Reminiscent of the old days, I present to you a mixed bag version of Mixed Bag:
*
The other day at work I overheard some of my co-workers talking. I was trying hard not to listen to them because I was trying to concentrate on
whatever I was doing, when suddenly one of them exclaimed "Sha-Zam!" That did it for me - there was no way to concentrate after that. I listened to
what they were talking about to try and figure out the context for "Sha-Zam!", but it quickly became apparent that "Sha-zam!" was not the punchline of a
bad joke, or a rememberance of a television show from the 70's, "Sha-zam!" was this person's honest-to-God reaction to hearing suprising news. I don't
know this person very well, so now I must assume that they have been raised by Hillbillies who saw an episode of the old ridiculous t.v. show in 1975 and
assumed that is how people in "the big city" talk. Strange.
**
A quick update on one of my favorite topics: Martha Stewart in jail. I read somewhere that she finds prison food to be disgusting and that she made gifts
for some of the 'heavies on the inside' when she first got to prison. Oh how that news fills me with glee.
***
Recently the Supreme Court refused to overturn a Missouri Appeals Court decision that allows the Ku Klux Klan to take part in the state's highway
cleanup program. I really don't understand what the big deal is about this. Let the Klan clean up a stretch of highway - it's a more positive activity for them
than their usual fare. Missouri has gone through this before and pulled the Klan's adoption of a stretch of highway because they weren't keeping it clean.
The same thing will happen this time, by making a big deal about it the State is just giving the Klan the attention it wants. What Missouri really should do is
make littering legal for the stretch of highway that the Klan is supposed to keep clean. Then we could all drive by and throw shit out of our cars knowing
that some asshole in a white hood is going to have to pick it all up. They could put a sign up right next to the Klan Adopt-a-Highway sign that says Please
Litter - Racist Cocksuckers Will Clean Up After You.
****
Have some time to burn? Go here and watch the minutes disappear from your day.
*****
The other day someone called the company I work for and yelled at a poor hapless clerk because our flag is not lowered to half-staff. He said that the
President had ordered it because of the Tsunami tragedy. He also claimed to be from the local Chamber of Commerce and said that "We've been getting
some complaints." First of all, the President's order for the flags to be flown at half-staff expired last Wednesday, but the part that I find interesting is that
people get worked up enough about the flag being at the wrong level of staff that they call the Chamber of Commerce. Ok, personally I think that the guy
was full of shit and that he isn't even from the Chamber of Commerce, but even so, he took the time to call and yell (serious voice-raised anger) at
someone he'd never met before and who he wasn't even sure had anything to do with the location of our flag's staff. Happily, our clerk was levelheaded
enough to say "Um, ok. We'll look into that," and then hang up on the guy.
******
If you were going to murder your wife or ex-wife and you had your choice of OJ, Baretta, and Scott Peterson to do the job for you, who would you pick
and why?
*******
Boxing promoter Don King has sued ESPN for $2.5 Billion for the way he was protrayed in a "SportsCentury" segement that aired on ESPN. I wonder if
Vegas is laying odds on this one. I think my money's got to be on ESPN, though, since there is no way that ESPN could possibly have made Don King
look worse than Don does every time he opens his mouth.
And For No Apparent Reason
Archives
Baseball
Because I Can
Baseball Betting Pool
Fat Guys Get Naked Too
Fiction
Football Betting Pool
The Gogs
Guest Article
Mitch's Multi-Monthly
Meanderings
Mixed Bag
Naked Indian Lesbians
The Professor
Sex Stone