Odessa

Ever have a day when it seems like everyone one is getting in your way? First it was the old bitty that pulled out of the side street, cut in front of me, put on her left signal and stopped because of on coming traffic. Then the brainless teenager who w… more »

They were just curious. They didn't mean any harm. I guess it should just be OK then and a clerk magistrate decided it wasn't a big enough deal to charge the seven people with trespass. The water supply for the City of Boston tested OK after all, so th… more »

It took two weeks to get over a dozen busy people together for a conference call. Since the meeting was our group's idea, my supervisor started it by explaining what we thought was important to discuss. He gave the basics and the example that prompted o… more »

I've been trying to get in touch with someone to make an appointment. Every time I call either the phone just rings or this guy with a really thick accent answers. I can understand the basics, but he loses me with phone numbers and email addresses.… more »

On the bus this morning I was in the back watching while people boarded. One of the last passengers was a woman struggling with a crutch. None of the four people sitting in the front row (or the first five rows) offered to move back to let her have a se… more »

In the not so old days, new parents would show pictures of their little darlings right after they stopped at the drug store to pick up the prints. At work, everyone that was cornered would "ooo" and "ahhh" over the pictures. Some reveled in the sharing,… more »

I heard the story of a woman who got a Mobil gift card as a gift from her daughter. The daughter had paid cash. When the woman went to use the gift card, she was charged the "credit card" price. When she protested, she was told that is how it is. Per… more »

Paris Cannon beat up classmate Aria Jewett and gave her a concussion while other classmates watched and recorded. This is not the first time Paris Cannon has had her violence recorded for posterity. Judge Henry Davis ruled that Ms. Cannon was threat… more »

I get on the highway on my way home from work and I get a "flash" of a bright color from my peripheral vision. I glance a bit more directly and I see a color reminiscent of highlighters. It's very distracting. I would have liked to have put the monstros… more »

Everybody wants open government right? Isn't part of that an honest and open dialog with the press? Granted, I am not a huge fan of a large portion of the press. Many reporters will slant or take out of context anything to sensationalize an article o… more »

One Cheek at a time. Mike Jeffries is a youth-image obsessed tool who doesn't want the fat girls coming in stores. He said this: “In every school there are the cool and popular kids, and then there are the not-so-cool kids,” he told the site. “Candi… more »

The latest excursion of the "power couple" for their fifth anniversary is creating quite a stir. The controversy has prompted Jay-Z to rap an "Open Letter" to us. Did Jay-Z take advantage of his buddy Obama? I don't know. I do know that us common folk w… more »

My World of Warcraft guildmate was suspended for three hours for his name, Phatphuk. Phat phuc means happy Buddha. Yes, yes, there are other connotations, but that is my story and I'm sticking to it. Some coward with a stick up their ass was offende… more »

Congress compromised on a proposed gun law because they knew it was unlikely to pass through the Senate with out the compromises. In response, New York's Governor Cuomo said during a radio interview: (read more) "Our gun package goes well beyond what t… more »

That was obviously the opinion of the dick head in first class. The flight was already a bit late. We sat at the gate for a bit because, we were told, the flight crew had to make a last minute flight alteration. We pushed away from the gate and the g… more »

I am looking for a new laptop and I hope I have not waited to long. Most of the offerings seem to be for machines with Windows 8. The options for decent machines with Windows 7 is getting slimmer and slimmer. Then I pursued the manufacturer websites. L… more »

I've been perusing for a new bedspread/comforter for a couple of weeks. I kept going back to one I found on Kohl's on-line. Good price and I liked it. A friend sent me a discount code that was expiring last night, so I felt compelled to get it done.… more »