Okay, I have no idea why the Halloween candy bowl came out this week at work. My TL keeps bringing in candy and refilling it, but most of the time it contains the dregs of the candy world: green and blue Jolly Rangers. An online acquaintance (hi, Leibniz!) complains of a similar candy bowl at his coordinates in space/time/ectoplasm, except that his dregs consist of root beer barrels in addition to Jolly Ranchers. As to why this stuff is appearing, more than 2 months in advance, I really can’t tell you, but it’s not doing me any good. It’s right…
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President George Bush has said he “sympathised” with the mother of a US soldier killed in Iraq but refused to heed her call to pull out the troops. Speaking from his Texas ranch where Cindy Sheehan has been holding a roadside protest, Mr Bush said withdrawing would be a “mistake”. Later in the story, Bush is quoted as saying he “thought long and hard about her position.” There you have it: this President is screwing us all over. Hur, hurh, hurrrr. Seriously, though, it disgusts me that he won’t meet with her and explain his “rationale” – the REAL one…
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A couple of Utah news stories that caught my eye… deseretnews.com | Ex-Utahn, convict husband captured Okay, this first one is actually the “Wife springs convict husband from custody, kills deputy” story that’s been reported on the national news. The couple was recaptured in Ohio because they felt the net closing in, abandoned their car, and took a cab over the state line from some place in Kentucky to a cheap hotel on the Ohio side. Turns out there’s a Utah connection, because the woman was from West Jordan. She met her current husband after moving back to Tennessee, becoming…