Friday, December 01, 2006

Uh, CNN?

Pelosi taps Silvestre for intelligence post - CNN.com

"Silvestre" is the guy's first name, as in "Silvestre Reyes". Though I like the new informal attitude. What's next? "George says US won't pull out; Nancy disagrees"?

Thursday, November 30, 2006

Ill-gotten gains

Scrushy will repay $31 million bonuses

These would be the bonuses for "exceptional work". It turned out that the "exceptional work" was "massive accounting fraud". Scrushy had been claiming that he should keep the bonuses, even though he only got them because of the fraud. Which he totally didn't know about.

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Nope, wrong wrong wrong

What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The Inland North

You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop."

The Midland
The South
The Northeast
The West
Philadelphia
North Central
Boston
What American accent do you have?
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Monday, November 27, 2006

That's an interesting way to put it

University of Alabama Announces Change In Football Staff - RollTide.com | University of Alabama Official Athletic Site

You fired the head coach. Say that. This release makes it look like you hired a new AV guy.

Sunday, November 26, 2006

I'm not dead

Just busy. See you next week, maybe.