Jul
3
2008

URLs du Jour

2008-07-03

  • The University Diarist pens a limerick in honor of North Carolina State University's 'executive-in-residence/senior lecturer' Mary Easly. Whose husband happens to be the Governor of North Carolina. A key paragraph from the quoted news story:
    Her raise gives her a salary nearly $35,000 more than her husband’s, who makes $135,854 as the state’s top elected official.
    You can also play "spot the party affiliation" in the story if you want.

  • I'm still jazzed about WALL·E. Some of its Easter Eggs are revealed here (also some plot points, so if you haven't seen it yet, beware. Also: what the Hell do you mean you haven't seen it yet? Go, already.)

    I missed the Pizza Planet truck. I need to go again.

  • There are 30,000 stories in the Lilac City, and a good number of them are imaginatively chronicled in the latest Rochester, NH Police Log. A small sample of the sheer genius:
    Wednesday, June 18

    4:36 p.m. — There are several reports of "an elderly female that has broken down in front of the Gafney Home." Actually, it seems to be her car that has broken down.

    Thursday, June 19

    12:14 a.m. — There is venison on Old Dover Road.

    4:04 p.m. — A young man comes to the station, asking an officer to show him how to use hand signals when riding a bike. There are three important ones. Turn left. Turn right. And, hey, you cut me off.

    Tuesday, June 24

    8:03 a.m. — A dog runs loose at Skyhaven [Airport] and may become a hazard to air traffic. It is not a Sopwith Pup, but some type of husky mix.

    4:44 p.m. — There is a fight on Salmon Falls Road near Whitehall. It mostly involves two people but others seem to join in on a whim.

    Many more at the link. (In case you didn't get the Sopwith Pup reference: here.)


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