CRPD Mobile Speed Camera

I usually take 3rd St. SE northward from Diagonal Drive  every morning on my way to work… swinging around 5th Ave to hit the Parking Lot around the corner. Low and behold, several of my team-mates are “chilling” outside along the sidewalk pointing at red Jeep Grand Cherokee parked along the street. It wasn’t until I parked and got to work, when I realized what the commotion was all about: The Jeep parked outside Intermec was the CRPD Mobile Speed Camera. I usually see this thing in all of its “Speed-Camera Glory” sitting along the interstate.

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Poster: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

“It costs little to watch, and little more if you happen to get caught up in the action, if that’s your taste and times being what they are.”

To decipher meaning out of a seemingly insignificant phrase, or so it might seem otherwise….if there is any meaning behind it at all. To Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, the world is naught but a tangle of episodes into which they have been summoned to unravel the delusions of their old-school friend, Hamlet.

September 3-5 & 10-12 at 7:30pm at the Riverside Festival Stage, City Park, Iowa City. Tickets are available at the door, or by calling the ICCT box office at 319-338-0443.

Directed by James Trainor, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead features the talents of Brad Quinn and David Priebe.

Of course, I’ll be in the show as well as one of the Tragedians. This is gonna’ be a LOT of fun.

Just got this in my inbox tonight. I’m so excited. I can’t wait to tell my Dad.

Barrister Marcus Wilson & partners.
Rue du Gouvernerur Bayol
B.P 1280
Cotonou,Benin
Private / Highly Confidential
Subject Matter: Invitation To Act As Next Of Kin.

Dear Friend,

I presume this letter will come to you as a surprise, but  as things unfold,we will know each other better. I will start by introducing myself to you.My names are Barrister Marcus Wilson a solicitor at law.

I am writing in respect of a foreigner Mr Glenn David, who happens to be my client an oil merchant and contractor who perished in a plane crash,You may also wish to view this web site on the internet to confirm the plane crash.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/25/benin.crash/index.html?iref=allsearch

Since the demise of my client I personally have watched with keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim his funds of Eighty Five Million Five Hundred  Thousand United States Dollar and all the relevant documents in the  bank has no record of any next of kin.

On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as his next of kin so I have contacted you to assist in repatriating most especially, the money left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where the huge deposits were lodged.

Particularly, the Bank of  Africa where the deceased had an account valued at about Eighty Five Million Five Hundred  Thousand United States Dollar has issued me a notice to provide the Next of kin, or have the account confiscated.

I seek your consent to present you as the Next of kin of the deceased,I need somebody who is trustworthy and willing to assist me get the funds transfered.Whcih the account which my late client operate is valued at Eighty Five Million Five Hundred  Thousand United States Dollar can be paid to you, as my clients Next of Kin, and then we can share the amount on a mutual agreed percentage.
All legal documents to back up your claim as the deceased Next of Kin will be provided.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law and you should endeavor to keep it confidential.

kind send this requirement for more information.

NAME………..
COUNTRY……..
AGE…………
SEX…………
OCCUPATION…..
PHONE NUMBER…

Please get in touch with me at: barr.marcus.w@hotmail.com.com , to enable us discuss further about this transaction.

Best Regards,

Barrister Marcus Wilson

Does anybody really fall for this anymore?

Once again, it is time to reflect on 2009 and the the hilarity that ensued with these viral videos. I will not presume to have compiled the ultimate list, but these are the clips that gave me the most sincerest laughs of 2009.

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Rockwell Automation

It’s no secret that I spent several years in the Engineering Labs of Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, who I owe much of my enthusiasm for doing so to my father.

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RRT Elektra Poster

Since Chris Hanel has stepped-down from the MAJOR role he played in the creation of Riff Raff Theater, I have taken over as the “Poster Guy” and have been having a rather fun time putting this all together.

On September 11 (it’s a Friday), Riff Raff Theater will be mocking the quite rotten movie: Elektra. Let me know what you think of the poster. Hopefully, I have placed “All that is Riff Raff Theater” into this thing. Let me know what you think.

Honest. Be brutal. It’s a learning experience.

Dr. House

Lately, I have been rather busy with LIFE stuff…and we all know how THAT goes.

Over the past few weeks, my eyes have been rather puffy and I haven’t been able to get a decent nights rest in over 6 months. So, last week I took a few days off from work and met with my Family Practioner. Following the exam, made an appointment to get some blood-work done the next day. In the mean-time, I was prescribed a rather powerful sleep-agent, Trazadone, and a Prednizone variety for the puffyness around the eyes.

Of course, I found the Trazadone to be rather effective. But, when I met with my family doctor the following week, the steroids did little to reduce the swelling around my eyes. Fortunately, the blood-work indicated that my 40-ish body was doing rather well. My cholesterol is good and my liver and kidney functions are doing fine as well. So, why the swelling? Lord only knows. My doctor made an appointment with an opthemologist next week, so hopely this all may only be allergies. In the meantime, my doctor gave me a sample of an antihistemine eye-drop that I’m supposed to take once-a-day.

Hopefully, we’ll get this all figured out.