seems that sometimes the autorities are almost as stupid, though not quite as some criminals...four inmates in a Rogersville, Tenn jail, took advantage of the cellblock doors being accidentally unlocked to go buy some beer...a faulty control panel is being blamed for the jailers not being alerted to the unlockd door...the inmates left their cell, used a bible to prop a fire exit door open, and then made a hole in the exercise yard fence to escape...they then walked to a nearby market, bought beer, and then returned to their cells to party with the beer...they mistakenly assumed that if they returned, they wouldn't be charged with escaping...they not only have been charged with escaping, but also with introducing intoxicants into a penal institution...as if any jail needs to be introduced to intoxicants...obviously they are quite familiar with them already...seems that the jailers should be charged with gross laziness, and inciting crime.
expecting that i will not be able to write anything here for a week or so starting tomorrow...this is due to my finally getting the external drive needed to copy all my exisitng contents of my hard drives...having this will finally allow me to perform a badly needed complete reinstall on my system...i will be flattening y drives and reinstalling everything from the ground up to fix several lingingering issues with my computer which have been plauging me for a long time...i am expecting that it will take at least a week to get all the applications and updates completely redone, but it may be longer or shorter...guess i wont know for sure till it is done....will keep ya posted, and will post a final heads up before starting on things.
well, i got my license renewed...no more sick feeling in my stomach every time i see a cop car while driving...what a relief...now if i can just get the brakes fixed on the car, and then renew the inspection sticker, life behid the whell will return to something resembling normal...what ever that is.
all this writing of fortunes got me thinking again about how inane so many common sayings are in one way or another...some of them just make no sense, and others seem to be contradictory...wonder how they came to be...a few that really puzzle me:
Shit Eating Grin - who the fuck would be grinning while eating shit...i would think any gri would more of a grimace, though even that seems a stretch to me...so how is it that this commonly refers to an ear to ear grin of pure joy...was this coined by some sick individual, or perhaps dogs made this one up.
Right As Rain - somehow i never thought that rain was right, or for that matter wrong...it just is...maybe this was something some farmers came up with...still strikes me as odd at best though.
Common Sense - what a crock of shit...obviously sense is not at all common, or we wouldn't have warning labels on everything...it's a shame that sense is not common.
You Will Feel Some Minor Discomfort - compared to what???every time i have heard that phrase it translated to "you will be in excruciating agony"...i supposed this was coined by some masochist, who truly believed it...either that, or by someone who thought lying to you would make it hurt less.
sigh...have to go and get my driver's license renewed tomorrow...definately not looking forward to it...prolly would have been painless if that damn traffic warrant hadn't forced me to drive around for over a year on an expired license...at least i will be legal again, or i hope so...that should make up for the unpleasantness of actually doing it...at least i should be able to drive again without sweating being pulled over, or at least not more than normal sweating that.
was intrigued by this conceptaldahlia » Jenny Turpish Slapped Me...so of course i had to take it too...my results:
You are a WRCL--Wacky Rational Constructive Leader. This makes you a golden god. People gravitate to you, and you make them feel good. You are smart, charismatic, and interesting. You may be too sensitive to others reactions, especially criticism. Your self-opinion and mood depends greatly on those around you.
You think fast and have a smart mouth, is a hoot to your friends and razorwire to your enemies. You hold a grudge like a brass ring. You crackle.
Although you have a leader's personality, you often choose not to lead, as leaders stray too far from their audience. You probably weren't very popular in high school--the joke's on them!
You may be a rock star.
amazingly accurate in almost every point, but totally wrong when not...must say i like the result i got from the quiz...for those too lazy to get the link from the original post here it is:
Jenny Turpish Slapped Me: 20 Questions To A Better Personality
i thought i would go ahead and share some of the fortunes i wrote for my share of the present for my dad with you all...i'm doing this because, i haven't been able to think of a real journal entry, several people suggested i do so, and i think some are pretty amusing...so here they are:
Look Before You Sneeze
You Are A Shining Light On A Sunny Day
A Wise Man Never
Always Count Your Chickens Before They Cross The Road
You Will Meet many familiar Strangers today
A Watched Pot Won't Put Itself In The Dishwasher
Better To Be Gruntled Than Lost
Hard Work Is Not Easy
Beware The Empty Shopping Cart
A Carrot in The Hand Is Worth Foresight
Watch Out For Rabid Hamsters
Find A Penny Pick It Up Unless It Is Stuck To Used Gum
Nothing Good Ever Comes From Lime Green Walls
You Always Seek the Origami Side Of Things
62.3594
One Good Yawn Preserves Your Brother
You Will Succeed If You
Never Let Life
True Happiness Is Found Just Out Of Reach
Find Serenity In A Blue Jeep
so nice to be able to use my computer again....having to leave it off for ten days really sucked...not just the withdrawls, but losing the productive time, and getting backlogged on things...nearly completed doing my share of the fortunes for my dad's b-day present....just need to finish formatting them and then print and cut them, then i'm done with that....also need to take my car to terrel this afternoon to get an estiate on having the brakes fixed...will have to decide whether or not it it will be worth doing, once i know the price...hoping it won't be too bad, but expecting it will be...will be wasting a couple of hours tonight sometime to watch the season premiere of SG1...thanks to having a dvr, i will be able to watch it when ever i feel like it, and skip the commercials...how did we ever get along before with out it.