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So I’m home visiting mom and dad for thanksgiving. Mom starts telling me this story about a recent trip to Sheetz. I will try to relay it the best I can…

So my mom and her sister, Ruth Ann are coming home from shopping (or some other sisterly bonding period) and they decide to stop at Sheetz to get some food.My mom gets a sub (hoagie, poorboy, grinder, whatever…) because they are having a deal of some sort on 12 inch subs. She figures my dad will eat half of it. Fast forward a bit in time. Mom is at home, cuts the sub in half, and gives half od it to my dad. The sit down to watch some TV and eat their food. Mom eats hers but as she takes the last bite she feels her back molar crunch. Naturally, since we Deckers have extremely soft teeth, she assumes she’s broken a tooth or cracked a filling or something like that. I can relate, I sheared a molar in half once with a Necco Wafer. Anyway, she goes into the bathroom to check it out. Open mouth. Look around. Nothing. Out comes the floss. Floss. Floss floss. Floss floss floss. Pop. So it was something jammed between her teeth. Mom reaches in and pulls out the most horrifying thing you can imagine. That’s right, my mother had eaten a human fingernail. There it was. In her mouth, jammed between her teeth. So at this point in the story I’m freaking out and cursing Sheetz. Now for any of you that know me, I swear by Sheetz. I curse Pittsburgh because there aren’t any near me. I hafta drive 30 minutes to get to one. How in the world am I supposed to get a Schmuffin?? Anyway, mom goes back into the room to show my dad. He advises her to keep it and talk to the corporate office. Heck yeah.

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p>Later that night after discussing much of the situation with my dad, mom decided to give it a rest. Back to TV. It’s what Deckers do. Get over it. As she’s sitting there she feels her hand catch on the fabric of her shirt. Looking down, mom sees her pinky finger is jagged on the end. That’s right folks, in devouring a Sheetz sub, my mom bit her own fingernail off and nearly caused a lawsuit. I tell ya, only in Defiance. It’s okay mom, i still love ya.

Holy crap! Go vote for Larry Johnson for Heisman Trophy! What are you waiting for???

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p>VOTE FOR LJ!!!

I’ve been saying this since 1998:

“The easiest way to avoid parasite programs, he says, is to stop using Internet Explorer because it is targeted by many of the adware and spyware companies. [source]“

It’s not so much the adware and the spyware, but it’s the lack of conformity to standards. If I hadn’t spent a whole crapload of extra time, much more of this site would be broken in IE. I admit that in the past I’ve used IE and liked it. But I never liked it as a developer. It breaks everything. Nowadays, if it shows up correctly in Mozilla, Phoenix, or Chimera, I consider it to be done correctly.

Maybe i’ll make ‘Tales from my inbox’ a regular thing. it’s far more interesting than all this other blather i post… Anyway, here’s a good one from Kristan.

“Hi, Dave! This made me think of the T-shirt you wore to Crepes …

At Keller’s Flea Market yesterday outside Savannah, I bought a pink, plastic stationery set for a dollar for my niece. It’s part of the ‘Sana Collection.’ Here are some of the highlights of translation (all spelled as they are on the packaging–seriously, [sic] all the way):

On the glue stick …

MADE IN CHINA
My heart.is flam able when less your beautiful eyes
Life is a flower of which tove is the honey

On the notepad (illustration of a bride)…

I can’t wait to show off my beautiful dread
Wedding White
I have a friend named WHITE. She has a pure heart. WHITE ORANGE STORY

It’s a very cute find.


~~Kristan“

UPDATE (1:51PM): Here’s a scan of the set she was talking about. Be careful, It’s a 1.4 megabyte download. Hi-res for the masses!

Well well well, Ellen Feiss appears in a few new articles online talking about her brush with internet stardom. She reveals that she was ‘high’ on her anti-allergy medicine Benadryl and that accounts for the red eyes. You can see the original switch ad with Ellen Feiss right here. Last time I posted that link I got huge amounts of visitors. We’re talking in the thousands in a few days.

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p>Also, read the stories and interviews. The second link is getting pounded right now, so try and refresh it a few times. You’ll get in eventually.