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You can't fix stupid (Headlines)

Some hilarious headlines my friend Emily sent me.


Alton attorney accidentally sues himself

County to spend $250,000 to advertise lack of funds

Volunteers search for old civil war planes

Army Vehicle disappears

Caskets found as workers demolish mausoleum

I wouldn’t do it again, she’s been a pain this week

Ten Commandments – Supreme court says some ok, others not

Utah Poison control center reminds everyone not to take poison

Please, if you’ve seen this man

Federal agents raid gun shop, find weapons

Statistics show that teen pregnancy drops off significantly after age 25

One armed man applauds the kindness of strangers

Online Identities

Some people use online identities to protect their real identities.  To me this is sort of silly.  I host a blog so I’m obviously fairly open about just about everything and have nothing to hide.  I’ve used many different identities over the years but most have been variations on a theme to let my friends find me easily. I’ve gravitated towards using variations of my real name for services and social networks and variations on my old PlanetSide character for video games.

I’ve compiled the list below in an effort to document the many different identities I’ve had over the years.

Disclaimer: The identities only changed when I found other users with my same name so there is obviously more people out there than me using these names.  As such search results are mediocre at best.

rand1094 – the oldest one I can remember (although there were older) created October of 1994 and still used today on AIM

xeroed
xer0ed
ravenger
randroam
randya
ravennger
randyaa
randiesel
dieselrand
xeroin
xeromax
xeroprime
xero mills
xero daniels
xero crown
kratos gwar
infinity vo
infinity
infinity daniels
infinity collins
infinity tullamore
infinity ballantine

PS if you do decide to search for any of them let me know if you find anything interesting.

Don't Be That Guy

Vote.

If you live in a state like I do (New York) where the decision is likely already made it can be very disheartening to waste your time voting.  New York has voted Democrat for the past few decades (Kerry beat bush by over 18% in 2004).

The fact of the matter is, you really don’t know if your vote is going to count for much or not.  It could come down to a few hundred votes.  If that happens do you really want to be the guy sitting there thinking

“man I wish I voted”

Remember, your vote can’t count unless you give it.

Some Entertainment to ease the pain regardless of which side you sit on:

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