Archive for January, 2009

The WRONG way to do the breast stroke

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

updated 2:59 a.m. ET, Fri., Jan. 30, 2009

VICTORVILLE, Calif. – A spurned lover ambushed his ex-girlfriend and tried to cut out the breast implants he paid for by stabbing her, prosecutors say.

 

I have nothing to add. It’s horrifying, but it’s sort of like a trainwreck, or Christopher Walken dancing… you just can’t look away. He tried. To take back. The Implants.

Again, nothing to add.

Read the entire story at msnbc.com, weird news. criminal weirdness.

(I spend most mornings checking my google gadgets for new weird news. I’m a fan of Chuck Shepherds News of the Weird, the Darwin Awards, the IG Nobels, and any crazy-weird thing you can think of which showcases the human condition in a bizarre manner. )

Drop me a line with your favorite oddball crap.

Jen@beacononlinenews.com

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Having Our Say — four HELLyeahs.

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

Bessie Delany , age 103, and Sadie Delany, age 105.

Vignettes from their life.

I know I don’t need to say more, but I will.

The sisters were daughters of a man born into slavery and a mother of mixed racial parentage. They were born in 1889 and 1901, and were professional black women in eras where the professional tag didn’t mix with either minority.

Thier lives were extraordinary. The sisters never married, but they were never alone. They lived by an ethical code that is admirable in any place in history.

Second and third in a family of 10 children, Sweet Sadie was the pacivist and the first African American woman to teach high school in New York. Bessie, who is the “mean” one, was darker skinned than Sadie, and, according to her words, she was much fiestier. Bessie was almost lynched one day just for telling a drunk white man to leave her alone. Bessie was the second black woman to ever be a licensed dentist in New York City.

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Nuclear Jellyfish — Another delightful ride with Dorsey

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

Just finished Nuclear Jellyfish by Tim Dorsey.

It’s convoluted! It’s bizarre! It’s hysterical!

Good fun for a rainy afternoon!

Dorsey writes Florida Crime. And he does it like nobody.

Again, we’re on this wild ride with the nutty protagonist Serge, who again startles us with the complexity of his crimes, plots and murders, and Serge’s stoner-drunk sidekick Coleman.

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I love Serge!

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Dudes.

Have you read  Tim Dorsey? Have you?

OK, if you dig Carl Hiaasen, you’re going to fall out of your seat for Dorsey. But, because his books are interconnected, I’d highly encourage you to to start with the first one (I want to say it’s Florida Roadkill.)

So, I FINALLY get around to reading Atomic Lobster. Did I love it?

Is a frog’s butt waterproof?

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Police logs Jan. 26-27

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

People really are the oddest creatures.

Jan. 26

Day Shift:

Agg. Battery – Larry Drive – A male and his sister got into an argument over the male walking on the clean floors. The male became upset and punched his sister. He then started to choke her. The male fled the scene prior to police arrival. A 707 was completed.

Please note: I’m not saying there’s anything funny about aggravated battery. Because there isn’t.

I am saying I’ve witness this very fight, in my home, just without the punching-or-choking-the-sibling part.

I do not advocate violence of any type.

I do, however, advocate folks pay attention when they’re walking on a clean floor.

Jan. 27

Night Shift:

Theft – East Minnesota Avenue – An unidentified male entered the print shop under false pretense and removed 4 boxes of carbon paper.

Who knew there was such a black-market demand for carbon paper?!

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Get random!

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
In the jungle... the elusive Web Editor Jen Horton braves the newsroom foliage in an attempt to hide. She uses the canopy of the species treeus-fakeus to escape wily photographer, bent on capturing the poor Jen on film. The photographer was successful in nabbing a staff file-photo, though the Jen was sure she was well hidden. The wild Jen also got her head stuck for a few moments in the treeus-fakus, which gave the hunter more opportunity to capture a file photo.

In the jungle... the elusive Jen braves the newsroom foliage in an attempt to hide. She uses the canopy of the species treeus-fakeus, to escape a wily photographer, bent on capturing a file-photo. The photographer was successful in nabbing her prey, though the Jen was sure she was well hidden. The wild Jen also got her head stuck for a few moments in the treeus-fakus, and does not recommend hiding in said species to other endangered camera-shy folks.


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James Patterson kicks much butt in latest Cross book

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Double Cross by James Patterson rocked out loud.

This was my favorite Alex Cross book yet.

(If you’re not sure who I’m babbling about, a couple of books in this series became really awesome movies: Kiss the Girls and Along Came A Spider, with Morgan Freeman as Alex Cross.)

If you like action and you like drama and you like murder-mysteries, you will like Double Cross.

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Jan. 26, 2008 — The 30-minute glass of water

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

Dear Diary:

The Boy, a charming lad of 14 1/2 has brought home a report card worthy of a  garden troll.

And, thusly, (is thusly a word?), thusly, The Boy is grounded for two weeks. One week for each flagstaff on the report card.

No iPod! No Nintendo DS! No Xbox! No phone! No computer! No television! And room restriction!

The horror! The agony!

I’m talking about the horror and agony for me! It’s the most traumatic thing I’ve ever lived through.

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Charlene Harris — awesome author!

Monday, January 26th, 2009

Hey,

How’s it goin’?

In our old, forum-style blogs I had a running thread “Whatcha Reading?” It started as one thing, and ended as a running commentary/review of whatever I’m eating that week.

In the Whatcha Reading tradition, I want to hear about your favorite novelists.

I also want to give a WHOO HOO to the Demon Riders — the paranormal book club I joined, but haven’t attended lately (I’ll be back this month!) And, the paranormal book club is sponsored by the Family Book Shop on North Woodland.

This week: Charlene Harris.

I love a series. Charlene Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse, Southern Vampire Mysteries? Good stuff!

I read the first seven this week: Dead Until Dark, Living Dead in Dallas, Club Dead, Dead to the World, Dead as a Doornail, Definitely Dead and All Together Dead.

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Fun with the police logs, Jan. 20. 2009

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

It really doesn’t matter if you live in a big city or a small town. People do weird stuff.

Here are a couple of things that made me go “huh?” this past week.

DeLand Police Log. Wednesday, Jan. 14

Night shift:

Retail theft – A man who was on felony probation for 2nd-degree murder and grand theft was caught stealing a six pack of beer from a convenience store. When caught, the man started a verbal altercation with the manager of the store. Man was arrested for theft and VOP.

I love it when the folks on probation wander into a store to steal a six pack. It just goes to show our youth drinking really does kill brain cells.

DeLand Police Log, Thursday, January 8, 2009

Day Shift:

An employee of a cemetery found leftover bullets from a military funeral. He placed one of the rounds into a vice locking it in place. He struck the round with a metal rod and the round discharged striking him in the left arm. He was driven to the hospital by a co-worker. Injury was not life threatening.

Hey! I wonder what will happen if I hit this LIVE AMMUNITION with a metal rod?!

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