on Mommy or Daddy's shoes and clothes and pretend that they are big. Strutting around and giving orders and thinking that thye know what it takes to be an adult. Much the same thing happens in the religious world when believers get the shit whacked out of them by a tornado or earthquake and then they try and tell you what their god was thinking when he </summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/2008/02/stupid-people-alert.html' title='Stupid People Alert'/><link rel='related' href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/22/AR2008022202445.html' title='Stupid People Alert'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3321253&amp;postID=7081868888652839066&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/7081868888652839066/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/7081868888652839066'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3321253/posts/default/7081868888652839066'/><author><name>corsair the rational pirate</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321253.post-8568604966441474666</id><published>2008-02-24T16:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-24T16:36:09.260-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What the Hell?</title><summary type='text'>What is up with my Irish cousins?



Is this some kind of joke?</summary><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/2008/02/what-hell.html' title='What the Hell?'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3321253&amp;postID=8568604966441474666&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/8568604966441474666/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://corsair.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/8568604966441474666'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3321253/posts/default/8568604966441474666'/><author><name>corsair the rational pirate</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry></feed>