mysql shit the bed on my server today. And took my data with it. I never did fix the “expect” bug that was making my backup scripts fail since march. crap. UPDATE: I always forget why I keep my stupid LiveJournal around. Before you judge me for being on LiveJournal, I was there since [...]
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The voodoo section of the supermarket creeps me the fuck out. I’m nit even talking about Agatha’s Creepy Corner Market, I’m talking Stop and Shop. This is the part of the meat section with all the crazy random animal parts that one would have an easier time finding an application for in black magic than [...]
From link below: “PFLUGERVILLE, Texas – A Pflugerville man is arrested for driving home a piece of construction equipment, police say while intoxicated. FOX 7 News first reported this in October, now Pflugerville Police are releasing the video.” Full story (with video): Clicky A steam roller would have been bad enough, this thing looks more [...]
I normally could give two craps about celebrity news. But this guy isn’t really a celebrity per se, and he’s so shady that I can’t help myself. The “shamwow guy”, aka Vince Shlomi, airs commercials that reek so badly of scam that you feel the need to take a shower after watching them. Dry off [...]
Apparently there’s a resurgence of 80′s “style” going on. Some broken mind somewhere decided it’d be fun to make the 80s happen again. I was out earning boyfriend-points with Emily on sunday while she was clothes shopping, and some of the stuff that was on the racks there was pretty dreadful. Below is an example [...]
From story: “In each pant leg, according to a release issued by the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, the man was concealing a live pigeon tucked into his tights. He was also wearing a money belt which contained plant seeds, and carrying an eggplant in his baggage” -full story- I can’t even begin to [...]
We use AIM at work for internal communications quite a bit. We do this not only for the sake of convenience, but because cut/pasting ticket or device information is a lot easier and more reliable than dictating it over the phone. I’ve noticed and interesting trend lately. A lot of the middle aged people talk [...]
Korean scientists have apparently cloned glow-in-the-dark cats. linky: I has a color They were showing vids of RedCat all day on CNN, and he does indeed glow red under UV light. His nose, eyelids, and parts of his ears specifically. GreenCat seems to glow all over. First: What the mother fuck? Second: Where can I [...]
So there’s this house near me. It steals holidays. 2 years ago around this time they put up a nativity scene in the barn they had connected to the house. Basically it was lifesize scarecrow-esque straw dolls all arranged in the proper fashion. They have it in the basement of this barn with the storm [...]
The “what the fuck?” award of the week goes to the state of Texas for the Geostationary Banana Over Texas project. No, seriously.. what the fuck. The banana is not some sort of odd shaped weather balloon. It’s not some kind of satellite dressed up like a banana for some reason. Or any other practical [...]
