A library card

At 3:45 AM on election day, the Somerville fire department accidentally sent an all-points bulletin about a fire on Walnut street, intended for department heads, to everyone in town who registered to receive City updates on snow emergencies and street sweeping through its Connect CTY system. On the David Square livejournal, duffless2323 responded to those seeking apologies:

The city has offered restitution for those affected. They have made arrangements for any one affected to get a special pass/card which can be used at all branches of the somerville library. With this card you can check out not only books, but dvds and books on tape, FOR FREE. You just need to sign up.

I'm not acting

Comments after the news that Joaquin Phoenix announced that he is giving up acting to focus on his music.

"Casey looks like he's afraid he's gonna get whacked with that rolled up paper."
hawaiian | October 29 2008 at 03:13 PM

"I'd like to say something, I'm no longer an actor, I'm a puppeteer. -John Malkovich"
cal_79 | October 29 2008 at 03:20 PM

"He's quitting acting? When did he start?"
AmericanMark | October 29 2008 at 05:41 PM

photo courtesy REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES)

Just a normal day...

From
curlytoes79 regarding the end of the 1978 version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers:

Looks like a normal day at a government agency to me!

Here's a better quality video:

The mess keeps getting messier...

Melinda, commenting on an article in the St. Petersburg Times, sums things up nicely. The Times reported about how Bubba The Love Sponge Clem contributed large sums of money to Sheriff Jim Coats campaign for reelection. From the article:

To date, Clem has given $1,000 to Coats under his own name. He also sent money to the campaign through seven corporations:
• The Bubba Radio Network ($500).
• Bubba Army ($500).
• BRN Shock Media ($500).
• BTLS Web Media ($500).
• B3H Web Holdings ($100).
• BRN Travel, Inc. ($250).
• Intense Frequency ($500).
Clem promised $2,000 or $3,000 more from people including his wife, Heather, and his producer, Hatley.

Melinda's comment:

If someone who legally changed his name to include 'Love Sponge' is this adept at creating shell corporations to evade taxes and buy influence, imagine how dirty it gets higher up the power ladder.

Gadget Reporter Goof

This is why I love comments.

Barron's Tech Trader Daily sent a reporter to stand in line for the new iPhone G3 and posted this initial entry:

"Barron’s Magazine gadget reporter Jay Palmer tells me he’s 14th in line to buy Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone 3G at the Apple store in Bridgewater Commons mall in central New Jersey, with about 100 people behind him..."

Later, they write:

"Update: Jay is leaving the Apple store, fuming mad. He says that after waiting for three hours, he’s been told he’s ineligible for a phone because of the 10% corporate discount he enjoys on his AT&T plan through Dow Jones, part of News Corp. (NWS) and publisher of this blog. Well, if you have some kind of corporate plan, you may experience some issues with your purchase, I guess. More on this once the smoke stops coming out of Jay’s ears."

Here are some of the better comments:

With all do respect, Jay needs to understand that it has been stated on the Apple website and other sources that corporate/business customers need to go to an AT&T store and not to an Apple store.
Comment by John - July 11, 2008 at 9:24 am

Yup, Jay didn’t do his homework. He didn’t watch the AT&T video, or read the Apple or AT&T webpages on what to do to avoid exactly what happened to him.
Do reporters actually do any work?
Comment by mark - July 11, 2008 at 9:28 am

What a retard. Sounds like someone should have done their research before camping out like a loser in front a store to be one of the first to get an iPhone. If it was that big of a deal he would have purchased it without the discount. Schmuck.
Comment by Kris - July 11, 2008 at 9:28 am

And more:

iphone? wireless? internet?
I still use my rotary dial Mickey Mouse phone. The ringer is even adjustable.
Comment by smarty123 - July 11, 2008 at 10:47 am

Can the iphone be used to call up people or is it just a walkie talkie?
Comment by curious - July 11, 2008 at 10:50 am

Get Hillary a Lozenge

Conspiracy theorists claim that Clinton coughed to avoid answering a question about the role Bill would play in her administration. I think it was just bad journalism.

satanchrist666 commented:

"Some body quick give that woman a cough drop. Then make her drink some water or pat her on her back, then ask her the question again. If she then chokes more she is most certainly faking it. Then wait until she is done faking the cough again and keep asking the question until she answers it. Never except a cough as an answer nor a way out of giving one. She stands in the way of truth like most people in her position. Remember she is merely an employee of yours! Demand truth from her!"

2baraddict wrote:

"choke on your lies Illuminati whore!!"

Link to video.

Dick and... Jane?

A picture of Dick Cheney on the White House website has convinced people that he was fooling around with a naked woman. Some saw her reflection in his sunglasses. Turns out it was just his hand on a fishing pole-- he was fly fishing. Check out the article in the LA Times. The comments are my favorite part. Here are a few:

• HEY, sometimes a bare hand DOES resemble a naked lady. [David]
  
• What naked lady in her right mind would get near him? Definitely his own hand. An old friend. hehe [mangowild]
• That's it! That's a mans hand in those glasses! I knew Cheney was gay. ;) [captainkona]
  
• It's perfectly obvious it's a reflection of his hand .... what is does reveal is apparently poor technique. The way his thumb is wrapped around the grip, it looks like he is choking it to death. Torturing it, even. On the plus side, woeful technique = safe (non-renditioned) trout. [Evilscribbler]
  
• If thats a naked woman..that probably isn't a fishing pole he's holding! [trshaw]
  
• Is that a zit on his nose reflected in his right lens, or do I see a nipple? [John]
  
• It's clearly a baby's arm holding an apple. So, the question arises, who is THAT? [lexicon ]
  
• Dick Cheney hasn't been that close to a naked woman in 40 years. [JC]
  
• Looks more like one of those high tech battery operated whips to me [Carlos Solis]
  

If there were 10, it could be a Letterman top ten list.