I love In Plain Sight, but I’ve been busy and only just got around to watching the season finale. During the show, Mary said she didn’t want to vacation on the beach because of “too many pasty fatsos.” Hey IPS writers: Anyone – black or white, tall or short, fat or skinny, pale or tanned, [...]
The local paper has an article today about a Click-It-or-Ticket blitz that’s coming up, and people in the comments are, as usual, whining about the seat belt laws. They also mention helmet laws. I think “Really?!” with Seth & Amy on SNL should cover this issue. I mean, come on. Would they jump out of [...]
You can go to Wireless Amber alerts to get Amber alerts sent to your cell phone. I live in Indiana, but close enough to both Michigan and Illinois to make it practical to subscribe to this service for all 3 states. There are 2 problems with this: 1. Amber alerts are usually issued statewide, but [...]
I walked into Wal-Mart yesterday and the two greeters were having an argument about one giving away the last Mart Cart, the motorized scooter. One of the greeters was an elderly lady who walks with a cane and is allowed to sit for her entire shift. This greeter said to the other, “But he didn’t [...]
This article on Walletpop is pretty much nonsense. I thought back to the last several times I went to the buffet. I *always* sit in a booth, rarely sit facing the buffet, always browse the entire selection before I choose my food, and I love chopsticks. I very rarely clean my plate. I chew my [...]
The very graphic accident re-enactment video about texting while driving is causing quite a controversy. As someone who was recently in a serious car accident (which was not caused by texting, but by a 17-year-old with no driver’s license and an expired permit whose parents chose to let him drive with 3 friends as passengers), [...]
*update 08-25-09* The comments backlash has begun, although they never did post my comment, which oddly was more polite than the 2 they did post. Gizmodiva has posted about larger seats being installed on a train. They use such hateful words as…well, read it for yourself: We know that the world is slowly turning grotesquely [...]
If you go to the ACLU website and sign the “be a Constitution voter” pledge, you can get a free bumper sticker. Sign here I Am a Constitution Voter * I believe that no one — including the President — is above the law. * I oppose all forms of torture, and I support both [...]
Subject: Check-in: Your bags and your rights. If you travel outside the United States this summer, you can kiss your right to privacy, and perhaps your laptop, digital camera and cell phone, goodbye. Did you know… 1. Border security can seize your laptop, cell phone or camera with no suspicion or explanation. 2. Many airports [...]
My dad’s been in the hospital with a blocked artery – nothing contagious. Today around 10am, he was moved out of ICU to a regular room, at which point he asked for some water. The nurse’s aide brought him a small pitcher full of ice water, large enough to hold 3-4 glasses’ worth of water, [...]
