Friday, May 9, 2008
Model: Lindsay Lohan Also Stole My Clothes
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A Los Angeles model claims mink-swiper Lindsay Lohan has a sticky-fingered history -- accusing the "Mean Girl" of raiding her closet and making off with thousands of dollars' worth of clothes.
Labels: celebrities, news, stupid
Woman files claim, saying dog feces ruined family outing
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NORWALK, Conn. - A New York woman has filed a $100 claim against Norwalk saying a family outing to the Maritime Aquarium was ruined by dog feces. The woman claims her child's shoes, along with the entire outing, were ruined when her 1-year-old stepped in dog feces outside the Maritime Garage.
City attorney M. Jeffry Spahr said the official response is that her claim is denied and in his words, "poop happens."
Kelly DeBrocky, of Mahopac, N.Y., wants the city to reimburse her for $54 she spent replacing her toddler's ruined shoes and the expenses for parking and aquarium admission on April 5.
Blind Bowler Scores Perfect Game
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DES MOINES, Iowa -- A blind Iowa man scored a perfect 300 game at the Century Lanes bowling alley on Saturday, The Storm Lake Times reported.
The Times said Dale Davis, 78, of Alta, called the game "quite a thrill." He rolled 12 back-to-back strikes, the first-ever perfect game at the Century Lanes, The Times reported.
Excitement throughout the building grew as the crowd watched Davis roll ball after ball down the lanes.
"When I got to the tenth frame, I said ‘Lord, let me throw three more good balls,’ Davis told The Times.
Davis had given up his passion for the sport after losing his sight to macular degeneration years ago. His sister brought him back to the lanes, where he now plays six games a week, reported The Times.
“I can’t see the lane or the pins and have a heck of a time finding my ball sometimes,” Davis told The Times.
He finds the raised dots lining the lanes and then relies on his hearing and friends to tell him how well he did.
The perfect game has been his goal for years.
"After I went blind, I just assumed it wouldn't happen," said Davis.
Davis sports a 188 average and said he hopes to score another perfect game when he's 90, The Times reported.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Tim Gunn's guide to polygamist style
Ever since federal authorities raided the YFZ (Yearning For Zion) Ranch in Southwest Texas, the country - or at least everyone who watches Larry King Live - has been gripped by the images of polygamist wives in prairie dresses. It's easy to snark at their hopelessly outdated couture. (So '90s ... as in 1890s.)
But only one man can offer constructive advice...
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
MW neato links for 5/6/08
Alan Taylor finds the longest journeys charted on Google Maps - found on mental_floss
Hilarious satire from CAP News - Tom Cruise To Oprah: I'm running For president
Finally, who hasn't seen these yet? They look incredibly comfortable, but in the aesthetics department the only thing Vibram's FiveFingers have going for them is that they're not Crocs!
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Master the Internet
Weather information in a mere 10 minutes--what's that number again? It's good to see something new from Jonah Ray.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Will cards for inmates solve crimes?
Best Euchre player I ever met had spent two years in jail, so I guess this makes sense.....
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Inmates in 58 county jails across New York are getting playing cards with the pictures of missing persons in hopes the photos will jog memories and help solve cold cases.
Under a state Senate pilot program, 7,200 decks of cards are being sent to the jails. They include telephone numbers of tip lines that offer rewards to anyone -- including prisoners -- who provide information about the crimes.
The cards were paid for with a $10,000 grant from Republican Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno from funds he controls.
"This program seeks to go right to the source of crime, providing incarcerated criminals information via playing cards who, in turn, may have credible information or leads that help solve these crimes," Bruno said in a statement
A spokesman for Bruno said a similar scheme in Florida prisons had resulted in leads that helped close old cases.
Philly gas station sells 76-cent fuel in honor of 76ers
For 76 minutes starting at noon, a gas station offered fuel for 76 cents a gallon in a promotion tied to the playoff series with the Detroit Pistons.
Hundreds of drivers began lining up around 6:30 a.m., some sleeping in their cars. About 100 cars made it through before the line was cut off.
"If gas keeps going up, I'm going to have to get used to walking," said JoAnne Baker, who was seventh in line. She drove from another part of the city — and bought $2 in gas just to make the drive — so she could wait in line for the cheap fuel.
Before the price drop, regular unleaded at the station was a fraction under $3.69.
Labels: advertising, news, sport
Illinois man designs beer can coffin
I can't say much for this man's choice of brew, but I sure admire the sentiment here.
SOUTH CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) — Bill Bramanti's favorite beer is Pabst Blue Ribbon. He loves it.That's quite the conversation piece in the middle of what must have been the strangest party ever. "Hey, nice coffin man. Where'd you get that?"
Really loves it.
So much so that he's already had his coffin specially made, and it's designed to look like a can of the trendy brew. Bramanti isn't sick, so he doesn't plan on needing it just yet. For now he plans to use it as a cooler.
At 5-feet-9 inches tall and weighing 280 pounds, Bramanti has tried it out though.
"I actually fit, because I got in here," Bramanti, 67, of South Chicago Heights said. He threw a party Saturday for friends, featuring his coffin filled with ice and, what else, Pabst Blue Ribbon.
"Why put such a great novelty piece up on a shelf in storage when you could use it only the way Bill Bramanti would use it?" Bramanti's daughter, Cathy Bramanti, 42, said.
Bramanti ordered the casket from Panozzo Bros. Funeral Home in Chicago Heights and Scott Sign Co. of Chicago Heights designed the beer can.
The silver coffin is designed with red, white and blue, just like a Pabst can.
How to become a new media douchebag
A lot of helpful tips here, including "don't do any real work" and "hate a lot of stuff."
Sunday, May 4, 2008
So, may I call you Mr. Trust?
An Illinois man is apparently willing to go to great lengths to make a point. Seems crazy to me but hey, it's his name...
ZION, Ill. (AP) - Steve Kreuscher wants a judge to allow him to legally change his name. He wants to be known as "In God We Trust."If secular humanists do take over the country (I would think they'd have to first elect a president) I somehow think both they and their constituents will have more important matters to deal with than what's on the nation's coin and currency. At any rate, it's a free country! :)
Kreuscher (CROY'-shir) says the new name would symbolize the help God gave him through tough times.
The 57-year-old man also told the (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald he's worried that atheists may succeed in removing the phrase "In God We Trust" from U.S. currency.
He recalls that the phrase "God Reigns" was removed from the Zion city seal in 1992 after courts deemed it unconstitutional. Zion was founded as a theocracy - by a sect that believed the Earth was flat.
The school bus driver and amateur artist in the northern Chicago suburb says he has filed a petition to change his name in Lake County Circuit Court.
Calif. teen gives birth in shower, walks to hospital
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - A 17-year-old girl gave birth secretly at home, then walked four blocks to a hospital with the baby still attached by its umbilical cord.
"I was just a little nervous" when the labor began, Xochitl Parra said Friday from St. Mary Medical Center as she cradled her 8-pound, 3-ounce son, Alejandro.
The boy was normal and "eating like a champ," said Dr. Jose Perez, director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
The teenager said she was alone and taking a shower around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday to get ready for school. Then the contractions took over.
"I felt his head coming, so I sit down and pushed so he could come out," she said.
Parra did not call 911 because the home phone was disconnected, and she did not want to wake the neighbors because it was so early. Instead, she wrapped the baby, got dressed and went to the hospital on foot.
"I started walking and jogging to the hospital," she said.
The teen came into the hospital lobby and asked for help, Perez said.
"She still had the placenta and the baby was still attached, so of course everyone said, 'Don't move!'" he said.
Perez praised the girl for taking quick action...
...Parra, a sophomore at Long Beach Poly High, said she had kept her pregnancy a secret because she was afraid her mother would "kick me out of the house." Her mother has now accepted the situation and is going to help the teen care for the baby so she can continue attending school, Parra said...
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