Monthly Archives: May 2006

Apple

Apple beats Apple!

The British judge hearing the case of Apple Corps vs Apple Computer, handed down his ruling, and unlike the Judge hearing the Da Vinci Code lawsuit, he didn’t embed any secret messages in his ruling…

He did, however, tell Apple Corps to go take a flying leap. Since Apple Computer (the Good Apple) is not /making/ music, or producing it, or doing anything but selling it, he ruled that Apple Corps (the bad apple) can’t stop the good apple from using the good apple’s logo in the store, and in advertising… then, he told the bad apple to pay the good apple’s lawyers..

Apparently, the lawyers for the bad apple still think a normal person would be confused by buying music from the good apple, that the good apple had a hand in making that music… so they are going to appeal…

link here to BBC article.

Just Stuff

Marriage contracts

Apparently, these things are all the rage now..

Back in February, I told you about a guy who had written a contract for his wife, that specified little things she had to do (nekkid 20 minutes after the kids went to bed, don’t raise your voice..etc..)

Well.. here’s another one. This one specifies what she has to call him in public and in private, that she must wear whatever he picks out for her, outlines her punishment for mis-behaving… but does give her a ‘safe’ word to use when she doesn’t want to continue doing whatever it is they happen to be doing right then… of course.. he doesn’t have to actually stop.. just pause and consider why she might not want to continue…

Maybe I’ll try and have Janice sign this one… she wouldn’t sign that other one…

Just Stuff

Funny..

really.. I can’t think of a better subject then that..

I found this link on another website (Thanks Darias!).

Seems a group of pranksters in NY thought it would be hilarious to wear Royal Blue polo shirts, and khaki pants (sound familiar to anyone?). And then go hang out in a Best Buy… much hilarity ensued (err..unless you happened to be the manager of the store they went to..then, probably not so much with the funny).

My favorite part? When the store manager claims her civil rights were violated because they were videotaping in the store!

Politics

Protest Impact?

So…yesterday all the illegal immigrants (or at least, a good portion of them) decided to skip work, school, etc.. to show us how badly we need them and how everything would come to a complete and utter stop without them…

I noticed exactly NO impact.. I couldn’t tell the difference from yesterday “without (illegal) immigrants” and the monday before when the illegals went to work/school/etc…

Seems to have been a pretty worthless demonstration if you ask me… to bad INS/DHS/Border Patrol didn’t do like I thought they should and show up with buses to the rallies…

Did any of you notice any impact from the Illegal immigrants aren’t going to work day?

Adventures with Maryn

Real Food!

err… kinda… if by “real food” you mean “breast milk from a spoon, with just enough rice cereal added to stop it from falling off the spoon.”

Anyway you look at it Maryn got fed her first “real food” on Sunday… of course.. her big brother had to be the one to feed her..

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obviously, the first attempt missed the mark.. as Maryn can’t eat through her nose..but.. his aim improved later and he was able to feed her till she stopped eating.. and, she almost appears to enjoy her cereal.