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Which Rat Pack Member Are You?

Surprise, I’m Dino. Thanks to Jackson (who turned out to be Frank) for the link.

Carol and I went with friends to see the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie this weekend.

It’s being a remake of what I thought to be a truly great film gave me some prejudice going in. Also, the fact that Michael Bay (responsible for film attrocities such as Pearl Harbour and the Bad Boys series) produced it gave us pause prior to spending our hard earned movie bucks.

But lately I’ve found that expecting little or nothing from a film usually pays off huge. This is one of those times I’ve been pleasantly surprised.
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Here’s the trailer. Sure it’s not George A. Romero’s original but it does look interesting.

This guy blew an amazing 0.69 in a breathalyser test. In BC and other provinces in Canada 0.08 is legally drunk but this guy was more than 8 and a half times that. The amazing part is that, according to these estimates, a stoppage of breathing and death usually occurs around 0.450. Good Lord the guy was pickled.

Check out the Sulabh International Museum of Toilets. I don’t know what’s odder, the fact that there is a toilet museum or this weirdo who runs it.

Looks like John Muhammad is going to be allowed to represent himself.

According to the Quotable Lawyer, edited by David Shrager and Elizabeth Frost, New England Publishing Associates, Inc., 1986, p. 49, that saying is a proverb apparently so old that its original author is not known. They quote it as, “He that is his own lawyer has a fool for a client.” They cite Rosalind Fergusson, The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs, 1983.

Stolen from here.

FARK’s headline about the story: “Sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad fires lawyer and will represent himself. In other news, VA officials begin dusting of the electric chair”

David Blaine ends isolation stunt

Apparently he cried as he left his box. Probably tears of joy in escaping the fart smell.

Email attachments: Find the man’s head! Took me about 20 seconds.

Thanks to Matt for the link.

Carol sent me the following so, blame her:

There was this Spanish guy, this Chinese guy and this Russian guy all working for the same construction company. At the beginning of the day the boss comes out and says to the Spanish guy, “You’re in charge of the cement.” The Spanish guy nods, “Si.”

Then he said to the Russian guy, “You’re in charge of the dirt.” The Russian guy nods, “Da.”

Then he said to the Chinese guy, “You’re in charge of the supplies.” The Chinese guy nods.

Then he said, “I’m gonna be back at the end of the day to check on your work. It better be good or you’re fired.”

So they all go off to go get their work done.

At the end of the day, the boss comes back to check on their work. He looks at the big pile of cement and goes, “Good work,” to the Spanish guy. Then he looks at the big pile of dirt and says, “Good work,” to the Russian guy. He looks around for the pile of supplies that would be needed for the next day’s work, but can’t find it, so he starts getting pretty steamed and hollers “Hey! Where’s my supplies?!”

Suddenly, the Chinese guy jumps out from behind the big pile of dirt and yells, “SUPPLIES!”