No one can say these guys aren’t willing to take some heat.
The first guy is one we’ve encountered before, that symbol of the American justice system, Judge Roy Pearson. As you probably recall, he sued some dry cleaners for $54 million over a lost pair of trousers and a misleading store sign. He lost, despite an emotional breakdown on the witness stand talking about his lost trousers. The store owners dropped their demand to have their legal fees reimbursed, hoping Mr. Pearson would finally end his crusade. Instead, he’s filing an appeal, clearly attempting to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he is an ***hole.
Leroy Greer is our next exhibit. He’s suing 1-800-FLOWERS $1.5 million for not protecting his privacy.
He and his wife were working out an apparently somewhat civil divorce. While this was going on, Mr. Greer sent a bunch of roses to his girlfriend, specifying it should be private. 1-800-FLOWERS sent a thank you note to his address, the wife got to it first, and that was that. The divorce has now become slightly less civil, the wife’s demanding a lot more money because of his infidelity (sources varying from $300K to $500K), and Mr. Greer’s mad at the florist. The florist must be giddy at the free advertising, especially since hardly anyone thinks the company did anything wrong.
It just hasn’t been a good day for middle-age slightly greying black men with a wispy moustaches wearing black pinstripe suits.
August 15th, 2007
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Posted by Donnie
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As the candidate search goes forward, I’ve been slowly compiling a list of interview questions based on the candidate’s stated programming experience (C++, VB.NET, etc.)
A simple Yahoo! or Google search will yield a plethora of potential questions and answers if one will just take a little effort to look. This guy, Mark Wagner, had posted potential C# interview questions with answers and some helpful readers posted corrections and improvements.
Then there’s the people who want to snowball a potential employer into thinking they know more than they do, but are too lazy to do it themselves…
Questions are really helpful…
please send me C#,VB.NET and Web Services questions with ANSWERS on
ch.debarati@yahoo.co.in
Hi friends,
I am preparing for an interview, I would be very grateful if you can you send me the most frequently asked questions for C#, VB.NET and ASP.NET to fred_bry@sbcglobal.net.
Hey Friends,
As i m preparing for interview, please send me C#,ASP.NET and Web Services questions with ANSWERS on nasar_15oct@yahoo.com email address .
Thanking u in advance
Regards
Nasar.
yeah this materila is good,but its not sufficient.if u add little more to it,its better.anyone pls post me the .Net(C# and ASP.Net ) and SQL Server interview questions with answers to my mail id which is murali_june@yahoo.com
August 14th, 2007
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Posted by Donnie
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Usually, I don’t like getting political, as there are hundreds of thousands of other blogs that deal with that stuff (Expat Yank can be interesting). Except maybe for taking the occasional jab at Bush the Lesser or “JFK” Kerry, undoubtedly two of the worst presidential candidates in my short time on this Earth. (I wonder how Perot would have done had he run in 2004 instead of 1992? He probably would have won a few states.)
Dahlia Lithwick wonders in this article why the Democrats don’t stick it to the shady Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales. The best she can figure is spinelessness and/or political expediency.
So here’s my idea: make sure more and more Americans hear this stuff and get sick of our current state of affairs. Every few months, I’ll post a poll asking America if they want me to rule the country by fiat instead. Eventually (if Alex Chiu’s rings really work–it may take a while), at least 51% of the people will say, “Aye.”
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(I already gave myself one vote for “No”.)
August 8th, 2007
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Posted by Donnie
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- Fall asleep at 9:30pm last night
- Wake up at 4:00am this morning
- Realize I need to do wash because I have zero pairs of clean underwear
- Stuff wash in washer
- Do some work and “work” until 7:20am
- Take a shower, etc.
- Realize I never put clothes in the drier
- Put on clothes and grab a pair of soggy underwear
- Hang aforementioned pair of soggy underwear in the car, hoping it will dry out before getting to work
- Attempt to stuff underwear in pocket so no one sees it
- Dash into restroom and quickly change
- Vow never to let this happen again
August 8th, 2007
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Posted by Donnie
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Probably available: a 61-year-old Italian man living with his 81-year-old mother.
And if that’s all the information you had, it doesn’t sound too strange. You’d probably figure that the son lives with his mother to take care of her, which is perfectly reasonable.
Now what if you found out he gets a weekly allowance and has a some sort of curfew?
The man and his mother went to the police after the mother cut off his allowance and took away his house keys for staying out too late. The man countered his allowance was too small in the first place and that his mom’s a bad cook.
That would have made a great episode of “The People’s Court”.
August 3rd, 2007
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Headline: Sudan pledges to work with U.N. Darfur force (Please continue once you stop laughing.)
Strong action on Darfur is only about three years too late, so it probably doesn’t matter that this resolution represents anything but “strong action”. A couple of highlights:
The mission will be able to use force to protect civilians and the world’s biggest aid operation, but the resolution was watered down and no longer allows troops to seize illegal arms. There was also no threat of sanctions if Sudan fails to comply.
The U.N. resolution authorizes up to 19,555 military personnel and 6,432 civilian police, although it could take many months to get countries to send them.
I can only imagine how the Baby Blue Pith Helmets will be completing their missions when they finally arrive in February 2008.
UN Peacekeeper: Hey, you! That weapon’s classified as illegal! Um…well, I’m not allowed to seize it, so…er…drop that weapon and neither of us can pick it up!
Ex-Janjaweed raider: And if I don’t agree?
UN Peacekeeper: Um, if you don’t put that down, I’ll file your name in my weekly report!
Ex-Janjaweed raider: Righty-o. [Straps illegal weapon to his back.]
UN Peacekeeper: Um. Hmmm. Well, if you’re going to be using that, do you mind if I tag along? They want me to try to monitor those things…
August 1st, 2007
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Posted by Donnie
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At Publix (supermarket) this morning, I went to pick up a couple of foods. They had their usual two lanes open, except it was extra busy and the lines were quite long. I chose the line with the “10 items or less” sign, having only 3 items to purchase at the time. My confidence in getting to work less than half an hour late swelled as the people around me were also interested in purchasing maybe 1 or 6 or 4 items.
Then the line seemed to stall. Craning my neck, I finally saw the problem: a thirty-something goateed guy wearing a jacket had put down cans and cans of garbanzo beans, some cans of something else, along with a few miscellaneous items. There had to be 20 garbanzo bean cans alone, plus the other junk. The cashier glanced at the guy in rebuke, then started scanning items as fast as she could. As she reduced the number of cans on the counter to four, the rest of us started to shift position and grab items in anticipation of crawling the next few steps forward.
But then he started pulling more cans from out of his jacket. Was he kidding? Was he too lazy to go get a cart or basket? We all breathed a sigh of relief that he didn’t pay with a check. At least he had the dignity to look a little sheepish.
Learn this: If you have ten cans of something, it counts as ten items. It does not matter that they’re all the same brand, size, and/or flavor.
August 1st, 2007
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Posted by Donnie
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Nice attempt at trying to spell “The Simpsons”, but they may want to try using even fewer S’s next time.
For the past few months at the building at work, some guy in a Beemer or Benz would park in part of the fire lane. Parking can be very tight, so we sometimes have to get a little creative if it’s full–but I’d see this guy parked there even if there were other spots available. So, they put up a No Parking sign in that “parking spot” thinking they’d solved the problem.
Unfortunately, this is only effective with people who can read English (or aren’t worried about blocking emergency vehicles in case of, er, emergency). And the Beemer guy is instead tucking away a motorcycle near the “parking spot” to skirt the rule.
July 27th, 2007
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Posted by Donnie
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Well, it looks like PETA’s still on the warpath, asking the NFL to suspend quarterback Michael Vick without pay. And now, they’re profiting off the dogfighting allegations by selling “Sack Vick” T-shirts:
Whether Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick is found guilty of dogfighting or not, he is only one person within a much larger struggle….Please call on people not only to condemn the NFL superstar for his alleged participation in this illegal activity but also to work to end dogfighting in our local communities. [emphasis mine]
Based on what PETA stands for, you wouldn’t imagine that they could be so controversial and disliked. But it’s stuff like this–profiting off a not-yet-proven-guilty person and the “Your Mommy Kills Animals” comic–that seems to repulse your average person.
Now that I’ve perhaps tainted your perceptions…how do you view PETA?
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July 24th, 2007
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Posted by Donnie
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Courage. It might defined as the ability to do what most people would be too scared to try. Firefighters, soldiers, and policemen* are common archetypes. But it could be as simple as a kid telling his parents the truth about something naughty he did. Or an office worker bucking the crowd to explain why project Q will be a failure, thus requiring a change of course.
In contrast, any courage I demonstrate is a complete accident due to ignorance of why the action required bravery.
So the Liquid Egg Product tends to salute–and be envious–of anyone demonstrating a modicum of courage. Enter Scott Olsen, a pitcher for our popular local baseball team, the Florida Marlins. (The number of fans at any given game can approach five digits). On Saturday, he certainly did have the ability to try what most people wouldn’t:
- Kept on driving when a copper tried to pull him over for speeding
- Ran a stop sign at 3:40 in the morning
- Sat on a plastic chair in front of his house and fought the officers who tried to arrest him
He also now knows what it feels like to be tasered. Assuming he wasn’t too drunk to forget.
July 24th, 2007
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