Entries from August 2005
Been a while since I did any geek-chic, but I don’t know how I missed
this post. More love from
Lifehacker.
I am cheap and I love a bargain. That’s why I use coupon codes and rebates for just about everything that I buy online.
Homeboy then goes on to name a few sites, such as
Ben’s Bargains, and
Fat Wallet that spiffly provide us poor uber-geek types with rebates, coupon codes, and such that are actually, *gasp*
designed to save you money. I know, I didn’t believe it either. But apparently it’s true.
I suggest that you go there.
I also suggest that you not click this
link. Then, definitely don’t click the "#" sign. Lastly, don’t click the words "squeee" or "famina". Assuming that you *ahem*
don’t do any of those things, can you then tell me what that heck that is?!
Thanks to these
guys. Try ‘em and I’ll bet that you like ‘em, kinda like bacon.
Categories: Lifehacks
Ok. So another teacher got busted for having an affair with her 13 year old student.
This in itself is not too surprising. Try searching in
Fark to find that out.
What is surprising is HOW SHE LOOKS. Check out this
post that I found through one of my fans (shouts out to Tbone). By the way, I will be linking to
jaxed in my blogroll.
All I gotta say is this:
Where the heck were those teachers when *I* was in school?!
Man.
Categories: Blogs · Fark
My name is Clark.
I have done terrible things.
I have served a Dark Master.
I have betrayed my friends.
I have enticed them to waste hours of valuable work time by posting things like this on my blog.
Now, there is no one to oppose me, and I shall post evil again, and again.
My name is Clark.
I have done terrible things.
And I have no regrets.*
* I was inspired. All hail
Screenhead. And be ready; work filters may own you if the word
games is blocked. Now, I defy anyone to outgeek this post.
Categories: Internet · Internet Meme
I’m sure many of you know Peter Jennings died of lung cancer this past Sunday. He’d been a smoker until about 20 years ago, successfully quit and then had a relapse shortly after September 11, 2001.
They then go on to name a few stop smoking resources.
I’ll add one:
Quitnet. Quite the community there. If you smoke and want to stop, you could do worse. Strangely, though, after a while, fixating on quitting almost creates the atmosphere that you need to re-start. Watch that if you are a smoker that wants out.
I’ll share: I smoke, and have for too damn long. My daughter has never, EVER seen me smoke and I don’t intend for her too. For some reason, though, probably pure fear, has made this Peter Jennings thing have an impact. Hopefully it will last. I’m not saying that I quit smoking, I just decided… what the Hell, I’ll give it a shot.
Wish me luck. Or don’t. Not sure which kind of luck I’d get, with this crowd!
Categories: Health · Lifehacks
Boy, I could have used this a few years ago when I was working from home.
There’s a lot more to running a business that isn’t sexy or fun. Parts of owning your own business are downright boring, tedious, and expensive.
I thought it might help if I pulled together the less glamorous aspects of “going solo” as I’ve come to call it to help others have realistic expectations. Hopefully being aware of these often overlooked matters, and some mistakes I made personally, can help you create a more successful plan before you take the plunge.
Via Lifehacker.
Working from home is NOT EASY. If you take the plunge, be informed. You might love it but it definitely ain’t for the faint of heart.
All that said, if you can go for it, do.
Categories: Lifehacks
Cops. You know that you love them. Want some feel good cop stories?
TAVARES — A father who accused a Mount Dora policeman last year of dumping out his infant daughter’s cremated remains sued the city and the officer Monday.
Not enough for you?
Here.
SEATTLE - A man apparently woken from a drunken stupor by Pierce County sheriff’s deputies, repeatedly zapped with a stun gun and finally chewed by a police dog - all in front of a production crew from the TV show "Cops" - has sued the county and the officers, alleging brutality.
The deputies, accompanied by a K-9 officer from the Tacoma Police Department, were looking for an armed suspect in a car break-in when they came upon Aaron Otto Hansen, 34, of Roy, early on July 10, 2004.
Hansen, who did not commit the crime, was passed out drunk in a sleeping bag outside a relative’s home in the Tacoma suburb of Lakewood, one of his lawyers said. The "Cops" video footage of his arrest, obtained by The Associated Press, seems to support that claim:
Gak. Here’s
another wonderful story, closer to home… which sucks.
Denver - The police officer who shot and killed Frank Lobato, Jr. after mistaking a soda can for a gun faces a 90-day suspension without pay. The announcement this morning by Denver Manager of Safety Al LaCabe comes more than a year after the July 11, 2004 shooting. Police Chief Gerry Whitman had previously recommended a 30-day suspension for Officer Ranjan Ford in the death of Lobato, 63.
Sigh. Now, I’m not here to crap on police, because God knows that their job is hard enough.
But cops… scare me. Not all of them (and I’m talking to you, community police in Capitol Hill - you know who you are), but definitely a LOT of them. And I don’t even smoke pot.
Have a good weekend.
But be careful out there.
Categories: Fark · Legal
