FRIDAY FLASH FUN…
1730 by Jeff Hess
30 May 2008
30 May 2008
MUCKING OUT THE BLOGPILE…
1430 by Jeff Hess
I’m constantly tossing interesting websites into what I call my blogpile. Some of them find their way here in the form of regular posts, but more often than not they languish and get buried deeper in the pile. The end result is that I have to go back and do a bit of shoveling. Today’s item is WHAT TO DO ABOUT INSANE GOVERNMENTS.
30 May 2008
30 May 2008
FROM MY DAD…
0830 by Jeff Hess
I could never bring myself to forward all the email jokes, cartoons and other Internet comedy that land in my inbox. But then I started posting the ones my dad sends me. Judging from my comments and emails, my dad has become one of my greatest blogging assets. So for your morning blog chuckle I present: From My Dad.
Tech support: ‘Okay Bob, let’s press the control and escape keys at the same time. That brings up a task list in the middle of the screen. Now type the letter ‘P’ to bring up the Program Manager’
Customer: I don’t have a P.
Tech support: On your keyboard, Bob.
Customer: What do you mean?
Tech support: ‘P’…..on your keyboard, Bob.
Customer: I’M NOT GOING TO DO THAT!
30 May 2008
THIS IS SO NOT A GOOD IDEA…
0735 by Jeff Hess30 May 2008
FROM MY CHAPBOOK…
0230 by Jeff HessFound in my electronic chapbook.
In fact, writers in the throes of composition tend to read less, in part for the same reason that they mow their lawns less and don”t return phone calls, and in part because as one of my colleagues said after being needled for not keeping up with the relevant journals in his field, “At some point you have to decide whether you are going to be a producer or consumer of text.” p. 176
From The Midnight Disease: The Drive to Write, Writer”s Block and the Creative Brain by Alice W. Flaherty.
29 May 2008
GOOD MORNING MYANMAR…
2030 by Jeff Hess
What do you do when you discover that only a portion of the aid you’ve donated to help victims of some natural disaster is not reaching those in need, but rather is padding the pockets of the pitiful waste of human genome in charge? When you’re dealing with evil, this will always be a question.
The commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific region says he is not sure how much of the U.S. relief aid flowing into Burma is reaching the people who need it. And he says he will not be able to keep U.S. Navy ships off the Burmese coast much longer, unless Burma’s leaders allow them to participate in the relief effort. VOA’s Al Pessin reports from the Pentagon.
Admiral Timothy Keating says after 70 U.S. military relief flights from Thailand into Rangoon, carrying some 370 metric tons of supplies, he can not say for sure whether the aid is being distributed to the area devastated by a cyclone early this month.
“It remains a challenge, still,” he said. “The goods end up in Rangoon. Subsequent distribution is handled by non-governmental organizations to a limited degree, and to a larger degree by the government of Burma. Do we know where they’re going? I do not necessarily know where those relief supplies are going.” Continue Reading »
29 May 2008
29 May 2008
MUCKING OUT THE BLOGPILE…
1430 by Jeff HessI’m constantly tossing interesting websites into what I call my blogpile. Some of them find their way here in the form of regular posts, but more often than not they languish and get buried deeper in the pile. The end result is that I have to go back and do a bit of shoveling. Today’s item is Analyzing autism vouchers in Ohio.
29 May 2008
MY COMMENTS…
1349 by Jeff Hess29 May 2008
WHAT THEY SAID…
1347 by Jeff HessI was having a new dishwasher installed this morning and overheard the two workmen talking about a fellow employee. Apparently this third employee was telling them how he managed to go home early the previous work day. He kicked in the front of the appliance he was delivering and then called the store to tell them he couldn’t install it because it was damaged.
29 May 2008
YOU HAVE TO WONDER HOW THIS TURNED OUT…
1139 by Jeff Hess
29 May 2008
WHAT THEY SAID…
1037 by Jeff HessThe whole idea behind Christian Zionism is to align America with the nation of Israel so as to “hurry God up” in his efforts to bring about Armageddon. As Hagee tells it, only after Israel is involved in a final showdown involving a satanic army (in most interpretations, a force of Arabs led by Russians) will Christ reappear. On that happy day, Hagee and his True Believers will be whisked up to Heaven by God, while the rest of us nonbelievers are left behind on Earth to suck eggs and generally suffer various tortures.
29 May 2008
29 May 2008
FROM MY DAD…
0830 by Jeff HessI could never bring myself to forward all the email jokes, cartoons and other Internet comedy that land in my inbox. But then I started posting the ones my dad sends me. Judging from my comments and emails, my dad has become one of my greatest blogging assets. So for your morning blog chuckle I present: From My Dad.
A woman customer called the Canon help desk with a problem with her printer.
Tech support: Are you running it under windows?
Customer: ‘No, my desk is next to the door, but that is a good point. The man sitting in the cubicle next to me is under a window, and his printer is working fine.’
29 May 2008
MMMM… JILL GOODNESS…
0622 by Jeff Hess
From she who Writes Like She Talks:
Dear Friends,
The White House Project’s Ohio Go Run! training will take place June 6-8 in Columbus. There are 90 women attending but they can fit up to ten more. I’m told that the attendees are all ages, all ethnicities, Dems, GOP, Green, Independents and Libertarians and that they are coming from rural areas as well as urban. If someone cannot afford the fees, scholarships will be given. (I am attending as well as speaking.)
I hope you will consider posting this information or passing it on to women you know or whom you believe might be interested in getting into politics now, or at any time in the future.
Thank you,
Jill
29 May 2008
FROM MY CHAPBOOK…
0230 by Jeff HessFound in my electronic chapbook.
Many who read voraciously would balk at being labeled hyperlexic. All the same, there maybe a subset of avid readers whose reading has an especially compulsive quality. We make sure never to be without a book directly in front of us, partly because without one we can”t help reading, over and over, cereal box labels or the newspaper used to wrap the fish. [This is SO true. JH] p. 174-5
From The Midnight Disease: The Drive to Write, Writer”s Block and the Creative Brain by Alice W. Flaherty.
28 May 2008
GOOD MORNING MYANMAR…
2030 by Jeff HessMillions are homeless and without food or water. The Cyclone Nargis death toll continues its climb to more than 100,000. Aung San Suu Kyi’s house arrest was renewed, in violation of Myanmar’s own laws. Yet Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, the former UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Burma, is able to see some light.
From the BBC:
Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, the former UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Burma, told the BBC that the cyclone crisis had helped achieve more active dialogue with the junta.
On Tuesday pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s house arrest was renewed. Foreign donors condemned the decision but acknowledged that the donation of aid wouldn’t be affected by it.
Mr Pinheiro pointed out that the international relief operation could have positive ramifications for Burma’s future democratic development. Continue Reading »
28 May 2008
MUCKING OUT THE BLOGPILE…
1430 by Jeff HessI’m constantly tossing interesting websites into what I call my blogpile. Some of them find their way here in the form of regular posts, but more often than not they languish and get buried deeper in the pile. The end result is that I have to go back and do a bit of shoveling. Today’s item is 29 Ways to Carry Out Random Acts of Kindness Every Day.
28 May 2008
WAL-MART WEDNESDAY…
1030 by Jeff Hess
It’s been a busy week in Wally World: the Universe’s source of cheap plastic crap. On The Writing On The Wal — the blog USA Today says should be on its readers’ radar — Jonathan Rees, Robert Feinman, Peter Sayles and I continue our work dedicated to drawing back the curtain on the Bentonvile Behemoth’s corporate disinformation and other flackery.
MSN GETS AROUND TO NEW WAL-MART BLOG… I do love it when the Rococo Media gets around to agreeing with something I (or any other blogger, for that matter) wrote days ago. In this case MSN Money”s Smart Spending reviews Wal-Mart”s personal-finance blog Make Your Dollar Stretch. Keep reading…
GET LOCAL… SAVE $5 PER GALLON DIESEL FUEL… A little more than a month ago I wrote about how Wal-Mart is courting local produce growers in North Carolina. This morning I found a story on The Jew & The Carrot (what a great name for a blog) about how Wal-Mart is courting Maine”s potato farmers. Keep reading…
ANOTHER DAY… ANOTHER WAL-MART… We exposed Jim and Laura as floggers, but real RVers do stop at real Wal-Marts where they can park overnight for free. And while gas prices may render the RV a dinosaur, Louise Hornor and Sean Welsh are having a good time in their Odyssey. Keep reading…
WHAT CAN YOU BUY WITH $2.2 MILLION…? Yes, for Wal-Mart $2.2 million is a pittance. And in Washington, it”s most likely so far down the list of expenditures that people wonder why Wal-Mart is such a piker. But it is still a monthly charge of $733,000 to ensure Congress hears Wal-Mart”s side of the story. Keep reading…
TOM COUGHLIN… HE JUST KEEPS GIVING… There has to be people in Bentonville who want to hurl every time they hear Tom Coughlin”s name mentioned. His story goes quiet for two, three months, and you think it”s over. But it”s not over. It may never be over. The name just keeps coming back up like bad burrito. Keep reading…
WAL-MART HARBORING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS… But not the human kind. In the past we”ve written about about people bitten by snakes at Wal-Marts. Now it appears that another illegal immigrant threat is making a reappearnace at Wal-Marts. Keep reading…
WHEN IS 20 MILLION NOT 20 MILLION…? Last Wednesday I wrote about Wal-Mart”s paltry $430,000 donation to Chinese earthquake victims. Yesterday I was struck by the irony of Jonathan”s post on a protest asking American tax payers to not send their $600 government checks to China via Wal-Mart. Keep reading…
WAL-MART TO HAVE IN-STORE CASSINOS…? Shop at Wal-Mart. Buy lots of cheap plastic crap from China. Gamble away what ever is left in your bank account. Installing the lottery equivalent of one-armed bandits in its stores is not Wal-Mart”s idea, but the company admits it likes the money. Keep reading…
WHAT DOES TENNESSEE THAT OTHERS DON”T…? Why has Tennessee unilaterally withdrawn from the Wal-Mart energy audit program that it – and 18 other state governments – signed on to earlier this month? Only the government knows and it isn”t talking. Was there too much public in the public-private partnership? Keep reading…
