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- The American Psychiatric Association today classified “not feeling my best” as a diagnosable disorder, thus making all 306 million Americans mentally ill.
- More for your “zero tolerance” = “zero common sense” pile: A 13-year-old Sanger, Texas girl texted a nude photograph of herself to a 13-year-old boy, who was promptly arrested on a felony charge and held in juvenile detention overnight. How can a 13-year-old be held on child pornography charges for possessing a nude photograph of another 13-year-old? And if he can be, then why has the girl not been charged with the same thing? I mean, hell, she’s making and distributing it. And why didn’t this kind of stuff ever happen to me? OK, so we didn’t/couldn’t text, but there were Polaroid cameras around. Sheesh.
- The move from one desktop computer to another is now officially going well. All of the heavy lifting is over, meaning all technical problems have been solved. I can’t say enough positive about VMware Server. If you need virtual machine functionality on the cheap (as in free!), this is your critter.
- You know, I’m not voting for “that one.” In fact, I may not vote at all. I have a Klan rally that day. (eye roll)
- Anheuser-Busch (“oh, just fine, laddie! And how’s your pecker?”) is making a serious play for the Sam Adams market with Budweiser American Ale. It’s been heavily advertised during college football games, but wasn’t available around here until last week. I tried it. Given the source, my expectations were modest, but it’s not bad. It’s definitely tilted toward the malt side of the equation, but it’s not cloyingly sweet, which was my main fear. I can’t really see going out of my way to get it, but I’d drink another one. It’s a decent effort from a behemoth brewery.
- I once worked with a woman who printed and filed every single email she received. Her office, which might have been 10′ x 10′, contained six filing cabinets and a floor-to-ceiling stack of copier paper boxes.
- I love idle, twisted minds. Check out some Lego porn here. Don’t click at work, and definitely don’t click with your Lego-playing child in the room.
- Think about consumer products (i.e. not staples like water) with me for a minute. What do you think the best deal on the market is? What delivers higher value for less money than anything else? I’ve been chewing on this one for a while, and I can’t beat aspirin, at a thousand tablets for eight bucks. That’s five hundred headaches gone for 1.6 cents apiece. Do you have a better answer than that?
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Salt’s a pretty screaming deal.
Oops. Salt is definitely a staple. Never mind.
Baking Soda and Vinegar. Lots of things you can do with those two things and they are really cheap.
I’m too lazy to do a study, aspirin “the miracle drug” does seem like a good deal.
“Budweiser American Ale.” What a world! A Belgian company making and “American” ale! Never mind, I don’t drink beer anyway (okay 1 or 2 a year).
Was the “that one” comment intended to be buzz for “that Negro over there?” I don’t have any idea. I wouldn’t put it past Mr. McCain, I think his ambition to be Prez has eliminated any shred of humanity he may once have had. Megalomania is an all-consuming disease (and “that one” has it as well). I’m beginning to doubt I’ll head for the polls at all.
Sign me up to the ranks of the newly-diagnosed mentally ill!
Lea: Good candidates.
Gerry: I find it beyond ridiculous to read racist overtones into describing a political opponent as “that one.” I’m pleased that you also included Obama as a megalomaniac. The way we’ve come to do things in this country, it takes one to win.
Mrs. Chili: Stick me in that rubber room, and keep those CorNuts a-comin’. 🙂
My copy of The Stand ran me about 8/10 of a cent per page. That’s half the price of your aspirin.
Well, maybe you’re right about the inference I pondered, at least he didn’t say “those people.” I still wouldn’t put it past Mr. McCain (or his droogs). Nor would I put it past Mr. Obama and his droogs to hint that Mr. McCain is a doddering fogy.
Do I recall correctly (thinking now of “that one”) that Mr. Kennedy, when campaigning against Mr. Nixon, refrained from ever mentioning his opponent by name?
Funny, but when I try to think of good deals all I come up with is things that are over-priced. Q-tips spring to mind. And don’t even get me started about ‘feminine products’ or spices. All these negative thoughts must qualify me for the diagnosable disorder list.
Does that mean my insurance will cover Valium? Finally!