JPNor's blog

OK, time for another rant. I'm making awesome time yesterday leaving a client's location. The weather was kind of shitty but traffic was still moving. I come around a corner by a busy shopping mall..... and I run into a sea of red brake lights. Takes 3 red-green cycles before I can get through the intersection and when I finally do, I see the reason for the tie-up:

Every year, a trade publication hosts a conference for the pre-employment screening industry. I've been with my company since early 2004, and I guess now I'm important enough to go. This year the trade show is in Clearwater, Florida. The plan was this - we all fly down Saturday (tomorrow), get toasty on the plane ride down there, and continue getting toasty into the evening. Sunday, wow our two biggest clients by spending $900 on a boat and going deep-sea fishing in the Gulf of Mexico.

Every year, a trade publication hosts a conference for the pre-employment screening industry. I've been with my company since early 2004, and I guess now I'm important enough to go. This year the trade show is in Clearwater, Florida. The plan was this - we all fly down Saturday (tomorrow), get toasty on the plane ride down there, and continue getting toasty into the evening. Sunday, wow our two biggest clients by spending $900 on a boat and going deep-sea fishing in the Gulf of Mexico.

I think everybody here will agree that parents should assume responsibility for their kids' actions, especially on the subject of video games. After all, if a kid wants to run over a hooker after paying her for oral treats, you don't want your favorite game to be censored or banned - you want the parents to admit they stopped raising their kid at some point.

I think everybody here will agree that parents should assume responsibility for their kids' actions, especially on the subject of video games. After all, if a kid wants to run over a hooker after paying her for oral treats, you don't want your favorite game to be censored or banned - you want the parents to admit they stopped raising their kid at some point.

This morning, I loaded my $400 paperweight into the coffin to ship back to Microsoft. My next two weekends involve trips to Florida and Connecticut, so I figured I would get the most out of the 360 the last couple days. While it would require some finesse and sweet talk to get the system to boot up, once I got it running it would work flawlessly for the entire gaming session.

This morning, I loaded my $400 paperweight into the coffin to ship back to Microsoft. My next two weekends involve trips to Florida and Connecticut, so I figured I would get the most out of the 360 the last couple days. While it would require some finesse and sweet talk to get the system to boot up, once I got it running it would work flawlessly for the entire gaming session.

I can still remember the joy I felt. I saw the UPS info notice on my door, with the words "Repair Center" poorly scribbled on the info notice. It could only mean one thing - my new Xbox 360 was in New Hampshire, the warrantee replacement for my Red Ring of Death. I cheerfully drove the 45 minutes to UPS to pick up the box. I cheerfully drove back and didn't mind spending $2.77 a gallon on gas.

I remember all this like it was last month.

I can still remember the joy I felt. I saw the UPS info notice on my door, with the words "Repair Center" poorly scribbled on the info notice. It could only mean one thing - my new Xbox 360 was in New Hampshire, the warrantee replacement for my Red Ring of Death. I cheerfully drove the 45 minutes to UPS to pick up the box. I cheerfully drove back and didn't mind spending $2.77 a gallon on gas.

I remember all this like it was last month.

.....is essentially what a Philadelphia judge told a rape victim, who just happened to be a prostitute.

"The sex worker, a 20-year-old single mother, negotiated sex with the defendant over the phone. When she arrived, she agreed to have sex with his friend for an additional charge.

Instead, the friend arrived and pulled a gun. Two other men also arrived, and the four forced her to have sex at gunpoint.

But Deni dropped the rape charges stemming from the Sept. 20 incident because she believed that the prostitute had "consented and she didn't get paid."