Archive for February, 2005

Road kill candy

If flattened snakes, chickens, and squirrels makes you think of candy; Kraft Foods has a new treat. The Trolli Road Kill Gummi Candy animals come complete with tire treads.

Law firm ordered to attend ethics class

A judge in Fresno, California, ordered lawyers from the firm Lozano Smith to attend ethics classes. This based on a claim of repeated misrepresentation of facts.
Lozano Smith represents 200 California school districts in special education matters.
And, just for the record, I think this is outstanding. Especially considering [...]

Be careful with your passwords Paris

By now, most everyone has heard that Paris Hilton’s T-Mobile Sidekick was hacked and the phone numbers of her famous friends are floating around the internet. It looks like they got through by guessing the “secret” that Paris had entered as confirmation for a forgotten password. She used the name of her dog. [...]

Are you sure it’s not oregano?

A Prague woman was hospitalized after eating chicken seasoned with her son’s marijuana. According to news reports the woman was aware of the odd seasoning, but ate the chicken anyway. Her 20-year-old son was charged with illegal possession and production of drugs.

Biggest joke in DC?

In the spirit of playing around with Google, type “joke in washington dc” into Google maps and you get ‘President: George W. Bush”. Try it.
Link From UtterlyBoring.com

Tattoo artist suing Nike

Matthew Reed is suing Nike over an ad that features the tattoo on Rasheed Wallace’s arm. Reed is the artist who created the tattoo and ‘installed’ it on Wallace.
Reed’s suit claims that he researched the design and charged Wallace $450 for it. Nike released an advertisement focusing on the tattoo, and that is [...]

World’s longest french fry sells for $250

8.25 inches. That’s the length of the french fry auctioned off last week by WQBW-FM in Brookfield. The radio station purchased it from their own auction.
Source: JSOnline – ‘World’s longest’ fry is radio station’s big buy
Link From: ObscureStore.com

Rules for calling ’shotgun’

Most guys know these rules, or at least have a basic understanding. But, everybody needs to brush up on the rules for calling ShotGun.

FCC takes complaint over boring Super Bowl

After the wardrobe fiasco during last years Super Bowl the FCC fielded 500,000 complaints. This year, 2 wrote in to the FCC to complain that the half time show was too boring. This, out of the 86.1 million estimate viewers.
Source: Yahoo – Super “Bored” with Halftime
Link From: UtterlyBoring.com

How not to parent

A St. Paul man is in custody for keeping his girldfriends daughter in a kennel, often in the cold, and often without clothing.