Don't Back Down

Posted by Chad Everett on August 5, 2005

Your Shades or Your Life »

It's really pathetic that our world has come to this. Some teenagers are roughhousing - like that's unusual - and in the process, one breaks the other's glasses. The breakee demands payment, but the breaker only has half the money, so friends of the "victim" beat up the kid who broke the glasses.

Bad enough, you say? Wait - it goes on! So the Rogers family is driving around later that night, and the mom stops to talk to the two who assaulted her son, even offering to pay for the glasses. The mom's sister suggests calling the police. The guy with the gun says I'm a give you a reason to call the police and shoots several times, one of the bullets lodging in the mom's spine, rendering her legs useless for at least the time being. Doctors say she has a 50-50 chance of walking again.

While I know it's stereotypical, I doubt the shooter would be reading at all, much less here. But come on people - shooting someone over a pair of sunglasses, that have already been halfway paid for, and someone offered to fully purchase? That's just insane!

Posted by Chad Everett on August 5, 2005

Lynn Wheeler is Running Again »

So it would appear that Lynn Wheeler is once again ready to run for City Council. Has she learned her lesson? I don't know. The message she posted would indicate that she has done so, but there's only one way to find out.

I'm not sure I'm ready to take that route. While Lynn promises to fix the problems of crime, taxes and potholes (that's an odd combination for her focus), I just don't know if she can do the job or not. Her prior loss and two years off might help, but is it really in the city's best interest to bring her back?

Posted by Chad Everett on August 5, 2005

Flash Popups in Firefox »

Those of you who have used Firefox for a while have undoubtedly encountered a problem with certain types of popups getting past the generally outstanding popup blocker in the software. It is puported that these may be caused by Flash - and this tip alleges to fix the problem through the use of privacy.popups.disable_from_plugins. I went back to PopupTest, and it seems that I'm still vulnerable to the Drop Down Popup, so it looks like the search continues.