AlCan for the Win! Thanks for all the oil, too! Not you, personally - just Canada. Keep that pipeline flowing! You're my favorite supplier of foreign oil. Kroger grocery stores do a promotion around here during the holidays, where if you buy gift cards (to other stores) from them, you get extra fuel points. Instead of 10 cents off per gallon (liters? ha), you can get a dollar off when you hit certain point values. A friend of mine has done about $30K in renovations in the last month to his 1925 house. He's paying for all the supplies for the Contractor by buying Lowes gift cards at Kroger, and then buying from Lowes with them. He's paying like a dollar and change per gallon for his gas.
It's scary. I'm in Sydney and we are all pretty shocked. Things like this don't happen in Australia. I'm 30 and I can't recall anything like this happening in my lifetime. Perp was a self-styled "cleric" who had been convicted of sending offensive letters to the families of deceased australian soldiers. Also involved in the murder of his ex-wife and the sexual harassment of over 50 women. And he was out on bail. Husband is a cop who may or may not be heading in there for crowd control today.
Diesel here has stayed about a dollar per gallon more than normal unleaded. I paid $1.99/gallon this morning. But we make it here, so I guess that helps.
Gas is 0.90/L here. The last time it was that cheap I was too young to drive a car. My guess is Fort McMoney is going batshit right now.
Philadelphia. Booed Santa, cheered Michael Irwin's spine injury, bombed their own houses, jail in the stadium, throwing batteries on the field, Philadelphia.
You left out the Phillies fan who intentionally vomited on that four-year old-girl, my soul died a little after hearing about that one. Sports enthusiasts in that city are the Slime De La Slime.
Riiighht. Cause that shit only happens in Philly. Whatever. I DON'T EVEN CARE!!! Seriously, I don't. I didn't even grow up around here. I just want the Eagles to win because Dunkin gives out free medium coffees the next day. AND THEY'RE SUCKING THAT UP TOO!
The worst thing is that they've given it wall to wall media coverage and basically given the wanker exactly what he was looking for. Instead of delving into his past they should have mentioned the tragedy, given regular updates and moved on with the day. But hey... Whatever is going to get more bums on seats right? Fucking Jackals.
As if the world didn't have enough to worry about, researchers are now suggesting that the Elf on the Shelf is promoting a surveillance state.
What a bunch of left-wing horseshit. That article implies that a suggested surveillance of children hasn't existed before, or at least not in this setting. This professor has conveniently ignored the whole "He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake" description of Santa Claus that's been around for 100 years, and the existence of an omnipresent God, who watches you touch yourself and shop-lift candy bars. Let's throw some more socio-political buzzwords at this, why don't we? If she wanted to go off on Elf on a Shelf, how about noting that this "Christmas Tradition" has only been around less than 10 years, and is only a traditon because marketing says it is?
Fucking old people and computers. It's a goddamn WEBINAR. HOW FUCKING DIFFICULT IS CLICKING ON A FUCKING LINK IN AN EMAIL???
I'm thrilled that wasn't popular when my kids were little. I was at the doctor's about 3 years ago and she asked if I knew about the Elf on the Shelf. Uh, what? Not that I would have done it anyway. If that makes me a Debbie Downer, I'm okay with that. I'm going to a swim meet today where that gunman is still on the loose. Like, no big deal. He only killed a freshman girl and critically injured a junior boy that go to school there. Yeah, old people suck. So glad I'm just slightly older than young people.