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Marketing 101.02

If I understand this correctly, the way to ensure franchising success, and entice schools and churches to become customers, is to choose a name that is an obvious reference to drug use? I was thinking of starting a plastering business... originally I thought We Get Plastered might be good, but now I think it may be too cute; after all, alcohol is legal. Trouble is, We Do Cracks might infringe on these guys' intellectual property. I should probably ask my business partner, Phil McCracken; at the very least, he has to be listed prominently as president of the company.

We Do Lines looks to franchise

By Michael C. Juliano, STAFF WRITER (Danbury, CT News-Times)

Published: 09:04 p.m., Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Ridgefield native Tom Darrow maneuvers a line-painter. He is a founder of We Do Lines, a Ridgefield-based line-painting company he and three friends founded in 2008 that has quickly grown to stripe about 60 parking lots a month up and down the East Coast. They are offering franchise opportunities to others who want to do lines. Photo: Contributed Photo / The News-Times Contributed

The owners of a Ridgefield business built on creating boundaries wants to turn it into a venture with limitless possibilities.

Ridgefield residents Tom Darrow, Chris Couri, Craig Lenehan and Dan Rella are offering franchise opportunities for We Do Lines, a line-painting company they founded in 2008 that quickly has grown to stripe about 60 parking lots a month up and down the East Coast.

"As soon as we started developing operations and saw how the company was doing, we saw that this would be a great franchise opportunity," said Darrow, the company's chief executive officer and the owner ofPinnacle Landscaping Inc. "We decided why don't we put this out there to see who else is interested."

Couri, We Do Lines' chief operating officer, runs Young's of Ridgefield garden and feed supply shop with Rella, the company's chief financial officer. Lenehan ownsSmith Ridge Properties, a Ridgefield-based home construction firm.

Since launching the franchise effort with the help of consultant Skip Barrett, requests have been coming in from Florida and California and as far away as Venezuela to take advantage of the $29 billion industry, according to National Parking Association figures cited on We Do Lines' Web site.

A major reason for their success is the venture's catchy name, which immediately put them on the top of search engines and led to line-striping contracts with the Doral Golf Resort & Spa in Miami and LL Bean stores in Maine, Darrow said.

"We just looked at each other and thought we may not get schools and churches, but we went with it anyway," Darrow said of the business name. "Most of our first jobs were schools and churches."

The partners, who have hired three employees, are kept busy locally by maintaining about 60 lots in Ridgefield and lots in Danbury on a yearly basis, Darrow said. They also stripe all of the parking lots for Fairfield County Bank and have done work at the headquarters of Danbury-based construction firm Morganti Group and parking garages in Stamford, Bridgeport and New Haven, Darrow said.

"Now we are at the point where we're trying to figure out what to do with our day jobs," he said, adding that the company has painted lines for about 4,000 parking spaces so far. "Most of our work in Florida is doing golf-cart staging areas."

The four of them started the business by buying a Graco line-painting machine and taking lessons from the Graco sales representative, Darrow said.

"The most important thing is you have to walk a straight line," he said. "Once we figured that out, we haven't looked back."

Startup costs for a We Do Lines franchise range from $77,000 to $134,000, mainly for leasing a truck and line-painting equipment.

Setting up a franchise presents the challenge of producing an easily replicated business model, but when done correctly, it can become a powerful revenue generator for the franchisor, saidSteven Dubin, president of the New England Franchise Association in Kingston, Mass.

"You have those franchisees as your sales force," he said.

We Do Lines seems to have a viable business model that hopefully will become a successful franchise operation, said Marian Roth, executive director of the Ridgefield Chamber of Commerce.

"I wish them well," she said. "Any company moving forward in this economy is a good thing."

Posted by Jeffrey P. Morris at 1/27/2010 8:26 PM | Add Comment

Breaking Sports News from Abbott & Costello

This could be the start of a new "Who's On First?" routine...

From: "CNN Breaking News" <BreakingNews@mail.cnn.com>
Date: January 6, 2010 4:07:42 PM EST
Subject: CNN Breaking News

-- NBA commissioner suspends Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas indefinitely, citing possession of firearms at arena.

Did you hear about the NBA's Arenas?

Which one?

Arenas.

Which arenas?

The NBA's Arenas.

Which ones?

Gilbert Arenas.

Where?

Where what?

Where are the arenas?

At home.

At home?

Yes.

Why?

Suspended.

What's suspended?

Arenas.

Arenas suspended at home?

That's right.

How is that possible?

Firearms.

Firearms?

Yes.

Arenas suspended with firearms?

That's right.

Where?

At the arena.

Yes, you told me. Which one?

Gilbert Arenas.

Gilbert Arenas?

Yes.

How many Gilbert Arenas?

What do you mean?

I mean how many Gilbert Arenas?

Just one!

Which one?

Gilbert Arenas.

You just said that! Which Gilbert Arenas?

The NBA's Gilbert Arenas.

I know! How is it possible?

How is what possible?

Arenas at home! Suspended with firearms!

I just told you.

Told me what?

Arenas at home, suspended with firearms.

Yes, you told me, but how?

How what?

How is it possible?

What do you mean?

I mean it just doesn't make sense!

Why not?

It just doesn't. I know arenas.

You know Arenas?

Yes.

Well, why the hell didn't you just say so in the first place?

Posted by Jeffrey P. Morris at 1/7/2010 1:02 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

The Silence of the Lambs, or, Who Is Scott Noren DDS, And Why Is He Saying These Terrible Things About Me?

Actually, Scott Noren DDS has never said any terrible things about me. I don't think Scott Noren, DDS knows me from Adam, and I don't know if that includes Adam Sandler. But apparently there is some web crawling software or something that searches for blogs with the slightest indication that they might be relevant and then submits the author's comments. I'm assuming that's why, in response to the item I posted back on September 15th, titled Breaking News from WTTI, Watertown, New York — a news story about the theft and butchering of a lamb from someone's farm that I used purely to make some totally lame (not lamb) puns — I received the following "comment". No, make that TWO comments, because Scott Noren DDS wrote so much it didn't fit in one comment submission. Which makes this all the more odd, since in order to submit the second part of the comment with the note, "(This finishes my last post)", one would think that Scott Noren DDS would have had to actually look at what he was doing. But I suppose that when you're running some kind of underdog political campaign, you have to take whatever opportunities come your way, no matter how inappropriate or bizarre they may be. Well, Scott Noren DDS, you may have inadvertently struck gold. Because I am going to give you a forum, not by approving your totally off-topic comments to the post you somehow stumbled upon (apparently only because it contained the name of a TV station and city within your frame of reference) and completely misinterpreted as some kind of serious local sounding board, but by posting it here as an entry all to itself, in its entirety, unedited, where it will reach my global audience of nearly a handful of readers, some of whom are actually in your state.

So what the heck. Here, for your edification and enjoyment, is some dentist who apparently wants to be a U.S. Senator.

Title: The demise of the political process

As I watched Steve Benen talk to Rachel Maddow today on her MSNBC show, it reiterated the fact that the media shows only what it wants,no matter what flavor.
As a US Senate Candidate that is just a peon health care provider without millions of dollars, that message rings loud and clear. We're told, Get on the ballot and then we'll maybe mention you...maybe throw you some sort of media dog biscuit. So the Leftist media ignores Progressive but fiscally conservative candidates like myself and unless we maybe win the MegaMillions, get no real chance to have our say on small issues like health care, the economy or gas drilling in Marcellus Shale for example. It's more worthwhile talking about right-wing fringers who are flocking to NY to pump up the volume in a Congressional District race in the Watertown,NY area. Hmmm...the fact that I spent half a day up in Waddington,NY looking at the problems associated with the Seagate International Bridge Crossing doesn't deserve a byline by the press there makes sense. The fact that there is major drug peddling east of that bridge that goes mainly unscathed by Federal authorities must not be important either. Thank goodness our smiling, attorney, Governor-appointed Senator "supports" a solution for the bridge issue (actually hasn't come up with a really good solution herself). I actually have a solution for this controversy that really is only important to that area and is objective, although might not be popular to all living there. Thank goodness Rachel concentrates on the really important aspects of New York politics and ignores the fact that Chuck Schumer is the #1 recipient of Insurance Lobby money in the entire US Senate and his partner is #8. That shouldn't have any real effect on why the Insurance industry will hose us with jacked up premiums through 2013 before what little if any affect the current legislation has on real health care reform.
Obviously I am being facetious, disappointed and frustrated at the fact that what little the public is informed on opposing voices within the Democratic Party is exacerbated by the liberal media that minimalizes us even further. When the expected 15% increase in monthly health premiums kick in (NY Times), the resultant increase in individual uninsured numbers goes up, and the jobless numbers increase due to layoffs because of these increased overhead expenses, bear in mind that the media has blocked candidates like me. Also bear in mind that as the real economy keeps tanking because of this and Wall Street fat cats reap millions from market manipulation, the little guy gets more and more disillusioned from this process. The thought that we won't have a Republican reversal in elections from the hopeful liberal media is premature. I for one have mild faith that the REAL Democrats like myself will rise up and eventually take back the Congress.

(This finishes my last post)

The message that this country needs a booster dose of better personal health responsibility, fiscal moderation and massive regulation of the Health Insurance Industry will eventually get out. I just hope it gets out before informed liberals and conservatives give up and start takiing their frustrations out by blindly voting for those who have never really been vetted against peon health care providers like myself.

Scott Noren DDS
Ithaca, NY
Democratic US Senate Candidate 2010

Posted by Jeffrey P. Morris at 10/30/2009 12:21 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Worst Ad Placement EVER?

I'm not sure if I can get this to play here, but if it does, you will see the absolute worst placement of a website ad imaginable. Click on the video version of the story; you can't help but see the short ad that precedes it.

Spampinato Gets Life For Setting Fire To Husband

Ken Christian, Information Center Content Manager

6 hrs ago

ALFRED (AP) -- A Maine woman who pleaded guilty to killing her husband by setting him on fire while he slept was sentenced Thursday in York County Superior Court.

A judge handed down a sentence of life in prison without parole to Kimberly Spampinato.

She was accused of pouring gasoline on her husband and starting the fire early on Jan. 8.

Neighbors say Christopher Spampinato was on fire when he ran from the apartment building and that he rolled in snow to douse the flames. He suffered burns over 85 percent of his body and died nine days later.

Prosecutors say Christopher Spampinato had asked for a divorce and had been on the phone with a Texas woman before he was set afire. Kimberly Spampinato pleaded guilty to murder and arson.

Sorry, I can't figure out any way to grab that one ad. Apparently the feed is a rotating one from Gannett, and it looks like they've already changed the assortment. But the one that popped up the first few times was for EverGreen Home Solutions in Ellsworth, Maine, which appears to be a very nice business selling alternative energy sources, including wood stoves, pellet stoves, and gas stoves & fireplaces.

Unfortunately, that meant the video began with the spokesman standing next to a roaring inferno in a stove, and ended with the tag line:

"Evergreen Home Solutions in Ellsworth — because fire works!"

Posted by Jeffrey P. Morris at 10/29/2009 11:32 PM | Add Comment

Um...hate to bring this up, Mister Justice, sir, but...isn't the President a child of one of those...um...y'know...

Interracial couple denied marriage license in La.

By MARY FOSTER (Associated Press Writer)

October 15, 2009 11:35 PM EDT

NEW ORLEANS - A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have. Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, says it is his experience that most interracial marriages do not last long.

"I'm not a racist. I just don't believe in mixing the races that way," Bardwell told the Associated Press on Thursday. "I have piles and piles of black friends. They come to my home, I marry them, they use my bathroom. I treat them just like everyone else."

Okay, okay, just hold on there. Whoa Nelly. Time out! That paragraph is simply too loaded to let pass.

First of all, what does he mean, "mixing the races that way"? Is there some other way of mixing the races he does approve of? Hm...let's think about this a moment. I guess there are other ways to mix the races; there's the Jeffersonian approach, and then there's the miraculous way so many slave women seemed to give birth to multi-race children...

And does he literally have "piles and piles of black friends"? If so, shouldn't the police—and more likely, the FBI—take a look in his backyard?

Then there's the strange sequence of events that seems to occur whenever anyone visits his home. It apparently goes like this:

1. They come to his home.

2. He marries them.

3. They use his bathroom.

So of course, you have to wonder: what if somebody comes to his house who doesn't want to get married? What if somebody shows up and doesn't have to use the bathroom? And in any case, why is there no mention of any of these people ever leaving? Hence, the need for authorities to check the backyard. I'm jes' sayin'...

Bardwell said he asks everyone who calls about marriage if they are a mixed race couple. If they are, he does not marry them, he said.

Bardwell said he has discussed the topic with blacks and whites, along with witnessing some interracial marriages. He came to the conclusion that most of black society does not readily accept offspring of such relationships, and neither does white society, he said.

"There is a problem with both groups accepting a child from such a marriage," Bardwell said. "I think those children suffer and I won't help put them through it."

If he did an interracial marriage for one couple, he must do the same for all, he said.

"I try to treat everyone equally," he said.

Ha Ha Ha Ha. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! Yeah... fine. Back to our story.

Bardwell estimates that he has refused to marry about four couples during his career, all in the past 2 1/2 years.

Beth Humphrey, 30, and 32-year-old Terence McKay, both of Hammond, say they will consult the U.S. Justice Department about filing a discrimination complaint.

Humphrey, an account manager for a marketing firm, said she and McKay, a welder, just returned to Louisiana. She is white and he is black. She plans to enroll in the University of New Orleans to pursue a masters degree in minority politics.

"That was one thing that made this so unbelievable," she said. "It's not something you expect in this day and age."

Humphrey said she called Bardwell on Oct. 6 to inquire about getting a marriage license signed. She says Bardwell's wife told her that Bardwell will not sign marriage licenses for interracial couples. Bardwell suggested the couple go to another justice of the peace in the parish who agreed to marry them.

"We are looking forward to having children," Humphrey said. "And all our friends and co-workers have been very supportive. Except for this, we're typical happy newlyweds."

"It is really astonishing and disappointing to see this come up in 2009," said American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana attorney Katie Schwartzmann. She said the Supreme Court ruled in 1967 "that the government cannot tell people who they can and cannot marry."

Nineteen sixty seven? Why Missy, that be a mere forty-two years ago! You can't expect things to change that quickly! Us folks down here, we move at our own pace.

The ACLU sent a letter to the Louisiana Judiciary Committee, which oversees the state justices of the peace, asking them to investigate Bardwell and recommending "the most severe sanctions available, because such blatant bigotry poses a substantial threat of serious harm to the administration of justice."

"He knew he was breaking the law, but continued to do it," Schwartzmann said.

WHAT? I am shocked—shocked—to learn there is gambling in this establishment!

According to the clerk of court's office, application for a marriage license must be made three days before the ceremony because there is a 72-hour waiting period. The applicants are asked if they have previously been married. If so, they must show how the marriage ended, such as divorce.

Other than that, all they need is a birth certificate and Social Security card.

The license fee is $35, and the license must be signed by a Louisiana minister, justice of the peace or judge. The original is returned to the clerk's office.

"I've been a justice of the peace for 34 years and I don't think I've mistreated anybody," Bardwell said. "I've made some mistakes, but you have too. I didn't tell this couple they couldn't get married. I just told them I wouldn't do it."

Isn't that what the USA stands for—Freedom? What is this country coming to when a public official isn't free to discriminate against anybody he feels like? "Why, next the guv'ment be tellin' me I have to let everybody vote!"

"And hey, wait a minute...Schwartzmann...ain't that a Jew name?"

Next Week: Justice Bardwell Has a Heart Attack

"What? These here homosekshulls want me to marry them??"

Posted by Jeffrey P. Morris at 10/15/2009 11:12 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

No, no, no, it ain't me babe

Having a name that is fairly common can be pretty discouraging at times, especially if you're trying to establish a unique online identity. Sometimes it can be downright mystifying. So I'd like to assure you once and for all... this is not my alma mater. And if it's yours... I am so very, very sorry.

Posted by Jeffrey P. Morris at 10/5/2009 9:50 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Another Misleading Headline

Cops: Mass. couple beat man at KFC over slow order

From Associated Press

October 02, 2009 8:35 PM EST

NORWELL, Mass. - Authorities say a couple, upset over the slowness of their Kentucky Fried Chicken order, assaulted a man who asked them to stop yelling profanities for the sake of children in line. The couple was arrested Thursday after witnesses told police the couple beat the man as he was leaving the restaurant.

Police say 31-year-old Jared Garfagna of Marshfield punched the man in the head, and then Garfagna's girlfriend, 24-year-old Sara Mohn, kicked the man. The victim had cuts on his eyelid and wrists.

Mohn has been charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Garfagna has been ordered to appear in court on assault and battery charges. It's unclear whether either has hired an attorney.

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Information from: The Patriot Ledger, www.patriotledger.com

I hate it when the headline writer completely misstates the facts in a story—though in this case, it appears the fault also lies with whoever wrote the first line. So it could be the fault of the AP editor, or the original reporter at the Patriot Ledger.

Whatever... the point is, the couple did not beat this man because their KFC order was taking so long. They beat him because he asked them to stop yelling profanities. That's a key difference.

Also, note that they did not beat him until he was leaving the restaurant. That shows some level of consideration. They could have beat him immediately, but instead waited until he had enjoyed his meal, and they theirs. It was only after everyone had partaken of these particular delicacies that they decided, on balance, it would be a good idea to punch and kick the man.

Well, I could be making a leap there without adequate facts, possibly because of another misleading term in the article, "restaurant." I'm not sure that many people actually eat their KFC in the "restaurant" —I think most wait on line and then take their order out to the car, where they eat pieces of fried chicken while driving and, probably, texting as well. That most likely being the case, the real tragedy here is that I imagine neither the man or his assailants ever had a chance to eat their KFC—unless they were able to scarf it down while waiting for the ambulance and the police to come (respectively). Who even knows if the food survived? Was the man able to hold onto his bag and/or bucket while being punched and kicked? Were the couple able to commit assault without spilling their sodas? Was the order that was taking so long, in fact, for slow-roasted chicken? Just exactly what kind of shoes was Mohn wearing that allowed police to consider them a "dangerous weapon"? None of these crucial details are addressed.

And what of the children?

Posted by Jeffrey P. Morris at 10/4/2009 1:05 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

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Posted by Jeffrey P. Morris at 10/2/2009 8:53 AM | Add Comment

Where All The Creativity Has Gone

Finally, a totally different approach to the usual e-mail scam. No more Nigerian princes. Now we have none other than the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation itself. Not just the Federal Bureau of Investigation, but the Anti-Terrorist and International Fraud Division, headquartered in Washington... Seattle, Washington, that is. I'm reassured by this message that the FBI is on the case, checking out lottery scams to be sure they're genuine lottery scams and endorsing them so that we don't have to worry. I might have doubted something like this in the past, but when I get an e-mail from the Federal Bureau of Investigation—especially one with no name in the "To" field and a very personal "Attn: Beneficiary" salutation—I immediately know it's genuine and I don't need to give it a second thought. I feel safe now sending all of my personal information along with my Money Gram for $239.99 for "Deposit Fee's" and "Shipping Fee's" which seems quite reasonable considering I will be getting $850,000.00 US Dollars in return via Certified Cashier's Check, coming no doubt from a Certified Cashier. Perhaps one in Kmart, or Wal-Mart.

If you wonder, after seeing all the crap on TV and in the movies and everywhere else, whatever happened to CREATIVITY -- well, here it is!

From: Federal Bureau Of Investigation <dx.dcb@public1.wx.js.cn&...

To:

Subject: Message From The FBI..

Date: Sep 29, 2009 3:25 PM

Anti-Terrorist and International Fraud Division
Federal Bureau Of Investigation.
Seattle, Washington 98101-2904
Telephone/Fax Number: +1(206) 426-2866

Attn: Beneficiary

This is to Officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly completed an Investigation with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System that you legally won the sum of $850,000.00 US Dollars from a Lottery Company in the United Kingdom. During our investigation we discovered that your e-mail won the money from an Online Balloting System and we have authorized this winning to be authentic and paid to you via a Certified Cashier's Check.

Normally, it will take up to 10 business days for an International Check to be cashed by your local bank. We have successfully come to an agreement with this company on your behalf that funds are to be drawn from a registered bank within the United States Of America so as to enable you cash the check instantly without any delay, henceforth the stated amount of $850,000.00 US Dollars has been deposited with Bank Of America.

We have completed this investigation and you are hereby approved to receive the winning prize as we have verified the entire transaction to be Legitimate, Safe and 100% risk free of scams and frauds of any nature, due to the fact that the funds have been deposited at Bank Of America you will be required to settle the following bills directly to the lottery claims agent in-charge of this transaction whom is located at the liaison office of the Lottery Company in Africa. According to our discoveries, you are required to pay for the following:

(1) Deposit Fee's (Fee's paid by the lottery company for the deposit into an American Bank which is - Bank of America)
(2) Cashier's Check Conversion Fee (Fee for converting the Wire Transfer payment into a Certified Cashier's Check)
(3) Shipping Fee's (This is the charge for shipping the Cashier's Check to your nominated destination)

The total amount for everything is $239.99 (Two Hundred & Thirty Nine United States Dollars & Ninety Nine Cents). We have tried our possible best to indicate that this $239.99 should be deducted from your winning prize but the funds have already been deposited at The Bank of America and cannot be accessed by anyone apart from you the winner. Therefore you will be required to pay the needed funds to your lotto claims Agent in-charge of this transaction via Western Union Money Transfer Or Money Gram. The payment will NOT reflect at the Bank of America with the given transaction code(EA2948-910) until you have covered the processing fees needed.

In order to proceed with this transaction, Click Here to contact your claims agent Mrs. Louise Major.You will be required to call her for verbal verification and e-mail her with the following informations:

FULL NAME:
FULL MAILING ADDRESS(INCLUDING CITY/STATE/ZIPCODE):
AGE/SEX/OCCUPATION:
CONTACT PHONE NUMBERS(CELL & HOME):

You will also be required to request Western Union details on how to send the required $239.99 in order to immediately ship your prize of $850,000.00 US Dollars via Certified Cashier's Check drawn from The Bank of America, Also include the following transaction code in order for her to immediately identify this transaction : EA2948-910.

This letter will serve as proof that the Federal Bureau Of Investigation is authorizing you to pay the required $239.99 ONLY to your claims agent via the information in which she shall send to you upon your request, if you do not receive your winning prize of $850,000.00 US Dollars we shall be held responsible for the loss and this shall invite a penalty of $3,000 which will be made PAYABLE ONLY by you (The Winner).

Robert Mueller
Federal Bureau Of Investigation
E-mail: robertmul@fbigovus.org

NOTE: In order to ensure your check gets delivered to you ASAP, you are advised to immediately contact Mrs. Louise Major via contact information provided above and make the required payment of $239.99 to information in which she will provide you.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The information contained in this email message is legally privileged and confidential information intended solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s), any distribution, dissemination, or reproduction of this email message is strictly prohibited.

Posted by Jeffrey P. Morris at 10/2/2009 12:32 AM | Add Comment

You Knew This Was Coming

Psychic charged with lying about attack by rivals

From Associated Press

September 29, 2009 8:05 PM EST

GREENWICH, Conn. - A Connecticut psychic who said she was assaulted in an attack she believed was arranged by rival psychics has been charged with lying about the incident. Greenwich police arrested 35-year-old Janet Lee of Norwalk on Saturday on charges including falsely reporting an incident.

Lee, who promotes herself the "foremost psychic in New England," called police on July 11 to report that a man had beaten her outside her Greenwich office. She said she believed rival psychics in town who had left her threatening phone messages were responsible, but she did not know their names.

Greenwich police said there were inconsistencies in Lee's story, and they believe she may have been assaulted in Norwalk by someone she knew.

Lee's attorney said his client stands by her story.

---

Information from: Greenwich Time, www.greenwichtime.com

Who knew psychic-try was such a cutthroat business? Or is it... she was lying, so maybe it's not. Anyway, how could she not know the names of the rival psychics who left her threatening phone messages? I mean, even if they didn't leave her phone messages, wouldn't she know their names? Then again, the police think she may have been assaulted by "someone she knew"... well, so what! She's a psychic! She should know who it was even if she didn't know who it was!

How would rival psychics leave threatening phone messages, anyway? "Hello. You don't know who this is... well, maybe you do know who this is, but we're going to get you. Be scared, because you'll never know when or where... okay, maybe you will know when and where, but will you know how? Ah ha! Oh crap, yeah, you'll probably know how, too... Hey, there's not enough room in this town for all of us. There's no future here for you. Got it? There's only so much future to go around. We want you out. And we already know you won't leave, so be prepared for a beating. Which, of course, you'll expect. Yeah, yeah, we already know what's going to happen after that, too... Oh, to hell with it. There's somebody at the door; gotta go see who it is. No I don't, I already know who it is. You know what? Forget it."

Posted by Jeffrey P. Morris at 9/30/2009 12:47 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

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We Do Lines looks to franchise

By Michael C. Juliano, STAFF WRITER (Danbury, CT News-Times)

Published: 09:04 p.m., Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Breaking Sports News from Abbott & Costello

The Silence of the Lambs, or, Who Is Scott Noren DDS, And Why Is He Saying These Terrible Things About Me?

Worst Ad Placement EVER?

Spampinato Gets Life For Setting Fire To Husband

Um...hate to bring this up, Mister Justice, sir, but...isn't the President a child of one of those...um...y'know...

No, no, no, it ain't me babe

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