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The media is blaming hackers for the outbreak in recent days of electronic road signs warning of zombies.  This, for example, appeared near Austin, Texas.     More road signs showed up earlier this week in Indiana, warning of raptors.   This all comes about from a post at i-hacked.com about how to hack the signs (NOTE: Don't do it!).  The … Read More

Good luck… — WTMJ radio reports an hour's wait for a table at a Denny's in Wauwatosa, Wisc. — WJXX radio in Jacksonville, Fla., says managers at one spot on Atlantic Boulevard report as much business as on Christmas Day. They  expect more than 800 people to dive in. The radio reports that some students are skipping first hour of … Read More

First, he makes an incredible landing in the icy waters of the Hudson, saving over 150 lives. As the passengers escape, he walks up and down the aisles of the watersoaked 747, making sure everyone got out.  He is the last one to leave the plane. Hero?  You bet. But now, he's just becoming a little too saintly. Captain Chesley … Read More

Because it's Friday….. Pepsi: PepsiCo's signature cola flavor and its namesake cola. Diet Pepsi: The sugarfree equivalent. Pepsi Free: Introduced in 1982 by PepsiCo as the first major-brand caffeine-free cola and is today sold as Caffeine-Free Pepsi and Caffeine-Free Diet Pepsi. Crystal Pepsi: Discontinued; clear version of cola; introduced in 1992 and sold until 1993. Crystal by Pepsi: Discontinued (non-cola) … Read More

I always find this spokesbaby to be a bit scary, but this is funny:

A follow-up to a story I posted about a month ago, involving a NJ supermarket who refused to make a birthday cake for a kid.  (And why?  The kid's name was Adolf Hitler Campbell). That story caught a few national headlines, especially the father's laughable dismissal of his son's name (as well as his daughter's name: JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell. Well… now…. … Read More

Avoid run-on sentences they are hard to read.   Agree, Not Guilty Never use no double negatives.  Agree, Not Guilty Use the semicolon properly, always where it is appropriate; and never where it is not.  Agree, Not Guilty Reserve the apostrophe for it's proper use and omit it where it is not needed. Partially Agree, Not Guilty Verbs has to agree … Read More

GigaOm’s Top 10 Flash Games of 2008   Videogum’s Top 10 Worst People of 2008nbsp;  Popular Mechanics’ Top 10 Gadgets of 2008 Politico’s Top 10 Worst Political Ads of 2008  Epicurious’ Top 10 Food Trends of 2009 Spin’s Top 10 Overlooked Albums of 2008   Salon’s Top 10 Books of 2008 Roger Ebert’s Top 10 Foreign Films of 2008   Time’s Top 10 Magazine Covers of 2008   The New Yorker’s Top 10 … Read More

…was that I didn't pay attention to the news. This Santa Claus killer?  Man, I'm dumbstruck.

He's in China as of this writing:

Question: "What do you call a thousand cats transported by train to Guangdong each day?" GUANGZHOU, China – While animal lovers in Beijing protested the killing of cats for food on Thursday, a butcher in Guangdong province — where felines are the main ingredient in a famous soup — just shrugged her shoulders and wielded her cleaver. "Cats have a … Read More

On Main Street of my hometown (Concord, NH):   Here in NC? Not so much….

Why don't humans have a mating season? Why do the women gymnasts walk around between events with that goofy arm-swing gait? Why are pandas' names doubled? Ling Ling, Tuan Tuan, Yuan Yuan…. Is it just me, or do all national anthems the world over, no matter how rich and exotic the culture, seem to sound like European marching-band music? Wouldn't … Read More

No, I'm not kidding. How about it ladies?  Do you find the smell of a Whopper seductive? Actually, the product claims to give one "the scent of seduction, with a hint of flame-broiled meat."