Anniversary and a Vacation

Fabulous Friday to you my friends.


News alert: Today's post will be the last one until October 10th.

We are off on vacation to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary on the Oregon coast.

A drive along the ocean with a specific destination of Cannon Beach. Oh baby, let the good times roll!!!

Wow, how anyone put up with me that long I'll never understand!!

Don't stray away to another blog because no site covers all the news you can use like this one.







In honor of anniversaries, I submit the following for your enjoyment:


Man's best friend

Never Forget an Anniversary Again

The Remember Ring Turns on the Heat to Remind Couples of Special Day

Forgetful husbands beware! An Alaskan jeweler may have stumbled onto a way to make sure you never forget your anniversary again.

The Remember Ring is a wedding band with some high-tech innards that heats up to give the wearer a burning reminder about the special day about 24 hours before it arrives.

It may be the most surefire way to ensure the flowers and dinner reservations are made on time, but there's one small problem -- the ring doesn't exist.

The idea belongs to Cleve Oines, who runs the Web site for Goldsmith Gallery, a jewelry shop in the small town of Sitka, Alaska.

"Originally it was sort of a 'ha-ha,' but it's been getting so much traffic that we've begun to wonder," he said.

Oines says the store's Web site normally receives about 500 unique visitors a day, but since word got out about the Remember Ring, the site has been struggling to keep up with an increase in traffic. He said traffic on the site is about 60 times higher in volume since word got out.

From Gag to Glory

If the ring makes it out of Oines' mind and into reality, it likely wouldn't look exactly like the picture he posted but would incorporate the same concept.

"The question is space," he explained. "It can certainly be done. Whether it can be done in a thin band, or whether it would have to be a signet ring, we just don't know."

In an e-mail, Oines said the shop is in talks with an engineer to bring the ring to life sometime next year, and he guesses that it'll retail for around $700 to $800.

If the information that was posted on the Web site as part of the gag becomes reality, 24 hours before the big day the interior surface of the ring will heat up to 120 degrees for approximately 10 seconds. According to the site, it will continue to warm up "every hour, on the hour, all day long!"

"Using a micro thermopile, the Remember Ring converts the heat from your hand into electricity, keeping the battery charged and microchip clock running perpetually.

Just specify your anniversary date when you order, and we'll program your ring for you. Set it and forget it -- until your anniversary!"

Interestingly, the response has been mixed, and while you might think women, who are often portrayed in film and television as being let down by their mates on anniversaries, are not as amused by the idea as their counterparts.

"Most of the ladies have sort of expressed disdain," Oines said. "But a lot of men have gotten a laugh out of it."

This is not a laughing matter, we men need all the help we can get!!

The women don't like the idea because we will remember the date and then they won't be able to harp at us!!

This is a no brainer. Mine is on order!!!!!






Here is another anniversary recently celebrated.

Though you don't know them, I think you might enjoy their story.

I have put together this brief synopsis of Richard and Lisa's years together.


The beginning:

We have gathered together today to bond this couple together in Holy matrimony.

Do you Richard take Lisa to be your lawfully wedded wife?


Above is a wedding picture of Richard, his bride, Lisa, and the maid of honor.



The I do's are said and it's off to the car that had been decorated for the honeymoon.




During their marriage, Richard and Lisa together had two children, a boy and a girl.

The boy had no interest in playing sports, however Richard, a baseball fanatic, coached a Little League Baseball team.

People remarked how four of the boys on that team bore a striking resemblance to Richard.

Here is one of the many pictures Richard has of the boys wearing their baseball uniforms and representing the team that Richard named.



We are moving through the years of this marriage, and now the two children Richard and Lisa have together are grown up.

Richard and Lisa were very proud of their son attending and graduating from a prestigious university.

The picture below was taken at their son's graduation ceremony. He is the fourth person from the left in the second row.





Their daughter was very perky and got into politics early. She became a Democrat and started as a White House intern for Bill Clinton.

Bill told her parents that their daughter's service as a White House intern was a "rousing" success.

The picture below was taken as Hillary was escorting Richard and Lisa's daughter out of Bill's chambers.


Notice how "perky" the daughter is in her White House attire.




As with any marriage, theirs had it's "ups and downs" and "ins and outs," but through it all there was something special "between" Richard and Lisa.


After all their years together, Lisa wanted everyone to know just how special it was.

She placed the following ad on a billboard in their town for all to see that you are never too old.



And that, my friends, is the happy anniversary story.






Until October 10th when I return to the blog waves, let boredom set in, stop the paper, don't watch TV , don't open your mail, and don't talk to anyone until you can once again get all the news you can use right here!!

Kids' Day

OK, if you are one of the handful of my readers you will recall the two 5-year-old drivers I told you about.

Well here's a story about a young driver picking out the car he wants to drive:

3-Year-Old Buys Pink Convertible on Internet

Jack's mother said she had left her password for the eBay auction site in her computer and her son used the "buy it now" option to complete the purchase.

"Jack's a whiz on the PC and just pressed all the right buttons," Rachel Neal said.
The seller of the second-hand car, a dealer from Worcestershire, central England, was amused by the bid and agreed not to force the sale through.

"Luckily he saw the funny side and said he would re-advertise," Neal said.

I have a real problem with this story, and you will never guess what it is.

This kid is 3 years old and no it's not the fact that he bought a car, that I understand because cars are a guy thing.

No, what startles me is at 3 years old Jack's a whiz on the PC. Now that bothers me.

I know on, off, and reboot and this little kid buys cars on the computer!!! I need anti-depressant drugs now, and I mean now!!!!!









Brother of the year award:

Three-Year-Old Found Passed Out Drunk

Girl's 14-Year-Old Brother Arrested After Incident

Minneapolis - A 14-year-old boy was arrested after his 3-year-old sister was found passed out drunk from hard liquor at a home, police said.

The girl was unconscious when she was taken to a hospital after her sister called police Monday night, police spokesman Lt. Greg Reinhardt said. "The child could have easily died," he said.

She was recovering and had been released to a children's home by Wednesday morning. The girl's teenage brother was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of child endangerment, Reinhardt said. He said neglect or abuse appeared to have caused the girl's condition, rather than accidental alcohol poisoning.

Police would not release further details on the boy and any court proceedings because he is a juvenile. The girl's blood alcohol level was 0.12 percent, authorities said. Minnesota law considers drivers drunk when their blood alcohol level is 0.08 percent.

About one ounce of 40-proof liquor would cause that blood-alcohol level in a 3-year-old child of average weight, about 28 pounds. Kirk Hughes of the Minnesota Poison Control System said one ounce would be about two mouthfuls for such a child.

Reinhardt said police don't know what kind of hard liquor the girl drank. Reinhardt said the girl's mother was not home at the time.

The girl's mother was not home at the time. But alcohol was readily available for the 14-year-old to drink as well as share with the sister.

I wonder if the Mom left guns laying around as well?








Another mother of the year award:

Mom Who Let Baby Smoke Dope Wins Part of Appeal

San Francisco - A Montana mother who allowed her 18-month-old baby daughter to inhale from a marijuana water pipe on several occasions was properly convicted, but should not have to spend five years in jail, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday.

Jessica Durham was photographed allowing her toddler Michala to suck from a marijuana water pipe, also known as a bong, in 2004 by a friend upset about the activity.

"Ms. Durham allegedly remarked that smoking improved Michala's appetite and left Michala lethargic and mellow - a manner she found consistent with her own experience smoking marijuana," Judge Louis Pollak of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals wrote in summarizing the case.

In 2005, a lower court sentenced Durham to five years in prison for unlawful marijuana distribution. She appealed both the conviction and the sentence.

In its ruling on Friday, a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit upheld the conviction but said the sentence exceeded the applicable federal law which calls for punishment of no more than two years in prison.

Mellow flower children in the 70's. This, however, is 2006. The flower power, free love and smoke whatcha got is supposed to be gone!!! Magic mushrooms are a thing of the past, aren't they?









Father of the year award:

Thanks for the help with the phobia, Dad

Father talks daughter into jumping off bridge, ends up breaking leg

Lantana, Fla. - It seems a father's plan to cure his daughter's fear of heights fell short. Troy Stewart and his 10-year-old daughter were on their daily bike ride about 7:45 p.m. Monday when Stewart, 31, suggested they jump off a 15 foot bridge. Stewart held his daughter Meagan Stewart's hand as they jumped off the bridge into the Intracoastal Waterway, authorities said.

"At first he said, `Do you want to do it or not?'" Meagan said. "I thought, `It's kind of high,' and then he's like, `Trust me.'"

Meagan made the jump safely, but her father ended up with a broken leg. She rode her bike half a mile home and told her mother, Mandy Potter. Potter called authorities, who found Stewart waiting on the edge of Lantana Bicentennial Park.

"In his mind, he was playing," Potter, 32, said of her partner of 10 years. "But I don't condone his child's play."

Stewart was not charged since Meagan jumped willingly. Officials from the state Department of Children and Families planned to interview Potter.

"This is an example of what not to do as a parent," police Capt. Andy Rundle said. "And let this be a lesson to everybody: Somebody's tried it, and it's not a good idea."

Meagan said she was not upset with her father, but she planned to have a talk with him when he returned home from the hospital.

"I'm going to tell him I don't think he should have done that and you should have learned your lesson," she said.

In his mind, he was playing his partner of 10 years said!

The family must have some fun activities they enjoy together if jumping off a 15 foot bridge is his idea of fun!!

She says "I don't condone his child's play." Now she is a brain trust as well.

I know, for fun let's play dodge cars on the interstate. Won't that be fun?










Parents of the year award:


































Aw, isn't that sweet? Most people bronze the baby shoes!!





I'm afraid the world is going to Hell in a hand basket!!!!










That's the world today Thursday, September 27th of 2006.

Stop by tomorrow September 28th for more of all the news you can use!!!!

Animal Kingdom

Today is a day for animal stories.




A good bear gone bad:

Killer Teddy Bear Leaves 2,500 Fish Dead

MILFORD, N.H. - A teddy bear has been implicated in 2,500 deaths. Of trout, that is.

State officials say a teddy bear dropped into a pool at a Fish and Game Department hatchery earlier this month clogged a drain.

The clog blocked the flow of oxygen to the pool and suffocated the fish.

Hatcheries supervisor Robert Fawcett said the bear - who was dressed in yellow raincoat and hat - is believed to be the first stuffed bear to cause fatalities at the facility.

"We've had pipes get clogged, but it's usually with more naturally occurring things like a frog or even a dead muskrat," he said.

"This one turned out to be a teddy bear and we don't know how it got there."

The deaths prompted Fawcett to release a written warning: "RELEASE OF ANY TEDDY BEARS into the fish hatchery water IS NOT PERMITTED."

He said it's not known who dropped the bear, but urged anyone whose bear ends up in a hatchery pool to find a worker to remove it.

"They might save your teddy bear, and keep it from becoming a killer," he said.

"It's kind of a cute little teddy bear and people wouldn't think that a cute little teddy bear would be able to kill fish."

Now this is not my normal bear story. Obviously this Teddy had a bad childhood! Someone must have mistreated him!!!!

But bears love to eat fish.









This might not pass the smell test:

Skunk Lovers Gather for Annual Skunkfest

NORTH RIDGEVILLE, Ohio - People from as far away New Mexico and the Netherlands were in northern Ohio over the weekend, getting up close and personal with skunks.

Skunk owner Jeri Lynn Poling says others may not understand, but skunks make great pets and are soft and cuddly. She thinks having a rat or a lizard or a snake is weird.

Poling and other polecat enthusiasts gathered in North Ridgeville, about 25 miles southwest of Cleveland, for the sixth annual Skunkfest.

The event raises money for Skunk Haven, a nonprofit group that saves and rehabilitates injured skunks. And, pet skunks compete in beauty, personality and costume contests.

By the way, they all pass the sniff test, because those domesticated skunks are deodorized.

Well, one can't be too sure. Suppose, just suppose, someone mixed in a non- deodorized skunk?

Anyone want to go to Ohio for some fun? hee hee!









Panty Raid!!!!!!!!!!!

Moose Wanders Onto University Campus

Marquette, Mich. - A moose that wandered onto the Northern Michigan University campus and broke a dormitory window might have been looking for love in all the wrong places, a wildlife expert said.

City police chased the animal away after the Tuesday evening incursion at Magers Hall. It was unclear whether the moose got inside the building.

"It's not unusual for a moose to do something like this now," said Dean Beyer, a Michigan Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologist who has an office at Northern Michigan. "We're in the middle of the (mating) rut right about now.

"Moose, especially a young bull moose, will move long distances," he said. "They could be searching for a cow to mate with, or simply be a young bull dispersing after being chased away from its herd and looking for a new home range."

A yearling bull generally weighs 500 to 600 pounds, but any wild animal should be avoided, Beyer told The Mining Journal.

"They're more aggressive this time of year," he said. "It's always best to keep your distance."

Maybe he figured in the girls dorm they would think he was a football player looking for a little action!!!!.

Hey there big boy, why don't ya come up and see me sometime?









Snakes on my head! In the grass! In my home!

Idaho couple’s fixer-upper turns out to be crawling with serpents

WILFORD, Idaho - The Hepworths knew the house would require some maintenance. But they never thought they'd need a snake charmer.

Shortly after Lyman and Jeanine Hepworth began working on a rundown property outside of town, they experienced a trauma more fit for Samuel L. Jackson's character in "Snakes on a Plane" than a pair of eastern Idaho do-it-yourselfers.

Snakes, perhaps thousands of them, fell on Lyman Hepworth's head when he opened the door to a pump house near the small house the couple planned to buy.

"When it warmed up, we walked onto the yard and the whole yard moved," Jeanine Hepworth told the Rexburg Standard Journal.

One day, Lyman Hepworth reached to turn on a light and discovered the pull cord was actually a snake.

Last March, the Hepworths were having money troubles. Struggling to pay off their medical bills and make house payments, they sold their old home.

They planned to buy a home and a couple of outbuildings from an acquaintance on a few acres outside tiny Wilford.

Then they found the snakes — in the lawn, in the living room and in their hair.

The snakes are likely a terrestrial garter snake, Hanauska-Brown said. Reptiles are a protected species meaning the Hepworths cannot bait them or kill them, she said.

If they thought they had money problems before, now they are in real trouble when they try to sell.

Notice it said reptiles are a protected species meaning the Hepworths cannot bait them or kill them.

Their only hope is a sequel to Snakes on a Plane called Snakes in my Fixer-upper in Idaho!

Or "No, I said I wanted a house with servants, not serpents"!!!!









Last but not least I can't forget my Panda Bear story.



Man Bites Panda at Beijing Zoo

BEIJING - A drunken Chinese migrant worker jumped into a panda enclosure at the Beijing Zoo, was bitten by the bear and retaliated by chomping down on the animal's back.

Zhang Xinyan, from the central province of Henan, drank four jugs of beer at a restaurant near the zoo before visiting Gu the panda on Tuesday.

"He felt a sudden urge to touch the panda with his hand," and jumped into the enclosure.

The panda, who was asleep, was startled and bit Zhang, 35, on the right leg, Zhang got angry and kicked the panda, who then bit his other leg. A tussle ensued.

"I bit the fellow in the back," Zhang was quoted as saying in the newspaper. "Its skin was quite thick."

Other tourists yelled for a zookeeper, who got the panda under control by spraying it with water, Zhang was hospitalized.

Newspaper photographs showed Zhang lying on a hospital bed with blood-soaked bandages and a seam of stitches running down his leg.

The Beijing Youth Daily quoted Zhang as saying that he had seen pandas on television and "they seemed to get along well with people."

"No one ever said they would bite people," Zhang said. "I just wanted to touch it. I was so dizzy from the beer. I don't remember much."

Ye Mingxia, a spokeswoman for the Beijing Zoo, confirmed the incident happened but would not give any details. She said Gu Gu was "healthy."

"We're not considering punishing him now," Ye said in a telephone interview. "He's suffered quite a bit of shock."

If I ever get into a biting contest, the bear is on my team!! Ever notice no matter the country people always blame the alcohol for their stupid actions!!!





So it goes in the naked jungle. There are a million stories out there, this is just a few of them.

Tune in and turn on to tomorrow's blog where you get all the news you can use!

Where's the Beef?

Bon appetit!!


Eat a Roach and Be the First in Line

GURNEE, Ill. - Why wait in line when you can just eat a cockroach? That's the question Six Flags Great America is asking its thrill seekers during its Halloween-themed FrightFest.

The amusement park is daring customers to eat a live Madagascar hissing cockroach in exchange for unlimited line-jumping privileges.

The promotion, which has Lake County Health Department officials shaking their heads, starts Oct. 7.

Anyone who chows down the entire 2- to 3-inch horned cockroach gets a pass for four people to cut to the front of ride lines through Oct. 29.

Park officials insist it's safe to eat the crunchy critters, but health officials are cautioning participants.

Consuming live roaches might increase risks of gastrointestinal illness and allergies, according to Bill Mays, Lake County Health Department's community health director.

Cockroach eaters will have to sign waivers and still pay admission fees, said Six Flags spokesman James Taylor.

The bug buffet continues with a cooked roach eating contest Oct. 13 - Friday, Oct. 13.

Taylor says he's hoping someone can beat the 2001 Guinness Book of World Records feat in which a British man downed 36 cockroaches.

"I've heard people say, 'Wow,' 'Ew,' a lot of one-worders," Taylor said. "A lot have said that they wouldn't eat a cockroach, but they sure would like to see someone else do it."


The television show Fear Factor made this possible.

Then again a pass for four people to cut to the front of ride lines would indeed be tempting!!

No, not for me, I'm a meat and potato kinda guy. But they do have long lines at Six Flags, so maybe!!!









Here I come to save the day:

PETA Upset at Six Flags Roach Contest

GURNEE, Ill. - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants Six Flags Great America to scrap its Halloween-themed cockroach-eating promotion.

A spokeswoman for the animal rights organization says the contest at the amusement park's FrightFest is "gratuitously cruel."

The park in Gurnee, Ill., is joining other Six Flags parks in offering unlimited line-jumping privileges to anyone who eats a live Madagascar hissing cockroach. The bugs are up to three inches long.

The contest begins next month.

Amusement park officials are defending their menu choice. Great America spokesman Jim Taylor says the bugs are nutritious, high in protein and fat free.

Yeah, here we go, PETA and cockroaches.

One wonders what a true blue PETA person does when their house is invaded by cockroaches or ants.

Do you suppose they just politely ask them to leave?

I also wonder if PETA people drive a car? Bugs on the windshield you know!!!










You know there are those who pay dearly for a delicacy.

Crickets Are Popular Bar Food in Vietnam

HO CHI MINH CITY - Would you like your crickets deep fried and crispy? Peppered and presented in a neat circle on a bed of green leaves?

Breeders of crickets say the insects have become "finger food for beer drinkers" in an age of increasing prosperity in Vietnam compared with the recent past when they might have been food for the hungry or for wartime soldiers surviving in the jungle.

Businessman Le Thanh Tung raises hundreds of thousands of the flying insects in barrels and sells them to restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City, the Southeast Asian country's largest urban area, or to other breeders in neighboring provinces.

"The taste is very particular, very special and it smells good and tastes delicious but it is very difficult to compare cricket to other meat," said Tung, 28, suggesting that crickets are an acquired taste.

At his small farm and restaurant about 25 km (16 miles) west of the city center, a plastic-covered menu with photographs of cricket dishes offers "young crickets deep fried," "cricket salad," "breaded cricket," "cricket noodle" and "peppered cricket."

One customer rode 340 km on a motorbike from his home near the border with Cambodia to buy two boxes full of twitching, chirping crickets to breed and serve at his restaurant.

"There is a demand because people like to eat better," said the customer, Nguyen Chinh Anh.

Crunchy Crickets

Back in the hot kitchen of the farm's brick-faced building covered by a tin roof, Tung's sister-in-law, Huynh Thi Oanh Kieu, scoops up a colander of crickets from a plastic basin and gently releases them into boiling oil. They sizzle and smoke for five to 10 minutes and she pulls them out.

Crunchy crickets are ready.

Tung gives his guests six dishes of crickets of various sizes, shapes and colors nestled on long yellow noodles, or battered, or stood on their legs atop a dark-green salad.

Vietnamese crickets usually grow to 2.5 cm (0.9 inch) long and the largest can grow up to 4 cm, according to Tung.

"Tasty," said driver Nguyen Trong Thanh, after gingerly picking up a deep fried cricket with his chopsticks, dipping it in spicy fish sauce and then into his mouth. "This is the first time I've eaten it and I'm surprised it's that good."

Mmmm good. I bet they get a lot of requests for their recipe.

I wonder how you know what is rare, medium and well done?

I bet my exterminator is making a little money on the side from the bugs he is supposed to be killing at my house!!!

Hey, the United States couldn't win in Vietnam. Maybe PETA ought to give it a try and protect the crickets.










Who's got egg on their face?

Prince Charles Aide Denies Picky Egg Story

In an unusual move, aides to Britain's Prince Charles denied a report on Saturday that the heir-to-the-throne's staff have to cook him seven boiled eggs to allow him to choose one with the perfect consistency.

According to BBC Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman's new book "On Royalty," Charles enjoys a boiled egg after a day's hunting but he is fussy about how long it is cooked.

"If the Prince felt that number five was too runny, he could knock the top off number six or seven," Paxman told Saturday's Guardian newspaper, which is to serialize the book next week.

"The story is not true," said a spokesman for Britain's Prince Charles, despite Paxman saying the story's source is one of the royal heir's friends.

I don't hear any outrage from PETA here!! I mean what are eggs really? PETA should be outraged!!!








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Well here we are back to Monday and we need our coffee.

A Starbucks customer in the US who was told her free drink voucher was worthless is launching a $114m (£60m) lawsuit against the coffee colossus.

Starbucks pulled the free drink offer, saying it had been redistributed beyond its original intent.

The woman's lawyer says $114m equals the cost of drinks for all those turned away when the company decided to cancel its offer.

He hopes millions of other disappointed customers will join the legal effort.
The company originally e-mailed the offer to employees in the southeast of the US, with instructions to forward it to family and friends.

Like many popular things on the internet, the e-mail quickly got out of control, being forwarded to perhaps millions of people around the country and posted on websites.

When Starbucks realized how many people were coming in for their free drink, it rescinded the offer.

What do you mean I gotta pay and my one hundred free drink vouchers are worthless??

This is serious considering they raised their prices!!








OK, it's Monday and my coffee voucher is no good so I need something stronger.

The Ultimate Energy Drink: Cocaine?

350 Percent Stronger Than Red Bull

Most people know what cocaine is, and now Redux Beverages in Las Vegas is offering what it calls a "legal alternative" to the illegal drug in form of an energy drink.

Jamey Kirby, the drink's inventor, says the name for the drink -- Cocaine -- came to him during a brainstorming session at 1 o'clock in the morning.

"It's an energy drink, and it's a fun name," says Kirby. "As soon as people look at the can, they smile."

Kirby says Redux wanted to make a beverage that would send a sensation to the mouth. He describes Cocaine, the new beverage, as a "fruity, atomic fireball" drink.
Real Cocaine?

The 8.4 fluid ounce energy booster has no actual cocaine in it, but it does contain 280 milligrams of caffeine. According to the company's Web site, the only way to get more caffeine per ounce is with an espresso.

"It's just a bad idea and has all the same downsides of too much caffeine plus a very bad name," says Dr. Charles O'Brien a professor and vice chairman of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania.

The beverage is marketed to give a person a "high" coupled with a tingly euphoric feeling within five minutes of drinking it. That initial boost is followed 15 minutes later by an energy buzz that will last five to six hours, according to the company.


Man, this stuff wires you up!!!!!
















All this is putting a dent in my wallet. I guess I better find this ATM:

ATM Reprogrammed to Deliver More Cash

Virginia Beach, Va. - Police were looking for a man who reprogrammed a gas station ATM to give out four times as much money as it should.

Surveillance footage shows a man walking into the gas station at 6:17 p.m. on Aug. 19, swiping an ATM card and punching in a series of numbers, breaking the machine's security code.

The automated teller machine was reprogrammed to disburse $20 bills but record it was a $5 debit to his account. No one noticed until nine days later, when a customer told the clerk that the machine was giving out more money than it should.

Someone just had to tell!! There is always one in the crowd!









Money is tight these days you can't just let it slip through you fingers.

Man Jumps Off Bridge After a $20 Bill

Palmetto, Fla. - Mark Giorgio figured a 50-foot fall was worth $20. Giorgio, 47, was counting his money Monday while walking across the U.S. 41 bridge over the Manatee River when a $20 bill blew out of his hand and flew over the rail.

He followed. And plummeted 50 feet into the river. Then he swam about 100 yards to fish the bill from the water. "I got my money back, hell yeah twenty bucks is a lot of money when you're broke."

He was fished from the water by a passing Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer. Giorgio, who said he was already suffering from a broken collarbone, refused treatment for cuts and scrapes he suffered in the fall.

You gotta know when to hold 'em and know when to fold 'em with money too!!





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Best I can remember, it is better to be young and foolish than to be old and wise.

Far Out

Couple Jailed for Pricey Bosom Fondle Scam

Helsinki - A fee of 25,500 euros, or $32,000, is way too much for a woman to charge a man for fondling her bosom, a Finnish district court ruled.

The court jailed a couple in their twenties for more than a year for charging a 74-year-old who suffers from dementia a total of 25,500 euros to enjoy the woman's breasts on 10 occasions.

"Based on general life experience alone, it is indisputably clear that a 25,500 euro charge is disproportionate to the compensation in question," said Judge Hasse Hakki, who heard the case.

But he said the court in Kokkola, about 300 miles north of Helsinki, would not decide "the proper financial value of the compensation."

The retiree filed charges against the couple, who were convicted of extortionate overcharging, even though he told the court he paid the price willingly at the time.

If this guy is 74 and fondling a 20-year-old woman's breasts, he is not suffering from dementia.

He may be delusional and a very bad shopper. Then again she might be, as Paris would say, hot.







Couples Line Up for Passion in a Car on Stilts

Amsterdam - Couples in Amsterdam are writing out their dreams of passion for the chance to spend a night in a small car fitted with a bed and hoisted up on poles.

For a free overnight stay, couples must write to the Italian artist who converted the hatchback, and explain their romantic intentions -- ranging from marriage proposals to re-enactments of teenaged backseat fumblings.

Federico D'Orazio said he removed the seats of the Opel Kadett, squeezed a double bed into it and placed it on 13-foot-high poles to provide a place for "real love" in a city famed for its sex trade.

"I tried to make a space for real love in a city where sex is dominant," said Federico D'Orazio. "You can have sex because it is a safe structure."

The car is not anywhere near Amsterdam's famous red light district -- where scantily clad prostitutes display their charms in the windows of brothels -- but it has received enough offers to be filled for six months. It is available until mid-October.

Dutch couple Hanne Hagenaars and Hans Bolscher said they recently spent a night in the car, although at one point a passer-by tried to climb in with them.

"In cars a lot of aggressiveness takes place so to invite people to make love in the car, I think it is really nice," said 45-year-old Hagenaars.

Wow, foreigners don't get it. He took the seats out which ruins the challenge. My research staff advises a bed is easy, a back seat requires creativity with "seat" positions!!!








Just like the stores being ahead of the holidays these next two stories are early for Halloween.


Severed Heads Scare Off Burglars

Vienna - Burglars in Vienna opted for a speedy getaway after they found eight severed human heads when breaking into the basement of an apartment building, Austrian police said Friday.

A dentist had stored the mummified heads, which he used for research, in a chest in the basement. Burglars stumbled upon the collection when they broke in, police said.

"The burglars were looking for loot when they discovered the heads," said a spokeswoman for Austrian police. "From what it looks like, they just left them lying and bolted away."

Austrian authorities said they were investigating whether there had been a breach of the regulations for storing research materials.

Evidently when they opened the chest, what scared the burglars was when the eight heads started to sing "I ain't got no body!!"







Doctor accused of taking cadaver hand

Med school grad pleads not guilty to giving stray body part to exotic dancer

New Brunswick, N.J. - A doctor has pleaded not guilty to stealing a hand from a New Jersey medical school cadaver and giving it to an exotic dancer.

Ahmed Rashed, a 2005 graduate of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, was charged Monday after voluntarily returning from Los Angeles, where he is in a residency program.

The dancer, Linda Kay, kept the hand in a jar of formaldehyde in her bedroom. Friends have said she called the hand “Freddy.”

Police discovered the hand, along with six human skulls, at Kay’s home in July, after being called there on a report that a roommate was suicidal. The roommate was not home, but Kay was.

Kay, 31, has pleaded not guilty to unlawful disposal of human remains. Her mother has said she believed the skulls were bought from a mail order catalog.

He got what he wanted and she got what she wanted when he was not around!! Makes perfect sense!! Head and a hand. Freddy, oh Freddy, oh ohhhhhhh Freddy!!!!!






And in closing:

I was talking to a guy who had just celebrated his wedding anniversary.

He told me he and his wife had 30 good years together.

He said he figured that was not too bad considering it was their 50th wedding anniversary they just celebrated!!!!



That's all you get for this first Sunday of fall !!!!!

Hurry back tomorrow for more of all the news you can use.

Sick Saturday

Another twist to an already twisted case:

Child porn case against Karr hits a snag

Prosecutors can’t find computer that allegedly contained illegal images


Santa Rosa, Calif. - Efforts to prosecute one-time JonBenet Ramsey murder suspect John Mark Karr on child pornography charges should not be jeopardized even though his computer that allegedly contained the images was lost, Sonoma County authorities said Wednesday.

Authorities seized the computer from Karr’s home in 2001 and copied the entire hard drive onto paper, including the five illicit images, said Sheriff’s Department Lt. Dave Edmonds. He said authorities looked for the computer for the past two weeks, but have had no luck.

“We did an exhaustive search. We have probably hundreds of thousands of evidence items and we’re certain at this point, through a couple of weeks of effort, that it’s not misplaced inside of our property unit,” he said

On Tuesday, prosecutors offered Karr a plea deal that would waive three of the five child pornography possession charges against Karr if he pleaded guilty to the two remaining ones. Karr would get credit for time served, would be placed on probation for three years and would be required to register as a sex offender.

“I wonder if that was the impetus of the offer today,” Karr’s attorney, Robert Amparan, said. “It seems like a pretty embarrassing mistake for the Sheriff’s Department to admit.”

Assistant District Attorney Larry Scoufos denied any connection between the missing computer and the plea deal offer.

Wow, Boulder, CO, wined him and dined him, paid for a first class flight to the United States and gave him 15 minutes of fame.

Thanks to Santa Rosa bungling the case, his 15 minutes of fame has been extended to 30 minutes. Now he will walk and be free to write a best selling novel!!!

Oh yeah, people will buy the book, you can bet on it!!

'Hello boys and girls, it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Won't you be mine!!!!!'









Santa Rosa, CA, how close is Novato, CA, to you?

What to do while on trial for computer theft?

For California man, the answer is: Steal courthouse computers

Novato, Calif. - A man was convicted of various theft charges, after prosecutors say he stole computers from the courthouse while he was on trial for computer theft.

"It just amazed me that someone could be in the middle of a jury trial for a burglary involving computers and immediately get involved in another burglary at the Civic Center," said sheriff's Sgt. Jerry Niess.

OK, make a deal with this guy to give back Karr’s home computer!!










Ohio Woman Reported Missing From Cruise Ship

MIAMI - Authorities were investigating the disappearance of an Ohio woman who was reported missing Monday from a Carnival Cruise Lines ship.


This just in:

Miami Authorities and Carnival Cruise Lines have requested Santa Rosa, CA, authorities to provide John Mark Karr a first class ticket to Miami so authorities can question him about the disappearance of the Ohio woman from a Carnival Cruise Lines ship.









X-Rated Font Used on Third-Grade Handout

Monroe, N.Y. - School officials apologized after an X-rated font was used on a third-grade spelling packet handed out to parents. The font showed male and female stick figures in provocative poses to form the letters of the alphabet.

Officials with the Monroe-Woodbury School District in Orange County apologized last week after parents at Pine Tree Elementary School were given the spelling packet at an open house.

Administrators said the teacher did not use the font intentionally.

Did not use the font intentionally - I guess teachers don't teach students to double check their work anymore.

I wonder if teachers have heard the word 'proofread'?










Kids X-Rated John Mark Karr was also a teacher wasn't he?

Was he in New York recently?


Wow, teach them porn in 3rd grade, seduce them in the 8th or 9th grade. School is just not what it used to be!!!


I don't know where you find the fonts they are talking about. Can anyone shed light on that for me?




That's all folks. Come back tomorrow for all the news you can use!!

Soup of the Day

Well, here in Las Vegas, NV, fall is setting in as our days are now a few degrees under 100.

The cooler weather of fall turns one's thoughts to a nice bowl of hot soup.

With that in mind, today I have decided to share my homemade soup recipe with all of you.





Wag’s
Hamburger Vegetable Soup

THIS RECIPE MAKES 8 QUARTS

2 - POUNDS LEAN GROUND BEEF
5 - MEDIUM TO LARGE POTATOES CUBED
1 - LARGE ONION, DICED
1 - HEAPING CUP, CELERY DICED
1 - HEAPING CUP, CARROTS DICED
2 - 14.5 OUNCE CANS DICED TOMATOES WITH ROASTED GARLIC
1 - 14.5 OUNCE CAN FIESTA WHOLE KERNEL CORN
1 - 1 POUND BAG OF FROZEN MIXED VEGETABLES
3 - 11.5 FL. OUNCE CANS V-8 VEGETABLE JUICE
1 - 14 OUNCE CAN LOW SODIUM BEEF BROTH
2 - 14 OUNCE CANS WATER
4 - TABLESPOONS WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE
½ - TEASPOON PEPPER
GENEROUS AMOUNT OF LAWRY’S SEASONING SALT


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PLACE THE CUBED POTATOES IN AN 8 QUART SOUP POT. COVER WITH WATER.

BOIL POTATOES ON MEDIUM TO HIGH HEAT UNTIL POTATOES ARE ALMOST SOFT.

DRAIN AND RETURN POTATOES TO THE SOUP POT.


PLACE THE LEAN GROUND BEEF IN A LARGE DEEP FRYING PAN. BREAK UP GROUND BEEF WITH A SPATULA AND PLACE ON STOVE OVER MEDIUM HEAT.

HEAVILY SEASON THE GROUND BEEF WITH LAWRY’S SEASONING SALT.

ADD THE FOLLOWING TO THE MEAT:

WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE

PEPPER

CARROTS

ONIONS

CELERY

THOROUGHLY MIX ALL TOGETHER WHILE COOKING UNTIL THERE IS NO PINK SHOWING IN THE HAMBURGER.

WHEN PINK IS GONE FROM THE GROUND BEEF, DRAIN AND RETURN MIX TO THE FRYING PAN OVER MEDIUM HEAT.

IN THE LARGE FRYING PAN ADD THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OF DICED TOMATOES WITH ROASTED GARLIC TO THE MEAT MIXTURE AND THOROUGHLY MIX ALL TOGETHER WHILE COOKING FOR ABOUT 7 MINUTES.

ADD THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OF THE FRYING PAN TO THE SOUP POT WITH THE POTATOES AND MIX WELL.


ADD THE FOLLOWING TO THE SOUP POT:

V-8 JUICE

BEEF BROTH

WATER

THE FIESTA WHOLE KERNEL CORN, UNDRAINED

FROZEN MIXED VEGETABLES


STIR AND COOK ON MEDIUM TO HIGH HEAT. BRING SOUP ALMOST TO A BOIL THEN REDUCE HEAT TO LOW OR SIMMER FOR 15 MINUTES.

ADD SALT AND PEPPER TO TASTE.





NOW YOU ARE EATING GOOD IN WAG'S NEIGHBORHOOD!!!

HAVE A GREAT FRIDAY AND PLEASE RETURN HERE TOMORROW FOR ALL THE NEWS YOU CAN USE!!!

Crime and Television

“It’s just been blown so far out of proportion.”

Town's Top Cop Quits Over Nude Photos of Wife

Mayor, Councilman Also Resign Amid Backlash Over Internet Postings

Snyder, Okla. - The police chief, the mayor and a councilman from this small, southwestern Oklahoma town resigned Friday, saying they were fed up with the public attention and criticism they received after the chief's wife appeared in various nude poses on a Web site and the photos began circulating around town.

Three officials resigned from a small town, saying they were fed up with criticism after the police chief's wife, shown here, appeared nude on the Internet.

"This has turned into a media circus," Chief Tod Ozmun said Friday. "I don't feel like me staying in office is going to benefit my department or my staff. This has turned into a mess. This is ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous."

Dozens of local residents had called for Ozmun's resignation, but the City Council decided last week that Doris Ozmun's adult pictures were protected by the First Amendment. A prosecutor had called for an investigation.

The chief read a statement from Clifford Barnard, the councilman who resigned:

"The citizens' concerns that we were not enforcing religious and moral beliefs was very heartfelt and I don't want to be associated with their moral or religious beliefs because I've never read anywhere in the Good Book that the Lord wanted us to persecute those that did not hold the same morals or values."

Mayor Dale Moore also resigned.

"I think this is wrong and I won't put up with it," he told The Oklahoman. "I don't want to work in a community like this."

Shirely Anderson, who served as Snyder's mayor for five years until 1995 and whose husband, Billy Ray Anderson, was mayor for eight years before that, has been critical of the chief and his wife.

"They have no morals as far as I'm concerned," said Shirley Anderson. "That's the whole thing I think - morals. You should have respectable people in office. They need to go somewhere else where this is accepted."

Earlier Friday, the chief said the whole issue involving his 43-year-old wife had been blown out of proportion.

"People in this country do what she does on a daily basis," he said. "It's absolutely ludicrous. Makes no sense at all."

He said he has had lengthy discussions with his wife about the photos but does not tell her what to do.

"My wife is 6-foot-3 and weighs 300 pounds," he said. "If there is somebody that thinks they can control her, have at it. I have tried for 11 years and haven't been able to."

Tod Ozmun, 34, chief since January 2005, said he first met his wife 11 years ago. He said she is his former police partner.

Doris Ozmun was paroled in March 2005 after spending two years in the state prison system on drug-related charges.


OK, here's a couple questions for you:

Which of the town's people was looking for nude pictures?

When the pictures were printed and passed around, did everyone take a close look?

And last question, how stupid is the police chief anyway? Her track "record" is not the best!!!!!

Hot Hot Hot!!!!!!!!!







Punter Arrested for Allegedly Stabbing Rival

Northern Colorado Reserve Faces Charges

Greeley, Colo. - The University of Northern Colorado's reserve punter was arrested Tuesday, accused of stabbing his rival in his kicking leg.

Mitch Cozad, a sophomore from Wheatland, Wyo., allegedly attacked starting punter Rafael Mendoza in a parking lot in Evans.

Mendoza, the Bears' first-string punter from Thornton, was treated and released from the North Colorado Medical Center Monday night. Coach Scott Downing said Mendoza will not punt for UNC in Saturday's game at Texas State University.

Cozad, Mendoza and freshman Zak Bigelow had been in a three-way race for the starting punter's job in pre-season training. Mendoza has averaged 37.6 yards-per-punt on nine punts in the two games so far this season.




Second Suspect Sought in Punter Stabbing

Witnesses Reportedly Saw Alleged Accomplice

Greeley, Colo. - Police said Friday they are looking for a second suspect in the stabbing of Northern Colorado's starting punter.

Evans police Lt. Gary Kessler said witnesses saw an alleged accomplice standing near the getaway car Monday night just after punter Rafael Mendoza was stabbed in his kicking leg outside his apartment.

"He didn't play a role in the assault, but he played a role in the crime," Kessler said. "He was dressed in black clothing. He was involved in the aftermath of the incident."

Northern Colorado backup punter Mitch Cozad is accused of stabbing Mendoza in his kicking leg outside his apartment in Evans, a small town adjacent to Greeley and about 50 miles north of Denver.

Not long after Monday's attack, a liquor store employee called police and said two men were removing tape from the front and rear license plates of a car in the parking lot. Once removed, the employee saw the license plate number read "8-KIKR," which led police to the family of Cozad, Kessler said.

Does this remind you of the Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan fiasco a few years back?

This kid and friend attend college and are stupid enough to try that, and double stupid to use a car with personalized plates.

Oh wait, he was a football player. I forgot!!

With this on his resume, he should be picked up by an NFL team as soon as he gets out of jail!!








Rage Over MySpace Photo Leads to Arrest

MESA, Ariz.- A 22-year-old woman was arrested after authorities say she tried to hire someone to kill another woman whose photo appeared on her boyfriend's MySpace.com Web page.

Heather Michelle Kane was booked Tuesday for investigation of conspiracy to commit murder, Mesa Detective Jerry Gissel said.

She was arrested after she met an undercover Mesa police detective at a grocery store, gave the officer $400 and offered to pay an additional $100 once the woman had been killed, according to court records.

The records say Kane gave the undercover officer photographs taken from her boyfriend's social networking Web page of the woman she wanted killed. She also requested a photo of the woman's dead body.

It wasn't clear if the boyfriend and the targeted woman were romantically involved, Gissel said.

Geez, she wanted a lot for 500 bucks!!!! MySpace - Where everyone knows your business. They have no idea that later things will be used against them!!!










Family Charged Over Marijuana Plot in Public Park

ROME - Two brothers have been arrested on charges of growing a marijuana plantation in one of the biggest public parks in Palermo, Sicily, Ansa news agency reported on Wednesday.

Police say the men, aged 25 and 30, had grown about 20 marijuana plants each at least six feet high in the Italian city's Parco della Favorita, Ansa reported.

The pair were arrested as they carried watering cans to the site, which was hidden by vegetation. Police who raided their home found 3,000 seeds, more marijuana and cash thought to be from sales of the drug.

The men's parents also have been charged in the case.

Hide in plain sight, but don't carry water!!!!










With all this crime, it's time to call in a professional to put a stop to this madness. It's time for Dog!!!





Duane 'Dog' Chapman Arrested by Feds

HONOLULU - TV reality show bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman and two co-stars on his show were arrested in Hawaii on charges of illegal detention and conspiracy in an alleged kidnapping three years ago in Mexico, U.S. Marshals said.

Chapman, 53, son Leland Chapman and associate Timothy Chapman were taken into custody early Thursday by 15 officers and did not resist arrest, said Mark Hanohano, U.S. marshal for the district of Hawaii.

"It went down without incident," Hanohano said.

The charges stem from Chapman's capture of Max Factor heir Andrew Luster on June 18, 2003 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, said Marshals spokeswoman Nikki Credic in Washington. Bounty hunting is considered a crime in Mexico.

Chapman's detention of Luster, who had fled the country after being convicted of raping three women, catapulted the bounty hunter to fame and led to the reality series on the A&E channel. Luster is now in jail serving a 124-year term.

The three are being held in custody in Honolulu, and bail has not been set. They will face an extradition hearing to Mexico under terms of treaties between the U.S. and Mexico, Credic said.

Charges have been pending against the three since local police in Mexico arrested them shortly after they roped in Luster. They posted bail but never returned to Puerto Villarta for their court hearing on July 15, 2003, Credic said.

Mexican authorities demanded that the Chapmans transfer Luster to Mexican police.

A U.S. warrant for their arrest was signed by a federal judge in Honolulu on Wednesday.

Oh darn, Dog is unavoidably detained and cannot come to the rescue!!! What will we do now?

"Dog the Bounty Hunter" is A&E's top-rated show currently in its third season.

I hear they are already planning a new show to replace Dog. It's called I'm Beth.

I used to be Dog's main squeeze until he found a soul mate in prison.

As Paris would say "That's Hot."







And so it goes for Thursday. Tune in tomorrow for something more than all the news you can use!!!

Hump Day

Wednesday Silliness



Racy balloon act heats up climate meeting

Burlesque dancer draws mixed reaction

Canberra, Australia - A skimpily dressed burlesque dancer, who asked scientists to pop balloons on her costume, proved too hot for a climate-change conference in Australia.

Some scientists stormed out of the conference dinner when Rebecca Gale, covered in red balloons, started her act and asked delegates to pop her balloons, revealing a racy costume underneath.

Organizers stepped in and cut the spectacle short. But Tuesday night’s performance angered Australia’s environment minister, who withdrew the government’s sponsorship of the Australian and New Zealand Climate Change Forum.

Prime Minister John Howard said on Friday he thought booking burlesque entertainers for a science conference was probably inappropriate. “But I’m not going to list it for discussion at the next meeting of the national security committee of cabinet,” he joked.

Gale, however, said her act was a traditional burlesque dance and was not offensive and did not feature any nudity. “With the balloon-popping incident, I went down to vintage corsetry. There was not even midriff on display,” Gale told Australian television.

Scientists are sure a stuffy bunch, don't ya think?









Spanish Police Embarrassed by Porno Film

Spanish police embarrassed by porno film shown at training course

Spanish police officers settling in for a video presentation on how to get promoted to sergeant were instead shown footage from a hard-core pornographic film, officials said Tuesday.

Howling laughter rippled through the auditorium where 120 Madrid city police officers had gathered Monday to see the video on operations at an academy where they are to study, the Madrid regional justice and interior ministry said.

A ministry official said computer technicians have blamed the glitch on a Trojan Horse computer virus that activated when the computer containing the video was turned on.

"It was just bad luck that the virus activated right then," said the official, who could not be named because of department rules. The person operating the computer stopped the video and turned it back on several times but each time the porno movie came back on, so the operator eventually just shut the computer off altogether, the official said.

I bet for a minute everyone was going to sign up to be a sergeant!!

Trojan Horse computer virus huh. Kinda fitting name for it, don't ya think?









Humiliation aside, the system worked

Chicago prosecutors drop charges in penis pump-bomb airport mix-up

CHICAGO - Prosecutors dropped all charges Wednesday against a man who claimed an airport security guard misheard him when she thought he'd said a sexual device in his backpack actually was a bomb.

Mardin Amin, who appeared in a Cook County Circuit Court Wednesday, has said he actually told the female security guard at O'Hare International Airport last month that the small, black object was a "pump" — as in a penis pump.

O'Neill-Burke explained earlier that her client was embarrassed to explain the object to the security guard in front of his mother, who was traveling with him — so he whispered. The guard misunderstood, and thought he had said "bomb," she said.

This is a follow-up to my previous post regarding this guy not wanting his Mom to find out. I wonder if she knows anymore now?








Guilty plea in microwaved fake penis case

Woman pleads guilty; charged dropped for man; microwave to be replaced

McKeesport, Pa. - A woman pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in connection with a bizarre incident in February that resulted in a fake penis being microwaved at a convenience store.

Leslye Creighton, 41, of Wilkinsburg, entered the plea Wednesday, and authorities dropped the same charge against Vincent Bostic, 31, of Pittsburgh, who has agreed to help pay $425 to replace the store's microwave, police and the couple's defense attorney said.

Police in McKeesport, about 10 miles east of Pittsburgh, said the incident began when Bostic filled a fake penis with his urine that they said Creighton planned to use to pass a drug test to get a job.

The two stopped at a GetGo! convenience store and, after wrapping the device in a paper towel, asked a store clerk to heat it up in a microwave, police said.

Authorities said they believe Creighton wanted the device heated so the urine inside would be at body temperature during the drug test.

The clerk, however, believing the lifelike device to be a severed penis, called police.

The clerk was thinking of Lorena Bobbitt I'm sure!!!










Seattle man dies after sex with horse

Police say death was accidental, investigate farm on cruelty suspicions

Seattle - A Seattle man died after engaging in sex with a horse at a farm suspected of being a gathering place for people seeking to have sex with livestock, police said Friday.

The horse involved in the incident was not harmed, and an autopsy of the unnamed man concluded that “the manner of death was accidental." “The information that we have is that people would find this place via chat rooms on the Web,” said Sgt. John Urquhart of the King County Sheriff’s Department.

Although sex with animals is not illegal in Washington state, Urquhart said that investigators were looking into whether the farm, located in Enumclaw, 40 miles southeast of Seattle, allowed sex with smaller animals that resulted in animal cruelty, which is a crime.

“If you’re talking about sheep or goats, there could be some issues.”

My staff advises no charges have been brought against the horse!!

So, if I understand this correctly they have no issues other than if sheep or goats are involved.

Strange for sure!!!!






I just report it folks. This blog is world renowned for bringing you all the news you can use!!!

Get well wishes then on to my Animal Day

Before all the news you can use today I want to send out get well wishes to my editor Pat.

Pat's back has gone out on her and she can hardly move.

Now heres the story on Pat;

As I told you in my previous post, Pat took a little time off to fly to New York for her Mom's 80th birthday.

Well, Pat was gone for four or five days and when she returned home she was fine. Of course she really missed her husband Wally as did he really miss her while she was gone.

Funny, Pat is home one day and one night and she throws her back out!!

I'm just saying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





Check this out:

New Multicolored Bird Found in India

NEW DELHI - A new bird species has been found in India, the first time such a discovery has been made here in more than 50 years, an astronomer and keen bird watcher said Tuesday.

The multicolored bird, Bugun Liocichla, was spotted in May in the remote Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary in India's northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh near the border with China, said Ramana Athreya, a member of Mumbai's Natural History Society.

Athreya, who found the bird, named it after the Bugun tribe, which lives in the area. The bird has a black cap, a bright yellow patch around the eyes and yellow, crimson, black and white patches on the wings, he told The Associated Press.

Birdlife International, a global alliance of conservation organizations, described it on its Web site Tuesday as "the most sensational ornithological discovery in India for more than half a century."

Athreya caught two of the species, but released them after making detailed notes and taking photographs - and keeping feathers that had worked loose in his net.

"We thought the bird was just too rare for one to be killed," Athreya said.

"With today's modern technology, we could gather all the information we needed to confirm it as a new species. We took feathers and photographs and recorded the bird's songs," he said.

Though the bird was discovered in May, the news was kept under wraps until it was confirmed that it was a new species.

Athreya said he had first briefly spotted the bird in 1995. "But it was only this year I had a sufficiently good look that we could move into the matter."

How about that? You heard it right here!!!









Driver grabs pup, hits train, lives to tell tale

Woman turns to help tumbling Chihuahua; train drags part of car 200 yards

GILLETTE, Wyo. - A woman drove into a moving coal train after she was distracted by her Chihuahua, which had fallen off a seat in her car.

Both Lee Blake, 64, and her Chihuahua, Cocoa, were unhurt.

"My dog fell off the seat and I grabbed him," Blake said. "I guess I took longer than I thought. I looked up and I hit the train."

The crash happened around 11 a.m. Monday.

Police said Blake apparently didn't hear the warning signals and drove beneath the BNSF Railway gates. BNSF Railway officials said the gates were working properly.

It took 200 yards for the coal train, which was pulling 131 empty cars, to stop.

The hood of the blue 1998 Chevrolet Cavalier was ripped off, the radiator hung from the engine block and the bumper was 200 yards away.

"Usually you expect these to be a T-bone," police officer Rebecca Elger said. "You're always surprised when they turn out good."

And they say cell phones are bad! See, it's those little dogs!! Oh, after this story I need a Taco Bell!!

Notice it was a woman driver!! I'm just saying.









Pig Withstands Tasers and Eludes Police

Green Bay, Wis. - A pig withstood taser shots from police officers and eluded authorities for more than an hour after wandering onto Green Bay's major highway.

The 150-pound pig was spotted by a passing driver on U.S. 41. The animal reportedly went into traffic several times, creating a hazard.

Officers located the pig about 7 p.m. and made two attempts to subdue it with a stun gun, but it fled both times after pulling out the Taser probes.

A passerby who described himself as a former pig farmer tried to wrestle the animal, but the animal pulled away from him as well.

Three tranquilizer darts were finally used to bring the pig under control, and it was placed in blanket and lifted into an animal control van.

The animal was taken to the Bay Area Humane Shelter that evening. Police said a local attorney planned to claim the pig Thursday. The name of the pig's owner was not disclosed.

No offense to all my police friends and all of the ones that enjoy writing me tickets. Is this a case of pig vs. pig and the four-legged one wins?

Notice how quick an attorney showed up!!









And right before, the goat ate my homework ...

Ax murder suspect says goat he was attacking turned into brothers corpse

LAGOS, Nigeria - A Nigerian murder suspect accused of killing his brother with an ax told police investigators he actually attacked a goat, which was only later magically transformed into his sibling's corpse.

The man, whose name wasn't released, offered police his explanation after his arrest Tuesday in the death of his brother the previous day at Isseluku village in southern Nigeria.

He said that the goats were on his farm and he tried to chase them away. When one wouldn't move, he attacked it with an ax. He said it then turned into his brother.

Murder suspects in Nigeria, where many people believe in black magic, sometimes claim spirits tricked them into killing. In 2001, eight people were burned to death after one person in their group was accused of making a bystander's penis magically disappear.

Wow, just when you thought you had heard every excuse, one like this comes along!! I wonder if the bystander ever found it?






And so once again we face terrible Tuesday with all the news you can use.

Return tomorrow to see what Wednesday (hump day) will bring in the form of all the news you can use!!!!

42 not 43, Math, and an Update

It doesn't add up.

Something that has bothered me for years!

A long, long time ago while studying American History, I raised the question as to who was doing the math when it came to Presidents of the United States.

The teachers had no answer for me, and it has continued to bug me to this very day.

I'm not that proficient at math, but this seems wrong to me.

The following is a list of the 42 Presidents including the current President.
1. George Washington
2, John Adams
3. Thomas Jefferson
4. James Madison
5. James Monroe
6. John Quincy Adams
7. Andrew Jackson
8. Martin Van Buren
9. William Henry Harrison
10. John Tyler
11. James Knox Polk
12. Zachary Taylor
13. Millard Fillmore
14. Franklin Pierce
15. James Buchanan
16. Abraham Lincoln
17. Andrew Johnson
18. Ulysses S.Grant
19. Rutherford Birchard Hayes
20. James Abram Garfield
21. Chester Alan Arthur
22. Grover Cleveland
23. Benjamin Harrison
24. William McKinley
25. Theodore Roosevelt
26. William Howard Taft
27. Woodrow Wilson
28. Warren Gamaliel Harding
29. Calvin Coolidge
30. Herbert Clark Hoover
31. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
32. Harry Truman
33. Dwight David Eisenhower
34. John Fitzgerald Kennedy
35. Lyndon Baines Johnson
36. Richard Milhous Nixon
37. Gerald Rudolph Ford
38. James Earl Jr Carter
39. Ronald Wilson Reagan
40. George Herbert Walker Bush
41. William Jefferson Clinton
42. George Walker Bush

Now, everything I read refers to George W. Bush as the 43rd President. We all know some of these men were Presidents for more than one term, so that is accounted for in the count.

I'm just saying this bugs me as to how they do the math!!









Speaking of math:

Birth Breaks Hospital's Record for Biggest Baby

NORWICH, Conn. - Oh baby! Marie Michel's fifth child was one for the record books. Michel gave birth to a 14-pound, 13-ounce boy Tuesday.

Backus officials said the newborn - Stephon Hendrix Louis-Jean - broke the 18-year record for the biggest baby ever born at the hospital by 1 pound, 13 ounces. He was nearly 23 inches long.

"He's built like a linebacker," said Dr. David Kalla, who delivered the baby by Caesarean section.

After nine months of carrying Stephon, 36-year-old Michel said she was happier about having finished giving birth than about all the attention her baby was receiving.

The baby's size came as no surprise to his mom. Michel's oldest son weighed 9 pounds at birth, her 8-year-old twin sons each weighed 8 1/2 pounds and her youngest son, age 3, was nearly 12 pounds.

Now that's what they call a bouncing baby boy!!!

I think she should skip the breast milk and go straight to the solid food!!!










This is an interesting update to my Saturday 9-16 post. The plot thickens!!!

Nurse Strangles Man Hired to Kill Her

PORTLAND, Ore. - When Susan Kuhnhausen returned home from work one day earlier this month, she encountered an intruder wielding a claw hammer. After a struggle, the 51-year-old nurse fended off her attacker by strangling him with her bare hands.

Neighbors praised the woman for her bravery, and investigators said they believed the dead man - Edward Dalton Haffey - was burglarizing Kuhnhausen's home. But after an investigation, police now say the intruder Kuhnhausen strangled was apparently a hit man hired by her estranged husband - Michael James Kuhnhausen Sr. - to kill her.

The 58-year-old husband was taken into custody Thursday and charged with conspiracy to commit murder and attempted murder.

Haffey had worked as a custodian under Kuhnhausen at an adult video store, according an affidavit filed by the Multnomah County District Attorney's office.

Kuhnhausen and his wife were in the process of getting a divorce, and she told officers "her husband was distraught about the divorce and wanting to reconcile but that she was insisting on the divorce."

There was no sign of forced entry into the home, but according to the affidavit, Susan Kuhnhausen offered an explanation for the lack of evidence of a break-in: Her estranged husband had the security codes for the home's alarm system, and would have been able to disarm it.

I think if this lady tells you she wants a divorce, you better just say yes and not mess with her.

I guess the women will say, "Men - how stupid."

Plus he sent a boy to do a man's job.

Had he killed her with the claw hammer he probably thought he could make it look like a suicide!!!!

Oh wait, he was hired as a hit man so he used a hammer, I get it.





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Jesuits Cite Abuse by Late Gonzaga Chief

Spokane, Wash. - Former Gonzaga University President John Leary was involved in the sexual abuse of boys and young men in the 1960s, but the priest's actions were covered up by Jesuit officials, the Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus said Friday.

The operative phrase here is: covered up by Jesuit officials!

Leary, who died in 1993, led the Jesuit-run university in Spokane from 1961 to 1969. No details about the abuse or number of victims were immediately released.

"While today, stronger safeguards and clearer policies are in place, the Jesuits wish to publicly acknowledge the failures of our history and apologize to those who have suffered," the Rev. John D. Whitney of Portland, Ore., leader of the Oregon Province, said in a news release Friday. He called the cover up "uncharacteristic."

The operative phrase here is: stronger safeguards and clearer policies are in place, which if you have read my previous posts, you would know this is a lie!

The next operative phrase here is: apologize to those who have suffered, as if that makes it OK!

The next operative phrase here is: the cover up is uncharacteristic. That is a total lie - cover up is all the Catholic Church has done and continues to do!

Whitney said the Jesuits discovered notes regarding Leary's actions while preparing court documents in other cases in recent weeks.

If it's uncharacteristic why were they preparing court documents in other cases?

The allegations first surfaced in 1966, while Leary was Gonzaga's president. He denied them and remained in office, and no investigation was undertaken, the news release said.

No investigation was undertaken of the allegations because of the uncharacteristic cover up!

In 1969, Spokane authorities raised new allegations against Leary and gave him 24 hours to leave the city or face arrest, according to the news release. The release said a leader of the Jesuits in the Northwest created a story that Leary was resigning for health reasons, and Leary left the city.

The power of the church is clear here. Spokane authorities gave him 24 hours to leave the city or face arrest. Why?

Shame on the Spokane authorities - send them somewhere else to sexually abuse other boys and young men!

Leary went briefly to New York, then Massachusetts and was later assigned to positions "throughout the western United States," according to the release.

So the Church knew and he went briefly to New York, then Massachusetts and was later assigned to positions throughout the western United States. So basically the Church condoned his actions and moved him around a lot. I guess variety is the spice of life.

"I can only surmise that fear of scandal and of harm to Gonzaga University gripped those Jesuits," Whitney said. He said he knew of no accusations involving Leary after he left Gonzaga.

Yeah right, he just stopped sexual abuse of boys and young men after all those years!

The revelation was another blow for Catholics in the Spokane area. The Catholic Diocese of Spokane, which does not control the university, has filed for bankruptcy protection two years ago because of lawsuits filed by victims of sexual abuse by priests.

Imagine that, the Catholic Church had a revelation!

Wow, more lawsuits of sexual abuse by priests and a church filing for bankruptcy protection!

Why can a church file for Bankruptcy protection when the Catholic church is wealthy?

When were those stronger safeguards and clearer policies put in place?









More Church news:

Dutch Priest Charged in Madonna Threat

Fake Bomb Call Meant to Stop Singer's 'Crucifixion'

Amsterdam, Netherlands - Papa don't preach?

Amsterdam prosecutors said Friday a 63-year-old priest has confessed to phoning in a fake bomb threat to a Madonna concert in the Dutch capital city last week.

He was hoping to stop her from performing her famous 'crucifixion' act," prosecution spokesman Robert Meulenbroek said, referring to a scene in the 48-year-old pop star's latest show.

The scene, a mock re-enactment of the crucifixion of Christ, offended some Christians during earlier concerts in Italy and Germany.

Two Amsterdam concerts went ahead as planned on Sunday and Monday, despite a handful of protesters.

Meulenbroek said it was likely prosecutors would seek a community service punishment for the priest, since it was very likely this was his first such offense.

The priest was arrested almost immediately after making the threat Sunday, since he used his home phone to make it, and he called an emergency services number where the call was automatically traced.

The priest was brought before a judge Friday and has been released pending judgment, Meulenbroek said. "We take bomb threats seriously, but in this case it was clear very quickly that it was not real," he said.

One more case of the Church's power: A community service punishment for the priest, since it was very likely this was his first such offense. Not necessarily his first offense just his first such offense!

Better check the priest for other offenses like sexual abuse of boys and young men just to be on the safe side!!





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Vigilante Law and No Order

Nurse Strangles Intruder With Bare Hands

PORTLAND, Ore. - A nurse returning from work discovered an intruder armed with a hammer in her home and strangled him with her bare hands.

Susan Kuhnhausen, 51, ran to a neighbor's house after the confrontation Wednesday night. Police found the body of Edward Dalton Haffey, 59, a convicted felon with a long police record. Police said there was no obvious sign of forced entry at the house when Kuhnhausen, an emergency room nurse, got home from work shortly after 6 p.m.

Under Oregon law people can use reasonable deadly force when defending themselves against an intruder or burglar in their homes. Kuhnhausen was treated and released for minor injuries at Providence.

Haffey, about 5-foot-9 and 180 pounds, had convictions including conspiracy to commit aggravated murder, robbery, drug charges and possession of burglary tools. Neighbors said Kuhnhausen's size - 5-foot-7 and 260 pounds - may have given her an advantage.

"Everyone that I've talked to says 'Hurray for Susan,' said neighbor Annie Warnock, who called 911. "You didn't need to calm her. She's an emergency room nurse. She's used to dealing with crisis."

With her hands - I would not have wanted to be her patient in that hospital and given her a bad time with her being the one who was going to give me a sponge bath!!!








He done her chicken wrong ... allegedly

Police: Woman shoots husband because he shot her pet pullet

CHESHIRE, Ore. - An Oregon woman was arraigned Tuesday, accused of shooting her husband after he shot her pet chicken.

Mary Kay Gray, 58, was jailed Monday on felony assault charges. Her husband, Stanley Gray, is recovering from a gunshot wound to the shoulder. The chicken died at the scene.

Lane County sheriff's Sgt. Clint Riley said the couple had been working around their yard and drinking on Labor Day. They got into an argument after Stanley Gray shot the chicken with a .44-caliber handgun.

Police don't know if the shooting was intentional or an accident. "It depends on who you ask," Riley said.

But sheriff's deputies said Gray shot her husband with a .22-caliber rifle in an apparent act of retaliation.

"It looked like `CSI,'" said neighbor Cheyenne Dickenson, who arrived home Monday night to find police cars parked at the end of the driveway she shares with the Grays. "There were dead chickens lying all over the place."




Kentucky Fried Chicken was at the residence as well!
















Son Gets Marijuana for Doing Homework

GETTYSBURG, Pa. - A woman admitted to smoking marijuana daily with her 13-year-old son to reward him for completing his homework.

Amanda Lynn Livelsberger, 30, pleaded guilty to several charges Monday and will be sentenced Nov. 27. Livelsberger, of Conewago Township, admitted in Adams County court that she had been smoking marijuana with her son since he was 11, and that she often gave it to him as a reward.

The boy told police that he was required to do his homework as soon as he got home from school, and then was allowed to smoke marijuana with his mother, according to court documents.

Man, has the world changed - Moms giving kids marijuana and good-looking teachers giving them sex. I think I was born too soon!!









Man Says Naked Attackers Robbed Him

Dallas - A former city official who is under investigation in an FBI corruption probe was arrested for public intoxication after claiming he was robbed by naked and scantily clad attackers at a male strip club, authorities said.

Police arrested D'Angelo Lee early Sunday outside Club Knubian Fantaciez, a dance club that becomes an all-nude male revue after midnight. Police said he told them he was attacked by three men, one naked and another in only a towel.

Lee told police the men threw him out of the club, broke his glasses and stole his wallet, though he later found the wallet. Club employees told police they removed Lee, who said he was there picking up women, because he was causing a disturbance.

Lee resigned from the City Plan Commission last year after being targeted in the FBI's corruption investigation into Dallas City Hall. Lee has been accused of voting on zoning cases where he was a paid consultant and not reporting gifts.

I must have read this wrong. It says Dallas but sounds all too much like our politicians here in Las Vegas!!!!






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