I am sick. So stay back or else you might get it too.
I spent most of yesterday with a really bad tummy ache, which progressed into a fever and chills, body aches, headache, and then the inevitable puking. I guess it is the stomach flu. I felt so bad this morning cuz I still had a fever and I was still feeling sick to my stomach, so I called in sick and stayed in bed. I still feel weak (probably cuz I haven't had anything to eat but toast since Saturday evening at dinner- lol), but not so queasy anymore, which is good!
On Saturday, before I got sick (lol), I went to see The Benchwarmers. Hilarious movie. I laughed so hard that tears were coming out of my eyes. The ending of the movie wasn't as funny as the rest of it. but I still enjoyed the movie. I haven't laughed so much at a movie since I saw The Wedding Crashers.
So this weekend wasn't a total bust. I did get to see a funny movie before the not-so-funny flu set in.
Monday, April 10, 2006
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"We’re riding in a cab from La Guardia Airport to our Manhattan hotel, and I want to interview the driver, because this is how we professional journalists take the Pulse of a City, only I can’t, because he doesn’t speak English. He is not allowed to, under the rules, which are posted right on the seat:
NEW YORK TAXI RULES
1. DRIVER SPEAKS NO ENGLISH.
2. DRIVER JUST GOT HERE TWO DAYS AGO FROM SOMEPLACE LIKE SENEGAL.
3. DRIVER HATES YOU.
Which is just as well, because if he talked to me, he might lose his concentration, which would be very bad because the taxi has some kind of problem with the steering, probably dead pedestrians lodged in the mechanism, the result being that there is a delay of eight to 10 seconds between the time the driver turns the wheel and the time the taxi actually changes direction, a handicap that the driver is compensating for by going 175 miles per hour, at which velocity we are able to remain airborne almost to the far rim of some of the smaller potholes."
NEW YORK TAXI RULES
1. DRIVER SPEAKS NO ENGLISH.
2. DRIVER JUST GOT HERE TWO DAYS AGO FROM SOMEPLACE LIKE SENEGAL.
3. DRIVER HATES YOU.
Which is just as well, because if he talked to me, he might lose his concentration, which would be very bad because the taxi has some kind of problem with the steering, probably dead pedestrians lodged in the mechanism, the result being that there is a delay of eight to 10 seconds between the time the driver turns the wheel and the time the taxi actually changes direction, a handicap that the driver is compensating for by going 175 miles per hour, at which velocity we are able to remain airborne almost to the far rim of some of the smaller potholes."
Stupid News Story of The Day
(Guess all those phone calls to Mars added up.)
Man Gets $218 Trillion Phone Bill
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A Malaysian man said he nearly fainted when he recieved a $218 trillion phone bill and was ordered to pay up within 10 days or face prosecution, a newspaper reported Monday.
Yahaya Wahab said he disconnected his late father's phone line in January after he died and settled the 84 ringgit ($23) bill, the New Straits Times reported.
But Telekom Malaysia later sent him a 806,400,000,000,000.01 ringgit ($218 trillion) bill for recent telephone calls along with orders to settle within 10 days or face legal proceedings, the newspaper reported.
It wasn't clear whether the bill was a mistake, or if Yahaya's father's phone line was used illegally after after his death.
"If the company wants to seek legal action as mentioned in the letter, I'm ready to face it," the paper quoted Yahaya as saying. "In fact, I can't wait to face it," he said.
Yahaya, from northern Kedah state, received a notice from the company's debt-collection agency in early April, the paper said. Yahaya said he nearly fainted when he saw the new bill.
Government-linked Telekom Malaysia Bhd. is the country's largest telecommunications company.
A company official, who declined to be identified as she was not authorized to speak to the media, said Telekom Malaysia was aware of Yahaya's case and would address it. She did not provide further details.
Thursday, April 06, 2006
Brothers?
Is it me or do Jensen Ackles (of The WB's Supernatural) and Ryan Seacrest (from American Idol) look like they could be brothers?
American Idol recap - Elimination night
I thought I had a dream last night that Mandisa was voted off American Idol.
It wasn't a dream.
When I watched American Idol last night, I about fell off of my couch when I saw the bottom 3 were Paris, Mandisa and Elliot. I was so sure that when they grouped Ace, Bucky and Katharine together that they would be the bottom 3. But no dice.
Then when Ryan told Paris that she was safe, I thought "Oh shit. Elliot is gonna be voted off." When he said that Mandisa was going home, I was stunned. And I was mad.
I liked Mandisa. She has a great voice, but after hearing her rendition of "Any Man of Mine" last night, I thought that if that is how she sang on Wednesday night, I would have not voted for her either. Still, she did not deserve to be kicked off. I don't think any of the bottom 3 deserved to be there. I like Elliot. He is a great singer. Ok, so he doesn't have Chris's edginess or Ace's theatrics, but still, I think he has it going on. He is growing on me. And, despite not looking like a GQ model, he is still cute - lol.
I think the only thing keeping Ace in the game is the fact that he is a good looking guy. But good looks can only take you so far. I am sure his elimination will come soon, but I have a feeling that he will do well next week with the songs of Queen being the theme.
And Bucky....I can't figure that one out. He should have gone home a long time ago. I can't figure out how he made it into the top 10.
Well, now my final 3 predictions have gone down the toilet, as I predicted it would be Chris, Katharine and Mandisa in the final 3. Somehow I think Kellie is gonna be in the running, too. People seem to really like her, and I admit, she is growing on me, too. She is just so darned goofy and naive and bubbly. And just too cute. Sometimes a good attitude will carry you all the way. I still see Chris winning the whole thing though.
It wasn't a dream.
When I watched American Idol last night, I about fell off of my couch when I saw the bottom 3 were Paris, Mandisa and Elliot. I was so sure that when they grouped Ace, Bucky and Katharine together that they would be the bottom 3. But no dice.
Then when Ryan told Paris that she was safe, I thought "Oh shit. Elliot is gonna be voted off." When he said that Mandisa was going home, I was stunned. And I was mad.
I liked Mandisa. She has a great voice, but after hearing her rendition of "Any Man of Mine" last night, I thought that if that is how she sang on Wednesday night, I would have not voted for her either. Still, she did not deserve to be kicked off. I don't think any of the bottom 3 deserved to be there. I like Elliot. He is a great singer. Ok, so he doesn't have Chris's edginess or Ace's theatrics, but still, I think he has it going on. He is growing on me. And, despite not looking like a GQ model, he is still cute - lol.
I think the only thing keeping Ace in the game is the fact that he is a good looking guy. But good looks can only take you so far. I am sure his elimination will come soon, but I have a feeling that he will do well next week with the songs of Queen being the theme.
And Bucky....I can't figure that one out. He should have gone home a long time ago. I can't figure out how he made it into the top 10.
Well, now my final 3 predictions have gone down the toilet, as I predicted it would be Chris, Katharine and Mandisa in the final 3. Somehow I think Kellie is gonna be in the running, too. People seem to really like her, and I admit, she is growing on me, too. She is just so darned goofy and naive and bubbly. And just too cute. Sometimes a good attitude will carry you all the way. I still see Chris winning the whole thing though.
Random Fact of The Day
The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"I recently had a problem with my computer, so I called Technical Support, which in the case of this company is located, I believe, on Mars, and although the person on the other end sincerely tried to help, the only word I consistently understood him saying was 'David.' I felt like the dog in the 'Far Side' cartoon that is getting a stern lecture from his master, but the only thing the dog understands is his own name:
TECH SUPPORT GUY: 'David, wokm todelc strsprot, David. Cnygv meth serilnbr?'
ME: ' The serial number? You want the serial number?'
TECH SUPPORT GUY: 'Thtsrdy ndimsng, David. Logndr btmmrstit, David?'
ME: 'What?'
TECH SUPPORT GUY: ' Sit, David! Lie down!"
TECH SUPPORT GUY: 'David, wokm todelc strsprot, David. Cnygv meth serilnbr?'
ME: ' The serial number? You want the serial number?'
TECH SUPPORT GUY: 'Thtsrdy ndimsng, David. Logndr btmmrstit, David?'
ME: 'What?'
TECH SUPPORT GUY: ' Sit, David! Lie down!"
Stupid News Story of The Day
(Paranoid much?)
Man held as terrorism suspect over punk song
LONDON (Reuters) - British anti-terrorism detectives escorted a man from a plane after a taxi driver had earlier become suspicious when he started singing along to a track by punk band The Clash, police said Wednesday.
Detectives halted the London-bound flight at Durham Tees Valley Airport in northern England and Harraj Mann, 24, was taken off.
The taxi driver had become worried on the way to the airport because Mann had been singing along to The Clash's 1979 anthem "London Calling," which features the lyrics "Now war is declared -- and battle come down" while other lines warn of a "meltdown expected."
Mann told British newspapers the taxi had been fitted with a music system which allowed him to plug in his MP3 player and he had been playing The Clash, Procol Harum, Led Zeppelin and the Beatles to the driver.
"He didn't like Led Zeppelin or The Clash but I don't think there was any need to tell the police," Mann told the Daily Mirror.
A Durham police spokeswoman said Mann had been released after questioning -- but had missed his flight.
"The report was made with the best of intentions and we wouldn't want to discourage people from contacting us with genuine concerns," she said.
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Don't trust your gauges...and American Idol stuff
I have added a new commandment to the Driver's Commandments.....11. Trust not thine gauges, for they may liest to you.
I was driving home from work to my folks' house, cuz they were gonna take me to Olive Garden for my birthday, and going down the 99 freeway. My gas gauge said I had gas...ok, so it was below a 1/4 tank, but the light wasn't flashing and it wasn't on empty or anything. So I was minding my own business, driving down the freeway, when my car just flat out died on me. I coudn't accelerate and the steering was sluggish. I was lucky enough to be able to creep over to the right shoulder and come to a stop. Grrr. I pulled out my trusty cell phone and called my mom, thinking at first my battery had died, since the check battery light was on. So, my mom and my bro came down and my bro tried to start the car, but no luck. I ended up having to call AAA, and told them that I thought I may have run out of gas. So embarassing!!! Not to mention gross, since where I had pulled off the road there was some dead animal skeleton in the oleander bushes (I think it was a cat), that I was forced to look at for the duration of the wait for the AAA guy to come. About a half hour later, he came and fed my car with some gas, and low and behold, the car started! Whoopee! I was just glad it was the gas problem and not some other car problem. Still, it was not fun to have to stand on the side of the road, cars and trucks whizzing past you, and wait for AAA to come. A CHP guy stopped, too, thinking I had some accident or something - lol.
Anyway, after the freeway fiasco, and after stopping by Chevron and filling up my gas tank (lol), we went out to Olive Garden for dinner. There, of course, was a 15 minute wait. Well 15 minutes came and went and soon turned into 25 minutes. Everyone else who had come before us had been seated, and we were still waiting. My dad finally tells my mom to go up and ask about what is taking so long (and my brother meanwhile was telling my folks that we should go somewhere else). Well, turns out that the hostess wrote the wrong pager # down so we never got called. Figures!!! After the whole freeway incident, it was bound to happen that something would get screwed up at dinner, too. Happy birthday to me! lol.
Well, we finally got to eat, and that chicken alfredo was very yummy (and I even have leftovers for dinner tonight - mmm), so I guess the wait was worth it.
Of course, I didn't get home til after 8 pm, so by that time, I had missed the first 3 American Idol singers. I came in when Paris's turn was up. Overall, I think Kellie had the strongest performance of the night (big surprise there since it was country night - lol). But I think Chris did a good job too. I wasn't too thrilled with Bucky's performance, and Ace, well he just flat out sucked. If they base the eliminations on last night's performances, Ace would be outta there! I definitely think he should be in the bottom 3, along with Bucky. I can't make a definite judgment on the bottom 3 since I missed the first 3 perfomances though. But Ace...I think it is his turn to go.
I was driving home from work to my folks' house, cuz they were gonna take me to Olive Garden for my birthday, and going down the 99 freeway. My gas gauge said I had gas...ok, so it was below a 1/4 tank, but the light wasn't flashing and it wasn't on empty or anything. So I was minding my own business, driving down the freeway, when my car just flat out died on me. I coudn't accelerate and the steering was sluggish. I was lucky enough to be able to creep over to the right shoulder and come to a stop. Grrr. I pulled out my trusty cell phone and called my mom, thinking at first my battery had died, since the check battery light was on. So, my mom and my bro came down and my bro tried to start the car, but no luck. I ended up having to call AAA, and told them that I thought I may have run out of gas. So embarassing!!! Not to mention gross, since where I had pulled off the road there was some dead animal skeleton in the oleander bushes (I think it was a cat), that I was forced to look at for the duration of the wait for the AAA guy to come. About a half hour later, he came and fed my car with some gas, and low and behold, the car started! Whoopee! I was just glad it was the gas problem and not some other car problem. Still, it was not fun to have to stand on the side of the road, cars and trucks whizzing past you, and wait for AAA to come. A CHP guy stopped, too, thinking I had some accident or something - lol.
Anyway, after the freeway fiasco, and after stopping by Chevron and filling up my gas tank (lol), we went out to Olive Garden for dinner. There, of course, was a 15 minute wait. Well 15 minutes came and went and soon turned into 25 minutes. Everyone else who had come before us had been seated, and we were still waiting. My dad finally tells my mom to go up and ask about what is taking so long (and my brother meanwhile was telling my folks that we should go somewhere else). Well, turns out that the hostess wrote the wrong pager # down so we never got called. Figures!!! After the whole freeway incident, it was bound to happen that something would get screwed up at dinner, too. Happy birthday to me! lol.
Well, we finally got to eat, and that chicken alfredo was very yummy (and I even have leftovers for dinner tonight - mmm), so I guess the wait was worth it.
Of course, I didn't get home til after 8 pm, so by that time, I had missed the first 3 American Idol singers. I came in when Paris's turn was up. Overall, I think Kellie had the strongest performance of the night (big surprise there since it was country night - lol). But I think Chris did a good job too. I wasn't too thrilled with Bucky's performance, and Ace, well he just flat out sucked. If they base the eliminations on last night's performances, Ace would be outta there! I definitely think he should be in the bottom 3, along with Bucky. I can't make a definite judgment on the bottom 3 since I missed the first 3 perfomances though. But Ace...I think it is his turn to go.
Random Fact of The Day
All clams start out as males; some decide to become females at some point in their lives.
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"Karate is a form of martial arts in which people who have had years and years of training can, using only their hands and feet, make some of the worst movies in the history of the world. "
Stupid News Story of The Day
(All I can say is, how mean!)
How would you like to meet these guys?
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A Danish security firm said Tuesday it had fired three of its guards for stealing toys and DVDs from critically ill children at Copenhagen's main hospital.
The guards were caught on video tape after managers became suspicious when toys intended for the children -- many of whom have cancer or need heart transplants -- started to disappear.
"I feel terrible, and we are deeply sorry about this," said Falck Securitas's managing director, Peter Boye Larsen.
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Happy birthday to meeeee
They say it's your birthday...nananananana...it's my birthday too....
Ok, so it is actually my birthday today. Do I feel older? YES. But then, I felt really old yesterday, and even older the day before. Old is such a nasty word. Old is a word you use to describe something that looks run-down, or someone with a lot of wrinkles, or smelly cheese. So, I am officially saying that I am not old....just more age-experienced.
My friends Veronica and Frank took me to lunch at La Tapatia, and I am stuffed. I ate too much! Now I am sleepy and ready for a nap. That was really nice of them. Frankly, I don't wanna advertise that I am more "age-experienced" today, but Veronica gave me a "Happy Birthday" balloon and it is sticking up in the air over my desk, so I think people know now - lol. It was really nice of her to do that, though. I rarely get balloons - lol.
It has been raining on and off today, but at least at lunchtime the sun came out for a while. It sure be windy outside though.
The weather forecast says it will be partly cloudy on Friday. I wanna go out to Carrizo Plain National Monument on Friday since I am off (they are having overtime at work, but I said NO to that ! hehe). I have never been there and they say that the wildflowers come out in the spring. I love flowers, and my camera is aching to take more pictures (ok, so it is ME that is doing the actual aching, and not the camera).
I didn't get to go to the post office at lunch since my buds took me out to lunch, so hopefully, tomorrow, I will get to go down there to pick up my package o' presents from Cyndi. I get off work too late to go today, damnit. There is a post office right down the street from my house, but the post office where I have to go pick up the package is downtown. Go figure.
Tonight is American Idol night. I hope to gosh that they do better this week than last week. It was more like American I-DULL last week.
Ok, so it is actually my birthday today. Do I feel older? YES. But then, I felt really old yesterday, and even older the day before. Old is such a nasty word. Old is a word you use to describe something that looks run-down, or someone with a lot of wrinkles, or smelly cheese. So, I am officially saying that I am not old....just more age-experienced.
My friends Veronica and Frank took me to lunch at La Tapatia, and I am stuffed. I ate too much! Now I am sleepy and ready for a nap. That was really nice of them. Frankly, I don't wanna advertise that I am more "age-experienced" today, but Veronica gave me a "Happy Birthday" balloon and it is sticking up in the air over my desk, so I think people know now - lol. It was really nice of her to do that, though. I rarely get balloons - lol.
It has been raining on and off today, but at least at lunchtime the sun came out for a while. It sure be windy outside though.
The weather forecast says it will be partly cloudy on Friday. I wanna go out to Carrizo Plain National Monument on Friday since I am off (they are having overtime at work, but I said NO to that ! hehe). I have never been there and they say that the wildflowers come out in the spring. I love flowers, and my camera is aching to take more pictures (ok, so it is ME that is doing the actual aching, and not the camera).
I didn't get to go to the post office at lunch since my buds took me out to lunch, so hopefully, tomorrow, I will get to go down there to pick up my package o' presents from Cyndi. I get off work too late to go today, damnit. There is a post office right down the street from my house, but the post office where I have to go pick up the package is downtown. Go figure.
Tonight is American Idol night. I hope to gosh that they do better this week than last week. It was more like American I-DULL last week.
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"Men's magazines often feature pictures of naked women. Women's magazines also feature pictures of naked women. This is because the female body is a beautiful work of art, while the male body is lumpy and hairy and should not be seen by the light of day. Men are turned on at the sight of a naked woman's body. Most naked men elicit laughter from women. "
Stupid News Story of The Day
(Yeah, but can a donkey cook you dinner?)
"Loyal" donkeys better than wives, says India book
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A textbook used at schools in the Indian state of Rajasthan compares housewives to donkeys, and suggests the animals make better companions as they complain less and are more loyal to their "masters", The Times of India reported on Tuesday.
"A donkey is like a housewife ... In fact, the donkey is a shade better, for while the housewife may sometimes complain and walk off to her parents' home, you'll never catch the donkey being disloyal to his master," the newspaper reported, quoting a Hindi-language primer meant for 14-year-olds.
The book was approved by the state's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party government but has sparked protests from the party's women's wing.
State education officials in Rajasthan, a western state known for its conservative attitude towards women, said people should not be upset by the comparison, the paper said.
"The comparison was made in good humour," state education official A.R. Khan was quoted as saying. "However, protests have been taken note of and the board is in the process of removing it (the reference)."
Monday, April 03, 2006
Thinking about calling in sick to work? Here's a list of excuses for ya.
1. I can't come in to work today because I'll be stalking my previous boss, who fired me for not showing up for work. OK?
2. When I got up this morning, I took two Ex-lax in addition to my Prozac. I can't get off the john, but I feel good about it.
3. My mother-in-law has come back as one of the Undead and we must track her to her coffin to drive a stake through her heart and give her eternal peace. One day should do it.
4. I can't come to work today because the EPA has determined that my house is completely surrounded by wetlands and I have to arrange for helicopter transportation.
5. If it is all the same to you I won't be coming in to work. The voices told me to clean all the guns today.
6. I have a rare case of 48-hour projectile leprosy, but I know we have that deadline to meet....
7. I am stuck in the blood pressure machine down at Tom Thumb.
8. Yes, I seem to have contracted some attention-deficit disorder and, hey, how about them Skins, huh? So, I won't be able to, yes, could I help you? No, no, I'll be sticking with Sprint, but thank you for calling.
9. Constipation has made me a walking time bomb.
10. I just found out that I was switched at birth. Legally, I shouldn't come to work knowing my employee records may now contain false information.
11. The psychiatrist said it was an excellent session. He even gave me this jaw restraint so I won't bite things when I am startled.
12. The dog ate my car keys. We're going to hitchhike to the vet.
2. When I got up this morning, I took two Ex-lax in addition to my Prozac. I can't get off the john, but I feel good about it.
3. My mother-in-law has come back as one of the Undead and we must track her to her coffin to drive a stake through her heart and give her eternal peace. One day should do it.
4. I can't come to work today because the EPA has determined that my house is completely surrounded by wetlands and I have to arrange for helicopter transportation.
5. If it is all the same to you I won't be coming in to work. The voices told me to clean all the guns today.
6. I have a rare case of 48-hour projectile leprosy, but I know we have that deadline to meet....
7. I am stuck in the blood pressure machine down at Tom Thumb.
8. Yes, I seem to have contracted some attention-deficit disorder and, hey, how about them Skins, huh? So, I won't be able to, yes, could I help you? No, no, I'll be sticking with Sprint, but thank you for calling.
9. Constipation has made me a walking time bomb.
10. I just found out that I was switched at birth. Legally, I shouldn't come to work knowing my employee records may now contain false information.
11. The psychiatrist said it was an excellent session. He even gave me this jaw restraint so I won't bite things when I am startled.
12. The dog ate my car keys. We're going to hitchhike to the vet.
Sounds like a case of the Mondays
Mondays can kiss my ass. I hate them. I don't have any one, specific reason for my Monday hatred. The main one, I guess is that it signals a beginning to a new week at work, which means no sleeping in. That is the biggest reason. But this Monday sucks even more cuz of the whole daylight savings time thing which has robbed me of an hour of sleep and has completely screwed up my waking up schedule. I used to be able to wake up automatically at 6 am and then see the clock and know that I had that extra half hour of semi-sleep coming to me. But with the time change, I didn't wake up til the alarm went off. No extra lounging time. No. I had to get right out of bed and get ready for work. True, I am gonna like having that extra hour of daylight after work, but I value my sleeping in time, and anything that cuts into my sleeping in time must be caught and destroyed immediately!
And yes, I am turning 34 tomorrow. Ugh. I think I stopped enjoying birthdays after I turned 21, but after I turned 30, I enjoyed them less and less. My folks don't even bother with a cake anymore. I think they are too afraid of the potential fire hazard from all those candles. Nope. It is just another day in the life for me. No celebration. No singing "happy birthday." No balloons. And especially no clowns!!! Yuk!
I am so gosh darned tired today. I feel like taking a nap during lunch (a true sign of old age). I am THAT tired. I think this time change thing is responsible for my lackluster attitude today. And today is Monday (yes, I have a case of "The Mondays", so bite me). And maybe cuz it is rainy outside and starting to get windy. It's not very motivation-inducing when the skies are gray and your body is groggy. No sireee.
Today is just a blah day all-around.
I blame it on Monday.
And yes, I am turning 34 tomorrow. Ugh. I think I stopped enjoying birthdays after I turned 21, but after I turned 30, I enjoyed them less and less. My folks don't even bother with a cake anymore. I think they are too afraid of the potential fire hazard from all those candles. Nope. It is just another day in the life for me. No celebration. No singing "happy birthday." No balloons. And especially no clowns!!! Yuk!
I am so gosh darned tired today. I feel like taking a nap during lunch (a true sign of old age). I am THAT tired. I think this time change thing is responsible for my lackluster attitude today. And today is Monday (yes, I have a case of "The Mondays", so bite me). And maybe cuz it is rainy outside and starting to get windy. It's not very motivation-inducing when the skies are gray and your body is groggy. No sireee.
Today is just a blah day all-around.
I blame it on Monday.
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"The making of things was outsourced decades ago to foreign nations such as Asia. Today, we Americans are dimly aware that our TV's, computers, cell phone, underwear, dentures, cartoons, etc, must come from SOMEWHERE, but we have no real clue who is making them, or how. We have enough trouble figuring out how to remove the packaging."
Stupid News Story of The Day
(When you play with fire, you're bound to get burned...especially if you're naked.)
Spider-hunting nudist ends with ring of fire
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A red-faced Australian nudist who tried to set fire to what he thought was a deadly funnel web spider's nest ended up with badly burned buttocks, emergency officials said Monday.
The 56-year-old man was at a nudist colony near Bowral, about 60 miles southwest of Sydney, Sunday when he spotted what he believed to be a funnel web spider hole.
Ambulance workers, including a helicopter crew, were called to the scene after the man poured petrol down the hole and then lit a match in an attempt to kill the offending arachnid.
"The exploding gasoline fumes left the man with burns to 18 percent of his body, on the upper leg and buttocks," the NRMA Careflight helicopter rescue service said in a statement.
It said the man's lack of clothing probably contributed to the extent of his burns.
"The fate of the bunkered spider was unknown, although other guests at the resort thought it was probably a harmless trapdoor spider and not a deadly funnel web," the statement said.
NRMA Careflight said it was called to a property in the same area in January when another man kicked a spider that was crawling up the wall of a friend's cabin. The man broke his leg in two places, it said.
Sunday, April 02, 2006
Weekend Fun
Well, this weekend I went to see The Hills Have Eyes. Freakin' awesome movie. Bloody, brutal and disgusting......just like I like my movies. Ok, so it's no Academy Award contender, but, hey, it is good schlock fun. I am gonna have to re-watch the original again. If you like a good ole B-movie with lots of blood and guts, go see it.
Today, I took a day trip to the Antelope Valley California Poppy Preserve. It wasn't full in bloom like it was last year, due to the dry winter and late rain, but there were a few pretty poppy patches (like my use of alliteration there? hehe). I took a trail which was about a mile and a half round trip to see the flowers. I also saw a lot of bugs and lizards, and yes, I took pictures. You can see them HERE and/or HERE.
My mom called me earlier. She, my dad and my bro are all in Vegas and staying at the Excalibur. My bro was doing some Sheriff run or something there and some of his sheriff buddies were staying in Vegas, too. Apparently, my bro and some of his buds went to the top of the Stratosphere and went on the rides on top of there. This is just more proof that my brother has no sense. There is no way in HELL that I would ever go on those rides. Especially after that one ride got stuck and trapped some people on it for who knows how long. Nope....no way in hell. My brother, I guess, is just weird.
I will stick to walking on trails and taking pictures. I am just not cut out for dealing with heights.
Today, I took a day trip to the Antelope Valley California Poppy Preserve. It wasn't full in bloom like it was last year, due to the dry winter and late rain, but there were a few pretty poppy patches (like my use of alliteration there? hehe). I took a trail which was about a mile and a half round trip to see the flowers. I also saw a lot of bugs and lizards, and yes, I took pictures. You can see them HERE and/or HERE.
My mom called me earlier. She, my dad and my bro are all in Vegas and staying at the Excalibur. My bro was doing some Sheriff run or something there and some of his sheriff buddies were staying in Vegas, too. Apparently, my bro and some of his buds went to the top of the Stratosphere and went on the rides on top of there. This is just more proof that my brother has no sense. There is no way in HELL that I would ever go on those rides. Especially after that one ride got stuck and trapped some people on it for who knows how long. Nope....no way in hell. My brother, I guess, is just weird.
I will stick to walking on trails and taking pictures. I am just not cut out for dealing with heights.
Saturday, April 01, 2006
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"Another possible source of guidance for teenagers is television, but television's message has always been that the need for truth, wisdom and world peace pales by comparison with the need for a toothpaste that offers whiter teeth *and* fresher breath."
Stupid News Story of The Day
(I think it's time for anger management classes.)
Man Totes Rifle to Retrieve Towed Truck
SAVANNAH, Ga. - Angry that his truck had been towed, a 64-year-old man was arrested at a busy intersection while walking on his way to get it back — with a loaded rifle.
Savannah-Chatham County police said officers spotted Floyd Goldwire with the gun in his hand Thursday walking through rush-hour traffic at the crowded commercial intersection of Bull Street and DeRenne Avenue.
Two officers drew their guns and confronted Goldwire, police said, but he refused to drop his rifle.
"He just wouldn't give up the gun," said Sgt. Ashley Brown, a precinct shift supervisor. "He wasn't threatening anyone, but he wasn't going with the program whatsoever."
Goldwire finally dropped the rifle when officer Josh Miller, a member of the department's SWAT team, pulled a shotgun loaded with non-lethal beanbags from the trunk of his patrol car, Brown said.
"Seeing these officers with their pistols just wasn't doing it for this guy," Brown said. "It wasn't until Josh picked up that shotgun that it ended quickly."
Even after dropping the gun, Goldwire resisted arrest until an officer used pepper spray on him, said police spokesman Sgt. Mike Wilson.
Wilson said Goldwire told police he was upset because his truck had been towed and he had been on his way to get it back.
"He was a threat to everyone on that road," Wilson said. "That's bizarre behavior, not something you see every day.
Friday, March 31, 2006
TGIF!!!
It is finally a Friday and guess what? I have only 4 pending cases left out of the 50-60 something pending cases I began with and am down to 8 closed cases from the 90 something cases I began with. AMEN! I am so good - lol. I was stressing big time all week and all last week, but now I feel like I can finally breathe again. Ahhhhhhhhhhh.
I am leaving work in about a half an hour, we got paid this week, and I have cappuccino jelly bellies to munch on, too. MMMMM. Life is good.
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"According to his official biography, new Internal Revenue Service commissioner Everson used to be a vice president at a major company in the filed of - I am not making this up - airline catering. That is exciting news for taxpayers, because when it comes to customer service and satisfaction, the term "airline food" is virtually synonymous with the term 'Thanks, but I'll just chew on my seat cushion."
Stupid News Story of The Day
(Let's see. I think I'll do something stupid today.)
Man Crashes Car After Snake Attacks Him
NAPLES, Fla. - A man crashed his car after a pet snake he had wrapped around his neck began attacking him, authorities said.
Witnesses reported that Courtland Page Johnson, 30, of East Naples, was driving erratically and crashed his PT Cruiser into several barricades about 9 p.m. Tuesday. He got out of his car, wrestled with the snake and then drove off, reports said.
When authorities caught up with Johnson at his home, he told them he crashed into another car that had stopped short in front of him. After questioning, Johnson admitted he panicked when his snake bit him.
He had cuts and freshly dried blood on his body, but did not need medical attention, reports said.
Johnson was charged with leaving the scene of a crash.
Thursday, March 30, 2006
Stuff, stuff and more stuff
Well, once again, American Idol has proved that people have lousy judgment, since they put Katharine in the bottom 3.....Katharine and not Bucky! WTF? Are people really that stupid? I guess so. I was right on who got the boot, even though I felt Bucky really deserved to be booted before Lisa, but since people seem to like Bucky (for some reason or another), they booted Lisa first. I still don't understand why Katharine was in the bottom 3. I thought that if she got booted, I would never watch AI again (which would probably be a good thing - lol).
Well, today is my parents' 38th anniversary. 38 years of bliss....or 38 years of misery (as my dad always jokingly says). Congrats to them. It seems long marriages are rare these days. I hope when I get married, it will last forever. I believe in marriage, but then I always had a good example to look up to. My parents just go good together.....like peanut butter and jelly (but I am sure they would argue on who is the peanut butter and who is the jelly - I am sure my dad would say my mom is the jelly - lol).
It is a mere 5 days before I turn 34. Ugh. Add yet another year onto my age and more wrinkles and some more gray hairs just for the hell of it. I actually am FEELING older and older lately. Is it age catching up to me or is it work? Probably both, though more of the latter than the former. Work is turning me old before my time. But I am finally starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, as more and more cases are disappearing from the drawers (I am a hard worker - lol). Maybe I will save my whole head from turning gray after all.
I did buy myself an early b-day present. I was in this store the other day, looking for a pair of pants, but ended up buying myself a ring instead. It is so purty - it is silver with a purple heart and 2 little crystals on each side. I don't feel bad cuz it was only $12 ($30 and 60% off - woo hoo). It is a little big, cuz all they had was size 8's and I am more like a 7 or 7 1/2, but I wanted it, so it is now on my finger. I love it!!! Cheap jewelry rocks! lol.
I also bought myself 3 DVDs.....The Wedding Crashers, Waiting, and The Constant Gardener...oh and I also got Sleepaway Camp- a VERY cheesy horror movie from the 80's, but it was like $4 and I love cheesy movies, so I got it. And the others were like $10 each. Gotta love cheap DVD's too.
I gotta get my ass back to work to crank out the rest of these cases, so I am outta here for now.
Well, today is my parents' 38th anniversary. 38 years of bliss....or 38 years of misery (as my dad always jokingly says). Congrats to them. It seems long marriages are rare these days. I hope when I get married, it will last forever. I believe in marriage, but then I always had a good example to look up to. My parents just go good together.....like peanut butter and jelly (but I am sure they would argue on who is the peanut butter and who is the jelly - I am sure my dad would say my mom is the jelly - lol).
It is a mere 5 days before I turn 34. Ugh. Add yet another year onto my age and more wrinkles and some more gray hairs just for the hell of it. I actually am FEELING older and older lately. Is it age catching up to me or is it work? Probably both, though more of the latter than the former. Work is turning me old before my time. But I am finally starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, as more and more cases are disappearing from the drawers (I am a hard worker - lol). Maybe I will save my whole head from turning gray after all.
I did buy myself an early b-day present. I was in this store the other day, looking for a pair of pants, but ended up buying myself a ring instead. It is so purty - it is silver with a purple heart and 2 little crystals on each side. I don't feel bad cuz it was only $12 ($30 and 60% off - woo hoo). It is a little big, cuz all they had was size 8's and I am more like a 7 or 7 1/2, but I wanted it, so it is now on my finger. I love it!!! Cheap jewelry rocks! lol.
I also bought myself 3 DVDs.....The Wedding Crashers, Waiting, and The Constant Gardener...oh and I also got Sleepaway Camp- a VERY cheesy horror movie from the 80's, but it was like $4 and I love cheesy movies, so I got it. And the others were like $10 each. Gotta love cheap DVD's too.
I gotta get my ass back to work to crank out the rest of these cases, so I am outta here for now.
Random Fact of The Day
Golf was banned in England in 1457 because it was considered a distraction from the serious pursuit of archery.
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"Turbulence: This is what pilots announce that you have encountered when your plane strikes an object in midair. You'll be flying along, and there will be an enormous, shuddering WHUMP, and clearly the plane has rammed into an airborne object at least the size of a water buffalo, and the pilot will say, "Folks, we're encountering a little turbulence." Meanwhile they are up there in the cockpit trying desperately to clean water buffalo organs off the windshield. "
Stupid News Story of The Day
(Here's one group you'll never see me joining.)
Workaholics struggle to say "No"
to work By Ellen Wulfhorst
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sam used to sneak into his office before dawn so no one would know how many extra hours he worked. Charles goes on all-night work binges to meet deadlines, and Susan can't say no to volunteer projects, social clubs, bridge games, choral singing, lectures and classes.
Each one is a member of Workaholics Anonymous, a 12-step recovery program for compulsive workers based upon the structure of Alcoholics Anonymous. Each one opted to keep their identity secret.
"It's been called the addiction that society applauds," said Mike, a physician and member of the group known as WA.
"People brag about it and say, 'I'm a workaholic,'" he said. "But workaholics burn out and then you've lost them or they become very dysfunctional and bitter and cynical in the organization and corrosive."
Workaholics Anonymous keeps no central count of members, but organizers estimate dozens of weekly meetings are held in the United States as well as in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Britain. The group also sells about 100 books about WA a month via its Web site, according to organizers.
WA's roots go back to 1983, when a New York corporate financial planner and a school teacher founded a group based on AA but designed to fight compulsive working.
WA identifies workaholics as people who often are perfectionists and worriers, derive their self esteem from work, keep overly busy, neglect their health, postpone vacations and overschedule their lives.
Workaholics don't even have to have a job; they can just be compulsively busy as they seek an adrenaline high, to overcome feelings of inadequacy and low self esteem and to avoid intimacy, it says.
DESTROYING LIVES
The weekly meeting in New York draws an average of a half dozen people in a city that might be considered a hotbed of workaholism. Such meager attendance invites the predictable joke that most workaholics are too busy to attend meetings, a quip that organizer Charles has heard a million times.
"People think it's funny," he said. "It's amusing until you hear the stories. There have been many people who have come, and work is destroying their lives."
Unlike alcoholics, who can measure recovery by their days of sobriety, workaholics have no quantifiable gauge of their problem, or their recovery.
"In my case, my boss was telling me I had to get my work hours down to 40 a week, and I couldn't do it," said Sam, a former senior project engineer in California's Silicon Valley.
"I was sneaking into work at 5 a.m. on a Sunday so I could get work done and be out of the place before anyone else showed up," he said. "I didn't want people to see how much time I was putting in.
"Now I'm more willing to try to do a mediocre job and keep my own mental health and sanity than to do the perfect job on everything I attempt," he said.
Like AA, WA uses a 12-step program for recovery from addiction. At meetings, members share their experiences and study the organization's literature and guidelines.
"It really forces you to look inside and say, 'What's really going on with me?'" said Charles. "A lot of people don't want to do that."
Even if workaholism is hard to define, you know it when you feel it, said Mike, who has left his high-pressure urban job for work at a rural clinic where cows wander outside.
"After a while one gets a feeling of what driven, compulsive working feels like," he said. "There's a tightness to it. There's a lot of adrenaline surging. There's a lot of worry.
"There's a lot of preoccupation, which is different from just waking up in the morning and saying, 'Wow, I really love what I do'," he said.
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Childhood Survey
1. Are you a child of the 70’s 80’s or 90’s?
-- I am a 70's child
2. Where were you born?
-- In San Jose, CA
3. If you were born in another country how old were you when you came here?
-- N/A
4. What city did you grow up in?
-- King City, CA
5. Did you enjoy your childhood?
-- you bet
6. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
-- a veterinarian or a wildlife photographer
7. What was your favorite toy when you were little?
-- Barbie (wasn't she every little girl's favorite ? lol)
8. Name the first memorable vacation you took as a kid.
we never really went on any long vacations - I guess visiting my grandma in Sebastapol and stopping by the San Francisco Zoo and the SF Mint on the way there
9. What was your first best friend’s name?
-- Cyndi
10. Are they still your best friend?
You betcha
11.?
Hmmm, not sure how to answer this question!
(I'll go with you on this one Cyndi - lol)
12. how did u meet this person/people?
-- Girl Scouts - turns out she lived right across the street from me :)
13. Can you name all the schools you ever attended?
-- Santa Lucia Kindergarten (I think that is what it was called), St John's, El Tejon, Maricopa High, Cal State University Bakersfield
14. Who was your first crush?
-- Brent
15. Were you a shy quiet kid or a very wild and rowdy kid?
-- I was pretty talkative - lol (got in trouble enough in school for it, too)
16. When you were little, what did you do for fun?
-- played outside and built forts with my bro and Cyndi - reenacted scenes from Grease 2 with my bro and Cyndi and went hunting for critters (bug, lizards...you name it)
17. Were you closer to your Mom or Dad as a kid?
-- both
18. Do you have any embarrassing school stories to share?-- embarassing...not really - although there was this one time I hit a volleyball thru the window at school - that was kinda embarassing...oh and having to sit in the corner with the dunce hat on my head in 3rd grade and having the teacher throw chalk at me - lol
19. What was the first record, tape, or CD you remember buying?
-- The Police's Synchronicity (although I think my dad actually did the buying but I picked it out - lol)
20. How old did you want to be when you got married?
-- 21 or so - back then I thought that 21 was OLD - lol
21. How old to have kids?
-- never really thought about it
22. Were you scared of anything?
-- the "haunted" gas station on River Drive (where Mc Donald's is now - I wonder if it is Mc-Haunted, too)
23. What was your favorite class in school?
-- Reading
24. Did you buy school lunch or bring your own?
-- heck, at St John's we only had hot lunches once a week, so mostly I had to bring it
25. Broke any bones or had any freaky accidents as a kid?
-- broke my wrist in 1st grade
26. Were you a meanie head?
-- that is debatable - lol - ask my brother, and he will tell you I was soooo mean
27. Favorite board game of all time?
-- Candyland
28. Did you play house or pretend to be a super hero?
-- played house
29. Random memory from when you were a kid:-- being chased when I was like in 2nd grade by this 7th grader for singing the K-I-S-S-I-N-G song and teasing him and some girl - I ran and hid among the trash cans but he found me - lol
30. Seriously...are you still just a kid at heart?
- definitely
-- I am a 70's child
2. Where were you born?
-- In San Jose, CA
3. If you were born in another country how old were you when you came here?
-- N/A
4. What city did you grow up in?
-- King City, CA
5. Did you enjoy your childhood?
-- you bet
6. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
-- a veterinarian or a wildlife photographer
7. What was your favorite toy when you were little?
-- Barbie (wasn't she every little girl's favorite ? lol)
8. Name the first memorable vacation you took as a kid.
we never really went on any long vacations - I guess visiting my grandma in Sebastapol and stopping by the San Francisco Zoo and the SF Mint on the way there
9. What was your first best friend’s name?
-- Cyndi
10. Are they still your best friend?
You betcha
11.?
Hmmm, not sure how to answer this question!
(I'll go with you on this one Cyndi - lol)
12. how did u meet this person/people?
-- Girl Scouts - turns out she lived right across the street from me :)
13. Can you name all the schools you ever attended?
-- Santa Lucia Kindergarten (I think that is what it was called), St John's, El Tejon, Maricopa High, Cal State University Bakersfield
14. Who was your first crush?
-- Brent
15. Were you a shy quiet kid or a very wild and rowdy kid?
-- I was pretty talkative - lol (got in trouble enough in school for it, too)
16. When you were little, what did you do for fun?
-- played outside and built forts with my bro and Cyndi - reenacted scenes from Grease 2 with my bro and Cyndi and went hunting for critters (bug, lizards...you name it)
17. Were you closer to your Mom or Dad as a kid?
-- both
18. Do you have any embarrassing school stories to share?-- embarassing...not really - although there was this one time I hit a volleyball thru the window at school - that was kinda embarassing...oh and having to sit in the corner with the dunce hat on my head in 3rd grade and having the teacher throw chalk at me - lol
19. What was the first record, tape, or CD you remember buying?
-- The Police's Synchronicity (although I think my dad actually did the buying but I picked it out - lol)
20. How old did you want to be when you got married?
-- 21 or so - back then I thought that 21 was OLD - lol
21. How old to have kids?
-- never really thought about it
22. Were you scared of anything?
-- the "haunted" gas station on River Drive (where Mc Donald's is now - I wonder if it is Mc-Haunted, too)
23. What was your favorite class in school?
-- Reading
24. Did you buy school lunch or bring your own?
-- heck, at St John's we only had hot lunches once a week, so mostly I had to bring it
25. Broke any bones or had any freaky accidents as a kid?
-- broke my wrist in 1st grade
26. Were you a meanie head?
-- that is debatable - lol - ask my brother, and he will tell you I was soooo mean
27. Favorite board game of all time?
-- Candyland
28. Did you play house or pretend to be a super hero?
-- played house
29. Random memory from when you were a kid:-- being chased when I was like in 2nd grade by this 7th grader for singing the K-I-S-S-I-N-G song and teasing him and some girl - I ran and hid among the trash cans but he found me - lol
30. Seriously...are you still just a kid at heart?
- definitely
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"In the 1970's, along came the bold food pioneer who invented the Atkins Diet: Dr Something Atkins. After decades of research on nutrition and weight gain - including the now-famous Hostess Ding Dong Diet Experiment, which resulted in a laboratory rat the size of a Plymouth Voyager - Dr Atkins discovered an amazing thing: Calories don't matter! What matter are carbohydrates, which result when a carbo molecule and a hydrate molecule collide at high speeds and form tiny invisible doughnuts. Dr Atkins's discovery meant that - incredible though it seemed - as long as you avoided carbohydrates, you could, without guilt, eat high-fat, high-calorie foods such as cheese, bacon, lard, pork rinds, and whale. You could eat an entire pig, as long as the pig had not recently been exposed to bread."
Stupid News Story of The Day
(And what did you bring to Show and Tell?)
Kindergarten Student Brings Gun to School
FIRCREST, Wash. - A kindergarten student was expelled for 10 days after he brought a .22-caliber gun to school, officials said.
The 5-year-old boy climbed from a chair onto a washer-dryer and got an unloaded pistol out of a cupboard at home, police said. He showed a friend the gun on the Whittier Elementary School playground, then put it into a friend's backpack, Police Chief John Cheesman said.
The boy never made any threat and told the principal what he had done Monday but was expelled immediately, said Patti Holmgren, a spokeswoman for the Tacoma school system. Police confiscated the gun.
School officials were investigating, classmates have been reminded not to bring guns to school and a letter on the incident has been sent to parents of Whittier students, Holmgren said.
The boy's parents tried to keep the gun out of his reach and did not store ammunition with it, so no criminal charges are likely, the police chief said.
"The boy now realizes he should not have brought the pistol to school," Cheesman added. "There was an understanding there that he shouldn't have done it and that what he did was wrong."
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
American Idol recap ( under the influence of a migraine)
Well, tonight's American Idol was just so-so. The first few people, Ace, Kelly, Lisa.....they were ok. Well, Ace sucked , but Kelly and Lisa were ok.
The best performances of the night were Elliot, Katharine and Taylor. Chris, who I like the best overall, was ok, but not the best. Even Mandisa, who I like alot, was just ok. She was basically just shouting the song and over-singing. I didn't much care for it.
The bottom 3 will most likely be: Bucky, Lisa and Ace. I think it will be Lisa who gets the boot though, even the other 2 are just as deserving of being kicked off as her.
So, I began the day with a headache, and it is ending the same way. And American Idol tonight didn't do anything to help it. It still hurts!! I even went home early from work cuz my vision was starting to go blurry and I was feeling pukey. And then I came home and took a nap and took yet another Advil, and the headache is still with me, like mold on a rotten tomato. Damned migraines!!!!!!!
The best performances of the night were Elliot, Katharine and Taylor. Chris, who I like the best overall, was ok, but not the best. Even Mandisa, who I like alot, was just ok. She was basically just shouting the song and over-singing. I didn't much care for it.
The bottom 3 will most likely be: Bucky, Lisa and Ace. I think it will be Lisa who gets the boot though, even the other 2 are just as deserving of being kicked off as her.
So, I began the day with a headache, and it is ending the same way. And American Idol tonight didn't do anything to help it. It still hurts!! I even went home early from work cuz my vision was starting to go blurry and I was feeling pukey. And then I came home and took a nap and took yet another Advil, and the headache is still with me, like mold on a rotten tomato. Damned migraines!!!!!!!
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"My daughter's Ken doll doesn't seem to notice that the Barbies are constantly getting naked. No, I don't know why the Barbies do this. I don't WANT to know. All I know is that often, after my daughter has been playing with her Barbies, I'll walk into her room, and there will be naked Barbies everywhere, and Ken will be displaying absolutely no interest in them. Lately, in fact, Ken has been off in a corner, sitting in Barbie's pink Jeep with Pinocchio. Not that there's anything wrong with that."
Stupid News Story of The Day
(If you don't give me some meat, I'll set myself on fire. I really will.
Drunkard kills himself over meatless dinner
AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - A jobless alcoholic burned himself to death after his wife refused to serve him meat for dinner, Indian police said Sunday.
Sixty-year-old Mithailal Ram Sanjivan doused his body with an inflammable liquid and set himself ablaze outside his one-room house in Ahmedabad, the main city of western Gujarat state.
Police said the victim, who had been without a job for years, and his wife, Geeta Sanjivan, 54, had a scuffle over the dinner menu.
The wife refused to cook meat as they could not afford it.
Irritated by this, Sanjivan locked her in the house before setting himself on fire outside.
Monday, March 27, 2006
SBC can kiss my ass
Always make your requests to stop a service...whether it be phone, PG&E, cable...whatever....in writing. Cuz lord knows if you tell them verbally, they won't get the picture. It seems like when you are on the phone with someone in customer service telling them you want to stop your, let's say phone service, their IQ immediately goes down by 100 points. They ask you questions like, "why," and then try to offer you some incentive to stay, and no matter how many times you tell them , "no," they seem to think you really mean, "yes." And then when you tell them to shove their phone service where the sun don't shine, they just offer you another incentive to stay. Then when you offer an incentive such as some vasoline to lube that phone service so that it goes up their ass easier, then they SEEM to get the picture. But they really don't.
Well, that is what happened with my SBC phone service, and why I am no longer with them. A while back, my phone was messed up. The phone would ring, and people could leave messages, but when I tried to dial out or to answer the phone, all I got was static. This went on for a while. I tried new phone jacks. I tried switching phones. And finally, when I could stand it no longer, I called the phone company to get someone out to take a look at the line.
Well, the first time I called them, a woman answered, and I am so pissed off at myself for not writing her name down. I explained my problem to her, and she ran some sort of test from there on my line. She told me there was a problem with the line and that she would send a technician out to look at it. Fine. Good.
Well, when I got home, all excited and expecting my phones to work, I picked up the receiver to check it out, and .....static...grrr. What the hell? There was no note on my door or anything from SBC and since it was after 6 pm when I got home, I couldn't call the customer serivce til the next day. More Grrrrr.
Well, when I called back the next day, I was told that there was no record of my phone call. At this point, the grrr was more like GRRRRRRRRR. I was so pissed! Well she supposedly ran some test on the line and said there wasn't a problem with the line but she could send someone out to look at it anyway. By this time I was confused AND pissed. Not a good combo.
Well, at work, I get a call from the phone company tech telling me that my line is ok, and that it is probably some internal problem inside the apartment which they are not responsible for. GRRRRRRRRRRRR!
A few weeks later, I get my phone bill and they had charged me $55 for the tech to come out to basically do nothing but play around with some wires and call me and tell me "sorry Charlie." Now, I was beyond pissed.
Well, after all this shit, I called the company back and told them to just stop my service altogether cuz I was tired of getting the runaround. Then she asked me "why" and offered me some incentive....and, well you can see how this turned out...hehe.
Welllll....I guess they didn't keep a record of that call either, cuz my mom called me today saying some credit service called them asking where I was cuz SBC had reported me to the credit bureau for unpaid phone bills (which I never got by the way) GRRRR!! So, I paid it, even though I am still pissed as hell. So.......to make a long story short, ALWAYS make your request to stop your service in writing, cuz you just can't trust the customer service people on the phone.
Maybe telling them to shove their phone service up their ass wasn't such a good choice of verbage on my part either.
But the vasoline part was a nice touch - lol.
Well, that is what happened with my SBC phone service, and why I am no longer with them. A while back, my phone was messed up. The phone would ring, and people could leave messages, but when I tried to dial out or to answer the phone, all I got was static. This went on for a while. I tried new phone jacks. I tried switching phones. And finally, when I could stand it no longer, I called the phone company to get someone out to take a look at the line.
Well, the first time I called them, a woman answered, and I am so pissed off at myself for not writing her name down. I explained my problem to her, and she ran some sort of test from there on my line. She told me there was a problem with the line and that she would send a technician out to look at it. Fine. Good.
Well, when I got home, all excited and expecting my phones to work, I picked up the receiver to check it out, and .....static...grrr. What the hell? There was no note on my door or anything from SBC and since it was after 6 pm when I got home, I couldn't call the customer serivce til the next day. More Grrrrr.
Well, when I called back the next day, I was told that there was no record of my phone call. At this point, the grrr was more like GRRRRRRRRR. I was so pissed! Well she supposedly ran some test on the line and said there wasn't a problem with the line but she could send someone out to look at it anyway. By this time I was confused AND pissed. Not a good combo.
Well, at work, I get a call from the phone company tech telling me that my line is ok, and that it is probably some internal problem inside the apartment which they are not responsible for. GRRRRRRRRRRRR!
A few weeks later, I get my phone bill and they had charged me $55 for the tech to come out to basically do nothing but play around with some wires and call me and tell me "sorry Charlie." Now, I was beyond pissed.
Well, after all this shit, I called the company back and told them to just stop my service altogether cuz I was tired of getting the runaround. Then she asked me "why" and offered me some incentive....and, well you can see how this turned out...hehe.
Welllll....I guess they didn't keep a record of that call either, cuz my mom called me today saying some credit service called them asking where I was cuz SBC had reported me to the credit bureau for unpaid phone bills (which I never got by the way) GRRRR!! So, I paid it, even though I am still pissed as hell. So.......to make a long story short, ALWAYS make your request to stop your service in writing, cuz you just can't trust the customer service people on the phone.
Maybe telling them to shove their phone service up their ass wasn't such a good choice of verbage on my part either.
But the vasoline part was a nice touch - lol.
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"I'm not sure how I feel about the Barbie and Ken split. On the one hand, I can see why Barbie would not be satisfied with Ken. I have a young daughter, so our house has a thriving, teeming Barbie colony. This colony is serviced by one lone Ken, and frankly, he is not up to the task."
Stupid News Story of The Day
(...and that's a wrap.)
Film Shoot Mistaken for Hostage Situation
FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. - A movie set at the downtown post office turned all too real for a group of high school filmmakers. Members of the high school Spanish club were shooting a movie Thursday night when the police showed up believing a hostage crisis was going on inside the post office.
But apparently, someone saw the teens carrying toy guns into the building on Centre Street, which is the heart of the town's historical district. When they couldn't get an answer to calls placed inside the building, they assumed the worst.
Police cordoned off the block, cleared nearby buildings and surrounded the post office ready for a hostage crisis. When a group of students left the post office, they were ordered to get on the ground, face down.
Postmaster Ron Steedley had given permission for the school group to use the post office after hours to make a movie, "Rolling Thunder." Steedley said he didn't think the student's movie would frighten anyone.
Devon Menendez, the film's director, said his film career is over.
"I'm not accepting any more offers to direct a movie," he said.
Sunday, March 26, 2006
No news is good news
Another Sunday night is upon me. Which means tomorrow it is back to work. I must admit, I did kick some ass at work on Friday (which was overtime). But it seems like the caseload is not getting any smaller. Ever feel like you are working your ass off to no avail? Well, that is how I am feeling right now...overwhelmed.
And it isn't just me. I think everyone in our division is feeling stressed. This is the first time in a long time where I have felt like I am in over my head. I told you I was gonna go gray!!! lol.
I didn't do squat yesterday. I felt like I just needed to take a whole day to rest. But today, I did go to the grocery store, which is something I hate doing. I just hate putting all that shit in my car and then having to take it out again when I get home and haul it all upstairs and put it away. If I lived in a downstairs apartment, I would probably have less of a problem with grocery shopping that I do now...but only slightly less.
My mom called me today and told me that my aunt Marge, her sister, is not doing so well. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer over a year ago, I think. I guess the CA test (or something - I forget what it was called) was way high, which isn't good, and they are running out of experimental treatments to try on her. Ugh. I just lost my grandma to cancer. I am just not ready to go to another funeral just now. My mom did say my aunt Helen was doing ok though, which is good. I am always worried about her being alone and all and in a wheelchair (she has MS), but I guess she has someone who comes to her house to help out with stuff a few times a week, which is good. She is the nicest person and never complains about anything. Knowing that my aunts are having to deal with such bad stuff kinda makes me feel like an asshole for complaining about my aches and pains.
Well, I am going to bed. Got another crappy day at work coming up. I can't wait.
And it isn't just me. I think everyone in our division is feeling stressed. This is the first time in a long time where I have felt like I am in over my head. I told you I was gonna go gray!!! lol.
I didn't do squat yesterday. I felt like I just needed to take a whole day to rest. But today, I did go to the grocery store, which is something I hate doing. I just hate putting all that shit in my car and then having to take it out again when I get home and haul it all upstairs and put it away. If I lived in a downstairs apartment, I would probably have less of a problem with grocery shopping that I do now...but only slightly less.
My mom called me today and told me that my aunt Marge, her sister, is not doing so well. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer over a year ago, I think. I guess the CA test (or something - I forget what it was called) was way high, which isn't good, and they are running out of experimental treatments to try on her. Ugh. I just lost my grandma to cancer. I am just not ready to go to another funeral just now. My mom did say my aunt Helen was doing ok though, which is good. I am always worried about her being alone and all and in a wheelchair (she has MS), but I guess she has someone who comes to her house to help out with stuff a few times a week, which is good. She is the nicest person and never complains about anything. Knowing that my aunts are having to deal with such bad stuff kinda makes me feel like an asshole for complaining about my aches and pains.
Well, I am going to bed. Got another crappy day at work coming up. I can't wait.
Friday, March 24, 2006
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing."
Random Fact of The Day
The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
Stupid News Story of The Day
(Oops. Our bad.)
Elderly Couple Hurt in Raid on Wrong House
HORN LAKE, Miss. - An unidentified elderly Horn Lake couple were hospitalized Thursday after police burst into their home thinking it housed a methamphetamine laboratory.
The incident occurred Wednesday about 4 a.m., said police Capt. Shannon Beshears. Beshears said it was the right address but the wrong house.
Beshears said a heavily armed Tactical Apprehension Containment Team stormed the house.
"We had good information from a reliable source that had been backed up by a purchase of narcotics linked to the address. However, when we arrived at the designated address, there were two houses on the lot. We hit the larger of the two houses.
"It was the wrong house," Beshears said. "The house was totally dark and the TACT members went through to the bedroom looking for the suspects."
A man and a woman — both in their 80s — were injured as TACT team members secured the house although no drugs were found. There were children in the house also, but they were not awakened, Beshears said.
Beshears said the woman received a dislocated shoulder and the man received bruised ribs. Both were taken to Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto, but both asked police not to identify them.
"When we went to the second house on the lot, we found a methamphetamine cook under way and we made an arrest of a woman in connection with that illegal operation," Beshears said.
Police charged Sonseeaharay Lyn Fells, 36, with manufacturing a controlled substance. She was being held in the DeSoto County Jail in Hernando under a $100,000 bond.
Police Chief Darryl Whaley said a full investigation would be made into the operation to determine what happened when officers confronted the elderly couple. He said he believes his officers acted correctly and followed procedures when they entered the first home.
"Obviously, a mistake was made and it was regrettable," he said. "But, I stand by my officers. I think they acted properly."
Beshears said William Clinton Pruitt, 41, also was arrested on a charge of manufacture of a controlled substance and sale of a controlled substance. He was being held under a $200,000 bond.
Thursday, March 23, 2006
| How You Are In Love |
 You give and take equally in relationships. You tend to get very attached when you're with someone. You want to see your love all the time. You love your partner unconditionally and don't try to make them change. You stay in love for a long time, even if you aren't loved back. When you fall, you fall hard. |
How Are You In Love?
I am Jan
| You Are Jan Brady |
 Brainy and a little introverted, you tend to think life is a lot worse than it actually is. And while you may think you're a little goofy looking, most people consider you to be a major babe. |
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant’s life, she will choose to save the infant’s life without even considering if there are men on base. "
Random Fact of The Day
The sting from a killer bee contains less venom than the sting from a regular bee.
Stupid News Story of The Day
(Drunks in a bar. What a concept!)
Finding drunks in a bar -- what are the chances?
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Texas has begun sending undercover agents into bars to arrest drinkers for being drunk, a spokeswoman for the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission said on Wednesday.
The first sting operation was conducted recently in a Dallas suburb where agents infiltrated 36 bars and arrested 30 people for public intoxication, said the commission's Carolyn Beck.
Being in a bar does not exempt one from the state laws against public drunkeness, Beck said.
The goal, she said, was to detain drunks before they leave a bar and go do something dangerous like drive a car.
"We feel that the only way we're going to get at the drunk driving problem and the problem of people hurting each other while drunk is by crackdowns like this," she said.
"There are a lot of dangerous and stupid things people do when they're intoxicated, other than get behind the wheel of a car," Beck said. "People walk out into traffic and get run over, people jump off of balconies trying to reach a swimming pool and miss."
She said the sting operations would continue throughout the state.
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
YES!
Oh my goodness. I am so happy Kevin got booted off of American Idol. I guess it is about time the voters picked the earwax out of their ears long enough to not vote for him. It is about time!
I was wrong about who was gonna get booted, but my bottom 3 picks were right, smack-dab on. And everyone knows that I had wanted Kevin to get booted weeks ago. I just figured all the little kids would keep voting for him. Maybe their mommies and daddies took away their cell phone privileges this week - hehe.
A new South Park season debuted tonight. It was just sooooo wrong, but yet, so funny. Poor Chef - boy he got killed off in just such a bad way. I loved Chef. He was just so funny. I am gonna miss his character, but since Isaac Hayes is so opposed to Matt and Trey's portayal of Scientologists, he just had to quit. Phooey on him. Party pooper.
At least Carlos Mencia was in true form on his season debut tonight. Now there is one dude who is not afraid to make fun of anyone. Kudos to him. He is a funny, funny man. Gotta love Mencia!
On a side note, my right shoulder has been killing me for over 2 weeks now. I am starting to wonder whether or not I should go to the doctor. It feels like bone is rubbing against bone. It hurts soooo bad. Especially when I am driving. I know. I am such a whiner. But it hurts!!!!
Thank goodness a friend at work gave me a vicodin, cuz I left my meds at home.
Damned shoulder. I wish I wasn't so broken - lol.
I was wrong about who was gonna get booted, but my bottom 3 picks were right, smack-dab on. And everyone knows that I had wanted Kevin to get booted weeks ago. I just figured all the little kids would keep voting for him. Maybe their mommies and daddies took away their cell phone privileges this week - hehe.
A new South Park season debuted tonight. It was just sooooo wrong, but yet, so funny. Poor Chef - boy he got killed off in just such a bad way. I loved Chef. He was just so funny. I am gonna miss his character, but since Isaac Hayes is so opposed to Matt and Trey's portayal of Scientologists, he just had to quit. Phooey on him. Party pooper.
At least Carlos Mencia was in true form on his season debut tonight. Now there is one dude who is not afraid to make fun of anyone. Kudos to him. He is a funny, funny man. Gotta love Mencia!
On a side note, my right shoulder has been killing me for over 2 weeks now. I am starting to wonder whether or not I should go to the doctor. It feels like bone is rubbing against bone. It hurts soooo bad. Especially when I am driving. I know. I am such a whiner. But it hurts!!!!
Thank goodness a friend at work gave me a vicodin, cuz I left my meds at home.
Damned shoulder. I wish I wasn't so broken - lol.
Just for Arlene....
As Arlene pointed out to me today in an email, St Patrick's is over. So, just for you, I changed my blog back to its normal state of being. I hope you're happy, you punk - lol.
Random Fact of The Day
Each nostril of a human being registers smell in a different way. Smells that are made from the right nostril are more pleasant than the left.
Stupid News Story of The Day
(Next time, leave the pantyhose at home.)
Fishnet Hosiery Does in Robbery Suspect
MONTEREY, Calif. - A man's pantyhose led to his arrest, authorities said. An unshaven man wearing a black evening gown, fishnet stockings, calf-high boots and a black wig robbed a USA Gas station Monday morning, authorities alleged.
The armed man stuffed $290 in cash into an ensemble-matching black purse.
"I've been with the department for 22 years, and this is the first time I've heard of this happening anywhere here," police Lt. Phil Penko said.
About 35 minutes after the robbery, police Officer Chad Ventimiglia spotted a black Saab with fishnet pantyhose hanging from the front driver's side door, dragging on the ground, investigators said.
The car was pulled over and Michael Leslie Clouse, 26, was arrested and booked for investigation of armed robbery.
A plastic replica handgun allegedly was found inside his purse, Penko said.
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
American Idol recap
Ok. I am gonna go out on a limb and say that the 3 people I expect to see in the top 3 on American Idol are Chris, Katharine and Mandisa. I love Elliott, too, but I don't think he will be in the final 3. Final 4, maybe, but not final 3. Mandisa was just awesome tonight. That girl can saaaang! Katharine was amazing, too. I just love her voice. But Chris.....he is in a league of his own. His version of "I Walk The Line" was beyond incredible. Hell, I would probably even buy that as a single. It was great! He took the song and made it his own, which is something a great singer does.
I was disappointed with the judges for saying good things about Kevin's performance. He just totally sucked. Why he is still in the running is beyond me. He needs to go, and he needs to go now.
Bucky was also so-so. While I liked him better than Kevin, that is not saying much.
The others (Kellie, Paris, Lisa, Taylor and Ace) were ok, too. Kellie picked a country song, which is her fortè. She did kinda go off-key a little after the key change though, but I suppose I am nitpicking. She did do a good job though. Kudos to her. Ace was a lot better this week than he was last week (but then, anything would have been an improvement over last week).
Bottom 3? Hmm....Ok...I am gonna say who DESERVES to be in the bottom 3............Bucky, Kevin and Lisa. I like Lisa, but her performance this week was not all that great. I am almost gonna say Taylor maybe, too, since I didn't really care for his performance this week either.
So after all is said and done, I am gonna say it is gonna be bye bye Bucky (even though I think Kevin NEEDS to go home, I think there are enough 11 year-olds and grandmas out there who will vote for him).
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"I probably shouldn't admit this to you younger readers, but when my generation was your age, we did some pretty stupid things. I'm talking about taking CRAZY risks. We drank water right from the tap. We used aspirin bottles that you could actually open with your bare hands. We bought appliances that were not festooned with helpful safety warnings such as "DO NOT BATHE WITH THIS TOASTER." But for sheer insanity, the wildest thing we did was - prepare to be shocked - we deliberately ingested carbohydrates."
Stupid News Story of The Day
(Robbed, then busted. What a day.)
Hair Salon Burglary Leads to Pot Bust
BOWDON, Ga. - A burglary at a hair salon has led to charges against the salon's owner after police found more than 200 pounds of marijuana stored there.
Bowdon Police Chief Mark Brock was on routine patrol early Sunday when he came across a burglary in progress at the hair salon.
The suspects, identified as Howard Bernard Crane, 20, and Kareem Lee Evans, 33, were trying to steal the marijuana, which was being kept in a freezer chest at the salon, police said.
The salon's owner — who is also Howard Crane's sister — Erica Crane, 33, was also arrested.
West Georgia Drug Task Force Agent Mike Fritz said Howard Crane was trying to steal the drugs from his sister's shop with Evans' help.
The three have been charged with trafficking marijuana.
Friday, March 17, 2006
Stupid News Story of The Day
(Sorry. Wrong number.)
Two Men Arrested After Mistaken 911 Call
ENID, Okla. - Two men were jailed on arson complaints after one of them hit the wrong button on a cell phone, giving 911 dispatchers an account of a plot to set a vehicle on fire.
Enid police Capt. Jim Nivison said from that call, 911 dispatchers and a shift supervisor listened for nearly four hours to the two Enid natives as they drove across town, first planning to steal an acquaintance's car, then deciding to build an incendiary device out of a light bulb to burn the car up.
"It's all on tape; we've got the whole thing," Nivison said. "They made some pretty dumb statements. One of the males said. 'It's gonna burn, will they be able to get fingerprints?' and 'I've got the lighter, Dude. Let's go.' "
Johnny Ray Miller, 48, was arrested on complaints of third-degree arson and transporting an incendiary device. Robert A. Patterson, 24, was arrested on complaints of third-degree arson and manufacturing an incendiary device. Both also were jailed on conspiracy complaints.
Thursday, March 16, 2006
I am mad
I am so mad that Kevin or Bucky didn't get the boot on American Idol. They weren't even in the bottom 3! GRRRR! Instead, Melissa, who sings a whole hell of a lot better than Kevin and Bucky, got booted. WTF? Kevin needs to go! C'mon people. Get it right next time.
Random Fact of The Day
Lego’s Danish founder Ole Kirk Christiansen named the famous bricks in 1934 by fusing two Danish words, “leg” and “godt” meaning “play well.”
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"You know it's only a matter of time before we see stores that have no products at all, just empty aisles prowled by salespersons who glom onto you and relentlessly hector you until you buy a service agreement. Think of the profit margin."
Stupid News Story of The Day
(Bad me! Bad, bad, bad me!)
Man Hits His Own Car Then Sues Himself
LODI, Calif. - When a dump truck backed into Curtis Gokey's car, he decided to sue the city for damages. Only thing is, he was the one driving the dump truck. But that minor detail didn't stop Gokey, a Lodi city employee, from filing a $3,600 claim for the December accident, even after admitting the crash was his fault.
After the city denied that claim because Gokey was, in essence, suing himself, he and his wife, Rhonda, decided to file a new claim under her name.
City Attorney Steve Schwabauer said this one also lacks merit because Rhonda Gokey can't sue her own husband.
"You can sue your spouse for divorce, but you can't sue your spouse for negligence," Schwabauer said. "They're a married couple under California law. They're one entity. It's damage to community property."
But Rhonda Gokey insisted she has "the right to sue the city because a city's vehicle damaged my private vehicle."
In fact, her claim, currently pending at Lodi City Hall, is for an even larger amount — $4,800.
"I'm not as nice as my husband is," she said.
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
American Idol recap
Last night's American Idol got off to a slow start, and at first I thought, "Ugh...what is with these people?" Ace's performance, I thought, just sucked. He was off key and flat a couple of times, but the audience and judges, except for Simon (of course) seemed to think he did ok. He better shape up, cuz his pretty face can only take him so far. Kellie....oh Kellie. Where do I start? She was just boring...yawn. I thought I was going to fall into a coma listening to her. Normally, I like her, but not last night. Elliott, though, did pretty well. I like him for some reason. Mandisa, of course, did well, even though it wasn't as strong as her previous performances. Bucky, a singer who I don't like as well, actually did a decent performance last night. He still lacks the vocal chops of some of the others, but it looked like he was having a good time on stage.
Melissa...hmm...She did an ok job, even though she forgot some of the lyrics. It wasn't as great as the judges made her out to be, but it was ok. Just ok. Not great. Not bad. It was ok. Lisa did a great job on her song. She is the youngest one in the competition, but she is a stronger singer than many. Kevin....oh geez. Why is he still in the competition? His version of "Part Time Lover" made me want to change the channel. It was terrible! I guess he has the baby face thing going for him, but c'mon! They are supposed to be judged on singing not cuteness.
The final singers of the night, Katharine, Taylor, Paris and Chris, all did fantastic jobs. Now Katharine, she can sing. When she was singing, for the first time that night I thought, "Now this is what the show is about! Singing!" She has some vocal chops on her. Taylor, despite his hair, is just awesome. He was amazing last night. He can sing and he can get the crowd going. He has a lot of appeal. Paris did a great job too. Even though she is young, she can sing. But Chris, he topped them all. He just rocks. I think he will win the whole thing. I was wondering how he would pull off a Stevie Wonder song, since you don't really associate Stevie with hard rock, but man, he did it!
So, who's going to go home? Well, it will probably be either Bucky or Kevin, but since Kevin has that whole "I'm too cute to be sent home" thing going for him, it will probably be Bucky.
Melissa...hmm...She did an ok job, even though she forgot some of the lyrics. It wasn't as great as the judges made her out to be, but it was ok. Just ok. Not great. Not bad. It was ok. Lisa did a great job on her song. She is the youngest one in the competition, but she is a stronger singer than many. Kevin....oh geez. Why is he still in the competition? His version of "Part Time Lover" made me want to change the channel. It was terrible! I guess he has the baby face thing going for him, but c'mon! They are supposed to be judged on singing not cuteness.
The final singers of the night, Katharine, Taylor, Paris and Chris, all did fantastic jobs. Now Katharine, she can sing. When she was singing, for the first time that night I thought, "Now this is what the show is about! Singing!" She has some vocal chops on her. Taylor, despite his hair, is just awesome. He was amazing last night. He can sing and he can get the crowd going. He has a lot of appeal. Paris did a great job too. Even though she is young, she can sing. But Chris, he topped them all. He just rocks. I think he will win the whole thing. I was wondering how he would pull off a Stevie Wonder song, since you don't really associate Stevie with hard rock, but man, he did it!
So, who's going to go home? Well, it will probably be either Bucky or Kevin, but since Kevin has that whole "I'm too cute to be sent home" thing going for him, it will probably be Bucky.
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"Every man knows he needs a bigger TV. But you-know-who is standing in his way: The same 'Negative Nelly' who always tries to hold him back when he has a visionary household idea, such a washing underwear in the dishwasher, or installing a urinal in the bedroom: his wife. The instant he tells her he needs a new TV, she's going to start coming up with nitpicky legalistic arguments like: 'But our current TV works fine!' Or: 'But we bought a new TV yesterday!' Or: 'But we're broke and we live in a homeless shelter!' Women! Always rules by their emotions."
Stupid News Story of The Day
(How about a zillion dollar bill with Bill Gates's picture on it?)
You got change for a Grover Cleveland, pal?
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The counterfeit money looked good, but there was one flaw. There's no such thing as a one billion dollar bill.
U.S. Customs agents in California said on Tuesday they had found 250 bogus billion dollar bills while investigating a man charged with currency smuggling.
Tekle Zigetta, 45, pleaded guilty to three federal counts of trying to bring cash, phony bills and a fake $100,000 gold certificate into the United States in January.
Further investigation led agents to a West Hollywood apartment where they found the stash of yellowing and wrinkled one billion dollar bills with an issue date of 1934 and bearing a picture of President Grover Cleveland.
"You would think the $1 billion denomination would be a giveaway that these notes are fake, but some people are still taken in," said James Todak, a secret services agent involved in the probe.
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"Stores LOVE service agreements for the same reason you'd love to have money to fall on you from the sky. As a result, when you buy a product today, you get this bizarre multiple-personality sales pitch, because at the same time that the salesperson is telling you how swell the product is, he's suggesting it will need a LOT of service:
SALESPERSON: This is an excellent product. Totally reliable.
YOU: I'll take it!
SALESPERSON: It's going to break.
YOU: What?
SALESPERSON: There's this thing inside? The confabulator? You're lucky if that baby lasts you a week.
YOU: So you're saying it's NOT a good product?
SALESPERSON: No! It's top of the line! Totally dependable!"
SALESPERSON: This is an excellent product. Totally reliable.
YOU: I'll take it!
SALESPERSON: It's going to break.
YOU: What?
SALESPERSON: There's this thing inside? The confabulator? You're lucky if that baby lasts you a week.
YOU: So you're saying it's NOT a good product?
SALESPERSON: No! It's top of the line! Totally dependable!"
Stupid News Story of The Day
(Here's a couple headed for divorce court.)
Now THERE'S a couple that knows how to fight!
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Mexican couple were recovering separately after a marital spat got out of control and saw them firing guns, throwing knives and hurling homemade bombs, Mexican daily Milenio said on Monday.
In scenes taken straight out of hit romantic comedy "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Juan Espinosa and Irma Contreras fought until their house blew up in a homemade gasoline bomb explosion, Milenio said.
Police called to the home in the indigenous Mayan Indian town of Oxkutzcab in the southeastern state of Yucatan arrested Espinosa. Contreras was taken to hospital with third-degree burns.
A local police official confirmed the report but declined to provide further information.
In the violence-filled movie about the fictional Smiths, Pitt and Jolie play married assassins ordered to kill each other.
Espinosa told reporters he was glad his wife had suffered burns, while Contreras said she was only sorry she had not "hacked off his manhood" during the fight.
Monday, March 13, 2006
Stuff
It is Monday, so my brain is quite dead this morning, as I am from lack of sleep. Even with a sleeping pill last night, I still woke up 3 times. Grrrrr. Sunday nights just weren't meant for sleeping. Since I can't think very well, I am just gonna write a list this morning. I don't wanna strain my brain too much just yet - hehe.
Things I like:
CSI (Gil Grissom is da man!)
Long drives with good tunes on the radio to sing along to.
Day trips
Taking pictures ...of anything and everything
Thunderstorms (lightning is so cool!)
Watching snow fall
Rainbows (they are purty)
Space Ghost Coast to Coast (Zorak is one bad bug)
Ash (from The Evil Dead - he kicks some deadite ass)
Gerbera daisies
Teddy bears
Sudoku (damned addictive game!)
Napoleon Dynamite (sweet!)
South Park
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
BJ's (the restaurant, not THAT, you perv!)
Camping
Waterfalls
Mango-Peach tea candles from Pier One (they smell soooooooo good)
Cheez-Its (yummmy)
Tidepools
Summer rain when it's sunny outside
Dogs
George Carlin
Clerks
Mc Donald's fries
Sonic onion rings
In-N-Out burgers
80's hair bands
Caramel frappuccinos from Starbucks
Peach cobbler
Cobblestone streets
Sleeping in!!!
Things I hate:
Holes in my pockets
Boy bands
Britney Spears and Kevin Federline (just go away! please??)
Award shows
Reality tv
Steven Seagal (could there be a worse actor than him??)
Water chestnuts (bleh)
Cavities
Snobs
People who drive 45 mph on the freeway
Ants (yuckkkkkkk!)
People who don't lower their high beams for me when driving at night (GRRR)
Dead batteries
My hair, when it's frizzy
No-shows (at work)
Poison oak
Political correctness (blahhhh)
Getting up early
Insomnia
Aches and pains
Going to the dentist
Things I like:
CSI (Gil Grissom is da man!)
Long drives with good tunes on the radio to sing along to.
Day trips
Taking pictures ...of anything and everything
Thunderstorms (lightning is so cool!)
Watching snow fall
Rainbows (they are purty)
Space Ghost Coast to Coast (Zorak is one bad bug)
Ash (from The Evil Dead - he kicks some deadite ass)
Gerbera daisies
Teddy bears
Sudoku (damned addictive game!)
Napoleon Dynamite (sweet!)
South Park
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
BJ's (the restaurant, not THAT, you perv!)
Camping
Waterfalls
Mango-Peach tea candles from Pier One (they smell soooooooo good)
Cheez-Its (yummmy)
Tidepools
Summer rain when it's sunny outside
Dogs
George Carlin
Clerks
Mc Donald's fries
Sonic onion rings
In-N-Out burgers
80's hair bands
Caramel frappuccinos from Starbucks
Peach cobbler
Cobblestone streets
Sleeping in!!!
Things I hate:
Holes in my pockets
Boy bands
Britney Spears and Kevin Federline (just go away! please??)
Award shows
Reality tv
Steven Seagal (could there be a worse actor than him??)
Water chestnuts (bleh)
Cavities
Snobs
People who drive 45 mph on the freeway
Ants (yuckkkkkkk!)
People who don't lower their high beams for me when driving at night (GRRR)
Dead batteries
My hair, when it's frizzy
No-shows (at work)
Poison oak
Political correctness (blahhhh)
Getting up early
Insomnia
Aches and pains
Going to the dentist
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"Today, TV technology is extremely sophisticated, to the point where most of your higher-end TV sets can be operated only by children. When you walk into a TV store, the salesperson bombards you with scary technical terms such as 'HDTV,' 'plasma,' 'diagonal,' and 'service agreement.' And the prices! You may have to choose between buying a new TV and sending your children to college! So you definitely want it to be the right TV."
Stupid News Story of The Day
(More proof that people will sell anything on eBay.)
Woman Sells Ad Rights to Pregnancy on eBay
ST. LOUIS - If the human body is the last frontier for advertising space, then St. Louis resident Asia Francis is helping chart new territory — the big, pregnant belly.
Francis, 21, auctioned off the advertising rights to her pregnancy on eBay. The winning bid of $1,000 went to a California Internet company, giving it exclusive rights to temporarily tattoo its brand-name on Francis's belly and broadcast the birth of her daughter live on the Internet. The baby is due any day.
The concept of a human billboard is hardly new.
Twenty-one year old Andrew Fischer of Omaha, Neb., earned more than $37,000 last year by bearing a corporate logo on his forehead for a month. Michele Hutchison of Lanhorne, Pa., auctioned ad rights for her baby's clothing on eBay last year, seeking $1,000 for a months' lease.
For big companies, the idea is simple. Do something outrageous or strange, grab some media attention and cut through the clutter of advertising messages that bombards consumers.
"It's a well-held theory in the advertising industry that the average person on the street receives up to 3,000 branded messages a day," said Floyd Hayes, whose New York advertising firm, Cunning Communications, specializes in media stunts.
The pregnant belly is prime real estate for auction because its likely to get people talking, Hayes said.
"If they were to buy the free coverage they will receive for this, it would cost them many times more the fee they paid the person," he said.
Friday, March 10, 2006
Just to prove that America has no taste...
They voted off Gedeon and Will on American Idol, instead of Bucky and Kevin. UGH! Gedeon sang much, much better than Kevin and Bucky. And Will sang better than both of them, too. Just because Kevin has that cute little baby face is no reason to leave him in the competition, and Bucky....I don't know just how he managed to pull thru.
They did vote off Kinnik, but also voted off Ayla, who sang WAY better than Melissa. I just don't get it.
And that is all I am gonna say.
They did vote off Kinnik, but also voted off Ayla, who sang WAY better than Melissa. I just don't get it.
And that is all I am gonna say.
Thursday, March 09, 2006
American Idol recap - the guys
Well, last night, it was the guys' turn on American Idol. Gedeon started out strong with "When A Man Loves A Woman." He is quickly becoming one of my favorites. He has a really good, strong voice, and if he gets voted off tonight, I will be shocked.
Chris did a great job of performing Seether's "Broken," although it wasn't as strong a performance as last week's. I wished he would have picked a different song, but he did great nonetheless.
Kevin, however, was not so great. He sang a song called "Starry, Starry Night," which, frankly, nearly put me to sleep. It was very (yawn) boring.
I wasn't really into Bucky's performance of "Wave on Wave," either. I found myself getting bored again really fast (or maybe it was just cuz I was sleepy last night).
Will sang "How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You," and although it was a decent enough performance, it wasn't great. Still, it was better than Kevin's.
Taylor, the oldest dude in the competition, went crazy with the dance moves (proving again that white people can't dance), but his vocals on "Takin' It To The Streets" were great. He may be old, but he acts younger than anyone in the competition, and is very entertaining. And he can sing.
Elliott sang a ballad, "Heaven" which was an old favorite of mine when I was a teenager. He did a great job, proving that he can sing, even though Simon said it wasn't such a good performance. What does Simon know anyway?
Ace finished off the night with his performance of "Butterflies", a Michael Jackson song, which I wasn't too crazy about. I am not really into that whole falsetto thing. Still, the judges like him and so do the ladies, so he will no doubt get a lot of votes.
Overall, I liked Gedeon, Chris, Taylor and Elliott the best. I think Kevin and Bucky are gonna be going home with Melissa and Kinnik tonight.
We will see.
Chris did a great job of performing Seether's "Broken," although it wasn't as strong a performance as last week's. I wished he would have picked a different song, but he did great nonetheless.
Kevin, however, was not so great. He sang a song called "Starry, Starry Night," which, frankly, nearly put me to sleep. It was very (yawn) boring.
I wasn't really into Bucky's performance of "Wave on Wave," either. I found myself getting bored again really fast (or maybe it was just cuz I was sleepy last night).
Will sang "How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You," and although it was a decent enough performance, it wasn't great. Still, it was better than Kevin's.
Taylor, the oldest dude in the competition, went crazy with the dance moves (proving again that white people can't dance), but his vocals on "Takin' It To The Streets" were great. He may be old, but he acts younger than anyone in the competition, and is very entertaining. And he can sing.
Elliott sang a ballad, "Heaven" which was an old favorite of mine when I was a teenager. He did a great job, proving that he can sing, even though Simon said it wasn't such a good performance. What does Simon know anyway?
Ace finished off the night with his performance of "Butterflies", a Michael Jackson song, which I wasn't too crazy about. I am not really into that whole falsetto thing. Still, the judges like him and so do the ladies, so he will no doubt get a lot of votes.
Overall, I liked Gedeon, Chris, Taylor and Elliott the best. I think Kevin and Bucky are gonna be going home with Melissa and Kinnik tonight.
We will see.
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"Back when I was a kid we watched a lot of static on our TV's, although sometimes, if Dad was having an unusually good "aiming-the-antenna day" up on the roof, we saw some actual programming, which mainly consisted of silent black and white cartoons of mice running around. That was the entire plot. There were these mice, and they ran around. I'm not saying it was as stupid as Fear Factor, but it was pretty stupid. Sometimes we'd yell up to Dad to turn the antenna back to the static."
Stupid News Story of The Day
(....ooh baby...guess where my hand is? Nevermind. Gotta make another call.)
Man Accused of Making 2,623 Obscene Calls
COSHOCTON, Ohio - Authorities arrested a man accused of making thousands of harassing and obscene calls to random cell phone numbers in at least eight counties.
James R. Hood, 43, was charged with one count of compelling prostitution, or offering money for sex. He posted bond and was released from the Coshocton County jail, the sheriff's office said Wednesday.
Hood was arrested earlier this week following a joint investigation by sheriff's deputies in Coshocton and Licking counties. Hood lives in the Licking County town of Granville, about 25 miles east of Columbus.
Hood's phone records show he made 2,623 calls in 20 days, "all basically obscene in nature," Coshocton County deputy Brent McKee said.
The calls were made between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m., Licking County Sheriff Randy Thorp said.
Hood will either have a preliminary hearing this month or the case will be presented to a grand jury, Coshocton County Prosecutor Robert Batchelor said.
A stipulation of Hood's bond was that he can't use a telephone, cell phone or the Internet, McKee said.
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Hump Day Happenings
Ah. It's finally hump day. (In all actuality, yesterday was my hump day since I am off on Friday, but I digress).
You would think being hump day that it would be a good day. Well, all I can say is that today started off with a bang, and by bang I don't mean something good.
I was heading out to my car when my foot missed the curb and I fell....yes, fell....smack down on my knees. Ouch. Yes, it was another great Moment of Kim's Clumsiness, that, I am sure if someone had been videotapoing me, would have won 1st place on America's Funniest Home Videos. I am such a klutz!!!! After assessing the damage to my shin, which was bruised, but not bleeding, I continued to walk to my car, giggling to myself despite the pain my shin was in. It was truly a moment of great clumsiness that should go down in the Klutzy Record Books (if they have one).
I got to work ok, and no one pissed me off on the road, which was probably God's way of making up for my bruised shin. I had 2 appointments today: an 8 am phone interview and a 9:30 office interview. Well, my 8:00 didn't answer the phone and there was no answering machine, and my 9:30 checked in at 8:10 this morning. I thought, cool, I will be done with all my appointments early. Well, I went out to call my 9:30, since he had already checked in, but apparently he checked in and then left because he didn't come, depiste me calling him 3 times over the loudspeaker. I guess he had to go smoke or maybe go get something to eat. Who knows.
Well, I went to get breakfast, since Mr 9:30 was nowhere to be found, and got me a biscuit and gravy, an egg and bacon (the Wednesday special in the cafeteria). Now, I loves me some pepper on my eggs and gravy. The more pepper, the better. I grabbed a packet and went downstairs to my desk to enjoy my breakfast (breakfast is a rare treat for me these days since I am usually too busy in the morning to eat), and I went to open my pepper packet and to my surprise, there was like maybe 10 granules of pepper in there. What the heck happened to the rest of the pepper???? (and no, it hadn't been opened). Saddned by this unexpected event, I opened the pepper packet and sprinkled the meager contents onto my eggs. Sigh. Next time, I will check the pepper before I go downstairs!
This afternoon, I have to go to the opthamologist and have my eyes checked, which means they are gonna dilate them and make them hurt. I hate going to this appointment. At least it is only every 6 months. I am not looking forward to that.
I wonder how the rest of the day will go. I figure as long as I don't fall again, I will be fine - lol.
You would think being hump day that it would be a good day. Well, all I can say is that today started off with a bang, and by bang I don't mean something good.
I was heading out to my car when my foot missed the curb and I fell....yes, fell....smack down on my knees. Ouch. Yes, it was another great Moment of Kim's Clumsiness, that, I am sure if someone had been videotapoing me, would have won 1st place on America's Funniest Home Videos. I am such a klutz!!!! After assessing the damage to my shin, which was bruised, but not bleeding, I continued to walk to my car, giggling to myself despite the pain my shin was in. It was truly a moment of great clumsiness that should go down in the Klutzy Record Books (if they have one).
I got to work ok, and no one pissed me off on the road, which was probably God's way of making up for my bruised shin. I had 2 appointments today: an 8 am phone interview and a 9:30 office interview. Well, my 8:00 didn't answer the phone and there was no answering machine, and my 9:30 checked in at 8:10 this morning. I thought, cool, I will be done with all my appointments early. Well, I went out to call my 9:30, since he had already checked in, but apparently he checked in and then left because he didn't come, depiste me calling him 3 times over the loudspeaker. I guess he had to go smoke or maybe go get something to eat. Who knows.
Well, I went to get breakfast, since Mr 9:30 was nowhere to be found, and got me a biscuit and gravy, an egg and bacon (the Wednesday special in the cafeteria). Now, I loves me some pepper on my eggs and gravy. The more pepper, the better. I grabbed a packet and went downstairs to my desk to enjoy my breakfast (breakfast is a rare treat for me these days since I am usually too busy in the morning to eat), and I went to open my pepper packet and to my surprise, there was like maybe 10 granules of pepper in there. What the heck happened to the rest of the pepper???? (and no, it hadn't been opened). Saddned by this unexpected event, I opened the pepper packet and sprinkled the meager contents onto my eggs. Sigh. Next time, I will check the pepper before I go downstairs!
This afternoon, I have to go to the opthamologist and have my eyes checked, which means they are gonna dilate them and make them hurt. I hate going to this appointment. At least it is only every 6 months. I am not looking forward to that.
I wonder how the rest of the day will go. I figure as long as I don't fall again, I will be fine - lol.
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"I'm a pretty good housekeeper. Ask anybody. No, wait: Don't ask my wife. She and I disagree on certain housekeeping issues, such as whether it's OK for a house to contain dirt."
Stupid News Story of The Day
(Just goes to show you that pigs will eat anything.)
Farmer feeds family friend's corpse to pigs
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German farmer confessed to feeding the corpse of an elderly family friend to his pigs and then stealing from his bank account, police said Monday.
Police ruled out murder and the 29-year-old farmer has been charged with improper burial and fraud.
The elderly friend died in the farmer's yard in February 2005 and the farmer, through his mother, had power-of-attorney giving him access to the dead man's bank account and pension.
The farmer initially put the corpse in a deep freezer, police in the German town of Frizlar-Haddamar said, and told curious locals the old man was in a nursing home.
"From lectures about various religions the 29-year-old knew that Buddhists either burn the dead or allow wild animals to eat them. That was how he decided to feed the corpse to his pigs," the police statement said.
He let the corpse thaw, dismembered it and fed it to his pigs. He put the parts the pigs did not eat into a sack and buried it.
The farmer told police "it was a great act of stupidity" and said "the only explanation was his difficult financial situation at the time."
American Idol recap - the girls
Tonight's episode of American Idol started out on a slow note. The first few performers were only so-so. Even Paris, with her infectious enthusiasm, just didn't wow me tonight.
But there were 2 performances that did wow me. Katharine Mc Phee's rendition of "Respect" was great. And Mandisa's rendition of "I'm Ev'ry Woman" was wow-tastic! She is so awesome. Her voice just rocks. I still like Katharine because she is more understated than Mandisa, but Mandisa definitely had the wow factor going for her tonight. As Randy would say, "We have a hot one tonight!"
Kellie Pickler was ok, too.I still like her. She is just so likeable even if her vocals aren't the best. I also liked Ayla Brown. She did a pretty decent job.
I think Kinnik and Melissa are going to be going home this time around. Kinnik was just not good and Melissa, though she sang ok, doesn't have the fan base she needs to pull enough votes.
We shall see on Thursday night just how my predictions went
But there were 2 performances that did wow me. Katharine Mc Phee's rendition of "Respect" was great. And Mandisa's rendition of "I'm Ev'ry Woman" was wow-tastic! She is so awesome. Her voice just rocks. I still like Katharine because she is more understated than Mandisa, but Mandisa definitely had the wow factor going for her tonight. As Randy would say, "We have a hot one tonight!"
Kellie Pickler was ok, too.I still like her. She is just so likeable even if her vocals aren't the best. I also liked Ayla Brown. She did a pretty decent job.
I think Kinnik and Melissa are going to be going home this time around. Kinnik was just not good and Melissa, though she sang ok, doesn't have the fan base she needs to pull enough votes.
We shall see on Thursday night just how my predictions went
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
Q. So why is the deficit a problem?
A. Because it's going to get much, much worse when the baby boomers retire and start collecting Social Security. This will place a massive, crushing, horrendous, lifestyle-blighting financial burden on our children and future generations yet unborn.
Q. Serves them right for Britney Spears.
A. True
A. Because it's going to get much, much worse when the baby boomers retire and start collecting Social Security. This will place a massive, crushing, horrendous, lifestyle-blighting financial burden on our children and future generations yet unborn.
Q. Serves them right for Britney Spears.
A. True
Stupid News Story of The Day
(I'm not dead yet.)
Ohio Man to Social Security: I'm Not Dead
CLEVELAND - Eighty-one-year-old Myron Manders wants the Social Security Administration to know that he still is alive. The problem is, it doesn't seem to be listening.
Last November, Manders was preparing to leave a hospital where he was treated for pneumonia when a social worker said his insurance company would not pay the bill because it believed Manders died on Sept. 1.
William Jarrett, a Social Security spokesman in Cleveland, said Friday the mistake was due to an erroneous document. He could not disclose the error's source.
"It was a mistake on our part and we are apologetic," he said.
Manders' wife, Eunice, remembered that she first reacted to the news of her husband's alleged demise with anger.
"I never laughed about it," Myron Manders said.
Jarrett said Eunice Manders has been paid a survivor's benefit, which he said is now considered an overpayment she will be responsible for paying back, although she will have a right to appeal.
Manders, who describes himself as an almost-retired architect, sought to clear up the problem by showing up at a Social Security office. The in-person appearance did not help.
The Department of Veterans Affairs, recognizing that Manders served in the Army during World War II, notified Eunice that she is a beneficiary on his Veterans Affairs life insurance policy and that Social Security had notified the VA of Myron's death.
The latest correspondence from Social Security came Monday addressed to Eunice, advising she is entitled to monthly widow's benefits. Myron Manders would not say exactly what was going through his mind. "Curse words," he hinted.
Monday, March 06, 2006
Road rage - America's favorite hobby
Rain, rain go away....Yes, it is raining again. After a nice, sunny weekend, we had to start the week off on a wet note. Of course, it didn't start to REALLY rain until noon when I went out for lunch. Figures.
I had a few near-road rage moments this morning, and one at lunch. You know how when you see someone in your side mirror and think, "there is no way this guy thinks he is going to cut in front of me when there is allllllll this space behind me to merge into?" Well, I was thinking just that thought when someone attempted to cut in front of me...without using his signal. GRRRR!!! ( I say attempted to cut in front of me cuz, well, I didn't let him do it - hehehe). I HATE it when people do that! If there is plenty of space behind me to get in, then get the hell in! Don't cut in between me and the car in front of me where there is no space to merge into.
Another person managed to piss me off by doing the "wait til you're within 10 feet of me and then pull out in front of you, even though there is no one behind you, and go really slow" maneuver. After I nearly rear-ended the asshole, I quickly swerved into the middle lane and promptly flipped him the bird.
During lunch time, another person pissed me off by pulling the "Even though your light is green to do a u-turn, I am still gonna go and not even stop at this red light" maneuver. GRRRR.
Of course, it was raining during lunchtime, so I was driving the speed limit and this dude was riding my ass, even though the road was obviously wet, and if I had had to slam on my brakes, he would have definitely hit my ass. Sometimes, I seriously question people's abilities to drive in the rain. Ok, so the word "sometimes" should have been replaced by a more appropriate word, like "always" and the whole statement should have applied to all driving situations and not just limited to rain. But I digress.
Another thing that pissed me off yesterday as I was about to get on the highway, there was this car at a stop sign, and even though I had gotten there first, he decided to go ahead in front of me. Now, normally, this would not piss me off too much. But, the dude decided to drive below the speed limit on a road where passing zones are few and far between. Here is a tip to avoid pissing people like me off: If you plan to drive slow, let the other person go ahead of you. It's as easy as that. Instead of being able to drive at a normal speed on my way home, I had to drive s.....l......o.......w for about 10 miles before I could pass the slow ass turtle driver, and by then, I was pretty peeved. It would have been so much easier for him to have let me go ahead of him, since he planned on going slow anyway. GRRRR!!!!
Enough of my ranting and raving. It is Monday and it is rainy, so I have a semi-excuse for raging on like a lunatic. (at this point, I will grasp at any excuse, valid or not - lol).
I actually have been pretty good lately, and not so road-ragey. I guess I made up for all that goodness in just one day - lol.
Bad me.
I had a few near-road rage moments this morning, and one at lunch. You know how when you see someone in your side mirror and think, "there is no way this guy thinks he is going to cut in front of me when there is allllllll this space behind me to merge into?" Well, I was thinking just that thought when someone attempted to cut in front of me...without using his signal. GRRRR!!! ( I say attempted to cut in front of me cuz, well, I didn't let him do it - hehehe). I HATE it when people do that! If there is plenty of space behind me to get in, then get the hell in! Don't cut in between me and the car in front of me where there is no space to merge into.
Another person managed to piss me off by doing the "wait til you're within 10 feet of me and then pull out in front of you, even though there is no one behind you, and go really slow" maneuver. After I nearly rear-ended the asshole, I quickly swerved into the middle lane and promptly flipped him the bird.
During lunch time, another person pissed me off by pulling the "Even though your light is green to do a u-turn, I am still gonna go and not even stop at this red light" maneuver. GRRRR.
Of course, it was raining during lunchtime, so I was driving the speed limit and this dude was riding my ass, even though the road was obviously wet, and if I had had to slam on my brakes, he would have definitely hit my ass. Sometimes, I seriously question people's abilities to drive in the rain. Ok, so the word "sometimes" should have been replaced by a more appropriate word, like "always" and the whole statement should have applied to all driving situations and not just limited to rain. But I digress.
Another thing that pissed me off yesterday as I was about to get on the highway, there was this car at a stop sign, and even though I had gotten there first, he decided to go ahead in front of me. Now, normally, this would not piss me off too much. But, the dude decided to drive below the speed limit on a road where passing zones are few and far between. Here is a tip to avoid pissing people like me off: If you plan to drive slow, let the other person go ahead of you. It's as easy as that. Instead of being able to drive at a normal speed on my way home, I had to drive s.....l......o.......w for about 10 miles before I could pass the slow ass turtle driver, and by then, I was pretty peeved. It would have been so much easier for him to have let me go ahead of him, since he planned on going slow anyway. GRRRR!!!!
Enough of my ranting and raving. It is Monday and it is rainy, so I have a semi-excuse for raging on like a lunatic. (at this point, I will grasp at any excuse, valid or not - lol).
I actually have been pretty good lately, and not so road-ragey. I guess I made up for all that goodness in just one day - lol.
Bad me.
Funny Stuff From Dave Barry
"I remember when we got our first TV. Dad set it up, then climbed up onto our roof to try to aim the antenna at New York City. Then he yelled down to us, and we turned the 'ON' knob, and the tiny screen started to glow, and then we saw it, right in our living room, and incredible miracle: static. Oh, sure, we'd HEARD static before, but this was the first time we'd ever actually SEEN it. And this static was coming all the way from New York."
Stupid News Story of The Day
(...knick, knack paddy WHACK...)
Woman Enters Exhibit, Elephant Smacks Her
WACO, Texas - A 25-year-old woman climbed past barriers and into an elephant's zoo exhibit, then crawled out with minor injuries after the 6,000-pound animal smacked her with its trunk.
"That's how an elephant reacts to something they would perceive as a threat," said Cameron Park Zoo director Jim Fleshman.
After saying she wanted to play with the elephant, the woman climbed over a 3-feet-high wood-and-wire fence, scaled an 8-foot-tall artificial rock structure and bypassed an electric wire before jumping into the exhibit Thursday afternoon, Fleshman said. A moat extends around most of the exhibit.
After the woman got out, fire and emergency crews took her to a hospital with minor injuries, including scrapes on her side and arm. Waco Fire Capt. Greg Kistler said the woman, whose name was not released, was visiting the zoo with a child and another woman.
The exhibit contains two female African elephants that have been at the zoo at least nine years. Only one of the elephants struck the woman.
Both animals were stressed after the incident and were moved to a private area for part of the afternoon, and one didn't want to return to the exhibit even later in the day. But both were back for visitors to see Friday, Fleshman said.
"They're not used to somebody being in their space," he said.
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