The crippling reach of methamphetamine abuse has become the [United States] leading drug problem affecting local law enforcement agencies, according to a survey of 500 sheriff’s departments in 45 states. … The report comes soon after the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy restated its stance that marijuana…
Annette and I watched S01E01 of “Pimp my Ride UK” over the weekend. This is a port of the PMR show from the US to the UK, obviously, and is screening on MTV UK. Jesus. We laughed a lot. We laughed a little bit at the workers in the custom…
A celebrity girlfriend was among British and Irish Lions players’ families and partners refused entry to the official after-test-match function. http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3333615a10,00.html “The girlfriends looked beautiful, they were wearing Lions jerseys and jackets with jeans and Ugg boots… Insert Tui Ad…
A constitutional amendment that prevents “The Physical Desecration of the American Flag” For fucks sake. It’s a flag. It’s a bit of cloth. Its only purpose, its only meaning, is to be a symbol of a country, and if you want to get more abstract, for the freedoms…
I heard some upper management types talking about the call center at work today. Now, I’ve never run a call center, but I have (like most techies, getting their start) worked on an ISP helpdesk in the past, providing call-in support to users with problems. My first tech gig,…
* SPOILERS * * WELL, NOT REALLY. I RECKON EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT HAPPENS * * BUT JUST IN CASE YOU’VE JUST COME BACK FROM LIKE .. THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN OR SOMETHING * * THERE ARE MAYBE SPOILERS * * SO WATCH OUT * I liked it. I liked it a WHOLE lot more than Episodes I and II.…
I just watched Season 16, Episode 19 of The Simpsons … and fuck me, there was a Johnny the Homocidal Maniac shoutout in it. There’s a scene towards the end where Homer is taken up to Heaven by the rapture. He’s shown around the place by an angel who…
To Hell with John Tamihere. I’m not normally a very political person. My political views are .. centrist, I guess. I’m no right-wing nutjob, there are a bunch of things that I think the government should do, and a bunch of services that I think the government should offer…