Alien Insomniac on Life after WWIII

Monday, January 8, 2007

Today's Latin Lesson

Aesculus glabra - Link vs. Alligator mississippiensis - Link 7:00PM, University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale Arizona Go A. glabra!!!! Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, January 7, 2007

A frozen drink that should inspire incredulity

Donut maker Krispy Kreme has introduced a frozen donut beverage. Maybe it was accidental. Maybe the blender was located under the cooling rack and just happened to be running with milk and ice in it with the lid off and a donut fell off the cooling rack into the blender and the donut fry chef person... Sign in to see full entry.

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Two steps forward, slapped back three

Employees of a New York cable company arrived at work to find a noose hanging over the equpment pickup area. Of course the supervisor who allegedly hung the noose denies he meant anything racist by it. WHITE!!! PEOPLE!!! PLEASE!!! I cannot count the number of times people have done wrong to someone... Sign in to see full entry.

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An honest, but reprehensible mistake

Aparently a clerical error has caused the Army a good deal of embarrassment. Letters were sent to 75 officers killed in action and 200 wounded in action asking them to return to duty. The army's personnel office is sending people around to apologize to the families of those men and women to whom the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 6, 2007

The new AmbienCR commercial: A new ending

This little floating UFO-ish lamp comes in a woman's bedroom and turns on. She tries to turn it off. It moves around and eludes her grasp. Same thing happens with a man in the next scene. Then they start talking about the benefits of the drug and giving you information for your physician. I want... Sign in to see full entry.

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A Memo to Evangelicals

I hope all the myths and prophecies you have built up around the "End Times," if they come to pass as written in Scripture, not in your books...that they don't come to pass for another three thousand years. Jesus said specifically that it is not given for you to know the day or the hour of his... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 5, 2007

The spectre of slavery apologies rises again

Apparently some in Virginia want to write into law a resolution apologizing for the commonwealth's role in the slave trade. The joint resolution urges that Virginia "acknowledges and atones for its pivotal role in slavery" and work to reconcile "centuries of brutal dehumanization and injustices." I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 31, 2006

Traumatized for the day

I dozed off on a show that I have recorded on Tivo. When that program ended Tivo went back to the live channel I had set which was HBO. I woke up in the middle of Seed of Chucky. I am now watching The History Channel to try and clean my mind. Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 30, 2006

Executed

He was tried, convicted, sentenced, the sentence was carried out, and like just about all executions I have heard about, he was shown a lot more mercy than he showed his victims. Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 25, 2006

James Brown Dead at 73

The Godfather of Soul was admitted to the Emory Crawford Long Hospital and died around 1:45 a.m. December 25, 2006 of pneumonia. Sign in to see full entry.

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