Here’s a post that most definitely needs itself a soundtrack. 36-Year-old Michael Harper has been sentenced to a year in prison for an attempted metal theft at a power substation in Leicester, England. But that’s small potatoes compared to the sentence of life long disfigurement he received while the crime was in progress. Remember how …
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Special Delivery
I may be wrong, but I always thought one of the first rules of the break and enter was make sure you have an easy way in so you don’t end up like this kid. Northern Ireland police say a passing patrol spotted the 17-year-old wrestling to free himself from a house’s front door before …
Poor Little Guy. He Never Even Heard It Coming
Not much to say here but it made me laugh, so a posting we will go. BERLIN (AP) — An earless baby bunny that was a rising star on Germany’s celebrity animal scene had his 15 minutes of fame brought to an abrupt end when he was accidentally stepped on by a television cameraman. The …
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Vince Russo’s New Gig
When you have a track record like his, this takes either an amazing lack of self awareness or the world’s largest testicles and bottomless vats of shamelessness. BABY FACES, BLADE JOBS and BOOKING Everything you wanted to know about writing a professional wrestling show but were afraid to ask. A SEMINAR HOSTED BY VINCE RUSSO …
Print Encyclopedias Just Got One Step Closer To Death. What Are We Supposed To Do With All The New Shelf Space?
Newsflash, people in my age range. We’re getting old. Encyclopaedia Britannica Gives Up On Print Edition That’s right, the era of the giant bookshelves full of encyclopedias in the living room or the library is coming to an end. We all knew this day would come because it’s 2012 and you can find all of …
Run for President
Rich De Steno, who you might recall is the man who gave the world Destination Mars, emailed to let me know that another of his old games has been updated to work on Windows. It’s Run for President, the other one I remember playing back in the day. The object is to fly around the …
No Cash, No Cigars, No Sovereignty
Naah, this doesn’t seem like an amazing overstepping of legal or moral boundaries or anything. Nope, not at all. US snubs out legal cigar transaction Authorities in the US have refused to return 137,000 kroner that was confiscated from a Danish policeman who attempted to legally purchase Cuban cigars from Germany. Torben Nødskouv intended to …
More On The Right And Wrong Of Robocalls
I can’t say that this comes as much of a surprise. The Guelph Mercury has reported that Marty Burke has filed a complaint with Elections Canada over the robocalls made by Frank Valeriote around the same time as somebody was blatantly misleading the public. Commissioner of Canada Elections c/oElections Canada Dear Commissioner, I wish …
The Terrible Crime Bill Passes, And Canada Dies A Little More
I really hate being disappointed in my country, but Stephen Harper and his government often leave me little choice. As expected, the hideous crime bill passed. Yes, the hideous crime bill that won’t help anybody but those with a vested interest in seeing the prison population explode for no good reason. Other than that, it’s …
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We Are The Champions…Of Failed Robbery
I post this mainly because I find it amusing and it fits in with what we do here, but also because any excuse to watch this video again is good enough for me. It’s always nice to hear stories of people with disabilities getting into new fields and breaking new ground. Well, maybe not always. …
