Archive for February, 2008

USA - January foreclosures up 57%

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

January foreclosures up 57%

Filings saw yet another big jump last month, compared to levels a year ago; 45,327 homes were lost to bank repossessions.
By Les Christie, CNNMoney.com staff writer
February 26 2008: 8:40 AM EST
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com)—Foreclosure filings nationwide soared 57% in January over the same month last year – another indication that the nation’s housing [...]

Bad Domain Names

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Bad Domain Names

All of these are companies that didn’t spend quite enough time considering how their online names might appear – and be misread…

1.Who Represents is where you can find the name of the agent that represents any celebrity. Their Web site is
www.whorepresents.com/

2.Experts Exchange is a knowledge base where programmers can exchange Advice and views [...]

Meet The Parents

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Meet The Parents
A girl asks her boyfriend to come over Friday night to meet, and have dinner with her parents.

Since this is such a big event, the girl announces to her boyfriend that after dinner, she would like to go out and make love for the first time. The boy is ecstatic, but he has [...]

Don’t Argue With The Gay Flight Attendant

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Don’t Argue With The Gay Flight Attendant
My flight was being served by an obviously gay flight attendant, who seemed to put everyone in a good mood as he served us food and drinks.

As the plane prepared to descend, he came swishing down the aisle and told us “Captain Marvey has asked me to announce that [...]

Engineer Speak

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Engineer says: A number of different approaches are being tried
Engineer means: We are still grasping at straws

Engineer says: We’re working on a fresh approach to the problem
Engineer means: We just hired three kids fresh out of uni

Engineer says: Close project coordination
Engineer means: We know who to blame

Engineer says: Major technological breakthrough
Engineer means: It works OK, [...]