What a crappy name for a dog, pun intended, but worthy of a chuckle. This lady from Kentucky named him Shithead and then put it on a tombstone when the dog passed on. People are complaining about it, saying it is “disrespectful.” Video not at 11, but below:
I debated whether to pull out the asterisks in the headline. Figured it’s more worksafe this way, so guess I’m dissing the dog too. Wonder what names Michael Vick used for the fighting dogs? Now there is disrespect.
Maybe you already have a million or more dollars, maybe not, but the question is what would you do if someone gave you a million bones? Would you save it? Invest it? Spend it? Squander it? I doubt many people would admit to the latter.
I find the answer people give to this question intriguing. These days a million dollars doesn’t go as far as it used to, unfortunately, but you can still do a lot. I read an article from one of the finance sites awhile back (sorry, didn’t bookmark the link, but would be happy to put in place if anybody else locates) that suggested a good target retirement principal sum these days is 5-10 million dollars. Naturally, that number depends on your family’s standard of living and what you feel like you’ll need, keeping inflation in mind, when you reach retirement age.
For $16 per adult, you can take the world’s largest gondola ride in Kellogg, Idaho at Silver Mountain as many times as you want for the whole day. When we went up on Sunday the skies weren’t completely clear, but it appeared we might be able to reach the mountain top without any fog or rain. This Hmmcast video shows our adventure up close and personal all the way to the top. The temperature at the peak (just over 6,000 feet) was 42 degrees and revealed a sad message:
Who was Natasha Fuller who died at the ripe young age of 21? Natasha was Silver Mountain’s assistant director of Silver Kids, who was killed in a skiing accident at Vail, Colo., on Feb. 7, 2001. While skiing alone she lost control and hit a tree with her head. This reminded me of Sonny Bono.
Cross country I’d be interested in and maybe the tiny hills downhill. The tubes look fun too. Think I’ll pass on any serious downhill skiing.
As mentioned in the last post, we’re doing some major OCR work at the moment. Some of the manuscripts in my writing trunk are 20+ years old. We’re using the demo of Omnipage 15 and think I’ll be buying Omnipage 16 ($149). There is a more expensive pro version for $499, but I don’t think I’ll be needing all those features. This is work intended for another website primarily although I have shared some of my fiction writings here in the past, see the 666 category on 6/6/06. My past experiences with OCR haven’t been as smooth as this one, so I’m hopeful to get the works all digitized.
Drama already on the 3/4 Van Halen new tour. Somebody airbrushed former bassist Michael Anthony out of the album covers on the official website, fans complained — even starting a petition to have him put back — resulting in the webmaster putting Anthony back on the covers.
As the image shows above, the fans retaliated with some photoshop skills of their own. No idea if this was Eddie’s fault or if he even knew about the airbrushing, but he’s taking the fall with some fans. Some are speculating that VH might not want have wanted to pay Michael Anthony for the use of his likeness on the website but that seems incredibly lame if that’s the case.
Come on boys, hold it together. December 3 I’m looking forward to seeing you guys rocking on stage, not busted up again. Heck, I’d like to buy the new album David Lee Roth teased you would make.
The Piss-Screen - a pressure-sensitive inlay set within urinals, enabling users to play while they pee. We installed this newfangled creation in male restrooms across Frankfurt, teaming up with a variety of bars, clubs and cafés. The game itself was displayed on a screen above each urinal, and would automatically start as soon as someone began to pee. The player could then control the car whilst relieving himself – if they wanted the car to go right, they simply peed to the right (and visa versa).
Now why don’t we see more Piss-Screens in the US? Sounds like a good way to combat drunk driving. Why not go further? Test the blood alcohol level in the urine and text message the cab numbers to their cell phone. And if the BAC is too high, cut them off.
Talk about all new type of game controller, eat your Wiimote out, Nintendo. I better bail from this one before it gets ugly …
Whitesnake Singer David Coverdale was toasting a bagel at his Lake Tahoe home when an uninvited furry guest decided to break in. Yogi wasn’t welcome and Coverdale chased the bear off with an air siren.
The Lake Tahoe area, on the border of California and Nevada, is experiencing a rise in bear home invasions. The animals, which can weigh as much as 400lb (180kg), have become less wary of humans after years of being fed and finding scraps in dustbins.
The bear even took a swim in Coverdale’s pool! The picture of the bear inside the pool made me laugh out loud.
I’m reminded of many Whitesnake signature tunes that could fit this story like Love Ain’t No Stranger, Slide It In, Is This Love and Soldier of Fortune.
