Thursday, March 13, 2003
Don't misunderestimate ineffectiveness of clumsy Bushspeak
"I was proud the other day when both Republicans and Democrats stood with me in the Rose Garden to announce their support of a clear statement of purpose: You disarm, or we will." - George W. Bush
United Stand Us.
And just when I thought that Old Navy had quit making commercials...
They make more.
Cornell Daily Sun: Going Down the Dirt Road; A discussion of anal....
I'd finish typing that link... but, you should just really read it.
Yahoo! News - Intuit's TurboTax at Center of Anti-Piracy Flap
According to Intuit, the Internal Revenue Service said it received 15 million tax returns prepared with desktop versions of TurboTax during the 2001 tax filing season. Meanwhile, Intuit sold 5.5 million desktop copies of TurboTax.
...And we thought napster was an issue...
What is it with germans and fire?
Boy Sparks Inferno with Paper Airplane
A 12-year-old boy accidentally burned down a poolhouse and a summer pavilion with a flaming paper airplane, causing more than $40,000 in damage, police in southern Germany said on Thursday.
"A higher form of education..."
Iowa college president jailed for pot
An Iowa college president caught smoking marijuana with six dozen plants growing in his basement and packages of the leafy drug spread around his affluent home faced drug charges Thursday.
Bewildered eSociety | A crappy message...
Check out the "crappy" letter my pal Austin's parents got in the mail...
I think it speaks for itself.
*Warning: This page my take longer to load due to a large graphic.*
Wednesday, March 12, 2003
CNN.com - Crunch! Giant Chee-to spurs online frenzy - Mar. 7, 2003
It's believed to be the largest Chee-to in the world. The cheesy glob of fried cornmeal that Navy Petty Officer Mike Evans found last week in a bag of the snacks is about the size of a small lemon and weighs in at about half an ounce.
So how did this one Chee-to get to be a behemoth? Chee-tos Development Manager Kevin Cogan's job is to ponder such mysteries. He believes that some of the cheddar seasoning in the company's machines built up and plopped out in a big blob that sneaked past inspectors.
What is really the more disturbing factor here is that they actually have a job for someone to investigate this...
Fun with statistics!
U.S. Airways give us yet another reason to explain why they went bankrupt.
See the graph. (91%, specifically)
Japanese News
To quote:
SHIZUOKA -- A junior high school bully who used his classmates to blackmail classmates out of 1.5 million yen was arrested Wednesday, police said.
Despite his increased yen flow, the unfortunate pre-teen boy is still wondering why in the hell his wang is so small.
Redefining Sex in Iowa
To quote:
...or by penetration of any object into the genitalia or anus except in the course of examination or treatment by a person licensed persuant...
So, if your husband is a doctor, and you live in Iowa... you can have sex ANYtime! Joy!
Reuters | Blackouts Common Among College-Age Drinkers
I remember reading something about this....I think.
Tuesday, March 11, 2003
From the "Political Food Fight" department...
Au revoir to French food names
Lawmakers struck a lunchtime blow against the French and put “freedom fries” on the menu. And for breakfast they’ll now have “freedom toast.”
11 feared dead in N.Y. chopper crash
If fate must have its way, can't we at least have this stuff happen, say.. over Iraq?
Monday, March 10, 2003
Should school change non-PC fight song?
To quote:
The song includes the line: "And when we win this game we'll buy a keg of booze and drink it to the Aggies 'til we wobble in our shoes."
There is a perception the song promotes excessive drinking, the alumni magazine said.
No sh*t!
More than 4.8 million items seized by federal airport screeners
To quote:
Among the more unusual items collected by screeners: a 15-piece cutlery set, a machete, a trailer hitch, horseshoes, that kitchen sink pipe and circular saw and metal wall hangings depicting the Greek god Apollo.
Wait... and we're going after OTHER countries??
Sunday, March 09, 2003
Who says the news stations are always on top of things?
Have you noticed how, despite it's destruction last month, all 3 news networks continue to leave that damned GTE/Verizon brown tower in the skyline?
Tis, tis...
USATODAY.com - Tour buses collide in California; 105 injured
#2 - If two busses are traveling at 55mph and one applies the breaks...
