The secret history of "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown." AKA: "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown - Worship it Before it Destroys You"

I really want to take the M44 out at night sometime.

In an otherwise depressing political season, it's nice to hear a bit of good news every once in a while (at least for locals). The Cato Institute just graded all state governors according to fiscal responsibility. Only one got an "A". Guess who?

Of course, he'll probably start spending like a drunken sailor investing in our state when he gets closer ( Read more... )

Firefox 2 is available. It's not a  mindblowing upgrade or anything. Better RSS support, more intuitive tabbed browsing and such, and it incorporates some features that were previously extensions. IMHO, though, the inline spell checker alone is worth the download. It underlines misspellings in forms like Word or a word processing program. I know it ( Read more... )

"Shaquille O'Neal Terrorizes Innocent Family in Wrong-Door SWAT Raid."

No, it's not a joke. The kicker is that it was a botched raid for child porn.

Ghost car!!!

Speeding suspect evades cops by driving through a fence. Not crashing through a fence, mind you. Driving through it.

So far, this is the closest they've come to a suspect.

Good essay. Awesome graphics. They'd make great LJ icons.

Bwahahahaha.

Eric leaves his LJ logged in, and SIonn can hijack it while he is sleeping peacefully in his bed, unaware of my duplicity!!

Hee.

Ew. Ew. Eeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwww!

I just got life insurance through my employer. Glancing over the manual, the benefits provisions are arranged in Q & A format. Best one:

What happens if I Disappear?

What, indeed.