The Occasional Joke


Nurse: Patient's name?

Centurion: Marcus Licinius Crassus

Nurse: And his date of birth?

Centurion: 115 BC.

Nurse: All right. And what is he here for?

Centurion: Cataphract surgery.


Friday, March 1, 2013

Dog fighting station wagons?

Video here of some idiots shooting paintballs at each other while flailing around in a couple of overweight Audis. The still above is circa 1972, with me driving and a gentleman who shall remain nameless on the roof rack.

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Catching up

So I got the pins out of my wrist, and I feel better. Better enough that I'm actually typing this with my left hand and at least three fingers of the right. That's a distinct improvement. Meanwhile:
  • Kwame Kilpatric's trial goes to jury
  • He pays his last two months' worth of restitution with money from his mother
  • The state gov't discovers what I've known for years: L. Brooks Patterson is a looney
  • Ann Arbor acknowledges that its public art program might need a bit of tweaking
  • Press got its knickers twisted over "access" to the President playing ... golf? As in, they actually wanted to watch golf?
  • The pope finally took my advice and resigned