The World’s Shortest Personality Test
Posted by swingate | Filed under General, Phun
You are dignified, spiritual, and wise. Always unsatisfied, you constantly try to better yourself. You are also a seeker of knowledge and often buried in books. You tend to be philosophical, looking for the big picture in life. |
Birthing Under The Influence – July 15, 2005
Posted by swingate | Filed under General
File this under “Too stupid to live”
Birthing Under The Influence – July 15, 2005
Oklahoma woman goes into labor after quaffing “Milwaukee’s Best”
JULY 15–A pregnant Oklahoma woman who split a case of beer with her boyfriend shortly before giving birth last month is facing felony child neglect charges. Melissa Irene Tanner, a 37-year-old mother of seven, had a blood alcohol content nearly four times the state’s .08 limit, according to the below probable cause affidavit. Tanner’s baby, a girl born June 30, had a BAC of .21, nearly three times the Oklahoma limit. Tanner, who first told a nurse that she was unaware of the pregnancy, was arrested and tossed into the Washington County lockup, where she is being held in lieu of $30,000 bail. Tanner, pictured at right in a booking photo, drank a case of beer a week during her pregnancy, and apparently preferred “the cheap stuff,” according to the affidavit. In fact, a friend quoted by cops said that after the baby was born, she asked Tanner what the girl was going to be named. Tanner, the friend told deputies, replied, “Maybe Milwaukee’s Best.”
Posted by swingate | Filed under General, Sports
Oh for Christsakes….political correctness is just going way too fucking far for my blood, thank you very little. This has caused my old school, University of West Georgia, to start investigating a change in mascot as well. They are currently known as the Braves with an Indian mascot.
ESPN.com – NCAA – FSU blasts NCAA playoff Indian mascot ban
The NCAA banned the use of American Indian mascots by sports teams during its postseason tournaments, but will not prohibit them otherwise.
American Indian Mascots
Alcorn State
Braves
Central Michigan
Chippewas
Florida State
Seminoles
Utah
Utes
Bradley
Braves
Arkansas State
Indians
Illinois
Fighting Illini
Louisiana-Monroe
Indians
Other mascots in lower divisions: Catawba College (Indians), Midwestern State (Indians), Indiana University-Pennsylvania (Indians), Carthage College (Redmen), Chowan College (Braves), McMurry (Indians), Mississippi College (Choctaws), Newberry College (Indians), North Dakota (Fighting Sioux), Southeastern Oklahoma State (Savages)
The NCAA’s executive committee decided this week the organization did not have the authority to bar Indian mascots by individual schools, committee chairman Walter Harrison said Friday.
Nicknames or mascots deemed “hostile or abusive” would not be allowed on team uniforms or other clothing beginning with any NCAA tournament after Feb. 1, said Harrison, the University of Hartford’s president.
WASHINGTON — A poll of American Indians found that an overwhelming majority of them are not bothered by the name of the Washington Redskins.
Only 9 percent of those polled said the name of the NFL team is “offensive,” while 90 percent said it’s acceptable, according to the University of Pennsylvania’s National Annenberg Election Survey, released Friday.
Annenberg polled 768 Indians in every state except Hawaii and Alaska from Oct. 7, 2003, to Sept. 20, 2004.
how many f’s can you find in the following sentence
Posted by swingate | Filed under General, Jokes
FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI
FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH
THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS…
Did you count 4? Most people’s eyes skip over the F’s at the end of words. Correct answer = 6.
Coming To America
Posted by swingate | Filed under Books, TV & Film, General
I just finished reading Roots for the very first time. Why the hell didn’t I read this book earlier? I think everyone in America should read this book. I’ve never felt so proud to be African-American in my life. The first 100 pages or so were pretty boring but once I reached the point where Kunta Kinte was captured by the slave traders I was absolutely riveted…I couldn’t put it down. I think I read the last 150 pages in one day.
I would love to trace my family genealogy back to Africa the way Alex Haley did. I’d love to know more about my Indian heritage too. My dad’s mother was 1/2 Indian and I don’t even know what tribe. I know relatives have tried and reached a dead end fairly quickly. Both my parents are from the same area in rural South Carolina and the county courthouse burnt down around 1910 or so. There might be something at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. There’s a Wingate college in North Carolina. Sometimes I wonder if that family owned my forebearers.
Acronym Generator
Posted by swingate | Filed under General, Phun
| D | Dreamy |
| I | Intense |
| A | Adventurous |
| L | Lively |
| T | Talented |
| O | Old |
| N | Nerdy |
| E | Earthy |
