hitting the radio jackpot

Now, I never listen to the radio very much, only when I'm driving really. And now that I have my Ipod, I usually listen to that in the car. But when I do have the radio on, I constantly surf through all the radio stations so that I can make sure I am listening to the best possible song that is on the radio at that moment. It's generally an older song that I've always liked, or a new single I'm into. But every now and then a glorious thing happens, something I like to call "hitting the radio jackpot."

I have hit a few memorable radio jackpots: last summer, for instance, I tuned to 96 Rock just in time to catch a triple shot of Led Zeppelin. That was a glorious moment indeed. Any time a station busts out the Led is a fine time.

But today, oh today, I hit the jackpot indeed. While conducting some errands, I tuned to Dave FM, and what should I happen to hear but... the B52's "Rock Lobster." It. Was. Awesome. Playing that song almost makes up for the station's dumb name.

seriously, who does that?

So last week, one of my roommates came into the house and asked if I had seen our trash can - as in the big City of Atlanta trash can. She said she'd looked all around the house and couldn't find it. I thought that maybe the trash guys had put it somewhere weird and out-of-the-way when they emptied it last.

A couple days later, the trash had started to pile up and really needed to be emptied. So my other roommate went looking up and down our street for our can. (I should note that the house number and first letter of the street are stenciled onto each can.) No dice. So she waited until the dark of night and then snuck out and put our trash in someone else's can. Heh.

By yesterday the trash was once again reaching an alarming and precarious height. So when I went out walking with Kelly that evening, we decided to look for the can. After a very thorough search of Home Park, we discovered it in front of a house on McMillan. Now, I don't know if the people in the house stole it or if some drunk prankster just moved our trash can for the hell of it, but seriously, who does that? Who steals a freakin' trash can? Sweet cracker sandwich people, what is wrong with you?

But now our trash can has been rescued and is sitting safely at the end of our driveway once more. And if it disappears again, and I find it at the same house, we are going to have some words bitches.

news o' the day

A look at some of today's stories:

Stupidest Story of the Day goes to the BBC for their piece on what music is on the President's iPod. And... yeah, I don't care. I did enjoy this bit however - "'One thing that's interesting is that the president likes artists who don't like him,' he added." Hee.

Best Headline of the Day goes to CNN for "High school seeking snitches." Heh. Basically a high school in Georgia is bribing students to give information on anyone they know with drugs, weapons, etc. Doesn't seem like the best way to go about this to me, but then what do I know.

Editorial of the Day goes to the New York Times for their editorial on a new measures the Bush administration is taking to weaken Title IX. Awesomeness. The editorial is linked to at the bottom of this post.

In other news, Rummy payed a visit to Iraq today to bug them about setting up their new government. If I were them, I'd be all, "Dude, thanks for the help and all, but could you back off a little? And next time, give us some warning before you stop by? Popping by unexpected is kind of rude."

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news o' the day

S i'm trying a new kind of post that i'd like to do on a fairly regular basis... we'll see how it goes. Bsically i'm just going to write about some of the headlines and stories of the day, sometimes just a quick comment. Now to start:


"Best Headline of the Day" goes to cnn for "Billy Idol Is Back for More, More, More." Heh.

"Best Picture of the Day" goes to the BBC (tecnially the AP though) for the picture accompanying the article linked to at the bottom of this post. Yes, that is the Leader of the Free World wearing a cowboy hat. Sigh. I do, however, love that Sharon has this total "wtf?" face when he's looking at Bush. Hee.

"Best (and saddest) Statistic of the Day" goes to the BBC for a statistic in an article about Sesame Street producers promoting healthy eating habits on their show. The statistic is: "Almost one in three children in the US is now overweight, as opposed to one in 25 in the UK." I... wow. Just, wow. ...We should probably start doing something about that.

"Craziest/Weirdest Article Topic" goes to CNN for their story about a shoot-out that broke out between two Florida families, who had been fueding for over a year, when the daughter from one family went on a date with the son from the other family. I kid you not. Six people were sent to the hospital. Yeah, we don't need more gun control at all, no siree, cause then we couldn't have a real-life Romeo and Juliette. An excerpt from the story: "'All this started because they were dating,' said Melva Ortiz, Miguel's mother. 'I tried to tell him to leave the girl, but you know how kids are.'" Again, wow.

The political story of choice for the day is the Senate confirmation hearings for Bush's appointed ambassador to the U.N. - John Bolton. Personally I think he sounds like quite the douchebag. It seems like it would be a good idea to appoint someone to the U.N. who likes the idea but wants to offer constructive criticism, instead of someone who says "there is no such thing as the United Nations." And I really wish I were making that up, but I am not.

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peachtree road race t-shirt vote

every year, there is a phone-in contest to pick the winning peachtree road race t-shirt design. the t-shirt is a super big deal and you don't know the design until you finish the race and get your shirt (unless some idiot walks back along the race route after they finish, showing the shirt to everyone.... don't be that person, i hate that person). anyway... you can win a free entry to the race - even if you don't run, you could sell it. and you can help make sure this year's design isn't ugly, which i will appreciate.

If you don't care which design it is, you can do me a favor and vote for design 1, which is my favorite.

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acc rules...

... big 10 drools.


while i am by no means a tar heels fan, i would just like to say to all those people who were talking shit about the big 10: that's right bitches.


unc went through wisconsin, michigan state, and illinois... therefore they are the new big 10 champions. - kyle

goodbye mitch

we're really going to miss you man. you were one funny dude.