Just a bit of advice for my friends, Sharper Image the company is no longer. An investor group has acquired the name and continues to sell products under that name, but forget about warranties, or service. I used to love that company and their products, but only found this out when the hammock I bought in August broke today. No warranty, nothing.

In the news - you can't make this up

A woman with a cleaning service broke into a house, cleaned it, hand wrote a bill with her contact info and left.... And she told the police she does this often...

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57444914-504083/no-clean-getaway-woman-breaks-into-ohio-home-cleans-leaves-gets-arrested/

One more for today, an SAP executive who lives in a $2 million home replaces bar codes for expensive lego sets, purchases them for a fraction of the cost and resells them on ebay. Seriously? Seriously?

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/22/silicon-valley-exec-accused-stealing-legos-with-bogus-barcodes/

Sorry I know its been a while.... I was contemplating shutting down the blog, but instead, I am going to commit to reviving it....

So without further ado:
Today's in the news,

A bride on the eve of her wedding kills a guy, then gets arrested at her wedding reception....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18172718

And

China limits each public toilet to have a maximum of two flies
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-18170693

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In the news.... A real life weekend at Bernies.... A couple of guys went for a night on the town while lugging around their dead companion, using his credit card and atm card to have a wild night.... Read on at http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DEAD_FRIEND_BARHOPPING?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-09-17-04-18-13

Secondly, I have always had issues with Spongebob Squarepants. Something is seriously wrong with that show, and I never let me kids watch it. Beyond the interesting choices of names (bikini bottom for one), and the interesting characteristics and behavior of the characters, I can't help but feel it has some hidden dark messages trying to corrupt us and our kids.... Well it seems I wasn't paranoid. A recent study proved Spongebob Squarepants makes kids dumb. Really, truly. Read more for yourself at http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_SPONGEBOB_STUDY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Of course Nickelodeon disputed the results and the veracity of the study. This of course from a network that prides itself on educational and child development programming. Honestly the only thing I remember from Nickelodeon when I was a kid was when they slimed people.

Uh Oh... and we thought terminator was a fictional movie.

Folks, Skynet is real and it is growing.... Watch out.... It wants to use your computer to expand its network and power....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14896330

Recently, the Children's Museum of Oakland decided to pull an exhibit entitled "A Child's view from Gaza". To see some of the samples of the works, please visit "http://on.fb.me/pPz9J4"

As you can obviously see, there is nothing objectionable about the works. Except if you are an ardent zionist bent on revising the truth and history about Palestine and the plight of Gaza amidst the Israeli blockade. As far as those Zionists are concerned, Gaza is a prison for terrorists who are illegally squatting on zionist land, and for that reason are not entitled to food, medicine, etc. So, the exhibit did not comport with their spin on truth and history, and needed to be pulled.

Would they have pulled an exhibit featuring African Americans if the KKK had objected? Would they have pulled an exhibit featuring Jews if Nazis had objected? I don't think so.

If you are as puzzled or outraged as I am, ask the museum why.... Visit http://www.freepalestinemovement.org/mocha.html

A panel has recently reviewed the costs of the recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and surprise surprise, much of the money has been defrauded or wasted. Read more at:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hh9cP7wgo072aP53h7QDAm4FLk5w?docId=0869f6ec89ac4d379ceca8b6855e0084

$60 billion dollars wasted.

Its alot of money.

Begs the question of who benefits when we go to war?

Hmmm....
Lets see
Halliburton (Dick Cheney)
Bechtel (Donald Rumsfield)
Blackwater (click here or here)and others....

And what makes it even worse is that the contracts are not even bid out. Yes thats right, they are just strictly assigned on a discretionary basis. To the best candidates of course. No question about that one. Right?..

Read more on that one:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/09/pentagon-no-bid-champ/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29

Did you know that Halliburton moved its headquarters to Dubai?
A company that makes billions upon billions of tax payer money for much sensitive government work. Moved out. Took their jobs out. Took themselves outside the scope of review. Don't want to pay taxes...

Hmmm....
A lot to think about.