Yahoo Odd News - Idiot on the Horn

GLENS FALLS, N.Y. - Sometimes, blowing your own horn is too much of a good thing. Glen Falls police said an upstate New York driver who was stopped for blowing his vehicle's horn excessively was charged with driving while intoxicated.

Glens Falls police said Rodney Northey told them he was blowing his horn on a downtown street dotted with bars to "let people know he was in town."

Officers on duty noticed, pulled Northey over late Saturday and found his blood alcohol content was point-23 percent, nearly three times over the amount for legal intoxication.

Northey was charged with aggravated DWI, a misdemeanor, and ticketed for excessively blowing his horn.

September Wine Tasting

As usual, I go to a wine tasting on the last Monday of every month at The Grape Taste with my girlfriends. I got a chance to try quite a few before my brain and my tastebuds began clashing.

Here are some wines for you to try:

Pinot Noir
Silverwing - Yarra Valley, Australia

Meritage
CMS - Columbia Valley

Merlot
Rutherford - Napa
Milbrandt - Washington state

Zinfandel (red)
Mazzocco - Sonoma
Rosenblum - Hillside Vinyards

Primitivo
Jacuzzi Family - Lake County

Syrah
Covey Run - Columbia Valley

Shiraz
Hob Nob - France

Cabernet
Windmill - Lodi
Errazuriz - Chile

Petit Shitaz
M. David Petite Petit - Lodi

Enjoy!

Kids

Evelyn colored on her eyelids with a yellow highlighter. Eyeshadow for four-year-olds.

Jimmy and another boy in our neighborhood were playing "war", in which rocks were "bombs". The other little boy got "blown up" by one of these "bombs", which busted his head open.

Sarah put a bucket on her head and ran into walls on purpose, laughing each time she crashed.

Jimmy has had several "when I grow up" choices recently: Trash can truck driver , fire truck driver, semi-truck driver, crane truck driver, and soldier tank driver. All in his own words, it seems as if he just wants to drive.

Evelyn still puts her shoes on the wrong feet every time, even though we are constantly correcting her.

Sarah likes to walk around the house in my flip-flops, then gets mad when she trips and falls.

When I ask Jimmy if he's been a good boy at school after picking him up, he says "Yeah, I was a good boy today, but I just got in trouble a little bit." Our ideas of being a good boy differ, it seems.

Obama Haiku

Don't do needle drugs.
The only dope worth shooting:
Barack Obama.

McCain Kicks Ass!

MCCAIN: So let me get this right. We sit down with Ahmadinejad, and he says, "We're going to wipe Israel off the face of the Earth," and we say, "No, you're not"? Oh, please.

Read the September 26, 2008 Presidential Debate Transcript. The debate took place at the campus of the University of Mississippi.

Hurricane Ike Did Not Blow Me Away

Ike just made me evacuate.

But I'm home safe and sound now. When I got back last Monday evening, I was one of the fortunate people to have power. Still, only 60% of my city has power as of yesterday. So I consider myself lucky.

No major damage to report here. There used to be a tree in the courtyard; now it is gone. My front door got warped from all the wind-driven rain, but at least it still closes and locks. And my refrigerator/freezer was less than pleasant to clean out. But that's it.