This is so wrong on so many levels!
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Daily Funny
A passenger in a taxi leaned over to ask the driver a question and tapped him on the shoulder.
The driver screamed, lost control of the cab, nearly hit a bus, drove up over the curb, and stopped just inches from a large plate glass window.
For a few moments everything was silent in the cab, and then the still shaking driver said, 'I'm sorry, but you scared the daylights out of me.'
The frightened passenger apologized to the driver and said he didn't realize a mere tap on the
shoulder could frighten him so much.
The driver replied, 'No, no, I'm sorry, it's entirely my fault. Today is my first day driving a cab ...
I've been driving a hearse for the last 25 years.'
The driver screamed, lost control of the cab, nearly hit a bus, drove up over the curb, and stopped just inches from a large plate glass window.
For a few moments everything was silent in the cab, and then the still shaking driver said, 'I'm sorry, but you scared the daylights out of me.'
The frightened passenger apologized to the driver and said he didn't realize a mere tap on the
shoulder could frighten him so much.
The driver replied, 'No, no, I'm sorry, it's entirely my fault. Today is my first day driving a cab ...
I've been driving a hearse for the last 25 years.'
Our Readers
Going Local:
Some of our readers today in the Carolinas hail from ...
Franklin, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, and Mocksville in North Carolina
Summerville and Florence, South Carolina
Some of our readers today in the Carolinas hail from ...
Franklin, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, and Mocksville in North Carolina
Summerville and Florence, South Carolina
Last Words
On her deathbed, Queen Elizabeth 1 spoke poetically as she breathed her last breath in 1603.
Her dying words were: "All my possessions for one moment of time."
Her dying words were: "All my possessions for one moment of time."
It's Winter All Right
Well, the first day of Winter was today and Ol'Man Winter arrived on time and with a vengeance.
We are freezing right now - literally - and over the next few days we will be wishing for freezing ... it will be warmer than what we'll be having!
BRRRRRR!
We are freezing right now - literally - and over the next few days we will be wishing for freezing ... it will be warmer than what we'll be having!
BRRRRRR!
Did You Know ...
The Capitol Records Building, located near Hollywood and Vine in Hollywood, is unique in a couple of ways.
It was built to look like a stack of records on a turntable. Which is pretty obvious to anyone who has seen the building.
What is not that obvious to many is that the red light on top of the building blinks out "Hollywood" in Morse Code.
It was built to look like a stack of records on a turntable. Which is pretty obvious to anyone who has seen the building.
What is not that obvious to many is that the red light on top of the building blinks out "Hollywood" in Morse Code.
A Real Groaner
Why did the doctor tiptoe past the medicine cabinet?
He didn't want to wake the sleeping pills.
He didn't want to wake the sleeping pills.
Mean Sheriff
Joe Arpaio has been dubbed "America's Toughest Sheriff" and he's proving it again in Maricopa County, Arizona, jusidiction.
Arpaio is making convicted drunk drivers dig the graves of people who have died from alcohol abuse.
He's the sheriff who puts women and teens on road gangs and provides a pretty lousy jail menu.
Not to mention that he makes jailbirds wear black and white striped pants and pink shirts and boxers when they are out in public to add to their punishment.
Arpaio says, "Don't drink and drive or you could end up in pink underwear on a chain gang."
Arpaio is making convicted drunk drivers dig the graves of people who have died from alcohol abuse.
He's the sheriff who puts women and teens on road gangs and provides a pretty lousy jail menu.
Not to mention that he makes jailbirds wear black and white striped pants and pink shirts and boxers when they are out in public to add to their punishment.
Arpaio says, "Don't drink and drive or you could end up in pink underwear on a chain gang."
Unemployment at 25 year high in North Carolina
North Carolina lost jobs at a record pace last month, pushing unemployment to a 25-year high as the outlook for the state darkened amid a deepening recession.
Employers slashed 46,000 jobs in November, more than in any state except Florida, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Those job cuts pushed the unemployment rate to 7.9 percent from 7.1 percent in October, according to figures from the N.C. Employment Security Commission. The jobless rate is now the highest since October 1983.
Experts project double-digit unemployment in the Carolinas next year.
Factor in startup companies and the self-employed, and total employment in North Carolina dipped by 58,621 – the biggest monthly decline in records dating to January 1976.
“These are shocking numbers,” said Mike Walden, an economist at N.C. State University who has written extensively about the state’s economy. “In case anyone missed it, this really tells us the recession is here in full force. … This was just shocking.”
This is just the beginning. Some have said they expect a turnaround in late Spring 2009 for North Carolina, but I don't see that happening. It will be more like a Summer of 2010 turnaround ... if we get lucky. We are in a better position for a recovery than other areas of the country, who will most likely not see a turnaround until at least 2011 ... it will be a rough 2 years for everyone.
US balks at backing condemnation of anti-gay laws
Alone among major Western nations, the United States has refused to sign a declaration presented Thursday at the United Nations calling for worldwide decriminalization of homosexuality.In all, 66 of the U.N.’s 192 member countries signed the nonbinding declaration — which backers called a historic step to push the General Assembly to deal more forthrightly with any-gay discrimination. More than 70 U.N. members outlaw homosexuality, and in several of them homosexual acts can be punished by execution.
Co-sponsored by France and the Netherlands, the declaration was signed by all 27 European Union members, as well as Japan, Australia, Mexico and three dozen other countries. There was broad opposition from Muslim nations, and the United States refused to sign, indicating that some parts of the declaration raised legal questions that needed further review.
“It’s disappointing,” said Rama Yade, France’s human rights minister, of the U.S. position — which she described as in contradiction with America’s long tradition as a defender of human rights.
Brain Injuries Linked to Spirituality
“Two University of Missouri psychologists are proposing “a neurophysiological model of spiritual experience” that explains what is happening inside the brain when people experience feelings of selflessness and transcendence. The model “suggests that all individuals, regardless of cultural background or religion, experience the same neurophysiological/neuropsychological functions during spiritual experiences,” according to co-authors Brick Johnstone and Bret A. Glass. It also attempts to explain why these brain activities are interpreted in such different ways by people from different religious traditions and cultures.
Their work, which is detailed in a newly published paper in the journal Zygon, builds on that of researchers such as Dr. Andrew Newberg, who conducted MRI scans of meditating Buddhist monks and Catholic nuns engaging in contemplative prayer. As Miller-McCune reported in October, such activity is associated with increased activity in the frontal lobe, combined with decreased activity in another part of the brain, the parietal lobe.
The Missouri researchers approached the issue from another angle altogether, studying the spiritual experiences of people who suffered traumatic brain injuries. They asked 26 adults who had suffered such injuries about their personal spiritual experiences, the amount of time they devote to spiritual or religious practices and the degree to which they feel close to God or some other spiritual entity.”
From Miller-McCune.
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