Archive for July, 2008

Footprints match suspect accused of car vandalism

If you get drunk one night and feel like doing a little local vandalism just remember that the police can probably track your footprints!

In Olympia Washington a man spent some time jumping on the hoods of several cars in a used car lot causing approximately $3,400 in damage to five cars.
More cars would have likely [...]





One of these things doesn’t belong

Wordless Wednesday

Can you find the odd man out in this picture?





Spell-check run amok changes names in Pa. yearbook

Did you hear about the computer spell checker that went buggy and changed the names of several Pennsylvania High School students in June? It gave some of them quite unflattering last names!

The spell checker automatically changed names like that of Max Zupanovic to Max Supernova and Kathy Carbaugh to Kathy Airbag! Alessandra Ippolito’s [...]





Can you believe that there’s a lawsuit over the ankle?

Apparently Podiatrists in Texas have not only been treating peoples various foot problems but they’ve also been treating ankles. Unfortunately for them the association of Texas Medical Doctors says that the ankle is not part of the foot.

A lawyer representing Texas podiatrists: “You don’t have an ankle. The foot actually includes the ankle.”
A [...]





We’re looking forward to our Niagara Falls vacation in August

My wife and I have been trying to decide what we’d like to do for our upcoming summer vacation. I’m off work during the last two weeks of August and since we have family who are planning to visit during that time period we really can’t take off for the full two weeks. [...]