Archive for August, 2008

New Orleans Facing Hurrican Gustav


Hurricane Gustav (as I write this) is about 24 hours or so away from giving New Orleans a slap potentially bigger than Katrina, and quite possibly on that scale.
It has been very interesting watching Mayor Nagin ordering manditory evacuations long before the storm hits, President Bush declaring a state of emergency, and everyone and their [...]

Colleges Want to Lower Drink Age


This story on the surface seems a little weird, College rectors and presidents calling for a lowering of the drinking age from 21 to 18, because many students still drink at frat parties and such which often leads to binge drinking, as opposed to reasonable social drinking. Read the story here.
I want to take [...]

Google Streetview Catches Passed Out Drunk


Let this be a warning to anyone drinking too much – if you pass out in the street, you might become part of Google Maps Streetviews.
“Bill” here was saddened over the death of a friend, a drank himself into a stupor.  He managed to get a taxi ride home, but passed out on the grass [...]

Perez Hilton Disney Hater (h8tr)


One of the things about surfing around looking for interesting stories is I end up visiting a ton of celeb and gossip sites looking for amusing stuff. One of the more popular sites these days is Perez Hilton. This guy use to be good (read that as underground, outsider, not part of the [...]