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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Lost & Found
Between August 2007 and August 2008, four disembodied feet washed up on the shores of British Columbia. Then another right foot washed up, but that turned out to be a joke (an animal foot in a shoe). But while I was busy paying attention to other things, a couple more feet floated in and now number seven just washed up in Richmond, B.C., on the banks of the Frasier River. This latest model is a left foot, casually clad in a New Balance sneaker, and it might be a match for one of the previous pieces of human flotsam. Or is that jetsam? Until more information comes in about how the feet are entering the river, I'll say 'flotsam'.
Sunday, April 06, 2008
The Middle-Earth Hand Grenade
Man Used Hedgehog As Weapon
The Associated Press: 04/06/08, 09:07:30 PM PDT
Wellington, New Zealand - A New Zealand man has been accused of assault with a prickly weapon - a hedgehog.
Police allege that William Singalargh, 27, picked up the hedgehog and threw it several yards to hit a 15-year-old boy in the North Island east coast town of Whakatane on February 9.
"It hit the victim in the leg, causing a large, red welt and several puncture marks," police Senior Sgt. Bruce Jenkins said Monday. The teen did not need medical treatment, he added.
It was not known whether the hedgehog was dead or alive at the time of the attack, but that it was dead when it was collected as evidence.
Singalargh was arrested shortly after the incident and charged with assault with a weapon. His lawyer, Rebecca Plunket, said Singalargh intends to plead innocent when he appears in court on April 17. The maximum penalty for the charge is five years in prison.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
Law and Order - Bovine Crimes Unit
From the local news:
An Oakdale man has been convicted of stealing twenty cows. The man admitted stealing the cows from the ranch where he worked. He will do ninety days in jail. Cattle rustling has recently become a growing problem in California. 807 cows were reported missing in northern California from May to November of last year.
"I'm so happy that this nightmare is over!"
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Greetings from CA
Take note of the super-cute bullet holes in the sign. They make me feel EXTRA welcome!
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Freddie Mercury Should Be Ashamed of Himself
Cops are looking for the man pictured above and a second flimflam artist who ripped off an elderly Richmond Hill man for more than $40,000 in cash after offering to fix his chimney.
The duo, posing as father-and-son laborers, knocked on the door of the 85-year-old victim Tuesday at 11:15 a.m. and offered to make the repairs for a fee, police said.
The victim agreed and the con men made their way to the roof.
Later, when they came back for their pay, one of the suspects allegedly distracted the victim while the other went into his room and swiped the cash.
The crooks, both described as 5-foot-6 white men, fled the scene in a white pickup truck.
The older suspect, described as about 50 years old and weighing 190 pounds, sports a mustache, while his younger accomplice was described as 25 years old and clean-shaven, authorities said.
Monday, December 17, 2007
Leg News of the World
Attackers chop off man's 'magic' leg
Associated Press
HYDERABAD, India - Two men attacked an 80-year-old, self-proclaimed holy man in southern India and chopped off his right leg, apparently believing it had magical powers, police said Thursday.
Yanadi Kondaiah, who claimed that those who touched his leg would be cured of illness or have wishes granted, was hospitalized in serious condition after the attack Tuesday, said R. Ravindranath Reddy, a senior police officer.
"We are looking for the miscreants as well as the leg," Reddy told The Associated Press by telephone from the Chittoor district, a remote area 340 miles south of Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh state.
"This seems to be a case of superstition. The two people might have taken away the leg hoping to benefit from its magical powers," said Pendakanti Dastgiri, the police officer handling the case.
Superstitions, belief in magic and the occult remain widespread in much of rural India.
Kondaiah told police that two men offered him a drink as thanks for previously helping them with his magical touch.
After he passed out drunk, the men chopped off the leg below the knee with a sickle and left him to die, said Dastgiri, adding that passing villagers found him and took him to a hospital.
Associated Press
HYDERABAD, India - Two men attacked an 80-year-old, self-proclaimed holy man in southern India and chopped off his right leg, apparently believing it had magical powers, police said Thursday.
Yanadi Kondaiah, who claimed that those who touched his leg would be cured of illness or have wishes granted, was hospitalized in serious condition after the attack Tuesday, said R. Ravindranath Reddy, a senior police officer.
"We are looking for the miscreants as well as the leg," Reddy told The Associated Press by telephone from the Chittoor district, a remote area 340 miles south of Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh state.
"This seems to be a case of superstition. The two people might have taken away the leg hoping to benefit from its magical powers," said Pendakanti Dastgiri, the police officer handling the case.
Superstitions, belief in magic and the occult remain widespread in much of rural India.
Kondaiah told police that two men offered him a drink as thanks for previously helping them with his magical touch.
After he passed out drunk, the men chopped off the leg below the knee with a sickle and left him to die, said Dastgiri, adding that passing villagers found him and took him to a hospital.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
LAW & DISORDER in CA
DAY ONE of the Phil Spector Trial -
OUR DEFENDANT: Phil was sporting a cream-colored three-piece suit very like the one in SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, but with a large-collared bright purple shirt underneath. The hair is a blond bowl/Bobsey Twin style wig (available at BOBSEY OF HOLLYWOOD™), an improvement from the super-frizzed wigout from the court appearance a couple of years back. Most of the time, Phil sat slouched in his chair, spaced-out, focusing on his fingers steepled in front of his face. Then at sudden points, he would snap out of his fugue and glare daggers at the D.A. In all, quite a yardstick to measure future crazy against. Well played, Sir.
APPEARANCE/DEMEANOR SCORE: 7 out of 10
- We started with the Prosecution's opening remarks. At bat for the State is Deputy District Attorney Alan Jackson. Young fellow, good speaker, not the freakish country singer. I like him so far.
- DDA AJ said that at least two witnesses will testify that Phil sticking a gun in a person's face when things didn't go his way was his usual MO. Come to think of it, I think he pulled a gun on almost everyone he ever worked with, was married to, or was delivering take-out food to the Castle (I hear that he's a very generous tipper, that's what keeps delivery folks coming back).
- Lana's body was found five feet away from the back door slumped in a chair, wearing her dress, shoes, jacket, and her purse on her shoulder, like she was trying to leave. The bullet lodged between the base of her skull and the top of her spine, killing her instantly. But her blood (and none of Phil's) was smeared on the nearby doorknob, so Phil literally had her blood on his hands. Charming.
- Photos show the layout of Phil's castle, with circles drawn around all the many many many telephones, none of which were used after Lana was shot. In fact, it was about 40 minutes before the police were called at all, and even then, the limo driver who finally phoned it in drove to outside the PS compound first!
- On the minus side, the jury is nine men and three women and the victim is a 'middle-aged' woman, and I know I've read somewhere that that the average criminal jury liks older women as a group least of all, even when the older woman in question is the victim (ala Mrs. OJ, Mrs. Robert Blake, M. Jackson's accuser's mom). And who hates middle-aged ladies the most? OTHER middle-aged women. And in this case, I'm certain the defense will strongly emphasize that and use the 'Nuts/Sluts' excuse i.e. what kind of woman willingly goes to a strange man's home, while she's really drunk and only wearing a flimsy slip dress? An over-the-hill pathetic whore, perhaps? A suicidal whore!
- The Defense intends to say that Lana's hands tested positive for GSR, so that all but proves that she herself fired the gun. (I think the powder was there because she was trying to push away the gun that Phil had stuck in her face, but that's just lil' old me). Obviously, Bitch was CRAZY! DESPERATE! LOSING HER LOOKS! AN INFERTILE USELESS OLD LADY! Of course she would want to shuffle off this mortal coil at a stranger's house by shooting herself in the face that she tried to keep pretty and young in order to make a living in the Business of Show. Completely believable.
- One of my least fave forensic pathologist dudes, Dr. Henry Lee, is speaking for the defense's side. He was the idiot on THE STAIRCASE who claimed that all the blood spray on the stairway's walls was from the victim's mouth gasping for air and not from the husband smashing her head in. And made a spectacle of himself by spittling red paint on a sheet of paper, which looked nothing like the spray on the stairway walls. Ass.
TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT:
The courtroom erupted in laughter later when the prosecutor played a 911 call chauffeur Adriano DeSouza placed after the shooting. The operator repeatedly misunderstood the information DeSouza, a Brazilian immigrant, was attempting to convey, including the name of his employer.
"Seal?" the operator asked.
"Phil Spector!" DeSouza replied.
"Seal inspector?" the operator said.
Remember... according to a fellow murderer:
OUR DEFENDANT: Phil was sporting a cream-colored three-piece suit very like the one in SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, but with a large-collared bright purple shirt underneath. The hair is a blond bowl/Bobsey Twin style wig (available at BOBSEY OF HOLLYWOOD™), an improvement from the super-frizzed wigout from the court appearance a couple of years back. Most of the time, Phil sat slouched in his chair, spaced-out, focusing on his fingers steepled in front of his face. Then at sudden points, he would snap out of his fugue and glare daggers at the D.A. In all, quite a yardstick to measure future crazy against. Well played, Sir.
APPEARANCE/DEMEANOR SCORE: 7 out of 10
- We started with the Prosecution's opening remarks. At bat for the State is Deputy District Attorney Alan Jackson. Young fellow, good speaker, not the freakish country singer. I like him so far.
- DDA AJ said that at least two witnesses will testify that Phil sticking a gun in a person's face when things didn't go his way was his usual MO. Come to think of it, I think he pulled a gun on almost everyone he ever worked with, was married to, or was delivering take-out food to the Castle (I hear that he's a very generous tipper, that's what keeps delivery folks coming back).
- Lana's body was found five feet away from the back door slumped in a chair, wearing her dress, shoes, jacket, and her purse on her shoulder, like she was trying to leave. The bullet lodged between the base of her skull and the top of her spine, killing her instantly. But her blood (and none of Phil's) was smeared on the nearby doorknob, so Phil literally had her blood on his hands. Charming.
- Photos show the layout of Phil's castle, with circles drawn around all the many many many telephones, none of which were used after Lana was shot. In fact, it was about 40 minutes before the police were called at all, and even then, the limo driver who finally phoned it in drove to outside the PS compound first!
- On the minus side, the jury is nine men and three women and the victim is a 'middle-aged' woman, and I know I've read somewhere that that the average criminal jury liks older women as a group least of all, even when the older woman in question is the victim (ala Mrs. OJ, Mrs. Robert Blake, M. Jackson's accuser's mom). And who hates middle-aged ladies the most? OTHER middle-aged women. And in this case, I'm certain the defense will strongly emphasize that and use the 'Nuts/Sluts' excuse i.e. what kind of woman willingly goes to a strange man's home, while she's really drunk and only wearing a flimsy slip dress? An over-the-hill pathetic whore, perhaps? A suicidal whore!
- The Defense intends to say that Lana's hands tested positive for GSR, so that all but proves that she herself fired the gun. (I think the powder was there because she was trying to push away the gun that Phil had stuck in her face, but that's just lil' old me). Obviously, Bitch was CRAZY! DESPERATE! LOSING HER LOOKS! AN INFERTILE USELESS OLD LADY! Of course she would want to shuffle off this mortal coil at a stranger's house by shooting herself in the face that she tried to keep pretty and young in order to make a living in the Business of Show. Completely believable.
- One of my least fave forensic pathologist dudes, Dr. Henry Lee, is speaking for the defense's side. He was the idiot on THE STAIRCASE who claimed that all the blood spray on the stairway's walls was from the victim's mouth gasping for air and not from the husband smashing her head in. And made a spectacle of himself by spittling red paint on a sheet of paper, which looked nothing like the spray on the stairway walls. Ass.
TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT:
The courtroom erupted in laughter later when the prosecutor played a 911 call chauffeur Adriano DeSouza placed after the shooting. The operator repeatedly misunderstood the information DeSouza, a Brazilian immigrant, was attempting to convey, including the name of his employer.
"Seal?" the operator asked.
"Phil Spector!" DeSouza replied.
"Seal inspector?" the operator said.
Remember... according to a fellow murderer:
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Haiku Movie Reviews
INCLUDES SPOILERS!
20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1954)
Captain Nemo's sub
Battles a giant squid but
Architeuthis ducks
FREEDOMLAND (2006)
Stolen car and boy!
Did the black teen do it? No!
Damn crazy white bitch!
THE LAST DETAIL (1973)
Drinking and cursing
And no lessons learned? That's some
Good entertainment!
THE UNTOLD STORY (1993)
Lunatic rapes. kills
Sells human meat buns, and worse -
He cheats at mah-jongg!
TITANIC (German, 1943)
So whose fault was it?
The iceberg? Too few lifeboats?
Nein! Blame Great Britain!
20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1954)
Captain Nemo's sub
Battles a giant squid but
Architeuthis ducks
FREEDOMLAND (2006)
Stolen car and boy!
Did the black teen do it? No!
Damn crazy white bitch!
THE LAST DETAIL (1973)
Drinking and cursing
And no lessons learned? That's some
Good entertainment!
THE UNTOLD STORY (1993)
Lunatic rapes. kills
Sells human meat buns, and worse -
He cheats at mah-jongg!
TITANIC (German, 1943)
So whose fault was it?
The iceberg? Too few lifeboats?
Nein! Blame Great Britain!
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Entertainment News
Heather Mills To Join 'Dancing With The Stars'?
LOS ANGELES (February 13, 2007) -- She still may be in immersed in a heated divorce battle with Paul McCartney, but hopefully Heather Mills still has her dancing shoes. According to reports, Heather, 38, has signed on for the upcoming season of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars." She will reportedly donate earnings from the show to an animal welfare charity.
Other names rumored to be joining this year's show include Billy Ray Cyrus, Joey Fatone, Danica McKellar, Ian Ziering and Laila Ali. In 1993, Heather lost the lower part of her left leg after being hit by a police motorcycle.
Dang, that would mean I'd have to watch DANCING WITH THE STARS. Oh, the shame.
And while I'm on the subject, I was wondering about Heather Mills's charges of physical abuse by Sir Beatle Paul. I admit there is very very much that I don't know about married life or divorce or Sir Paul's dark side, so I'm not going to question her allegations of pushing, hitting, or stabbing by her ex. But her claim that Sir Paul would not let her have an antique bedpan in their bedroom is impossible for me to believe. Does she not use crutches when her prosthetic leg is off? Or couldn't she use a walker? Or a 24-carat gold wheelchair with Cruelty-Free diamond detailing? And how big is their residence that there isn't a bathroom within crutching distance to the master bedroom? When I marry a man with a million-billion-grillion dollars, I will have a rotating pack of hypoallergenic Grand Pyreneeses on-call 24/7 ready to whisk me delightfully and slobberingly from expensively-furnished room to expensively-furnished room. That's just how I roll.
LOS ANGELES (February 13, 2007) -- She still may be in immersed in a heated divorce battle with Paul McCartney, but hopefully Heather Mills still has her dancing shoes. According to reports, Heather, 38, has signed on for the upcoming season of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars." She will reportedly donate earnings from the show to an animal welfare charity.
Other names rumored to be joining this year's show include Billy Ray Cyrus, Joey Fatone, Danica McKellar, Ian Ziering and Laila Ali. In 1993, Heather lost the lower part of her left leg after being hit by a police motorcycle.
Dang, that would mean I'd have to watch DANCING WITH THE STARS. Oh, the shame.
And while I'm on the subject, I was wondering about Heather Mills's charges of physical abuse by Sir Beatle Paul. I admit there is very very much that I don't know about married life or divorce or Sir Paul's dark side, so I'm not going to question her allegations of pushing, hitting, or stabbing by her ex. But her claim that Sir Paul would not let her have an antique bedpan in their bedroom is impossible for me to believe. Does she not use crutches when her prosthetic leg is off? Or couldn't she use a walker? Or a 24-carat gold wheelchair with Cruelty-Free diamond detailing? And how big is their residence that there isn't a bathroom within crutching distance to the master bedroom? When I marry a man with a million-billion-grillion dollars, I will have a rotating pack of hypoallergenic Grand Pyreneeses on-call 24/7 ready to whisk me delightfully and slobberingly from expensively-furnished room to expensively-furnished room. That's just how I roll.
Monday, July 10, 2006
Shivered Timbers
From a LA casting agent:
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 3 OPEN CALL
Open Casting Call - Through 15 August 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean 3
Monday through Friday, 11am – 3pm
Seeking Pirates -- men age 18+, all shapes and sizes, all ethnicities: Asian, Spanish, French, African, Syrian, Lebanese, Middle Eastern, Turkish, Armenian, Arab, Persian, Caucasian, South American, Pacific Islander, Eskimo, etc...
You must be an extreme character type! We need extremely skinny, very tall, very short, hunchback, little people, unusual facial features and body types, exotic amputees, albinos, etc.
Wow, not just amputees, but EXOTIC amputees?? Hey, I'm a brown-eyed brunette/blonde, I could pass for multi-culti! And big tits! Big ol' tits and one leg always puts butts in movie seats, it's a sure thing!
I will be awaiting Mr. Bruckheimer's call....
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 3 OPEN CALL
Open Casting Call - Through 15 August 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean 3
Monday through Friday, 11am – 3pm
Seeking Pirates -- men age 18+, all shapes and sizes, all ethnicities: Asian, Spanish, French, African, Syrian, Lebanese, Middle Eastern, Turkish, Armenian, Arab, Persian, Caucasian, South American, Pacific Islander, Eskimo, etc...
You must be an extreme character type! We need extremely skinny, very tall, very short, hunchback, little people, unusual facial features and body types, exotic amputees, albinos, etc.
Wow, not just amputees, but EXOTIC amputees?? Hey, I'm a brown-eyed brunette/blonde, I could pass for multi-culti! And big tits! Big ol' tits and one leg always puts butts in movie seats, it's a sure thing!
I will be awaiting Mr. Bruckheimer's call....
Monday, July 03, 2006
Oops The Monkey Flies The Coop
Quote of the week:
(regarding capturing an escaped monkey from the zoo)
"We hope to take advantage of a hungry monkey."
(Full Story From CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/03/monkey.escape.ap/index.html)
(regarding capturing an escaped monkey from the zoo)
"We hope to take advantage of a hungry monkey."
(Full Story From CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/03/monkey.escape.ap/index.html)
Monday, May 29, 2006
Return of the Prodigal Cripple
So....yeah!
About the hiatus? The big time out? The endless intermission?
Hell, it's been so long, the last time I wrote we did not have a new AMERICAN IDOL,
But I've been busy having my life changed, then changed back again and then changed a couple of more times. It's complicated.
There have been new obstacles!
Trials AND tribulations!
Sorrow AND pity!
Bus rides!
Head injuries!
About the hiatus? The big time out? The endless intermission?
Hell, it's been so long, the last time I wrote we did not have a new AMERICAN IDOL,
THE AMAZING RACE had not been run, and The Pussycat Dolls' SEARCH FOR THE NEW DOLL had yet to begin.
But I've been busy having my life changed, then changed back again and then changed a couple of more times. It's complicated.
There have been new obstacles!
Trials AND tribulations!
Sorrow AND pity!
Bus rides!
Head injuries!
Finger injuries!
Torso injuries!
Bad television!
Drama! Romance! Fresh fruit picked from trees!
Bad television!
Drama! Romance! Fresh fruit picked from trees!
And for a magical day, I became a gerund.
So as soon as I can get these experiences down into concise bite-sized form and I can transfer recent photographs, I shall keep this blog up to speed. Plus, updates on what I watch that passes for entertainment - movie reviews, TV reviews, book reviews, crime updates!! And for no extra charge you get my opinions! Opinions no one asked for and sometimes I can't defend!! Also also plus, the usual sad array of misspellings and punctuation errors! All in one easy-to-digest blog form.
So thanks for stopping by, make yourselves comfortable!
Get your drink and snack on!
So as soon as I can get these experiences down into concise bite-sized form and I can transfer recent photographs, I shall keep this blog up to speed. Plus, updates on what I watch that passes for entertainment - movie reviews, TV reviews, book reviews, crime updates!! And for no extra charge you get my opinions! Opinions no one asked for and sometimes I can't defend!! Also also plus, the usual sad array of misspellings and punctuation errors! All in one easy-to-digest blog form.
So thanks for stopping by, make yourselves comfortable!
Get your drink and snack on!
But please take your shoes off, the carpet is new.
And neuter and spay your pets.
KTHX!
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