NAZZY'S RANDOM STUFF

AND NOW . . . A PORK CHOP THAT LOOKS LIKE RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER:

For the life of me, I can't imagine how some people have so much free time on their hands. For example, on Tuesday, a woman named Sue Church stopped by the local Fox affiliate in Greensboro, North Carolina, to show them a picture of a PORK CHOP she'd eaten that slightly resembled Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

Apparently, Sue didn't have much going on that Tuesday, and she thought the pork chop's unusual appearance was somehow newsworthy. Even more bizarre, the people at the local Fox affiliate AGREED with her and actually reported the story.

(--You SAY you don't care to see this thing, but you know you're a little curious. Take a look at this pork chop here . . .) (WGHP News 8 - Greensboro)

A CARJACKER WAS ARRESTED AFTER ONSTAR DISABLED THE STOLEN CAR'S ENGINE:

Technology is a beautiful thing, especially when it helps keep you and me safe from crazy people with guns. Picture this . . .

It's early Sunday morning in Visalia, California. 33-year-old Jose Ruiz pulls up to a stoplight in his brand new 2009 Chevrolet Tahoe, and almost immediately, he's approached by a 21-year-old CARJACKER carrying a sawed-off shotgun. The carjacker tells Jose and his cousin to get out of the car, and they do.

But what the carjacker doesn't know is that when Jose bought the new Tahoe, he had it outfitted with OnStar. So the carjacker drives off and Jose contacts the police. The police then contact OnStar, who make use of the service's global positioning system to track down the SUV's exact location. Then they electronically DISABLE its engine. --Long story short, the carjacker was arrested and charged with robbery, carjacking, possession of stolen property, and resisting arrest. And from start to finish, the whole thing only took 16 minutes.

According to a police spokesman, quote, "He wouldn't have pulled over if OnStar hadn't shut the vehicle down. Generally, pursuits end in a collision." (AOL News)

(--You realize what this means, right? Once OnStar technology is made standard in all vehicles, it will effectively make carjacking pointless. In other words, there will be one less violent crime we have to worry about in our day-to-day lives. How cool is that?)


30,000 HOURS OF NEW VIDEO FOOTAGE IS UPLOADED TO YOUTUBE EVERY DAY:

Have you ever Googled something and found yourself wondering: "How in the world are there 25 MILLION webpage matches for the search terms 'TIGER WOODS'?" Well, here's how . . . --Every day, Internet users around the world upload approximately:

--30,000 hours of new video footage on YouTube
--900,000 new blog posts
--3 MILLION new photos on Flickr
--4 MILLION new Tweets on Twitter

--And that's just scratching the surface, because every day 210 BILLION emails are sent worldwide.--Overall, 566,000 people become new Internet users every day. (--You can link to an interactive graph showing the growth of social media here . . .)http://techtified.com/2009/10/growth-of-social-media-in-real-time-hard-data/(Techtified)


THE 1825 NEW YORK STATE CENSUS ASKED RESIDENTS HOW MANY "IDIOTS" AND "LUNATICS" THEY HAD IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD:

Sometimes, I wish we could all go back to the days before everything was so "politically correct," so I wouldn't have to waste my time wondering whether the correct term is "midget" or "dwarf". But I suppose political correctness does have its place . . .

If you don't believe me, just listen to some of the terms from the New York State Census back in 1825. It asked residents to report how many people they had living in their households, including how many: --"Males subject to MILITIA DUTY between the ages of 18 and 45"--"Paupers" . . . meaning how many charity cases they were supporting

"Colored, taxed or not taxed" . . . meaning how many black servants they had --"Idiots" . . . meaning mentally retarded --"Lunatics" . . . meaning mentally ill (Fark)

WATCH OUT FOR THE CAT!

While this break-dancer is videotaping himself, his cat tries to attack. But it gets nailed by the guy's arm, flies up in the air, and lands on the camera. The cat was just fine..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTlVhpeJiqU
(Search Terms: breakdance cat attack video)