June 2007
83 posts
“First off, shame on all the news hosts who’ve spent the past few days...”
– Benoit’s shocking death raises question of fans’ complicity - baltimoresun.com
“According to Wikipedia (Celebrating 750 Years of American Independence!) there...”
– WWdN: In Exile: “He stayed at his post!”
“Last night Mrs. Macalope made the horned one a happy polymorph. Over glasses of...”
– The love of a good woman. | The Macalope: An Apple blog - CNET Blogs
“Damn! i REALLY didn’t feel like standing in line today…”
– Macenstein » AT&T unveils 5x Edge speed increase for iPhone launch
“He then expanded upon OS X, and what it means for the business. There is one OS...”
– Internal Apple Stevenote: iPhone, iPods with OS X, and “off the charts” Macs in the pipeline
“Ohhh GREAT!!! Now you’re gonna get it. You just WAIT til Mama hears you...”
– Tammi’s World: Shooter in the house!, via sarahk on IMAO
“My iPhone is so amazed at itself, it orgasmed.”
– Twitter / Erick Erickson
“Apple’s media blitz wasn’t without its glitches.
On NBC’s “Today” show,...”
– Eager customers snap up first iPhones - Wireless World - MSNBC.com
Smart couples invest in Pottery Barn.
Yvonne: Okay, the thought of spending thousands on a diamond is making me queasy again.
Pauley: meep.
Yvonne: Does this mean I don't want to get married or does this mean spending thousands on a diamond makes me queasy? :P
Pauley: I think the latter.
Yvonne: Yeah.
Yvonne: It's not an investment
Pauley: you're too fiscally smart for the diamond industry.
Yvonne: It's really not!
Yvonne: Our couch was a better purchase and more symbolic of the strength of our relationship.
Pauley: LOLOLOL
Yvonne: If we broke up, how the hell would I get a sofabed back to Canada?!
Grand jury clears RIT student of gun charges :... →
Grand jurors refused Wednesday to indict Jonathan M. Hackenburg, a 22-year-old senior engineering student from Hackettstown, N.J., on two felony charges of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon and a misdemeanor of fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
The grand jury determined that the rifles Hackenburg had in his room at the RIT Inn & Conference Center weren’t illegal...
“Sounds like 3 1/2 inches is all this woman was used to getting, anyway.”
– Commenter “James Hill” on Dvorak Uncensored » G-Shot, A New Procedure To Enhance The G-Spot? Ladies, This Involves A 3 1/2 Inch Long Needle
FOXNews.com - Bald Eagle Comes Off Endangered List... →
WASHINGTON — The government took the American bald eagle off the endangered species list Thursday _ an official name-dropping that President Bush hailed as “a wonderful way” to celebrate the Fourth of July.
Paris Hilton may plan to sue her lawyer - Gossip:... →
“The way this case was handled was a disaster,” the insider says. “Nobody goes to jail for DUI that long. It was all the lawyer’s fault and we’re looking into what recourse we have.” The source says legal action may be in the future. That’s nice, but if I remember right, the jail sentence was for driving with a suspended license, not DUI, and quite frankly, she deserved the time-out...
5 high school grads arrested over 'prank' - Crime... →
TOTOWA, N.J. - Five recently graduated high school students have been arrested in connection with pyrotechnic devices found at Wayne Valley High School in mid-June that led to the school’s evacuation one day before the start of final exams.
Not Yet Legal for the Street, but a Whiz on a... →
TOMAH, Wis., June 24 — It was not just Nicole Snyder’s age, 17, that made her such a hit at the Dairyland Super National Truck and Tractor Pull here Saturday night. And it was more than the fact that her tractor’s two jet engines together produced 7,000 horsepower, enough to fly a troop-carrying helicopter. (Free nytimes.com registration may be required to view this article.)
FOXNews.com - Ex-Marine, 72, Teaches Pickpocket a... →
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Bill Barnes says he was scratching off a losing $2 lottery ticket inside a gas station when he felt a hand slip into his front-left pants pocket, where he had $300 in cash.
He immediately grabbed the person’s wrist with his left hand and started throwing punches with his right, landing six or seven blows before a store manager intervened.
In vino, veri--OWWWW!
Andy: Hey Pauley
Pauley: hey whatey
Andy: would it be wrong to get the phrase "In vino, veritas" tattooed on my bicep?
Andy: because I'm honestly contemplating it now
Pauley: not as wrong as having it tattooed on your upper lip.
Andy: looooooooooooooooooooooool
MacUser: 30 years of nostalgia, in one giant JPG →
Join me in the MacUser wayback machine as we take a look at the long, tortuous history of Apple product design.
FOXNews.com - Pennsylvania Police Investigate... →
A video posted on the newspaper’s Web site showed strippers giving men lap dances on the links of the Cherry Valley Golf Course in Stroudsburg, Pa., as other golfers teed off.
“Controversial documentary filmmaker Michael Moore has found a new cause:...”
– IMAO: Michael Moore Demands Government Funded Cheeseburgers
FOXNews.com - Tennessee Mother Makes Daughter... →
Tashara Wilkins, 13, held a sign Sunday reading, “I don’t obey my parents, I’m a liar. I steal from my mom. I have a bad attitude.”
TheStar.com - News - CN Tower's new look →
A new lighting system offers infinite variety of night looks. Stated intention: elegance. And the bonus of a lower energy bill. Trippy. :)
Dvorak Uncensored » Maybe This Wasn’t Such A Good... →
Perhaps done by someone who never used a condom? Whoops.
FOXNews.com - Judge Rules in Favor of Dry Cleaner... →
A judge ruled Monday in favor of a dry cleaner that was sued for $54 million over a missing pair of pants.
FOXNews.com - Is Earmark Disclosure a True Measure... →
In a word: YES.
Kyle Smith on Michael Moore's 'Sicko' - NY Post... →
Michael Moore’s latest documentary “Sicko” is an urgent bipartisan plea. Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives, Yankees and Red Sox can surely all agree, says Moore, that our health care system ought to be run by Fidel Castro. The silliness of Moore’s oeuvre is so self-evident that being able to spot it is not liberal or conservative either; it’s a basic intelligence test, like...
“Dear Credit Card Companies,
Thank you for your frequent and varied offers to...”
– daverea.com » simple request
Passport rule to be delayed - Democrat &... →
WASHINGTON — A new rule starting in January will require U.S. citizens to show a government-issued ID and proof of citizenship to re-enter the country by land or sea from Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean. But Americans won’t have to show passports until a yet-undetermined date next summer, the government said Wednesday. Until then driver’s licenses and birth certificates...
“Here’s the reality: radio stations change formats all the time and...”
– The Latest Liberal Excuse To Censor Talk Radio - Right Wing News (Conservative News and Views)
Annoyed, hospitalized teen unplugs neighbor's life... →
Jackass oughta get thrown someplace — either in jail, or off a bridge, I don’t care which.
“According to Amazon’s Bestsellers list, Apple’s unreleased OS X Leopard is...”
– Macenstein » Macenstein Archive » Mac OS X Leopard already outselling Vista. So is SpongeBob Typing.
“The real bafflement here is why the media even gives these (9/11 conspiracy...”
– The Best Quotes From Drew Curtis’ ‘How Mass Media Tries to Pass Off Crap As News.’ - Right Wing News (Conservative News and Views)
Confederate Yankee: Support the Marines →
Send a Marine a supportive email.
CBC - Stanley Cup to travel small-town paper... →
Dustin Penner, a player with the Stanley Cup-winning Anaheim Ducks, will bring hockey’s holy grail to his hometown of Winkler, Man., on July 7.
Now Penner and the city of 9,000, southeast of Winnipeg, are trying to decide what to do with the cup during its short visit.
FOXNews.com - 40-Year-Old Former Teacher Marries... →
[Brenton] Wuchae resigned his position and, according to a marriage license, married [Windy] Hager after the girl’s parents grudgingly gave their consent.
FOXNews.com - S.C. Cops: Naked Couple Falls 50... →
Clothing was discovered on the roof, leading authorities to suspect the man and woman, in their early 20s, may have been having sex.
“CAIR’s dues-paying membership has shrunk 90 percent since 9/11 —...”
– The Fred Thompson Report on ABC Radio Networks
Welcome to JeffGordon.com :: Jeff & Ingrid Proudly... →
Earlier today, Jeff Gordon and Ingrid Vandebosch welcomed a new daughter into the world…
Jacksonville.com: Metro: Story: 'You're fired,'... →
When a neighbor screamed she’d been shot, Colin Bruley grabbed his shotgun, found the victim and began treating her bloodied right leg. Tonnetta Lee survived Tuesday’s pre-dawn shooting at her Jacksonville apartment, and her sister and a neighbor praised Bruley’s actions. But his employers, the same people who own the Arlington complex where Bruley lives, reacted differently....
“I noted a while back that the GOP would sacrifice Bush for the 2008 elections,...”
– Instapundit.com
Townhall.com::The Politically Incorrect... →
Hablas Espanol? Jessica Alba doesn’t. Is there anything wrong with that? Apparently so.