Crappy-ass manger scene redux

Here's another photo I took the other day. Actually, this little delight was about 30 feet from the "Disco nightclub in our neighborhood????" flyer.

I call this photo, "Away in a manger, no room for a bed, but plenty of room for a couple of power strips and enough wiring to choke a camel."

It looks like your standard lame manger scene with plastic figures, including angels and two random guys (Are they in the Bible? I'm admittedly not a religious scholar.)

But why all the electrical equipment? First of all, do the figures really need to light up? Why not just put up a faux north star or some spotlights and call it a day?

This thing is a monstrosity, with surprisingly thick cords coming out the sides of the animals. Even if they were insistent on having everything light up, it wouldn't have been that difficult to mount little boxes beneath the manger platform, put the power strips in there and conceal them with some straw (or, in this case, plastic that resembles straw).

Actually, you know what? I don't really care that much. But it's funny to look at.

I'm back! ... Again!

It's a new year and a new soon-to-be-failed attempt at maintaining a blog nobody reads!

Seriously, though, I'm bored, and when I get bored, I make fun of stuff, deserving or not. Here's a picture taken with my not-so-classy cell phone camera:



I saw this sign on the corner of Pavonia and Baldwin in Jersey City while on my way home from the DMV Wednesday morning [by the way, I'm an official Jersey resident now (with a Jersey driver license and everything!); it only took two years].

So back to the sign: I can understand the middle three complaints. Everyone wants clean, pothole-free streets with nice sidewalks. What drew my eye, though, were the first and last complaints (the massive bold font helps).

Complaint 1: Why did whomever made this sign think it would be a good idea to cuss right off the bat? Also, who crossed out the word "shit" (or "crap," I guess)? Was it the person who made the sign -- realizing his/her mistake -- or an offended passerby?

Complaint 5: Won't somebody PLEASE think of the children?!