Then you need to make sure you buy this truck to make up for it. Link via BBspot.
Month: September 2003
More useless eBay crap
A guy is selling his Windows XP “New Folder.” Link via alldumb.
October is Window Covering Safety Month
Just in case you didn’t know about this event, the CPSC is wasting your tax dollars by advertising this month through “point-of-sale signage in retail stores, advertising circulars in newspapers and other marketing means.”
How to take care of your kids
My family sent me this picture, along with a “Dear Abby” parody letter:
Dear Abby,
I recently read your column advising grandparents on “tough love” for grandparents to give misbehaving grandchildren, whose own parents let them run wild. I have followed your advice, and enclose a picture demonstrating my technique when my grandson just won’t behave while I’m baby-sitting for his parents. They have told me not to spank him, so I just take him for a ride, and he usually calms down afterward.
Signed,
Tough Love Grandma
French-fried Oreos, cheesecake, and Candy Bars?
Yes, they do exist. They’ll fry anything in Texas, won’t they?
One weekend a month my ass — a followup
Back in June of this year, I posted an image that showed some Army Reserve troops holding a sign saying “One Weekend a Month My Ass.” I received it from a friend of mine whose daughter is in the reserves.
About a month later, the picture (not my site, the picture, as I know I’m not the original source for this article) was mentioned in a New York Times column, and everybody started linking to my site, and directly linking to the graphic, stealing my bandwidth (luckily I had some to spare). Why? Because if you search for one weekend a month my ass on Google, my site’s listed first.
Regardless, many people have obviously commented on both of those, especially the one with the original image. Some of the comments posted were from former and current reservists, and are good reads as to why the Army’s “One weekend a month, two weeks a year” marketing gimmics are bunk.
About a month ago, I was e-mailed by a reporter from the Victoria Advocate, a newspaper in Victoria, Texas. Apparently, the troops in the original photo are from Victoria, and he was going to write a story about the whole division, etc…, and wanted to use the image. I told him, flat out, journalist-to-journalist, that the image was sent to me and I’m not the original source — it wasn’t mine to take credit for. He understood, and was going to discuss with his editors how to cite the source as he still wanted to use the image.
Long story short, the story was written, but the editors at the paper didn’t want to have the word “Ass” in a photo. Go figure. Regardless, a story was written, my site and its comments were quoted.
Unfortunately, the Victoria Advocate is owned by one of the big newspaper chains, and the editors there don’t see the need to post all their stories online. I did, however, receive permission from the original reporter to publish the story here. Click on the “Continue Reading” link below to read the full story. It’s a good read (and the captions for the “One Weekend a Month My Ass” photo are included, even though they didn’t get printed).
Mosh pits spread deadly disease
To quote the press release:
Investigation into two suspect bacterial meningitis cases has found a possible link between attendance at the punk rock concert at WOW Hall, on September 20, 2003 (the Saturday of the Eugene Celebration).
If you ever been to a concert at WOW Hall, they are crowded, smelly, and nasty. The hall is poorly ventilated, and I’m amazed something hasn’t shown up there before. I went to a Cherry Poppin’ Daddies concert there (their last appearance at the hall), and was, honestly, wondering about the safety of that building.
Woohoo! Yet Another Bend blogger
Came across monkeyinabox on ORblogs today, and he’s based in Bend. So that brings the total, as far as I know, to a whole five bloggers (that I know of — please let me know if there are more that I don’t know about).
I think they found Nemo
Since everybody and their dog is sending me this image, I might as well just post it so I can say “Look, it’s on the site, leave me alone!” Or something along those lines ;-).
But it looks like they did find Nemo:
Student uses some of “Wheel” winnings to run for California governor
Quoting this Obscure link to the LA Times story:
Daniel Watts, 21, used $1,516.67 of his $11,300 “Wheel of Fortune” winnings to pay the fee to file as a Green Party candidate in the California recall election. “I’d be more than happy to be governor,” he says. “It would look really good on my resume.”
Personally, I’d think winning on “Wheel” would be more impressive on a resume than being governor of a state like California, but that’s just me.