Takes on the news

Segway (remember “IT”?) sales slump, company forecast bleak.[1] But, you can now buy (overpriced) Progressive insurance on the thing.[2] Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha.

DSL customers brace for higher prices
Meanwhile, in rural TN, dialup customers are begging to get broadband at any price…

On a much more serious note —
At Least Three Dead in Alabama Shooting, Police Say


Update: 4 killed, one injured.

This one should get an entry in “World’s Dumbest Felons”: Police cornered the shooter “at his apartment, after [they] went to the address he had put down on his job applications.”