"Suicide Mistaken for Halloween Decoration". Whoa.

That's how much I paid to fill up my truck with gas--I used to pay just above $20.00 per fill-up for the very same vehicle a couple of years ago. All together now, sing: "I'm goin' broke, I'm goin' broke..."

Just wanted everyone to know that I'm still alive. I had been absent on LiveJournal lately, pretty much since Hurricane Katrina. I tried to help out the Red Cross a bit--they had a shortage of people licensed to assist with emergency radio communications, and I wanted to help out there some. I haven't heard yet if they need any such help with ( Read more... )

It turns out that a lot of the gages used for "determining" that the U.S. is one of the "heaviest" countries on the planet have just been proven flawed... Check out just which American celebrities are considered "fat" or "obese" by the current, commonly-accepted BMI system standards.

This weekend, I was driving and noticed that the SUV driving immediately in front of me had a cup of some drink that someone had (presumably) forgotten on the vehicle's rear bumper... I had to suddenly brake to an monstrously reduced speed in hopes that the cup (and its contents--likely cubes of ice and some dark-colored sugary or sugar- ( Read more... )

I'm kind of suspicious of this "online test," as I know that I am definitely *100%* American, but oh well... at least I scored FAR higher than anyone else that I have seen results for so far... *wink*

You Are 80% American
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By pure chance, I ending up catching a couple so-called "drug movies" this past weekend: Spun (released in 2002, a film which many people accuse of being a rip-off of Requiem for a Dream) and Garden State (a 2004 movie that is really a bit of a pseudo-chick flick).

Spun covers the intertwined (and obviously messed up) lives of a crystal ( Read more... )

Thursday night was very interesting.

First of all, I found out that gemlikeflame and her new beau are quite the partying types. I tip my hat to y'all...

Later, at about 1:00 a.m., I decided to go to the Moon bar because I hadn't been in quite a while--and, plus, I was wearing my special black Republican knit shirt (I figured that it would be ( Read more... )

Does anyone know of any way for people who keep their apartments VERY CLEAN to prevent gargantuan-sized cockroach infestations from neighbouring units from invading over into the former's leased-space. Anyone?

In order to get a jump-start on Memorial Day--it's a little less than three weeks away now--I went ahead and bought a new "POW-MIA" license plate today for the front bumper of my truck.  A big thanks to all those who have served honorably and / or paid the ultimate price for freedom...


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