Frogger IRL: not so much fun

via Yahoo! News:

"A man has been hospitalized after police in South Carolina say he was hit by an SUV while playing a real-life version of the video game "Frogger."
Before he was hit, police say the man (23) had been discussing the game with his friends...  [T]he man yelled "go" and darted into oncoming traffic in the four-lane highway.

What could have possibly possessed him to do a thing like that? I mean, it had to have been a dare, or he was on shrooms or something... Well, I guess there could be worse ways to accidentally commit suicide...~MP

I knew it: step by step instructions on how to piss me off are available online...

via NerdBastards.com:

"How Trollquotes work:

1) Get a picture of someone people idolize...2) Slap on a famous quotation from a similar character from a different book or movie...3) Attribute the quotation to a third character, from yet a third universe... 

...It’s really just a step-by-step, 1-2-3, easy process on evoking nerd rage..."

...and they have succeeded... *throb* ~MP

Because you can only do so much with a sentence or two...

via Flickr

Sometimes I'll have moments in time where nothing phases me and all is right with the world... that is, until something comes along that just throws me so far for a loop that a tiny graphic and a quick quip are nowhere near enough to relieve the pressure in my head.

Enter Maria's Outlet: The place where I will be venting on the things that are just too big for the little, internet-related WTFs that I sometimes come across in my daily, online travails... First post: the unspoken exception to "The Customer is Always Right"...

...if you're interested in hearing my opinion on bigger issues. If you're one for the quicker WTFs, I'm sure the trolls are just waiting with baited breath for me to return to the fray... stay tuned. ~MP