squirrels and 9 days off work
the joy of being a home-owner...you have your own yard, your own driveway, your own privacy...and your very own pet squirrels living in your attic. our neighbor stopped us as we were walking in the house the other day, and let us know that she's seen squirrels coming out of our roof recently. in her words there are "more than 10, more than 20". i'm not sure that squirrels live in packs like that, and i'm sure that she's a nutbag - however, the thought of all those little rodents camping out in the attic is not pleasant. so it's operation squirrel destruction at the soon-to-be husband household.
the good news is that today is my last day at work until july 9. sah-weet. we're off to the hamilton county court system to swear that we're not related and are over the age of 17, then to oxford for the whole shebang. then paris, then prague, then home home on the range -- at which time i'll be living in our house! no more living like a gypsy out of a suitcase in my car!
so long till next month, my avid readers.
6.25.2008
6.19.2008
i hate it when my underwear malfunctions...
today, news came out that a woman in los angeles is suing victoria's secret for lost wages while she suffered a scratched cornea. wait...what? yes, that's what it says.
A Los Angeles woman is suing the lingerie-producing giant Victoria's Secret over a thong gone wrong.
Fifty-two-year-old Macrida Patterson, who works in parking enforcement for the Los Angeles Department of Transportation, says she suffered a scratched cornea after either a pendant or a metal fastener snapped off a pair of panties and struck her in the eye.
"It does seem sort of unbelievable at first," said Patterson's attorney, Jason Buccat. But, he said, his client's injuries will "affect her for the rest of her life."
Tammy Roberts Myers, a Victoria's Secret spokeswoman, said the company had not seen the lawsuit and had no comment.
The thong, a Victoria's Secret Sexy Little Thing low-rise v-string, had a heart-shaped pendant attached to the fabric with a metal fastener, according to the lawsuit. When Patterson was changing after work, the metal piece snapped, creating a "slingshot effect," and either the pendant or the metal piece "cut her eye," Buccat said.
After the incident, Patterson drove home but "barely made it" because of her eye injury, Buccat said. He added that Patterson, who referred calls for comment to her lawyer, suffered a scratched cornea and had to miss two weeks of work.
Buccat would not release the name of Patterson's ophthalmologist, saying the trial is still in discovery. New York ophthalmologist Dr. Thomas Kuhns, who did not treat Patterson, said it is hard to comment without seeing the injury, but "a cornea abrasion usually clears up in a day or two."
Patterson is seeking compensation for lost wages, but Buccat claims the case is not about money.
The case "holds retailers accountable for products they sell," he said.
ok, first of all - the obvious question...was she putting the underwear on her head or on her ass? i don't know about the rest of the population, but no matter how many pendants are attached to my underpants, there is never a chance of one of them flying off and hitting my face. perhaps i've been putting my underwear on the wrong way all these years?
second of all, if this in fact really happened to a person, wouldn't most of us be a little embarrassed and keep the incident to ourselves, rather than publicly suing the world's largest undergarment retailer? just a thought.
and lastly. this is one of the comments that was posted on the article on abcnews.com. it pretty much sums up what everyone is thinking...
"I have no idea what the women looks like and I feel bad she is hurt but dollars to donuts I bet she has a butt as big as the sun.
Posted by:stop2think 2:26 PM"
stop2think, you are spot on my friend. spot on.
today, news came out that a woman in los angeles is suing victoria's secret for lost wages while she suffered a scratched cornea. wait...what? yes, that's what it says.
A Los Angeles woman is suing the lingerie-producing giant Victoria's Secret over a thong gone wrong.
Fifty-two-year-old Macrida Patterson, who works in parking enforcement for the Los Angeles Department of Transportation, says she suffered a scratched cornea after either a pendant or a metal fastener snapped off a pair of panties and struck her in the eye.
"It does seem sort of unbelievable at first," said Patterson's attorney, Jason Buccat. But, he said, his client's injuries will "affect her for the rest of her life."
Tammy Roberts Myers, a Victoria's Secret spokeswoman, said the company had not seen the lawsuit and had no comment.
The thong, a Victoria's Secret Sexy Little Thing low-rise v-string, had a heart-shaped pendant attached to the fabric with a metal fastener, according to the lawsuit. When Patterson was changing after work, the metal piece snapped, creating a "slingshot effect," and either the pendant or the metal piece "cut her eye," Buccat said.
After the incident, Patterson drove home but "barely made it" because of her eye injury, Buccat said. He added that Patterson, who referred calls for comment to her lawyer, suffered a scratched cornea and had to miss two weeks of work.
Buccat would not release the name of Patterson's ophthalmologist, saying the trial is still in discovery. New York ophthalmologist Dr. Thomas Kuhns, who did not treat Patterson, said it is hard to comment without seeing the injury, but "a cornea abrasion usually clears up in a day or two."
Patterson is seeking compensation for lost wages, but Buccat claims the case is not about money.
The case "holds retailers accountable for products they sell," he said.
ok, first of all - the obvious question...was she putting the underwear on her head or on her ass? i don't know about the rest of the population, but no matter how many pendants are attached to my underpants, there is never a chance of one of them flying off and hitting my face. perhaps i've been putting my underwear on the wrong way all these years?
second of all, if this in fact really happened to a person, wouldn't most of us be a little embarrassed and keep the incident to ourselves, rather than publicly suing the world's largest undergarment retailer? just a thought.
and lastly. this is one of the comments that was posted on the article on abcnews.com. it pretty much sums up what everyone is thinking...
"I have no idea what the women looks like and I feel bad she is hurt but dollars to donuts I bet she has a butt as big as the sun.
Posted by:stop2think 2:26 PM"
stop2think, you are spot on my friend. spot on.
6.12.2008
woo - two days in a row!
i can't stand to even write about this - but i'm a bit worried that good old A-B might actually get bought up. poor st. louis...we can't keep a company here to save our lives. i'm sure that the purchase would be a great deal for the top execs at a-b (reports are saying auggie III would walk away with $300MM...not too shabby), but come on. it's budweiser, locally brewed and locally owned. i enjoy a stella from time to time, but that doesn't mean that i want the same company to own all my beers.
so in all of the uproar, there are many "save a-b" petition sites circulating around...and i'd like to know just how effective these could possibly be. here's an international company willing to spend $46.3 billion on a takeover, and we've got 36,000 signatures on some web site? oh, and gov. blunt says he's got our back....riiiiight. what's he going to do, chain himself to the brewery? it's all up to the shareholders, and we can only hope they make a good decision.
this article says the belgians don't want to take corporate offices out of st. louis, and it would become the hq for their north american operations and their international operations. that sounds nice, but it doesn't really make sense that they'd move everything here. or could st. louis actually be the beer capital of the world?
stay tuned folks - we'll see what happens!
i can't stand to even write about this - but i'm a bit worried that good old A-B might actually get bought up. poor st. louis...we can't keep a company here to save our lives. i'm sure that the purchase would be a great deal for the top execs at a-b (reports are saying auggie III would walk away with $300MM...not too shabby), but come on. it's budweiser, locally brewed and locally owned. i enjoy a stella from time to time, but that doesn't mean that i want the same company to own all my beers.
so in all of the uproar, there are many "save a-b" petition sites circulating around...and i'd like to know just how effective these could possibly be. here's an international company willing to spend $46.3 billion on a takeover, and we've got 36,000 signatures on some web site? oh, and gov. blunt says he's got our back....riiiiight. what's he going to do, chain himself to the brewery? it's all up to the shareholders, and we can only hope they make a good decision.
this article says the belgians don't want to take corporate offices out of st. louis, and it would become the hq for their north american operations and their international operations. that sounds nice, but it doesn't really make sense that they'd move everything here. or could st. louis actually be the beer capital of the world?
stay tuned folks - we'll see what happens!
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