May 07, 2008
Obama now.
Back in the beginning of this (incredibly long) campaign, I stated that I liked Senator Clinton over Senator Obama.
I've been pretty silent in this blog, so I haven't had the opportunity to say that I've switched, and I now think Obama is the right choice.
May 05, 2008
Crazy Fan
Posted by Etc. guest blogger Sherman
Yankee fans are crazy. People who live in New Hampshire are crazy. Add the two together and you get deadly crazy.
A 43 year old mother and Yankees fan used her car to kill a 29 year old Red Sox fan who was taunting her with chants of "YANKEES SUCK" after seeing a Yankees sticker on her car. Ivonne Hernandez, who lives in Nashua, got angry at Matthew Beaudoin and his friends for taunting her, so she pulled out of her parking spot and drove 200 feet at full acceleration at the group of taunters. Hernandez told police she just wanted to scare them and thought the group would get out of the way of her car. Hernandez admitted to drinking a little prior to the incident. Prosecutors charged her with aggravated drunken driving along with second-degree murder.
Beaudoin and his friends spotted the Yankees bumper sticker on the car and taunted Hernandez when she showed up from whatever bar she had been drinking in. At first, Hernandez and a 21 female friend of Beaudoin got into a tussle and fists were thrown. Hernandez then got into her car and drove it directly into the group.
Authorities were unable to indicate if Beaudoin has any resemblance to Bucky Dent.
April 30, 2008
Criminal Trial Blogs
Posted by Etc. guest blogger Sherman
Something new is happening in Bay Area news circles: blogging criminal trials. Now, in addition to reporting a daily story on an interesting (read: juicy) criminal trial, the reporters are now doing a full out total transcript blog as well.
I got hooked into following the Hans Reiser trials. You techno folks might recognize him since he’s the founder of the Namesys computer company and the designer of some file system software for Linux-based systems. Hans got himself a Russian mail order bride and has been accused of killing her even though her body was never found, no murder weapon was ever found, and only the smallest amount of blood was discovered. The prosecution’s case was built totally on circumstantial evidence – that in itself made it juicy, but it really got good when Hans got on the stand. This guy is so into himself. He kept arguing with the prosecutor, the judge, his own lawyer, and eventually the frustrated judge said: "You are rude. You are arrogant. There's not enough words in the English language to describe the way you are. You have been trying to make a mockery of these proceedings." And I think he said that to Hans in front of the jury.
The blog was fascinating to read. So much more detail than could be devoted to the story in the print edition, or even in the online edition of the SF Chron. I ended up corresponding with the reporter, a UCB alum.
Reiser was just found guilty yesterday. Check the picture of Hans. He’s such the computer geek that he couldn’t even get his shirt collar right as he faced the jury for the verdict.
The blog is at www.sfgate.com if you are interested.
April 28, 2008
The Amazing Tongue
Jo Ann the Opera Lady provided us with the following anatomy lesson:
Someone needs to post here... I am sick of popping in here and seeing the word "camel". That's just wrong. :-)Okay, I think I should bring this up now... especially since no one posted on 4/20. Okay, so the next time you're eating think about how amazing it is that your tongue can generally get out of the way when you're eating!
If you think about it, it is kinda trippy that, most of the time, we don't bite our tongue. It takes up most of the space in our mouths, and yet, it is able to get out of the way of our teeth when we are chomping on food! How amazing!
Yah, okay, one mouth! Grammar is difficult in this section--ya gotta just go for it!
So, try to think about your tongue next time you're eating and it will kinda trip you out (or make you bite your tongue). By the way, I am talking literally, not figuratively. :-)