All in Random Stuff
Fuckin' scary...
Link: CNN.com - Jet Blue plane readies for emergency landing - Sep 21, 2005.
LONG BEACH, California (AP) -- A Jet Blue airliner was dumping fuel over the ocean Wednesday afternoon as officials tried to determine how to make an emergency landing with the plane's front wheels turned sideways and unable to retract.
Link: New York Daily News - City News - Man sues landlords for $13M.
An 87-year-old upper East Side man who says he was callously tossed out of his rent-controlled apartment filed a $13 million lawsuit against his landlords yesterday.
There isn't much I can add to all the discussion over New Orleans, but I just watch a CNN video that is probably the saddest thing I've ever seen. It annoys me that I can't link to it, but just go to CNN.com and look for the clip about the man who lost his house and his wife.
Now if only we could divert some of the manpower and $191 billion being spent in Iraq right now to right here at home, perhaps we could actually help these people.
No, this isn't a reference to Mike Tyson's Punchout, the Nintendo Game, but extra points to anyone who can, off the top of their head, name all of the opponents in the game in order.
No, I just got a copy of the latest NYSSA newsletter and there's a picture of Ralph Acampora in it.
He looks a little different now and a lot better:
Before
After
Bald: Leave home without it.
I have a feeling no one will top this for the week. This guy exposed himself to a girl on the subway and she snapped a photo of it, posting it on flickr. Do you know this guy?
Not only is this hilarious, but its also a good use of distribution... the website gives let's me create HTML to blog their t-shirt with. Good tradeoff. They give me funny I give them traffic.
They should just take this guy's house away and all his stuff, and let the Chinese cook live there...
Link: New York Daily News - Home - Busted in rent-control tenant toss.
