Month: August 2004
How To Spot The Rich Guy
A hilarious image from Rob:
Stupid Cold
Tired. Head plugged with snot. Blog fill with content later. Drugs more need. Grunt.
Russian Logo Site
One for the bookmarks. If you’re ever looking to steal/plagiarize/edit/copy/whatever a corporate logo, keep this site in your bookmarks. It’s based out of Russia, which is why it’s still alive and not getting shutdown by overzealous copyright lawyers here in the U.S.
And You Thought Your Day Sucked?
A Bend man has his car stolen, and then the crook abandons the car on some railroad tracks. I’m sure you know the rest of the story. Too bad there aren’t pictures of the wreckage…Barney? Barney got some pictures posted with the story. That truck is seriously messed up.
Oregon Lawyer Gets Reprimand For classmates.com Post
If you ever want to take yourself out of the running for an elected office and throw your career down the toilet, just post a false posting on classmates.com:
A district attorney candidate claims to have been just joking when he impersonated a high school teacher on the Classmates.com Web site and “confessed” to having sex with his female students.
In February 2001, Jim Carpenter created a Classmates.com account in the name of a man with whom he went to high school years earlier and posted this message: “Hey all! How is it going. I am married to an incredibly beautiful woman, AND I get to hang out with high school chicks all day (and some evenings too). I have even been lucky with a few. It just doesn’t get better than this.”
Needless to say, the Oregon Supreme Court wasn’t too pleased with the John Day lawyer, and slapped him with a public reprimand, and basically forced him to drop out of his DA race (which I read in yesterday’s Oregonian, and I’m not about to try to find the story on their site).
Thanks Barney for the link.
And You Thought C-SPAN Was Boring
Try watching the Pentagon Channel. It will be a little less boring, but looking at the description for the thing, I have a feeling it’s going to be a propaganda machine for the military.
I Love Environmentalists
Thanks to the skeptic, we have irony at its finest:
A small cruise ship catering to eco-tourists was seriously damaged after running aground in the Aleutian Islands.
Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Roddy Corr said about 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel spilled from the ruptured tank, as was some waste water. He said swift currents dispersed the spilled fluid before it could be cleaned up.
A preliminary investigation indicated that the ship was going about 5 knots when it hit uncharted rocks between two islands, said Doug Bolnick, a spokesman for Clipper Cruise Line, the St. Louis company that operates the tour.
So it’s the environmentalists that are killing the environment. Fascinating.
Driving Teacher Without License for 43 Years
I’m so glad this guy isn’t in the United States. Can you imagine this guy working for the DMV? They’re probably hire him — he’s probably more competent then the folks that work there now.
Fark Sells Its Front Page Links — Does Anybody Care?
People are flipping out because Fark, for the right price, will sell a link to a story/site on their Front Page, but you know what? If had that kind of traffic, I’d do the same thing. I’d probably disclaimer the thing with something that said “(sponsor)” like Brian does on his links. But if you ever thought Fark was an example of journalistic integrity, you’ve got another thing coming. Link via Waxy.