I don’t know where the guy came up with this, but I think the paint job on this guy’s truck is perfect for a plumber (and I’m sure the photo of the truck circulating around the ‘net probably hasn’t hurt business):
Thanks Barney for the image.
Month: August 2004
Updated BugMeNot Mozilla/Firefox Extension
This is so cool. The extension already allowed you to bypass compulsory web registration via Firefox’s right-click context menu, but the new version will auto-fill username/password forms for you from BugMetNot’s Database. Dang cool.
New Creatures
One of the habits of the folks on the b3ta forums is for folks on there to create new animals in Photoshop by combining the traits of a couple animals. Somebody has gone through the effort of putting several hundred of them online for your browsing pleasure.
These Guys Are Frickin’ Nuts
Check out the incredible videos of these nuts racing on their bikes through traffic. The drag race NYC is especially crazy. Link via Waxy.
Welcome Bulletin Readers!
A piece ran in today’s Bulletin about bloggers in Central Oregon, featuring the lovely mugs of Jon, Chris, and I on the front page of the Community Life section in the paper.
I haven’t completely read through the story yet, but if you’re coming here from the print edition, welcome! What I find funny (ironic?) is that a story about blogging — an very popular online activity — is nowhere to be found on the Bulletin’s Web site. Anyway, if you’re here because of the story, feel free to post a comment here!
Hooter Name Gets Changed
I mentioned yesterday that Hooter Road in LaPine was going to get its name changed to Snowberry Lane. The name change has happened, but residents on the street have put up their own sign to make sure they get their FedEx packages and such:
Apparently the street has been named that way for over 30 years, and in that time the sign was stolen a pile of times, and that was the primary reason the County cited for renamed it. The sign was stolen more than it was there, getting swiped four times last year, and two so far this year.
Thanks to Simone at Emerald Bay Photo for the picture.
Let’s Send Osama A Valentines Card
Joke that Barney just sent me…
Melissa comes home from her first grade class, and tells her father that they learned about the history of Valentine’s Day.
“Since Valentine’s Day is for a Christian saint and we’re Jewish,” she asks, “will God get mad at me for giving someone a valentine?”
Melissa’s father thinks a bit, then says “No, I don’t think God would get mad. Who do you want to give a valentine to?”
“Osama Bin Laden,” she says.
“Why Osama Bin Laden?” her father asks, in shock.
“Well,” she says, “I thought that if a little American Jewish girl could have enough love to give Osama a valentine, he might start to think that maybe we’re not all bad, and maybe start loving people a little.”
“And if other kids saw what I did and sent valentines to Osama, he’d love everyone a lot more. And then he’d start going all over the place to tell everyone how much he loved them and how he didn’t hate anyone anymore.”
Her father’s heart swells with pride and he looks at his daughter with new found pride. “Melissa, that’s the most wonderful thing I’ve ever heard!”
“I know,” Melissa says. “And once that gets him out in the open, our Marines could blow the s**t out of him!”
Yahoo! Mocks Google’s Employee Party
For those who went or read about the Google Dance 2004 you would have noticed they ran out of beer early within the party. What is really funny is that Yahoo! did something to mock that at their search engine.
Search Yahoo on the keyword phrase ses party rule #1 and you will find some entertaining results (screenshotted at the above site, if it ever gets fixed). Link via Waxy.
Black Mountain Dew
So it’ll look like Pepsi, but taste like crap. Yummy. They’re also introducing a “Pepsi Holiday Spice”: “Pepsi-Cola with a spicy finish of ginger and cinnamon.” I can picture this being more popular with the cocktail drinkers out there than the actual normal consumer. That just doesn’t sound good to me.
Better Not Look For A Hooker in Omaha
In an effort to curb prostitution in Omaha, the names of 16 men convicted of soliciting prostitution have gone up in big, bold letters on billboards in central Omaha. Full Story.