Friday Follies...
Well, here we are again...at the start of another weekend.
Some weeks, you never quite know if it will get here. Then again, when you see so many people meander along your street, and the manner they present themselves screams:
"Future? What future? We HAVE no future", you just smile and thank the maker YOU'RE not part of THAT crowd.
In the meantime, Let's have some "fun" at other peoples' expense, shall we?
--Rapper "fiddysent" (50 CENT for the non-ebonics crowd) has SUED Taco Bell over an ad they made (without his permission). Guess that boy's got nothing BETTER to do than turn away a $10,000 donation to his favorite charity (that would probably be HIMSELF).
Now good old CURTIS (his real name) shouldn't be dissed for his lawsuit.
In fact, I think we should all get together and get him some free FRONT ROW SEATS for the upcoming 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS. The ONLY caveat would be that we send him there on a very SLOW BOAT with a very LARGE LEAK. Oh, and tell him to bring AS MANY friends as he can ALONG WITH HIM.
And let's not forget THESE noteworthy tidbits:
--Brunswick mum on plant closures due to slipping boat sales.
(Betcha the canoe and sailboat crowd is LOVING this)
--Ford Motor Company posts LARGEST quarterly loss at $8.67 BILLION.
(I guess imitation still IS the sincerest form of "flattery", right, GM?)
--Comcast customers suffer outage last night in Ft. Wayne due to fire.
(Sure glad I have VERIZON now...how about you?)
--Kroger yanks jalapeno peppers
(They yank in other ways too (UNlike when SCOTTS owned the stores), such as NOT having ANY AMERICAN CHEESE - white OR yellow...c'mon, people...get with the program)
--National City, First Source, & Independent Alliance Banks take dip while Star Financial posts record 1st quarter.
(Someone reporting a case of the "financial hiccups" as "projectile vomiting". The banks are still OK, people...the sky is NOT falling as predicted by the MSM)
--Soy food use linked to lower sperm count.
(But on the good side, it has been know to make breast tissue enlarge - bad for guys on one hand, but good for guys on another, hmm?)
--Painkiller deaths top 1,000.
(On the plus side, those 1,000 people are NO LONGER in pain, right, so there must be something to that drug - note to self: stay away from doctors whenever possible)
And now, for something completely different...
--Two boys were arrested in connection with a robbery at our very own SUMMIT MARKET around 1929 hrs on Tuesday. Seems the owner AGAIN chased down the culprits (as he did earlier this year when I got some great pics of his van & the police catching them on my street), Now this store is not all that much for cleanliness, but I wouldn't f$ck with the owner...on a dare. Good for him. At least SOMEONE else gives a damn about CRIME.
The boys used a black handgun in the robbery, which turned out to be a pellet gun. Be nice to see someone call their bluff and wail the piss out of these thugs to wise them the hell up, and believe me, MY day to do just that IS coming. Be real nice to see all these "guns" that the FWPD has taken off of the streets as opposed to the REAL ones that are still out there. Must be a PEOPLE problem - NOT a GUN problem.
ANY reporters out there wanna do a story on LOOK-ALIKE weaponry?
Right before the robbery, a third teen told officers that the same two boys with (apparently TOY) guns took his bike, cell phone and cash.
Ah yes, sure is nice to take A BIKE RIDE on the SOUTH SIDE of town....plenty to see, like some young thugs pointing a weapon at you as they "relieve" you of your (obvious) burdens. Good thing we have SO MUCH police presence around (he said -tongue firmly in cheek). And so glad to have so MANY "concerned" citizens that always report such suspicious activity (he continued sarcastically).
Lastly, we had another house fire in Fort Wayne's SE side (this time the place was occupied) on the 400 block of E. Suttenfield. And no, it wasn't Phil's house. I checked. Glad to know that ALL Phil has said to the FWPD (as well as other federal agencies) is REALLY making a dent in criminal activity in HIS neighborhood.
Personally, I don't know HOW LARGE a piece of wood we need to obtain to smack against the heads of the city leaders to "motivate" them into some DEFINITIVE (not affirmative) ACTION.
But at least gas is back UNDER $4 a gallon, while milk is now OVER $3 a gallon.


Yes friends, to every YIN there is most definitely a YANG.
And remember:
If you want to take a nice bike ride in the neighborhoods on the SE side of Ft. Wayne...DON'T!
Just DON'T!
You'll thank me for it later, trust me.
Do have a SAFE weekend.