I just couldn’t pass up this story. It’s just too nutty.

According to the Rapid City Journal, Marguerite Engle, 45, from Sturgis, South Dakota, was found, passed out, behind the wheel of a stolen delivery truck just off the highway. She submitted to a blood alcohol test and was released on bond.

After she missed her court date, she was found, passed out, behind the wheel of yet another stolen car. Thankfully, she was jailed immediately.

Now here’s where the story get’s blog-worthy. Her initial blood alcohol test returned the highest (by 40%) blood alcohol ever recorded in South Dakota, possibly in the universe. She clocked in at .708! Yes, her blood was almost 1% alcohol. That’s almost ten times the legal limit, and nearly twice what is commonly considered as lethal (.4).

This woman’s blood had as much alcohol in it as a strong, brewed root beer. It begs the question: How much alcohol percentage is required before human blood becomes flammable? Hmmm.

The whole God-In-Christmas debate was conspicuously absent in 2009. I saw “Merry Christmas” prominently displayed on sales material from stores that, in the past, notoriously avoided the phrase. Every place I spent my money (and I spent a lot of money) my “Merry Christmas” greeting was responded to in turn. Maybe we reached a tipping point with all the hubbub in 2008. Maybe the “politically correct” minority in this country have finally returned to the back of the bus. I’d sure like to think so. Now, if we can just get our government to reach the same epiphany.

Merry Christmas to you, and a happy and prosperous 2010. (That’s “Twenty-Ten!”)

It’s been a while since I’ve had a real, honest, laugh-out-loud moment. But this post on icanhascheezburger.com triggered a full-on guffaw.

No, this is not about the importance of legal planning for end of life care. (Although that is important.)

This is the living will for my own blog.  More specifically, my blog videos (such as Work From Home Friday Videos).

I, Trint, being of sound mind and body, as sole proprietor of Surely You’re Not Serious, do make the following request: If my videos ever get as bad as the video below, someone please pull the plug and do not resuscitate!

Unfortunately, this does not get any funnier after about the first 30 seconds like the real “bad music” classics, but… Me oh my, it’s so bad I was crying!

P.S. This guy has a whole channel of similarly bad videos.

I just read an article about the angriest Americans.

I recent study interviewed 1800 American adults to track down their angriness. According to the study the most angry Americans are A) under 30 years old, B) raising children, and C) have less than average education.

So, let’s see. I’m 36. No kids. College graduate. Hmm. Yep.

Clicky clicky for the full article.

This week’s white board quip has me thinking about food and fat.

That’s the problem with sweatpants.

I don’t even know where I heard that one. (But isn’t it just a perfect fit for the white board?!) As soon as I saw it in my queue, though, I knew it was the right quip for this week because I feel very much like switching to sweat pants for my office attire.

Despite my insistence that holiday food “doesn’t count,” my weight has been steadily increasing. I’ve almost completely erased my Weight Watchers success from a couple of years ago. It looks like I’ll be punishing myself with another diet… after the holidays, of course.