Month: December 2003

I’ve never liked John Ashcroft

Which is why i find this joke very funny:

U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft was visiting an elementary school. After speaking for 15 minutes, he said, “I will now answer any questions you have.”

Bobby stood up and said: “I have four questions”:

1. How did Bush win the election with fewer votes than Gore?

2. Why haven’t you caught Osama bin Laden?

3. Why are you using the American Patriot Act to destroy civil liberties?

4. Where are the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq?

Just then the bell went off and the kids were sent out to play. Upon returning, Mr. Ashcroft said: “I am sorry we were interrupted. I will now answer any questions you have.”

A little girl called Julie stood up and said: “I have six questions”:

1. How did Bush win the election with fewer votes than Gore?

2. Why haven’t you caught Osama bin Laden?

3. Why are you using the American Patriot Act to destroy civil liberties?

4. Where are the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq?

5. Why did the bell ring 20 minutes early?

6. Where is Bobby?

December 8, 2003

“Frequent faller” tries to scam Wal-Mart

People like this need to get beaten senseless, and force fed UPN’s prime-time line up. On Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving, for those of you who haven’t heard the term), news broke that Patricia Vanlester was knocked unconscious and, her sister said, “trampled by a herd of elephants,” a stampede of shoppers reaching for DVD players that went on sale at 6 a.m.

Pundits and media outlets nationwide stated that the incident was just another example of greedy Americans who don’t give a rip about the holidays and are just trying to score a deal.

But leave it to journalists to crack this lady. This lady has been “trampled” several times, filing 16 other claims of being injured at work or at a business. Veteran journalist Al Tompkins interviews the reporter who followed up on the anonymous e-mail tip, and how he broke the story. Good read, and if it weren’t for guys like this, we’d all feel sorry for the lady. I know I don’t.

December 8, 2003

I’m back…

Got another AC adapter for my laptop, so I’ll be back to blogging shortly. Got a bunch of good stuff to clear out of my inbox.

December 8, 2003

The MRI Results are in…and it’s messy

OK, just got off the phone with my doctor. They have the MRI results. I have 3 bulging disks. Two of them are only bulging couple millimeters, but one is bulging a full 10x15mm. So it’s bulging out a full centimeter. They said that that one is probably the one pinching my nerve, causing me all the pain.

They said that surgery is probably the most likely option here. If were just the smaller bulges, it’d be one thing and physical therapy might do the job, but with a bulge that large, surgery’s the primary option.

I still, to this day, don’t know what I did to mess up my back like this, nor did my sister when she had back trouble.

Regardless, they’re going to try to get me into see Kathy Moore, the spinal expert at DB&J, today or tomorrow, or Monday at the latest, so we can discuss options.

My request from before stands: If anybody knows anybody who has several grand they have to get off (for tax/embezzlement reasons <hehe>) have them get in touch with me. I’m always taking donations, as well.

Meanwhile, I’m still working from home on my wife’s computer until my laptop adapter gets here. I don’t know when I’ll be back at the office again, but I’ll do whatever I can do from here.

Thanks again to all of you and your support. It’s helped me through this tremendously.

I’ll keep you posted as to what happens.

Update: Also of note: I’m violating MT’s license by doing this, though as soon as I get enough money to pay for a commercial license, I’ll pay for it, but I’m running those Google ads at the bottom of every page. Please click on those, and I’ll see if I can get a few bucks that way.

December 4, 2003

Blogging down time for a few days

I’ve got about 50 good links in the queue to post, but haven’t had a chance to post them. And probably won’t be able to any time soon. The AC adapter in my laptop (my main production PC at the moment since I’m on my back all the time) started hissing and smoking a minute ago. I unplugged it as soon as I could, but the battery life on the thing sucks. So I’m posting this, ordering a new part, and getting offline while I can. I’ll try to blog on my wife’s system, but sit tight for a couple days.

December 2, 2003

Dodge plans Lingerie Bowl during halftime of Super Bowl

Only on pay-per-view, of course, can you watch 14 lingerie-clad women (seven-on-seven) play tackle during half time of the Super Bowl. They had a lingerie show last year, if I remember correctly. Be sure to check out the bowl’s official site.

December 2, 2003

Andrew Dice Clay ain’t making any friends

The guy’s pretty much pissed off every other network. From getting banned on MTV and Saturday Night Live for his stunts, there’s really nobody that he hasn’t shat on. But you can now add CNN to the list, after his appearance on CNN ended with him swearing on camera. Video is available here.

December 1, 2003

One Dimensional Tetris

I don’t think I could lose at this game. Wait, maybe that’s the point.

December 1, 2003

Looking to run everything with free software?

If you’re going to run Windows, you’ll have to pirate pay for that, but at least do everything else you need with freeware tools. The NeoWin forums has this very handy list of freeware tools for just about everything, recommended by its members, and I’m mostly posting it here so I don’t lose it.

December 1, 2003

The real Michael Jackson

Keeping with the Michael Jackson theme on this site, what would Jacko look like if he had never had any plastic surgery? Leave it to modern forensics to decide.

December 1, 2003