This saddens me.   Its like the ONLY "game" I really play.  Except SimCity.

From AP:

Newspaper claims suspect transformed into a goat

LAGOS, Nigeria - One of Nigeria's biggest daily newspapers reported that police implicated a goat in an attempted automobile theft. In a front-page article on Friday, the Vanguard newspaper said that two men tried to steal a Mazda car two days earlier in Kwara State, with one suspect ( Read more... )

Had a terrible day yesterday.  Single handedly destroyed a database.  Today, successfully repaired said database and found a solution to a different firm wide problem.  My boss is happy.   He didn't seem to care about the database destruction at all... how odd ( Read more... )

I just don't think I will ever understand why people riot.  I have heard the mob mentality theory but I just can't grasp the concept ( Read more... )

Hello... are these pills working?

I started my first day back to work by having a coworked collapse three times outside my office while we waited for paramedics to arrive.  It took me almost 5 minutes to revive her during the 2nd event.  I thought she stopped breathing twice and was almost ready to use my old CPR training.  Something I never wanted to use, but am glad I know how ( Read more... )

What does the Bay area have against the $10 bill.  Since I have moved here I might have seen one.  No matter where I go I ALWAYS get 2 $5 bills instead of the $10er I expect.  I find this odd.

Transparency

From USA Today's Today in the Sky blob:

"Airline fees are here to stay, even as fuel costs sink
You had better get used to all those new airline fees. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution writes "although airlines are enjoying lower fuel costs, it doesn't mean the end of extra fees for travelers. That's because the airline industry has made fees for ( Read more... )

Day 3 brings more drums banging, more "clankers" clanking and more unintelligible cadence from the street below. The protesters are driving me crazy! The custodial staff have some sort of grievance with the building management. From what I have been able to figure out they are either unhappy that the building is requiring them to handle ( Read more... )