Printer not so FAQ...

I just returned from a service call. The job was to troubleshoot a printer I had installed a couple months ago for a lady.

On the phone when she called, I asked what the problem was. She just said she can't print. How right she was.

Expecting to have to possibly re-install drivers for the printer, I slotted out a half-hour for my visit at the most.

When I arrived this morning, I found a printer out of paper, the little green light flashing because it was out of paper, and 17 print jobs stacked up waiting for some paper to put it on.

Thinking surely there must be more to this I asked for some paper for the printer, which the nice lady promptly fetched. I put the paper in, hit the little green flashy button, and just like black voodoo printer magic, it spit out printed pages.

The above story, while completely true, was not intended as actual help in any kind of printer or other associated hardware tragedy. If you are experiencing any type of printer woes, I highly suggest seeking help elsewhere. Unless of course, your printer is just out of paper, in that case, this might be exactly what you're looking for.

Gov'nah Wana Dubie?

Got to checking up on our old pot-smokin'/hippy/psycho pal, Chief Wana Dubie. Only to find out he's steppin' up in the world. He's got his sights set on the Governor's Job.

The following is from St. Louis Today:

Dubious bid? Pot advocate running for governor.

By Jake Wagman

I don’t know how we missed this earlier, but the state’s “chief” marijuana advocate has signed up for the governor’s race - and he’s got competition.

Ozark pot supporter Joseph Bickell has entered the race for the state’s highest office, and even if his position doesn’t earn many votes, his pseudonym sure will attract attention.

Bickell’s name will appear on the ballot as Chief Wana Dubie, a moniker he has been using since the early 1990s.

And as much as his name might seem like a gimmick, his appearance shows that, to him at least, it’s not a sobriquet he takes lightly: Tattooed on the chief’s forehead is a crown of thorns featuring a marijuana leaf.

But the chief’s entrance has been viewed by dubious as some, especially in the Libertarian Party, in which Dubie claims kinship.

Missouri Libertarians - hoping for renewed interest from Ron Paul’s insurgent candidacy for president - are concerned that the chief could hurt the party’s credibility.

“That’s not how we want the Libertarian Party to be represented to people who don’t know the party’s platform,” Greg Tlapek, the executive director of Missouri Libertarian Party, told Riverfront Times scribe Keegan Hamilton recently.

Dubie’s latest bid for office - he has also run for state rep - sparked some internal debate among Libertarians who, according to the RFT, discussed rejecting the chief’s filing fee to get on the ballot.

Shunning a candidate for their extreme views, however, might have been tough to do for a party based on personal liberties.

Dubie will indeed appear on the ballot as a Libertarian in August, but he might not be their in November.

Filing to run a few days later was Andrew W. Finkenstadt, of St. Charles, who has previously run for county clerk as a Libertarian.

Though some Libertarians may think that Dubie is just blowing smoke, at the end of the day, a contested primary could actually help the primary.

Gotta love the Ozarks

This is for real... I cut it out of the local paper. For those of you who
don't believe in Hillbillies, they exist. I know, it's not funny.... But, it is...