Your computer is a bio-hazard

We're not talking bio-hazards like the kind that leech into landfills. We're talking the kind of toxic air one may have seen when bars catered to smokers, and the place was in a constant haze. According to Apple Computer, that is... It seems if you own a Mac, and take a drag on a cigarette now and then, or someone else in your house happens to smoke, Apple will void your warranty and refuse to repair your computer. That according to reports from some justifiably disgruntled consumers. Now don't get this wrong, no one asked any Apple employee to sit in a smoke filled room while taking a mother board apart. These computers were delivered to an Apple store, where work was refused when the tech decided he saw smoke residue inside the machine. The tech in each case claimed that working on the computer would expose him to a bio-hazard, and Apple went with that assessment. Our first thought was what would happen if one of these guys happened to step in some doggy-poo on the sidewalk. Then we decided that would probably be ok, since excrement is bio-degradable, and not a bio-hazard, in some people's minds anyhow...

News Link: No repairs for bio-hazard Mac's

911? What are you wearing?

That's how a Tampa man began an emergency call to 911. Yep, that's right, our Genius of the Day actually called the police to solicit phone sex. Not only did he solicit sex, he asked the female 911 dispatcher to come over to his house, and gave her his address. It gets even better... When asked why he would call 911 looking for sex, the man explained he was out of minutes on his cell phone, and 911 is a free call. We kid you not...

News Link: Man dials 911 for phone sex

$98 billion in bogus payouts

That's what the government has paid out this year in what it terms improper payments, $98 billion dollars. Sound like a lot? Consider that's on top of the $72 billion that fell into the same category last year. Some of the costs were considered to be mistakes, though most were just improper billing or out and out fraud. The biggest chunk went to the medical industry, paid out through Medicare or Medicade. One of the largest factors in misdirected reimbursements? Illegible doctor's signatures. No way to confirm which doctor signed on the dotted line, but payments were made anyway. Billions of dollars just thrown away, for lack of good penmanship.

News Link: White house reports billions down the drain.

Guess who's coming to dinner

Sarah Palin has hinted that she may invite Levi Johnston to Thanksgiving dinner. Johnston has said she is "Full of it". If the invite does happen, and the dinner takes place, we're wondering if a topic of conversation will be Johnston's Johnson, which will soon be on display in Playgirl Magazine.

News Link: Sarah Palin and Levi Johnston

Moon River

Ok, not exactly a river, more like a splash, kind of... but NASA has now confirmed there is water on the moon, and that already has people talking again about moon exploration, moon colonization, etc, etc etc. Wonder if that will be an earmark in the next Stimulus bill?

News Link: Water on the Moon

Babies cry like Mama does

It seems babies cry in their native language, according to researchers in Germany and France. The claim is, not only do they use their mother's language, they throw in the appropriate local accent too. Wonder how you say Goo goo Ga ga in Chinese?

News Link: The Crying Song

Sarah Palin resigns as Governor of Alaska

News Link: Palin Resigns

Deja Vu all over again

Shades of Anna Nicole, another three ring circus is coming to town. All the players in the future Michael Jackson paternity spat are lining up in the wings, waiting for the funeral to blow over. You know it's got to be coming, don't you. Jackson once said he fathered those first two children with then wife Debby Rowe. Dear Debby now says "Never happened". Deb claims she had the children strictly for Michael's sake. Custody was never an issue. All of a sudden she has a custody lawyer. There's also the mystery momma of child number three. She is out there somewhere. Then there's the unknown dads, the anonymous sperm donors. Don't be surprised if one or more of them shows up. There is, after all, a nice trust fund at stake.

Update - July 3 Debby Rowe files for custody. Guess they're not going to wait for the funeral. Imagine that...

Taking another look at prescription drugs

News Link: The FDA on Percocet and Vicodin

No more gold in them thar' hills

California goes broke. State begins to issue IOU's.

News Link: California IOU's