Foreign Sign of the Day

The Return of a Sloshkosh Legend!

Put on your blue blockers and pack a "one-ey" cuz it is the return of Marty the Weed Man!!!

Click Here To Play Streaming Audio of Marty!


From a humble beginning in a house across from Breese Hall on the UW-Oshkosh campus, Marty is now known around southern Wisconsin after a performance on the WJJO Morning Show on 94.1 WJJO in Madison, Wisconsin this morning!

Its Jeopardy time baby!!!

Talk Like an Encryption

Today's R&B is a pretty sad-ass state of affairs. Most songs consist of the same tinny beats, tired hand-clap effects, klinky keyboards, and vocoder-filtered lyrics (damn you, Cher!) ad nauseum. Seriously, look at the Billboard charts! They're featured in every R&B song. The two worst perpetrators: Akon and T-Pain. But upon closer inspection, maybe these cats are onto something. What if everything you said sounded like an R&B remix? Would the ladies fall at your feet? Would your coworkers bow to your coolness? Or would they go all Remy Ma on you and bust a cap, effectively putting you out of your misery?

McCain Booed at MLK Speech

(The image of a black man holding an umbrella over McCain's head while he gave the speech didn't exactly complement the moment.)

Senator John McCain, "who says he will court the African-American vote this year and campaign in places Republicans often shun," spoke in Memphis on Friday to mark the 40th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

But his speech was met with boos and interruptions from many in the audience, as he apologized for repeatedly opposing the creation of a holiday to celebrate King's legacy.

McCain voted against the creation of a holiday honoring King in 1983, a vote which was supported by a large number of Republicans. McCain claimed this week that he was largely unaware on the importance of King's work at the time, due to his Vietnam-era service overseas. Speaking on Thursday to reporters, he explained that his conversion occurred around 1990:

"I voted in my...first year in Congress against it and then I began to learn and I studied and people talked to me. And I not only supported it but I fought very hard in my home state of Arizona for recognition against a governor who was of my own party."

But McCain's voting record since 1990 doesn't support this explanation. In addition to voting to oppose a state holiday in 1987 (which he later supported) and a federal holiday in 1989, McCain voted in 1994 to cut funding for the commission that promoted King's holiday.

Huffington Post

Police nab wild monkey with banana in west Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A monkey was caught running loose outside an Orlando apartment complex off of Conroy Road on Friday morning. Animal Control officers were able to trick the 4-year-old monkey to get into a cage after a short chase.

Four-year-old Prada, a male monkey, apparently escaped from a Coconut Palms apartment (see map). The monkey's owner is out of town and a friend was watching the animal. Somehow the monkey was able to escape from his cage and climbed out an open window.

Prada was then spotted running wild outside the Studio Park Apartments off Conroy Road. A maintenance worker on the property called police after being chased by the animal. Police informed Animal Control who arrived at the scene and were able to use fruit to lure the monkey into a cage.

Monkeys are considered exotic animals and require a special permit, something the owner doesn't have. Because of that, Animal Control officers said they weren't sure if the monkey has been properly vaccinated.

The animal will eventually be turned over to Florida Fish and Wildlife, but he is being held in the care of the Back to Nature Sanctuary in Bithlo for the weekend.Officers still need to speak with the owner, but said no one was injured.

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Toddlers can no longer get hitched in Arkansas

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas' marriage-age crisis is over. A law that mistakenly allowed anyone — even toddlers — to marry with parental permission was repealed by a measure signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Mike Beebe, ending months of embarrassment for the state and confusion for county clerks.

Lawmakers didn't realize until after the end of last year's regular session that a law they approved, intended to establish 18 as the minimum age for marriage, instead removed the minimum age to marry entirely. An extraneous "not" in the bill allowed anyone who was not pregnant to marry at any age with permission.

The bill read: "In order for a person who is younger than eighteen (18) years of age and who is not pregnant to obtain a marriage license, the person must provide the county clerk with evidence of parental consent to the marriage."

Some lawmakers called for a special session last year, saying the error would make it easy for pedophiles to take advantage of the law. Gov. Mike Beebe said he didn't see any imminent crisis and said the chances of children marrying under the law were slim.

More at MSNBC

My April Fools Prank... As seen on CNN...

I submitted a photo of a prank I pulled on April Fool's Day at my office to CNN's iReport website. 20 minutes later I get a call on my cell from a guy at CNN wanting more background on the prank, etc, so it can be featured on TV... Pretty neat. So then he slapped the "ON CNN" stamp on it and said to watch for it on TV...



Here it is full size:

Brett Favre's Back!!!

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Thought of the Day - 4/1/08

My favorite panther is the one from L.L. Cool J's “Walking with a Panther” album cover.

Pros: He wears a gold rope chain and keeps top secret shit in a Haliburton briefcase.

Cons: Fuck you, what did you not understand about the gold rope chain??? If you don't like this panther, you are worthless in the eyes of God, and should probably consider suicide.
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And now... The track listing of "Walking with a Panther":

1 Droppin' Em
2 Smokin, Dopin'
3 Fast Peg
4 Clap Your Hands
5 Nitro
6 You're My Heart
7 I'm That Type Of Guy
8 Why Do You Think They Call It Dope?
9 Going Back To Cali
10 It Gets No Rougher
11 Big Ole Butt
12 One Shot At Love
13 1-900 L. L. Cool J
14 Two Different Worlds
15 Jealous
16 Jingling Baby
17 Def Jam In The Motherland
18 Change Your Ways

Gmail Custom Time

Be on time, every time now that you can backdate emails you send through Gmail

From Google:

How do I use it?

Just click "Set custom time" from the Compose view. Any email you send to the past appears in the proper chronological order in your recipient's inbox. You can opt for it to show up read or unread by selecting the appropriate option.

Is there a limit to how far back I can send email?

Yes. You'll only be able to send email back until April 1, 2004, the day we launched Gmail. If we were to let you send an email from Gmail before Gmail existed, well, that would be like hanging out with your parents before you were born -- crazy talk.
How does it work?

Gmail utilizes an e-flux capacitor to resolve issues of causality (see Grandfather Paradox).

How come I only get ten?

Our researchers have concluded that allowing each person more than ten pre-dated emails per year would cause people to lose faith in the accuracy of time, thus rendering the feature useless.

Their findings:
N = Total emails sent
P = Probability that user believes the time stamp
φ = The Golden Ratio
L = Average life expectancy

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