How to be annoying on an elevator

Make race car noises when anyone gets on or off. Blow your nose and offer to show the contents of your handkerchief to the other passengers. Twist your back painfully while smacking your forehead and mumbling "Shut up. Damnit, all of you just shut up!" Whistle some annoying TV series themes. Sell Girl Scout cookies. On a long ride, swing your body side to side at the natural frequency of the elevator. Shave with a razor blade and insist people not to press any buttons until you are done. Crack open your briefcase or bag, look inside and ask "Got enough air in there?" Offer name tags to everyone getting on the elevator. Wear yours upside-down. Stand silently and motionless in the corner facing the wall. Don't get off at any floor. When arriving at your floor, go back and prepare to kick the doors open, then act embarrassed when they open by themselves. Lean over to another passenger and whisper "Woohoo... anybody there?" Greet everyone getting on the elevator with a warm handshake and ask them to call you Admiral. On the highest floor, hold the door open and demand that it stays open until you hear the coin you dropped down the shaft go "plink" at the bottom. Do Tai Chi or Yoga exercises. Stare and smile at another passenger for a while. Finally announce "I've got my new socks on!" When at least 8 people have boarded, moan from the back: "Oh, not now, damn motion sickness!" Give religious flyers to each passenger. Meow like a horny cat occassionally. Bet the other passengers you can fit a coin in your nose. Show other passengers a wound and ask if it looks infected. Sing "Mary had a Little Lamb" while continually pushing buttons. Shout "Bombs away!" whenever the elevator stops and someone gets out. Enter the elevator with a portable fridge that says "Human head" on the side. Stare at another passenger for a while, then announce "You're one of them!" and move to the far corner of the elevator. Burp, and then say "Mmmm... tasty!" Leave a box between the doors purposely. Ask each passenger getting on if you can push the button for them. Wear a puppet on your hand and talk to other passengers "through" it. Start to sing sing-along songs and ask others to join you. When the elevator is silent, look around and ask "Is that your cellular phone?" Shadow box against the elevator mirror. Proudly say "Ding!" at each floor. Lean against the button panel pretending that you are asleep so that noone is able to press them. Say "I wonder what all of these buttons do," and push all the buttons. Don't forget to push the "Emergency Stop" button. Listen to the elevator walls with a doctors stethoscope. Draw a little square on the floor with chalk and announce to the other passengers that this is your "personal space." Bring a chair with you and sit on it in the middle of the elevator. Take a bite of a sandwich and ask another passenger "Wanna fee whafs in muh mouf?" Blow big bubblegum balloons and make them blow with a big blast. Pull your bubblegum out of your mouth in long strings and tie it around your fingers. Announce in a demonic voice "I must find a more suitable host body." Make explosion noises when anyone presses a button. Make squeaking and cracking sounds when a fat person steps in the elevator. Wear "X-Ray Glasses" and stare suggestively at other passengers. Stare at your thumb and say "I think it's getting larger." If anyone brushes against you, recoil and shout "Bad touch!"

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Blackwater crushed car with three kids, old man to avoid traffic

As if the massacre of Sept 16 wasn't horrifying enough, more stories of Blackwater have surfaced.
"We would careen around corners, jump road dividers, reach speeds in excess of 100 mph and often cross over to the wrong side of the street, oncoming traffic be damned," she writes. "I began to wonder whether my meetings, intended to further U.S. policy goals and improve the lives of Iraqis, were doing more harm than good. With our drivers honking at, cutting off, pelting with water bottles (a favorite tactic) and menacing with weapons anyone in their way, how many enemies were we creating?" Gans describes a particularly "infuriating" incident where the lead Chevy Suburban in her convoy allegedly crashed into a sedan ferrying an older man, a young woman and three children. "As we approached at typical breakneck speed, the Blackwater driver honked furiously and motioned to the side, as if they should pull over," she pens. "The kids in the back seat looked back in horror, mouths agape at the sight of the heavily armored Suburbans driven by large, armed men in dark sunglasses. The poor Iraqi driver frantically searched for a means of escape, but there was none. So the lead Blackwater vehicle smashed heedlessly into the car, pushing it into the barrier. We zoomed by too quickly to notice if anyone was hurt."
"Why does the world hate America?"  is starting to lose its innocence. Full Story [Raw Story]

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Why Nothing Gets Done in the Senate....

Yesterday, a bill had a majority of 56-44 votes in favor of it.  So it won the vote right?   Wrong.  Due to Senate rules, and the absense of anyone objecting, the bill had to pass with 60 votes or more or it failed.  So much for majority.
"The reason the Webb amendment failed even though it got 56 votes was that Senators agreed by unanimous consent that the amendment should have to get 60 votes to pass, even without a filibuster. But why would anyone agree to allow Republicans, who are already on pace to shatter all previous filibuster records, to stop an amendment this important and this sensible without even lifting a finger? And the question here is not just why anyone would allow it, but why everyone did. A single Senator could have put a stop to this simply by saying, "I object" when the unanimous consent request was made. Just one Senator. Yet none did. Not Harry Reid. Not Russ Feingold. Not Bernie Sanders. Nobody. And so the Webb amendment died quietly yesterday, allowing Republicans to enjoy all the obstructionist benefits of a filibuster, without having to stand up and tell Americans and their fighting men and women in the military exactly what they were doing. And not a moment was "wasted" on the "extended debate" that's supposed to make up a filibuster. Everyone just politely agreed that 56-44 would be a losing vote for America's sons and daughters wearing the uniform in Iraq and Afghanistan. And they did it on national television. And America yawned, hit the snooze button, and slept in."
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Who Called Me?

Have you ever gotten a phone call with an unknown 1-800 number or some other possible telemarketer phone number?  Wish you could find out who it was without having to call them back?  Or tried calling them back to find out it doesn't call anyone?   A website called whocalled.us allows you to enter the phone number from Caller ID and see who else has had a call from that number and if anyone knows who it is.  Very useful for seeing who a constant unknown caller is.

http://whocalled.us

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DL.TV

For anyone that likes technology, whether you're knowledgeable about it, just wanting to learn, or just like to know what's going on,  give DL.TV a try.  DL.TV is a GREAT FREE online show about computers, games, and all things tech.  They have very friendly and helpful hosts (one of them being Patrick Norton from the now buried "The Screensavers" from TechTV) and answer viewer questions e-mailed to them as well and reporting the latest tech news.  What's coming out, buying tips, helpful ideas, software, and tips.  You can watch them live if you catch their live show, or you can download and watch it whenever you have the time. I recommend everyone click here and give an episode a try.

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