If this is the “medium” salsa, the “mild” must just be tomato paste. C’mon Newman’s Own, give me something!
May 2009
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“He keeps a special pin on his navy blue blazer. It came from a soldier flying back to America after combat in the Middle East. He remembered Bechtold from the flight to the war zone. “You took me over,” he said. “I remember you because you promised you would be back to get me.” The soldier grabbed Bechtold’s lapel and fastened a pin of a soldier in camouflage shaking hands with Mickey Mouse. “My mother sent this to me for good luck … I’m giving it to you since you’re going to keep bringing people home. “I hope it brings you luck.”
—Deployment on the wing offers Army troops an interlude between peace and war
My first lost suitcase! I feel like a real traveler now!
I don’t know why people have TV. In the hour I’ve been watching hotel cable, I’ve seen two idiots look for a house, an entire show about tattoos, some experiment that required dry ice in a toilet, ohmygod how bad is NCIS?, the joke that was “Get Smart”, and a show all about the tree man. Absolutely nothing in this hour made me feel smarter, amused, entertained, or even remotely happy about sitting here - save the Quaker Oats ” Go humans go” tagline. That’s pure genius.
Dream job: Bernie in “Weekend at Bernie’s”
“The AP reports that nuclear weapons have been detonated 2,054 times since 1945. How many will it take for North Korea to catch up with the the world’s most prolific tester of doomsday weapons, the United States? Answer: 1,030.”
—Bruce Falconer
I have never understood the argument that the US should be allowed to have and test nuclear weapons but others should not.
(via mattlehrer)I dunno who they’re trying to fool with their sauce portions.
TGIFriday's Sighting:
Dude that looks like 80s Arsenio. (Hall, not Billingham.)
