This is one of the strangest and possibly neatest things I think I’ve ever read. Ten friends started a game of tag when they were in high school, which isn’t all that unusual. The unusual thing is that 23 years later, even though they all have families and jobs and don’t live anywhere near each …
Author Archives: Steve Wettlaufer
It’s A Shame That Kooler Heads Couldn’t Have Prevailed
Sometimes you have to stand up for what you believe in. Sometimes somebody crosses a line with you in such a way that you might even have to fight for it. If you’re 22-year-old Brandon Antron Crosley of Cocoa, Florida, that line is drawn at the point where dad is obviously messing up the Kool-Aid …
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Stolen Teeth And A Bottle Stabbing Over A Denied Soup Request. Just Another Day In Florida
If you asked me to make a list of things that make this blog writing stuff a whole lot easier, two items I’d put right near the top of it would be police blotters and the state of Florida. And when those two things come together, oh boy. ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON A man …
IOS Vs. Android. The Winner Is…Up To You
So you’re blind and you’re looking for a smartphone, but you can’t decide whether to go with an iPhone or one of the Android devices. Everybody and his brother seems to have an opinion on the subject, but it can be hard to tell what sorts of experiences if any some of those opinions are …
The Equal Access To Books For The Blind Petition Is Accessible Now, But You’d Better Hurry If You’d Like To Sign It
Some good news on the equal access to books for the blind petition courtesy of this week’s Top Tech Tidbits. The petition in support of the treaty on accessible books for people who are blind that is located on the White House website is finally accessible to people who are blind. Previously, it was paradoxically …
Bad Bride, Worse Human Being
When someone asks me “Steve, why do you hate people,” I generally reply by saying “honestly, I don’t.” But now I can add “but if I did, this woman would be why, the fucking ungrateful cow.” She invited a bunch of people to her wedding. Those people brought gifts. She didn’t like what one guest …
Officer, I Think We Know Who You’re Looking For
Odds are this has probably happened before, but you certainly don’t hear about it every day. A couple of police officers in Tempe, Arizona were sitting in their unmarked car looking for clues that might help out an investigation into a string of burglaries in the area when they got some unexpected company in the …
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$10 Internet For Low Income Households Thanks To Of All Companies, Rogers
We slag on Rogers a lot here, because they deserve it. But as awful and horrible as they are 98% of the time, they do get it right sometimes. Rogers Communications is partnering with Microsoft Canada and Compugen computers to provide affordable internet service to some 58,000 low-income households in Toronto Community Housing buildings. By …
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An Insider Reports That President’s Choice Is Expanding Its Mobile Phone Offerings
So there I was, reading the news that Loblaws’ PC Mobile pay as you go cell phone division will start offering smartphones and contracts and trying to think up a few President’s Choice cell phone jokes to unleash on Twitter, when the part about the monthly plans caught my eye and stopped me in my …
Sure I Have Cancer. Just Ask Me…I Mean My Doctor
Here’s a case of fake cancer with a twist. The twist, as you may have assumed given what site you’re on, is that it was executed poorly. An unidentified 46-year-old Swedish woman, citing a fear of what prison life would be like, forged herself up a medical certificate stating that she was suffering from terminal …
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