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The always funny Yachtzee review is out again this week…

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Sorry about my lack of activity, I have been really busy with work. But I had to take a moment to discuss this little gem. Enjoy! [EDIT - Please put on your sense of humor, I don’t actually hate the South]

Ah, the south, home to warm weather, sunny skies, friendly *cough* people and…..

bat shit crazy nut cases. I mean ,seriously, lets rack up some of the “best” parts of the southern experience.

• Religous intolerance
• Racism/Bigotry
• Failing schools
• Creationism taught as science
• And so much more

And now comes this little tidbit. Here is a story about a substitute teacher loosing his job for “wizardry” in his class. That isn’t a typo, thats what happened. Here is a lovely excerpt.

Well, another Pasco County substitute teacher’s job is on the line, but this time it’s because of a magic trick.

The charge from the school district — Wizardry!

Substitute teacher Jim Piculas does a 30-second magic trick where a toothpick disappears then reappears.

But after performing it in front of a classroom at Rushe Middle School in Land ‘O Lakes, Piculas said his job did a disappearing act of its own.

“I get a call the middle of the day from the supervisor of substitute teachers. He says, ‘Jim, we have a huge issue. You can’t take any more assignments. You need to come in right away,’” he said.

When Piculas went in, he learned his little magic trick cast a spell that went much farther than he’d hoped.

“I said, ‘Well Pat, can you explain this to me?’ ‘You’ve been accused of wizardry,’ [he said]. Wizardry?” he asked.

You see, I love to visit the south. It’s warm, and there are some generally friendly people. People who hate everything you believe in, but at least they are nice about it. Now, I know that up here, we are surrounded by cold weather, democrats, taxes, and other demons. But at least here you can get a decent education, go to whatever church floats your boat, and, oh yeah, not loose your job for doing a magic trick.

Thought I would add this fun video I remember from Bill Maher.

  
Mood : annoyed


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Well, May has started, and even if the weather isn’t cooperating, here is a little toon to help you get your month started. So, give a listen and get in the spirit.

And if you follow this song’s advice, pics or it didn’t happen!

Listen here. For the lyrics and more information, click here.

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Thanks to everyone who made tongith such a great evening. When I am sober and can type I will try and relate how much fun tonight was.But, let me just say thanks to my roommate and friends for making tonight/this morning awesome. Its 4:30am, off to bed and time to get some rest. I have work to do today.

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IT革命

Originally uploaded by mmk_kobayashi

So, This guys photo stream is awesome, so check it out.

I found the road, it was right behind them the whole time. You just didn’t spell it correctly, so you got a NullReference exception. Silly police persons.

[EDIT] So, the guy had like 4000 photos on Flickr. He gets mentioned on BoingBoing, and BAM! No longer on Flickr. I guess a whole lot of picture traffic wasn’t appreciated.

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Sunset Sail

Originally uploaded by pete4ducks

I was browsing around, and found this picture. It reminded me that I needed to:

a) Post my own photo’s from last summer.

and

b) Take even more photos this summer.

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Toast!

Originally uploaded by Mittop

I have been playing around with Flicker, and found this tool that allows me to easily post photos that I have uploaded to Flickr and put them in my blog. Cool! Cheers to me!

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Last night was awesome! I won a charity auction for Red Sox tickets put on by the Red Sox Foundation earlier this month, and last night was the night of the game. I had gotten the tickets for my sister’s birthday. And the kicker? The tickets were Monster Seats.

Let me just say that Monster Seats are, to date, the single greatest seats it has ever been my lucky privilege to have. I have been to a few games at Fenway, and I have sat in the Pavilion, the Grandstand, Pesky’s Pole, and now the Green Monster. I think the only things left are box seats and home plate or dugout seats, and I don’t imagine I will get to sit there anytime soon.

So, the three of us (we had one standing room ticket in the package as well, so our friend/sudo brother Gilly went as well) headed off to the game and an evening of fun and adventure. We started with food and beer out on Yawkey Way, then headed in to our seats about 15 minutes before the game.

About 5 minutes before the game, a bird shit on me! And not one of those innocent white colored things. Nope, this was a black sewer/low tide smelling thing that made me want to puke. Now, I know this is supposed to be good luck, but after the laughs and photos, I went right to the bathroom and washed it off. Gross!

The rest of the evening consisted of beer, baseball, and more beer. It was fantastic. Although the Sox lost, it was still a great time. We ended the evening at Goody Glovers for a last call beverage, then it was off to bed and a restless sleep. What an awesome night!

Check out this photostream for the rest of the photos!

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You know, there are some truly strange and twisted people in the world, and this guy certainly counts as one of them.

From cbs3.com:

MOORESTOWN (CBS 3) ― More charges have been filed against a Burlington County police officer who was recently charged with sexually assaulting three girls.

Authorities announced Moorestown Officer Robert Melia Jr., 38, has been charged with four counts of animal cruelty after allegedly engaging in sex acts with cows between June and December of 2006.

Melia and his former girlfriend, Heather Lewis were previously charged with three counts of aggravated sexual assault and one count of criminal sexual contact with three girls in his Pemberton home from 2003 until 2006.

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