Statues of men who are legends in their own minds and WoW claims more psychologically impaired individuals...

I feel that that is so an appropriate response....

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In other news...

Check out This kid...I mean, go outside and get a life kid...Oh man, I would seriously be pondering my next move with this kid....



And it gets better, because Mom apparently did ponder and came to a conclusion... check out what happens when his mother cancels his World of Warcraft account.


I personally like that he tries to stick the remote up his butt...I mean someone somewhere is making that into a background for their computer....Really...That's something I'd be proud of...
Oh and by the way, to the kid doing the video...Wow, your brother's psycho so watch your back...It might be FREAKIN HILARIOUS...(which it is) now, but he doesn't act like he's running on all eight cylinders...

Caps: Days of yore....

I've forgotten just how funny this was...Oh my....Let me catch my breath from all the hilarity.

Just snoping about...

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/techno/phone.asp

GAH!

Beer battered Onion

Courageous E-mail To Boss In Drafts Folder Since December

COLUMBUS, OH—A bravely worded e-mail written by graphic designer Brent Quigley decrying his advertising firm's 'complete lack of managerial competence' and its 'utter failure to treat employees with respect' has remained inside the drafts folder since it was first composed on Dec. 4, 2007

Rubber Band Needed http://www.theonion.com/content/news/rubber_band_needed

April 23, 2008 | Issue 44•17

RALEIGH, NC—At approximately 2:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday in the offices of Emery & Lane Advertising at 129 Bronson Avenue, Ron Meyer, 34, announced that he was in need of a rubber band.

Meyer, a market researcher at the ad agency, reportedly informed his colleagues that he needed to keep a 22-inch-by-28-inch piece of white poster board in a rolled-up position, and stated that a rubber band would be the best clasping tool for the job.
Enlarge Image Rubber Band Needed

Meyer struggles to keep the large document rolled up by hand.

"I'd use tape, but sometimes when you take it off it scuffs up the paper," Meyer said.

He followed his brief announcement with a 10-minute search for a single loop of sulfur-vulcanized rubber. Office sources confirmed that Meyer initiated the search by looking through his middle desk drawer and—after failing there—proceeded to question his coworkers as to whether or not they possessed, or had recently seen, a rubber band.

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Graduating Seniors Face Bleak Job Market

With the country in the grips of a deep recession, college students will be graduating in a bad job market. What do you think?
Young Woman

Dana Roren,
Sandwich Board Person
"Yeah? Well, just tell them to stay away from my job. Hey, do you like men's suits? Two-for-one, today only!"
Black Man

Frank Bruckner,
Bathtub Fabricator
"My son should be okay, as 91% of DeVry alums find positions in their chosen career fields within six months of graduating."
Young Man

Daniel Edelston,
Systems Analyst
"Just goes to show you that a good education is no substitute for a well connected father."

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No Machine Can Do My Job As Resentfully As I Can

By Lee Canale
December 7, 2005 | Issue 41•49


In today's increasingly mechanized world, where the bottom line so often takes precedence over human considerations, the working man never knows how long it will be before he is replaced by a machine. It's no secret that some in management at Gillian's Fish Products, where I work, feel that automation would improve productivity and quality control. But what they don't understand is that they will lose something far more valuable if employees are let go: the resentful human touch.

No mere machine can replace the embittered alienation of the flesh-and-blood worker. Sure, machines may be able to gut whitefish in the blink of an eye. But would they be able, as I am, to despise and bemoan their miserable lot? To seethe with the unbearable knowledge that this will be their sole livelihood until the day they die? To identify with the glassy, sightless eye of every fish as their sharp blades spill the innards out?

Whether it's scaling each cod and struggling to suppress the repulsion and loathing within, or de-boning each haddock while fighting the impulse to drop the knife and walk out of the factory as far as your legs can take you, such sentiments could never be reproduced in mechanical form. Those special qualities can only come from one source: exhausted men and women forced to feed and clothe their children on a pauper's wages.

Replacing us with machines will increase profits, but can a dollar value be placed on the labors of someone who drinks before his morning shift just to get through the day? And when the machines are sitting in six-inch-deep gore at day's end, will they go home and take out their frustrations on family members and loved ones? I think not.

A machine can only contain wires, diodes, and gears, not the living, breathing sum of life's screw-ups, heartbreaks, and regrets.

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Princess Margaret  - "I have as much privacy as a goldfish in a bowl."

Only in Northern Michigan...And apparently on Countdown with Keith....

Could this state embarrass me further?....I think not...
Muther of Todd....Todd's mom.

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

Barack Obama...He comes to save the day...

Today, we elect you and cry and rejoice, however, tomorrow we bust your chops.
Nothing is free, not even freedom...Apparently...
And nothing is free at Jib Jab, who shamelessly advertises(endlessly, it would seem) at tail end of this video...
That's okay I guess. Who knows, I might just make one of those cartoons staring my husband.

Wha?....

http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/

It's sad how much of this reminds me of my daily life....That's right...Laugh it up.

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Casey Stengel  - "All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height."

She who must not be named "Liz".....

I saw this first on
MSNBC

(Speaking of which, I would hate to tick off Keith Olbermann...Really....)

Did you ever have one of those Tuesdays....
One in which you saw the week ahead as something you "had to just get through in order to survive?"
Cha.
Well, apparently Elizabeth Becton had a Wednesday like that. Or she's just PMS-ing on a level that you and I can't fathom.
I know that if I acted this way I would not only loose my job (if my job was as a secretary or a scheduler or a scheduling secretary or a Doberman Pincher)....Oh wait, that was completely uncalled for, I apologize...Please except my apology, please don't have my house nuked or bug my phone or have the CIA, the BBC, CDC, FBI, AIS, SIA, or CONTROL, come looking for me...
Because clearly with all the power you're wielding, you could cause the Earth itself to split and the devil himself to appear....

So tell me, since we're on the subject....What was around before you were born and began to rule the world? I would think you would know being as you are that powerful?

From Shenanigans.....

June 17, 2009
Categories: Antics

No name-calling

If you want to score a meeting with Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.), know this: His scheduler/office manager, Elizabeth Becton, is to be addressed by her full name — not Liz or any other variant.

An executive assistant at McBee Strategic recently learned this the hard way. A few weeks ago, the assistant e-mailed Becton seeking a meeting with McDermott and a client, JPMorgan Chase. Days later, the assistant checked back in and unfortunately began the e-mail with "Hi Liz."

Becton curtly replied, "Who is Liz?"

When the assistant wrote back with an apology, Becton turned up the heat. "I do not go by Liz. Where did you get your information?" she asked.

The back-and-forth went on for 19 e-mails, with the assistant apologizing six times if she had "offended" Becton, while Becton lectured about name-calling.


Here's a redacted version of the exchange:


From: XXX
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 11:38 AM
To: Becton, Elizabeth
Subject: JPMC Meeting Request


Elizabeth,

Attached is a meeting request for JP Morgan Chase who will be in DC June 3rd-4th and would like to request a brief meeting with the Congressman.

Let me know if you need any additional information.

Thank you!

Best,
XXX

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From: XXX
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:05 PM
To: Becton, Elizabeth
Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request


Hi Liz,

just checking in on whether the Congressman is available next week. [REDACTED] can confirm a meeting time for you - she is available at [REDACTED].

Thank you!

Best,
XXX


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From: Becton, Elizabeth
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:07 PM
To: XXX
Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request
Importance: High


Who is Liz?

Elizabeth Becton
Executive Assistant/Office Manager
Office of Congressman Jim McDermott
XXXX Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
XXX phone
XXX fax
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From: XXX
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:07 PM
To: Becton, Elizabeth
Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request


Hi Elizabeth, I thought you went by Liz - apologies if that is incorrect. Best, XXX



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From: Becton, Elizabeth
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:08 PM
To: XXX
Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request



I do not go by Liz. Where did you get your information?
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Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:10 PM
To: Becton, Elizabeth
Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request


Hi Elizabeth, I'm so sorry if I offended you! I thought you had gone by Liz at Potlatch, this was my mistake. Best, XXX

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From: Becton, Elizabeth
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:11 PM
To: XXX
Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request


NEVER. I hate that name.


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From: XXX
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:13 PM
To: Becton, Elizabeth
Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request


Hi Elizabeth, I'm so sorry if I offended you! I must have mis-heard. My mistake! Best, XX

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From: Becton, Elizabeth
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:20 PM
To: XXX
Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request
Importance: High

XXX:

If I wanted you to call me by any other name, I would have offered that to you. I think it's rude when people don't even ask permission and take all sorts of liberties with your name. This is a real sore spot with me. My name has a lot of "nicknames" which I don't use. I use either my first name or my last name because I row with a lot of other women who share the same first name. Now, please do not ever call me by a nickname again.

As for your meeting request, who is the point of contact for this meeting? If it's not you, then I need to know who because it's very time-consuming to deal with a lot of people for one meeting.

Thanks,

________________________________

From: XXX
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:23 PM
To: Becton, Elizabeth
Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request


Hi Elizabeth, I'm so sorry I offended you! My mistake!

XXX can confirm a meeting time for you - she is available at XXX XXXX.

Thank you!

Best, XXX


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[UNRELATED EMAILS REDACTED]


From: XXX
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:33 PM
To: Becton, Elizabeth
Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request


Of course! Again, I am sincerely sorry for offending you. I must have mis-heard and it was in no way my intention to make you upset. I always enjoy working with you and seeing you at the WSS events J

Best,
XXX


________________________________


From: Becton, Elizabeth
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:37 PM
To: XXX
Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request


Sounds like you got played by someone who KNOWS I hate that name and that it's a fast way to TICK me off. Who told you that I go by that name? They are not your friend...


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From: XXX
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:38 PM
To: Becton, Elizabeth
Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request


Hi Elizabeth,

Again, I am sincerely sorry for offending you. I don't want to cause trouble as I clearly must have mis-heard the person at Potlatch. It was in no way my intention to make you upset.

Best,
XXX

________________________________

From: Becton, Elizabeth
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:41 PM
To: XXX
Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request
Importance: High


I REALLY want to know who told you to call me that.



________________________________

From:XXX
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:44 PM
To: Becton, Elizabeth



Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request


Hi Elizabeth,
Again, I am sincerely sorry for offending you. I don't recall who I overheard. It was in no way my intention to make you upset.
Best,
XXX

________________________________
From: Becton, Elizabeth
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 6:04 PM
To: XXX
Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request

Let me put it this way, they don't know me and perhaps they were PRETENDING to know me better than they do and pretended that I go by Liz. They did YOU a disservice.

In the future, you should be VERY careful about such things. People like to brag about their connections in DC. It's a past time for some. It's also dangerous to eaves drop, as you have just found out.

Quit apologizing and never call me anything but Elizabeth again. Also, make sure you correct anyone who attempts to call me by any other name but Elizabeth. Are we clear on this? Like I said, it's a hot button for me.

And please don't call the office and not leave a message. My colleague told me you called while I was away at the Ladies' room. I do sometimes leave my desk.
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Henny Youngman  - "I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places."

REALLY Only in Northern Michigan......Really....No kidding around.

 

Kalkaska County Man is Not Boy Who Vanished in 1955 Posted: 6/18/2009

D.N.A. tests show that John Barnes was not the two-year-old boy who vanished from New York in 1955.

The F.B.I. announced the results Thursday evening.

His Kalkaska family spoke with 9 & 10 News before the results came in. They offered evidence he was their blood relation.

Richard Barnes says John Barnes is his biological son, the same boy he brought home from the hospital after he was born on August 18, 1955.

"I've dealt with this boy all my life. I brought him home from the hospital. It's his desire to do this so be it. What is he trying to prove?" Richard Barnes, who is estranged from John Barnes, told 9 & 10 News.

Cheryl Barnes, the sister John grew up with, showed a picture she says is John as a six-month-old infant.

"I'm really curious why he's doing this. He says it's because he never felt like he fit in. But he never really did fit in. He never tried. He wouldn't let anyone get close to him," Cheryl Barnes told 9 & 10 News.

John Barnes thought he was related to the Damman family, who lost their two-year-old son Stephen in 1955. John thinks he more closely resembles the Damman family than the Barnes family.

"We're his family," Cheryl Barnes says, "Biologically. I feel that in my gut, I feel that in my heart."

Richard Barnes says the intense national media coverage is not affecting him a great deal: "It doesn't bother me. People think it should bother me," Richard Barnes told 9 & 10 News.

But Richard's daughter says it's hurting the family more than her dad lets on: "I'm sure it hurts his feelings. He's not really saying. It's got to hurt. It hurt me that (John) did this," Cheryl Barnes told 9 & 10 News.

9 & 10's Ted Haller and Photojournalist Stephanie Adkins talk with Richard and Cheryl Barnes before the DNA results came in.

 Thanks 9 & 10

http://www.9and10news.com/category/story/?id=155832

Gigglicious!
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Rodney Dangerfield  - "What a dog I got, his favorite bone is in my arm."

More Wretched Michigan

Talk of downsizing Flint hits London

by Bryn Mickle

Friday June 12, 2009, 6:46 PM

Talk about shrinking Flint has made it all the way to the United Kingdom.

Genesee County Treasurer Dan Kildee and others discusses the idea of razing parts of Flint and how such a plan could apply to other cities around the country in an article published at telegraph.co.uk in London.

Karina Pallagst, director of the Shrinking Cities in a Global Perspective programme at the University of California, Berkeley, tells the Telegraph there has been "both a cultural and political taboo" about admitting decline in America.

"Places like Flint have hit rock bottom. They're at the point where it's better to start knocking a lot of buildings down," said Pallagst.

See more in Community: Flint, News - Saginaw

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George Carlin  - "Electricity is really just organized lightning."

Onion X

	Report: 90% Of Waking Hours Spent Staring At Glowing Rectangles PALO ALTO, CA—The report found that at work, special information rectangles aid in completing business-related tasks, while entertainment rectangles, 'larger, louder, and often placed inside the homes" help us enter a relaxing trance-like state after a long day of rectangle-gazing.

	Single Diner In Empty Restaurant Asked To Move To Smaller Table CHICAGO—Citing the upcoming lunch rush, Golden Griddle waitress Kathy Perry interrupted Derek Whamey's meal Monday to ask him—one of four diners in the restaurant—to move to a smaller table. 'If nobody's gonna be joining you, hon, we'll just scoot you over to one of those little tables over there,' Perry said as Whamey gathered his water, orange juice, and Diet Coke glasses to move them across the room. 'You're alone, right? Okay, just let me know when you need the check.' Whamey then continued to eat his meal alone.

Letterman Apologizes To Palin

Talk show host David Letterman apologized to Alaska governor Sarah Palin for insinuating her daughter was impregnated at a New York Yankees game. What do you think?

Karen Borden,
Technical Illustrator
"I think Letterman should have waited a couple weeks to be sure she really wasn't impregnated at the game."

Brent Siefert,
Plumber
"How could he make such a callous joke when the governor is only now getting over her unwed teen daughter's breakup after trotting both her and the father of her baby around on the campaign trail for two months as paragons of responsibility and virtue?"

Terry Reinhard,
Systems Analyst
"Wait a minute. You mean there's a Palin daughter out there who's not pregnant? I'll be right back."

This Space Camp Looks A Lot Like Fat Camp

Wow. I can't believe I'm really here. When I told my parents that I wanted to go to space camp, I never thought they'd actually agree. Especially not after they took me to see that doctor and he said that if I didn't lose some weight this summer I might end up getting diabetes. Mom and Dad seemed pretty concerned after that. But, hey, here I am! Ready to learn all there is to know about the stars and the comets and the universe at Planet Thin!

Boy, there sure are a lot of fat kids here at space camp. Wasn't expecting that.

This is going to be the best summer ever. Man, I can't wait until they let us go inside a real NASA shuttle, with all those switches for the rocket boosters and the thrusters. It's going to be so cool. Look over there! I bet that treadmill is the same kind of treadmill the real astronauts use. And that, right there, is like, maybe, the same kind of tire course that real astronauts have to run through.

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Fran Lebowitz  - "Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep."

No it's not an illusion it's ONLY IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN...And some other states....

I know it's been a long time...But this makes the list of Only in Northern Michigan....


BISON ESCAPE, WANDER TRAVERSE CITY SUBDIVISION
Managers at the Great Wolf Lodge are taking new steps to make sure
fourteen bison don't escape again.  The animals escaped from the property
Saturday night in Traverse City.  The bison stampeded through some
homeowner's back yards.  Crews rounded up most of them within a few hours;
the last stragglers were found Sunday morning.  The bison's owner says
they escaped while trying to reach some fresh growing grass on the other
side of the fence.  Managers at the Great Wolf Lodge have already had the
grass mowed to help resist temptation.  They're also working with their
owner and the Sheriff's Department to make sure it doesn't happen again.
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___nopes

SNOPES


What the h*ll?
Things people will do to avoid that number!

http://www.snopes.com/embarrass/mistaken/stall.asp
Why are you talking to me?

Half truth, however very interesting...
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/barcodes.asp

And just in case you missed it the first time....
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/osama.asp


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Erma Bombeck  - "Never have more children than you have car windows."

Things that happen when IT BECOMES DTV DAY!!!!

And now radioactive wasp nests:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090612/ap_on_re_us/us_radioactive_wasp_nests_1

Can Mothra be far behind?

Thanks to GersonK...

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Foreboding clouds....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090611/ap_on_re_us/us_new_cloud
What is that?<insert creepy violin music similar to what M. Night Shyamalan would use> WHAT IS THAT!?!

Thanks Boldly still giggling when she sees SLCs,
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~No no, I just hate my hair; we haven't spoken in weeks~

digital switch

9 AND 10 MAKES THE DIGITAL SWITCH
Today is a monumental day in television history.  Stations across the
country will stop broadcasting in analog and switch to digital.  People
who have cable or satellite won't be affected for more than a few minutes.
Those who get their television free, over the air, with an antenna, will
have to re-scan their televisions or digital converter boxes.  We made the
9 and 10 news transition live on Michigan This Morning at 6:45.  If you
have any problems with your converter box, or if you have any other
questions about the DTV switch, you can email us at news@9and10news.com or
call the FCC DTV Hotline at 1-888-CALLFCC (1-888-225-5322).

http://www.9and10news.com/category/story/?id=155607
http://www.9and10news.com/category/story/?id=155580
http://www.9and10news.com/category/story/?id=155530


*Didn't even notice today, did ya?*

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Woody Allen  - "Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons."

Oniona

Michelle Obama's Arms Meet With Sri Lankan Refugees
	VAVUNIYA, SRI LANKA—Refugees said they were awed by the dignity and grace of the limbs, lauding the lack of 'bat-wing fat' that plagues so many middle-aged arms.

	New Terminator Movie Brings J.D. Salinger Out Of Hiding CORNISH, NH—The reclusive author called Christian Bale 'the most badass version of John Connor yet' and described the film's postapocalyptic war with the machines setting as 'totally mind-blowing.'

	Mom Really Funny Today KENSINGTON, MD—Local teens James Ripley, 17, and David Ripley, 14, expressed surprise today when their mother, 47-year-old Cynthia Ripley legitimately made them laugh on several occasions within a 24-hour span. 'I didn't know Mom could be funny.' said James, who described his mother's usual attempts at humor as 'not funny.' 'When she was on the phone with Aunt Linda [Generro], she was making all these hilarious 'I'm crazy' faces, and when Dad dropped the remote she was like 'smooth move, George Clooney.' She was really funny.' The matriarch's comedic run will reportedly end during dinner, when she picks up the salad tongs and pretends to play them like a guitar.

'Billy Elliot' Wins 10 Tonys

With 10 awards, the musical of the film Billy Elliot dominated the 63rd Tony Awards. What do you think?

Kevin Galasso,
Pneumatic Drum Sander
"I am now firmly convinced that Elton John can do anything with that piano of his."

Peggy Dunning,
Receptionist
"I have been brought to tears just by hearing the name Billy Elliot."

Chris Panetta,
Steel Joist Setter
"Oh, did it? I ended up missing most of the show because I was too busy watching DVR replays of Bret Michaels getting clotheslined by a piece of scenery."

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Josh Billings  - "Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got."

FROM THE DESK OF PETE YATES!!!

Jun 8 (1 day ago)

This story comes from the Wilkes-Barre area of Pennsylvania...  Enjoy.

http://www.timesleader.com/news/Cops__Speeder_said_he_was_chasing_pot_thief_06-08-2009.html

 

Cops:  Speeder said he was chasing pot thief.

WEST HAZLETON – Police say a man they arrested in a traffic stop told them he was speeding because he was chasing someone who stole marijuana from him.

 

While borough police were conducting "Buckle Up" – a special grant program to target drivers not using seat belts late Friday night, they stopped a vehicle they said was driving at an extremely high rate of speed and switching lanes without using turn signals.

 

During a traffic stop, police say they observed a glass bowl used for smoking marijuana on the front seat in plain view. Police also found 15 individually packaged baggies of marijuana and 13 ecstasy pills during a search of the vehicle.

 

Police say the driver, Ryan Neaus, 21, of 824 Seybert St., Hazleton, told them he was speeding "because he was chasing the person who just robbed him of his Apple iPhone and three bags of marijuana."

 

Neaus was charged with possession with intent to deliver, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia, police said.

 

He was also cited with careless driving and failure to wear a seatbelt.

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Mae West  - "I like restraint, if it doesn't go too far."

Snot- I mean Snopes

http://www.snopes.com/

http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/pravda.asp
Друг!

http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/parrotflower.asp
I want one!

http://www.snopes.com/glurge/lifelessons.asp
....Use Sunscreen.
....Appreciate your knees, you'll miss them when they're gone....

http://www.snopes.com/medical/potables/simplycola.asp
Just snort it the way nature intended.

http://www.snopes.com/love/revenge/shrimp.asp
Something smells fishy...

*DANGER WILL ROBINSON!!!*
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/ups.asp
.....like we need more of these!

Don't come crying to me when your feet fall off!
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/flipflop.asp
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Dave Barry  - "Camping is nature's way of promoting the motel business."

MACKINAC ISLAND DEATHS BLAMED ON DRUG OVERDOSES

It's the horses....THE BUGGIES....THE POO! THE ENDLESS HORSE POO!
It's the  BICYCLES, with their chains and their happiness....The abundant history and the reinactors....
And in the end.....It was the prospect of dealing with fudge that finally made them slide into the despair that dragged them into the pit of drugged out despair....

MACKINAC ISLAND DEATHS BLAMED ON DRUG OVERDOSES
The autopsy results have been released of a couple whose bodies were found
in an apartment on Mackinac Island last Friday.  Police say they died of
accidental drug overdoses.  Multiple drugs, including high levels of
methadone were found in the bodies.
A medical examiner says the couple may have been using the drugs
recreationally and the combination of methadone and oxycodone likely
killed them.  The couple were engaged and working seasonal
jobs on the island.

Yea, they had every reason to want to kill themselves....What look at the hell in which they were working....
http://www.mackinac.com/
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Onion Blossoms

FBI: Terrorist Attack On Golden Gate Bridge May Have Been Green-Screened

WASHINGTON—Sources said federal authorities revisited video of the tragic events of May 16 after a field agent noticed a bright, greenish hue running along the outline of the bridge.

	Museum Staff Braces For Large Group Wearing Same T-Shirt CHICAGO—Well-placed sources at the Art Institute of Chicago reported Tuesday that the employees were bracing for an imminent encounter with a large group of identically clad people walking toward the building behind someone waving a purple wooden stick. The group—whose members all wore shirts featuring a stylized bird logo that could represent a summer camp or religious youth group—began assembling approximately 40 yards from the entrance, causing museum employees to rush to assigned stations from which they could ensure no one would block hallways, loiter in bathrooms, or touch paintings. 'Heads up,' floor manager Carla Ellis said. 'It looks like they just got off a bus. I think they're from out of state. Here we go!' As of press time, the group was still dawdling 20 feet from the entrance, with at least one person in a wheelchair, and it was surmised that its members were either foreign tourists or a special-needs class.

	Oh, No! It's Making Well-Reasoned Arguments Backed With Facts! Run! Matthew Barnes

The Cost Of Winning In Minnesota

'Wow. And Norm Coleman doesn' even have all those Air America royalty checks rolling in.'
— Liz Borella, Law Examiner

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Will Rogers  - "I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they now do."

Gah!

VERIZON-ALLEL MERGER MEANS NEW PERKS FOR CUSTOMERS
Some northern Michigan cell phone users will be getting a load of new
perks thanks to a Verizon wireless make-over.  The merger between Verizon
and Alltel should be complete by the end of the year.  On Monday, the
Alltel store in Traverse City unveiled its new Verizon product line.  For
now, the store will sell and service both Alltel and Verizon phones.  The
store manager says customers should notice an increase in service and
signal strength.  The company will continue using the Alltel name until it
completes the billing and branding integration.

This is gonna suck. I just know it.
http://blogs.consumerreports.org/electronics/2008/06/the-verizonallt.html

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Mark Twain  - "There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist."

And yet the sun still shines and we still breathe air...

♫ THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES!!!♫


GM FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY; 2 STATE PLANTS WILL IDLE OR CLOSE
It's the end of an era for General Motors.  At 8:00 this morning, the
100-year old automaker filed for bankruptcy, making its stock essentially
worthless.  The deal gives taxpayers a 60% ownership stake and expand the
government's reach into big business.  The government plans to pump $30
billion into GM on top of the $20 billion already given out.  A person
familiar with GM's plans says the automaker will permanently close nine
more plants and idle three others to trim production and labor costs under
bankruptcy protection.  Assembly plants in Pontiac, Michigan and
Wilmington, Delaware will close this year, while plants in Orion, Michigan
and Spring Hill, Tennessee will shut down production but remain on
standby.  Around 21,000 workers will lose their jobs.

 

My grandmother died in 1989.

I was pregnant for my last child and we expected it. She'd had Alzheimer's for years and it was like a living death to deal with, especially for my father and uncle.

This was one of the first times I ever had seen them fight over something.

My father and my uncle were raised by a father who threw them out of the farmhouse, made them put on boxing gloves and duke it out.

So they rarely fought.

However, my parents could no longer take care of my grandmother (since he and my mother both worked outside the home) and this made putting my grandmother in a nursing home a point of contention between the two men. In the end they put her in a nursing home, and the one became two, and in the second one, she contracted pneumonia and died.

 

My grandmother was a very Victorian woman, who cooked meals for "thrashers" at harvest time. She had come from a very good family in Illinois and raised a family on a farm in Michigan. She would work all Christmas Eve night to transform the house from a mere home to a Christmas fantasy for her only two boys. She made thousands of cookies; she made pumpkin pie from an actual pumpkin. She made her own arthritis medicine and soap and hand lotion (Lye soap, not that glycerin stuff.)

 

She cleaned fish, helped to butcher chickens grew an enormous backyard garden- made her own jam's and jelly's and before it was ever "the cool thing to do" she and my grandfather ate organic peanut butter. A fact that I relish because I had to point out to a girl friend once that the peanut butter she needed for a recipe, was not bad because of the oil on top, it was organic and you had to mix it up. I knew this because I had eaten a couple of organic peanut butter sandwiches in my time.

 

She and I made a quilt on her peddle powered sewing machine. I still have the machine in my living room. It's used more like an end table. But the machine is still inside and works. It just had the belt taken off because my children liked to play with it. I have an electric sewing machine I sew on-infrequently....

 

Even though she was extra-ordinary, I didn't really appreciate her. I was in my early twenties when she became incapable of taking care of herself and I was stupid and selfish. I saw her as silly and old and puerile. Although, my grandmother gave me my love of history, family history, and spent long hours with me; I guess we don't appreciate what we have until it's gone. I guess I am the "Scarlet O'Hara" of this story and my grandma was the "Melanie".

 

The day she died I walked into JCPenney to pick up a stroller I ordered and people were laughing and talking like it was just another day and I so much wanted to scream "Why are you acting this way!?! ALTA SHRUM IS DEAD! Don't you understand, my grandmother is dead!!!

 

I kind of feel this way about GM because my classic cars are GM cars. Not to the same dramatic extent I did that day, but the feeling reminds me of it, because in this state….It is a big deal.

And for me and my husband this is….A BIG DEAL.

 

Don't you understand, my GM is dead!!!

 

......And yet the sun still shines and we still breathe air...The world turns and we exist....Imagine that?

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George Bernard Shaw  - "A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul."