in the middle of the nite! - Tuesday, Jun. 14, 2005
interesting tuesday stuff!
CONTRARY to rumors, i AM NOT leaving diaryland!
If you know someone named Dave, and I know quite a few, be sure to buy them a piece of sandpaper with their name scratched onto it today.
Why, you ask? Well, because it's both Dave Day and the day that sandpaper was invented in 1834. Actually, that's bullshit. Sandpaper was only patented that year in the U.S. It was first used in 13th century China, according to some, as a substitute for toilet paper. More importantly, it inspired an entire fucking ballet, called the Sandpaper Ballet, where Leroy Anderson of Boston Pops fame turned it into a musical instrument. That was in 1954. Apparently soft-shoe dancers covered the stage in sand, and then three grades of sandpaper were rubbed together to make music. Thank GOD for avant garde.
Why do they have a Dave Day? To acknowledge the great works of some of society's most famous Daves! No kidding. Some of the more memorable Daves I would like to send sandpaper to include David Hasselhoff. I'm thinking it might come in handy on his permed chest hair.
Now, go get struck by lightning while flying a kite. Benjamin Franklin first tried it on this day in 1752, and it made him famous. Or if you'd rather, go fly a kite with a child. Or you could just talk about kites with your friends and lovers. Kites were apparently first flown by people of the South Seas Islands to catch fish. In the Polynesian Islands, kites were associated with gods. You know, maybe that's why Franklin got struck by lightning.
i got this from my pal, boxx! its 99.99999991% accurate! who knew? by the way, I DONT LIE!!
Take the quiz: "What does your birth month reveal about you?"
October
Loves to chat. Loves those who loves them. Loves to takes things at the center. Inner and physical beauty. Lies but doesn't pretend. Gets angry often. Treats friends importantly. Always making friends. Easily hurt but recovers easily. Daydreamer. Opinionated. Does not care of what others think. Emotional. Decisive. Strong clairvoyance. Loves to travel, the arts and literature. Touchy and easily jealous. Concerned. Loves outdoors. Just and fair. Spendthrift. Easily influenced. Easily loses confidence. Loves children.
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Defense Contractor Pays Too Much for Congressman's House!
Theoretically, you can lose money on California real estate. We've just never heard of anyone who's actually done it. But when U.S. congressmen and defense contractors are involved, strange things happen. In November 2003, for example, Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham sold his four-bedroom house in Del Mar, Ca. for $1.675 million to a company owned by a D.C.-based defense contractor. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports:
[Defense contractor] Mitchell Wade bought the San Diego Republican's house for $1,675,000 in November 2003 and put it back on the market almost immediately for roughly the same price. But the Del Mar house languished unsold and vacant for 261 days before selling for $975,000.
Usually, it's defense contractors who overcharge the government, so we're delighted to see this reversal. Still, don't pity Wade. Ever since he lost $700,000 on the Congressman's overpriced home, his company's landed millions in defense contracts. Of course, that's how it goes when you're doing business with the government. It's all about location, location, location!
Cheney Moves Integrity to Undisclosed Location
Dick Cheney doesn't like to lie. But if his country's security is at stake? Then he'll lie like a fat three-year-old with his hand caught in the cookie jar. And with human blister-agent Howard Dean subjecting Republicans to the sort of attacks Saddam Hussein would have launched if he hadn't forgotten where he put his sarin and anthrax stockpiles, Cheney moved his integrity to an undisclosed location and launched one of his biggest whoppers since claiming to have not had intrapersonal relations with John Edwards until the 2004 vice-presidential debate:
Big swinging Dick on Fox News' Hannity & Colmes: "I've never been able to understand [Howard Dean's] appeal. Maybe his mother loved him, but I've never met anybody who does. He's never won anything, as best I can tell."
As best as we can tell, Cheney hasn't figured out this Internet thing yet: it's not that hard to find evidence of Howard Dean's nine victorious campaigns. Also, is Cheney telling RNC chairman Ken Mehlman to go fuck himself? Sure seems like it:
Ken Mehlman on Fox News' Fox & Friends: "We gotta get ourselves beyond this point where when we disagree about politics, we call the other guy names."
not much else going on here, just waiting for stuff!
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well its spam and egg and cheese time!
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