Actual Headline: Kentucky Man Charged After Trying To Break Into Own Home Accurate Headline: Man arrested for being drunk and disorderly. Actual Headline: Singer Cee Lo spurs complaints at Riverbend Accurate Headline: Officials who hire singer made famous by song titled “F&CK YOU” surprised by profanity in his show Actual Headline: Memphis police suspend officer… Read More »
Allen G: What’s scary about this is not it’s truth or falsehood (though it’s obviously orders of magnitude worse if it is true than if it is not), it’s that we read this and we can’t dismiss it out of hand. The story he’s commenting on is one I’m not inclined to believe without more… Read More »
Actual headline: Men dressed in clown masks rob man who admits drug dealing Accurate headline: Actually, the original headline is pretty accurate. You gotta love a story that includes this line from investigators: “We assembled a photo line-up of clown masks, and had the victim look at it, and he quickly identified the mask.”
I’m sure everyone remembers the big fight that Tennessee had over allowing folks to keep guns in their cars even if the company bans firearms on their property. The final bill basically said “yes, you can, as long as you’re a permit holder and no one sees you do it… oh, and you can still… Read More »
Actual headline: Franklin grandma posts unique warning for speeding drivers Accurate headline: Local woman threatens to kill commuters Actual headline: Metro Nashville tries to reduce school hopping Accurate headline: Metro schools still don’t understand how markets work, omit stats that make public schools look bad. *BONUS* Current Headline: Mt. Juliet asks residents to watch, take… Read More »
Dewalt tools on sale at Amazon. I was a construction worker for a little bit after high school. I coveted the Dewalt 18v drill my employer issued me. Certain people may have a better formed opinion than me, seeing as my construction experience is limited to 8 months as a helper 15 years ago, but… Read More »
January 1997: Death of the Internet!
Went to Las Vegas this week for work. First time. This is the reason for no blog. Someone told me “You’re going to be shocked when you step off the plane and there are slot machines right there.” Even after hearing that, I was, in fact, shocked when I stepped off the plane and there… Read More »
How to win at intimidation: Step 1. get hit in the face with a round from an AK-47, and laugh it off. Thats…. really it.