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Sex Offender Gets Out of Jail

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Surprise! Man proposes to girlfriend with bus ad

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25 lions rescued from Bolivia arrive in U.S.

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How Hot Is It?

It was so hot yesterday (I feel like Johnny Carson) that the Eldersburg branch of the Carroll County Library system was closed. A sign posted on the door stated that it was due to lack of air conditioning. I will admit that the library is usually full of hot air, though not as much as there is in Annapolis. Anyway, I unfortunately did not have my camera with me to snap a picture of the sign.

My 2 year old daughter and nephew were disappointed that we didn't get to go into the library to play on the computers and pick up 45 Barney DVD's (12 of which are usually duplicates). But I did drop them off in the quick drop slots on the side of the building.

In related news, the Eldersburg library is getting a drive-thru drop-off. Not quite sure how they're going to do that. It'll either be in a Post Office-style drop box at the edge of the sidewalk on the main drive or they are going to have to wipe-out a bunch of parking spots to connect it to the main building on the side. If you know more about how it will work I'd love to know.

A Week in a Bottle

In a state that refuses to allow purchases of fine wines over the Internet (thank you Nathanial McFadden - that's sarcasm - I know you've been bought by the liquor board to vote that way!), we have had the most unbelievable week in my recent memory - and I have a bad memory.


We started last Saturday with a huge snowstorm - the most snow in the history of the state of Maryland according to Governor Martin O'Malley - despite the fact that we got more snow in the 2003 President's Day Blizzard. But then again, Martin O'Malley wasn't Governor then. He was slummin' it as the Mayor of Baltimore back when homicides were at their highest. Give credit to Sheila Dixon - murders dropped on her watch. Marty - why were there so many murders during your tenure as mayor???

In an unprecedented occurrence, another blizzard hit Maryland 4 days later. Was this another record for Maryland? Martin O'Malley gave the rhetoric - "we're moving forward. We are using our resources to effectively help the citizens of Maryland during this trying time. Blah-blah. Blah-blah-bla." Did you notice that the members of his administration were wearing really big boots while he was giving his speech? I think there's more on the ground than snow.


On the other hand, new mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is telling it like it is. When asked if side streets will be plowed soon, she replied 'not a chance'. You can dislike being stuck on a side-street, but you have to respect her honesty. I'm pulling for you, SRB!

Meanwhile, in my neighborhood, we went 2 days before being plowed out from the first snowstorm. I called the county and asked when we would get plowed and was told that most of the snow removal equipment was broken because the snow was so deep and heavy. Finally on Monday night I see this GIANT front-end loader pushing a mound of snow larger than several of my Honda Pilots.



Then the second storm hit. I heard that Martin O'Malley instructed Carroll County to not plow my neighborhood until tonight (almost 4 days after the storm) because he doesn't like the honesty of my blog. So at 8:45 tonight a plow FINALLY went down my street. However, it's been nearly 4 days and the street is nearly 8 inches of packed ice. Additionally. it's now in the 20's so the snow is now ice. The plows coming through had the same effect as me using a butter knife to slice ice cubes. It just didn't work. Do you think they'll come back tomorrow?

So as we look out our windows tonight with the Olympics blaring on our televisions, we hear news of another snow storm on the heels of our progress. Global warming experts are shifting their logic to say, 'global warming will cause it to be colder and snowier. It's common sense!' I don't know who to believe. The only thing I know is that my arm still hurts from shoveling snow and I'm tired.

Mother Nature - can you give us a break for a while? Please?

Martin O'Malley's State of Emergency

Martin O'Malley has declared a state of emergency. I'm not sure if this is a recognition of his failures as a Governor or if it has to do with the weather. More details as they become available.

Surprise - Snow!!!

Last night the weather people said that we would most likely wake up to some icy streets. If there was snow it would be farther out west.

I woke up this morning at 6:50am to the sound of a shovel scraping against the pavement. I quickly sprang to my feet, threw open the sash, and show a fat little man and eight tiny reindeer. Oops, wrong story. I awoke and peeked behind the honeycomb blinds and looked out the double-paned Anderson windows and saw that it had snowed.

I went downstairs and looked out the front door and saw that we got about 2 inches of snow and ice. So we live way out west? And they say that we may get more of the same tonight. Icy streets or more snow?

One of my friends posted on Facebook "Where did all this snow come from?" My retort? "the sky!"

If I did my job as accurately as the weathermen, (or is it weather people?), I would have been fired a long time ago.

There's Weather Happening In Other Places ...

It’s been a stormy night here in the Ozarks. Pretty common occurrence this time of year. And with those storms comes interruptions of the prime time television shows by dorky looking TV weathermen telling us that there’s bad weather happening somewhere and we should stop, drop and roll take cover immediately. But, within earshot of the television, of course.

Now, I realized that network stations are here as a public service. And they clearly need to warn people of severe weather. But, there really should be a way that, if the bad weather is not near me, I should still be able to watch The Office without dork boy interrupting every 3 minutes.

We’re in a pretty unique TV area here in Redneckville in that we get our TV from both Springfield, MO and Little Rock, AR. So the result is that we have two NBC, ABC and CBS stations. One from each Little Rock and Springfield. We only get one FOX channel though, out of Springfield. Often times this results in getting three NFL games to choose from at a time during the football season. But a lot of times there is bad weather over the entire region and both channels will be covering it.

So, if there is bad weather in central and even northern Missouri, or central or southern Arkansas, we have to sit through the interruptions in broadcasting here too. And they luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuv to break into network programming and be very serious about a very serious weather “event” going on somewhere. And they drone on and on and on about it. Even if it isn’t all that bad or dangerous.

This just annoys the shit outta me. I don’t need to know what it’s raining in Joplin, MO or that there is the potential for hail in Lonoke, AR. Since I don’t live in either of those places, I don’t need to know what is happening there. So, when they interrupt The Office, or 30 Rock or whatever, I should be able to switch over to one of the cable channels and continue watching my show. I think that the cable companies should be able to make this technology and make it work without too much trouble. They could do it if they wanted to.

Also, I had to unfollow Arkansas Weather on Twitter. While the hail was coming down on us tonight and banging against the window, the most recent update from Arkansas Weather was SIX HOURS OLD and said that a few counties were under a storm “watch.” That’s not much help assholes.


And while I’m at it, that new Amy Poehler show on NBC, “Parks and Recreation?” Yeah, it kinda sucks. It’s basically “The Office” without Steve Carell, and if there’s no Steve Carell, “The Office” would suck too.


Okay, that’s all I’ve really got. Besides, I’ve been invited to a party with these girls …


We’re gonna play spin the bottle. I hope it’s fun!




Happy Easter Everybody!