Saturday, March 22, 2003

WI THE FI?

I just got back from Starbucks, where I was testing out my new Wi-Fi wireless modem for my Pocket PC. It works great, but for some reason, I can't update TCP from there.

The fact that this really disappoints me, not to mention that I even tried it to begin with, I believe amply certifies me as one of the biggest geeks in the universe.
STUFF MY RIGHT-WING TEXAN BROTHER-IN-LAW SENDS ME

My brother-in-law from Texas is a Texas A&M graduate who also works in the oil business. For some unfathomable reason, he e-mails me stuff. In what may just become a recurring item, because God knows I could use some ideas, here is a recent example:

Subject: Dixie Chicks In The News!





TCP, keeping watch on the pulse in the trenches of the man on the street in Middle America since, oh, this afternoon.

Friday, March 21, 2003

SADDAM HAS LEFT THE BUILDING?

In what must be record time, a conspiracy theorist has already spotted possibly deceased Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein pumping gas into his car in the Western United States. "Yup, it was Saddam, all right," claimed unemployed welder Clyde Drucker of Winnemucca, Nevada. "I was picking up a Slurpee at the 7-11, and there was Hussein, filling up his Chrysler Le Baron with hi-test. Damnedest thing I ever saw."

Hussein may have been killed by a precision U.S. bombing raid on Wednesday night, but Drucker is hearing none of it. "Oh, come on, are you kidding me? That's what the government would like you to believe. First it was Roswell, then Elvis, and now this. But I seen him, I'm telling you. He was wearing jeans, an 'Old Navy' t-shirt, and snakeskin boots. Now how could I make that up?" The FBI and CIA have refused comment. "See?" asked Drucker.
CHIEF WEAPONS INSPECTOR

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld briefed the President earlier this week that the military would use "shock and awe" in its campaign against Saddm Hussein's regime.

Bush replied, "Oh, we're gonna send in Injun's? Good thinkin', Rummy. They're expendamable."

Wednesday, March 19, 2003

MARCH MADNESS!

Ok, everybody, get your brackets and your entry fee back to me by tonight at 8 PM. I've filled in the first "casualty" already, for your convenience.

Monday, March 17, 2003

IT'S OK. RUMSFELD WILL TELL US ALL WE NEED TO KNOW ANYWAY

All I can say for our intrepid network journalists is: Ernie Pyle and Ed Murrow they ain't.