As I said before, my old computer died. So, now I have the task of trying to get its parts recycled properly so they don’t just rot in a landfill spreading all kinds of toxins into the earth. You’d think that in a city that talks up and down about green this and green that …
Monthly Archives: September 2008
Tesco Really Tries To Prevent People From Hitting The Sauce
Let’s pick on the UK some more, just because it’s so easy. this story is a bit old, and I don’t know how I missed it, but better late than never, I guess. Claire Birchell, age 25, was up visiting her parents. She went to the store and saw barbecue sauce with Jack Daniel’s in …
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Things That go Speed BumpIn the Night
God. First we had the grandmother who thought the hood of her car was a fine place for a three-year-old, and now, a mom who thinks car-surfing is a perfectly good hobby for her kids. She won’t think that anymore, one of her kids fell off after she hit a speed bump and kissed the …
Ve Have Vays Of Making You Not Talk
Eek! Here’s another one for the extremely creepy dentists files. This German dentist didn’t get paid, so came and forcibly took back the installed dentures from the woman’s mouth. I still need to find a new dentist. I’m afraid, very very afraid.
This Post Has Been Dropped Off Here Thanks To The Great State Of Nebraska
The number of children legally turned over to Nebraska hospitals thanks to the state’spoorly written safe haven lawhasjust risen by 9. The kids, dropped off by their father at the Creighton University Medical Center, range in age from 1 to 17. It’s not yet known why they were left there, but a news conference has …
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I Can Read Your Mind…I Think
Great. Now the Homeland Security Department is trying to invent a machine that would allow them to remotely scan people’s bodies to detect malicious intent. They plan to put these suckers in at airports, and it can apparently detect the difference between the physiological response created by thoughts of “Oh my god I’m going to …
Look Out, You Old Bag
Prop, a Japanese company, has invented a wearable airbag to protect elderly and disabled people from falls. The device, controlled by sensors, is capable of inflating in just one-tenth of a second when trouble is detected. the bag is designed to cushion the back of the head as well as the buttocks, which is great …
We Have Liftoff!…Eventually
This story sort of reminds me of all those times that the obituary of somebody who isn’t quite dead yet hits the web anyway, but at least when that happens most of the reported events have already occurred. China’s Xinhua news agency recently posted an article about the successful beginning of the Shenzhou 7 space …
Well, Lawyers Do Like To Spew It…
I should be able to take this lawsuit seriously. I mean, I can’t imagine finding out that, while I was under the knife, my doctor somehow stapled my butt shut. But I can’t. Why? Because the guy this happened to is represented by a lawyer named Emily Malarkey. by the sounds of it, she should …
A realization
I had a funny thought strike me as I walked home tonight. Trixie and I were walking along and as we passed a group of dudes, one said, “What a beautiful girl.” I smiled and said, “yeah, she’s an awesome dog,” and kept going. a little while later, I thought, “Ya know, someone could hit …