Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Bill Makes English Official Language Of West Virginia
Now, I know it's sometimes difficult to understand a down home hillbilly accent from the hollers of West Virginia, but the language is still English, just a regional variant, heavily accented. A couple days ago, an amendment to a bill being pushed through the West Virginia legislature was added at...
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Monday, April 11, 2005
Ding Dong, Avon Calling In China
A couple years ago, Avon was driven out of China when a sweeping legislative reform passed that eliminated pyramid schemes and such. Avon got caught up in the far-flung net. Well, it seems that China has reconsidered the legislation and is going to allow Avon back into the country. What I want to...
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Saturday, April 2, 2005
Turn To The Dark Side Of This Farce
What began as a record-breaking Hollywood special-effects extravaganza has become a pop-culture phenomenon. Marketing for the latest (and supposedly last) episode in the 6-part Star Wars series hit the stores this weekend. Among the new things you'll see (besides all the actions figures and games,...
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Sunday, March 27, 2005
A New Finger Food At Wendy's
Sales drop reported in the Wendy's California market after the finger-finding incident. And they expected -- what? The Santa Clara Coroner's ME stated that no one has claimed the finger yet. The police are trying to find a fingerprint match. The woman who found it is from Las Vegas. Hmmm. Wonder if...
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Sunday, March 20, 2005
No Videos, Cameras, Or Tape Recorders In The Delivery Room, Thanks
I just read a story where doctors are limiting the practice of videotaping or picture-taking during a childbirth procedure. Why? Fear of malpractice suits, of course. Personally, when you see the sac break open on that bloody face that already has its mouth wide open in a silent scream that somehow...
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Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Not Saleable
Looking over a fax from my district office at work (I work retail), I was ordered to find an item and pull it from the shelves, then discard immediately. Reason: item was unsaleable. Item description: Natural Piggy Parts. Now, I don't recall ever having seen an unnatural piggy part. In fact, I had...
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Saturday, March 12, 2005
Drunken Perverts
There is a report out of Florida that a correctional institute for the criminally insane has a population that constantly gets drunk on homemade "buck," has cocaine smuggled into the premises, and that the guardsmen and correctional facility staff know of this scandalous behavior and do nothing to...
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Monday, March 7, 2005
Brett Butler, Comedienne Extraordinaire
I saw Brett Butler last night at a comedy club. A packed house, nothing less than a comedienne of her immense talent deserves. For all y'all who do not know who she is, take a stroll down memory lane to a very good and sadly short-lived sitcom called Grace Under Fire. She played Grace, a...
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Wednesday, February 9, 2005
Star Exits In Protest Of Loss of Hubble Telescope
A star that once was part of a binary star system that circled a black hole near the galactic core is about to acheive something scientists have never actually observed: a star with enough velocity to actually escape the gravitational pull of the galaxy. The star is moving at about 1.5 million mph...
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Monday, February 7, 2005
The Love Of Driving
Driving. It has become an American tradition, passed down through each successive generation. Some get taught how to drive a little earlier than others. Take, for instance, the Michigan boy who wanted a video so bad that he decided to take his mother's car (without permission, of course) in the...
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