Tag: Human Stupidity
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Editing Fail
Forget bloggers and the economy; this is why newspapers are going under left and right. Go on; try to count the grammatical errors. (Try not to be distracted by the incredibly scuzzy Uncle Sam figure or the strange logical errors.) If the reader has to have a good understanding of a topic to comprehend a…
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Self-Immolation, 9th Circuit Style
Today featured a classic effort at self-pwnage, presented by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The case is United States v. Beltran-Moreno. Best quote: In short, if the Beltrans’ sentences were to be altered, there appears to be only one direction in which they could go, and that is up —…
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When it rains…
Blogging hiatus: over. The last week or so was insane. We got slammed at work all week, went to look at houses – we’re a ways out, but you gotta start early – Saturday, then went to a housewarming party Saturday night. Sunday slowed me down – way down. I got some sort of stomach…
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The Joy of Mondays
Remember last week, when I wondered who puts trash in a neighbor’s trash cans immediately after the garbage truck comes by? The question this week is who manages to fill every trash can in sight to the point of overflowing with wet, stinking, mostly-unsacked garbage immediately after pickup? That’s what happened on our street, yesterday.…
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Question of the Day
No, it’s not a political one. It’s this: who comes along after trash has been collected on trash day, opens a neighbor’s trash can, and deposits two unsealed bags of foul, stinking, rain-drenched trash? Who does that? William’s right; I am beseiged by idiocy.