Some of you may recall me mentioning back in February 2007 that one of my people from work had passed away.
Well she (and her elderly parents) were mentioned on the local news, apparently she voted in the March 4th primary.
Click here for the full story.
Here’s an excerpt:
In the Miami Valley alone, we found 3,856 dead voters still registered. Approximately 22 of them voted from beyond the grave.
Ahh… Democracy in action.
Here in my area of the country tonight is the night we celebrate “Beggars’ Night”. For some reason they arbitrarily pick a date for trick-or-treating but they can’t even bring themselves to call it that (wouldn’t want to encourage mischief, dontcha know) nor to so much as mention Halloween. What the hell is up with that?
Apparently, since adults have co-opted Halloween and turned it into a night for drinking and for women to dress as slutty sexy witches and devils and such, the powers that be have decided that it’s not a good night for kids to be out and about, especially if it falls on a Friday, Saturday or (gasp) Sunday. So, they move the date and call it something else.
I hate that. Halloween is October 31. When I was a kid we really looked forward to it falling on a Friday or Saturday, as that meant no school the next day. It’s really a shame how many of the simple pleasures of childhood have been swept aside in the name of “safety” and “convenience”.
If you remember and miss the days when MTV actually played music videos, this is great news (originally spotted at Gizmodo). MTV is making their collection of music videos available online. Right now there are a lot of videos unaccounted for, but they did just go online with this today, so hopefully it’s a work in progress.
Here’s one of my all-time favorites, “Learn to Fly” by the Foo Fighters. It’s got the Foo Fighters playing various roles (I’ll admit to being a bit disturbed by what a hot stewardess, the drummer, Taylor makes) and the boys from Tenacious D (Jack Black and Kyle Gass) appear as bumbling drug smugglers. Plus, it’s a great song. What’s not to like?
Today I got a mass mail piece from Time Warner. On the outside it said “Thank You”. My curiosity piqued, I opened it, thinking perhaps it had something to do with the ~$18 they’re supposed to be crediting my bill. Instead it’s a solicitation urging me to switch to their digital phone service.
Hey Time Warner,
Right after several hundred thousand of your customers were without cable service for a couple of weeks (or more) probably isn’t the time to try to sell them your digital phone service.
I mean really! My power was out for nearly a week, my cable for over 2; my phone (and DSL), on the other hand, worked the entire time.
There’s an informercial that’s been airing for a few months now for something called a Shamwow which is apparently some sort of super-absorbent towel, or something. Anyway, at one point, the pitchman - a spikey-haired douche bag with a Janet Jackson microphone tells me:
You’re gonna spend twenty dollars every month on paper towels anyway.
I am? Goddamnit! What am I, using them to dry off after I shower?
Someone needs to put a stop to me and my conspicuous paper towel consumerism!
Honestly, I don’t think I spend that much on paper towels in an entire year.
Thanks but no thanks, Vince - you can keep your rags.
Fall is in the air, winter is right around the corner. Everyone should rush right out and buy these.
Please, won’t you help a squirrel hide his nuts for winter?