Storytime of the Day: The latest StoryCorps (previously) heartwarmer starts with a typo, and ends with two people, half a world away, falling madly in love with each other.
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Apart from the email addy-typo introducing the two to each other, and already having the same last name (no relation, I hope ;) )…this is pretty much how Zyxst and I came to know and fall in love with one another.
*sigh*
BFFs of the Day: What happens when two best friends make it to the championship round of a kickboxing tournament.
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The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) claims that SOPA and PIPA are aimed at stopping online piracy. But as this infographic demonstrates, it’s really about fighting innovation.
(Embiggen at Infographic: Why the movie industry is so wrong about SOPA)
-and fighting iinovation that will EARN the studios MORE money; that knife they’re wielding? It’s being brandished against their own throats… *exasperated sigh*
gingerhaze who is gingerhaze I am Wesley Crusher
to the anon who sent that message yesterday: YOU HAVE CREATED A MONSTER
Wait. Is Wesley Cusher the new Sparticus?
I’m Wesley Crusher and so’s my wife!
(wait…maybe Wesley Crusher is the new Agent Smith? *gulp*)
A 53-year-old woman, whose name was not immediately released, apparently mistook the concrete-lined Verdugo Wash for a freeway onramp. She whizzed down the channel for at least a mile, reaching speeds of up to 70 mph. She finally stopped after barreling down several 3-foot-long steps and after being hailed down by maintenance workers.
Seriously? If you can drive more than a few feet down a flood control channel and not realize that you’re not, you know, on the freeway, you probably shouldn’t be driving ever again.
Again; I’ve been saying for years - you should have to pass a road test every time you renew your license. Age isn’t very relevant here, but the longer you go after that ONE driving exam to keep you honest, the longer you have for bad habits & bad judgement to accumulate…
