Thinking in vain...

At least the time in which I have to give out candy. I had over 75 kids... thank god most of them were young and cute. I always buy more than enough candy.

On to watch The Live Ghost Hunters.

New Slowsky's commercial... and as usual, it doesn't disappoint. At least not me.

is brought to you by me (of course) and my favorite run-down house.

The image at left is originally a color slide which I developed on a color enlarger with the magenta turned up too high... a happy accident.

One of these days I will brave the no trespassing sign and go inside. I will give adequate notice so that in case I fall through a floor someone can come rescue and then arrest me.

Enjoy.

And I didn't get a picture. I tried too. I didn't realize what the license plate said until I passed him to get into the other lane and then he was driving waaay to slow for me to try to get behind him again.

His plate said:

I EMBALM

Swear. I can't believe someone would have that on their license plate... anyways Happy Halloween!

Check out the "Top 15 Most Famous Freaky Ghost Photos."

God that was painful to watch.

I mean for god's sakes the game isn't over if you've still got 4 minutes left in the 4th quarter.

And kind of ugly... and it's definitely not a jetpack.

A US company have developed a car that can easily beat traffic jams - it can fly.

At the touch of a button the Transition from Terrafugia four-wheeled car extends a pair of wings either side of its main body.

Chief operating officer, Anna Mracek Dietrich, said: "It will take just a few seconds to transform and will be fully automated after the command is given in the cockpit. We're currently sold out for at least the first year, approaching the first two of production".

The Transition will use low-cost electronics and feature GPS and auto-pilot weather radar.

The prototype, which runs on super unleaded petrol, cruises at 120mph and lands at 65mph.

The estimated hourly fuel burn of four gallons equates to 30mpg in flight.

Terrafugia - which means escape from the earth - are selling for £74,000.

The company hopes the first car will be ready by next December.

Via Coast to Coast AM

You ever chew gum so long it makes you nauseous?

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It's a small world. Sometimes too small.

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Does my picture REALLY have to go with a news release about me?

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Anybody know a good program - online - that will work with iCal? I read of a good one somewhere on a blog I trust and now I don't remember it.

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I need a haircut.

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I forgot the rest because I didn't write them down.

Thanks to Myspace I have been informed of the sequel to National Treasure... National Treasure: Book of Secrets.

Now... I'm a dork. I admit it. I like the first one. It's silly and mindless and fun and deals with the weird crap I love. I like watching it. I also like watching it on Sunday afternoons when I have nothing to do and I pop it in so I can nap.

So that said, sequels tend to suck... and people will make sequels to good movies that don't need sequels. And despite the fact that the original cast is all in the movie, something tells me this might suck.

And yeah, there wasn't really any major point to this post... although on the topic of movies, I saw Breach last night and it was awesome.

Is this Pope John Paul II waving from beyond the grave? Vatican TV director says yes

By NICK PISA - More by this author »
Last updated at 21:21pm on 15th October 2007

This fiery figure is being hailed as Pope John Paul II making an appearance beyond the grave.

The image, said by believers to show the Holy Father with his right hand raised in blessing, was spotted during a ceremony in Poland to mark the second anniversary of his death.

Details appeared on the Vatican News Service, a TV station in Rome which specialises in religious news broadcasts.

Service director Jarek Cielecki, a Polish priest and close friend of John Paul II, travelled to Poland after hearing an onlooker had photographed the image.

Father Cielecki said he was convinced the picture showed the former pontiff.

"You can see the image of a person in the flames and I think it is the servant of God, Pope John Paul II," he said.

The pictures were being broadcast continuously on Italian TV and also posted on religious websites, some of which crashed as thousands logged on to see for themselves the eerie figure formed by the flames.

The bonfire was lit during a service at Beskid Zywiecki, close to John Paul's birthplace at Katowice, southern Poland, on April 2 - the second anniversary of his death.

Hundreds had attended the ceremony. Gregorz Lukasik, the Polish man who took the photographs, said: "It was only afterwards when I got home and looked at the pictures that I realised I had something.

"I showed them to my brother and sister and they, like me, were convinced the flames had formed the image of Pope John Paul II.

"I was so happy with the picture that I showed it to our local bishop who said that Pope John Paul had made many pilgrimages during his life and he was still making them in death."

via The Daily Mail

So as usual these past few months... I'm about a day late and a dollar short.

Yesterday was Blog Action Day and I meant to post something but I was swamped fixing a direct mail that wasn't the right color and the pill was too shiny and, well you get the drift.

I have a very large stack of newspapers sitting in my kitchen [insert would-be photo here] that are accumulating until I can get to the recycling center and my post was going to focus on finding alternative means to deal with my problem. But I didn't have time, so here's the first search result on Google.

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I saw Mr. Las Vegas. He's from my hometown.

:)

When I get home my new, shiny iMac will be waiting for me. :)

Found via Marty Feldmanize Me

My mother just called me to tell me that there was a man in a ski mask and a shot gun walking through my neighborhood the other day and they haven't caught him yet.

I guess I've now got bigger things to look out for during my 6:00am walk than the neighbor's dog not being on a leash.

Yes, I work on one and it makes my life easier... and I love all the cool gadgets, but that is not why I love Apple today.

Flashback to 3 weeks ago and I had to give my shiny Powerbook back to my previous employer. I have an old Powerbook G3 with a 4GB hard drive and it hates me. I can't do anything on it without it crashing. I've always meant to fix it up but never have (one day I will).

Anyhoozle, so I went to buy a new computer. I found a refurbished iMac for a decent price and ordered it... that was on August 30th. And as I watch my order status the shipment dates for my mac keep getting pushed back. Finally on the 15th I get an email telling me that "due to an unexpected delay" my mac will not ship and it will now ship between the 19th and 20th.

The 19th came and went. No update on my order status. I checked all day yesterday... no change.

By this time, my sister (who is as equally as frustrated with the old powerbook) is trying to get me to call apple and get answers. I told her I was going to wait, they'd fix it.

Last night I got an email. I saw it an my heart sank. I figured my shipment had been pushed back again and I would really have to call. And I loathe calling customer service. Actually, I pretty much don't like talking on the phone at all (I worked 2 years in a call center for a bank and that's my excuse).

So I open up the email. They do not have the inventory to send me my refurbished iMac. Total WTF? moment. What am I going to do, I need that computer to work at home.

But I keep reading. They have canceled my refurbished iMac and are instead sending me a new* one for the same price. Yeah, that's right, and they're now shipping it overnight (for free). It is being prepared for shipment as we speak and I'll probably get it on Monday.

And that... is why I heart Apple.


*I'm not sure how "new" it is as it's a 17" and the new-new iMacs come in 20" and 24." Either way it's "newer" than the refurbished one.

**This experience is in stark contrast to Fred's problems over at the porch.

Listening to the radio this morning I heard a commercial for the Ellen DeGeneres Show. They were using testimonials and this was one womans:

I don't drink coffee in the morning, I drink Ellen.

The Slinky is packed and ready to go.

Don't worry, I'll let you all know how much he enjoys his new home next Tuesday.

Our production person thought I'd be here forever. I sometimes thought that too... but onward to bigger, better and newer things.

p.s. I also had to give back my laptop... so until my new computer comes, posting will be sporadic or non-existent. But don't worry I will eventually return emails. Besides, I really want to take a stab at that logo.