Crooks trying to steal the night deposit bag from a business instead run off with a worker’s lunch bag. Idiots.
Month: July 2004
A Real Life Simpson’s Episode
Remember the episode where Homer got lured to the police station thanks to a post card in the mail offering him a free boat? You never think things like that happens in real life until you read about it later.
Microsoft Presenter Looks Like Idiot
At the BlogOn conference, a Microsoft presenter asked his audience how many of them used Internet Explorer, and not a single person raised their hand:
Probably 99 times out of 100 when he asks that question all the hands go up, right? Well first there was a pause and then a giggle and then a whoop of laughter as the audience looked around and realized that NO ONE had raised a hand. The presenter was thrown off his mark, but he recovered and said, “Wow! Okay how many of you wish we’d fix IE so you could use it?”
Still no hands….
Informal survey afterwards said the Windows users in the crowd were all using the latest Firefox. Wouldn’t it be amazing if Mozilla ended up winning in the end?
Link via Waxy.
Florida Loses Voting Records
Apparently getting ready to swing the vote in the 2004 election, Florida has lost a pile of voting records from a 2002 election.
That Explains A Lot
President George W. Bush is taking powerful anti-depressant drugs to control his erratic behavior, depression and paranoia, according to Capitol Hill Blue.
The prescription drugs, administered by Col. Richard J. Tubb, the White House physician, can impair the President’s mental faculties and decrease both his physical capabilities and his ability to respond to a crisis, administration aides admit privately.
That’s comforting. And this is the guy that’s running our country? Yikes… Thanks Barney for the tip.
Is the Deschutes County Sheriff still broke?
Is the Deschutes County Sheriff so broke that they need to introduce a quota “minimum performance standard” for their sheriffs? Quoting this Bend.com story:
This busy summer, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies are being held to new “minimum performance standards” that go well beyond positive dealings with the public and living up to the agency’s ‘core values,” and include an “absolute minimum” number of traffic tickets and warnings, criminal citations and DUII arrests, Sheriff Les Stiles confirmed Wednesday.
Just about anyone who pays taxes would be glad to know that the public-sector workers those hard-earned dollars are paying for are being held to certain standards.
But when they include such requirements (for traffic deputies) of 10 citations a day, one to four DUII arrests a month and seven criminal citations a month, it’s bound to raise eyebrows, both within the department and among government critics who may well see the ugly specter of revenue-driven quotas – something Stiles resolutely denied is the case.
OK, so how is this not a quota system? Don’t they have enough money after winning the election and finding extra money afterwards?
Anybody out there good in vinyl detailing? Someone needs to make authentic looking coverups so the emblem on the side of their patrol cars says “Proudly Ticketing Our Community.” Here’s their site for reference.
Meanwhile, I’m in Deschutes County Sheriff territory on my work commute, and will probably get pulled over for this.
Used Plunger For Sale
I have to say, this is one of the more entertaining eBay descriptions I’ve read in a while.
News from the Past and the Future
First, Washington Post Makes Printing Error and writes a story about the Boston DNC, and headed it “Election 2000.” Meanwhile, back in Oregon, the Oregon Blue Book has the “Dairy Mural to Debut at 2004 State Fair” as well as a couple other articles listed under the “July 27, 3005” date. Thanks Barney for both tips.
Daughter’s First Birthday
Just an update on my whereabouts. I won’t be blogging much today (yesterday I was busy as heck, which is why there weren’t many posts), as it’s my daughter’s first birthday. I’ll try to get some pictures of her destroying the cake later and get those online.