You're kinda, sorta, basically, pretty much always on my mind. -- psacake.com

A ticket for 140MPH Over

Minnesota trooper writes 205 mph speeding ticket
WABASHA, Minn. (AP) � With a State Patrol airplane overhead, a Stillwater motorcyclist hit the throttle and possibly set the informal record for the fastest speeding ticket in Minnesota history: 205 mph.

On Saturday afternoon, State Patrol pilot Al Loney was flying near Wabasha, in southeastern Minnesota on the Wisconsin border, watching two motorcyclists racing along U.S. Highway 61.

When one of the riders shot forward, Loney was ready with his stopwatch. He clicked it once when the motorcycle reached a white marker on the road and again a quarter-mile later. The watch read 4.39 seconds, which Loney calculated to be 205 mph.

"I was in total disbelief," Loney told the St. Paul Pioneer Press for Tuesday's editions. "I had to double-check my watch because in 27 years I'd never seen anything move that fast."

[USA Today]

What They Said:

RantUser says No Way Man on 10/12/2004
Just no ways

1 Comments | Perm-a-link | 9/24/2004

Hummer Killer?

POSSIBLY TOO MUCH TRUCK. LIKE THAT�S A PROBLEM.

Your eyes don�t deceive you. It�s a pickup truck. From International. Which makes it much more than a pickup truck. It�s an International�CXT � born out of the proven International 7300 severe service truck used by professionals for the most rugged applications.

Called CXT, for commercial extreme truck, it dwarfs the beefy Hummer H2 sport-utility pickup and even could call the hulking H1 military version "junior."

The CXT is 2 feet taller, 4� feet longer, twice as heavy and totes more than five times the cargo weight of H2. "You can put the Hummer in back and take it with you," quips Nick Matich, vice president at International Truck and Engine.

The tag line I heard yesterday was "For those people where a Hummer is just not enough." I wonder who the hell that is?
[USA Today]

What They Said:

BBS says EEGADS! on 9/16/2004
BBS again says Oh here it is on 9/16/2004
It's also about twice the price of H2, about the same as H1. It starts at $93,000, runs $105,000 typically equipped and tops out at $115,000 with DVD player, leather upholstery, tilting dump box and rear-view camera.

2 Comments | Perm-a-link | 9/16/2004

Guinness World Records

FASTEST TALKER: In 1995, Canadian Sean Shannon recited Hamlet's "To be or not to be" soliloquy, 260 words, in 23.8secs

HAIRIEST FAMILY: Mexicans Victor and Gabriel Ramos Gomez have 98% of their bodies covered in fur.

LONGEST TIME WITH A NAIL IN THE HEAD: Robin Hanshaw of Stoke Poges, Bucks, had a one-inch rusty nail stuck between his ear and eye for 22 years.

FASTEST TIME TO TYPE A MILLION: Between 1982 and 1998, Aussie Les Stewart typed the numbers one to one million in words.

[Mirror.co.uk]

Nothing to hide...

Kerry, who admits he has nothing to hide, hasn't taken questions from his press corps in a month.
Since early August, the only substantive policy question Mr. Kerry has answered was one lobbed at him by an ABC correspondent about whether he wanted to respond to Vice President Dick Cheney's charge that Mr. Kerry wanted to wage a more "sensitive" war on terror.
[Washington Times]

GMail Invites

I have some GMail invites to give away. Anyone interested? Lemme know.

0 Comments | Perm-a-link | 9/10/2004

M & M''s With A Purpose

Join M&M's� Brand and Support the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and M&M's has created a speacila pacakge of pink and white M&M's� Milk Chocolate Candies to symbolize their commitment to the cause.

For each package sold, M&M's� Brand will make a 50� donation to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
[M&M's] [The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation]

0 Comments | Perm-a-link | 9/6/2004

Get out the flannel

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) - Gas up the snowblower but don't put away your umbrella: The Farmers' Almanac is predicting a wild winter with heavy precipitation and dramatic temperature swings in the Northeast.
[APNews/MyWay]
[The Farmers Almanac]

8th Grade Final Exam

Grammar (Time, 1 hour)
1. Give nine rules for the use of Capital Letters.
2. Name the Parts of Speech and define those that have no modifications.
3. Define Verse, Stanza and Paragraph.
4. What are the Principal Parts of a verb? Give Principal Parts of do, lie, lay and run.
5. Define Case, Illustrate each Case.
6. What is Punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of Punctuation.
7 - 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.

Arithmetic (Time, 1.25 hours)
1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.
2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold?
3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth at 50 cts. Per bu., deducting 1050 lbs. for tare?
4. District No. 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals?
5. Find cost of 6720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton.
6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.
7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft long at $20 per yard?
8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.
9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per are, the distance around which is 640 rods?
10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt.

U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)
1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided.
2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus.
3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.
4. Show the territorial growth of the United States.
5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas.
6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion.
7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn, and Howe?
8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607 1620 1800 1849 1865

Geography (Time, one hour)
1. What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas?
3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
4. Describe the mountains of North America.
5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver, Manitoba, Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco.
6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S.
7. Name all the republics of Europe and give capital of each.
8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude?
9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers.
10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give inclination of the earth.

Could You Have Passed the 8th Grade in 1895?

What They Said:

BBS says Nope on 8/31/2004
LBF says Hmmm on 9/9/2004
I checked this out on line to try and cheat..check www.snopes.com seems to be a "fake" exam.

2 Comments | Perm-a-link | 8/30/2004

Belated Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Dad!

Tornado Alley

Fierce wind and rain ripped through Franklin and Wrentham Saturday, leaving dozens of homeowners cleaning up yesterday and wondering if they were hit by a small tornado.
[Milford Daily News]

What They Said:

LBF says Happy B day dad on 8/24/2004
Yes..of course..happy b'day.

1 Comments | Perm-a-link | 8/23/2004

A Slap in your fat face

There comes a point when you look in the mirror or get on the scale, and you say holy crap.. how did that happen.

So, you say.. I'll eat right, excercise more blah blah blah.. that lasts a week, if your lucky right?

Here is a virtual slap in the face for you. Calculate your BMI. Body mass index (BMI) is measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to both adult men and women.

The scary part:
BMI Categories:
Underweight = <18.5
Normal weight = 18.5-24.9
Overweight = 25-29.9
Obesity = BMI of 30 or greater

My current BMI is 32.6

From CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary: Obesity is an increase in body weight beyond the limitation of skeletal and physical requirement, as the result of an excessive accumulation of fat in the body.

Ok.. let the fat jokes begin.

What They Said:

Doug says Yikes! on 8/23/2004
Big BS says Wheeeew on 8/26/2004
I have a BMI of 29.6 and I thought I was short for my weight...

2 Comments | Perm-a-link | 8/21/2004

Bon app�tit

Julia Child, the celebrated cook, author and television personality who elevated the nation's culinary standards, died in her sleep Thursday night in her Santa Barbara, Calif, home. She was 91.

Your Face Here

Yes, right on your very own U.S. postage stamp.
Finally, the U.S. Postal Service, in conjunction with Stamps.com, is letting you create personal postage stamps. Most other countries have offered these for years.

There are limits, however. No nudity, no controversial or politically partisan images, no copyrighted material.

A sheet of 20 self-adhesive, 37-cent PhotoStamps, as they're called, costs $16.99, more than twice the $7.40 cost of a sheet of traditional First Class stamps.
[Stamps.com]

What They Said:

BBS says GodSpeed Julia on 8/14/2004
Thanks to Julia Child we now have all kinds of "How to shows" on TV. She was the first and probably the biggest single influence on all the people on FoodTV.
Thanks again Julia you will be missed.

1 Comments | Perm-a-link | 8/13/2004

Are you...

So last weekend, we went out to dinner at a new seafood joint in town. We walk in the front door, and a woman sitting (waiting for a to-go order?) inside says "Are you Bryan?"
Me, SHOCKED, "uhh.. err.. Yes"
A little small talk ensues.. come to find out she was my Second Grade Teacher.
WHOAA..
Apparently I made an impression. That was nearly 30 years ago. Either that.. or I still look like I'm 8.

Super Freak

Aug 9, 3:18 PM (ET) - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Funeral services were announced for Rick James, the funk singer best known for the hit "Super Freak," who was found dead Friday at age 56.

and

NEW YORK (AP) - Fay Wray, who won everlasting fame as the damsel held atop the Empire State Building by the giant ape in the 1933 film classic "King Kong," has died, a close friend said Monday. She was 96.

0 Comments | Perm-a-link | 8/9/2004

Who, Why or If?

Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out?"

Who was the first person to say, "See that chicken there... I'm gonna eat the next thing that comes outta it's butt."

Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat?

Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?

If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?

Can a hearse carrying a corpse drive in the carpool lane?

If the professor on Gilligan's Island can make a radio out of coconut, why can't he fix a hole in a boat?

Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but don't point to their crotch when they ask where the bathroom is?

Why does your OB-GYN leave the room when you get undressed if they are going to look up there anyway?

Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They're both dogs!

If Wile E. Coyote had enough money to buy all that Acme crap, why didn't he just buy dinner?

If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?

If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, then what is baby oil made from?

If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?

Is Disney World the only people trap operated by a mouse?

Why do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?

Stop singing and read on ...

Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?

Why do they call it an asteroid when it's outside the hemisphere, but call it a hemorrhoid when it's in your butt?

Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him on a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?

Does pushing the elevator button more than once make it arrive faster?

0 Comments | Perm-a-link | 8/3/2004