Let Me Roll It - Paul McCartney

One of my most favorite tunes.

Senior Pranks

Was reading about some PA senior's "prank" in the news:

Solehi to seniors: You snooze, you lose

Seems the boys took a ladder and scaled a wall into a locked courtyard, set up tents and sleeping bags and spent the night. Now the school wants to prosecute.

Sheesh. Nothing was harmed, no windows were broken, no walls were spray-painted. The boys were there in the morning when the school opened and they admitted they knew what they were doing was wrong but only wanted it to be a harmless prank. Back when I was in school, that would have netted us a few swats with the "board of education", not a lawsuit from the school board.

This reminds me of my big sister's senior year. For years* the kids had an annual water balloon fight, two of the classes against the other two. (such as Seniors/Freshmen against Sophomores/Juniors)

*And it all came to an end when I first got into high school, with a car rollover, a couple of bad injuries with a teacher being involved, throwing water balloons along with the kids.

My sis, her b/f and some others got on top of the gym and were throwing balloons off the roof (or were up there making out, not for sure...am sure she'll elaborate) or perhaps they were just hiding from "the enemy". Somehow they were found out and were summoned to the principal's office first thing the next morning (the principal was an insufferable a-hole, even more than most principals) where he informed them that, if the roof leaked, they weren't going to get to graduate AND they'd be forced to pay for repairs.

Later that day a tornado hit the school and tore off a good bit of the gym's roof.

Now, when I was a senior, we did our own prank. Just outside of town there is a small hill that has gone by the name "Ti**y Peak"....for obvious reasons.



Poor ol' hill...back when I was a kid, it was a good-sized "C" cup, but thanks to erosion, it's probably something like a "B" cup now.

Anyway...We bought some red paint, found a large rock and painted it and put it on top as the "nipple". We were so proud of our work, we bought a 4'x8' piece of plywood and a couple of fence posts and made a sign calling attention to it, "Ti**y Peak: Compliments of Seniors".

It didn't last long; no, a tornado didn't get it, but some of the guys from the previous year's class that were still in town chopped it down. Bastards, all they did for their "prank" was put a toilet on top of it.

BrowserShots

BrowserShots: Check your website's compatibility, cross platform browser test

From the site:

What is BrowserShots?

Browsershots makes screenshots of your web design in different browsers. It is a free open-source online service created by Johann C. Rocholl. When you submit your web address, it will be added to the job queue. A number of distributed computers will open your website in their browser. Then they will make screenshots and upload them to the central server here.

BrowserShots

Even though I don't have a "real" website, I went ahead and submitted this blog's URL as a test and got these results. What's really cool is they'll zip all the screenshots up into a zip file for you!

Good Advice

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
- Abraham Lincoln


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The Oreo Personality Quiz

From the email archives:

The Oreo Personality Quiz

Psychologists have discovered that the manner in which people eat Oreo cookies provides great insight into their personalities. Choose which method best describes your favorite method of eating Oreos:

1. The whole thing all at once.
2. One bite at a time.
3. Slow and methodical nibbles examining the results of each bite afterward.
4. In little feverous nibbles.
5. Dunked in some liquid (milk, coffee...).
6. Twisted apart, the inside, then the cookie.
7. Twisted apart, the inside, and toss the cookie.
8. Just the cookie, not the inside.
9. I just like to lick them, not eat them.
10. I don't have a favorite way because I don't like Oreo.


Your Personality:

1. The whole thing. This means you consume life with abandon, you are fun to be with, exciting, carefree with some hint of recklessness. You are totally irresponsible. No one should trust you with their children.

2. One bite at a time. You are lucky to be one of the 5.4 billion other people who eat their Oreos this very same way. Just like them, you lack imagination, but that's okay, not to worry, you're normal.

3. Slow and methodical. You follow the rules. You're very tidy and orderly. You're very meticulous in every detail with every thing you do to the point of being anal retentive and irritating to others. Stay out of the fast lane if you're only going to go the speed limit.

4. Feverous nibbles. Your boss likes you because you get your work done quickly. You always have a million things to do and never enough time to do them. Mental breakdowns and suicides run in your family. Valium and Ritalin would do you good.

5. Dunked. Every one likes you because you are always up beat. You like to sugar coat unpleasant experiences and rationalize bad situations into good ones. You are in total denial about the shambles you call a life. You have a propensity towards narcotic addiction.

6. Twisted apart, the inside, and then the cookie. You have a highly curious nature. You take pleasure in breaking things apart to find out how they work, though not always able to put them back together, so you destroy all the evidence of your activities. You deny your involvement when things go wrong. You are a compulsive liar and exhibit deviant, if not criminal, behavior.

7. Twisted apart, the inside, and then toss the cookie. You are good at business and take risk that pay off. You take what you want and throw the rest away. You are greedy, selfish, mean, and lack feelings for others. You should be ashamed of yourself. But that's ok, you don't care, you got yours.

8. Just the cookie, not the inside. You enjoy pain.

9. I just like to lick them, not eat them. Stay away from small furry animals and seek professional medical help - immediately.

10. I don't have a favorite way, I don't like Oreo cookies. You probably come from a rich family, and like to wear nice things, and go to up-scale restaurants. You are particular and fussy about the things you buy, own, and wear. Things have to be just right. You like to be pampered. You are a prim. Nobody likes you.

espy

espy \ih-SPY\ , transitive verb:
To catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; to discover, as a distant object partly concealed, or not obvious to notice; to see at a glance; to discern unexpectedly; to spy; as, to espy land; to espy a man in a crowd.

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I can use this in a sentence:

"I espy the ESPY Awards on TV."