Update at 4:15 (after working on this for several hours now): I found out the problem, so I don’t need help anymore. Long story short, there was a function that was failing, throwing a false return back and causing the rest of the code to not be executed completly. I basically had to go through the code line-by-line to figure that out, but it works. Original request is after the jump.

Really Bad Photoshop Jobs
Faith Hill doesn’t even look like the same person. But as bad as that was, at least she didn’t have Thing from the Addams Family on her shoulder like this lady did.

Want To Lower Your Tax Bill?
Just find a way to pay yourself rent. That’s how Wal-Mart did it.

Akismet Hates Me
I don’t know what it is, but Akismet, the popular comment and spam blocking service that’s in use on tons of blogs, hates me. So far, my various simple comments on Greg’s blog, Aaron’s blog, and two of Jon’s blogs have all been marking me as spam, causing my comments to get totally lost, never to be found, or get moderated to be found eventually. I run Akismet on this site as well, and it’s been marking me as spam, too (though I’ve white-listed myself so my other spam filters automatically will override Akismet). The authors of those sites have since been marking me as “Not Spam” in their respective systems (dasBlog, Wordpress, and Jon’s homebrew system) to try to reverse that. I always use the same e-mail address (my first name [at] orty [dot] com) and URL (this site) when posting comments, but somehow I still get marked as spam. I’ll e-mail the Akismet folks, but I just wanted to post this here for folks whose blogs I might have commented on in recent weeks: check your junk/moderation area to make sure I’m not in there.

If You Were Having A Hard Time Getting To This Site This Weekend…
…this is why. What a frickin’ mess that has been.

Good Thing I Was In The Drive Up Window
I was in the drive-up window picking up my order at the north Burger King here in bend when several police officers came flying into the parking lot and two stepped out on foot with guns drawn behind my van, looking behind the dumpster area at the fast food joint. I immediately locked my doors and rolled up my windows. I cracked them back down and I asked the Burger King lady what was going on, and they say they had just been robbed at gunpoint, and asked me if I’d seen anything. I hadn’t. Which is too bad because the guy got away on foot, according to this story and it would’ve helped had I seen something. If I was inside getting my order (which I would’ve done had there been a car or two in the drive-up), I would’ve been in there at the same time as the guy. A scary thought, indeed. I was kind of shaken by the whole thing and drove off without my drink. Oh well. But from now on, I’m doing drive-up when I go to a fast food place after dark, no questions asked.

Obvious Headline Of The Day
And this indeed was the actual headline: Study: Smoking bans reduce smoking.

To Make You Smile
If you have kids, you’ll just love watching the kids laugh their little heads off in this video. For those who say “That’s child abuse!” I say shut up — he’s playing and interacting with his kids (which sadly a LOT of parents don’t do anymore) and they wouldn’t be laughing if they were hurt or not having fun. Sheltering kids with no physical play only leads to messed up kids. But the best part at the end was (I’m assuming) the older brother: “It’s alright! You’re supposed to bleed a little bit on the Slip ‘n’ Slide!”

Drama At Burning Man
Somebody set fire to The Man early. Simone’s down there right now, probably following this mess. They’ve caught the guy who did it, and his mugshot is priceless.

Cool Optical Illusion
This one will mess with your head.

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