Thursday, Nov 7, 2013 ~ The weekend ain't too far away

[Beckster]

Getting closer to it every day

From A Place Where Sleep Is Nonexistent.

[Derick]

yup

[Derick]

my FB has been blowing up this morning. apparently the guy that got me into road racing and doing trackdays has stage 4 cancer of the bones. He probably wont make it much longer. So there is a mass messaging going on. Every 2 seconds someone is posting a message

[Chip]

Sure.
Why not?

[JDubb]

10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

1. GEORGE STRAIT WINS COUNTRY MUSIC'S HIGHEST HONOR
The singer is named CMA entertainer of the year, while Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert and Taylor Swift take other top awards.

2. TESTS BACK CLAIM THAT ARAFAT WAS POISONED
Swiss scientists say they've found evidence that the Palestinian leader was killed with a radioactive substance.

3. HOW CHILD SEATS FARED IN CRASH TESTS
More than half of boosters that went on sale this year earn a top rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

4. THOUSANDS EVACUATED AHEAD OF TYPHOON
Philippine villagers are forced to leave an area devastated by a recent earthquake as a powerful storm approaches.

5. MUSHARRAF FREED FROM HOUSE ARREST
Prison officials are withdrawn from the former Pakistani president's home, where he had been held since April.

6. WHY ARIZONA MAN KILLED HIS GRANDMOTHER
Jason Eric Howell told police he was upset with her strict curfew rules and how much she charged him for rent, so he beat her with a shovel and slit her throat.

7. WHERE A NEW DINOSAUR SPECIES WAS FOUND
Paleontologists unveil a new species - the equivalent of T. rex's great-uncle - discovered four years ago in Utah.

8. NEWSWOMAN SEEKS HELP FOR ALCOHOL DEPENDENCY
ABC says veteran anchor and reporter Elizabeth Vargas is in a treatment facility.

9. BIDEN DIALS THE WRONG NUMBER
The VP picks up the phone to congratulate Boston's new mayor, but gets a different Marty Walsh.

10. DOLPHINS COACH TAKING HEAT
Hazing allegations raise questions about whether Joe Philbin and his staff were negligent in failing to stop the behavior.

[LeNeve]

6. WHY ARIZONA MAN KILLED HIS GRANDMOTHER
Jason Eric Howell told police he was upset with her strict curfew rules and how much she charged him for rent, so he beat her with a shovel and slit her throat.

well, yeah. what else can you do at that point. high rent, and a curfew? jeebus christ.

[Chip]

Damn nature, you scary.

Black Dragon Fish

[LeNeve]

bone cancer is some nasty stuff. It turns your bones into jelly right? and its real fast to kill you?

[LeNeve]

ever notice how most of the scary stuff is black?

[Chip]

6. WHY ARIZONA MAN KILLED HIS GRANDMOTHER
Jason Eric Howell told police he was upset with her strict curfew rules and how much she charged him for rent, so he beat her with a shovel and slit her throat.

well, yeah. what else can you do at that point. high rent, and a curfew? jeebus christ.

That place really is a prison on the planet bull shit.

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[Beckster]

my FB has been blowing up this morning. apparently the guy that got me into road racing and doing trackdays has stage 4 cancer of the bones. He probably wont make it much longer. So there is a mass messaging going on. Every 2 seconds someone is posting a message

A: That's so sad. Cancer sucks.

B: You can unfollow a post.

From A Place Where Sleep Is Nonexistent.

[Chip]

ever notice how most of the scary stuff is black?

And cool stuff is blue.

A Blue Dragon...

[Beckster]

Sure.
Why not?

WTF

From A Place Where Sleep Is Nonexistent.

[Chip]

7. WHERE A NEW DINOSAUR SPECIES WAS FOUND
Paleontologists unveil a new species - the equivalent of T. rex's great-uncle - discovered four years ago in Utah.

It takes a while for news to get in or out of Utah, huh?

[Derick]

B: You can unfollow a post.

its not a post, its a mass message. I see that you can mute the message though