Wednesday, February 02, 2005

We'll Just Keep It

Three monkeys checking your pockets, they’re not empty say the monkeys…

Check this headline.

“Parks get biggest cut of $1 million surplus"

Now read the following.

"A three-person committee studying the general fund surplus recommended not reducing the tax rate.

Township Supervisor Bradley Slagh said the current fiscal year was already under way and a better time to consider a millage reduction would be in July when township officials begin working on next year’s budget.

Slagh said the extra money was accumulated during a 10-year period, with most of the savings happening in the past four years.

“We’re really good at saving money and spending less than we take in,” Slagh said.”...

..."We feel good that this is in the best interest of the township,” he said.

Tell me again why legalized theft is a good thing.

Posted by John Venlet on 02/02 at 05:29 PM
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No Respect

She should have kicked his ass out a long time ago…

When I read the story about the 24 year old punk who killed his mom because she flushed his pot down the pot, it brought back an old memory.

When I was 18, I awoke early one afternoon; I worked a graveyard shift at that time; to head to the beach and make some deliveries.  You see I was moving some product of the type the deceased mom flushed down the toilet, but when I headed out to my 73 Javelin, and reached underneath the front seat, the product was gone.  I immediately went back in my parents’ home and confronted my Mum, as I was aware that she had used my car because her car was in for repairs.

Initially, my Mum denied absconding with my property, but as I pressed the issue, informing her that not ALL the product was mine, she told me she had flushed it down the toilet.  I was livid.  I berated her, and threatened her, but I did not lay a finger on her because I knew she was within her rights to do as she told me she had done, as I had been warned to not bring the product around because I had four younger brothers my parents did not want exposed to my vices.

Fortunately, though I don’t know why she did not, my Mum had not flushed my product down the john.  In fact, she returned it to me, after much cajoling and fast talking on my part.  But when I came home the following morning, after working my 8:30 P.M. to 6:30 A.M. shift, all my possessions were sitting outside waiting for me, and my key no longer allowed me access to my parents’ home.

I was estranged from my family for about a year after that incident, but I still tell my Mum that she would’ve been within her rights to have actually flushed my product down the toilet, though it would’ve taken at least a dozen flushes, I bet.  I love you, Mum.

“Police: Man Kills Mother After She Flushes Marijuana Down Toilet"

Posted by John Venlet on 02/02 at 04:59 PM
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Reality Always Trumps Aspirations

I are a college student…

USA Today has an article available titled “Reality weighs down dreams of college," with this atrocious line.

"But new research also reveals a huge gap between aspirations and reality,..."

Tell me something I don’t know.

Posted by John Venlet on 02/02 at 05:30 AM
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Yes It Does, No It Doesn't, Yes It Does, No It Doesn't

Up and down and up and down and…

Does the sun cause skin cancer?

Yes it does.

No it doesn’t.

Via Samizdata.

Posted by John Venlet on 02/02 at 05:06 AM
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Just Great

Convoluted justifications for spamming…

So, I recently spent a little dough getting this site updated so I could be protected from spammers.  The upgrade is working, quite well, in regards to comments, at least at this time, but the bastards have been exploiting a weakness in Trackbacks, here, and evidently at a number of other blogs as evidenced here.

If you’re interested in reading the convoluted logic of these devil spawned spammers, and in a shallow review of their methods, read this article/interview.

Via Billy Beck.

Posted by John Venlet on 02/02 at 04:56 AM
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Coffee, Mug

All image, no substance…

This morning I read that some no name model/actor has pocketed $15.6 million from Taster’s Choice for their unauthorized use of his mug on their packaging over the years.

The model, Russell Christoff, noted the unauthorized use of his mug in this way.

"While shopping for Bloody Mary mix at a drug store in 2002,..."

Times must have been tough for Russell if he was shopping for Bloody Mary mix at a drug store.

But it was the following comment, uttered by Russell and noted in the article, that actually caught my eye this morning.

"Our image is our product, whether it’s our face or our talent, and they took it improperly,” he said."

Just another pretty face winning the lawsuit lottery.  All image, no substance, just like every other model/actor.

“Model gets $15.6 million award from Nestle"

Posted by John Venlet on 02/02 at 04:25 AM
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