Ollie, ollie; Ollie-ollie-ollie; Ollie, ollie all come free, baby...

One of the episodes of Dead Like Me that I watched yesterday ended with George (she's the main character) saying "Ollie, ollie oxen free" (or one of it's variants)--the episode (I believe entitled "Last Call") had started with a description of a Hide-and-Seek game (so the "all-in" line was a bookend to that). That ollie-ollie reference, in turn, got REM's Drive in my head (hence today's subject). Which reminded me of an article I read earlier this week about the self-labeled "meanest mom on the planet". She felt she earned this distinct by placing the following want-ad:

OLDS 1999 Intrigue. Totally uncool parents who obviously don't love teenage son, selling his car. Only driven for three weeks before snoopy mom who needs to get a life found booze under front seat. $3,700/offer. Call meanest mom on the planet.

Nice, eh? Her son is 19, and more back-story is available here.

And another story to potentially make one smile: a police station in Japan has been receiving monthly donations of $9-$70 directed to under-privileged people from an anonymous donor consistently for the past 33 years (the donations started out at $9 and have over time gradually gone up to around $70; this month marked payment #400). Pretty cool.

On that note, I will sign off... have a good weekend.


What if I ride? What if you walk?
What if you rock around the clock?
Tick, tock.
Tick, tock.