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10.04.2005
Nerd Alert
Sun Microsystems and Google have announced they are teaming up in the are of office software. The field, currently dominated by Microsoft's Office 97/2000/XP, might become actually competitive.
Sun is behind "Open Office" a little known, and free, software package that includes word processing, a spreadsheet and a "powerpoint" equivalent. It's great for those that don't want to shell out big bucks for MS Office or for those that just hate Microsoft.
Open Office info is here (you can download it for free - but it's a huge file so you'll need a high speed connection - or buy the CD for 10 bucks on Ebay).
I Know You All Hate Sports . . .
. . . but did you see that the Texas Rangers hired Jon Daniels as General Manager? But that's not the big story. It is Blog-worthy because he is 28 years old.
That makes him the youngest GM in the major league.
This Completely Changes My Vacation Plans
"MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Half a dozen Mexico City prostitutes have been arrested for using eye drops containing a sleep-inducing drug to knock out and rob their clients, leaving at least five men dead, a newspaper said on Monday. "
In The Internet Age . . .
. . . even a questionnaire filled out in sixteen years ago can come back to bite you.
Harriett Meirs, in her run for city council in Dallas, said she supported same civil rights for gays as non-gays. (While, oddly, she would not want to repeal a portion of the Penal Code - like a councilperson has anything to do with it - criminalizing homosexual conduct).
The form is here in pdf format.
Money, Money
"BANK EMPLOYEES THREATENED — Robbie Clyde Thompson, 34, of Chico was arrested yesterday morning after officers said he threatened to kill employees of the First State Bank in Chico." More in the Update.
He thought "Severe Penalty For Early Withdrawal" applied to the bank, not him.
They Have Got A Point
It looks like the hard line right-wingers are upset about the selection of Harriet Miers as the next Supreme Court justice.
Their position: We've whipped the Democrats all over the place and we control the presidency and both houses of Congress. So why doesn't Bush take advantage of it and appoint a known conservative, hard line, anti-abortion, and law and order judge?
10.03.2005
No Offense To You Grand Jury Members Out There
CHRIS MATTHEWS: What do you think he showed the grand jury to convince them to indict?
TOM DELAY: You don't have to — what do I know? You know, grand juries, it's all one-sided. It is all what he presents to the grand jury, how he spins, how he presents it. Everybody says you can indict a ham sandwich with a grand jury.
MATTHEWS: Yes, I have heard that term.
DELAY: This is a ham sandwich indictment without the ham.
Source
President Bush Don't Care About Hispanic People
(Please tell me you get the joke from the headline). The story:
"President Bush's decision to make White House counsel Harriet Miers his second Supreme Court nominee upset Hispanic groups that had hoped to see the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice. 'President Bush has again ignored highly qualified Latino judges, attorneys and law professors who could serve the nation ably on the United States Supreme Court,' said Ann Marie Tallman, executive director of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, after Miers' nomination was announced Monday."
Source
Actual FEMA Chart . . .
. . . from its official web site (not joking).
It starts with a disaster and ends in disaster.
(Credit: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart).
They Are So...Uh....Krunk
I actually saw these shoes today. As you walk and put pressure on the heel, the "rim" embedded in the ankle portion of the shoe spins.
For my next court appearance, I'm gonna wow the jury.
(Order info.)
Chances Are Good A Wise County Resident Could Have Been Hit
"FORT WORTH - Police are searching for a man suspected of shooting his wife's ex-husband at a north side bar late Sunday. Lt. Dean Sullivan, police spokesman, said the shooting in the 1200 block of North Main Street at about 10:30 p.m. resulted from an apparent 'domestic situation.'"
Source: Star-Telegram
Made Me Want to Distance
I was half watching the NFL Sunday night game last night between Arizona and San Francisco when I learned ESPN had the Arizona QB, Josh McNown, equipped with a microphone.
So it was time for them to throw us the audio/video of all his great quotes throughout the night. I expected to hear the obligatory "This is the big stage, babeeeee!" or "It doesn't get any better than this!" or "It's Sunday night, baby, Sunday night!".
Instead they showed him throwing a touchdown pass and pointing to the sky and saying, quite plainly, "Thank you, God! Thank you, Jesus!". They then cut to him on the sideline firing up his teammates by yelling "Let's step on their throats! Let's step on their throats!" (In Christian love, of course).
That's Billion With a "B"
Andy Rooney of "60 Minutes" went on a rant last night:
"I'm not really clear how much a billion dollars is but the United States — our United States — is spending $5.6 billion a month fighting this war in Iraq that we never should have gotten into. We still have 139,000 soldiers in Iraq today. Almost 2,000 Americans have died there. For what?" . . . rest of rant is here.
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