Jerry's Blog

THIS IS NOT A REAL BLOG!

jerrypettit — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 14:13:31 +0000

My “real” blog is at www.jerrypettit.com/blog –I’m using this site for some experiments with importing & exporting.

Thanks for looking, though…

Roy Torcaso, Notary Public, R.I.P.

jerrypettit — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 06:00:55 +0000

A notary public myself, I have to give Roy my “stamp of approval”:

“Roy R. Torcaso, 96, whose application to be a Maryland notary public led to a U.S. Supreme Court case that affirmed his refusal to take a state oath requiring him to declare a belief in God, died June 9 at the Himalayan Elderly Care assisted living home in Silver Spring. He had complications of prostate cancer.

“Mr. Torcaso, who said he was an atheist, was a bookkeeper by profession. He worked for a Bethesda construction company when his legal challenge started in 1959. He had been urged by his boss to become a notary public.

“At the Montgomery County Circuit Court, he refused to swear to a state oath given to notaries public that made them profess the existence of God….[Rest of obituary]

This Is What Is Wrong With America

jerrypettit — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:37:24 +0000

“Bottled water has become the indispensable prop in our lives and our culture. It starts the day in lunch boxes; it goes to every meeting, lecture hall, and soccer match; it’s in our cubicles at work; in the cup holder of the treadmill at the gym; and it’s rattling around half-finished on the floor of every minivan in America. Fiji Water shows up on the ABC show Brothers & Sisters; Poland Spring cameos routinely on NBC’s The Office. Every hotel room offers bottled water for sale, alongside the increasingly ignored ice bucket and drinking glasses. At Whole Foods (NASDAQ:WFMI), the upscale emporium of the organic and exotic, bottled water is the number-one item by units sold.

“Thirty years ago, bottled water barely existed as a business in the United States. Last year, we spent more on Poland Spring, Fiji Water, Evian, Aquafina, and Dasani than we spent on iPods or movie tickets–$15 billion. It will be $16 billion this year….”[Rest of article]

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And so, this must be said: You people are stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid!

Thanks for listening.

Weird Music Video Of The Week

jerrypettit — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:49:28 +0000

Actually, this is a video time-delay technique called “slit scanning” invented in the 70′s. Weird stuff:

Elizabeth Edwards vs. Ann Coulter

jerrypettit — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:43:57 +0000

Here’s a video posted to YouTube by an Ann Coulter fan (hence the editorializing titles at the beginning). I’ll let the video speak for itself:

This was in response to Ms. Coulter’s witticism on ABC earlier:

Tony Blair, Casualty of War

jerrypettit — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:45:50 +0000

Recent polls say that 2/3 of the American public believe that they are “smarter than George Bush”.

Today we lose one of the world’s truly intelligent leaders. I will miss hearing Mr. Blair speak. It is inspiring to see a world leader who is able to construct an intelligible sentence.

The British take on his resignation today here.

[Thanks to The Tony Blair Generator for helping make the picture]

Tony Blair, Casualty of War

jerrypettit — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:45:50 +0000

Recent polls say that 2/3 of the American public believe that they are “smarter than George Bush”.

Today we lose one of the world’s truly intelligent leaders. I will miss hearing Mr. Blair speak. It is inspiring to see a world leader who is able to construct an intelligible sentence.

The British take on his resignation today here.

[Thanks to The Tony Blair Generator for helping make the picture]

Gratuitous Soccer (Football) Violence, And Some Fun

jerrypettit — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:41:01 +0000

Kudos to my oldest son Brett for finding these for me. (He lives for things like this).

The first video is violent and evil, with at least one cringe-inducing-legs-don’t-bend-that-way moment. You have been warned. The second video is amusing.

Gratuitous Soccer (Football) Violence, And Some Fun

jerrypettit — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:41:01 +0000

Kudos to my oldest son Brett for finding these for me. (He lives for things like this).

The first video is violent and evil, with at least one cringe-inducing-legs-don’t-bend-that-way moment. You have been warned. The second video is amusing.

American Idol Auditions In Omaha August 10

jerrypettit — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:48:42 +0000

BREAKING NEWS: According to this morning’s OMAHA WORLD HERALD, Omaha will be one of the venues for this year’s auditions–eventually to be featured in one of their early programs starting in January, 2008.

Auditions will be held August 10. Apparently, there is some wristband-handing-out procedure for the two days prior. Details at the American Idol site.

Good luck. We promise not to laugh at you! (Right…)