Good morning... I hope everyone is having an interesting morning.
Well today's been an interesting morning already and it's only 8:45a.
We had an earthquake here in Indiana (Like you haven't seen pictures of the devastation!)
Yep... a massive 4.2 earthquake centered 5 miles outside of Greentown, Indiana (about 50 NNE of Indianapolis) struck at 7:55am. I was sitting at my desk... felt one big jolt and maybe a little more shaking. I think a lot of it was deadened by the fact that I'm in the server room so we're on a raised floor.
Once I felt it first thing I to do was confirm it. "Was that an earthquake???" My co-worker asks. Hmmm, where's the best place to find that out... oh yeah, TWITTER! so I hope on twitter and sure enough, everyone is saying independently "Did you guys feel an earthquake?" So yep, that confirmed that... next checked US Geological Survey website... nothing reported yet, but Twitter is reporting it was felt as far away as Dayton, but most of the people who are talking about it are near Indianapolis... Finally the USGS posts their earthquake data:
Ok then...
Funniest thing by far though is the media. Good god, people relax! "4.2 earthquakes rattles Indiana. Complete coverage on WOWO. Did you feel it? Tweet us!"
Ok... For the record, anyone who has information about the earthquake will tell one of 4 stories.
1. I slept through it...
2. I was asleep and it woke me up.
3. I felt it too!
4. I was driving or something else and didn't feel it. Damn.
That's it. There's no drama here. No need for "Continuing Coverage" of the great Indiana earthquake.
ETA: OOoo... UPDATE: They've downgraded it to a 3.8 earthquake.
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Of course since this is Indiana we can't go without a story like this:
In Lafayette, IN, a home owner decided to make a snow-sculpture....
Yeah the reason you can't see anything is because the new blurred out the picture of the giant snow dick. Neighbors were not amused. So what do you do? Call the police! Yes neighbors called the police, who came out and laughed and drove away. When the neighbors complained that the police didn't do anything, the department's PR guy admitted the officer handled it poorly and said the homeowner could be violating state obscenity laws, a Class A misdemeanor for constructing an obscene sculpture or other structure.
The snow dicks have been taken down. Since they took them down, they'll face no charges. Crisis averted.
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So in sports the great Brett Favre sexual harassment story is over.
Ok, let's do a reset. Brett Favre "retires" from the Green Bay Packers in 2007... then unretires in the spring... only to find the Packers don't want him anymore. So he signs with the New York Jets for the 2008 season. He has a ho-hum season... supposedly was injured but never reported it (an NFL rule violation for the Jets, they were fined $125,000).
During the season, Favre got a little frisky with a NY Jets employee, Game Day Host Jenn Sterger. Supposedly he sent her suggestive voicemails, texts and allegedly pictures of his penis. Presumably the suggestions went no where. Favre "retires" again after the 2008 season only to unretire again for the 2009 and 2010 seasons to play with the Minnesota Vikings.
Earlier this fall the rumours that Favre did a little sexting with Miss Sterger arises and the NFL starts investigating. They haul Favre in for questioning and he supposedly admits to leaving some suggestive voicemails but denies the pictures.
Well finally the NFL has had its say. They fined Favre $50,000 for failing to cooperate with the investigation but they cannot determine if he actually sent obscene pictures to her or not so they can't find him in violation of the NFL's conduct policy.
Sterger had be threatening to file a sexual harassment lawsuit against Favre and the Jets but had to do so by Tuesday or else the statute of limitations for sexual harassment (2 years since the last act) would have passed. She didn't file. Why not? You can draw your own conclusions...
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Finally our old pal Christine O'Donnell is back in the news...
After getting her ass handed to her in the Delaware Senate race (she lost 56.6% to 40%) it appears as though the FBI is investigating her campaign for illegal campaign expenditures...
She's lashing out, saying its just disgruntled campaign workers with a vendetta against her...
Hmmm... you mean... like... a... WITCHHUNT?????
Ok... This is probably my last post of 2010... so... see you all next year!
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JP
6 comments:
LOL! We had an earthquake here once. It was definitely a strange feeling. It did actually wake me up and it took me a good five minutes after I stopped shaking to realize it was an earthquake and not just the washing machine with an uneven load on the spin cycle! =)
Snow dicks? HILARIOUS!!
Favre is my man! He can send me pics of his neither regions if he wants too!
Hope you have a great New Year's!
So sorry your earthquake was downgraded. :-( 'Tis truly a sad day for Indiana.
A snow penis? Really? Ranks right up there with the big blue metal scrotum replicas I see hanging under the backside of pickup trucks.
Oh, wow. I didn't know there was an earthquake!!
Jenn Sterger came from Florida State. We're huge fans. (of the school) Other than the huge boobs, I don't get the fascination. Up close, without airbrushing, she's not that pretty. Then again, I'm a woman who doesn't think with her penis.
Snow penis? I mean, that's disturbing but rather funny. However, I would not have called the cops! What would they be able to do about it? I would've just shoveled it away and been on the lookout for immature night builders.
What no snow vagina... must have been built by a man.. with a big wish.
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