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Wie Is Five Strokes Off Lead Against Men

By • Nov 24th, 2005 • Category: Pop Culture, the Weirdo

“KOCHI, Japan – Nervous at the start but encouraged by a couple of late birdies, Michelle Wie was five strokes off the lead in a men’s tournament Thursday and optimistic about making the cut.” She should be OK, as log as she doesn’t have to take a drop. [Wie Is Five Strokes Off Lead Against [...]



Whither the Southern Accent?

By • Nov 24th, 2005 • Category: the Ranter, the Weirdo

“COLUMBIA, S.C. – ‘Y’all’ isn’t welcome in Erica Tobolski’s class in voice and diction at the University of South Carolina. And forget about ‘fixin’,’ as in getting ready to do something, or ‘pin’ when talking about the writing instrument. Tobolski’s class is all about getting rid of accents, mostly Southern ones in the heart of [...]



Cruise buys sonogram machine

By • Nov 24th, 2005 • Category: Pop Culture, the Weirdo

“LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Not every family can afford one at a price tag of up to $200,000 (116,000 pounds), but actor Tom Cruise says he bought a sonogram machine for his pregnant fiance, actress Katie Holmes, so that they can monitor the development of their child.” I’m surprised this isn’t against Scientology. He does [...]



How To Write Unmaintainable Code

By • Nov 22nd, 2005 • Category: Software, the Weirdo

“In the interests of creating employment opportunities in the Java programming field, I am passing on these tips from the masters on how to write code that is so difficult to maintain, that the people who come after you will take years to make even the simplest changes. Further, if you follow all these rules [...]



Home Depot Apologizes to Pencil Thief OR Lowes gets a new customer

By • Nov 21st, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., the Weirdo

Man….Since when did Home Depot employ the Pharisees? I mean, talk about the letter of the law and not the spirit… “METHUEN, Mass. – Home Depot Inc. apologized to a carpenter who was banned by the chain worldwide after he absent-mindedly pocketed a pencil he had used up to do some quick math. Michael Panorelli, [...]



Philippine peso bills misspell Arroyo

By • Nov 21st, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., the Weirdo

“MANILA (Reuters) – Filipinos could have collectors’ items in their wallets after a small number of 100-peso (1 pound) bills slipped into circulation with an error in the president’s name.” Apparently they mis-spelled it “S-C-A-N-D-A-L”… It’s an easy mistake to make. I mean nobody’s perfect. UPDATE: I need to make a correction. Apparently “Scandal” wasn’t [...]



How many Christians does it take to change a light bulb?

By • Nov 19th, 2005 • Category: In My Mail, the Weirdo

I got this in my email today…. Charismatic: Only one. Hands already in the air. Pentecostal: Ten. One to change the bulb, and nine to pray against spirit of darkness. Presbyterians: None. Lights will go on and off at predestined times. Roman Catholic: None. Candles only. Baptists: At least 15. One to change the light [...]



Aguilera Reportedly Marrying This Weekend

By • Nov 19th, 2005 • Category: Pop Culture, the Weirdo

“NEW YORK – Christina Aguilera has found out what a girl wants, and now she’s marrying him. “ Just what ever you do, don’t tell me her fiancee’s last name is “Bratman”…. “Wedding festivities for the pop singer and fiancee Jordan Bratman began Thursday in northern California’s Napa Valley,” I was afraid you were going [...]



Man Calls Mom After He Was Reported Dead

By • Nov 18th, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., the Weirdo

Gosh….Two in a row….Sorry ma’am. We know we told you your son was dead. Sorry you used all your retirement money on a deposit for the funeral. We’re also sorry to mourned for so long when your son wasn’t dead. These things happen though. Rest assured the official who made the ID card has been [...]



Miracle HIV patient didn’t have virus

By • Nov 17th, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., the Weirdo

Whoops….Sorry sir. You know that test result we gave you a few weeks ago. Well, there seems to have been a little “clerical error”. We’re sorry you went out and blew your life savings on cheap booze and cigarettes. These things happen though you know. Rest assured the cleric has been sacked…… “LONDON, Nov. 16 [...]



Mom Makes Teen Stand on Street With Sign

By • Nov 17th, 2005 • Category: the Weirdo

I think this is awesome. Too many parents it seems don’t take a real vested interest in their kids. They need to be more involved and concerned. It might not be the best thing, but at least this mom is doing something more than just frowning. Kudos to Ms. Henderson! “EDMOND, Okla. – Tasha Henderson [...]



Another group of stupid crimminals

By • Nov 16th, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., the Weirdo

Good for law enforcement. It’s nice to know they’re out there catching the bad guys… “Police in Arizona have caught a crime ring that is believed to have been responsible for up to 10 per cent of all the counterfeit money in the state.” But wait……Could it be that things were too easy? You betcha! [...]



Ha! I’m a medic!

By • Nov 14th, 2005 • Category: the Weirdo

Well, This quiz was right on since I was a medic…. You scored as Medic. Your a medic. Not really into fighting people, but prefer to help and heal. Your a caring person who generally wants to help, but don’t fight. But instead you heal the injured. Your a brave person, but most people generally [...]



Windows Antispyware is now going to be called Windows Defender

By • Nov 8th, 2005 • Category: Pop Culture, the Weirdo

“Over the last few months we have been working hard on creating the next version of the Microsoft anti-spyware technology. Today, we are announcing the new name for this technology. Microsoft Windows Defender. Does this mean a lot is changing?? Well . YES – and all for the better!! As part of our development process, [...]



Happy Halloween

By • Oct 31st, 2005 • Category: the Weirdo

I just wanted to wish everyone a safe and happy Halloween. Watch out for those kids! And for goodness sake watch out for those zombies. This is their favorite night to come out of the woodwork on.



How Zombies work

By • Oct 29th, 2005 • Category: Pop Culture, the Weirdo

Since the sixties, there has a huge increase in zombie manifestations. Because of this, we need to be always wary of the actions of others, watching for warning signs that they might be infected. In order to better fight a zombie out break, we really need to know what makes them tick. This is an [...]



Creamy Peanut butter prefered by “Just a Girl” readers

By • Oct 28th, 2005 • Category: On The Web, the Weirdo

I just got a big thank you note from the blogstress at Just a Girl. Creamy Wins! Here are the results of the peanut butter poll: 22 crunchy 43 creamy A BIG HUGE thank you to everyone who left their comment about it. Ben had to have at LEAST 25 respondents, however if he had [...]



That wacky British royal family and their tattooed buttockses

By • Oct 27th, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., the Weirdo

LONDON (AFP) – Britain’s Prince Harry was forced to drop his trousers during a military parade to prove he did not have his girlfriend’s name tattooed on his royal rear, a British newspaper said. Does Prince Harry have his girlfriend’s name inked on his backside? The world may never know. During a parade, a colour [...]



Marc gets rich quick

By • Oct 25th, 2005 • Category: the Weirdo

OK….Here’s the deal…. Thousands of people have money sitting at the Internal Revenue Service that could be claimed if they would just tell the tax collectors where they live. The IRS said Tuesday that $73 million in tax refunds that were sent to taxpayers this year did not reach the destination. In most cases, the [...]



Average U.S. Gas Price Drops 25 Cents

By • Oct 23rd, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., the Weirdo

I guess I need to go demand my two fifty from when I filled up the tank this morning… Check out the story I can’t verify : Average U.S. Gas Price Drops 25 Cents – Yahoo! News