25 May 2007
How Many of Me (maiden name)?
Additionally, there are 138,886 Maureens and 5,465 Hanrahans in the US, according to HowManyOfMe.
19 May 2007
Public Humiliation in the Internet Era
Yes, another offering from Randy Cassingham!
Public Humiliation vs. Real Punishment:
“Well of course I have the photos of the bikini-clad fireman. But first things first — here’s the story:
“Visitors at a park in Mason, Ohio, called police after an apparently drunk man climbed into his pickup truck and started driving around, including near the children’s play area. When an officer arrived, ‘I observed [the suspect] to be wearing a very skimpy woman’s… bikini with two tan water balloons taped to the top to simulate two woman’s breasts and a pair of pink Speedo flip-flop sandals,’…”
This guy shouldn’t let himself be seen in public, sober and no wig, in a Speedo, much less a stuffed bikini. Oi!
Throw the book at him.
11 May 2007
The Inaugural 2007 (Indy) Deck Sit
We went to Joe’s Crab Shack for dinner tonight. It was quite pleasant out, so we sat on the deck. Good choice!! And the food was good, of course.
They serve their strawberry daquiris in tall cylindrical glasses, with NO whipped cream! I’m gonna have to try one the next time we’re there.
10 May 2007
Furry Fiends
On mercurynews.com today:
Bushy-tailed suspect attacks school, escapes:
“It was a warm morning Wednesday at Evergreen Elementary School and the door to the first grade classroom was open to let in the air. Inside, 20 first-graders twittered excitedly, waiting to leave on a field trip.
“Suddenly, a squirrel darted into the room, ran up the leg of one of the mothers chaperoning the trip and bit her, then bit another parent and an 11-year-old student passing by the room.
“After a call to police at 8:43 a.m., officers quickly arrived at the South San Jose school, followed later by animal control....”
09 May 2007
The Pope Is Being Catholic. Again.
From time.com today:
Pope Rejects Pro-Choice Politicians:
“…On Wednesday, as he flew toward his much anticipated five-day trip in Brazil, the Pope addressed the question of the ‘good standing’ of Catholic politicians who support abortion rights — a delicate issue that has come up in the U.S., Europe and, most recently, Mexico. During an unprecedented 25-minute on-flight press conference, Benedict left little room for interpretation:…”
27 April 2007
Chizen is Chizlin’?
I hadn’t run into the phrase “Pot-Kettle-Black Olympics” before, but it certainly seems to apply to Bruce Chizen’s (CEO of Adobe) chiding of Microsoft's less-than-stellar cross-platform “equality”:
Bruce Chizen and Selective Criticism
21 April 2007
18 April 2007
I Think Dubyah Has Forgotten About *Us*
No, I’m not surprised…
From the Chicago Tribune this morning:
"Prosecutors owe loyalty to the public:
“When Atty. Gen. Alberto Gonzales testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee to explain his role in the firing of eight U.S. attorneys, it is important to keep in mind that what is really at stake goes far beyond Gonzales’ own fate as the country’s top law official. At root, this inquiry poses a fundamental question, one that every attorney general in every presidential administration must squarely confront: To whom, or to what interests, does a U.S. attorney -- or, for that matter, any prosecutor -- owe professional loyalty?
“This is a question that needs to be discussed openly throughout the hearing process, for all parties to the justice system -- be they subjects of investigations, victims, prosecutors or defense lawyers, and whether they reside in Chicago, New Mexico or Durham, N.C. -- are entitled to know exactly how the Department of Justice leadership would answer the question.
“The “loyalty” question is not some abstract concept about politics and ideology. Rather, it is a question with important practical consequences that are tied to the central role of prosecutors in our justice system. Prosecutors alone have the power to present an indictment to a grand jury, an awesome power that, once executed, typically changes the course of lives forever.…”
09 April 2007
Which Serenity Character Am I?
Your results:
You are Zoe Washburne (Second-in-command)
| Dependable and trustworthy. You love your significant other and you are a tough cookie when in a conflict.  |
Click here to take the "Which Serenity character are you?" quiz...
07 April 2007
Bumper Snicker
Spotted in a .sig on a techie list:
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Maybe our soldiers would receive better medical care and benefits if they gave up their citizenship and declared themselves illegal aliens.
Jack Rodgers
04 April 2007
Which Church Father?
You’re St. Melito of Sardis! You have a great love of history and liturgy. You’re attached to the traditions of the ancients, yet you recognize that the old world — great as it was — is passing away. You are loyal to the customs of your family, though you do not hesitate to call family members to account for their sins. Find out which Church Father you are at The Way of the Fathers! |
24 March 2007
Subject: Interesting
July, 1947
Many will recall that on 8 July 1947 witnesses claim an unidentified object with five aliens aboard crashed on a sheep and cattle ranch just outside Roswell, New Mexico. This is a well-known incident that many say has long been covered up by the US Air Force and the Federal Government.
However, you may NOT know that in the month of March, 1948, roughly nine months after that historic day, Albert Arnold Gore, Jr; Hillary Rodham; John F Kerry; William Jefferson Clinton; Howard Dean; Nancy Pelosi; Dianne Feinstein; Charles E Schumer; and Barbara Boxer were born.
I hope that this information has cleared up a lot of things you may have been wondering about.
11 March 2007
Hoist on My Own...
RenRen and I went to Atlanta Bread Company for breakfast this morning after Mass, like we usually do. After our usual agonizing over the menu, I ordered a California Avocado sandwich, no dill sauce, add mayo; and a tall hot chocolate, no sour cream.
Yep. You heard right: sour cream. I still have no idea where that came from… We did get it straight, and it arrived with no whipped cream. Whew!!
10 March 2007
Never a Dull Moment at Steak ’n Shake…
…even though I went in to order this time…
I ordered my stuff, including a chocolate malt; Brett’s stuff; and RenRen’s stuff, her usual: a grilled cheese sandwich, with mustard and pickles cooked in (it’s just a bit unnatural having to spec them cooked in…), beef and veggie soup, and cottage cheese.
15 minutes later, my malt showed up, with the latest fad garbage (whipped cream and a cherry??!) on top; my bad: I know better, but forgot to call them off. It was a malt, however.
Another five or so minutes went by. As I was idling around the front of the store, one of boys ran out from the kitchen into the parking lot, and darned near got himself run over by the SUV motoring by. Shortly thereafter, two young teenyboppers and their swains wandered in, the girls laughing hysterically. They’d been through the drive-through and gotten mustard and pickles in the grilled cheese sandwich, which one of them proceeded to whip out onto the counter, in its black clamshell, complete with fries. It was the grossest, weirdest thing they’d ever seen. Of course, as one of them put it, “I’ve never seen one like that before!!”
While they were still giggling and snorting over that, the two bags with my order came up. I asked if my grilled cheese sandwich was in there, and was assured that it was. Upon checking anyway, I found the girls’ grilled cheese sandwich, wrapped up in paper with no fries. And no mustard or pickles.
I got someone’s attention and requested the sandwich I’d ordered. A couple of minutes later, a black clamshell was brought to the counter. Inside was a cheese sandwich with mustard and pickles on rather raw-looking bread, and no fries.
“Besides that the cheese isn’t melted, where are the fries?” says I.
“You got them…”, whilst looking at the bags suspiciously, was the reply.
“No. They were with the grilled cheese sandwich you gave them,” pointing over at the teenyboppers, who were still hanging around with the swains, chatting up the kid who had dashed out previously.
Back went the clamshell. It returned in another bag, complete with a cone of fries. “I melted the cheese, too,” I was told.
The poor assistant manager apologized and gave me a gift card for my troubles.
There were no complaints when I got home, except mine over the stuff on the malt, but that’s my own fault, so it doesn’t count.
09 March 2007
Words of Wisdom? or a Warning?
From Quotes of the Day, today:
Get all the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything.
- Frank Dane
One Record I Didn’t Want To Be Part Of
The weather moose is reporting this morning that last month was one of the coldest on record in Indianapolis…
OTOH, many of the most significant floods to hit Indiana have occurred during March.
06 March 2007
Shark in the Knapsack?
Getting ready for work this morning, pulled my badge out of its pocket in RedBook’s house, as usual, and went about my business. At the badge reader, I grabbed the badge, only to discover it was very neatly cut almost all the way along the long side, not too far away from the mag strip. Fortunately, the badge reader didn't fuss, and neither did the guy at security when I wandered down for a replacement.
Fortune
Today’s fortune cookie had this to say:
“A day is a span of time no one is wealthy enough to waste.”
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