•October 8, 2008 •
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In an elaborate robbery scheme that’s one part The Thomas Crowne Affair and one part Pineapple Express, a crook robbed an armored truck outside a Bank of America branch in Monroe, Wash., by hiring decoys through Craigslist to deter authorities.
It gets better: He then escaped in a creek headed for the Skykomish River in an inner tube, and the cops are still looking for him. “A great amount of money” was taken, Monroe police said, but did not provide a dollar value.
It appears to have unfolded this way, according to a Seattle-based NBC affiliate: around 11:00 a.m. PDT on Tuesday, the robber, wearing a yellow vest, safety goggles, a blue shirt, and a respirator mask went over to a guard who was overseeing the unloading of cash to the bank from the truck. He sprayed the guard with pepper spray, grabbed his bag of money, and fled the scene.
But here’s the hilarious twist. The robber had previously put out a Craigslist ad for road maintenance workers, promising wages of $28.50 per hour. Recruits were asked to wait near the Bank of America right around the time of the robbery–wearing yellow vests, safety goggles, a respirator mask, and preferably a blue shirt. At least a dozen of them showed up after responding to the Craigslist ad.
“I came across the ad that was for a prevailing wage job for $28.50 an hour,” one of the unwitting decoys, named Mike, said to the NBC station. As it turns out, they were simply placed there to confuse cops who were looking for a guy wearing a virtually identical outfit.
Authorities eventually found the getaway inner tube (a getaway inner tube!) and suspect that accomplices may have picked up the robber in a boat. According to the NBC affiliate, police hope to track him down by figuring out who posted the Craigslist ad in the first place.
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark was not immediately available for comment. – article
As he fled the scene, he was heard to shout, “You’ll never catch Slippery Jim diGriz!”
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•October 6, 2008 •
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By the way, have you registered to vote? Last day to do it, in MI.
(A real post will come at some point in the future.)
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•September 30, 2008 •
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“I’m sure many of your supporters must have sensed the tension. Before
the debate, pundits were wondering if you might explode in a display of
your famous temper. I think we saw that happen, alright, but it was an implosion. I have instructed my wife to exclude you from any future dinner parties.” – Further text
Please check out the link just to see the picture of McCain studiously NOT looking at Obama as he attempts to shake his hand. He looks like nothing less than a crotchety old man.
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•September 27, 2008 •
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I spent all day moving things, and I feel all rubbery now. I think I did a really good job at managing my experience – taking painkillers/asthma meds before I started, taking breaks when necessary, not entering the basement.
Trase and George now live in a beautiful home near Fenton, and I was glad to see them get there. Their other place was pretty not cool, and I’m glad they are going to get some breathing room and a healthy dose of distance from their neighbors. :D
Lucy and I stopped at Chili’s on our way home, and had some seriously fantastic food. Yum. Now we’re stuffed and barely conscious. In fact, she’s chatting with me from the couch, eyes closed.
She worked all day, too, and this follows a crazy-fun party last night. So, we’re pooped!
SnuggletimeTM.
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•September 27, 2008 •
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EDIT: Sarah Palin’s Vlog:
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•September 25, 2008 •
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Admittedly, I wasn’t attempting to train anyone while editing (you really can’t both finish a project in 3 hours AND train someone), but we nailed the timing on everything – interviews shot by 11, host shot at 11:30, editing by 12 (well, 12:15), finished for review at 3, changes made by 3:15, and the button was pressed for finalizing thereafter.
So it should finish by 3:45, and I can get it online by 4 pm, aka The Hard Deadline.
Whew. I mean, at least it proves that (with a script of the right length) it’s possible.
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•September 20, 2008 •
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If you’re going to be a pirate, it is best to be productive with your piratey self.
Also, I am wearing my Awesomeness T-shirt today.
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•September 18, 2008 •
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“12-year-old William Yuan’s invention of a highly-efficient, three-dimensional nanotube solar cell for visible and ultraviolet light has won him an award and a $25,000 scholarship from the Davidson Institute for Talent Development. ‘Current solar cells are flat and can only absorb visible light'” Yuan said. ‘I came up with an innovative solar cell that absorbs both visible and UV light. My project focused on finding the optimum solar cell to further increase the light absorption and efficiency and design a nanotube for light-electricity conversion efficiency.’ Solar panels with his 3D cells would provide 500 times more light absorption than commercially-available solar cells and nine times more than cutting-edge 3D solar cells. ‘My next step is to talk to manufacturers to see if they will build a working prototype,’ Yuan said. “If the design works in a real test stage, I want to find a company to manufacture and market it.”” – Slashdot
The comments are hilarious:
How? (Score:3, Interesting)
by Anonymous Coward
How do people that young get access to tools to build these things?
Re:How? (Score:5, Funny)
by Mordok-DestroyerOfWo (1000167)
Is anybody else feeling really inadequate right now?
Re:How? (Score:2, Insightful)
by Spazztastic (814296)
Mod parent up.
Makes me feel stupid for spending my childhood throwing rocks at cats.
Re:How? (Score:5, Funny)
by idontgno (624372)
Don’t feel bad; you make me feel stupid for spending my childhood throwing cats at rocks. Your way works a lot better.
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