What I want to know, is when do they hang his lawyers, for statements like this…

In a statement, Saddam’s lawyers said that in the aftermath of his death, “the world will know that Saddam Hussein lived honestly, died honestly, and maintained his principles.”

Been to Iraq? Some parents of fallen US soldiers have.

“I needed to make that trip,” said Bastian, who traveled with her husband, Todd. “All of us were very, very disappointed in the media coverage over the war. I had so many avenues that were telling me different, that there were good things happening in Iraq, that they were just reporting the bomb of the day.”

That isn’t part of what most consider normal. I was at work today, BAF (Bored As Frack) and thought this might be good to counter what was a lazy day…

• Stood in the middle of a burning aircraft that crashed.
• Almost stepped on a dead body from that burning aircraft.
• Make that two dead bodies, although we didn’t know it at the time.
• Partied with Captain Lou Albano and a bunch of wrestling midgets.
• Played The Criminologist in Rocky Horror Picture Show.
• Got handed a headset and told I was an air traffic controller for the next two weeks.
• Have had articles published in several magazines.
• Been in about 10 different countries on 5 different continents.
• Was in one of the original Grand Masquerades and my picture is in one of the White Wolf books.
• Had three girls jumping up and down saying “Do Me! Do Me!” outside of the van I was in. And yes, they meant me…
• Got kicked out of a graveyard.
• Was a field investigator for MUFON.
• Was in a helicopter that did a hammerhead stall, whipped through mesas at full speed, and other crazy aerobatics, with the side doors wide open.

Den Beste compares the next few years of the OS wars to the protestant reformation.  Which I think is a much better analogy than he does.

Apple is the Eastern Orthodox Church, Microsoft is Catholicism, and Linux is Protestantism.

People’s choices in operating systems are a religion, just as politics is a religion.  MOST of the people just use the OS they were brought up with as a child (or in class), which is almost always Microsoft Windows.  These people are just following the family tradition.  A few renegades go out and look for a new religion, and end up with Linux.  Those that really drink the kool-aid end up with a Mac…

I know it’s almost a bit late in the season, but please head here: Lets Say Thanks
Send a free postcard message to the troops for Christmas.

From Something… and Half of Something, A true Hollywood Celebrity shows Danny Bonnaduce open up a verbal can of whupass.

A man walked into a very high-tech bar. As he sat down on a stool he noticed that the bartender was a robot.

The robot clicked to attention and asked, “Sir, what will you have?”

The man thought a moment then replied? “A martini please.”

The robot clicked a couple of times and mixed the best martini the man had ever had.

The robot then asked, “Sir, what is your IQ?”

The man answered”oh, about 164.”

The robot then proceeded to discuss the ‘theory of relativity’, ‘inter-stellar space travel’, ‘the latest medical breakthroughs, etc…….

The man was most impressed. He left the bar but thought he would try a different tact.

He returned and took a seat. Again the robot clicked and asked what he would have?

“A Martini please.” Again it was superb.

The robot again asked “what is your IQ sir?”

This time the man answered, “Oh about 100″.

So the robot started discussing NASCAR racing, the latest basketball scores, and what to expect the Dodgers to do that week end.

The guy had to try it one more time. So he left, returned and took a stool….

Again a martini,and the question, “What is your IQ?”??

This time the man drawled out ” Uh…..’bout 50″.

The robot clicked then leaned close and very slowly asked ,

“A-r-e . . .y-o-u-r  . . p-e-o-p-l-e  . .  r-e-a-l-l-y  . . .g-o-i-n-g . . t-o . n-o-m-i-n-a-t-e . . . H-i-l-l-a-r-y-???”

Sure its in Japanese, but watch for the card trick at the very end inside the aquarium…

Cyril has a fishy card trick

This article has been cross-posted on Jack-of-All-Trades.

Jack-of-All-Trades and the Pirate-King are pleased to bring you a new joint effort. We will be selecting choice videos from the past (and perhaps even some of today) that we consider to be worth watching. This doesn’t sound like anything new since plenty of others out there in Blogdom do the same thing. However, we are hoping that others find them as fun as we do… so it won’t matter.

For the first selection, we’d like to take you back to 1982. In that year…

• The first artificial heart was implanted in Barney Clark.
• John Belushi OD’ed in a West Hollywood hotel.
• Rich Skrenta released what is considered to have been the “first computer virus”.
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was the top grossing film.
• And, if you were lucky… you got to see this video:

I know, this is probably offensive to someone… but if we didn’t offend, no one would care what we had to say.

(more…)

Wife shoots man dead over warm beer

A St. Louis woman shot her husband to death after he gave her a can of warm beer, police said.

The shooting happened Sunday. Names have not been released. The woman was taken into custody.

The wife allegedly admitted shooting her husband, who was about 70 years old, in the kitchen of their home. The man was shot four or five times in the chest after giving his wife a can of warm Stag beer.

Ahoy!

Normally… I don’t pay “sweepstakes” too much attention.  I’ve only won one thing in my entire life, and that was some lame, useless 7th-place prize for something equally unimportant.

However, this one was so SUPER sweet… and it spoke directly to that bit of Pan that still lives within me.  It could not be ignored.

Disney has been holding a “Become a Disney Pirate” sweepstakes.  The grand prize winner of this contenst will have his (or her) likeness “pirate’d” into the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland Resort.

Ye Scalawags need to get over to to DisneyPirates.com, and fillout the entry form.  Entry opportunities end on January 31st, 2007… so get cracking!

if you’re going to have a “medical emergency” in the bathroom (ie after a big breakfast burrito or “all you can eat chili” lunch), at least go a to different floor to do it, if not a different building…