Monday, July 2, 2007
No longer stopping for Squirrels.
So, the breaks on my car went out this morning. I was driving to work and a squirrel jumped out in front of me. So I slammed on the breaks to not hit the squirrel and I slowed down but at the end of my slowing, the point at which I should have stopped, the break pedal went all the way forward and felt very loose. Then I noticed that pressing on the break didn't bring about my stopping. So I coasted into the parking lot in front of St. Anne's Episcopal Church and called dad. Yadda Yadda Yadda I get to help him try to fix it this afternoon.
But I think the most important part of this story is that I did not hit the squirrel. Which is a gigantic argument against the notion of Karma. Because in not hitting the squirrel I ought to have received a bump up, and an upward bump is not "break line now leaks fluid".
When I got into work and told my boss about it he said, "Well, at least the squirrel wasn't hurt. Because then you would have to pay for the import of those very tiny surgical tools. You know, we have no deal with them." To which I replied, "Yeah, we only have a deal with the pigeons."
So let it be known that I will no longer break for squirrels. In fact, if a squirrel gets in front of my car from this point on I will speed up and veer towards it. They had their chance, and it cost me a break line. So once the Taurus can once again stop it and I shall exact our revenge by not stopping for squirrels.
Dead Serious
Someone stole out Idea
Police: 2 Mugged in Flushing Cemetery
Last Edited: Sunday, 01 Jul 2007, 7:58 PM EDT
Created: Sunday, 01 Jul 2007, 7:55 PM EDT
MyFoxNY.com Local News
NEW YORK (AP) -- A man and a woman were visiting a cemetery when they were mugged by a shovel-wielding attacker who struck one of them in the arm, police say.
Police say the 38-year-old man received minor injuries, and he and the 64-year-old woman both lost some cash to the attacker, who took off across the Van Wyck Expressway after the incident at the Mount Hebron Cemetery.
Police say they caught up with the man after he jumped a fence into a lake inside Flushing Meadows Park and tried to hide in the weeds. He was arrested and brought to Booth Memorial Hospital for minor injuries. Charges against him are still pending.
Note to Ros: This is how one politely link a news story
Sunday, July 1, 2007
Twins
8:25:35 PM jayhaxor: Turn on TLC
8:25:44 PM thesupermikey: why?
8:25:55 PM jayhaxor: It's a show about 2 sixteen year old girls who are conjoined twins
8:26:04 PM thesupermikey: ..are they hot?
8:26:06 PM jayhaxor: I'm standing there with my mouth hanging open as I try to grasp it.
8:26:11 PM jayhaxor: Not really.
8:26:14 PM jayhaxor: It's just...
8:26:15 PM thesupermikey: damn
8:26:28 PM thesupermikey: I've got a conjoined twins fetish.
8:26:32 PM jayhaxor: I don't know how they can function...but they do....and they play sports...and...
8:26:42 PM thesupermikey: wow
Interesting and .. I think ultimately, good, read.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/94/11
I dunno how folks feel about Kieron Gillen, forefather of the semi-reviled New Games Journalism, but in general, when the man writes, it's at least worth reading, even if it pisses you off..
lemme know how you folks feel after reading it..
discuss. speechify. Make with the syllables allready.
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