People are really losing respect for trains. A man in Missoula, Montana was in his car, drivin’ along groovin’ to music. He was so oblivious that he drove through an intersection onto some railroad tracks, seemingly while a train was coming. He had the music set so loud that he didn’t notice the slow-moving train …
Author Archives: Carin Headrick
The Importance Of Capitalization
Ann sent me this yesterday, and I chuckled. How true. Those of us who fall into the world of hi-tech should take note of the importance of correct grammar. I have noticed that many who text messages & email, have forgotten the “art” of capitalization. Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off …
Not Better With Butter
Thanks Ann for this one too. A Sicilian couple thought they would murder the woman’s ex husband with, wait for it, butter! They thought butter was the perfect weapon. It would melt after they had used the slab of butter to smother her poor unfortunate ex, so there would be no weapon left. Too bad, …
How Many Stacey Champions Could There Be? Well, At Least Two.
We have a twist on the puppy in the mail story. It looks like there’s more than one Stacey Champion, and the wrong one is getting hate mailed off the earth. What really sucks is they both spell their names the same, both are the same age, and both have a connection to Minneapolis. But …
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This Sick Individual Is Someone’s Mother
Ann sent me this one, and I just can’t believe someone did this. I just, I just can’t. A 51-year-old woman in South Africa really wanted to be a grandma. But her 24-year-old daughter wasn’t interested in having a baby yet. So, grandma-wannabe decided to hire a man to rape her, in the hopes that …
Susan The Speech Synth’s Lament
I am full of this crazy energy, but cannot focus it. It’s kind of what it looks like if I have one of those heavily-caffeinated drinks, or, if all is in the right combination, a cuppa soup. I just sort of run around in several directions and get nothing done, but boy do I want …
She Wants The Puppy Back?
Wow, there’s an update to the story of the puppy in the mail. It appears that Stacey Champion has had a change of heart and wants the puppy back. Um, what? I hope she doesn’t get it. When her stance changes from “just give me the 20 bucks back that I paid to mail it” …
Power Outage Or Intelligence Outage?
We have talked about people burglarizing houses and staying around to watch porn or go on their Facebook or MySpace, but thanks to Cody Wilkins, we have a new one. You see, the power was out at his house last week due to the crazy weather. He liked to break into places and take jewellery, …
Another Update To The Wendy Portillo Story
Somehow, I missed a development in the Wendy Portillo saga. The mom of Alex Barton, the kid that got voted out of kindergarten, sued the schoolboard and had to take a settlement. $300000 doesn’t seem like nearly enough punishment for what that teacher did. But I guess this will be the real end to the …
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A Study On The Intelligibility Of Speech, Or The Twistedness Of The Human Brain, Or Both. I Don’t Know.
Ouch. My brain hurts. I just completed a study trying to rate the intelligibility of text to speech synthesis. You wouldn’t think that would be hard, but by the end, it gets fucking next to impossible! Don’t believe me? I dare you to try it. You listen to 198 nonsense sentences that seem to come …