Category Archives: Totally random stuff

If Google was a person?..

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Be sure you watch to the end 😉 An important part of understanding the Internet is that what people say they use it for is very different than what they actually use it for (thinking nobody is watching)? Lycos used … Continue reading →

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News Corp, the Second Generation

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Per the Three Generation Rule(tm), the 2nd Generation is able to take over. Rupert Murdoch is 83 and has 6 children. If he cared about News Corp or the company’s owners, he would release the company to professional managers, but … Continue reading →

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End of the Lion

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Fred Stiening

This is the 7th street station of Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) light rail service called Lynx.   This is the Northern end of the system.   Studies are underway to determine the feasibility of extending the system further North, … Continue reading →

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God Hates Fred Phelps

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Fred Stiening

http://p.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/mar/16/westboros-fred-phelps-edge-death-son-says/ The leader of the Westboro Baptist Church is preparing to join Oral Roberts and Tammy Faye Bakker for eternity. David Brenner will be standing at the Pearly Gates to greet him warmly.

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I have 10 lumosity points

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Fred Stiening

This is incredibly silly, but will be wildly successful. I saw an online ad for a service to help you train your brain. Like the NSA doesn’t have enough insights into us yet? You play “games” and the service trains … Continue reading →

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John 3:16 guy

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Fred Stiening

The Wells Fargo PGA event will be April 28th-May 4th less than a mile from my new home (I didn’t know that when I bought it) Back in my TV era, the PGA and others were plagued by ths guy … Continue reading →

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Becoming a glasshole

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Google emailed me today, wondering if I’m interested in buying Glass. I looked at it with eye of a developer just far enough to decide I wasn’t interested. Everything the glass device does is bounced off a Google Server which … Continue reading →

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Geoff Edwards dead at 83

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Fred Stiening

I remember him as host of several TV game shows in my youth. He also had a radio career at KFI-AM in Los Angeles and several other stations. Tom Taylor recalls in his newsletter that Tom Leykis was responsible for … Continue reading →

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Only in South Carolina

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Even though South Carolina is only five miles away, it’s a whole world away http://www.wbtv.com/story/24895402/deputies-fort-mill-mom-holds-man-at-gunpoint-after-he-had-sex-with-her-teenage-daughter “ah held mah BB gun jest like thee-asse, see what ah mean?” So mom found out her 15 year old daughter had been having sex … Continue reading →

Posted in Collapse of America, North Carolina | 23 Comments

Today’s Southern Food Porn

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Neese’s is located in Greensboro, NC. In addition to sausage, they are well known for their liver mush, which is probably close to what it sounds like. All I can say is my place smells great and the sausage met … Continue reading →

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