Sunday, December 16, 2007

De-motivation





Check out despair.com.....good stuff

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

What's going on in Bozeman?

Police reports

The Bozeman Police Department reports for Monday included the following:

- An officer spoke to a sixth-grade class about careers in law enforcement.

- A store on Catron Street received two counterfeit checks.

- A man attempted to steal alcohol from a store on South 23rd Avenue.

- Beer was stolen from a store on South 23rd Avenue.

The Gallatin County Sheriff's Office reports for Monday included the following:

- A woman on Red Oak Drive told deputies that cash was stolen from her purse.

- A couple on Churchill Road reported that a woman acquaintance was harassing them.

- A motorist ran out of gas on North 19th Avenue. A deputy pushed the car to a nearby gas station.

- A person reported a suspicious vehicle parked on Swamp Road. A man and woman were necking inside the vehicle. They were warned.

Saturday, July 21, 2007

Frontier Days

In honor of Frontier Days and all the fucks that park in front of my house.


Friday, July 20, 2007

Food for thought from Reason Mag

Quo Vadimus?

Looking at Washington, dreaming of Rome

David Weigel | July 9, 2007

Al Gore had so wanted to nab the Capitol. He had planned all along on making Washington, DC a key link in the Live Earth concert chain, starting hours after Sydney, right after London, right before New York. Around the world, 2 billion viewers - including many of those mythical millions who, Billy Crystal or Whoopi Goldberg inform us, dutifully watch every year's Oscars - would watch carbon-conscious rock stars shatter their amps in view of the massive Capitol dome.

Read the rest here

Bad Monkey

Post removed - Things going better than expected.

BPM

Monday, June 18, 2007

Small Town Crime Rides Again!

Police reports

The Bozeman Police Department reports for Friday and Saturday included the following:

€ Officers warned a man for trying to write his initials in wet concrete along East Main Street.

€ Officers arrested a man after he gave them a false name. The man had an outstanding warrant on his real name and three warrants on his alias.

€ A man on South Ninth Avenue was arrested for calling 911 twice and using vulgar language with dispatchers.

€ Police removed a disorderly man from outside an apartment building on South 20th Avenue. The man returned several times, once defecating on the step, before officers arrested him for trespassing.

€ An employee at an East Main Street store was arrested for stealing money and falsifying cash refunds.

€ Vandals exploded what police believe was a dry-ice bomb on Knaab Drive.

€ A man was attacked by two crows while walking along North Seventh Avenue.

The Gallatin County Sheriff's Office report for Saturday included the following:

€ Deputies warned an airline passenger for having CO2 bottles in his carry-on bag.

€ Several individuals on Jackrabbit Lane were warned for burning without a permit.

€ Deputies warned a motorist for traveling too slowly on Interstate 90.

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

MacGyver Unplugged

Small Town Crime 4 - Crime Harder

Police reports

The Bozeman Police reports for Sunday included the following:

- A man on West Lamme Street was cited for shooting fireworks at a building.

- An intoxicated man stole a 50-cent lighter from a store on West College Street and drove away.

- A woman on South Tracy Avenue had damaged tulips.

The Gallatin County sheriff's reports for Sunday included the following:

- About 200 people were at a party on Alder Court Lane. They had a keg and numerous cases of beer. About 50 people who appeared to be under 21 ran away. Another group of people threw beer cans at deputies. Several people were cited.

- A man on Ricky Drive told deputies his property was egged.

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Return of the Son of Small town crime

Police reports

The Bozeman Police reports for Monday included the following:

€ A man was drinking Jager bombs while driving on West Babcock Street. A Jaeger bomb is a drink consisting of Jagermeister liquor mixed with beer. The man was charged with drunken driving.

€ A 15-year-old girl was hit by a car on 11th Avenue and Main Street. The vehicle didn't stop. The girl was not injured.

€ A person was warned for writing obscene language on a personal check that was written to pay for a parking ticket.

€ A person had questions on whether it is legal to shoot a bow in city limits.

The Gallatin County sheriff's reports for Monday included the following:

€ A person on Three Forks Airport Road told deputies someone was shooting a dog with a paintball gun.

€ A girl on Brahma Boulevard told deputies a boy borrowed her bike to do a wheelie. The boy then took off on the girl's bike.

The Montana State University Police reports from April 6 through April 8 included the following:

€ Four people were crawling through a window at Romney Gym. They were warned for trespassing.

€ A resident at a Greek house on South Sixth Avenue told police that several vehicles parked near the house were vandalized.

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Great Britain wants you to behave yourself

"Talking" closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras which allow operators to shout at people behaving badly are to be installed across England, the government announced Wednesday.

The scheme lets local council workers in a control centre monitor pictures from the cameras and talk to them if they feel they are doing something wrong.

The cameras were piloted in Middlesbrough, north-east England, where they have been used to reprimand vandals and litter bugs, but now loudspeakers are being fitted to cameras in another 20 areas.

Britain has some 4.2 million CCTV cameras and the government's privacy watchdog, Information Commissioner Richard Thomas, warned last year that the nation risks "sleep-walking into a surveillance society".

Human rights group Privacy International says Britain is the worst country in the European Union at protecting individuals' privacy, citing "endemic surveillance".

And a powerful group of lawmakers -- the House of Commons home affairs select committee -- is to hold an inquiry into the extent of surveillance in Britain this year.

The "talking CCTV" move comes as Prime Minister Tony Blair's administration attempts to impose a "respect agenda" by cracking down on petty anti-social behaviour.

Home Secretary John Reid defended the scheme, saying it was aimed at "the small minority who think it is acceptable to litter our streets, vandalise our communities and damage our properties."

Reid added that schools in many areas were holding competitions for children to become the "voice" of CCTV cameras.

The scheme is likely to cost around 500,000 pounds (740,000 euros, 988,000 dollars).





Did anyone actually read 1984? Just curious.

Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Cold War Fun

There is a book making the rounds in my circle that I read years ago. About a limited Nuclear war with the Soviets. It's about the effects 5 years down the road. While maybe exaggerated in parts and a left slant, Still very good food for thought. We have built a mighty world that could pulled out from underneath us like a house of cards. Best to not forget that. I put a couple of fun old Civil defense Posters on the sidebar for your enjoyment. and Last but not least, how about some song lyrics to make you nostalgic for those good old "Doctor Strangelove" days. From Donald Fagen:

Found a Video for this from the dawn of MTV. I remember when MTV played music.





NEW FRONTIER

Yes we're gonna have a wingding
A summer smoker underground
It's just a dugout that my dad built
In case the reds decide to push the button down
We've got provisions and lots of beer
The key word is survival on the new frontier

Introduce me to that big blonde
She's got a touch of Tuesday Weld
She's wearing Ambush and a French twist
She's got us wild and she can tell
She loves to limbo, that much is clear
She's got the right dynamics for the new frontier

Well I can't wait 'til I move to the city
'Til I finally make up my mind
To learn design and study overseas

Have you got a steady boyfriend
Cause honey I've been watching you
I hear you're mad about Brubeck
I like your eyes, I like him too
He's an artist, a pioneer
We've got to have some music on the new frontier

Well I can't wait 'til I move to the city
'Til I finally make up my mind
To learn design and study overseas
Let's pretend that it's the real thing
And stay together all night long
And when I really get to know you
We'll open up the doors and climb into the dawn
Confess your passion your secret fear
Prepare to meet the challenge of the new frontier








Full version here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBruAooXPNU

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Completely Random Shit

http://www.strindbergandhelium.com/index.html

Bizarre...But you might enjoy. I know I do...BPM

Small Town Crime again......

The Bozeman Police reports for Sunday included the following:

€ A man threw a full bottle of beer against the wall of a building near the intersection of Rouse Avenue and Main Street.

€ Several mailboxes near the intersection of South 15th Avenue and West Babcock Street were ripped off their posts.

€ A person found a wallet on West Main Street with $60 inside. The person turned the wallet in to police.

€ A man and woman left a restaurant on North 19th Avenue without paying for their meals.

The Gallatin County sheriff's reports for Sunday included the following:

€ A deputy gave a hitchhiker a ride to a truck stop on Jackrabbit Lane.
€ A grass fire broke out on Summer Ridge Road.

€ A man's car broke down on Huffine Lane. A deputy gave him a ride to a gas station at Four Corners.

More Random Songs I like

"Your Lucky Day In Hell" - Eels










Mama gripped onto the milkman's hand
And then she finally gave birth
Years go by still i don't know
Who shall inherit this earth
And no one will know my name until it's on a stone

This could be your lucky day in hell
Never know who it might be at your doorbell
This could be your lucky day in hell

Waking up with an ugly face
Winston churchhill in drag
Looking for a new maternal embrace
Another tired old gag
Am i just a walking bag of chewed up dust and bones

This could be your lucky day in hell
Never know who it might be at your doorbell
This could be your lucky day in hell

Father theresa, you can't make me into you
I never wanna be like you
Why can't you see it's me
You know it's time to let me go

This could be your lucky day in hell
Never know who it might be at your doorbell
This could be your lucky day in hell

Thursday, March 22, 2007

Random songs I like

Cool Blue Reason - Cake


cool blue reason empties on the page
your colleagues are in prison and your enemies enraged
cool blue reason comes into your world
there's two more dead in texas and it's probably your girls
cool blue reason wraps around your throat
the minutes change like seasons
only 8 more hours to go


cool blue reason comes into your life
there's one more dead in kansas and it's probably your wife
cool blue reason i'm just talking to myself
cool blue reason i'm just rearranging hell
i'm just talking to myself


cool blue reason wraps around your throat
the minutes change likes seasons
only 8 more hours to go

Saturday, March 17, 2007

Small town crime continued

� Rocks were thrown through the windows of several vehicles around the city.

� A woman on West Main Street was arrested on a warrant. She was let go after it was discovered that the warrant was an error.

A summary of the police reports from the past week includes the following:

� Officers responded to 745 calls for service.

� Officers made 54 arrests.

The Gallatin County sheriff's reports for Thursday included the following:

� Rocks were also thrown through the windows of several vehicles in the county.

� Two boys were warned for fighting at the pond in River Rock subdivision.

� A person attempted to steal a kayak from a home on West Dry Creek Road.

A summary of the sheriff's reports from the past week includes the following:

� Deputies responded to 619 calls for service.

� Deputies made 19 arrests.


The "Van of Destiny" rides again

Steering columns are not easy to replace....But better than working in engines....Productive weekend I would say..

PS Slick....would love to rig my house for dive....


BPM

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Thursday, March 1, 2007

I love small town crime

I lived in Bozeman, MT for a number of years. Great town. If I could make a decent living there I would have never left. I find the police blotter there very entertaining. Nothing ever happens there. Got to love it.


Police reports

The Bozeman Police reports for Tuesday included the following:

� A person on Lily Drive was bitten by a dog.

� A computer was stolen from a home on North 20th Avenue.

� A male juvenile was arrested in connection with spray-painting graffiti on a building on West Main Street.

� An officer stopped traffic for several mule deer crossing the intersection of South 19th Avenue and West College Street.

The Gallatin County sheriff's reports for Tuesday included the following:

� A dog on Sage Drive attempted to bite a deputy. The deputy used pepper spray to stop the dog.

� A woman on Cape Avenue told deputies that a man entered her home and stole her jar of coins.

� A boy on Frank Road dialed 911 and hung up after his mom refused to take him to the pet store.

People are Morons

"Remove Child Before Folding" And Other Modern Prose Poems

The fine art of idiotic warning labels

Remove Child Before Folding: The 101 Stupidest, Silliest and Wackiest Warning Labels Ever, by Bob Dorigo Jones, Warner Books, 106 pages, $10

No one would have predicted that in 1992 Stella Liebeck would transform American jurisprudence and American letters. She famously scalded herself badly while holding a cup of hot McDonald's coffee between her legs in a car. She eventually settled out of court for reportedly under $600,000, but not before she became the poster child for an endless string of often frivolous and misguided product-liability lawsuits that punish manufacturers for the stupidity of their customers.

While makers of shoddy goods should be punished to the full extent of the law, the bogus cases do little more than cost consumers billions of dollars a year. After all, the cost of the suits ultimately gets passed on to customers if they don't run companies out of business. On the upside, though, lawsuits such as Liebeck's have created an entire new genre of literature - the alternately insulting and incoherent warning label.

This new art form is on vivid display in the immensely entertaining (and more than a little disturbing) compilation of recent warning labels, "Remove Child Before Folding."

That titular advice comes courtesy of a baby stroller made by Century, but it's hardly exceptional in this collection. A household iron made by Rowenta Inc. warns users, "Never iron clothes while they are being worn." "Despite the obvious humor," writes Bob Dorigo Jones, "your basic sense of what's right and what's wrong may leave you struggling with whether to laugh or cry."

Jones runs M-LAW, a consumer group that has for the last decade run an annual "Wacky Warning Label Contest." It's likely that Jones, who stresses that M-LAW has "verified the authority of every label" in the book, could have stretched his collection to 1,001 labels with no fall-off in absurdity. Laser printer manufacturer Ricoh warns customers, "Do not eat toner" while a label for an abdominal-exercising machine wisely counsels, "Caution: Do not close your eyes while driving."

Designer Calvin Klein tells those who purchase his shirts to "Keep away from fire," while a "Thomas the Tank [Engine] birthday badge happily announces on the front that "I am 2." On the reverse it reads, "Caution: This is not to be used by children under 3 yrs. of age."

The makers of the Fantastik Fresh Brush for toilets deliver a less ambiguous, though no less urgent, message: "Do not use for personal hygiene." "What do you think the following 101 wacky warning labels will prompt your descendants to think about life in America during the 20th and 21st centuries?" asks Jones.

Of course, that begs the question of whether it's only today's warning labels that are keeping mankind from mass extinction. It seems likely that our grandchildren's children will be immensely grateful that the BernzOmatic propane torch tells purchasers to "Never use while sleeping" and that Verizon SuperPages Companion Directory cautions, "Not for use while operating a moving vehicle."

Or perhaps our descendants will meditate long and hard on the Zen-like mysteries in labels such as "Hot beverages are hot!" (Thanks, Stella) and "Not for use in water" (on an inflatable raft) and achieve a higher level of consciousness altogether, one in which basic common sense is again taken for granted.

Nick Gillespie is editor-in-chief of Reason. This review originally appeared in the Sunday, February 25, 2007 edition of The New York Post.




Sometimes I think we are too busy worshiping celebrities to fucking think..... I guess we get what we deserve....


-BPM

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Another Random Drink

I give you the Brandy Corpse reviver. http://www.drinkstreet.com/searchresults.cgi?drinkid=766&drinkname=category:20


"When I have one martini, I feel bigger, wiser, taller. When I have a second, I feel superlative. When I have more, there's no holding me."

- William Faulkner

Computer Problems

I love computers. I hate computers. They can do all sorts of cool stuff, but when problems arise they can be a huge pain. I have been planning to update mine. New processor, video card, ram, in hopes to get a couple of more years out of it before I spend 900 bucks and build a new one. So stupid me I thought updating the BIOS would be a good place to start. I down load the new handy-dandy ASUS bios corrupter, I mean updater. Yeah, that did not go very well, BIOS does not work any more. powers up the case fans and that is all. Shit. So I order a new motherboard. I install. BIOS works fine but windows won't boot. Shit again. I guess I have to install Windows again. luckily someone at work has some, shall we say Buccaneer-inspired OS disks that I can use. So I get a new copy and install away. I don't know exactly what NTDLL.DLL is but when it comes to booting windows it is apparently a show-stopper. Bad file. So, I call unnamed co-worker and see what I can do. Lucky for me he has many disks and between them all I am able to find clean files and OS works again. Yeah. Now I am still in the re-install everything and try to remember the fucking passwords phase of things. So things are well again in computerland. Big thanks to unnamed co-worker. -BPM

Saturday, February 24, 2007

Pain in my ass

I'm back online after a week or so of Computer problems that have been a giant pain in my ass. I'll go into the details later. Good to be back.

-BPM

Wednesday, February 7, 2007

A Few thoughts about Big Box stores

I recently started at a local unnamed Big Box store to make a few extra bucks. Just thought I'd share a few thoughts.

Really excited young managers are the same where ever you go.
We consumers go through mass quantities of useless shit.
4 am is really fucking early for someone like me.
Stocking things on the bottom shelf sucks when you are 6'5".
Bitching is apparently the favored pastime of the AARP set.
I guess I can add BoxLiftingMonkey to my description, or Human Forklift if you prefer...

But the extra $$ will be nice

-BPM

Thursday, February 1, 2007

Random Drink of the Week

Maybe a regular feature, Random Drink of the week. This week the "Rocky mountain Bear Fuck" Enjoy.


http://www.drinkstreet.com/searchresults.cgi?drinkid=1806&drinkname=Rocky%20Mountian

Thursday morning

Hi from Thursday morning....Listening to Radio Paradise give a listen if you have not already. Great site...Great music.....T

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

1st Post

I'm going to give the blog thing a try.

I'm Tim, A couple things about me:

I'm 39 and have a 13 yo Daughter.
I'm a fairly committed Libertarian.
I'm not sure there is enough data to declare Global Warming Fact, But I don't dismiss it outright.
I think half the Federal Government could cease to exist and we would not even notice.
I probably drink too much.
But yet I'm a generally happy person who enjoys a good laugh...

Let's see how this goes...