Wow. Score another one for the fabulous federal government we’ve been saddled with. I don’t use the internet access at the library because I don’t need it, but I’ve always been glad to know I can if ever I do. But the Harper Government, in its whatever the opposite of infinite wisdom is, has decided …
Monthly Archives: April 2012
Goodbye, Gord Paynter
One of the last things I heard as I fell asleep to the sound of Carin looking at Twitter last night was that Gord Paynter, the only professional blind comedian I know of, suffered a stroke and died Monday. He was just 57. It was sad news not just because 57 is a pretty young …
So, What Are You In For? Pretty Much Everything
I have no idea how I’m going to tag this thing, but I still must share the impressive tale of the crime spree of William Todd. Nobody knows why he decided to hop on a Greyhound bus to Nashville, but he sure made a day of it. In about 9 hours, Todd is believed to …
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Goin’ To The Chapel And We’re…Gonna Pretend I’m Dying Of Acute Leukemia
The I’m going to fake having cancer in order to take advantage of humanity’s kindness for personal gain train shows no signs of slowing down. Meet 25-year-old Jessica Vega. A couple of years ago, she was set to marry Michael O’Connell. But this was no ordinary wedding. It was special because Vega was tragically suffering …
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The Appropriate Name Of The Year Award Winner Is Already In The Bag
February 2015 Update: Reber was found guilty of felony battery and will be spending the next two years in jail. Our victim ended up requiring reconstructive scrotal surgery, which sounds about quarter past terrifying. He is said to still be suffering from pain today, nearly 3 years after the attack. That makes two of us, …
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Peanut Butter Sandwich Made With…Vodka?
I hate it when words fail me like this, but when you read my next sentence I think you’ll understand. PB & J Vodka. Yes, that means exactly what you think it does. All the yumminess of a peanut butter and raspberry jam sandwich, now in vodka form because…because…I don’t know why, to be perfectly …
Some Handy Plugins To Increase The Functionality Of NVDA
If you’re a screenreader user running Windows and you don’t know what NVDA is, you really should learn all about it. This goes double if you’re stuck running an older version of JAWS, need to do something that requires technology newer than what you have and you don’t want to pay a gazillion freakin dollars …
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Little Boxes
This is pretty neat. Walk Off the Earth, the band who did the Somebody That I Used To Know cover where they all played the same guitar, has done a version of Little Boxes played on instruments made out of, wait for it, little boxes. It’s a neat gimmick, and not a bad cover either.
How To Be Bad At Criminaling
This is exactly why you’re supposed to study *before* the test and not *during* it! An unidentified Milwaukee bank robber’s day started out well. He got into the bank, got some cash and started to make his escape. Things went downhill dramatically when he ran into the path of a couple of police officers, but …
When Ya Gotta Go, Ya Gotta Go Where Good Looking Chicks Are Going To Be
Hey ladies. Before you get too comfortable in that office chair this afternoon, you might want to check it for things that shouldn’t be there. Things likethe IT guy’s urine, for instance. A Farm Bureau official told investigators that Foley had access to the Farm Bureau’s employee database, which contains photographs of workers. He would …
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