Voodoo Doughnut in Portland has made news in the past for its wild doughnuts, including doughnuts coated with Robitussin, Ny-Quil and Pepto-Bismol, before the FDA cracked down on him. Now he’s making the ultimate doughnut for folks on the go: a caffeine-infused doughnut with the same amount of caffeine as one-and-a-half cups of coffee.
Let it snow
That’s what it looked like in Bend at about 7:30 this morning (thanks Barney for the pic). It’s still snowing now, and another 5-10 12-20 inches are expected. Mt. Bachelor got dumped with 34-inches in the last 24-hours, and I’m sure skiing is awesome. The passes are a mess, and even Portland got some snow (though they’re panicking about the 3 inches they received, and the locals here in town, while concerned, aren’t freaking out — yet).
Full story over on Bend.com (with great photo).
The roads in my neighborhood probably won’t be plowed — the snow will melt before the city shows up. Thankfully I’m still working from home for another week, otherwise, I’d be driving through this mess and my 30-minute commute will become a 90-minute slog.
Update @ 1:00 PM: Just went out side. There’s now well over a foot on the ground, and it’s still coming down outside. The flakes are as heavy and big as they were before, but it is still coming down fairly steady. I’m going to have trouble getting to my post-surgery follow-up tomorrow, but why am I still happy about the snow? One, we can always use the extra moisture come spring. Two, because it brings in the tourists, and, like it or not, that pays my paycheck.
Wanted: Canon A70 (or better) digital camera
I got a digital camera for Christmas. My parents paid too much for it for what it is, and I’m going to return it to get a better camera for the same price. I’m looking at the Canon A70. Does anybody out there have one that they want to get rid of? I’d like some extra Compact Flash cards, if you’ve got them, too (I have an 8 meg SD card I’ll give ya ;-). I have (or will have after I return this other cam) cash. Anybody have one they want to get rid of, or can hook me up with a place to get one (and accessories — mostly compact flash cards) cheap? Contact me here.
High School outcast gets the last word
He was the unpopular kid. Nobody knew his name, he wasn’t on any sport teams, clubs, or anything along the lines. But he was smart. And, as a joke, his class voted him as valedictorian. With that title came the privilege of giving a speech at the graduation ceremony. He came prepared with a cliche-loaded speech approved by his principal. When he got up there, he started in on his speech.
He was finding his prepared speech difficult to read as he told the audience of students (who were laughing at him most of the time he was up there), parents and school board officials that his class had “arrived at school strangers and now leave as friends.”
With that, he paused and crumpled up the paper that held his carefully typed string of cliches. And continued….
He quit following his pre-arranged script from there.
The reason I’m linking to this story is that I know many of the folks reading this were like me in high school. Granted, I wasn’t your typical nerd — I actually lettered in sports, and not just academics and band — but I knew what the kid was going through. High school kids are ruthless and always pick on the little guy when, in reality, it’s the little guy who will be the successful one in the future and many of those punk bastards will be asking us for jobs down the road.
OK, done ranting. Carry on. Link via Waxy’s Links.
Thought you got a crappy present?
At least you didn’t get a crappy sweater (though I think the shiny gold pants the lady is wearing are far more repulsive than all the sweaters in her gallery).
Man gets attacked by python
And all they can find for a photograph for the story is a picture of a scantily-clad Britney Spears?
Buy your own pay phone
Bell South is getting out of the pay phone business, and is selling off old pay phones. While these phones don’t require money to operate, your friends don’t know that. I can see this as a way to make a few bucks. <insert evil laughter>
Over 600 lawyers sign up to defend Saddam
While I believe everybody has a right to a fair trial, what do these lawyers think they’re going to get from defending Saddam? My money says they won’t be able to save him. Full story.
Missing a lawn gnome?
So is this guy, and he’s setup a site: Where Is My Gnome? He’s on mission to find out where his gnome is and why it’s missing. He’s even been featured on his local TV news station.
What’s funny is there’s a list on the site of other things the guy is interested in: Cheese factories, ceramic bells, and taxidermy. Wacky, this is.
The Christmas Cubicle
To quote the site: “This is what happens when a person gets a brilliant idea and a little free time.” This guy turned is cubicle into a pretty nice Christmas house. Only took him $14 worth of stuff and about six hours to pull of. And it looks pretty nice!