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All packed now - not much time left to sleep so will just sleep on the plane from Washington to my connection in Las Vegas. not that there is much to see between those two points other than the Rockies… Nice thing about Southwest is that one can still check in 2 bags free. So I’m planning to bring some more crap back from home, so I’ve one suitcase that is full of nothing but newspaper and cardboard that had to be recycled anyway….That way I’ll have an extra suitcase to use for coming back. Now if TSA decides to inspect this suitcase, it’d be interesting to see their reaction….
Can’t wait to see California - its been far too long since I was in the Sierras…
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At the beginning of evening rush hour today, I’m walking up the escalators at Pentagon Metro, when people started screaming and running and shoving each other while racing up the escalator. Apparently, there were announcements to evacuate the station. Naturally, people panicked and started running. Since I can’t hear the announcements, I don’t know if its a bomb threat, sarin gas release or just some routine drill, so I follow the masses and sprint up the escalators. At the top, there are metro police telling people to slow down and walk normally. People here panick pretty easy, I guess. Turns out there was smoke outside station but probably turned to be nothing. But it was a clusterfuck with the fire trucks blockign the buses, police not telling people what to do, etc…. just another daily commute story from DC.
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There were many fire trucks at the Pentagon Metro at the beginning of the evening commute today.
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The masses have no clue of what is really going on around us….America’s Legacy - celebrity admiration, pharmaceutical addiction, international conquest, genetically modified everything and arrogance. Proud to be a part of it. Maybe we will see what is really going on outside of the bubble, one day.
― A friend from grad school on the current top news stories. I agree. The death of Neda Agha-Soltan is much more tragic than Michael Jackson.
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Yes, I am continuing to use Michael Jackson as fodder for humor. Do I feel bad? No? Because he did not influence my life and I knew him mostly from his child molestation trial in Santa Barbara County, since I was going to graduate school at the time, at UCSB, and trial coverage was in the newspaper daily….
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Bubbles retired several years ago and is now living a quiet life in Sun City, Arizona. He plays a round of golf every day (8 handicap!), enjoys a dry martini before dinner, and has his eye on a 74-year-old widow who lives in the adjoining condo. When asked about his life with Michael Jackson, he said, ‘Hey, it was fun while it lasted, but after a while I got pretty tired of wearing those hats.’
― Someone responded to my question about what would happen to Michael Jackson’s pet, Bubbles the chimp.
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Michael Jackson will not be cremated since he’s mostly plastic, he will be melted down into Legos so kids can play with him for a change.
― someone’s status on Facebook…
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We need to get this for the office that I work in….an authenic rare Boeing 747 cowling reception desk. Only 2-3 of those 747s come off the service each year, so its a rarity! But our office building would be so pimped out!!! Or better yet, make it a bar!!!
via motoart
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Blow your friends away with the MK-84 Aqua Bomb. This piece will compliment your environment and will add a little tranquility to any home or office. Fabricated with an MK-84 bomb tail fin assembly, a 10-gallon Plexiglas fish tank and a spun aluminum dome cap. Standing at 80” tall, the AquaBomb is completely self-contained with a built-in pump, filter and lighting. Fish not included.
I need this for my cat Chester, so he can look at his dinner during the day while I am gone at work….. :-D
via Motoarts
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Oh hello Switzerland! How I miss you…. I’ve been to (or driven through) just about all those places: St Gallen, Zürich, Basel, Bern, Geneve, Rheinfelden, Kaiseraugst, San Bernardino, Kreuzlingen, Bellinzona, Oerlikon
placidiappunti:handa:j-p-g: (via ubiquity_zh)
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Poor Bubbles. What will he ever do without his wacky master?
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JUNE 24—Meet Lahoma Sue Smith. The Oklahoma woman, 36, copped a plea last week to a prostitution charge for accepting a box of Frito-Lay chips in exchange for oral sex. According to the below Oklahoma City Police Department report, john Faron Johnson told cops that he informed Smith that he did not have any money, but that she “agreed to give him a ‘blow job’ meaning oral sex, for a box of chips.” Johnson, a Frito-Lay employee, provided Smith with a case of chips he valued at $30.
Question - how low can one stoop to do such a thing? A box of chips?! She must have had serious hunger pangs. Maybe she was high on weed and just got hungry for chips….
via The Smoking Gun
