Rantings of a New Yorker

If you can't handle swearing, get off the internet. People suck, including me, and these are my rantings.

Entries for November, 2006

Gator Victim Was Naked, Smoking Crack

Around 3:30am, Wednesday morning, Police received several calls from people who were concerned about screams they heard coming from a nearby park. When the police arrived on the scene, they discovered Adrian Apgar screaming that he was being attack by an alligator. Deputies dove into the alligator-infested waters and pulled Apgar from the alligator’s jaws [...]

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Who Are The Other Five Cylon Models?

During the first three seasons of Battlestar Galactica, we’ve learned that there are twelve cylon models. To date, we know of seven of them. They are: 01: 02: 03: D’Anna Biers 04: 05: Aaron Doral 06: Gina/Shelley Godfrey/Caprica Six 07: 08: Sharon Valerii/Boomer/Sharon “Athena” Agathon 09: 10: 11: 12: There are also Brother Cavil, Simon, [...]

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Stop Being Hung Up On The Term “American”

Since it’s fashionable today for everyone on the planet to bash the United States on just about every topic, people have moved on to the pettiness of The United States of America and its commonly referred to name as America. They piss and moan that the United States is claiming superiority over other countries in [...]

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Purple Flowers

Purple flowers at the grave of Martin Van Buren, taken by me, July 2006.

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Just What is a Brooklyn-Style Pizza?

Recently, Domino’s pizza has been running ads selling their “Brooklyn-style” pizza.  This got me to wondering, “what the hell is a Brooklyn pizza and why have I never heard of it before?”  For Domino’s, this apparently means that your pizza will taste like cardboard, but it’s now foldable!  It will also, conveniently, have 6 slices [...]

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Firefighter Fired For Sex in Unfinished Mansion

This story comes from the United Press International. MONCKS CORNER, S.C., Nov. 16 (UPI) — A South Carolina firefighter who was fired after being charged with having sex with his girlfriend in a half-built mansion has escaped a charge of fornication. Fate took a bad turn for Paul Sloan, 25, in September when a fire [...]

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Ngalawa at Bagamoyo

This is a picture of an ngalawa taken by me while visiting Bagamoyo, Tanzania at low tide in July 2005.

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Christmas Comes Too Early These Days

This year, the day after Halloween, I did my usual rounds of the retail stores to buy my Halloween candy at 75-90% off. It’s a great way to stock up on chocolate. This year, however, I’ve noticed, again, that All Saints Day has also been dubbed “get the Christmas crap set up” day by retailers. [...]

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Cell Phones Banned in NYC Schools

New York City school officials have had their phones ringing off the hook lately with parents who are angered by the enforcement of a ban on cell phones in the schools. While the cell phone ban has been in place for several years, New York City schools only started enforcing the ban last April with [...]

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Worst Burglar Ever

Just a short post today about the worst burglar ever. Beware, it’s a video, so it might take a few moments to load for you. I don’t know whether to feel sorry for him or for the owner of the shop, whose store is destroyed by this idiot. Still, it’s the funniest thing I’ve seen [...]

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