Monday, February 28, 2005
That's just a little bit more than the law will allow
This is the perfect example of what makes America great.
Someone, somewhere is gonna make $100K for this. What a country!
Posted by Brian at 11:58 PM
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Category: Music/Movies/TV
Friday, February 25, 2005
Is there something in the water?
What the hell's wrong with Tyler, Texas?
First, there was the woman who was abducted from Tyler's Wal-Mart and found dead in western Texas.
Then last weekend, some psycho killed his pregnant girlfriend and her 7-year-old kid in Fort Worth. Where was the guy from? Yep. Tyler.
Finally yesterday, a guy starts blasting away with an AK-47 on Tyler's downtown square, killing two, wounding four and then departing his own earthly being courtesy of police gunfire.
Now whenever I see a headline on the web about a murder in Texas, I click on it just to see if it's Tyler again.
When I lived in Tyler a few years ago, I thought it was a pleasant little city. The population is only about 80,000. Friendly people, world-famous Rose Garden, LOTS of churches, low low prices. Now these three incidents in a one-month span? It's definitely unsettling. I'm surprised the media hasn't connected all these dots and labeled Tyler the Murder Capitol of Texas. Come on, 60 Minutes, get with the program! You can't just wait for the next Summer of the Shark! You gotta blaze the trail!
And I didn't even mention that Bible belter a couple years ago who claimed God told her to kill her children. So she did. In Tyler, you do what God tells you.
- Posted by Brian at 9:45 PM
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- Category: Random
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Pondering the unknown
I also experienced both amusement and pride upon discovering that Mr. Slam appeared in someone's random compilation of messed-up cats.
- Posted by Brian at 10:21 PM
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- Category: Kittens
Monday, February 7, 2005
Ashes to ashes
My faithful Lexmark X83 has passed.
He was crippled for a long time, unable to print from his black cartridge. I couldn't stand to see him like that so I decided to attempt a routine cartridgectomy. I cleared a sizable blockage of ink from one of his main nozzles and carefully re-attached his delicate side panel. The operation complete, I plugged him in, and his eyes lit up ... and then blinked frantically as an awful banging sound came from inside. With no time to waste, I tore off the front panel, performed an emergency cartridge realignment and plugged him back in. One last horrible crunching noise sealed his fate.
Blinking back tears, I slowly closed his paper tray and set him gently back in the same box from which he sprang four short years ago.
On a completely unrelated subject, have I got a great deal on a used printer / copier / scanner for some lucky consumer! Hurry! Supplies are limited!
- Posted by Brian at 11:53 PM
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- Category: Tech/Geek
Thursday, February 3, 2005
Oops
I fell asleep and missed Bush's State of the Union address. I'm kind of nervous right now, not knowing how well the country's doing. I hope we're ok.
I know! I'll check Fox News! They'll give it to me straight.
- Posted by Brian at 2:23 AM
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- Category: Politics
