I have the annoying habit of not moving photos from my camera to my computer in a timely basis. As a result, when I import the photos into iPhoto, and it asks for an event or roll name, I usually don’t provide one, since there are normally a half-dozen or more “events” represented among the photos.
In any case, this particular photo dates from a trip to a discount bookstore about a month ago. I just thought it was an interesting category for the book to be filed under.
While I’ll admit I’m in need of work, and I used to work as a babysitter while I was in high school, I doubt that it would ever have occurred to me to drug the child I was watching and rent it to a beggar. Of course, with the Democrat’s economy going the way it is, that may become a viable option in future.
I’m surprised that this sort of thing doesn’t seem to happen more often. “Of course our suspicions fall on the driver,” prosecutor Xavier Richaud told the private iTele television channel. No, really? Just because he and the money disappeared, and his bank accounts had been closed, is that a reason to suspect him?
Perhaps we should take this news story as an aspiration, rather than a cautionary tale. I think ratings would improve for beauty pageants if we had the contestants fight each other … perhaps in jello pits.
Bad news for those of us who like to stay up later than we ought. Unfortunately for me, I can’t normally sleep eight hours at a stretch – five or six is more usual. Naps are certainly an option, though – until I find a job, anyway.
I can’t say that I’m very impressed.
Lots of miscellaneous stuff here today. I actually started the post yesterday, but my browser crashed. Good thing I’d saved a copy of the article-in-progress before that happened.
First, Everything You Need To Know About Human / Cat Relationships Summed Up In One Picture.
Need a laugh track? Perhaps something more versatile?
Guns are such horrible, evil, nasty things that in England, you can now be convicted and sent to jail for turning in a weapon someone discards on your property.
I can’t say that I listen to girl groups much (Värttinä is the only recent one that comes to mind, and given that they’ve released a 25th anniversary CD, aren’t they a “woman” group rather than a “girl” group?), but there are certainly some girls in girl groups that are really cute (perky brunette alert … yow!). It would have been an attractive dress even if someone hadn’t taken scissors to it.
Worst storm of the year in England. I thought this photo was particularly impressive:
I never realized that Charles Dickens based Ebenezer Scrooge on a real person.
You say you know a couple who’ve been together a long time? This long?
I knew there was a reason I didn’t like amusement park rides. Several years back, there was a major hailstorm in Denver (baseball-sized hail in some areas), and at least two employees at Elitch Gardens abandoned their stations, leaving people stuck on the rides. I guess the lesson here is never to get onto any ride that you can’t climb down from unassisted. Think anyone will let you practice?
This makes an uncomfortable amount of sense.
An explanation of computation theory for lawyers. I remember courses described as “Physics for Jocks,” but this isn’t the same sort of thing.
This sounds like a fun game, but I imagine, based on the name, that you’re supposed to play quietly.
I was watching a recorded episode of Mythbusters this evening (the one where they ran cars over a cliff to see if they’d explode the way they do in Hollywood movies). I don’t think it’s unexpected that the cars didn’t explode unless they were made to explode – I think we all know that Hollywood tends to go for spectacle when given a choice.
It reminded me of something I read years ago, probably back in the 1970s. Japanese-built cars were starting to make significant inroads into the US market, and the article suggested that one reason was the perceived quality of the cars as evidenced in the movies. Specifically, he talked about stereotypical chase scenes along a cliff.
In the American movies, the hero would exit the car just before it burst through the guardrail and exploded into flame in mid-air. In the Japanese movies, the hero would exit the car just before it burst through the guardrail and tumbled down the the side of the hill/mountain. When the hero caught up to the car at the bottom of the slope, he’d push it back onto its wheels if he had to, then hop back in and drive away, usually to continue the pursuit.
Is it any wonder Japanese cars acquired a reputation for being built well?
I’ve written before about a main dish that outdoes Turducken. Now we have Turbaconducken to think about.
I’ll get around to trying Turducken someday, but the others are a bit much, I think.
Catch the iPhone virus, get rickrolled.
If you know a veteran, thank him or her.