A man in Joplin, MO became so frustrated when his digital converter box wouldn’t work that he shot his tv.
He wound up in a brief standoff with police who responded to the shots fired call.
Oh yea, and he was drunk too.
*Sigh*
When I read articles like this, I just shake my head. I don’t even know what to say…
Yes, you read that correctly. A Florida-based company is actually suing for trademark infringement of the phrase “pull my finger”. I don’t know who would want to claim trademark to that phrase, much less file a lawsuit based [...]
Perhaps it’s a bit late for this, but I want to tip my hat to all of there heros in the Miracle on the Hudson plane crash. They are really too many to name:
Pilot Sully Sullenberger
Co-Pilot Jeff Skiles
The other crew members and flight attendents
The passengers on the US Air flight, whose calm demeanor helped keep [...]
Tonight I found an article about a Pennsylvania woman who has been arrested after trying to sell “gothic kittens” with ear, neck, and tail piercings. The kittens are now in the custody of the SPCA and the woman will almost certainly face charges.
This reminds me of a conversation I had with several students and coworkers [...]
So here’s an interesting story that was on the news tonight…
A community in Iowa will be supplementing their dwindling supplies of road salt with GARLIC SALT!!!
My local news station actually did an experiment, and discovered- it actually works!
I just find this to be hilarious. I’m not sure why. It actually kind of makes sense… but [...]
Chances are you’ve already heard this. Nonetheless, I want to preserve this memory on my website, sort of a digital memorial to the boy who changed missing child cases.
The Adam Walsh case has been closed.
I think most people in the nation are familiar with the Adam Walsh case. Hard to believe it, but this incident [...]
Okay, so technically I’m not totally convinced that this is a serious economic downturn. I concede that it is a recession, just because we have fit the official definition of a recession- three consecutive months of economic downturn. But I get REALLY angry when I hear people compare this to the Great Depression of the [...]
I believe our nation’s founding fathers were incredibly wise when they wrote the U.S. Constitution. I suspect you would be hard-pressed to find anyone who disagrees with that. They set up a government with built-in safeguards that protect our innate natural freedoms, including freedom of speech as outlined in the first amendment (”Congress shall make [...]
This is another local story that fascinated me.
A few days ago, we heard on the morning news that a local steakhouse, the Hereford House, had burned down overnight. There was a rumored explosion, but at the time they had not determined the cause of the fire. The restaurant was massively damaged (over $1 million dollars).
Now [...]
Here’s one local story that piqued my interest tonight.
A local gentleman who happened to be African American returned a pair of shoes to a Journeys store. After he got home, he discovered a racial slur printed on his receipt.
The employee who printed that receipt, an 18 year old lady, has been interviewed by our local [...]