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Archive for September 2006

Hernias > Terrorism

Ryan Singel of Wired News writes:
Comparing official mortality data with the number of Americans who have been killed inside the United States by terrorism since the 1995 bombing of the … Federal Building in Oklahoma reveals that scores of threats are far more likely to kill an American than any terrorist — at least, statistically [...]

Word On The Street

Racially-divided “Survivor” gets worst. ratings. ever.
Muslims demand apology from Pope.
The Pope says he’s sorry.
Airport security tried to take the transcript of final the Harry Potter novel. Honestly, the suspense was just killing them.

Observations For Friday Afternoon

Someone gets paid to decide what music gets played in Starbucks.
Various males look hip when they don’t shave their necks. I look lazy and dirty.
People make thousands and millions of dollars singing words like “Na” or “Whoa.” I will be one of them.

Overheard In Starbucks

10-Year-Old Drinking Jamba Juice In An Overstuffed Chair:
“Dude, I could live here! Hecka smells good!”

Short List Of Happiness

1. Lower temperatures.
1. Chocolate Hazelnut Biscotti.
2. The saxophone at the beginning of the chorus of “Dancing Nancies.”

My Email From Amazon

A few months ago I pre-ordered the second season of “The Office.” They shipped it yesterday (yes!), and I got this email from them this morning:
We thought you’d like to know that the price of your pre-release title went down between shipment (the time we charged you) and the release date, and that we [...]

Segway Recalls Every Scooter Ever Made

Wired reports that Segway, maker of real expensive scooters you will never really buy, has recalled every one of the 23,500 units it has ever shipped “because of a software glitch that can make its wheels unexpectedly reverse direction, throwing off the rider — and in at least one incident, break some teeth.”

Our Cat Is On Drugs

Last Friday Kitty 3 got in a fight with some kind of animal, and was displaying some pretty hefty battle wounds. I, personally, would like to think it was a mountain lion, or some other hungry and violent animal, and that she bravely defended herself, as well as our home, and returned victorious to show [...]

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