Who Does Conone Think He Is, Little Rabbit Foo Foo?

Come on now, Ralph Conone. If you’re going to hit kids in Wal-Mart, at least hit the ones who are actually making noise like Roger Stephens did. What you did was just plain weird. Apparently Conone would walk up behind kids, wait for their parents to get distracted, then put his keys between his fingers …

At Least He’s Used To Being Locked Up

If only all burglars were so easy to catch. Travis James Neeley tried to break into someone’s car, but a neighbour saw what he was about to do and told the car’s owners. They kept him locked in the car. How did they do this? Every time Neeley tried to open the door to get …

Your Baby Can Read…If You Read To Him

I woke up in the middle of the night to an infomercial for this DVD set called Your Baby Can Read! They were charging upwards of $200 for this set of DVD’s and cards that you could use to start teaching your baby, as in under a year old, to read. I remember thinking “What …

So Much For Teaching Tolerance

All Constance McMillen wanted to do was go to the prom with her date. Her date happened to be a girl. They just wanted to wear tuxes and go to the prom. The Mississippi school first said they couldn’t go. The girls didn’t like that, and contacted the ACLU, which said the school had to …

And This Is What They Spend Taxes On?

Ann sent me this, saying it’s beyond stupid. I agree. Two men from the IRS came driving into a Sacramento car wash demanding payment of delinquent taxes from 2006. How much did the car wash owe? A whopping 4 cents! Well, that was what they originally owed. But because this was owed for nearly 4 …

Online Parolympic Coverage

I just got a link to hopefully better parolympic coverage than we’re going to see on actual TV. Apparently, parolympic action will be broadcast online at http://paralympicsport.tv. The site works, but woe is me, there is no commentary! I think I am watching sledge hockey right now, but I will never know the score. So…to …

Talking Blind Man’s Blues

Jen sent me something that I think needs a spot up on this old blog. I give you the Talking Blind Man’s Blues. It says it’s by Chrissie Cochrane, but I swear Chrissie a. is female and b. doesn’t sound like that. But it’s a good song and it made me chuckle. And it also …