Friday, May 30, 2008
Geez, Really? All This Over a Wig?
Click here to watch the video captured by a student's cell phone.AUGUSTA, GA. - A Stephenson High School (Lithonia, Ga.) substitute teacher and a tenth-grade student have been charged for fighting each other on the last day of school. A cell phone...
Thursday, May 29, 2008
From My Mom! Thanks!
Why God Made Mothers: All answers given by 2nd grade school children. Why did God make mothers?1. She's the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.2. Mostly to clean the house.3. To help us out of there when we were getting born.How did God...
When You Care Enough to Send the Very Best...
AUGUSTA, GA. - Two words: canned bacon. Keep reading. For the first time in almost 20 years, canned bacon is back in this Country. Not available in any store!More than 2 years went into the development of this bacon, and we’re proud to be able to...
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Back from Vacay! And... Yeah. I Haven't Caught Up With CRAP Yet
AUGUSTA, GA. - I'll tell you all about my travels, but in the meantime, here's a taste to keep you going.A.C.: "Why are they even making another 'X-Files' movie?"H.M.: "Because the truth is out there, A.C...
Friday, May 16, 2008
Stupid Headline of the Day
Armed Woman Awakens, Robs 86-Year-OldWhat was an armed woman doing sleeping on the job? Shouldn't she have been popping a cap in someone's as...
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Tried and Tested
Seriously: join up, take surveys, make money. It's not a lot of money, but it's more than you make NOT taking the survey...
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Stupid Headline of the Day
Sex dungeon dad: 'I am not a monster'Yes. You are.Gah! Another one! Women enters pleas in 1-year disappearance of teenage girlIt seems this copy editor skipped the topic of subject-verb agreement in HER WHOLE LIF...
Monday, May 05, 2008
Princess nation
AUGUSTA, GA. - When little girls attack, it looks an awful lot like an army of pink-clad princesses marching forth from preschool to pubescence. What are the lasting effects of this obsession?
Wearing an outfit seemingly cast off from the set of the...
The Dork Factor is Strong With This One
AUGUSTA, GA.A.C.: "Can I ask you a huge favor?"Me: "No. I'm having too much fun making knackwurst jokes."A.C.: "Knock Knock wurst jokes?"And that, my friends, was the best of the wurs...
Saturday, May 03, 2008
PRIZE GIVEAWAY: Nearing my 1,000th Post
AUGUSTA, GA. - I'm nearing my ONE-THOUSANDTH post (if the headline didn't clue you in), and I'd like to do something special to commemorate three years of boring the pants off people. I'm in the middle of redesigning the look of the blog, so if I'm...
Panic at the Pantry
AUGUSTA, GA. - Some nights when I get home, I open the cabinet doors... and close them again. I check the freezer... and then the fridge... what was I thinking at the grocery store?! Can I get away with making cranberry muffin chicken pie? Perhaps some...
In Case of Zombie Attacks
AUGUSTA, GA. - Nobody likes to plan for the worst. But 72 Hours says that when disaster strikes, you should be prepared to fend for yourself for the first three days — and shows you how to do it. The site, run by the city and county of San Francisco,...
Stupid Headline of the Day
Grils, boy seized from N.M. sect compoundGrils? Was there an emergency police cookou...
Friday, May 02, 2008
A.C.'s Birthday
The birthday girl, new purse in hand... er, on shoulder."Yes, so eet ees my berth-day, beeches. You veel dlink as I haf commanded."What made me think that a picture of me drinking through a straw would be cool?And is there any way I can have MORE rosacea?...
Things of Beauty are a Joy Forever
AUGUSTA, GA. - I love art. I'm not analytical or academic about it. I just love that someone took the time to create, to breathe life into a concept that didn't exist until they made it so.I browse Etsy a lot. Here are some I love, but there is SO MUCH...
Note to Self: Drink Less Caffeine
Me, to A.C.: "I was having a staring contest with you a little while ago, but you weren't paying attention so I won...
Food writing has its benefits.
AUGUSTA, GA. - Ah, the privileges of being a food writer… well, there aren’t many. But free beer is one of them. Vermont-based Magic Hat Brewing Company sent a press kit to the office with two bottles of actual beer, carefully bubble-wrapped, inside...
Our Associate Publisher's New Car
This is A.C.'s new car. Ain't it a cool Mercedes station wagon?It's the latest model released here in 1983.Note the high-tech accessories like the oversized mobile phone antenna, for when your friend just have to call you and scream, "Where the beef?!"Ah,...
Out of the Mouth of My Babe
AUGUSTA, GA. - First, I can't believe that it's been so long since I posted anything. It's not that there hasn't been wonderful, witty repartee to relate. I've just been swamped with work. And tired. And I have a toddler with a double ear infection....
