Category: Humor
Had to share this one
President Bush and the Pope are fishing in the middle of a lake in Rome. Suddenly a gush of wind blows the Pope’s hat into the water. President Bush quickly jumps up, steps out of the boat and walks on to the water to retrieve the Pope’s hat. The next day the newspapers and TV commentators report – ‘Bush can’t swim!’
Huckabee on NPR’s “Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me”
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee was on NPR’s “Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me” this weekend.
Great intro from Peter, WWDTM’s host, “What makes you think a kid from Hope, Arkansas and then the governor of a small obscure state like Arkansas could ever be president?”
“Well you know it’s been tried before,” Huckabee responded. “Some people aren’t sure it turned out so well so we’re going to give it one more try.”
Huckabee was great and very, very personable. Really showed off his personality. He seemed to have a great time and talked about his weight loss as well as his pardoning of Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones.
Huckabee answered questions for listener Sally Powell of Toronto, Canada, and Huckabee quickly pointed out she couldn’t even vote for him.
He answered questions on the Edsel car introduced by Ford 50 years ago and correctly answered 2 out of 3 questions correctly.
Huckabee’s portion of the show comes at 18:20 into the program. You can listen to the entire show here.
Flickr went down today :-(
One of my favorite sites in the world, Flickr, went down today – just as I wanted to find a photo of Jerusalem.
Drats.
But what I love about Flickr is the way they handle their problems. Here’s the post from their blog during the outage…
Ouch that hurt!
One of the big switches that lets Flickr talk to the outside world went on vacation without telling anyone about 30 minutes ago. The problem has been fixed and we’re wobbling our way back up, but you might still see some strange behavior for the next 10-20 minutes.Actual photo serving wasn’t affected so any photos you were showing elsewhere (like on your blog) should have gone on happily showing up.
update 12:58pm: hmmm, still stuck in baggage claim on the way back up. We’re looking at another 20 minutes at least until everything is all shiny.
update 1:33pm: all cuteness aside, our dedicated team of server whisperers are bringing each frightened server up one by one. This is taking a bit longer then they had promised us. Current predictions are 15 minutes. We’ll provide updates as necessary.
update 1:39pm: WE’RE BACK! Thanks for your patience.
I remember back in the day when Flickr would be under maintenance and you’d get a little message that said, “We’re sorry Flickr is getting a massage.”
Sure it wasn’t access to the site like I wanted, but the fact that they eased my troubles with a “cute little message” made me feel all better and warm and fuzzy inside — and more importantly it kept me coming back — so much so that Laurie and I both have pro accounts (although that’s up for debate as mine is about to expire).
Either way I think it goes to show how great a little humility and humor can go a long way when you know you’ve messed up.
Way to go Flickr. Thanks for taking care of us.
Horray for Christian energy drinks
I know Thomas will love this one. Oh brother. A Christian energy drink?!
From the press release that came out last November:
1in3Trinity brings a bold attitude to an existing market, encouraging everyone who purchases their products to live out their faith.
1in3Trinity Launches First Faith Inspired Energy Drink
Southlake, TX, November 28, 2006 –(PR.com)– Faith-inspired company, 1in3Trinity, is proud to announce their latest product extension to their signature, branded line of Christian clothing and accessories. In response to a growing market, 1in3Trinity has launched the first faith-based energy drink under the label 1in3Trinity Energy Drink.
“We are hopeful that 1in3Trinity will change the energy drink landscape,” says Dawn Pencil Marzka, Director of Business Development. “Not only are we offering a great tasting beverage, but an opportunity for the consumer to extend a positive message into the community. We really feel that 1in3Trinity Energy Drink offers positive energy with every sip!”
Check the website so you can get filled up with “positive energy”
You did it to make a profit?!
I’m having a laugh about all the hub-bub over D Magazine’s latest cover story.
People are getting seriously mad about it – and probably the majority of them haven’t read the article.
The Star-Telegram says the magazine is causing an uproar – but then they only interviewed three people. Shame.
Pegasus News says Sprout stores (which banned the magazine) just doesn’t get it.
Local media censorship efforts are running rampant lately. First, we get blocked by the Lancaster ISD — now Sprouts in Flower Mound has taken D Magazine off the shelves over complaints regarding the cover story “Why You Should Hate Southlake.”
Guess they failed to read the subhead: “Because the kids are smarter, stronger, and better-looking than yours. And they prove it every Friday night.”
And those smart kids apparently won’t grow up to manage Sprouts stores. They probably understand the concept of juxtaposition.
I think the D Magazine staff are just having fun with it all – and they should.
I do get offended when they say we wrote that headline “just to sell magazines.” I mean, we also wrote it to please Wick (D Magazine publisher). It’s what we live for.
It’s a rare day when you can simultaneously prove Stevie Wonder and H.L. Mencken right.
The best part of it is those people who are complaining that D Magazine put that cover on it’s magazines simply to sell magazines.
Hmm. Sounds like it was a good plan then. I think they are in the business of making money. The more magazines they sell the more advertising they can get and the more money they can get to pay their employees and put out a better product (or simply hoard it all to themselves if they so chose ;-))
Either way, you’d think some of the folks in Southlake would have something better to complain about.
I’ve seen a lot worse.