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Weekly News Update: Aug 15-21

Well, it's been a freakishly speedy past two weeks. The Leader's Retreat in downtown Fort Worth was awesome..check out Mike's Blog for some cool stuff on that.

Without further ado, here's the Weekly News Update for the 15th through the 21st. What happened to the week of the 7th? Well...Nothing happened. Anywhere. So there was no news. Get over it.

All this shopping has made me tired...I think I'll take a nap. Where's my credit card?

The Mall Of America, located in Minniapolis, is well known for it's extravagant shopping, indoor theme/waterpark, and over 4 miles of storefront space. But if venturing through this indoor conglomoration of marketing is too much for you, don't worry! PowerNap Sleep Centers is constructing a new type of store located in the heart of the Mall Of America. For a low, low 70 cents per minute, you can walk in, kick off your shoes, and take a nap right there in the mall. That works out to $42 an hour for your nap. (!!!) PowerNap Inc. believes that this store will be ideal for business travelers who desire a nap after a long flight, but do not intend to stay overnight at a hotel. Ahh..how courteous. Imagine, if you will, how this scenario might take place: It's been a long, stressful day. Mr. Harrigan yelled at you again, and nobody at the office seems to like you. You want to pick up a few things at the Mall Of America, because that seems like a low impact, stress-free environment to be in. After walking 2 miles into the AmusMall,
you feel absolutely exhausted. The wooden benches hurt your back..you begin to sulk. A man dressed in a stunningly white tuxedo smiles as you slouch by his store...You return the gesture by sticking your tongue out at him. He continues to smile, and says in an angelic voice, "You look like you could use a nap". You collapse into....ok ok, this is really stupid. But do you see my point? This idea seems pretty dumb to me. Wanna take a two hour nap without being charged 80 bucks? Go to your local movie theater, buy an $8 ticket for "Herbie, Fully Loaded", kick back, and catch some zzz's.

A very inspirational story.
This is awesome. A 61-year-old man named Wally Stanley was struck by a drunk driver as he was out on a jog in 1984. Wally has been paralyzed from the waste down since...but that hasn't hurt is golf game. Last week, Wally sunk his 2nd hole-in-one in two years...Acing the 140-yard hole. Mr. Stanley drives a modified golfcart specially designed to drive on the green without leaving marks. His seat is also specially designed, allowing him to pull up next to his golfball, swivel out of the cart, and drive the ball--one handed. Yeah, a 140 yard drive, one handed. And since it was a Par 3, I bet he was holding back. Anyone want to arm wrestle this guy?
How cool is that, that this man has triumphed over his physical disabilities...they don't define him. I'd like to play a few rounds of golf with this guy.

Back to the funny news...S.w.a.t.: Sure We Are Totally-aware-of-what-we're-doing.

Ok, scenario time again. You and your family are hanging out, enjoying a lovely game of Cranium, when all of a suddon, men in black start busting in your windows, break your door down, come flying into your house, and tell you to get on the ground at gun point.
Pretty scary. Did it happen? Oh yes.
Federal and State authorities are looking into what went wrong when a New Jersey S.W.A.T team raided the wrong house.
"We are investigating what went wrong," said Sgt. Gerald Lewis Jr. "For some reason...we actually hit the wrong house."
Woops. The family of four living in the home was frightened and confused as the men searched for weapons and drugs within the home. The poor Swat team took 15 minutes to realize that they were at the incorrect address. Crud.

Attorneys are still assessing the amount of damage done to the home, to be paid for by our Tax Dollars.

Well, next time you go to raid somebody's home, gentlemen, tell your dispatcher not to use Mapsco.

That is all, we'll catch up on Product Recall's next week.

posted by Seth @ 5:06 PM