THE ART OF WRITING IN THE RAIN

Thought To Ponder

Is the term  'Happy Monday', actually an oxymoron?

FUPA Cat

FUPA Cat
Originally uploaded by lunarbull

Sometimes You Feel Like You're Going Around & Around In Circles

Sometimes you feel like you're going around and around in circles
Originally uploaded by mel kirk

I feel like this sometimes.

Obama Sushi

Amazing Skill!

http://feature.jp.msn.com/skill/special/article/oowaza/week015/003.htm

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Stephen King Thinks Stephenie Meyer is a Terrible Writer

Stephen King was absolutely brutal in a recent assessment of Twilight author Stephenie Meyer's writing: he says she "can't write worth a darn."

http://www.writerswrite.com/wblog.php?wblog=203091

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Scott Boras Able To Get Manny Ramirez $20 Billion In Economic Stimulus Money

WASHINGTON—After a series of closed-door talks, Scott Boras, the agent known for representing the highest-paid players in baseball, set another record for the game's largest contract when he finalized Manny Ramirez's $20 billion agreement with the United States federal government on Thursday.

http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/scott_boras_able_to_get?utm_source=onion_rss_daily

Economic Stimulus Money

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Quote Of The Day

"We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about." -- Charles Kingsley

Square Root Day

I don't remember seeing this on my pocket calender.


Square root day is a humorous holiday celebrated on dates where the day and the month are both the square root of the last two digits in the current year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_root_day

square root day,

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Can't Make It Up

Just sad that there is a need for this sign.

Quote Of The Day

A day without laughter is a day wasted. - Charlie Chaplin

Headline Of The Day

"Shark Attacks Drop; Expert Cites Ailing Economy," - AP.

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/02

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A-Rod Apologizes For Being 'Young And Stupid'

I always thought the term "Young And Stupid" was used for people 21 and under.  Over 21, doesn't that make one just "Stupid?"


NEW YORK (CBS) ― Alex Rodriguez apologized Tuesday for taking steroids during a six-month period from 2001-2003, a mistake he said he made for being "young and stupid."


http://wcbstv.com/topstories/alex.rodriguez.new.2.936784.html

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Cops: New York Man With Anti-DWI Device Crashes Rental Car While Intoxicated

A good fiction writer could not come up with this...


NEW YORK —  A Long Island man whose car was outfitted with an anti-drunken-driving device rented another car and crashed it while intoxicated, police said.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,493546,00.html

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Nuclear Submarine Collision Reported

LONDON (AP) -- Nuclear-armed submarines from Britain and France collided deep under the Atlantic Ocean earlier this month, causing damage to both vessels but releasing no radioactivity, a British official said Monday.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/02/16/world/AP-EU-Britain-Sub-Collision.html

France has a nuclear submarine?

Nuclear Submarine Collision

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Starbucks Instant: Will It Pass The Taste Test?

The world is coming to an end as we know it; first it was the girl scout cookies would have less amounts in the package, now this.


NEW YORK (Fortune) -- Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has been hyping a major announcement for weeks, hinting only that it would involve "innovation, competition, and value."

But before he could present the idea at a Feb. 17 press junket in New York, executives close to the project spilled the beans Thursday to Advertising Age: Starbucks is going to sell instant coffee.

http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/13/news/companies/starbucks_instant.fortune/index.htm

Don't know if this is a good idea or not.  I have never been a fan of Starbucks coffee, however their lattes are fabulous.

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