Real World Mom

In the spirit of the day, three Ohio couples tied the knot yesterday–at White Castle (yes, the fast-food burger place)!

The flower girl sprinkled salt and pepper packets.  The grooms wore employee name tags in lieu of flowers on their lapels.  The wedding cake was designed to look like a tray with burgers, fries and a drink.

So, this wouldn’t exactly be my first choice of a setting for a wedding, but I gotta give them credit for uniqueness!

“Ohio Couples Have White (Castle) Wedding”

Yahoo has turned down Microsoft’s $44.6 billion bid to further screw up take the company over. (“Yahoo Formally Rejects Microsoft Offer”.)

Even though the maker of “Windoze” will probably eventually win this war, it’s so nice to see someone tell them “No.”!

As you may already know, I live with T, who is a Computer Tech God, and he converted me to Linux some time ago.

So far, Ubuntu is my favorite distribution, and the one I’m currently using is Ubuntu 7.10/Gutsy Gibbon. It’s extremely user-friendly, and, unlike “Winblows”, very customizable–which I really like!

If you’d like to see more on Linux vs. “The Evil Empire”, be sure to visit T’s website: The Inflatable Soapbox™.

“Beer Gets Seatbelt, Child Doesn’t” (Yahoo News)

Just when you think you’ve heard it all…

A woman in St. Augustine, FL was pulled over after going through a red light. Inside the car, police found the driver, a 16-month-old child, the child’s mother, and a 24-pack of beer. The beer was wearing it’s seatbelt–the child was not. Someone’s priorities are extremely f’d up!

This incident reminds me of the time I was driving behind a car with a pro-life bumper sticker, while a young child in the car was bopping around, obviously not seat-belted! I’ve yet to make any sense of that!

This is one of those cases where you wonder what the officer was thinking! (My guess: he isn’t a parent!)

A 23-year-old mother was driving along when her 3-year-old daughter began vomiting. She made a u-turn (illegally) so she could pull over and take care of her child. The Hillsborough County deputy gave her a $123 ticket for doing so!

Yes, we have laws for a reason. But a puking kid in the back seat might just be good enough cause to overlook a minor infraction such as a u-turn, don’t ya think?

Here’s the full AP story: “Woman With Vomiting Daughter Gets Ticket“

Since joining the blogosphere, I’ve seen mention of Craigslist on a couple occasions. Both times were about outrageous ads posted there.

Seems that trend continues…

Today, I came across an article on Yahoo News, telling of an idiot guy in Connecticut who placed an ad on Craigslist offering to sell pot. Yep. Marijuana. Weed. Maryjane.

And I bet you can guess what happened to the genius.

“Connecticut Man Tries to Sell Pot Online”