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My first day of work for Galactic Pizza was June 27, 2004. That same day, I turned 19. A little over two months later, I was fired by the then manager who told the owner I quit… Shady, I know. This week it will be five years since I first suited-up as “Captain Fantastic.” No [...]
(CNN) — “An unexpected and sudden spotlight on the Special Olympics, an organization that for more than 40 years has served and honored those with intellectual disabilities, comes less than two weeks before the nonprofit launches a new campaign: Spread the Word to the End the Word.” Do me a favor and reread the bold [...]
This story on CNN talks about a wife that gave her husband a choice: become a pizza delivery man or the family “wouldn’t make it.” In reading the article, we learn that the husband works long hours delivering pizzas for $10 an hour and that the family adjusts their spending habits. As a former delivery [...]
By a show of hands, how many of you went shopping yesterday for Black Friday? And how many of you didn’t come back alive? At a Walmart in Long Island, New York, a store employee was killed and four others were injured. At a Toys “R” Us in Palm Desert, California, two men shot and [...]
RE: “Mailings”. While reading the same story at the Star Tribune website, I found this jem in the story’s comment section: “Companies paying printing charges and postage costs are being ripped off. Now if he had been throwing away all the political crap I was getting before the election I might agree that he did [...]
mail n.1. a. Materials, such as letters and packages, handled in a postal system. b. Postal material for a specific person or organization. As reported by the Los Angeles Times… For the past seven years a mailman in Apex, North Carolina, stopped delivering junk mail. “It should come as no surprise that the U.S. Postal [...]
We all do silly things. Little things we regret and wish we could undo the moment they’re done. Check floaters, van stealers, Republicans, and the list could go on. And then some of us were prostitutes. Like Ashley Alexandra “Kristen” Dupre, the prostitute that brought down New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer. In a story posted [...]
From CNN regarding Kevin Smith’s new comedy Zack and Miri Make a Porno: Diane Levin, an education professor specializing in child development at Boston’s Wheelock College, said the posters at city bus stops send a message to children that working in the porn industry is an acceptable occupation. Will someone help me decipher Diane Levin’s [...]
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On Sunday morning the phone rang. It was my brother. He was calling from Camp Ripley where he was training with the Minnesota National Guard. He told me that over the weekend he completed a packet of information which outlines what the Army is to do with his remains should he be killed in combat. [...]
From CNN: Weight gain not intentional to dodge execution, inmate says This psychopath (and an unnamed co-defendant) dropped a piece of concrete from a highway overpass to disable a passing vehicle. Inside the crunched car were two women, ages 21 and 20. The men kidnapped these women… “They choked and beat the women to death [...]
In 2002/2003, I dated a woman for six months that the exact opposite of myself. Her name was Ashlee. I broke things off in May of 2003 and didn’t hear from her. Then a year later, a mutual friend told me that she bought a coffee shop. Instantly, jealously swelled through me and I wished [...]
The Star Tribune poses the tough questions: Trail-crossing conundrum: To stop, or not? Give us a sign! (Full story here.) Sunday’s Minneapolis Star Tribune has me disappointed in humanity, again. (Was this any indication?) The aforementioned article is frustrating because of one thing: common sense (or the lack-thereof). If you’re a cyclist or pedestrian and [...]
Let’s do something fun! Yeah, let’s play a guessing game! Yeah, great idea! I love guessing games! What should we guess? I know, I know! Let’s guess the point of this story! Wow, that’s gonna be tough!I guess the story is for poor people, so they see what it’s like to be happy! But poor [...]
This story on CNN has me all hot and bothered… Defense attorneys for two of the teens say Ramirez responded to the name-calling with his own insults, which escalated the confrontation into to a fight that got out of hand. What insults? In a sworn affidavit, it shows that it was only after Ramirez was [...]
I received this memo today at work: It has been brought to our attention that men and women’s restrooms on several floors are being used in an inappropriate manner, resulting in unsanitary conditions. The memo didn’t elaborate on what “inappropriate” activity is taking place. I’ll take a hint though and stop urinating in the sink. [...]
(Taken by Alberto Korda on March 5, 1960) QUESTION: In this commentary it says if you wear a Che Guevara t-shirt it makes you a terrorist. Is that true? ANSWER: No. It’s easier for me to assume that I’m a terrorist because I pay the United States in tax dollars. Or buy gas, drugs, or [...]
Yesterday, a foolish scooter enthusiast was killed in Minneapolis. Here’s the story along with video. It’s sad to watch. Thankfully KSTP‘s studio was only 4 minutes away from the accident so they got some sensational images of the first responders… Originally, I commented on a local news story here regarding speculation that increased scooter sales [...]
This story appears to be one of the most popular stories on CNN right now. And why shouldn’t it be? It makes sense… Determining whether or not a cartoon is racist is not more important than the Texas hospital that ‘accidentally’ gave 17 babies blood thinner (causing one of the babies to die), the 1000 [...]
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- (cont) ...either people really like spending time with paint fumes contained on the lower-level, or people are hard-up for cash. #economy
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The best thing about commenting on the news is that you can’t make-up the news. For instance, here’s a story from Grand Forks, North Dakota: Twenty-six-year-old Stacey Anvarinia has pleaded guilty to child neglect for breast-feeding her 6-week-old baby while drunk. The mother could face up to five years in prison when she’s sentenced on [...]