PSoTD

Take your own advice.

Don't keep putting it off, dude. Socialist doctors are notoriously inept at head-from-butt removal. And imagine the waiting list you could stuck on over there at the Corner

I think there's an Andrew Sullivan joke in here somewhere.

A couple of mornings a week I stop at the AM/PM on the way into work and grab a bottle of orange juice. (I'm one of those few who don't like coffee.) The juice is $1.49 for a 16 oz. bottle but they are always running a "2 for $2.22" special. So I'm constantly getting pressured by the chicks at the cash register to buy the second bottle. I explain that I don't want two orange juices and that I can't drink it tomorrow because I'll be in a different office. But they won't let up. Hell, if I was after a deal I'd go to BJ's, buy a flipping case of orange juices and carry them around in my trunk!

Today they were at it again. Anybody want an OJ?

Huckabee challenges Romney over fried chicken.

PENSACOLA, Florida (CNN) – Mitt Romney's failure to eat fried chicken with the skin on is nothing short of blasphemy here in the South, according to GOP rival Mike Huckabee.

Romney, of Massachusetts, dug into a piece fried chicken at KFC while campaigning in Lutz, Florida on Saturday, but not before peeling off what most would consider the best part — the crispy skin.

It *is* the best part but damned if I eat the skin either.

Not much else to do down Craley way.

Police charged Toby Taylor, 37, of the 100 block of Oak Leaf Drive with involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment. As of Thursday night, he was in York County prison in lieu of $100,000 bail.

Police said they responded to Taylor's home late Wednesday night in the Restless Oaks Village mobile home park for a reported electrocution that turned into a cardiac arrest.

Once there, police found Kirsten Taylor, 29, unconscious. She was taken to York Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 11:25 p.m., according to the county coroner's office.

Toby Taylor first told police his wife was shocked as she used a hair dryer, but later admitted he had lied, charging documents state.

"He said that they hook up clips to his wife's nipples and he plugs the cord into an electric strip and he shocks her," charging documents state.

Sad story especially if you read the comments.

Why can't we bring back the Tweed Water Spaniel?

It's strange - I guess I've just never thought about how humanity not only bred animals into specific breeds, but also didn't allow them to breed, causing their "extinction".

Whoever it is, that person keeps sending me spam at Yahoo! I don't love that.

Man, they're everywhere this year!

The thumbnail-size insect has hurt fruit and soybean crops in China and Japan. Researchers say the bug probably hitched a ride to the United States on shipping containers — much like the emerald ash borer that has recently damaged trees across the state.

The stink bugs were first reported in Pennsylvania in 1998, and have since spread from New York to Virginia.

The species could pose a serious problem to agriculture because it has no natural predators, parasites, or diseases to help control its population.

During the winter, they like to crawl through cracks into homes to escape the cold.

But they are harmless to people — except for the unpleasant odor they release when disturbed.

Found one hanging out in my shower this morning. Flush! I'd suspect my housekeeping but even my compulsively tidy friends are finding them.

If I had to pick my favorite, or most impacting, teacher that I had in high school, it would be Jerome Burg. I had him for a couple of years when I wrote, and then was "editor" (such as it was) of our high school newspaper. He let us have fun, he seemed to prefer us as irreverent rather than serious, and that worked for us.

There's an interesting article about him in the Infinite Thinking blog, and it appears he still lets students discover the path to best learn while providing them with new and different ways to look - and discuss - what is being taught.

I haven't ever had an interest in becoming a teacher, but if I had, Mr. Burg would have been the role model. I'm glad to see he's getting some attention for his efforts.

Eating at Ruby Tuesday's tonight and got stuck behind Slow Salad Bar Person. Picking out specific pieces of lettuce, exactly six carrots, five tomatoes and seven chick peas. You know who you are. Speed it up!

I got a parking meter with "Insert Soul" graffiti scrawled on its face this morning.

So how many minutes do I get for it?

Will boobs grow if you put onions in a bra?

(I'm testing KathyF's theory that vegans are attracted to onion boobs. So if you're a vegan on an onion boob search, please help a researcher out and leave a comment!)

Oil hits $100 a barrel.

Oil prices reached the symbolic level of $100 a barrel for the first time on Wednesday, a long-awaited milestone in an era of rapidly escalating energy demand.

Crude oil futures for February delivery hit $100 on the New York Mercantile Exchange shortly after noon New York time, before falling back slightly. Oil prices, which had fallen to a low of $50 a barrel at the beginning of 2007, have quadrupled since 2003.

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Gasoline has lagged the rise in the price of oil. It stands at a nationwide average of $3.05 a gallon for regular grade, according to AAA, the automobile club. That is below the all-time peak in May of $3.23 a gallon, but it is 73 cents higher than at this time a year ago. Some analysts worry that gasoline could hit $4 a gallon by next spring if oil prices remain at high levels...

Damned illegal immigrants!

Picked up the great Kaiser Chiefs disc as a gift for a lucky friend at Borders over the holidays. Was surprised to find that I didn't have to sign my credit card receipt since the purchase was under 25 dollars. Is this strictly a Borders policy or some new federal regulation change? Smart idea! It's not like my signature is legible anyway.

I'm done counting.