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DIRT.
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we have no lives, Beth and I like to watch Fox's ten o'clock news and
make fun of it. It's on for a whole hour and they seem to have some
difficulty filling that hour with hard news stories. For example, last
night they did a story on people who have a disorder known as pica,
which is the pathological consumption of non-food items. Yes, non-food
items. As in dirt, cigarette butts, soap shavings, and small toys.
Seriously. And, Fox being Fox, they had some video of a lady eating dirt
out of a large plastic bucket. Although we shouldn't have been laughing, we couldn't
help it. Fascinating and hilarious, yes; newsworthy and timely, no.
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WEDDING DEPOT.
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CONGRATS.
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VERY SUSPICIOUS.
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Wedding Update: Beth and I have
been debating the value of registering at Home Depot. On one hand, we
definitely could use things for the house. Yet on the other hand, the
things we need aren't exactly gifty-type items. For instance, we
seriously need a new front door for our House of Squalor, but I don't
see anyone spending 400 bucks for a door as a wedding present. Beth also
mentioned registering for some wood for a new deck, but that has
problems written all over it. I can just see a big delivery truck
pulling up and dropping a load of wood in our driveway.
Yeah, I don't
think so.
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And then there was this little gem from a Fox reporter last night:
"A police spokesman said that a man with a sawed-off shotgun was acting suspicious inside the Giant grocery store."
A man with a shotgun being suspicious? Um, doesn't that go without
saying? I mean, one would think...
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MR. ACCOUNTANT.
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A SMALL STEP.
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Barney:
"Hey, I work hard at my job."
Glenn: "Yeah,
sure you do."
Barney: "I do! That's why my last
raise was a 3 and 7/5ths percent increase."
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Add this to the It's Important But I Forgot To Mention It file: The
Supreme Court finally struck down the provision that allows the death
penalty for juveniles. Just as it did in the 2002 case of Atkins v. Virginia
(capital punishment for the mentally retarded), the majority opinion of
the Court cited "evolving standards of decency" in making their
ruling.
Out-frickin-standing. Sure, it's a small step, but
it's still a step.
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TEMPERED.
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A
Small Step, Dirt, Mr. Accountant, Tempered, Calculator, Smokey, Very
Suspicious, Wedding Depot, and Congrats. |
Actually, when I first heard
about the Supreme Court's ruling, I was pretty happy. It
certainly made my day. But then I turned on CNN and they had an interview
with Shirley Cook's brother (she was the victim in the case that the
Supreme Court ruled on). In the interview, he was alternately angry and heartbroken.
And suddenly, I wasn't quite so elated.
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CALCULATOR.
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SMOKEY.
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"3 7/5" into Google and it tells you it equals 4.4. That's one
big calculator, I tell ya.
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Or,
if you type "3 7/5" into Google and then click on
"Images," the first result is a picture of Jim Cummings, who is the voice
of Smokey the Bear and the announcer for Nickelodeon. How odd.
Sorry. I'll go do some work now.
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2000-2005 by gja.
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