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How to get FREE Starbucks coffee

I tend to drive  a little like Michael Schumacher.  My little Audi drives like it’s on rails and the 2.0 liter Turbo screams.  I usually have no problem thrashing the car around curves..that is unless I have a hot cup of Starbucks in the cupholder.  Even though it has a lid, my Starbucks “Tall” coffee always slops out the little drinky hole in the top.  My son Dan has the same problem…well..he drives like his Dad.  The solution was to ask the Starbucks Barnisterias (or whatever they’re called) to give you a “Tall” coffee in a “Grande” cup.  That way the coffee has a little more room at the top to slop while I’m doing my Grand Theft Auto imitation on the way to work.

Here’s where the “FREE” part comes in.  I’ve found that 9 times out of 10 when you ask for a “Tall” in a “Grande” cup, they fill the cup up all the way to the “Grande” level anyway.  Even if they mark it “Tall” like this picture of my cup from this morning.  Perhaps they’re too sleepy and on autopilot filling the cup.  I still get the slop problem, but it’s FREE coffee slopping out. Free coffee, almost as good as FREE BEER.  Anyone have any ideas on getting free beer?

UPDATE:  Andy over at IndyScan tells me that Starbucks may thwart my free coffee scheme by offering a new plug for the drinky hole called a Splash Stick. 

Dumb carjacker asks TV crew for directions

In Cleveland a dumb carjacking suspect stopped during the crime to ask a television news crew for directions to a bank.  The passenger was in the back signaling he was being kidnapped.  I had to grab this frame of the reporter demonstrating how the passenger was signaling to her.

Here’s the full story from WOIO-TV with video…

Stealing the Whitehouse “Crackberries”

They’re nickname is “Crackberries” for the addictive nature of people always checking their e-mail.  I had one for a year, got rid of it, and don’t miss it at all.  Maybe this guy was addicted:

Fox News reports: “Whether he was up to no good or simply desperate to play BrickBreaker, a Mexican press attaché was caught on camera by Secret Service pocketing several White House BlackBerries during a recent meeting in New Orleans.”

Come on guy!  You don’t think you’d get caught?

Here’s the full story from Fox News

Walt Mossberg Reviews ChaCha Mobile

Walt Mossberg is the Personal Technology Columnist for The Wall Street Journal.  He’s done a review of ChaCha.  We’re on the front page, upper right corner! .  You can view it on video above, or click here to read it.

Head Implant in Spain

I love my Apple Macbook Pro.  I like playing around with the Apple program Photo Booth.  That’s how I created this goofy picture of myself.  It’s how I might look if I got a two inch head implant that Dr Luis de la Cruz is doing in Spain. 

Here’s the full story…..

Putting ChaCha’s Answer Gremlins to the Test

Nice review of ChaCha Mobile Text and 800-2ChaCha from the travel site Gridskipper.

Gridskipper is the Travel Blog site of the professional blogging group Gawker Media Network.  Other Gawker sites you may have heard of include Lifehacker, Deadspin, Defamer, Valleywag and Gizmodo.

Here is one of the questions they asked:

Question (4:01:54 PM): What is the meaning of life?

Response (3:59:46 PM): Life is “trying things to see if they work.” http://chacha.com/u/mwu7r9n1

Here’s the link to the full story….

Blind homeowner captures home intruder

It happened here in Indianapolis.  Allan Kieta used wrestling skills learned 30 years ago to beat up and capture the bad guy.

“I just kind of panicked and just kind of went crazy after that, I’ve wrestled all my life. My dad’s a Marine; he taught me some stuff. You’re thinking in your head all this survival stuff.”

Here’s the full story from the IndyStar newspaper…

The video from WISH-TV….

Beached Whale Spotted In Mexico

While visiting Mexico after we set up our towels, sun umbrella, etc. this became our view.  Click here for the full size version.  By the way, this picture is not re-touched.  The ocean in Cozumel is really that blue. Had a great time on a true off-road 4×4 Jeep excursion.

Dept. of Erection Bus - Not Photoshopped

This is a 100% real picture.  Not photoshopped.  I ran across this at the Indiana State Fairgrounds parking lot.  Someone took and old Indiana Department of Corrections bush and re-painted it.  Click here for the full size version.

Ever been to Eek? It’s in Alaska.

From the AP and MSNBC.  A book of strange named towns in Alaska and how they got their names.

Mishap Creek, aka Big Loss Creek, is Unimak Island stream named for a lighthouse keeper who stripped naked to cross the water, then tried to throw his clothes to the other side, only to watch helplessly as they landed downstream and disappeared.

Click here for the full story