Friday, July 30, 2010

Fire season starts in southern California

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The Southeast coast (including Charleston) has its hurricanes. The Midwest, tornadoes. The upper East Coast has New York City. Every place h...

Inmate sues man he's convicted of burglarizing

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What's wrong with this picture? You robs the joint, you takes your chances. At least, that's how it used to go. Or has our society b...
Thursday, July 29, 2010

Police: Cheeseburger found in SC woman's gas tank

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Man, I hate it when I misplace my lunch. Police: Cheeseburger found in SC woman's gas tank - Yahoo! News

Data on millions of Facebook users available online

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Talk about hanging your business out on the street: BBC News - Details of 100m Facebook users collected and published Here's an excerpt ...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Mark your calendar: Asteroid strike on agenda in 2182

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H'mmm ... from the look of things, what I write today will make absolutely no difference to anybody in about 172 years. Good to know. I ...

Parts of Arizona's immigration law gutted; fight not over

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This almost sounds like the perfect compromise because now, no one is pleased. For the record, though, Arizona's immigration law has bee...

Student opposes homosexuality, is expelled, federal court upholds expulsion

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Now ... if she was Muslim or Paiute or something like that, would the court have taken this stance? Or would the judge have bent over backwa...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Don't just do something, sit there: America's laziest states

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(He's not sleeping; he's hard at work inspecting his eyelids. Photo by Getty Images.) Call it laziness or just smelling the roses a ...

Lightning strike gives woman a Blackberry brand

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When you think about it, there's almost something poetic about the whole thing, unfortunate as it is: Lightning bolts cause problems acr...
Sunday, July 25, 2010

Survey: A majority of phone users have ditched the landline

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Found this in Consumerist, and it gives an idea of how the times are a-changing. In an informal, admittedly nonscientific poll, more than ha...

Sending aggressive-sounding emails? There's a (Windows) app for that

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OK, so you're sending snarky emails in the heat of the moment? Maybe you told off a co-worker or your boss in an interoffice communicati...
Saturday, July 24, 2010

Birds force concert cancellation: Deja vu?

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Wasn't this from an Alfred Hitchcock movie? Or maybe Mel Brooks ... Birds force Kings of Leon from St. Louis stage - CNN.com An excerpt,...

Now brewing: Roadkill Beer

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Ewwwwwww! This came from the Mental Floss blog. Enjoy! Now Brewing: Roadkill Beer : " A brewery in Scotland has begun brewing what the...
Friday, July 23, 2010

Greene's Air Force records should carry no real surprises

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H'mmm ... According to his service records: " ... an overall inability to clearly express his thoughts and perform basic tasks ......
Thursday, July 22, 2010

Unnatural selection: Alcohol and trains don't mix

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Folks, I can't make this stuff up. This is from Summerville, a town just a few miles down the road from me. Man dies after attempting to...

Wis. candidate can't use controversial description on ballot

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... and you thought South Carolina had strange politics: Wis. candidate can't use controversial description (AP) : AP - A legislative ...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Hubpages: Making your 'dumb' cell phone smarter

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From Hubpages: Why are you messing with that ridiculously expensive smart phone? You know, the one that came with that draconian contract yo...

Greene's first speech shows slippery grasp of facts

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South Carolina's action figure hero/Senatorial candidate Alvin Greene made his first speech over the weekend, on his home turf and in fr...
Monday, July 19, 2010

Hubpages: Six grocery items, 139 uses -- who'd guess?

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As published in Hubpages -- check it out ! ###

From room-to-rent ad: Guess who gets the benefits?

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I ran across this ad in Craigslist today, and it gives me an idea of what this world is coming to: Male Musician with 2 bedroom apartment lo...