Mark A. Kilmer (the weblog)

A 43-year-old female Yankees fan got into a baseball argument with a 29-year-old male Red Sox fan. They’re both drunk.

The argument ended when she ran him down with her car and killed him.

This is insane.

On Friday, I ordered $60 worth in merchandise from Amazon.com, half the total of which was taken by a $30, 2-DVD set of silent comedy, called Weiss-O-Rama. My wife and I are huge fans of silent cinema, especially the comedy, so we were looking forward to it. The pleasant surprise was that it arrived today (Monday), but the dark side is explicable only if the item it created “on demand” and was botched, but this is not likely, as the order page said that there were a limited number remaining. Not all of the material was on the ONE (1) DVD which arrived with the package today. It was in a DVD package which had room for only ONE (1) DVD, not the two promised on the site… AND ON THE BACK OF THE PACKAGE! There is not place for a second DVD, and indeed it is not there.

I looked on the Amazon.com site, and there is no way to contact them, just a return policy. If I ordered another one from them, I have no guarantee that the replacement will not be another defective, fraudulent, ripoff. As I’ve said, because of the packaging, this could not have been a mistake.

I’m tempted to mail @amazon.com, to jeff or bezos or jeffbezos or jbezos, but I don’t know if they work, or if he even gives enough of a damn to even have an e-mail address @amazon.com.

From DefenseLink:

The Multinational Force Iraq commander will stay where he is for the time being, and no decision has been made to shorten tour lengths for Army personnel in the U.S. Central Command area of operations, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said during a Pentagon news conference today.

President Bush wants Army Gen. David H. Petraeus to stay “right where he is at least through late fall and maybe the end of the year,” Gates said.

The secretary’s statement puts to rest media speculation that Petraeus would move to another four-star command.

There had been noise of moving Petraeus to the NATO command, and that is not going to happen under this President.

Jeremy Lott over at the AmSpec blog writes today: “It Might Be a Tumor.” It caught my eye. Who has cancer now and why does the gawdawful disease act as if it has a chip on its shoulder? (Believe me, when I’m speaking of cancer, my sentences are often filled with needless expletives.)

Here’s what Lott wrote: “That’s the most charitable explanation for California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s recent behavior in office and now his apology for once pretending to be a conservative.”

Now, Ahnold is Ahnold, and he’s allowed into the tent, but the cancer reference is neither appropriate nor funny/interesting.

With that said, I’m fully vented. Move along.

Right now, I cannot speak beyond a rasp, although my throat hurts less than it has. Oh, man, I been through hell.

A few nights ago, I observed to my wife that Urine and the Kalpoe Brothers sounds like a real punk band, circa 1977.