Monthly Archives: December 2007

Contest of pigskin skill delays trial

When I was a student at LSU, I would skip night class to go to a basketball or baseball game anytime. However, I never imagined you could have your trial postponed to attend a LSU football game.
From the Associated Press:
A state judge near the home of the Tigers has agreed to postpone a trial scheduled [...]

Mississippi, The Lighthouse State

According to Wikipedia, Mississippi is known as the Hospitality State or the Magnolia State.
However, the new Mississippi license plate, suggests that Mississippi should also be known as the Confusing License Plate Symbol State.
I live in Mississippi and I didn’t know we had a lighthouse (there are 3). A friend thought the picture was of a [...]

Cool off with milk

As I left the beach in Florida last summer, I saw this sign at a gas station in Santa Rosa Beach.

I think Ron Burgundy is the only person who would choose milk to cool off.

Be so good they can’t ignore you

Steve Martin on Charlie Rose:
When people ask me how do you make it in show business or whatever, what I always tell them — And nobody ever takes note of it ‘cuz it’s not the answer they wanted to hear. What they want to hear is here’s how you get an agent, here’s how you [...]

French Quarter Alley

“And all I want now are colors. Colors don’t cry,
they’re like waking up: tomorrow the colors
come back.”
Agony, Cesare Pavese

Funniest spam I’ve ever received

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When is a business card a valid form of I.D.?

I opened a P.O. Box today. I was required to show two forms of I.D.–I gave them my driver’s license and a credit card:
The postal clerk said, “Credit cards aren’t a valid form of I.D.”
“All I have are credit or debit cards.” I said.
She replied, “If you have a business card, you can use it [...]