Somehow, building a big bonfire in my living room to keep warm doesn’t sound so bad anymore:

Some people in Weatherford got billion-dollar scares this week after they opened their electric bills. Richard Redden’s bill said he owed more than $24 billion.

Pam Pearson, of Weatherford Electric, said a printing company made a mistake and nearly 1,400 customers received erroneous late notices.

Pearson said customers who received the inaccurate bills will get the correct ones later this month and won’t face any late fees.

Meanwhile, Redden said he guesses his family shouldn’t have run the heater quite so much.

I think I would’ve died of an imploded heart within, say, five seconds of opening that bill.

To me, anyway.

Stinebriated.

I’m sure you can figure out the rest from here.

UPDATE:

*grumble*

Stoned + Inebriated = Stinebriated.

Here’s how I’m feeling about the front-runners from both parties for the upcoming Presidential election:

Barak Obama > Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton > Mitt Romney

Rudy Giuliani > Hillary Clinton

Barak Obama > Rudy Giuliani

Rudy Giuliani > John McCain

John McCain > Mitt Romney

And, while I’m not voting for Mitt Romney, I’d like to point out that the reason I’m not voting for him isn’t because he’s a Mormon, and one thing that makes me angry is when his religion gets brought up as a reason not to vote for him. Would you not vote for someone because they were a Christian or a Catholic or a Muslim or a Jew? Of course not.

Rumors surrounding the new College of the Liberal Arts Building at Towson University, and the eventual demolishment of Linthicum Hall that such a project would entail, have been whispered about for years at the school. Shit, I can remember Doctor Bergman speaking about the new building with great anticipation four years ago. The plans got front page attention in this week’s Towerlight, including the below sketch, looking from the Towsontown Boulevard onto campus.

From the article:

The building will serve as central location for all the classes within the College of Liberal Arts and will give the University a more modern public face.

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For some reason, it’s big news that Britney Spears shaved her head.

Britney, you’re a beautiful young woman shoehorned into a pop-music-icon role with all the accompanying babysitting and image protection accompanying that, and you’ve responded by getting your own life: you got married, you had kids, and now that everything has seemingly imploded around you, you shaved your head, checked into rehab, and still have a good sixty years ahead of you. Your hair will grow back. You can still sing (and may do some incredible original work in the future). You’re still rich. Don’t listen to the naysayers, bald women are beautiful, and good for you for throwing the middle finger to the conventional beauty crowd.

(You should try to do something about that southern accent, though).