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January 15, 2005
Victoria's Secret may bring jobs to 1,000-plus in Licking County
I'm going to try to look beyond the obvious pun and ask, instead, why Victoria's Secret sends out so many damned catalogs? Of all the catalogs we get, the most, by far, are from Vic Secret. Sometimes 2-3 per week. And I wonder if we'll be getting even more since Licking County is but 7 miles down the road.
Posted by Eddie at 02:48 PM | Comments (1)
January 14, 2005
The Credit Card Prank
For years now I have been scrawling my name on credit card purchases. If you can recognize two letters in the whole name, that would be about it and no clerk has ever mentioned it or even seemed to notice. Well, John Hargrove has decided to test the system: How wacky could he sign his name and get away with it?
Posted by Eddie at 11:06 AM | Comments (2)
January 13, 2005
Clean your Screen
A Public Service because a clean screen leads to a better view.
Posted by Eddie at 09:29 AM | Comments (1)
The last word, for now
I would be remiss not to post what could be Dave Barry's last column. But I bet Dave may be a victim of the dreaded "Garrison Keillor Syndrome" and be back before we know it.
Posted by Eddie at 09:12 AM | Comments (0)
Did New York Orchestrate The Asian Tsunami?
Finally, some answers!
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Posted by BIL at 08:35 AM | Comments (1)
January 11, 2005
NY Times: Your Call (and Rants on Hold) Will Be Monitored
Check this out: when you are sitting on the phone, after hearing one of those "your call may be monitored" messages, a third party monitor may be listening, even though you are on hold. Just another example of how societal expectations of privacy are eroding. Cameras are on many streets now; everyone, it seems, has a camcorder and now even our calls on hold are being monitored. Big Brother knows our face and wants to know our thoughts.
Posted by Eddie at 10:37 AM | Comments (1)
The road behind our house, where the road around the curve is covered by 10 feet of water. Meanwhile, the reservoir down the street is 40 feet above normal; 10 more feet and we will either be flooded in or, worse yet, flooded out and not be able to get back in. If that were to happen we would head to my mother in law's!
Posted by Eddie at 10:08 AM | Comments (0)
January 10, 2005
CBS ousts 4 over Bush Guard story
But not Dan Rather. I guess you could argue that his pending retirement in March was a de-facto firing, but why should he get to walk away with his pride while others walked the plank? It's not fair and he should, at the very least, be so embarrassed that we won't hear from him again for at least a few years....but, of course, that won't happen. Look for a major book deal instead. Just like Newt Gingrich swung after his scandal.
Posted by Eddie at 04:06 PM | Comments (1)
January 09, 2005
Director Oliver Stone admits Alexander was an unmitigated disaster
"I have let him down."
Hey, don't forget JFK...Ebert called this a "great movie." Ya, but he forgot one word, fictional. Stone has so many groups in on his conspiracy (the Mafia, the White House, the anti-Castro Cubans, the Navy Pathologist) that somebody, somewhere would have cracked by now. Oh, wait...that's right. That's why Jack Ruby died of cancer. He was injected!! The problem is, Ollie, Ruby didn't die of cancer. He had a pulmonary embolism, which is typical of Stone. When in doubt, make shit up.
And Richard Nixon...Where Stone continues his JFK conspiratorialist delusions by adding Nixon to the mix.
And Ronald Reagan...building Richard Dreyfuss into an almost-insane Alexander Haig solely because of his "I am in charge" statement was reprehensible;
And Jim Morrison...I've tried and tried, but I can't watch this turkey. So, I've decided on 5 minute increments and should finish sometime in 2045;
And the NFL...I am still trying to purge Cameron Diaz's and Al Pacino's scenery chewing;
And Larry Flynt..the always-smirking Woody Harrelson as Larry? What were you thinking?
And serial killers taking over prisons...Gah, Woody Harrelson again!; But we mustn't blame Ollie solely for this one...Quentin Tarentino wrote it. The only line I liked in the whole bit was O-lan Jones telling Harrelson that key lime pie is an acquired taste, which is true. Much like Oliver Stone. You either like him or hate him. You know where I stand; pass the pie, please.
Posted by Eddie at 09:38 AM | Comments (1)