tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-184255662024-03-07T07:51:11.795-08:00The Brea Canyon MonumentOne flash of light but no smoking pistolSean M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17147636380832289880noreply@blogger.comBlogger2356125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18425566.post-41179029049101312462013-12-25T23:15:00.000-08:002013-12-25T23:15:07.238-08:00I almost forgot...Merry Xmas!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ejhM2KKP0CTVZhBZiiki2SNw6J7-_75uKxyjfdFgoF-ulq9lYVWNPPLzLaMpFxv06nI8ACVAQ3Q01PdEiTU34zM57h8Hk8alz_R4RBRkBtqitaKHAS81lEGpq6CFdBm4p-4L/s1600/futurama-bender-christmas-tree-ornament.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ejhM2KKP0CTVZhBZiiki2SNw6J7-_75uKxyjfdFgoF-ulq9lYVWNPPLzLaMpFxv06nI8ACVAQ3Q01PdEiTU34zM57h8Hk8alz_R4RBRkBtqitaKHAS81lEGpq6CFdBm4p-4L/s320/futurama-bender-christmas-tree-ornament.jpg" /></a></div>Sean M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17147636380832289880noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18425566.post-3316737049409772452013-10-30T01:08:00.000-07:002013-10-30T01:08:42.282-07:00Oh, hell noHey, what do you know--I'm actually still alive! I've been a little busy over the past few months and, quite honestly, I haven't really seen anything that's piqued my interest enough to write any lame jokes. That is, until I saw <a href="http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/10/28/irwindale-sues-makers-of-sriracha-over-smell-generated-by-processing-plant/">this</a>:<br />
<blockquote>The city of Irwindale is apparently not among the legions of fans of the wildly popular Sriracha hot sauce — or, at least how the chili sauce smells.<br />
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The city has filed a public nuisance complaint in Los Angeles Superior Court against the makers of Sriracha, demanding the company halt operations at its processing plant until it stops creating odors that have generated complaints by residents.<br />
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The complaint filed against Huy Fong Foods Inc., which lists Sriracha as one of its most popular products on its website, seeks temporary, preliminary and permanent injunctions “enjoining all operations on … the subject property until (Huy) abates the public nuisance herein by preventing and causing the emanation of the strong, offensive chili odor.”</blockquote>Most of you may not understand how much anxiety this is causing me. Let me put it like this--when I heard the news, I was actually wearing this shirt:<br />
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I put this stuff on damn near everything. After any given meal, I actually have a measurable blood Sriracha content. I will go into physical withdrawal should my supply of the stuff get cut off.<br />
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Now, if there actually is some kind of problem involving the manufacture of this wonderful, magical elixir, I'm sure there's some way that this can be solved to everyone's satisfaction. Like, and I'm just spitballing here, maybe all of the crybabies who are bellyaching about this could move to a different city and let the good people at Huy Fong Foods continue doing God's work. Yes, I think that's probably for the best.<br />
Sean M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17147636380832289880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18425566.post-24736461605054892302013-07-04T14:13:00.002-07:002013-07-04T14:13:17.754-07:00Big blimpin' on the 4th<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivuLyCfeisXuO83lnVnlc7JN45SZ0mAyVwEp1LaK0MBi-AEWCnYyY-MgDkEMfpXlX2cXZv0_R4tVyxboHMDuVKFzPMQaxkYKSszV4-tdfBJq96v5WRahr_RyajZdtr7FRmnTMy/s750/Independence-Day-Ride.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivuLyCfeisXuO83lnVnlc7JN45SZ0mAyVwEp1LaK0MBi-AEWCnYyY-MgDkEMfpXlX2cXZv0_R4tVyxboHMDuVKFzPMQaxkYKSszV4-tdfBJq96v5WRahr_RyajZdtr7FRmnTMy/s750/Independence-Day-Ride.jpg" /></a></div><br />
I found this picture last night, and it raises so many questions: Was this the way we used to celebrate Independence Day? Did Uncle Sam have a more Santa Claus-ish role back then? Who are the two chicks riding with him? Did we abandon this tradition (if it was a tradition) because of an unfortunate blimp/fireworks accident?<br />
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Anyway, I hope everyone has a safe and happy 4th of July, and that you all finish the day's festivities with the same amount of fingers you had going into it. Sean M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17147636380832289880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18425566.post-28650598287043850682013-05-26T12:44:00.001-07:002013-05-26T12:44:14.665-07:00Memorial DayI'm hardly the first person to point this out, but this holiday isn't really about "the unofficial beginning of summer," or going to the beach, or having a barbecue, though all of those things are very nice indeed. No, it's about honoring those brave men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.<br />
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Now, normally, I wouldn't point to a country song as an example of that because I'm not really that much of a country music fan, but I would urge everyone watch the following video and read <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/node/349125">this article</a> about how the song was written. <i>That</i> is what this holiday is all about.<br />
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Via <a href="http://ace.mu.nu/archives/340338.php">Andy over at the HQ</a>. And be sure to click on that link for an extra layer of detail.<br />
Sean M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17147636380832289880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18425566.post-60908465261532216192013-05-04T00:03:00.000-07:002013-05-04T00:51:19.706-07:00Since it's Friday night......and I've been neglecting the hell out of this blog as of late, how about a nice pic of The Doctor's new companion, Jenna-Louise Coleman?<br />
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Sean M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17147636380832289880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18425566.post-47756876032546705632013-03-29T17:56:00.001-07:002013-03-29T17:56:05.535-07:00Dear At-Risk Youth,I understand that selling grout cleaner door to door is hard work and all, but rejection is just part of the game. Try not to look so crestfallen when people like myself aren't interested in your off-brand cleaning products. And please don't take my lack of interest as a sign that I want you to join a street gang, because I really don't want that to happen.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">p.s.: If you're gonna wear a tie, tuck in your shirt. </div><br />
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Sean M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17147636380832289880noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18425566.post-68458750380062036432013-02-24T23:56:00.002-08:002013-02-24T23:58:03.888-08:00"It's so crazy that it just might work!"I have a sneaking suspicion that somebody uttered that phrase right around the time that <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/23/us-usa-guam-snakes-idUSBRE91M04W20130223">this plan was hatched</a>:<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>Declaring war against invasive brown tree snakes infesting the Pacific U.S. territory of Guam, wildlife officials plan this spring to bomb the island with dead baby mice stuffed with a common pain-killing medicine that is poisonous to the reptiles.</blockquote></div>The dead "infant" mice (and if PETA wasn't already upset about the idea of killing the snakes, those ought to get their shorts in a twist) are going to be stuffed with acetaminophen, which is good for headaches but bad for snakes. <br />
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Oh, and the plan gets a little more harebrained, too...<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>In an attempt to keep the baited mice off the ground, each tiny rodent will be attached to a strand of ribbon between pieces of cardboard designed to drop in a loop and catch in the canopy of trees, he said.</blockquote></div>Awwww...the idea of tiny mouse parachutes sounds kind of cute, huh? Until you remember that we're basically talking about festooning an island with baby rodent carcasses that will be eaten by snakes, that is.Sean M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17147636380832289880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18425566.post-76004760837401026312013-01-30T18:23:00.000-08:002013-01-30T18:23:36.846-08:00Inconsiderate proposal<a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2013/01/chp-investigating-motorcycle-proposal-that-shut-down-10-freeway.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lanowblog+%28L.A.+Now%29">So, this happened not too far from here the other day</a>:<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>With the help of his biker friends, a motorcyclist briefly shut down the 10 Freeway in West Covina to propose to his girlfriend amid a cloud of pink smoke. Now the California Highway Patrol is investigating.<br />
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Videos of the Sunday afternoon proposal were posted on YouTube and have collected thousands of views.<br />
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Now CHP investigators are reviewing the videos, said Officer Jose Barrios. Possible citations include impeding or blocking traffic, he said.<br />
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"It's illegal," Barrios said. "They're not allowed to do that."</blockquote></div>The couple have been identified as Hector Martinez and Paige Hernandez, and you can call me a heartless jerk, but I kind of hope Hector spends some time in jail for this. Thankfully, nobody got hurt during the course of this jackassery, but when I look at the following video, all I can think about is what could have happened if, say, a heart attack victim in an ambulance was stuck in the traffic jam behind these idiots...<br />
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You know, seeing as how Southern California is also the home of the Freeway Shooting, they're lucky none of the potential road ragers back there were feeling particularly violent that day. Or were late for a wedding.Sean M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17147636380832289880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18425566.post-88032838549732384472013-01-01T11:42:00.002-08:002013-01-01T11:42:23.717-08:00Happy New Year!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz3g-a-nqC6zu5d8r-jlRRXjBR5IELhR45NjMCgIRAX7CohoeuIqTp8-Xwn-tMA5enSodl1eN4K-Wg8JVoFElZ6KwWrt1owqamwSYYI4taM_tX53NGsWEA-qUC8oqGty2sGf1T/s1600/2013_new_years_odometer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="210" width="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz3g-a-nqC6zu5d8r-jlRRXjBR5IELhR45NjMCgIRAX7CohoeuIqTp8-Xwn-tMA5enSodl1eN4K-Wg8JVoFElZ6KwWrt1owqamwSYYI4taM_tX53NGsWEA-qUC8oqGty2sGf1T/s400/2013_new_years_odometer.jpg" /></a></div> <br />
Well, it's time once again to close the door on the year that was and look forward to the one that's here. Or something. Personally, things are off to an auspicious start here, seeing as how birds crapped on my windshield twice before 9 a.m. Yeah.<br />
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Anyway, I'd just like to wish everyone health, happiness, and prosperity for the coming 365 days. I'm sure none of us is going to get everything we want, but hopefully we'll all get at least a few of the things that we need.<br />
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Sean M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17147636380832289880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18425566.post-54738997941952880242012-12-25T20:47:00.000-08:002012-12-25T20:47:57.635-08:00Merry Xmas, everybody!I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas, that you were able to spend it with friends and family, and that you got some nice gifts. Also, if you were naughty, I hope Santa wasn't able to track you down.<br />
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Sean M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17147636380832289880noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18425566.post-43717369713577697312012-12-23T22:22:00.001-08:002012-12-23T22:24:59.172-08:00A little Christmas comedyI don't know if I've ever put this up here before, but Patton Oswalt's bit about the song "Christmas Shoes" is one of my favorite things about this time of year. Before you click play, heed this <b>CONTENT WARNING:</b> this cute cartoon about a Christian rock song is <i>not</i> for kids.<br />
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That is, unless you happen to disagree with me, in which case, I'd like to remind you to stay home. I mean, there are several, um, <i>quality</i> movies such as <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1504443/">Mongolian Death Worm</a> on SyFy today. Yeah.Sean M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17147636380832289880noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18425566.post-65958183303591111742012-10-30T12:42:00.001-07:002012-10-30T12:42:35.119-07:00Seven years ago today......a couple of significant (for me, anyway) events coincidentally coincided--I started this little crapblog and my man Riley was born.<br />
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Unlike the blog, I still feed Riley several times every day. I don't have to clean up after the blog, though, so there is that.<br />
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If you're new to this place, or if you've hung around for some reason and you're feeling nostalgic, you can see the first picture I ever took of the little fella <a href="http://breacanyon.blogspot.com/2006/01/been-preoccupied.html">here</a>. Sean M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17147636380832289880noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18425566.post-51641369464041511412012-10-25T00:08:00.002-07:002012-10-25T00:08:23.004-07:00Water hazardAnd here I always thought <a href="http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/10/24/Live-shark-found-on-golf-course/UPI-86371351116148/">golf was boring</a>...<br />
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Well, I would certainly hope so.Sean M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17147636380832289880noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18425566.post-86748556590418423812012-09-30T23:44:00.000-07:002012-10-01T00:01:52.965-07:00[Insert U2 song title here]Once in a while, it's nice to get a reminder of how the little things you take for granted in life are actually kind of important. <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/28/us-costarica-streets-idUSBRE88Q1ZR20120928">Case in point</a>:<br />
<blockquote>"My current home address is 200 meters north of the Pizza Hut then 400 meters west, but in a few months, I will be able to give a proper street name and a number..."</blockquote>That's a quote from one Johnny Araya, the Mayor of San Jose, Costa Rica. Mind you, this is a city of nearly a million and a half people and the capital of the country, and it's <i>just now getting street signs</i>.<br />
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The article mentions several times that the locals have been able to navigate the city by using "landmarks" like the Pizza Hut Araya mentioned, but about 25 percent of the country's mail never gets delivered--resulting in about three quarters of a billion dollars in "economic losses" per year--so I don't think they've really been doing all that well with their system of doing things up until now.<br />
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Anyway, that's something to think about next time you get a little miffed about Google Maps neglecting to tell you to keep to the right side on the freeway.Sean M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17147636380832289880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18425566.post-72291568109929698092012-09-11T12:57:00.002-07:002012-09-11T12:57:44.060-07:00Never Forget<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZBCDuMpjU57tHcoBqlhOM_EGbLuNiFMHVhwd8knDoGpwcrfy0PL7nRZN0CFZYPsBNmbjBCSS_u1uubbaAzmcnWHgBpCgDtlK9JNAz21M5wE7K1StxsNJaouceWANlFvYrQ0_3/s1600/9-11-firefighters.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZBCDuMpjU57tHcoBqlhOM_EGbLuNiFMHVhwd8knDoGpwcrfy0PL7nRZN0CFZYPsBNmbjBCSS_u1uubbaAzmcnWHgBpCgDtlK9JNAz21M5wE7K1StxsNJaouceWANlFvYrQ0_3/s400/9-11-firefighters.jpg" /></a></div><br />
Sean M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17147636380832289880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18425566.post-39926916334684707342012-08-26T23:20:00.001-07:002012-08-26T23:20:48.015-07:00A review of "The Expendables 2" in ten words or lessI think they let a fourth grader write this movie.Sean M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17147636380832289880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18425566.post-29617095155309245822012-08-16T11:48:00.000-07:002012-08-16T11:48:55.095-07:00Okay, I'm not the only one who's noticedI'm usually not home when Comedy Central runs new episodes of Futurama, so I set my DVR to record them. Then, when I go to watch them later, there's a big chunk of The Colbert Report (which, by the way, has to be the longest sustained one-note gag in the history of teevee) tacked on at the front end of the show. This means that the last several minutes of the show I actually want to watch get cut off. Fine. I can set my DVR to record for an extra five minutes. But lately, even when I do <i>that</i>, it <i>still</i> cuts off some of the last minute or so of the show.<br />
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<a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2012/08/16/why-you-should-boycott-the-greedy-s-at-comedy-central/">Well, over at Hot Air, Jazz Shaw has a post explaining what's going on</a>, and it's apparently all about squeezing extra ad revenue out of their lineup. Now, I don't begrudge anybody making a buck or two, but I have to figure that in the long run, they're going to drive people away from watching their shows as they air. Like I said, you can tweak your DVR, but if you don't have one and you want to catch something else on another network, you're probably not going to put up with this bullshit for long. And as Shaw points out, you can watch a lot of these shows online, where Comedy Central gets a lot less ad revenue. That's the route I think I'll be taking from now on.Sean M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17147636380832289880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18425566.post-35933050224413224522012-07-30T23:25:00.000-07:002012-07-30T23:25:27.635-07:00Dreams really do come true!I guess the trick is that you've just got to have <a href="http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/07/30/Woman-arrested-trying-to-get-into-jail/UPI-16031343668428/">really crappy dreams</a>:<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>The Butler County Sheriff's Office said Tiffany Hurd, 36, was spotted attempting to climb over a barbed wire fence early Sunday at the jail in Hamilton and a corrections officer was unable to convince her to leave, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported Monday.<br />
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"I want to be arrested," Hurd allegedly shouted. Deputies said she appeared to be intoxicated.</blockquote></div>Wait for it...Wait for it...<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>Hurd was arrested on misdemeanor charges of criminal trespass and disorderly conduct.</blockquote></div>Don't you just love a story with a happy ending?Sean M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17147636380832289880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18425566.post-88048035310510658692012-07-04T17:55:00.000-07:002012-07-30T23:26:25.314-07:00Happy Birthday, America!You don't look a day over 221.<br />
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<br />Sean M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17147636380832289880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18425566.post-46702133606062022772012-07-02T11:49:00.000-07:002012-07-02T11:49:06.763-07:00Fun fact!If you have any kind of business to conduct at a Los Angeles County Superior Courthouse and you've got a cigarette lighter with you as you go through the security line, the good folks who work there will helpfully throw that right in the trash for you.<br />
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Yeah.Sean M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17147636380832289880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18425566.post-20819722141380291392012-06-30T23:31:00.000-07:002012-06-30T23:31:20.169-07:00Fighting tires with tiresI would imagine the slogans <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/29/us-lebanon-protest-idUSBRE85S0KV20120629">these people</a> were chanting might have been a tad confusing:<br />
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Dozens of Lebanese, exasperated by rampant tire-burning protests across the country, rolled out tires and stopped traffic in the capital Beirut on Thursday.</blockquote>
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I'm imagining it went something like this...<br />
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"What do we want?"<br />
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"No more of this!"<br />
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When do we want it?"<br />
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"Um, as soon as we're done here?"<br />
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Now, instead of burning their tires, they "colorfully decorated" them, which is nice, but isn't really the sort of thing that creates a lasting impression.<br />
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Laughing as the group quickly dispersed, the police officer in charge said: "I won't give them a ticket. We're all sick of this problem. And their tires are pretty."</blockquote>
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Jeez, if they're not careful, this could turn into a bake sale or a PTA meeting.Sean M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17147636380832289880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18425566.post-32427956311991967642012-06-14T23:35:00.001-07:002012-06-14T23:35:16.277-07:00There's (unfortunately) an app for thatJust twenty years ago, hardly anybody had cell phones and only important people like doctors and drug dealers even had pagers. Now, we're all connected by wireless networks to such a degree that the people of that simpler time would be amazed by all the pointless, stupid shit we casually waste this amazing technology on. <a href="http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/06/13/People-on-the-toilet-embrace-iPoo-app/UPI-23001339616993/">Case in point</a>:<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>Almost 300,000 people have paid $1 each for a portable device iPoo app to share their experiences on the toilet with others trying to empty their bowels.</blockquote></div>As if that didn't sound awful enough, if you click on the link, the article shows a picture of this thing, complete with a map dotted with little cartoon turds and something called a "Poo Stream." Thankfully, that isn't shown or described in any detail.<br />
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And my friends wonder why I haven't bothered to upgrade to a "smart" phone yet...Sean M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17147636380832289880noreply@blogger.com0