I can’t believe there’s a web site dedicated to this culinary “art.”. Sick and wrong.
Month: November 2004
Why I Will Never Donate To Goodwill Again
The top executive of the regional Goodwill Industries network received compensation and benefits totaling $785,446 in 2003. Bastard. Thanks Jack for the link.
Yucky
Glad to hear I wasn’t the only one that was grossed out when Bush kissed his new secretary of state. I just didn’t want to see it again. Thanks, Rob.
It’s That Time of The Year
Make sure you watch out for those flying frozen turkeys.
Google Unveils Yet Another Tool
Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web. Link via Search Engine Watch.
Interstate 97
There’s a new Anthony’s Home Port Restaurant opening up in Bend next month. And apparently they’re really close to Interstate 97 (map below).
For those out-of-towners, there is no Interstate 97 (actually, there is, but it’s on the East Coast), though some of us drive US Hwy. 97 through Central Oregon like it’s an Interstate.
Not only that, but the place is getting built on the East bank of the river, though the map shows it being on the West side.
Thanks Barney for the tip.
F**k The South
This is one of the funniest rants I’ve read in a long time. A snippet (and pardon the language, but this is a direct quote):
Fuck the South. Fuck ’em. We should have let them go when they wanted to leave. But no, we had to kill half a million people so they’d stay part of our special Union. Fighting for the right to keep slaves – yeah, those are states we want to keep.
And now what do we get? We’re the fucking Arrogant Northeast Liberal Elite? How about this for arrogant: the South is the Real America? The Authentic America. Really?
Cause we fucking founded this country, assholes. Those Founding Fathers you keep going on and on about? All that bullshit about what you think they meant by the Second Amendment giving you the right to keep your assault weapons in the glove compartment because you didn’t bother to read the first half of the fucking sentence? Who do you think those wig-wearing lacy-shirt sporting revolutionaries were? They were fucking blue-staters, dickhead. Boston? Philadelphia? New York? Hello? Think there might be a reason all the fucking monuments are up here in our backyard?
It’s worth a read, despite the language, just to see how angry some people can get, as the part I quoted above is tame compared to the rest of his rant. Thanks to about a hundred people who e-mailed that my direction.
I Don’t Know Who’s Dumber
Who’s the bigger idiot: The lady who thought there was nothing wrong with a $200 bill with George W.’s face on it, or the cashier who saw no problem with the money and gave her $100.58 in change? Thanks Cheryl for the link.
Politicos Want to Rename I-69
This reminds me of the folks in New Mexico that wanted to rename Route 666:
John Hostettler, the Congressman representing the 8th district of Indiana, has been convinced by local religious groups to introduce legislation in the House that would change the name of an Interstate 69 extension to a more moral sounding number.
There are plans to extend the interstate from Indianapolis through southwestern Indiana all the way through Texas into Mexico in the coming years. While most believe this highway will be good for the state’s economy, religious conservatives believe “I-69” sounds too risqué and want to change the interstate’s number.
Update on 11/17: OK, I’m an idiot and well behind on my Fark reading. This is all a hoax.
It’s Only A 11 Hour Drive
We had a potential renter call the office here in Sunriver, asking about our vacation homes. After one of our reservations folks had been talking to her for about 10 minutes or so, the conversation went a bit … uh … south. I’m paraphrasing, but I guess it went something like this…
Lady: Now I’m looking to take my dog on walks, is there places to do that?
Reservations: Oh yes, we have 30+ miles of paved bike paths here.
L: What if I want to take my dog through the sequoias?
R: The what?
L: Sequoia National Park is close by, right?
R: You realize Sunriver is in Central Oregon, right?
L: Yes.
R: [dumbfounded]
L: I mean, if it’s a short drive, that’s no problem.
R: Ma’am, the nearest National Park is Crater Lake. Sequoia National Park is in California.
L: Oh no, it’s up by Sunriver, I’m reading it right here on Google. Let me go talk to my husband, and we’ll call you back.
Sure lady, it’s a short drive — if you don’t mind sitting on your butt for 11 hours. Needless to say, I couldn’t find anything for Sequoia and/or Sunriver on Google, so I don’t know what the lady was reading.
She never called back.