Because dead parrots are an injustice to society.

CrunchyMustard.com

Man, I thought I had it tough. But $50,000! That’s some IOU God. Seriously, way to cheat a guy out.

Twenty-one year old Kevin Russell found this out the hard way. He was arrested on Monday after attempting to cash a check for $50,000 at a Chase bank in Hobart signed:
King Savior, King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Servant.

Apparently, that account doesn’t exist. Russel was charged with one account of attempted check fraud and one count intimidation.

These are both felonies.

Russell had several other checks with him that were signed the same way but made out in different dollar amounts, including one for $100,000.

“I’ve heard about God giving out eternal life, but this is the first time I’ve heard of him giving out cash,” White said.

Now. The one question I have is: What was God buying from Mr. Kevin Russell for $100,000?

A beat-box version of Peter and the Wolf. Very cool, and very skillful. Rigth from the Youtube page:

Beatboxing flute player Greg Pattillo throwing down a dope version of the Peter and the Wolf.

Please don’t mind the mess and errors as I switch over the new Christmas design. (Finally!)

Thanks!
<3Lara

Retailers decided to officially pull the plug on VHS tapes stating that there was no longer shelf space available for the awkward looking cassettes.

After a 30-year career on the market, “the groundbreaking home-entertainment format VHS has died of natural causes…” (Variety) The format was expected to survive until January, however, high-definition formats and “next generation” video game consoles have hastened it’s decline.

“It’s pretty much over,” concurred Buena Vista Home Entertainment general manager North America Lori MacPherson on Tuesday.

“VHS is survived by a child, DVD, and by Tivo, VOD and DirecTV. It was preceded in death by Betamax, Divx, mini-discs and laserdiscs.” (Variety)

Toys ‘R’ Us will continue to carry limited quantities of titles like Barney while some “dollar video chains” will continue to handle cassettes for those who can’t cope.

From Variety.com:

Born Vertical Helical Scan to parent JVC of Japan, the tape had a difficult childhood as it was forced to compete with Sony’s Betamax format.

After its youthful Betamax battles, the longer-playing VHS tapes eventually became the format of choice for millions of consumers. VHS enjoyed a lucrative career, transforming the way people watched movies and changing the economics of the film biz. VHS hit its peak with “The Lion King,” which sold more than 30 million vidcassettes Stateside.

With the launch of DVDs in 1997, VHS casettes started to decline in popularity – a quick drop in 2003 occured when DVDs became very popular for the first time.

“VHS continued to make as much as $300 million a year until this year, when studios stopped manufacturing the tapes.” (Variety)

All of this goodness and holiday cheer has me itching to create some Christmas designs. I’M ALREADY LATE! It’s past Thanksgiving. Oh well.

I will have something done for this site and Blog What BY December 1… or else my holiday won’t be complete.

Happy Holidays!
(I love saying that.)

edit: Holiday greeting and header up over at Blog What Design. I love the graphics in the one set I got from iStock… I think I’ll use them for this website. Keep watching ;)

Stolen from rahoi.com <3

It was a night like any other – people inviting us out to a steakhouse. We get there, we are seated in a private room. All was well. Niceties aside, we prepare to order. I ask my wife what I should get. She says, “Go ahead and look at the menu – it’s in English.”
“Oh Really?”

I started out chuckling, then got progressively louder each time.

Yeah, that sounds like a bargain item.

“I think I’ll have the cowboy pick, or maybe the cowboy LEG?!?! I really wish I could shit you.”

What’s in a rurality salad? Country Music and buckshot?

keep on readin’

Make ya’ laugh ;)

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – About 5,000 personnel including snipers, commandos and U.S. marines using helicopters, bomb detectors and electronic jammers will protect President George W. Bush during his visit to India this week, officials said on Monday.

And more:

“A rocket launcher normally has a 1,000-meter (3,300 ft) range so we would be deployed in forests around venues,” he said. “We will have 360-degree rooftop surveillance around all the venues.”

How’s that for security? It’s amazing how dedicated security forces are these days.

From Reuters

Poor rusty!