'Random Stuff' Category
Sears Finds Profits in Cannibalism?
Until yesterday, Sears was offering products geared to those who like cooking humans including “body part roasters.” I know this has been a tough economic period but are we really reverting to cannibalism to stretch our food dollar? If only the Donner Party had access to sears.com! Don’t believe me… check Snopes!
Daughters Are Wonderful
I saw this on a blog (Passive-Aggressive Notes) that I read on a regular basis. It made me glad that Beth doesn’t drive yet but worried that she will be driving very soon!!!
Here’s the real problem!
The Japanese eat very little fat, and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans, British or Australians The French eat lots of fat, and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans, British or Australians The Japanese drink very little red wine, and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans, British or Australians The French drink excessive amounts of [...]
Irony In Advertising
The Consumerist has published their list of the Top 10 Most Ironic Ads. Mostly these are ads for saftey and goodness that turned out to be dangerous and full of badness. One example is wrapping your kids in cellophane which is probably not a very good idea. It’s hard to imagine that the people as [...]
But they are really good cigarettes
So how much would you be willing to spend for a pack of smokes when you are desperate? Ten bucks? Twenty bucks? $23 quadrillion? Well, that’s how much Josh Muszynski of Manchester, New Hampshire paid. Josh bought a pack of cigarettes at his local gas station and then later checked his balance to find that [...]
Happy Bastille Day
Today is Bastille Day, the holiday honoring the overthrow of the monarchy in France. It is celebrated much like Independence Day in the US with fireworks and parades. On this day in 1789, the people of Paris stormed the Bastille, a prison/fortress which represented all that was evil with the French monarchy. The storming of [...]
A Rabbi and an IRS agent walk into a bar…
I saw this joke in the comments section of one of the blogs I follow. I thought it was pretty funny. At the end of the year, the IRS sent an inspector to audit the books of a synagogue. While he was checking the books, he said to the Rabbi, “I notice you buy a [...]
William McKinley Memorial
View Larger Map Yes, that rock in the middle of the median of the street is a memorial to President William McKinley. On September 5, 1901, after giving a speech at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, William McKinely was shot twice by an anarchist by the name of Leon Czolgosz. Eight days later [...]
Bug in the Software?
When I read this I nearly fell of my chair laughing because when I am going through user issues “could not reproduce” is one of the solutions I sometimes use although my reason for using it is a bit different than hers! h/t – XKCD
Bus Tracker in the News
Monday is the big day when the updated software we developed is going live in Chicago. Chicago bus riders will be getting email and text message alert capability as well as a bunch of other enhancements. The Chicago Tribune published an article about it today. Beginning Monday, May 18, CTA customers can sign up to [...]
