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posted by Fitz's @ 10:03 AM 0 comments

posted by Fitz's @ 10:00 PM 0 comments

Because America LOVES your pain...

It's great TV, because it's not me...The Smoking Gun posted a document from the casting department at ABC, looking for ratings-winners for their pile of crap "Extreme Makeover-Home Edition". Although why finding a kid who cannot experience pain would be hard, I have no idea: If the ratings for "EM-HE" are so good, there must be MILLIONS of people who cannot experience pain. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0327062extreme1.html

posted by Fitz's @ 9:44 PM 0 comments

Because Republicans are CLAMORING for those jobs...

Illegal Immigrants must GO! They're taking away all those high-paying, prestigious agricultural jobs away from tax-paying, law-abiding US citizens! (Because what we really need is American union labor to begin flooding the fields! That'll bring those pesky lettuce costs down!)

They must go, because obviously American high-tech companies are to blame for hiring so many foreigners to fill jobs that our fine American college graduates would be happy to fill! (Because those graduates really know their math and science!)

And, they must go because the last time I checked, America was for Americans! I mean, Americans that look like me. Not the ones that look like them...

posted by Fitz's @ 9:30 PM 0 comments

God Kills. Here's proof.

After Israeli PM Ariel Sharon suffered a massive stroke, it was only a matter of time before God commented.

Pat Robertson, God's Press Relations Manager, told us all today on his news show "The 700 Club" that "God considers this land [Israel] to be his....You read the Bible and he says 'This is my land,' and for any prime minister of Israel who decides he is going to carve it up and give it away, God says, 'No, this is mine.'"

Robertson continued to outline God's committment to goodwill for all men, saying "Woe to any prime minister of Israel who takes a similar course."

Unfortunately, Mr. Sharon was unavailable for comment. Messages left today for God were unreturned at publication.

posted by Fitz's @ 10:12 PM 0 comments

US Automakers in decline?! You're KIDDING?

We're not going to commit to manufacturing significant numbers of hybrid-driven autos, nor even to diesel-driven engines. We'll keep pumping out our pick-up trucks and have them run at 17 MPG.

All the while Honda/Nissan/Toyota are drastically increasing their production of compacts, hybrids...European makers are joining in, and even increasing the number of diesel models they're making available in the US.

Brainy!

posted by Fitz's @ 10:05 PM 0 comments

OK. So it's an old picture. Like 2003-old. But tell me you didn't want to see this.

posted by Fitz's @ 8:42 PM 0 comments

Great planning by the school district!

One local fifth-grade teacher, Vicki Niles, is suggesting that her students do some things to continue their prep for this "important" test of her fifth-graders' skills:

(From today's Bellingham Herald)

"EVERYDAY READING To practice reading, teacher Vicki Niles encourages students to explore all different kinds of texts: Follow a cookbook recipe. If you're going to a restaurant, read the menu yourself." WOW! Read the menu yourself! Makes me really envy the reading level of her students, that's for sure! I wonder what she wants them to do to prepaare for the math portion of the exam? Maybe count the number of people that they know that can actually READ the menu?

Stellar! Can't wait to get my kids into that public school next year!

posted by Fitz's @ 6:46 PM 0 comments

Last day at EuropeExpress

Well. Here's a parting shot for you. I'm setting up a user's new computer, and need to copy files from old to new. So, I told the user that it is "imperative that you leave your computer powered on".

In response: What do you mean by "powered on?"

Ah. And why again am I leaving this palace of high-tech knowledge? So classic!

posted by Fitz's @ 10:26 AM 0 comments