Saturday, May 16, 2015

First It was the Thin Mints Melee

Starbucks worker goes off on NYC customer, is fired: A Starbucks shift supervisor in Queens has been fired after viral video shows her screaming at a customer and demanding she leave after accusing her of stealing a cookie straw.  

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

First It was the Thin Mints Melee

Ore. woman arrested after refusing to use tongs at salad bar  

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

They're Everywhere!

Pigs gone wild: Silicon Valley engineers take aim at learning how to hunt  

Hat tip to Art Scott.

Free for Kindle

Amazon.com: OMEGA Exile eBook: Stephen Arseneault: Kindle Store  The first book in the OMEGA series! For two thousand years, the Human run empire known as the Alliance of Major Planets (AMP) brought peace and stability to the five galaxies surrounding and including the Milky Way. Advances in technology, and a strong set of fair laws, had allowed a peaceful expansion of Human ideals. As the alliance aged, corruption crept in, allowing an overthow that placed a dozen ruling families in charge. Without clear leadership, the New Alliance began to decay, and without change, it will ultimately fail. For Knog Beutcher, a three star veteran detective, living in the New Alliance is a struggle. He finds himself caught in the middle of the chaos as colonies rebel and populations riot. With the invasion of one of the galaxies by an external enemy, the alliance's future becomes uncertain. Corruption, rebellion, intrigue and lawlessness have come to Knog's world. His struggles have only just begun... 

14 Hopelessly Optimistic Pieces Of Advice From A 1996 Guide To The Internet

14 Hopelessly Optimistic Pieces Of Advice From A 1996 Guide To The Internet

Song of the Day

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Once Again Texas Leads the Way

Woodlands cheerleaders named world champions 

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The Weird Week in Review

The Weird Week in Review 

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Here Be Dragons: In Literature

The Book of Dragons by E. NesbitHere Be Dragons: In Literature on AbeBooks: The ancient mythology of the dragon dates far, far back, centuries before Shakespeare.  Originally often presented as sea serpents, modern dragons are now commonly reptilian creatures of land, with legs, and of air, with wings.  Though dragons are mythological creatures, it has been widely speculated that their existence was once widely accepted. This belief may have originated with prehistoric art, and with glimpses of large amphibious and reptilian creatures such as crocodiles or komodo dragons.

Vintage Treasures: Heroic Visions, edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson

Vintage Treasures: Heroic Visions, edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson