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This morning I got an e-mail from Bloggersbase telling me to write something humorous for this humor category before I lose my spot in the competition. Nevermind that I'm already writing my ass off in the love and relationships category and the health category. Sure, why don't I sit down and write 10 brilliant humorous articles? Because I find it very hard to be funny on command. I'm not trying to be a show off but people usually call me a very funny person. Mine is a very dry, sarcastic form of humor... I just find it very hard to put down in words, especially when I have a deadline and 4 to 5 other articles to write as well!

Let's discuss some fun ways to annoy other people..thanks to Bloggersbase for the inspiration :-)

Number one.
Find a good seat on the subway and when somebody sits down next to you, dig into your bag and find a sketchbook and a pencil. Then stare very intensely into the other person's face and start drawing.

Number two.
Do you work in an office? If you're done using the copy machine, set it to 17 inch paper, extra dark and 99 copies.

Number three.
Going through a drive through? Make sure they understand that your order is to go. State it many times. "Now remember, this is to go".

Number four.

I genuinely get excited and eagerly await any new release by either of Tim Kasher's bands, after all he is responsible for writing and venting on some of my favourite albums. Over the years I think I have spun Cursive's 'The Ugly Organ' and The Good Life's 'Album Of The Year' billions of times.

Obviously it was good news when i found out Cursive would release their 6th studio album titled 'Mama, I'm Swollen' on the 10th of March. To make things even sweeter the good folk at Saddle Creek decided to sellthe digital version for just 1$ on the 1st of March, 2$ on the 2nd, 3$ on the 3rd etc. until the release date. As far as cool marketing ideas go this one rates highly and rewards the fans who buy early.

At the time of the competition Saddle Creek's website was obviously slow or unresponsive, I assume due to the sheer amount of requests this deal had attracted. I had managed to get through and listened to the album on that morning. I'm still really impressed with the tracks on display and since it is as good as the band's other recorded output I may well also chip in for the $15 double vinyl version.

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"Barack Obama claims to have been born in Honolulu Aug. 4, 1961," explains Farah. "His entire constitutional claim to the presidency rests on this premise. Yet, he refuses to release a copy of his long-form birth certificate – the only document that could possibly corroborate his claim. Therefore, in the interest of truth, justice and the Constitution, I am making the extraordinary offer to entice someone to come forward with the facts of his birth – whether it took place in Hawaii or elsewhere."

For two days in a row, July 7 and 8, USA Today ran articles detailing where the so-called stimulus money from Obama’s big plan to save the American economy have been going. For those of us who aren’t believers in the Obama Change message, this information is nothing new and is entirely expected.

On July 7, Matt Kelley writes:
“Under pressure to spend stimulus money quickly, many states are using the federal funds for short-term projects and to fill budget gaps rather than spending on long-term improvements, according to a report by congressional investigators.”

The report that Mr. Kelley refers to is the Government Accountability Office’s report to the House oversight hearing. The report highlights several acts of mismanagement and shows the reason that government can’t be expected to do anything well, especially when they do it quickly.

So far, a little more than half of the $49 billion stimulus aimed for the states has already been doled out. The results are abysmally short-sighted and wasteful. In other words, government as usual.