Happy New Year

Well, I have another long weekend coming up. I probably won't be doing much if any blog stuff. So until next year, later.

May you all blah blah blah, and have a blah blah blah, and many more blah blah blah.
You know, all the usual New Year's shit.

Picture ever so shamelessly stolen from On the Patio

This Is An Interesting Look

Female Soldiers from around the world

Not safe for dial-up.

This Is Cool

Flight tracker.
To quote the web site:

"View schedule and track activity for any private (IFR) or commercial flight.
See scheduled, enroute, and recent flight activity for any airport."

Trivia

From BBC News - 100 things we didn't know this time last year

[...]

30. There are an estimated 1,000 people in the UK in a persistent vegetative state.

[...]

A few more than that I would say.
A helluva lot more than that in California.

This Day In Music

From ThisDayInMusic.com:

2001, Nickelback went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'How To Remind Me'.

Good tune.

1999, George Harrison and his wife Olivia were attacked when an intruder broke into their home. Olivia beat off the attacker with a poker and heavy lamp. Police later arrested the intruder Michael Abram. George was stabbed in the chest and was admitted to hospital.

Nice to know security systems work that well.

1978, Emerson Lake and Palmer announced their official break up.

Awesome guitar work from that band.

1969, Peter Tork quit The Monkees, buying himself out of his contract which left him broke.

Probably still kicking his own ass.

1962, Brenda Lee was hurt when she attempted to rescue her poodle, Cee Cee from her burning house. Cee Cee later died of smoke inhalation.

A poodle? No loss.


And from HistoryChannel.com:

1985 Rick Nelson dies in plane crash

Rock musician Rick Nelson is killed in a plane crash. Nelson got his start by starring in his parents' TV series, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.

Spam Subject of the Day

"was watch no whack"

Must not have been a very good dirty movie.

'21'

Well, Hapy Birfday, you punk-assed kid.

(The recipient knows who it is)


Update: "I ain't touching another drop the rest of my life."

Stupid, Stupid, Fucking Stupid

I knew some Californicators were stupid, but I didn't think they were this stupid:

San Francisco, NRA Make Deal on Handgun Ban

Wed Dec 28, 8:02 PM ET

SAN FRANCISCO - The city of San Francisco and the National Rifle Association reached a deal Wednesday under which city officials will delay enforcement of part of a voter-approved handgun ban.

Voters on Nov. 8 approved banning the sale and possession of handguns in the city. Residents must get rid of their weapons by April 1. But the NRA and city agreed to extend from Jan. 1 to March 1 the deadline for banning sales.

In exchange, the NRA agreed to drop its bid for a temporary restraining order and will instead have the issue litigated in court, which should resolve it more quickly.

The measure was put on the ballot by the San Francisco County Board of Supervisors, which was frustrated by the number of gun-related homicides. About 58 percent of voters approved it.

[My bolding]
How can they possibly think that by simply making something illegal, it goes away?

Good gawd-a-mighty. [Spit, stomp]

Do You Need A Headache?

Go take a look at this site.

The idea: turn his home page into a billboard made up of a million dots, and sell them for a dollar a dot to anyone who wants to put up their logo. A 10 by 10 dot square, roughly the size of a letter of type, costs $100.

So simple, yet so expensive.

Oh well. Another idea I didn't have.

Uhh, Yeah.

Free Saddam to end woes in Iraq, lawyer tells Bush

32 minutes ago

AMMAN (Reuters) - The United States should free Saddam Hussein if it wants to end its problems in Iraq and earn the friendship of Arabs, the former Iraqi president's lawyer wrote in a letter to U.S. President George W. Bush.

End 'our' woes? Not likely.
Not only that, but can you imagine the wrath it would bring on the Iraqi people?

This Day in History

From HistoryChannel.com

General Interest

1845 Texas enters the Union

Well, sort of.


OLD WEST

1890 U.S. Army massacres Sioux at Wounded Knee

Sort of put the "." at the end of the indian wars.


WORLD WAR II

1940 Germans raid London

The German targeting of the English capitol had begun back in August, payback for British attacks on Berlin. In September, a horrendous firestorm broke out in London's poorest districts as German aircraft dropped 337 tons of bombs on docks, tenements, and teeming streets. The "London Blitz" killed thousands of civilians.
[...]

Spam Subject of the Day

"Tonia but evolutionary, the phoenix"

Or is it intelligent design?

Hey Kids!

Only 362 days until Christmas!

Start shopping TODAY!

Nice Group Of Fellers

Several Questioned in Milwaukee Beating

2 hours, 10 minutes ago

MILWAUKEE - A motorist who was kicked, punched and left alone in the street after honking at a group of people suffered severe head trauma and may not survive, police said.
[...]

"It's Christmas week. A guy's trying to drive down the street," (Mayor Tom) Barrett said. "What's the problem here?"
[...]

The problem here is the guy didn't have a gun to protect himself from a gang of assholes with too much time on their hands.

All the hell he did, was honk at a group of people who wouldn't let him drive down the street. Yeah, I guess that's a good enough reason to bash his fucking skull in.

I Learnt Somethin' New Today

I just learned that the Rhine Falls or "Rheinfall", in Switzerland is the largest waterfall in Europe. Here's a pic:

(Right-Click -> View Image)

It drops roughly 50 feet.
Meh. That ain't shit. (More info here.)

Compare that with some North American waterfalls:

Search Phrases From The Dark Side

Another weirdy passed by. They must have been looking for some thrills:

"purchase sodium pentathol"

Sorry, can't help you.

Spam Subject of the Day

"was spell go biro chokey"

No, I don't get into the choking game.

That Was Fun

The 50 Greatest Gadgets of the Past 50 Years
Go see how many you remember.

Anna Nicole Had A Merry Christmas

"Whiiiinnnnneeeeeee. "

"Iisss timeI ho-hossshht the 'wardshow? No? Ozzhhy! Ozzhhyen hish shtupiddumbassshh fam, fam, hish shtup'd kidsh hoshtingThe'Warshoww? OzzshyKin suck madick gahdamm't! Tha' fuckin'.....FUCKER!"

The Trollop

So Osama has a looker for a niece, eh?

I wonder what he would think of the slutty wench exposing all that mortal flesh for the infidel GQ magazine?

Wafah Dufour, niece of Osama bin Laden, poses in an undated publicity photo released on December 22, 2005, taken during a photo session for the January 2006 issue of GQ Magazine. (Jeff Riedel/GQ Magazine/Handout/Reuters)