Ms. Brown-Waite is in a lot of hot water over her comments. She was recently dropped as spokesperson for an adult incontinence device, and she has been kicked off her semi-pro women’s shuffleboard team.
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In a stunning move, Apple has replaced the ‘Mac’ character, formerly played by Justin Long, with Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli.
“We wanted the Mac character to epitimize cool”, Apple CEO Steve Jobs was quoted as saying. He continued, “Justin Long did a great job for us, but we felt the need to up the hip factor of our ads with the impending release of the Apple iPhone and an assortment of new Mac Books and Mac Pros slated to hit the market soon. We feel the ‘The Fonz’ will enhance our presense with our young and hip customer base.”
Apple has a number of new ads in development with Mr. Fonzarelli. An upcoming ad will feature Fonzie’s Mac character getting driving directions on an iPhone by simply hitting it with the palm of his hand and saying ‘Heeey’ as the frustrated PC character (still played by John Hodgman) looks on in awe. Future ads will depict Mac crushing PC’s prosthetic iron hand with one fist, and Mac going back to school to get his diploma.
Faith, the dog best known for walking on two legs, was lost for several hours at the Orlando International Airport on Wednesday.
Faith’s owner, Jude Stringfellow, said the airline put her dog on the wrong flight. But there were howls of happiness as Faith and Garcia were reunited.
via WOAI
Faith is seen below in a distressed state, desperate to call home for help, some cookies, and reassuring words, but unable to without arms.
I’ve had Vista installed since mid-December now. I know Apple has already done it, but I thought the addition of the Sidebar was great.
I recently visited the Sidebar Gadget download page and was appalled at the lack of well-recieved gagdgets.
The top download is a simple calculator with a 2/5 rating. Two of the top rated gadgets are prayer related. Only one gagdget listed as ‘Top Rated’ has a rating of over 3/5. There are currently 396 gadgets available for download and after taking a quick scroll through the list nothing stands out at me as especially useful, innovative, or even very well recieved. The average rating seems to be about 2.5/5.
I’m not trying to bash gadgets, just critique the utility and quality of those currently available. Can anyone suggest a gadget they particularly like??
From ‘alpha females’ to roommates, women say their cycles match. No matter what the doctors say, women insist that they really do synchronize their menstrual cycles when they spend a lot of time together.
A number of women credit the “alpha female” of a group for controlling everyone else’s cycle, with one joking that she is the “dominant uterus” among her friends. Women in the military and co-workers experience it. A nurse in a hospital department calls it “very dangerous” when they all get into sync.
via MSNBC
I’m not suprised that Cisco and Apple came to an agreement for Apple to use the ‘iPhone’ trademark. I am very suprised at the terms of the settlement, however.
The companies said Apple will be allowed to use the name for its sleek new multimedia device in exchange for exploring wide-ranging “interoperability” between the companies’ products in the areas of security, consumer and business communications.
Huh,? That’s it? So Cisco is giving away this highly coveted trademark for some meetings?
- Think of Cisco as an average girl who desperatly wants to date the cool guy
- Apple is a guy who wants to get laid
- ‘iPhone’ is poontang.
Cisco is willing to give up the poontang right away, but only if Apple promises to take Cisco on a few dates. Apple agrees, they get busy. Apple finishes in two minutes, leaves Cisco unsatisfied and questioning her own sexuality.
Cisco decides the promised dates are no longer necessary, Apple never bothers calling anyway. Apple is an asshole.
“Words hurt worse than if someone throws a sledgehammer and hits your crotch over and over. And if you’re a girl then they would just, like, hit your face with it.”
Wise words. Wise words, indeed.
Mr. Mike Collins of Reeds Spring High School has been put on administrative leave pending a school board hearing for his “immoral actions” while verbally defending mentally disabled children in his classroom from the constant barrage of harassing remarks from classroom bullies. Mr. Collins, the 2001 Missouri State Teacher of the Year, had written up these bullies multiple times, but nothing had changed.
Finally, Mr. Collins had had enough.
After another round of taunting, Mr. Collins took the verbally abusive children outside of the classroom and told them, “This is my classroom. You are going to stop f***ing picking on these kids.”
Keeping true to their contemptuous nature, the scolded students complained to the principal that they were threatened by Mr. Collins. The principal in turn reported the incident to the superintendent who ordered this harsh and unnecessary punishment.
How sad is the state of society when a long-standing, nationally recognized member of the community is chastised for standing up for the rights of a student. Instead of supporting one of their tenured faculty members, the administration of Reeds Spring High School has cowered in fear of retaliation. Most likely, this is due to a previous failed attempt by one of the “threatened” students to sue the school district which incurred several thousand dollars of legal fees for the school.
As you review this site, ask yourself what’s worth more: the self-esteem and safety of students or the price of a lawyer?
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