Flame-Throwing Wheelchair Makes Me Want to Break a Leg
“A perfect opportunity for disabled people of the world to get even-Steven with all those punks who always park in the wrong spots.”
Also
Firebreathing electric wheelchair – the answer to a question nobody asked
“Why drive something that looks like a medical device when you can drive something lethal?”
Surveillance cams help fight crime, city says: Goal is to have them on every corner.
Via A Surveillance Camera On Every Chicago Street Corner?
[The figure of 20,000 is my own SWAG, based on Chicago geography,]
I can understand the civil libertarian objections to this plan. However, having had much too close personal acquaintance with crime on a few of those corners, I suspect Mayor Daley has plenty of local support for implementing it.
Attention wolfsword !
From Lie-Nielsen planes.
On the whole, the Lie-Nielsen tools sold [on Ebay] for an average of 16 percent less than the full retail price. If you averaged out all the transactions, the average Lie-Nielsen tool sold for $38 less than the retail price.
So there you have it. My collection of Lie-Nielsens is doing better than my 401(k).
After skipping it Saturday I spent most of Sunday with colgaffneyis at the St. Paul Scottish Ramble. This was a good time.
Irish Class, February 9, 2009
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“….there is considerable evidence that Mr. Williams was truly sick, including the fact that he has since died.”
From the New York Times via Ann Althouse.
In less than two hours I will no longer be the Secretary of colgaffneyis. My replacement was elected without opposition at the annual business meeting earlier today. I am currently winding down my responsibilities. I wrote up the minutes of today’s meeting this evening. I will proofread them tomorrow or Monday and send them off to the new Board for approval or revision.
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 