At 12:25pm EST the World Wide Web (also known as the Internet) crashed for 43 minutes resulting in productivity throughout the nation.

“Can you hear me now?” “I can’t get a signal!” 

It is hard to believe the everyday cell phone is celebrating its 25^th birthday much to the dismay of dependent users everywhere.

I feel sorry for dogs. If they really are colorblind they will never be able to play Twister.

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If you tuned in midstream during the final Presidential debate you might have thought McCain and Obama were trading jabs about the Gambino crime family from the Soprano’s. “Joe the Plumber” was mentioned 11 times. Nine times by McCain and two by Obama. 

“Joe the Plumber” apparently replaced “Joe Beer Can” in the last several days. Joe the Plumber became representational of small business. Joe Beer Can (aka Joe Six Pack) is usually associated with the in the trenches, paycheck-to-paycheck worker. And yes, Joe the Plumber is a real person Obama met in the town of Holland, Ohio (no, that is not really a picture of him). 

With only a few weeks remaining I expect to be introduced to a whole new cast… 

Cindy the under-aged Pregnant Teen 

Bill the 45-year-old Wal-Mart Greeter 

Cathy the eBay Queen 

Billy No Car 

Rachael the Coupon Diva 

John the Out-of-Work-for-a-Year Dad 

Clifton the CEO without a Golden Parachute

Anyone you want to add?

Here is what greeted me when I went to the Lowe’s hardware store this morning. Yep, not the day after Thanksgiving, not even the day after Halloween - but today, October 8th. I strongly suspect this will ensure I will be way over the holidays before we even get to December…

Sure you could spend today going back over this week’s blogs on The Slow Bleed. Certainly the blogs on the Bailout Pork Additives was fun (or is that depressing?), what to watch for on the VP debate could kill time (but hey, the debate is over anyway), or even check out the Live Bait vending machine (in case you are hungry). But why?

It is Friday and after a rollercoaster week I just HAD to end on something amusing. You may have caught a couple of the commercials but here is the mini-documentary regarding the “Routan Boom.”

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