Friday, October 19, 2007

That's com-SMASH-tic!

What drives super productive, accomplished, and perfectly normal [1] people to such extremes?
The insulting idea that, as Shaw puts it, "they thought just because we're old enough to get Social Security that we lack both brains and backbone."
Taking a Whack Against Comcast - washingtonpost.com highlights the BEST of Brains and Backbone. This lady got WAY more than here money's worth for the very paltry price of "a three-month suspended sentence for disorderly conduct, a $345 fine in restitution and a year-long restraining order barring her from the Comcast office." Congratulations, Mona! Well done!


Note [1]: "She is a nice lady who lives in a nice house. She and Don are both retired from the Air Force (she was a registered nurse). They have been married 45 years. She is secretary of the local AARP, secretary of a square-dancing club and takes in strays for the local animal shelter (they have seven dogs at the moment). She has a heart condition. She lifts weights at a local gym. The couple attend a Unitarian Universalist church."