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SALISBURY, Maryland (AP) — A woman who stole $4.52 worth of fuel was ordered to stand outside the gas station Friday wearing a sandwich board sign that declared: “I was caught stealing gas.” Isn’t this preferable to prison? Cheaper? More effective? Effective as a deterrent through the community? I love it. So, the UK government registered http://www.preparingforemergencies.gov.uk/, but they neglected to get http://www.preparingforemergencies.co.uk/. The lovely little parody at the second site sprung up. As the perpetrator says: It would only have been mildly funny, had some bod at the Cabinet Office not objected, sent me a firm email, and turned the whole thing into a news . . . → Read More: No no no…this is joke, see… Case mod(ification)s are a geeky engineer’s hot rod. This guy is enjoying a brief, well deserved run as king geek of whatever crowd he hangs out with. I forgot one of the first rules of adult male life today: Do not get a haircut at the mall. I am now wearing the happy meal of haircuts. The Old Navy, $7 pair of jeans coiffure. Disappointing. Here’s a hypothetical: Cheney decides, rightly, that Edwards is not worthy of his full contempt and scorn. He looks elsewhere for a worthy opponent and lights upon Teresa Kerry, John’s wife. Anticipating a chance to drop both the F-bomb and the B-slap in the same argument, he tosses a gauntlet in some conservative rag. Teresa . . . → Read More: Scenario Went to a very nice gathering last night at the house of the big-cheese in Jen’s new program. This guy is both her grandboss and the great-grandboss, and he’s hosting a series of dinners to help the new fellows, residents, and staff to get to know each other. What an amazing concept: team building, not . . . → Read More: Civilized They fixed my commute. Just by coming to town. Just by holding a little party where they wave flags and wear funny hats, they fixed my commute. I got a seat all to myself on the commuter rail, both ways! The T was uncrowded and prompted. At no point did I run. The trains even . . . → Read More: I am *so* voting Democrat Heavens and Saints preserve me, I’m going into Boston on the mass transit system, during the Democratic National Convention. They’ve closed the entire North half of the “T,” and the highways are closed between 4pm and 2am. |
