Archive for March, 2009
Food for thought
So a co-worker sends over this e-mail about the Great American Meatout.
Initially this sounded like one of those spam messages for, ahem, certain “enhancement” products. But no, turns out it’s a serious attempt by jackbooted vegetarians to take over the world.
OK, that’s an exaggeration. They aren’t wearing jackboots (at least not for now). But you [...]
Diving into trouble
File this under “it doesn’t pay to advertise.”
An underwater logging company featured on the History Channel’s “Ax Men” is itself in deep water after state officials got wind of its activities.
The father-and-son outfit, S&S Aqua Logging, is being investigated for illegal gathering of timber on state-owned aquatic lands. Located in Hoquiam, Wash., the company’s property [...]
Well, that’s good to know
A detail that popped up in the Associated Press story on Cal Brown’s stay of execution:
“Department of Corrections spokeswoman Belinda Stewart said that Brown had already selected pizza, soda with ice and apple pie as his last meal.”
As we all know now, it wasn’t.
Notes on an execution
“Depend upon it sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.” Samuel Johnson.
This is the sort of stuff that accumulates in the files while working on execution stories.
– As of the start of 2009, a total of 77 people, all men, have been executed in [...]
Giant colon alert!
WARNING — The following blog contains content which may cause reactions ranging from “Ewww, gross!” to “Ewww, that’s REALLY gross!” So be forewarned.
The enormous colon is coming.
This will be the subject of a regular news story later this month, but that venue won’t allow for (a) terrible puns and (b) REALLY terrible puns. So I’m [...]
Phone (f)utility
So we got a new phone system installed the other day. This has created an impromptu sculpture next to the tech services department which I have entitled “The Futility of Technology.” I expect the Museum of Modern Art to call at any moment with an offer to put it on display….
