Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Another example why drinking is such a great idea!

2 drunk ladies want to get fresh air on a plane at 10,000 feet.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10523919
I must confess. I am on facebook. I used to be on myspace, but that was initially for a good reason. See I had to hack into a young lady's myspace account on behalf of her mom because that foolish young lady (all 12 years of wisdom) had taken some unsavory pictures of herself for her friend preceded by boy. So this distraught mom wanted to find out what her daughter had been doing and prevent any future permanent ramnifications for her.
People just don't seem to get it, and of course you can't expect kids to get it. The internet, once you post something to it, is a permanent record. And it will be your legacy. And it very well maybe used against you one day, by a potential employer, by a prospective love interest, or by law enforcement. Kids post the darndest things. They think they are having a regular conversation and say whatever comes to their minds. the good thing about verbal conversations, especially those really pointless ones where we may say the stupidest things, is those tend to get forgotten, and there is no permanent record of them. But the internet has its own memory, one which won't go away any time soon.
Here's a great example, Mr fabulous drives drunk and hits and almost kills someone. A few days later he goes to a party dressed as a jailbird. Mr prosecutor gets his hands on the pictures courtesy of none other than facebook on the internet, and the rest is history.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/18/facebook.evidence.ap/index.html

Monday, July 21, 2008

Obama speaks out against Islamophobic Prejudice:
You know, this is actually an insult against Muslim-Americans, something that we don't spend a lot of time talking about. And sometimes I've been derelict in pointing that out. You know, there are wonderful Muslim-Americans all across the country who are doing wonderful things. And for this to be used as sort of an insult, or to raise suspicions about me, I think is unfortunate. And it's not what America's all about.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/15/obamas-larry-king-intervi_n_112930.html

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

My five and half year old son was watching Mr Rogers, who had a lamp hooked up to a clapper. So he tried to clap and turn on and off the lamp, and turned around and told me baba it doesn't work!
NO MORE CRACK IN FLINT
Flint Police are now cracking down on crack. No not crack cocaine, but butt crack. Our new police chief is making it a top priority to prevent public nuisances. Forget about the drugs, the thefts, the other crimes, the top priority is sagging pants!
(Disclaimer - while I find it distasteful for people to expose their underpants, I believe this focus is too much on a petty issue. Like painting the ornament on a fence next to a dam that has broken)

http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080708/NEWS06/307080009