Sorry for not posting last week. I can't remember what I was doing that prevented me from posting. Unfortunately, this week's edition probably won't make up for the lack of a post last week. Oh well.
Basically, I don't have a heck of a lot to include tonight because I've been caught up with a lot of personal drama. As some of you may know, I've been unemployed since August and have been struggling to get by. I've been relying on family to help me out and it's been working to some extent. The state hasn't been too helpful, I still have to go to another evaluation on the 9th to determine if I qualify for cash assistance. By then it may be too late. I wasn't able to pay my rent last month and I can't figure out how to pay this month's either. Basically, I'm going to be evicted unless a miracle lands on my doorstep tomorrow.
Anyway, on to what tidbits I managed to gleam over the last couple weeks:
To start things off, I bring you David Letterman's Top 10 Bush moments:
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If you're looking for an inspiring story, look no further than the tale of Cliff Young, a 61 year old Australian man who shocked everyone by winning the most grueling race in the world.
All of the professional athletes knew that it took about 5 days to finish the race. In order to compete, one had to run about 18 hours a day and sleep the remaining 6 hours. The thing is, Cliff Young didn't know that! When the morning of the second day came, everyone was in for another surprise. Not only was Cliff still in the race, he had continued jogging all night.
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The news of an all-girl band from Saudi Arabia a few weeks ago made me smile. Now comes word of another all-girl band, this time from Pakistan.
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Andrew Sullivan posted his annual award winners yesterday. My favorite is Bill Kristol's prediction from 2006:
"If [Hillary Clinton] gets a race against John Edwards and Barack Obama, she's going to be the nominee. Gore is the only threat to her ... Barack Obama is not going to beat Hillary Clinton in a single democratic primary. I'll predict that right now,"
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When police work takes a cue from Jurassic Park:
Police in Finland believe they have caught a car thief from a DNA sample taken from a mosquito they noticed inside an abandoned vehicle.
You've got to be kidding. Who would have thought of doing that? Not our country's lazy ass cops, that's for sure.
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Wouldn't it suck if you lived to be 100 only to be told by the Queen that you've been celebrating the wrong birthday all your life? One woman knows all about it:
Elsie Aslett's relatives applied for her to receive a congratulatory telegram from the Queen on Dec 14, the date she had always marked. But pensions staff sent out to check the request uncovered her original birth certificate, which recorded the date as Dec 18 1908 - four days later than she had been told.
"Her mum was rather fond of her drink so we can only imagine she was a bit merry when she went to register the birthday and got confused."
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And finally, for this week's musical interlude, here is the song from which I take my username: