From Ananova: "The entire staff at a school in eastern India has been sacked after it was found they'd not been to work for 23 years." Too bad these teachers aren't part of the union. They probably would have gotten raises for their ingenuity.

I knew that the North Koreans had to be good for something. Apparently, while we're busy hoping they don't make too many nukes, we should also be taking a look at their border policy as a potential model for ours. :-) From the BBC: "The investigation by the National Intelligence Service, officials said, showed that the man dropped out of high school and then worked at a garment factory. After he entered North Korea, he told a women working in the fields, 'I am from South Korea. I want to live in an equal society like the North.' North Korean authorities welcomed him with a banquet but interrogated him the next day about his motives for defecting and was sent to a detention camp for foreigners. For 40 days, until 9 October, he was interrogated by the military and Pyongyang's Immigration authorities. Eventually, he was expelled to China. On 21 October, the Chinese government deported him to South Korea."

From Scotsman News:

During one speech, Mr. Kerry's script writers had crafted the concise pledge: 'I will work with Republicans and Democrats on this healthcare plan, and we will pass it.' In the candidate's hands it became: 'I will work with Republicans and Democrats across the aisle, openly, not with an ideological, driven, fixed, rigid concept, but much like Franklin Roosevelt said, I don't care whether a good idea is a Republican idea or a Democrat idea. I just care whether or not it's gonna work for Americans and help make our country stronger. 'And we will pass this bill. I'll tell you a little bit about it in a minute, and I'll tell you why we'll pass it, because it's different from anything we've ever done before, despite what the Republicans want to try to tell you.'

Kerry thinks this makes him look smart. Like he's got some sort of thoughtful gravitas the rest of us are lacking. Truth is, it just makes him sound like an ass. They say that George Bush does not speak well. Grammatically speaking, Kerry is far worse.

The name really does say it all. :-) Updated: More Blo-n-Go News.

Finally, a crazy judge I actually agree with. Seems Judge Faith Johnson (of Dallas, Texas) decided to throw a little party. The guest of honor? Billy Wayne Williams. Billy Wayne, you see, had been convicted of aggravated assault about a year ago, but thoughtlessly ran away before Judge Johnson could sentence him. But they caught Billy Wayne last week, and at the party, Judge Johnson rewarded his actions with a life sentence! Three Cheers for Judge Johnson!!!

So, after waiting the mandatory 10 days, I finally have my new Beretta 92FS. And when I say 10 day, I mean 10 days to the minute. I bought the pistol at 1:43pm on Saturday, the 16th, and I'll be damned if they didn't make me wait until exactly 1:43pm on the 26th before letting me walk out of the store with it. Kind of silly, but I guess 10 days has to mean 10 days. So, knowing this in advance, and figuring that there would be some final paperwork to finish up, I arrived at the store about 1:15. Sure enough, I had to fill out a few more forms. And in addition, I had to go through a little hands-on safety test to ensure I actually understood how to load an unload the weapon. Pretty good idea, if you ask me. Last thing I need is some Barney Gun Owner buying a weapon he has no idea how to safely handle. With my luck, he'd be the buy the put me next to at my next outing to the range. Anyway, I finally finished, passed my test (which mostly involved not killing the clerk), and waited the extra 10 minutes that were left so as not to commit a felony before even leaving the store. But when I finally got to my car, new weapon in hand, I realized something. While picking up the pistol, not once did anyone in the store ask to see my ID. Now, of course, they already had it on file from when I originally purchased the weapon. But did they check that during delivery? If they did, I missed it. So apparently if you ever find a gun receipt lying around, you can just walk in and claim the weapon for yourself. Good thing they make you wait 10 days. That way, the clerk won't really remember the original purchaser, and off you go with you new firearm.

It's probably the only prediction I've made all year that could actually come true. :-)

That John Kerry won't answer. It would seem that even though he's behind in the polls, John F. Kerry fears the media. He refused to appear on the O'Reilly factor after indicating that he would do so. And now it seems he's left Bob Woodward sitting around waiting for an interview. But Woodward has decided to publish the interview anyway, minus Kerry's answers. Good show, Mr. Woodward.

Why I'm (Slightly) for Bush. Coming soon, my list of everyone that is endorsing George Bush.

What John Kerry really wanted to say about Mary Cheney during the debate. :-)