August 13th, 2004
Bye
And so ends a very unpleasant week. Smoke 'em if you got 'em. Punch 'em if they're smokin'. I'm gone. Those in the path of the storm, stay safe.
Posted by fad at 5:05pm
Always Best Put Off for Later
Great health news for procrastinators.If you think “it’s too late now” or “I can’t be that perfect” to adopt healthy habits to lower your risk of cancer, a new study has just poked a hole in those excuses. The study concluded that following steps advocated by health researchers, such as those at the American Institute for Cancer Risk, even moderately well, beginning in middle age, can make a difference.So they're saying I can put off giving up my daily egg and steak smoothee breakfast. Excellent. If I wasn't already planning to drop dead at 35, this would be sweet.
Posted by fad at 4:50pm
He'll Dip His Balls In It
"Undeclared nuts lead to coffee recall"I've heard tell that there are few things more unpleasant than undeclared nuts.
Posted by fad at 4:43pm
I Have Never Tried Gin
Red wine continues to take on all challengers in the heart-healthy smackdown.They compared the effects of drinking either red wine or gin on several biochemical markers in the blood and found that drinking red wine had a much greater effect in lowering levels in the bloodstream of so-called "anti-inflammatory" substances that cause development of heart disease and stroke.Gin seems like an arbitrary choice to compare, so I'm left thinking they are just grabbing randomly from the liquor cabinet (known as the "top of the fridge" in most places) and comparing down the line.
Posted by fad at 3:10pm
Oh Yeah
Lost in all the news is that Castro is celebrating one year closer to his long overdue death today. Only 78, so it could still be a while.
Posted by fad at 2:41pm
I Am Not Funny
"Marie-Antoinette's jewels stolen"Man, she's going to be pissed once she re-attaches her head and comes back to life.
Something, by the way, me and some of my necromancer buddies will be attempting this Sunday, Sunday! SUNDAY! only on pay per view. At least we think it'll be Marie-Antoinette. The guy we bought the bones from was a little sketchy, even for a lopped off head skeleton selling guy. He said they're either hers or they could be from some hitchhiker -- possibly named Dave but our source doesn't remember so good -- from Spokane. At least the dress they were wrapped in was all pretty.
Posted by fad at 2:10pm
I Don't See Stuff
Another random movie I've never seen but pretty much everyone else has:Bull Durham
Posted by fad at 12:29pm
Better Not Delay New Tapings
Coming soon to a reality near you, Oprah Winfrey in Toni Morrison's Beloved 2: Jury Duty.That sounded like a good thing to 29-year-old Perry Bennett, awaiting trial for a drug possession with the intent to deliver charge.Plus, at the end of the trial, all the other jurors will look under their chair and find a wonderful parting gift.
"Yeah, I want Oprah, 'cause she'd hear what actually happened to me," Bennett said outside the courthouse. "I was chillin' with my girlfriend when the police put something on me."
Bennett is pretty certain Oprah would be elected jury foreman. "If [the other jurors] see Oprah finds me guilty or not guilty, they'd go along with her because she's a professional and a billionaire. She didn't get that way by making the wrong decision."
Posted by fad at 12:18pm
Woosh
A friend's coworker who used to live in Florida told him that, when it came to hurricanes, there were just two things that could be done: board up all the windows and make sure there was enough ice for all the beer.That said, hope any of you in the way are safe and don't get too much property damage.
Posted by fad at 11:38am
Early and Often
Chicago/Illinois politics never cease to be so damn fun.Lipinski is taking his name off the ballot for re-election to the House. On Tuesday, the Democratic political bosses in Lipinski's 3rd Congressional District will agree to replace him on the ballot with his son Dan.Now hang on, though. It's not a guarantee that his son will win the seat. There is still the election to go through.
The nomination is tantamount to election because the Republican candidate, Ryan Chlada, is regarded as a Lipinski plant who has so little campaign activity that he has not filed any reports with the Federal Election Commission.I wonder the arrangement he got for putting his name up on the ballot. Well, not worth bothering too much with. Let's learn a little bit about the elder Lipinski.
The senior Lipinski is expected to carve out a new career as a consultant and lobbyist, though he will not be able to lobby Congress until a year after he leaves office. Lipinski, an early supporter of Gov. Blagojevich, has influential federal and state ties. Last spring, Blagojevich appointed Lipinski's wife, attorney Rose Marie, to a $50,893-a-year post on the Illinois Court of Claims.So he's about to cash in on his political career. Happens all the time. He's probably just sick of all the politicking and wants to move on. I'm sure there's no other motivation.
Lipinski's departure from Congress also removes the possibility of ethics questions being raised by his acceptance of about $217,000 over the past two years from a vintage sportswear company in Philadelphia. Lipinski avoided the $23,205 outside earned income limit on House members by claiming the money was really owed him from 1989. An ethics watchdog called the arrangement "absurd."As I said, it's just so much fun over there.
Posted by fad at 10:53am
Bon Voyage
Julia Child, who lived a more fascinating life than I ever knew, is dead.As of this linking, Abe Vigoda is not.
Posted by fad at 10:30am
Cruelty
Ok, there's run of the mill cat killing, but then there's creepily way too much effort cat killing.While Housden was having a baby at the hospital two weeks ago, someone fashioned a noose from a nylon rope and tied it to a C-clamp — a woodworking tool that is common enough on the docks. The person then put the noose around Lady and tossed her into Salmon Bay.Why waste a perfectly good noose on a cat?
[...]
Don Jordan, the director of Seattle Animal Shelter, said he had not seen such an extreme act of animal cruelty in the 15 years that he has been with the agency. He said the noose had nine rings on it and was carefully made.
Posted by fad at 7:22am
Feastings of the gods
When you're a batshit dictator and you want pizza, you get pizza.The call came in the middle of the night, just as Ermanno Furlanis, a computer expert and part-time chef at the Pizza Institute in northern Italy, was trying to get to sleep.By the way, two paragraphs starting with the exact same phrase ain't the best writing. Anyway, Mr. Furlanis was on his way to North Korea where he had adventrues.
The call came from a top chef at a swanky hotel. He had been contacted by some foreign diplomats who wanted experts for culinary demonstrations "in a communist country in the Far East".
He was whisked through the city to a gleaming, empty clinic, for a complete medical check-up. They conducted X-rays, an electrocardiogram and a brain scan, and took magnetic resonance imaging, urine samples and a sizeable blood sample.By the way, hopefully they aren't cloning our great pizza chefs.
Mr Furlanis discovered that his task was to teach pizza-making skills to three army officers, who took the job remarkably seriously.I'm pretty picky about my pizza too, but not that picky. Though....maybe I will be from now on.
"While I worked, my pupils, pen and notebook in hand, took down every detail while the rest of the staff, a dozen people or so, gathered round to watch the proceedings in an absorbed silence."
Mr Furlanis said that one of the students even asked to count the olives he used and to measure the distance between them.
Suddenly, there was huge agitation on board. Crossing the gangplank to the ship was - apparently - Kim Jong-il himself.I wouldn't. I would pity any man who has been so trained to feel such awe when in the presence of another human being. Unless that human is me. Then you should all be lucky I don't obliterate you all where you stand with my eye lasers.
"I am not in the position to say whether it really was him," said Mr Furlanis, "but our chef, who had no reason to fib, was, for the space of several minutes, utterly speechless.
"He said he felt as if he had seen God, and I still envy him this experience."
Posted by fad at 7:15am
Approach Is Everything
This story gives a nice example of how bias affects news reporting. No, this isn't librul vs conKKKative bias, but bias towards a predetermined story line.Arlene Thomas grew suspicious when two men with out-of-state drivers licenses and a large wad of cash came into her Sauget helicopter hangar Wednesday morning and said they wanted to see St. Louis landmarks from the sky.She did the right thing and called the cops.
The men, whom Thomas described to police as of "Middle Eastern descent," were carrying a duffel bag and a backpack and drove up in a rental car with Texas license plates.
Thomas called police, who searched the bags and the men and found a butane lighter, box cutter, two knives, duct tape, a powdery substance and a bottle filled with a clear liquid. The men also had maps of New York, Chicago, San Francisco and St. Louis with major landmarks highlighted in yellow.At this point, the police were probably about to lay down a PATRIOT Act smackdown on these fellows.
The signs pointed to terrorism - that's exactly the impression the two men, an NBC News producer and cameraman, were trying to create.Ah, so it was a sexy investigative report! (I say "sexy" because Sauget is where the strip clubs and 24 hour bar are located)
"We found out they worked for NBC News and were part of a group (of the network's journalists) throughout the country doing a story to see how easy it would be to infiltrate helicopter hangars.["]So you would think it'd be good and happy news to discover that it isn't easy to infiltrate these hangers. How did NBC report it?
[The men] were part of a story that NBC planned to air Thursday night about security at small airports that charter helicopters. But after the plan fell through in Sauget, the incident at the airport was reduced to a brief mention at the end of the newscast.Oh.
And there is the bias. The objective, informative approach would have been "Is it easy to get use of helicopters from small hangers?", and then seen and reported the result. But they approached the story as "It is easy to get use of helicopters from small hangers." When that proved not to be true, they weren't interested. This sort of bias does a disservice to those they claim to serve as journalists. This means that only when the pre-determined story line is validated will news of an investigation be reported.
Posted by fad at 6:59am
Purty Pikaturs
Giant bubbles in the sky makes me happy. Makes me write a stupid post.
Posted by fad at 6:36am
Clever Me
Uh oh....it's Friday the 13th. You know what that means. That's right! It's exactly 30 days until the first Sunday of regular season NFL football!
Posted by fad at 6:21am
August 12th, 2004
Boom!
The people in the apartment below mine, who apparently belong to some religion which requires the slamming of doors at all hours to honor the house spirits, are standing out on their little deck shooting off rocket fireworks right up to the roof and the trees next door. Fun!Maybe it's part of their ritual which sometimes ends with her saying, "Where are you going?" To which he responds, "To go make some money since you don't do a fucking thing around here."
Posted by fad at 5:29pm
Ew
Yeah, I read that story too and had a "Hmmm...maybe I don't really need any food for awhile." moment.
Posted by fad at 5:24pm
Agression Shall Not Stand
Ok, I can handle suddenly appointing a new director of the CIA just a couple months before the election meaning he may never get confirmed or could be almost immediately replaced, but this is just too far.America's new poet laureate is Ted Kooser, a professor and retired vice president of Lincoln Benefit Life Insurance Company in Nebraska. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington announced the prestigious appointment on Thursday.I question the timing of this appointment. The post of Poet Laureate is too serious for such naked politics. This action disgusts me.
Posted by fad at 4:58pm
Soft Slavery
I saw headlines earlier today about a 94 year old wanting to run for the Senate, but wasn't too interested. Then I found out it was that leftist wack-job Granny 'D'. She gives a lot of boilerplate blah-blah, but one segment of the usual crap always gets me. She mentioned that her opponent "supports the transfer of billions of our tax dollars to billionaires"See? Taking less from some in the first place is actually a transfer away from others who never had it. All wealth belongs to the state. People are only allowed what the state decides they should have. Therefore all your production belongs to the state.
You belong to the state.
Posted by fad at 3:27pm
Define The Problem Away
Remember those disks that went a-missin' from Los Alamos? You don't? Well, that's just sad. Anyway, they may be found. Well, sorta.In interviews on Wednesday, employees and people who have spoken with Los Alamos managers said it appeared that two computer disks said to contain classified information and to be missing had never been created. Through an oversight, they continued, the disks were still assigned bar codes that were entered into the laboratory's inventory for tracking classified material.They've been found to have never existed. Whee! I guess that also explains that check for half a million dollars I thought I had.
Posted by fad at 3:07pm
Gaol Oriented
This is why I don't believe in organization or day planners or any of that nonsense.Sarver, 48, pleaded guilty in April to robbing six banks, all in suburban Johnson County, in 2002 and 2003. The last took place just before Christmas, and Sarver was arrested Jan. 2.It just leads to trouble.
When police searched Sarver's house, they found a list including a reminder to "rob bank."
Posted by fad at 1:07pm
Fear the Skies
I just can't believe this.NASA's Genesis spacecraft successfully adjusted its course this week as it heads back toward Earth with a sample of solar wind particles, the space agency said Wednesday.Genesis? GENESIS?!?? What the fuck ever happened to separation of church and state? Who the hell at the ACLU let's this slip by? I want them fired! (unless they have a reasonable disability or suffer from the pressures of knowing how their ancestors may or may not have been oppressed in the past, then we must forgive them.) How the hell did Norman Lear not rally the People for the American Way?
Our brave groups protecting us from the falling night are failing us, people. The evangelicals are going to win. And they will take the whole world with them. Our only hope is to have this spacecraft blown up before Roy Moore can get his hands on it. There's no telling what terror he may wreak with collected solar wind particles, but you can bet your sweet bippy at the very least you'll have the 10 Commandments tattooed onto your chest both forwards and backwards so that it can be read by others as well as yourself when you look in the mirror each morning cursing your very existence. And that's just for starters.
Posted by fad at 11:47am
Fun and Games
Good ole fashion Big Media vs. Mayor-for-Life fight stewing in Chicago. Here's how the current flareup started (and be it known Daley takes every opportunity to rip the Cubs and the Tribune company).Daley has accused the Cubs of concealing the first incident [of falling concrete at Wrigley Field] and scoffed at Cubs President Andy MacPhail's claim that he was unaware that repair work required permits.So then the Tribune company, in between busy time trying to reconcile its subscription rolls to reality, answered.
The Tribune has fired back with a scathing editorial accusing the mayor of going public about Wrigley in a snit over the newspaper's critical stories.Daley continued his pursuit over the matter, so suddenly this happened.
Mayor Daley accused the Chicago Tribune on Wednesday of filing a Freedom of Information request for records on the city's maintenance of the City Hall facade in retaliation for his outspoken criticism of the Tribune Co.'s handling of falling concrete at Wrigley Field.If the Tribune company isn't careful, Daley might show up at 1:30am with bulldozers and cops to tear up the field with giant Xs in the outfield. Nah, he'd never do that.
The request was made Aug. 5, the day after Daley denounced the Tribune Co. as "arrogant" and two days after he publicly ridiculed the media conglomerate for making what it insists were millions of dollars' worth of repairs to 90-year-old Wrigley without the required building permits.
Posted by fad at 11:30am
He'd Bring Back the Batusi
Now they're trying to take all the fun out of democracy.Voters still can write in candidates, but the only votes that will be counted are those for candidates who have filed declarations of write-in candidacy with the state or county.I'm glad I don't live in a state that will disenfranchise me just because I want to vote for Batman. Ok, that's not true. I'd move back to Washington if I could. I'm just a damn, dirty liar unfit to be allowed to type on the interweb.
That means people who want to be write-in candidates for governor, or any other partisan office, must file a declaration that they belong to the Democratic, Republican or Libertarian party. Otherwise, write-in votes for them won't count.
So a vote for, say, Mickey Mouse, won't be counted this year, as it would have been in the past.
Posted by fad at 10:58am
Aww, Man....
Trying to teach your animals to fly never ends well.A retired Italian man could face up to a year and a half in prison if found guilty of killing his six pet hamsters and one guinea-pig by throwing them off his terrace into passing traffic.Too bad John Kerry wasn't there to administer mouth-to-mouth to the poor critters.
The man [was] detained by police after the guinea-pig crashed into the windshield of a car
Posted by fad at 10:41am
August 11th, 2004
Streak Continues
Well, late tonight is the show.A fine display of shooting stars is underway and peaks overnight Wednesday into early Thursday morning. Astronomers expect the 2004 Perseid meteor shower to be one of the best versions of the annual event in several years.By the way, astronomers or the media have been saying that every year for almost as long as I've been paying attention. But, per my recent weather prediction, it is cloudy and overcast as always around here for this event.
Posted by fad at 5:58pm
Remember, You Aren't Funny
Dissent crushed?[A conductor], who is also a Republican congressional candidate, was on a Kansas City-to-St. Louis train that was delayed to allow Kerry's campaign train to leave St. Louis and head to a Jefferson City rally.Or just a dumb moment.
[He] told The Associated Press that he used the train's public address system to tell passengers they would be delayed because of Kerry's train and then quipped that they should vote accordingly in November.
Amtrak has suspended him without pay,But, he's running for Congress. I wonder who his opponent is?
[He] is the Republican challenger to Rep. William Lacy Clay, D-MoYeah, you're not beating Lacy Clay. That means the bar for opponents is pretty much at the "Who's bored and wants to get beat up in public?" level.
and also is a delegate to the Republican National ConventionI'm sure they'll be proud to have him.
Posted by fad at 5:04pm
JEW In All Caps == Reasonable Argument
I just got the strangest spam/scam I've gotten in quite a while. And a friend of mine got the exact same message at the same time.Click here to read it, if you dare.
(It's very long and chock full o' the crazy)
Posted by fad at 3:00pm
Fucking Moron Me
Random argument I was once stupid enough to fall for:"Why do we spend so much on the military? Look how little Europe spends compared to us!"
Took me a long time to understand there was a connection there.
Posted by fad at 1:26pm
Dangerous Words
"Brazilians decode coffee genome"Does this mean science is that much closer to explaining why it tastes like gutter runoff?
Posted by fad at 10:14am
Roar
Speaking of The Children™ and their dear feelings, Denver voters should be ashamed of themselves. A 15 year old girl worked to get an initiative banning circuses on the ballot, and this is how they react to her efforts.With all precincts reporting, 51,936 people, or 72 percent, voted no while 20,670, or 28 percent, voted to pass the measure.They apparently haven't learned that they are supposed to validate any and all efforts by The Children™ no matter their actual thoughts on the issue.
Posted by fad at 7:40am
Everybody's Winning
I'm not actually opposed to all the attempts to nicify youth sports. Parents and coaches in those leagues can have devestating affects on kids, ruining the whole experience for them now and in the future. I've seen it from years participating in youth sports, coaching them and refereeing them. At the AYSO soccer fields in Riverside, CA, we had to assign roving refs -- with authority to boot people from the premises (though the cops had to help a couple times) -- to help handle the parents. And it isn't just fathers. Mothers are at it just as often. For the record, the parents from Chino, CA were the worst I ever dealt with. However, it truly is a minority that do this. But, since it only takes one side to start a fight no matter how much everyone else wants peace, one parent or bad coach can affect the experience for many kids.Having said all that, the efforts made to nicify these sports are so extreme and stupid as well as the typical "because a couple jags can't handle themselves and we don't like confrontation, we're going to change it for everyone" bureaucratic response. I've told many times before -- and heard similar stories from multiple readers -- about the basketball league I coached in that didn't keep track of scores or fouls or pretty much anything to the total derision by the kids. They thought it was stupid as all get out while the administrators walked around with Stepford smiles pleased at how their theory was so wonderful despite the fact it was in Paris to reality's Tokyo. Here's another example of this extreme reaction to the problem. Initially, it doesn't sound too bad, especially for really young kids just starting.
Rotating team captains, five pitches per batter, no stealing until the ball gets to the catcherBut then you start to hear the Sociology and Social Sciences degrees start talking.
Its mission, the alliance says, is to "transform youth sports so sports can transform youth."Such as never worrying about that awful losing feeling or in knowing your own limits. And in expecting, when your parents aren't there to hide these unfortunates from you, that the state will do so. Even the very good goal of encouraging positive feedback is mushed up with googlespeak.
The ... program ... focuses on the "whole" child, organizers say. The goal is to make the game a positive, learning experience, teaching character development and life lessons along the way.
"use positive encouragement to fill my child's Emotional Tank,"Whoever wrote that phrase with a straight face is not someone I want to be trapped in an elevator with. Unless she's hot and a mute.
Coaches are instructed to "ask permission" before critiquing a player's performanceI'm sure those permission askings quickly turn into, "May I please explain to you how you can stop throwing like a Frenchman and actually get the ball somewhere?"
When a player makes an on-field mistake, his teammates are told to help him "flush it" by making a motion as if they are flushing a toilet.Again, something that is good -- encouraging kids to be positive and not mock someone for an error -- and turned it into fleefle with that whole "flush it" thing. Nothing like everyone responding in the same way to train in that groupthink!
Again, I don't think intent of these programs is misplaced, but their road is paved with gumdrops and taffy. Which may sound nice, but you aren't going to get far on it.
Posted by fad at 7:31am
Damn Bee Girl Song Too
Random song that annoys me to the point of violence and/or a constant stream of bitching during its 14 hour playtime:Plush by the Stone Temple Pilots
Not only is it an incredibly boring song, but then they couldn't figure out when it was time to stop the fucker. It has more false endings than Return of the King, though with less man-weeping. And, while I do hate this song, at least it's better than the score to Return of the King.
Posted by fad at 6:37am
Description Too Long To Put In Title
Random movie I never really wanted to see nor thought I'd like at all, but ended up really enjoying when I caught it on TV:The Arrival
Posted by fad at 6:35am
August 10th, 2004
C-List
Need to tell that someone special something special? Want to break up with someone in a way they will treasure forever? Want to call in sick in a way that will leave your boss smiling the whole day long? You answer is here.You pick a celebrity -- from a list of 66 at the moment -- to call and deliver a live message to anyone you choose, for about $20.Just imagine Jimmy "J.J." Walker* telling that chick whose name you don't quite remember, but whose number hasn't completely rubbed off your forearm that she was "Dyne-O-Mite!" Or Erin Gray and Richard Hatch arguing Buck Rogers vs. Battlestar Gallactica! Or, you could have Todd Bridges call and say, "This is Willis, and this time I know what I'm talking about. You are a poopy-head." This site is knowledge I don't want were I drunk, near the internet and a credit card.
[...]
The service charges $19.95 for standard messages, everything from "tell your wife you love her" to "thanks for the job interview." I decided to pay a little extra, $29.95, for a customized message. Once I settled on a celebrity, I'd write a script of up to 325 characters.
*Walker not actually listed, but it's just a matter of time.
Posted by fad at 5:46pm
Sinking Low
You can all return to your homes and rest easy. The protests have been called off. After a close shave, Cooter Festival, complete with "Name the Cooter" contest, has been saved.
Posted by fad at 4:59pm
Probably Not Like Chicken
Note to clutzes: Avoid this guy.[T]he father had apparently been angry after Ganoy accidentally tripped over his daughter during a dance party.So what did he do about this?
The three men are suspected of stabbing neighbor Benjie Ganoy to death last month in a remote village in the southwestern island of Palawan. They ate his ears, tongue and arms after roasting the body over a fireSounds fair.
Posted by fad at 1:35pm
Pattern
Ok, two stories in a day about pipe bombs. First from Chicago.Public works employees in the southwest suburb discovered the bomb in a decorative concrete planter just north of 5200 Main Street shortly after 8 a.m.And then this one.
A 17-year-old man was arrested when six pipe bombs were discovered in the car he was driving and more than a dozen bombs and explosive-making chemicals were found in his home, police said.Impressive.
"He's very smart, he's very bright ... From what I understand he likes science."I've said it before and I'll say it again: science will destroy us all!
UPDATE: Another one.
[An 81 year old man] was out for a stroll Sunday morning near his home near Sorento, Ill., when he came upon a package sitting on the side of the road.Right now, nothing is known about the package such as to whom it might have been addressed or whatnot.
He picked up the box, gave it a shake and the thing exploded, seriously injuring him.
[...]
"It was sitting near a mailbox. He evidently shook it somewhat, not recognizing it."
Posted by fad at 12:18pm
Safety First
I like dark when I'm trying to sleep. Insomnia takes any excuse to seize me, and stray light is one of them. Back in college, through wacky circumstances, I typically had a dorm room to myself. I left the beds bunked, and then draped blankets all around to try to make it as dark as possible in there. Once, a friend of mine happened by, saw this setup, and asked what the hell was up with it. At the time, there was news that Lenin's resting place might have to be moved for lack of funds. So I responded, "Oh, that's Lenin's new tomb." I'm quick with the whit, I am.Ever since then, all attempts to darken a room for attempted sleeping has been called "Lenin's Tomb". I think I may have just found the perfect Lenin's Tomb.
Posted by fad at 10:22am
64 Slices of American Cheese
Our longtime national humiliation is soon to be over.Instead, the hungry burglar gobbled a box of Creamsicles, six shrimp kabobs, about a dozen mini corndogs, half a large package of Costco lunch meats, two fruit drinks, a glass of milk, a dozen clumps of frozen cookie dough and several large handfuls of M&Ms.Draft that man immediately for the Hot Dog eating competition. We'll take that title back from those wily, gluttonous Japanese yet!
Sanchez figures he wolfed down everything in 15 minutes.
Investigators believe that starting Aug. 3, the man broke into as many as 11 homes in Shoreline and Lake Forest Park, usually late at night and often when the homeowners were sleeping. And while he occasionally snatched fistfuls of cash, he usually had only one thing on his mind: food.Lunch better get here soon.
During one break-in, the man even thawed some frozen steaks, fried them and ate them on the sofa while watching television
Posted by fad at 9:46am
Vast Tracts
I wonder how long they had to troll through the tape to find that screenshot of Condoleeza Rice.Oh yeah, and Iran is still dancing a fine nuke dodge jig.
Posted by fad at 9:02am
I Blame Fog Machines
Based on this information, I will provide you, my vast, local reading audience a St. Louis weather report for Thursday evening.The annual Perseid meteor shower, which peaks on 12 August, could provide a "spectacular" show this year, experts have forecast.It will be clear all day, and then, as the sunlight finally fades completely, it will become inexplicably overcast or foggy until you're too tired to stay up any longer. At least that is what has happened every year I've lived here.
Posted by fad at 8:43am
Standard or Vegas Style
It's a like a modern day Romeo and Juliet.A love-struck young man threw himself off his balcony Monday, two days after a quarrel prompted his girlfriend -- a member of Greece's Olympic judo team -- to jump from the same spot.Both are currently alive in messed up condition. What could cause such a reaction in the first place? What passionate lover's tussle would drive a young woman over the balconey?
"It started about who would play solitaire on the computer."Yeah, I always thought Romeo and Juliet were a couple of dumbshits too.
Posted by fad at 7:23am
Foo'ball
Football, one of the bare few reasons I bother continuing to live, is back. Well, not really, yet. But close enough to get me to stick to the non-lethal cutting for a while. The game was, as usual for preseason, bad. Lots of holding, offsides, weird routes, bad throws, tragic season ending injuries, backs running into blockers, but it was all beautiful to see. To give an idea of how important football is to my family, here is an email, it its entirety, that I got from my mom on Sunday.football tomorrow night !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Mom is probably the only person I know who loves football more than I do. Dad likes it, but tends to nap during every game. Mom is the type who will watch any game she can get the tv tuned to.
So here's to football and 6 more months of questionable reason to live!
Posted by fad at 6:56am