He must have had a powerful thirst

Man steals plane from flight school in Canada...flies to Missouri...buys Gatorade.

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He must have had a powerful thirst

Man steals plane from flight school in Canada...flies to Missouri...buys Gatorade.

Notice to visitors: I'm glad you might wish to comment here, but anonymous postings which use my blog as a soapbox for flogging some political agenda will be deleted. Play nice, or buy your own sandbox.

It was the aliens' fault

A CareerBuilder survey of 8,000 workers looks at issues of tardiness for work and the (often very creative) excuses they give for why they are late. But this paragraph caught my eye:

Twenty percent of workers said they arrive late to work at least once a week, according to a February 2009 CareerBuilder.com survey of more than 8,000 workers. Twelve percent said they are late at least twice a week.

In this economy, they're late to work? Time to change that particular habit. (And twice a week??? What's up with *that*?)

Of course, in my biz, it's pretty obvious if I'm late to work -- 30 or so people rely on me being there on time.

It was the aliens' fault

A CareerBuilder survey of 8,000 workers looks at issues of tardiness for work and the (often very creative) excuses they give for why they are late. But this paragraph caught my eye:

Twenty percent of workers said they arrive late to work at least once a week, according to a February 2009 CareerBuilder.com survey of more than 8,000 workers. Twelve percent said they are late at least twice a week.

In this economy, they're late to work? Time to change that particular habit. (And twice a week??? What's up with *that*?)

Of course, in my biz, it's pretty obvious if I'm late to work -- 30 or so people rely on me being there on time.

Yesterday's slug-fest

Looking over the standings from yesterday's opening day festivities, I saw that eight of the home runs hit on the first day of regular season ball were at the same game: Colorado at Arizona.

Arizona won 9-8; five of the home runs were by Diamondbacks. Colorado Rockies players accounted for three.

One wonders how many of the home run balls want to fans.

Yesterday's slug-fest

Looking over the standings from yesterday's opening day festivities, I saw that eight of the home runs hit on the first day of regular season ball were at the same game: Colorado at Arizona.

Arizona won 9-8; five of the home runs were by Diamondbacks. Colorado Rockies players accounted for three.

One wonders how many of the home run balls want to fans.

Dear Vermont

You so very much rock. Today, your legislature voted to override the governor's veto of a bill to legalize same-sex marriage. Yours is the first state in the union to legalize same-sex marriage through a legislative, rather than judicial, process. Yours was also the first state in the union to recognize civil unions for same-sex couples. You triply rock.

There are now four states where same-sex marriage is legal, three of them in New England (and the other, surprisingly cool one from last week, is Iowa)(which still has me grinning).

And there are initiatives in New Hampshire and Maine, too. [Here, we shall refrain from Rhode Island snark, but we'll hope they start humming along.]

We will need a sign: "Leaving New York. Welcome to New England, where everyone has the right to life-long love."

Dear Vermont

You so very much rock. Today, your legislature voted to override the governor's veto of a bill to legalize same-sex marriage. Yours is the first state in the union to legalize same-sex marriage through a legislative, rather than judicial, process. Yours was also the first state in the union to recognize civil unions for same-sex couples. You triply rock.

There are now four states where same-sex marriage is legal, three of them in New England (and the other, surprisingly cool one from last week, is Iowa)(which still has me grinning).

And there are initiatives in New Hampshire and Maine, too. [Here, we shall refrain from Rhode Island snark, but we'll hope they start humming along.]

We will need a sign: "Leaving New York. Welcome to New England, where everyone has the right to life-long love."

What will happen to my language?

My mother, a retired news editor, spoke sadly of the death of newspapers tonight. "Who will protect the language," she asked, "and give people an example of how English should be used?"

Good question. The standards of literacy seem to be eroding. Or is it that the Internet shows us, too clearly, how illiterate others are?

What will happen to my language?

My mother, a retired news editor, spoke sadly of the death of newspapers tonight. "Who will protect the language," she asked, "and give people an example of how English should be used?"

Good question. The standards of literacy seem to be eroding. Or is it that the Internet shows us, too clearly, how illiterate others are?