It seems that the recording industry has found a way to pay off the settlement that came out of the price-fixing lawsuit that it lost a couple of years back. The labels have decided todonateall of the crap that nobody is buying to libraries and schools, leaving the poor librarians and educators to figure out …
Author Archives: Steve Wettlaufer
Just Shut Up
I’m not sure whythis news storymakes me so angry, but it does. Maybe it’s because I’ve never been able to figure out why anybody takes the time to give even a quarter of a shit what a fashion critic thinks about anything. I mean seriously, fashion critic has to be one of the most useless …
You Are Here?
Before I start making fun of people who search for strange things, let me say this. Anybody who thinks that those floating flash ads are a good idea and uses them on their websites deserves a big kick in the nuts, even if that person happens to be a girl. Now on with the show. …
I Beg To Differ
Minneapolis Minnesota’s chief of police wants the government to License the city’s beggars because he feels that something needs to be done to help police deal with aggressive panhandling. I think I can almost understand the logic behind this, but having said that, there are 2 really simple reasons why a system like this would …
Of All The Times To Be Right…
Somebody emailed me this riddle today. Read it and see if you can get the right answer. A woman was attending her mother’s funeral and met a man she didn’t know. She thought he was amazing and she fell in love with him immediately. When the funeral was over he disappeared, and the woman did …
Irony Rules
So how is everybody? Good? No? Yes? Whatever, let’s just get on with this. I wish I could figure out what the hell is up with the weather these days. Last week it was amazingly Summerish, then over the weekend there was snow on the ground and yesterday was just cold and crappy, but today …
They Really Should Have Known Better
This is what happens when you tell soccer fans to riot. I’m not sure what they expected would happen, but they got what they deserved. And is it really a good idea to offer free beer to people insane enough to attend a soccer match? Just curious.
Ok, This Is Just Strange
If you’re planning a trip to Germany, you might want to pack a raincoat and a helmet. And no, Helmet isn’t some German guy either. Apparently parks in the city of Hamburg are being faced with a very unusual problem,exploding toads. Nobody seems to know why it’s happening, but over the past 4 days, over …
Resume Mistakes
These are supposedly things that were actually written on resumes and cover letters. I love this sort of stuff. “I demand a salary commiserate with my extensive experience.” “I have lurnt WordPerfect 6.0 computor and spreadsheat progroms.” “Received a plague for Salesperson of the Year.” “Reason for leaving last job: Maturity leave.” “Wholly responsible for …
4 Things
1. Go read this. Somebody sent some hatemail to Five For Fighting and the guy who is the whole band actually wrote him back. It doesn’t end up being much of an exchange and Mr. For Fighting ended up being pretty cool about the whole thing, but the email he was sent is really funny …