Limited Blogging and a Cheap Plug

I’m busy as hell today at work, but I will try to get a few links up later today.

I did want to make a cheap plug for the Cascade Winds Symphonic Band concerts this afternoon and tomorrow (3:00 and 7:30, respectively). The concerts are free, the music is great, and it features one of the best groups of percussionists this area has seen in a long time (certainly the best in the 12 years I’ve been in the band). It will be a great show.

If you don’t enjoy yourself, you can kick my but for it — or just blog about it and ridicule me, I don’t care. The only reason I’m making the plug here is because while we’ve been around forever, we always have some empty seats — please do come if you can!

December 5, 2004

Another Local Moron Crook

It’s amazing to me that people could really, truly, be this dumb:

A transient dressed in black was spotted by neighbors pushing a wheelbarrow full of loot from a home in the Old Town neighborhood. He abandoned the goods a block away — along with clothes, his wallet (with ID), a handgun and his pickup truck — then ran from police, only to stop and call 911 to report his pickup and wallet were stolen, officers said.

So he runs away, calls police about his stolen truck, and waits for police so he can help them fill out a stolen vehicle report. The police had long since found the guy’s wallet and ID, and the arrest was pretty quick after they showed up for the call. Idiot.

December 2, 2004

Only In Nebraska

Only in Nebraska would thieves try to remove a night deposit box with a backhoe. Or would somebody joke to a checker at a store about having a gun, have somebody overhear it, and then the guy get arrested for the stash of pot in his car. And the guy’s girlfriend tried to claim that it was hers, to cover her boyfriend’s butt, and she got arrested, too.

December 2, 2004

I Smell A Darwin Award

This man should get nominated.

A Washington state man who placed a lava lamp on a hot stove died when the lamp exploded and a glass shard pierced his heart, police said on Tuesday.

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(He) was probably standing in front of the lamp when it exploded, then stumbled into his bedroom and died, (the police spokesman) said, citing a medical examiner’s report.

December 1, 2004

Only in Eugene

Only in Eugene would somebody think of putting Vodka in a Christmas tree to make it last longer. Anybody tried this? Thank’s Al for the link.

December 1, 2004

Nice Mousepads

I’m going to have to get me one of these to…uh…support my wrists:

Thanks Greg for the image. Anybody know where to buy one of these suckers? This would make a great gift for a friend of mine.

December 1, 2004

Oregonians: Get Your Free Credit Report

No this isn’t a sales pitch or a spam. Recent federal law passed that said all Americans can get a free credit report every 12 months. Eligibility for an annual free credit report is determined by your state of residence based on the rollout schedule set by federal law. The western states are the first on the list, starting today, and that includes Oregon. The sites are getting hammered, but you can request your report from the three major credit bureaus by heading over here.

So how is everybody’s score? I had a 780, as of two weeks ago. How it’s that good, I have no idea, as I have no frickin’ money, but apparently I could get money on credit easily. Thanks, but no thanks.

December 1, 2004

The NBA Must Love Mark Cuban

I think the guy‘s a riot and good for the NBA, but his latest blog post about his new hedge fund funded by gambling isn’t going to make the NBA too happy. Thanks Dan for the link.

December 1, 2004

Can’t We Make Alabama Secede?

Please?

An Alabama lawmaker who sought to ban gay marriages now wants to ban novels with gay characters from public libraries, including university libraries.

A bill by Rep. Gerald Allen, R-Cottondale, would prohibit the use of public funds for “the purchase of textbooks or library materials that recognize or promote homosexuality as an acceptable lifestyle.” Allen said he filed the bill to protect children from the “homosexual agenda.”

December 1, 2004

Two Years Ago Today

This site as you know it was was born two years ago today (though, as I mentioned on that entry and more recently, I had been blogging before that but my archives got trashed). But today marks the anniversary of two years of consistent blogging on this MovableType installation.

So what did I do to celebrate? Nothing, really (maybe I’ll buy myself lunch today or something). I did finally get around to renaming my mt-comments.cgi and mt-search.cgi files so they won’t get hammered as bad by automated robots hellbent on breaking my site. But this entry is what I did. Read on…

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November 30, 2004