Local Loser

Could’ve been worse, I suppose, if it weren’t so amusing. According to this article on Bend.com, Jodie Lynn Ackerman was released from jail last Wednesday (the 8th) due to overcrowding. By Saturday night (three days later), she “was booked back into the jail on charges of second-degree theft, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, first-degree… Continue reading Local Loser

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Towel Amnesty Day

Am I just cynical? Holiday Inn is declaring today Towel Amnesty Day in which anyone who has ever stolen a towel (or anything else, I imagine) from a hotel can tell their story, and Holiday Inn will donate $1.00 to charity (plus 25 lucky people will “win” a souvenir towel). You know what I see… Continue reading Towel Amnesty Day

FUD Alert

There’s this site called Technofile written by some guy named Al Fasoldt that has this article that I thought was pretty FUDish. I found it because my wife sent me a link to online news source Syracuse.com that had picked up this article. It’s about alleged spyware Hotbar, and after reviewing the article, I’ve pretty… Continue reading FUD Alert

Well, duh.

Here’s an interesting study: Drinking alcohol makes the opposite sex look more attractive (Yahoo article; MSNBC is here). Haven’t we all known this for years? You know, along the lines of those T-shirts and bumper stickers proclaiming “Beer – helping ugly people have sex since 1883” or somesuch. I mean, really. That’s what alcohol does.… Continue reading Well, duh.

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Truth? Or Onion?

This is what passes for news in the Bend Bulletin, our local newspaper. I swear, this reads like it’s straight out of The Onion (excerpts, with my own commentary): Tuesday, June 25, 2002 Prineville man questions how the pyramids were built Alan St. John was reading the December issue of Popular Mechanics when he spotted… Continue reading Truth? Or Onion?