News That Isn't News - Hey Kids Stop Pooping Infront Of My House

Saw this article title in the news today and it got my attention.

"Man Wants Jogger To Stop Pooping On His Property."

Yep, you read that right....but how about I repeat it for you just incase....

"Man Wants Jogger To Stop Pooping On His Property."

Article and Video HERE.

Apparently this lady takes an occasional morning jog and while she gets moving other things get moving and she needs to stop and release....with no time to actually go into a business or even wipe and wash.

Besides getting over the fact of just how incredibly disgusting this is; you can't help but laugh out of pure uncomfortableness, ridiculousness, and the thought of a person actually doing this.

In my head all I am thinking is the SNL skit called "Really, with Seth and Amy".

"Really, you decide you need to pinch one off down a dirty alley and you thought this would be a good idea?!  Come on really, you couldn't hold it until you got home or to a bathroom?!  Really?!  And even if this was an emergency and happened once we may understand (not really), but it has happened at least a half a dozen times in the SAME space.  I mean really, you couldn't have at least come prepared the 3rd or 4th times with a box of wet wipes and a plastic bag?!  Or I don't know, take a dump before you leave?!  Seriously, I mean REALLY?!?!  Apparently you really really do not like this guy...or your need depends. Really."

In all "seriousness", she could have at least brought a plastic bag :-)

This has been your daily dose of news that isn't news!

So Should I Add Facebook and Texting to my Resume?!

So I was in Cincinnati last weekend and I was in my hotel, bored, and reading through some local papers/ads I had picked up (in an attempt to familiarize myself with the town my husband will be living in for a year) when I skimmed across the following job posting:

"Marketing, Promotions, Event Planner Manager


Hiring for XXXXX in downtown Cincinnati on Fountain Square. This job will require booking parties, Happy Hour events, etc. by e-mailing, texting, telephone answering, operting the company facebook, working with the Convention Bureau, the Chamber of Commerce and others."

Besides the fact that this is just a vague and I feel bad job description, I highlighted a few areas of interest. First being that the word operating is spelled operting. I think accurate spelling in a two sentence job posting is fairly important. Obviously, they are looking for a Marketing Editor as well….if anyone is interested.

Next, since when did booking parties by texting become the appropriate means of which to do business in the Marketing/Event world? I know I have been out of the event world for a few years but is this how things are done now?! “Big prty 2nite @ XXXX. Hope 2 C U there. RSVP 2 me ASAP. CU Soon!!” I mean, really. And BTW (just practicing for the job) when did actually texting become a skill set in a professional job?

Um, telephone answering? Besides the wording of this I just want to say DUH!! sigh Moving on.

Operting the company facebook. Now I realize that facebook is the new thing when it comes to marketing and many businesses are starting a facebook page and I think that is great because it is a fast way to have access to many people but does it need to be added to the job description in a newspaper ad right after telephone answering? Answer - not so much.

My point is, when I was looking for a job a couple years ago I started noticing how sloppy & unprofessional job descriptions were getting both online and in print and how places that I believe to be good places to work seemed to have very shoddy job descriptions. Now granted I know in this economy you can’t turn your nose up to every job just because you don’t like the wording in the job description, but a job description like this makes me think this job is nothing more than a joke. As much as I would love planning happy hour events, operting facebook, texting and telephone answering all day I think this job description sounds perfect for a 16 year old.

And this was not the only job description that had issues. Lazy.

Dear companies – Take a little pride in your available jobs, even if it is just facebooking and texting all day.


P.S. As an actual event planner, I am a bit insulted by how many jobs get labeled “Event Planner”. I think they just throw around that job title on any job that deals with scheduling something for a business because it seems hip and cool to have an Event Planner position. Anyone who has been a REAL Event Planner knows that, though it is a fun job at times, it is FAR more than just hosting parties and putting dates in a planner and it is a job that can kick your ass and is not always easy.

Ok, hold on while I find a way down from my soapbox.

I am not even looking for a job right now, but I can only imagine if this is how bad it is now what it will be like in a few more years!!

Come On, Really?!

Alternative title: That Bitch Be Crazy.


Apparently Lindsay Lohan is filing suit against E-Trade for their Super Bowl commercial with the baby for this dialogue:


"And that milkaholic Lindsay wasn't over?" the baby girl asks him suspiciously.
"Lindsay?" the boy replies, just before a baby girl sticks her head into the frame and slurs, "Milk-a-what?"


She believes they are mocking her and Lindsay’s lawyer says the actress has the same single-name recognition as Oprah or Madonna and she wants $100 million for her pain and suffering. Um, Really Lindsay, you think they are referring to you?

As Terry said that greedy bitch is bat shit crazy. Could someone need some money? Maybe she needs to get a real job.

I agree.  Get over yourself.

Next story.....

Thank You For The Obvious

This was on the pump at the gas station.

"Please Prepay in Advance"

I am SO glad this was there as I was confused as to when exactly I should Prepay for my gas. Phew, this sign saved me from look'n a fool.

I Give Them Props For Their Resourcefulness.

So yesterday while mom, K & I were driving around town during our shopping extravaganza we noticed something that seemed a bit odd and most definitely unsafe.

Please see the truck below. It was in front of us on the highway as we go about 65 mph. On this truck there is a hodge-podge of random and loose items, being "secured" by a few random and obviously strategically placed straps (Don't worry I did not take the picture. My trusty navigator, aka my mom, took the picture.)



Take a closer look (click to enlarge). You can see there is a ladder hanging on the left, a chair on the top, a moving cart on the side, shelves on the right, and random items in the middle. All of this is being held in by flat cardboard boxes on the outside and blankets and tarps.


Yep, this seems so unsafe but had the three of us cracking up because it was just completely ridiculous! But here is the biggest question: How do you think they got those items to stay there in the first place so they could "strap" everything in?! I think they had to have 20 people hold the stuff up while someone wrapped around the two straps holding everything in place.



Unsafe = yes, but you have to give them some mad props for their resourcefulness.

News That Isn't And Should Never Be News

So it appears that stupid, selfish, attention hungry mom (aka Octomom) is now looking to trademark her media nickname and slap it on a range of baby goods. Excuse me a second, I just threw up in my mouth a little.

NO, she wasn't trying to make a name for herself and trying to get media attention when she decided to have all these children. Nope, Not at all. Some may argue that she needs to find money to afford to raise these kids and this is a good solution; I argue that she has wanted this all along, isn't putting the kids best interests before her and needs to give those kids to people who will raise them right.

And since I will never speak of this person again on my blog, she is also doing a TV show. Here is what she says: "What I'm doing with this TV show is basically creating documentaries about the lives of my children. It's going to be an ongoing thing, and it will follow them from now until they are 18." Yeah, great. Way to whore out your kids to the media masses for the next 18 years. I mean seriously, good luck with that.

(She really rubs me the wrong way and makes me sick.)

News That Really Isn’t News

This is great......Story AND actual 911 calls HERE. I do agree they should have refunded her, but to call 911 because you didn't get your 10 piece Chicken McNugget...well I don't know what to say about that.
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"A Florida woman called 911 three times after she paid for a 10-piece Chicken McNuggets at a McDonald's but the fast-food restaurant ran out of them and refused to give her a refund.

Latreasa L. Goodman, 27, made the calls after she tried to get her money back from a Fort Pierce McDonald's and the cashier told her all sales were final. Police released the 911 tapes.

"This is an emergency. If I would have known they didn't have McNuggets, I wouldn't have given my money, and now she wants to give me a McDouble, but I don't want one," police quoted her as saying. "This is an emergency."

The cashier suggested she choose something else off the menu of equal value to the McNuggets, and offered the restaurant's cheeseburger called the McDouble.

"She's trying to force me to eat something off the menu and I don't want it," Goodman told 911.

The first dispatcher, a woman, asks if there's a manager there, but listens to Goodman's complaints and says she's sending someone.

The second, male dispatcher tells her he's aware of the incident and "we've got an officer coming out there to talk to you."

Police say Goodman was cited on a misuse of 911 charge. A current phone listing for Goodman couldn't be found.

A McDonald's spokesman said Goodman should have been given a refund, and she's being sent a gift card for a free meal."

For Your Next Book Club Meeting

Yep, 16 year old Miley Cyrus has an autobiography out...because that makes sense.

Also, Lauren (LC) Conrad has a book.

I am SURE both these books will be just riveting. ugh

Talk To Me...

If I wore this would you still be friends with me?

Say yes, PLEASE say yes.

So do you think when people "dress" like this it is fashion or represents a clever and individual style....or is the person just looking for attention and being completely ridiculous?

I go with ridiculous.

News That Shouldn't Be News

I don't even know what to say about this. People really are idiots.


"A San Diego woman who is auctioning off her virginity said she has now received a bid of $3.7 million, according to a published report.

Natalie Dylan, a 22-year-old San Diego woman, said she got the idea for the auction after her sister was able to pay for her college education after prostituting herself for three weeks, according to the London Telegraph.

Dylan has a degree in women's studies. She told the paper she hopes to pay for an advanced degree in family and marriage therapy with the proceeds from the auction.

She told the Telegraph that she doesn't think she's the only one who will be benefit from the auction.

"I think me and the person I do it with will both profit greatly from the deal," Dylan told the paper.

She claims her offer of a one-night stand has persuaded 10,000 men to bid for sex with her."

Let Us Lighten Up All This Election Stuff a Bit (This is NOT Political at all)

So tonight as I was verifying my voting location I read the back of my voter registration card. I found this very humorous so I thought that I would share. I have bolded my favorite parts!


"Voters must bring identification to the polls in order to verify identity. Identification may include a current and valid photo identification, a military identification, or a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government document, other than this reminder or a voter registration notification, that shows the voter's name and current address. Voters who do not provide one of these documents will STILL be able to vote by providing the last four digits of the voter's social security number and by casting a provisional ballot. Voters who do not have ANY of the above forms of identification, including a social security number, will STILL be able to vote by signing an affirmation swearing to the voter's identity under penalty of election falsification and by casting a provisional ballot."

I mean couldn't they have just shortened it up and said something like:

"We prefer you bring identification that shows you are really a legal citizen of the United States, but hey if you are lazy or are not a legal citizen we don't really care and will let you vote no matter what."

This made me smile :)

DON'T FORGET TO VOTE!!!!!

I Personally Like My Soul, We Do Well Together.

So I was reading on FoxNews today that a man from New Zealand is selling his soul online. Story Here. Currently the bid is at $189. Hmm…..really?!?! Sure the guy is being stupid and maybe thinks it is funny to sell his soul, but the really stupid people are the ones actually bidding on this…come on folks, really. If this guy can take some money from stupid people, then more power to you.

REALLY?!?!

Ok, I heard about this at work today and let me just say this really upsets me.

Apparently there are a group of girls (under the age of 16) who made a pact to get pregnant. The article says that many of these girls have low self-esteem and wanted to create a pact to all have babies together and raise them together. Currently there are 17 girls who are pregnant at this high school. Apparently, one girl even got pregnant from a 24 year old homeless guy. Click here for the full story.

I have to tell you this really upsets me. These kids, because that is what they are - KIDS, have NO idea what it takes to raise a child and the responsibility, time & money it requires, it was just something “cool” to do. I understand accidents happen, but to intentionally make a pact with a group of girls to bring LIFE into this world when you have no money, no education, no real support is just plain foolish.

Yes I know they are young but I believe we are not being hard enough on the youth today and they get away with SO much….where are the rules and where is the enforcement from the families for these rules. I think that society now views having a child at a very young age and out of wedlock as a fad. Now like I said, accidents happen or some people just don’t want to get married and I understand that. However I feel that for the past couple years the latest “fashion accessory” in young Hollywood is a baby – ridiculous.

I take the idea of having a child very seriously and it is something that when we are ready I will not go into lightly and it pisses me off to see young people out there having kids b/c it would be something fun to have, or to dress up, or because they see all the attention the magazines give young girls who have kids…and think “that would be cool”.

I truly wish these girls all the best b/c their life just got or is about to get so hard. I truly hope this fills whatever it is they feel like they are missing in their lives and that they finish school and make a good life for their child. But it makes me sad to think that these young girls are going to miss out on some of their most carefree days of their life b/c they made the decision (without an ounce of logical thought) to take on this tremendous responsibility of bringing life into this world.

REALLY?!?!

From USmagazine.com:

A Dunkin Donuts ad featuring Rachael Ray was pulled after conservative commentators argued the talk show host's scarf implied support of Muslim extremism. The online ad was taken down this weekend because of "the possibility of misperception detracted from its original intention to promote our iced coffee," the company said in a statement.

Conservatives like Michelle Malkin contended Ray's black-and-white scarf looked like the traditional Arab headdress called a kaffiyeh.

They said the scarf appeared to show support for terrorism.
Malkin wrote that the kaffiyeh "has come to symbolize murderous Palestinian jihad."
The company responded: "Absolutely no symbolism was intended."

Come on people, really.....get over yourself! Rachael Ray fan or not, this is just flat out dumb.