What Do Your Tweets Say About The Kind Of Person You Are?

Here’s something kind of fun to waste a few minutes on. Actually scratch that, I’m sure I could waste far more than a few minutes on AnalyzeWords punching people into this thing and seeing if it comes back with anything close to what I think of them. What does AnalyzeWords do? AnalyzeWords helps reveal your …

Putting The Family In Family Dollar

Delaina Garling was banned from a Family Dollar store for shoplifting, but like any good criminal looking to set an example for future generations, she went back there anyway, and brought her 7-year-olds along. You probably won’t be surprised to learn that she was quickly recognized by an employee and asked to leave. You also …

White Donuts Will Turn You Black And Blue If You’re Not Careful

I love you, Florida. You always make this so easy on me. Police were called to the Walmart store on US 19 after Charles Cook’s girlfriend said he picked up a box of white powdered donuts and hit her in the face with it during an argument. During an interview with the responding deputy, Cook …

Help Test Out Some New Audio CAPTCHAs

I haven’t done this yet, but if you’d like to help these folks out I’m sure they’d appreciate it. The aim of this experiment is to investigate the usability of a new type of audio CAPTCHA. CAPTCHAs are online tests that are used to distinguish between humans and computers. The experiment will take about five …

“Where’s Our Son?” “He’s Fine. I Sent Him Out To Play With Mike.”

Good: Your 2-year-old child is out in the yard on a lovely Sunday afternoon, happily playing and sipping on some lemonade. Not so good: Your 2-year-old child is found wandering down the road on a Sunday afternoon. He’s not wearing any shoes or socks and he’s got a bottle of hard lemonade in each hand. …

A Few Possible Alternatives To Google Reader

I’ve never used Google Reader, but judging by stats here and the cries of horror online upon the announcement of it’s impending July 1st death, quite a few of you do/did. It sucks to lose a service that you’ve come to enjoy and rely on. That much I can relate to. So to hopefully help …

Make Money, Live In Jail

Taking things back to a store is generally a pretty simple process. There are really only two things you need to remember to do: 1. Bring your receipt. 2. Leave the sheet full of counterfeit $100 bills you printed off just about anywhere but inside of the printer you’re trying to return. Jarad S. Carr …

New Guide Dog Journals: My Meeting With Tansy Recorded, Complete With Blemishes

Remember I said I had our meeting recorded, but it was too big to email? Well, now I’ve got it off the phone and all converted. Notice how I can’t work my phone? That’s because I was too shaky. Also notice how I almost call her Trixie? Here’s my meeting with Tansy, all 8 minutes …

Damn You Texan Guide Dogs. Stop Scootin’ From Home!

Wow. Just heard about another guide dog who went missing in Texas. This one is in San Antonio…and has been missing since March 20. His name is Potter. Here’s a Facebook page about him. He is 7 years old and has a tattoo number of 493F. I’m just praying that someone took him in and …

New Guide Dog Journals: The Journey Home

Well here I am, although who knows where here is since I’m sitting in a chair in the sky. Woke up early and ran around grabbing all the odds and ends I couldn’t pack up until absolutely necessary. The resident advisor came in, had a boo around and confirmed I hadn’t forgotten anything. Then the …