Does Hallmark make cards for rejected supreme court nominees?

Harriet Miers has withdrawn her bid for the Supreme Court. You heard it here first! At least, that is, if you don't visit another news site or read the newspaper first. Harriet, you are the greatest rejected supreme court nominee ever! :) :) [Blogger's thoughts: wow, that's pretty rough...I'm sure she would have made a perfectly fine justice...maybe]. Well, it's a birthday party at work today, so I'm going ot have to cut this short. I can't wait for the inevitable bland, Ivy League graduate that they nominate next.

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Welcome back! It's a fantastic Tuesday Afternoon (TGIT), and things couldn't be better. Just look at a message I received via e-mail:

...you are too [expletive deleted] funny. Do you have a [expletive deleted] counter on your [expletive deleted] site? How many [expletive deleted] hits are you getting. No you don't have to tell me. I'll just check it a lot.

Note: the preceeding message was edited for content. Specifically, I added the [expletive deleted] messages for effect. Did it work?

Ever wish that you could start up a shop in Turkey and put up a sign that includes a "W" or "Q"? You renegade! [Blogger's fair warning: not all of the article is funny]

I suppose everybody already knows a new champ's been crowned. If you haven't been following it carefully from the very start, you've been seeing it plastered onto every newspaper in sight. Andrew Bergel is the new reigning king.

Good for Andrew Bergel! Professional RPS seems like such a worthwhile use of [lie deleted].

It's back to work I go! I'm absolutely pumped to get back to [lie deleted]!! Until next time, have yourself a [random word deleted] day!!

Hail, Hail to old Purdue!

It's always cool to see your old college in the news!

The news is my muse

Here in Indiana, we truly love our motorsports. In fact, it appears that we love it so much that the powers that be decided to add a car slalom to the road I take to work. Just when you thought you were supposed to stay in the left lane, LOOK OUT! You've now got the space of an intersection to make it to the right side. Shine on, you crazy Hoosier state.

Speaking of Indiana motorsports, I wonder why Jacques Lazier didn't take up boxing?
Oh, that's right...

And for those that think I am always portraying a negative image of politics
[editors note: HAHAHAHA!!...does anybody really have a positive view of politics?], I have found that there are indeed good stories that I have missed. Here's a politician surprising everyone.

Jacques Lazier was heard commenting that the gorilla had absolutely obliterated the nut with 2,000,000 pounds of force.

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But Harriet Miers always told me I was her favorite! :-(

It has been an entire two weeks since I last posted. As I read my post, I realize that I have grown much since then. My biggest worry was getting calls during a lunch break? HA! I'm just glad I get a lunch break again. Orangeade out of the lemonade button? Silly, innocent engineer. From now on, I will only tackle important issues.

Speaking of which, has anyone else noticed this continuing trend of modeling advertisements like actual articles in newspapers or magazines? I'm not sure if they actually fool anyone since there always seems to be something just "off" about them. Perhaps it's a slight change in the font or perhaps it's the deftly placed "advertisement" notice at the top or bottom of the ad.

All I know is that while reading a video game magazine of my brother's (mock me if you will, but it's usually HILARIOUS), I started reading this "article" about, oh, I don't know, Sagwa and Friends racing for PS2 or something only to see these blurbs about how incredible it is. Surely, I thought, this must be some kind of mistake. And indeed it was...I had fallen victim for 15 seconds to the advertisement article.

Be aware of these advertisements...they are sly and clever. I just wonder what kind of product is so terrible that after being told the features of it, a marketing director says "Well...we could always try and pass off an advertisement as an article in hopes of tricking people into buying the Guetzila Knee Cap Bender!"

Anyway, I hope to be back to writing this week. Work would be so much worse if I didn't have a Guetzila Heartrate Turboboost every morning. That's right, GHT! As Dr. beep-beep-beep, the accredited scientist from the Foundation for Making Delphi, IN, the Capital of the US, noted, "It tastes sorta okay! And it's the only way to be cool!" So true, Doc...so true.

Ooops

For those that do actually keep track of news, you probably realized that I was way off on my predictions for the new Supreme Court nominee. For everybody else, you should be aware that it has not turned into another partisan fight. For all of you who caught my mistake, go reward yourself with a cookie.

Tilingo, Tilingo

[Blogger's ponder: should one be worried about their job when they receive a thank-you note for demonstrating what they DON'T want to do for a career?]

Allow me to give all those who don't pay attention to the news a quick rundown of recent politics. Harriet Miers will now have her name and reputation both dragged through the mud and thoroughly glorified as part of the necessary process known as "partisanship".

I would now like to quickly address the notion of using speakerphone with people that you can see (okay, so it might require a mirror, but...). I'm constantly surrounded by people speaking in stereo, because I can hear their real voice in one direction and their speakerphone voice in another. Does anyone else have this issue? Am I just crazy?!?

Okay, so I'm crazy. But don't stop reading this blog because of it! However, I've run out of time - and I had so many other facts and figures to support my annoyance with speakerphone! Until next time, buckle your safetybelts and remember: mañana es martes!