Posted by admin on Nov 13, 2008 in
Feloniousness,
Foolery In Kyles’ defense, if you cant sing Dio, don’t try. IMHO karaoke is dangerous and should be regulated.
Beaten Over Karaoke Performance
Cops: Wisconsin man battered singer over lousy heavy metal cover www.thesmokinggun.com | November 12, 2008
NOVEMBER 12–Meet Kyle Drinkwine. The Wisconsin man, 24, allegedly became so incensed by a lackluster karaoke performance of a heavy metal song that he assaulted the singer and a second man, police charge. According to a River Falls Police Department report, Drinkwine throttled singer James Mischler, 28, and his friend Cyrus Kozub, 29, “over one’s ability to sing karaoke.” Though cops did not specify which song set Drinkwine off last week, Kozub told TSG that Mischler was performing “Holy Diver,” the title cut on Dio’s 1983 debut album (the band is fronted by Ronnie James Dio, the former Black Sabbath lead singer). Following the assaults, police apprehended Drinkwine after a short foot chase. A subsequent Breathalyzer test recorded his blood alcohol content at .169, more than twice the state limit. Drinkwine was booked into the Pierce County Jail on battery and disorderly conduct counts. He is pictured below in a November 7 mug shot snapped in neighboring St. Croix County, where he was charged with violating probation on a prior case. Though Drinkwine declined to speak with cops following his arrest, an officer overheard him, during a jail phone call, tell a friend he “fucked up” and was arrested for fighting. This is the second time in 15 months that a karaoke singer has been attacked over their song styling. Last August, a Washington man was punched by a female bar patron who thought his cover of “Yellow,” a Coldplay song, “really sucked.”
Posted by admin on Nov 13, 2008 in
fatu·ous·ness Life with Madonna sounds, um, fun. I usually don’t cite other blogs but the graphic of the list is priceless. While on the subject of the Material Gal I want to state I think her brother’s recent book was published with her blessing. The book casts a dark light on Guy Ritchie who is partially blamed for the sibs estrangement. Seriously would a control freak with 6 billion dollars allow ANYONE to publish a book she didn’t like? (answer, not likely)
Madonna’s kid conditions: no DVDs or TV, just organic food and disinfected hands
The Dish Rag by Elizabeth Snead | latimes.com | November 11, 2008
Guy Ritchie was reunited with his sons Rocco and David at a London airport this morning, reports the Daily Mail.
But the Mail claims that Madonna has issued a list of 12 “conditions,” — oh, let’s be honest and just call them “demands” — that Ritchie must meet while the children are with him in London.
These demands include a ban on newspapers and TV, a diet of only organic non-processed food, and regularly disinfected hands. Oh, jeez, Mom! Oh, and no clothes not provided by Madonna. Oh, like that New York Yankees T-shirt?
Rocco, 8, looked happy to see his dad, throwing his arms around him after walking through the Gatwick airport arrival gates. Guy also shared a hug with David, 3, hoisting him on his hip as they walked through the airport.
“‘Both he and David were smiling. Guy literally threw his coffee aside to free up his hands and run over. You could tell they were all so excited to see each other,” an onlooker told the Mail.
Rocco and David have barely seen their dad since their parents announced divorce plans in mid-October.
Check out the DM’s reported list of Madonna’s demands after the jump. Oh, it’s a doozie!
Are Madonna’s demands crazy or sane? Maternal or manipulative? What do you think?
Posted by admin on Nov 13, 2008 in
Foolery NOW this is a prank. A high class, well funded prank. Hats off to the brains behind this one! The Yes Men are my kinda guys.
Prank NY Times: `All the news we hope to print’
AP | By VERENA DOBNIK | November 12, 2008
NEW YORK (AP) — Commuters nationwide found out during Wednesday’s morning rush hour that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had ended and global warming, health care spending and the economy’s problems were on their way to being solved.
On behalf of a collective of liberal activists, 1,000 volunteers across the country handed out 1.2 million copies of a spoof of The New York Times, dated July 4, 2009.
At first glance, the parody, which used the Times’ Gothic-style font on the nameplate, could easily be mistaken for the real thing.
The 14-page paper — which also announced the abolition of corporate lobbying, a maximum wage for CEOs and a recall for all gasoline-fueled cars — showed up in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.
The pranksters — who include a film promoter, a college teacher, journalists and others — said they wanted to encourage the administration of Democratic President-elect Barack Obama to keeps its promises.
The publication was funded by small, online contributions “to maintain the pressure on the people we’ve elected so they do what we’ve elected them to do,” said a journalist who used the pseudonym Wilfred Sassoon to protect his real job at a newspaper in the New York area.
He said he helped create the paper with about 30 other people, many of whom work at New York daily newspapers.
Read more…
Posted by admin on Nov 12, 2008 in
Farewell,
Forteana 
This is a great story, it’s all over the place, and totally worthy of it. What a way for the both of them to go – he while dancing, her by the coffin.
Woman killed by husband’s coffin
2008/11/11 14:40:02 GMT | BBC NEWS:
A Brazilian woman has died after being struck by her husband’s coffin when the hearse they were travelling in was involved in a car crash.
The 67-year-old woman was on the way to the cemetery to bury her husband, who had died the day before.
The hearse was struck from behind by an Alfa Romeo car, police said.
The coffin slammed into the head of the woman, who was sitting in the passenger seat of the hearse, killing her instantly, according to officers.
Marciana Silva Barcelos and her family were on the way to a cemetery in the town of Alvorada in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, for the funeral of her partner, Josi Silveira Coimbra.
The 76-year-old man had died of a heart attack on Sunday after attending a dance.
Following the accident, the driver of the Alfa Romeo was trapped for around 50 minutes in the wreckage and was taken to hospital where he was put under observation.
The driver of the hearse and a son of the dead man, who was also travelling in the hearse, were treated for minor injuries.
An investigation is now underway to determine the cause of the accident.
Posted by admin on Nov 11, 2008 in
Forteana 
The Corpse Flower in Milwaukee has fallen over but is still blossoming as seen above.
The Corpse Plant, or Corpse Flower is a rare, large, tropical plant with a large foul smelling blossom. More known as, Amorphophallus titanum (from Ancient Greek amorphos, “without form, misshapen” + phallos, “penis”, and titan, “giant”) or Titan arum.
Flowerings are rare and special events that last approximately 2 days.
The Milwaukee Public Museum has one on display that is flowering, even though it collapsed unexpectedly on Saturday. Since the Click here to see the live web cam.
Sources: www.wisn.com and wikipedia
In full glory the stinking corpse flower looks like the above specimen.
Posted by admin on Nov 11, 2008 in
Farewell,
Forteana 
Death is a part of life. I do think there are “good deaths.” To die happy, and swiftly would be ideal. To die swiftly while doing something you love is near ideal. For 2 people in the same family, to die almost identical “good deaths” is remarkable. Old ladies with season tickets to hockey is cool too.
Woman collapses at Blackhawks game, dies; mother died attending Hawks game in 1986
Mom died attending hockey game in ’86
chicagotribune.com | By Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah | November 5, 2008
While watching her favorite team, the Blackhawks, play at the United Center on Monday, Marguerite Kuhlman collapsed and later died.
Patricia and Dorothea Kuhlman said that even more peculiar than the death of their sister, 68, at the hockey game is the fact that their mother died under similar circumstances nearly 22 years ago. Mildred Kuhlman died March 30, 1986, while attending a Blackhawks game at Chicago Stadium, Patricia Kuhlman said.
“We’ve been hockey fans for many, many years,” Patricia Kuhlman said. “People laugh at us because we’re old ladies who like to go to hockey games.”
The sisters—who own season tickets just 15 rows off the ice—were all scheduled to attend the game Monday. But the two older Kuhlman sisters instead had to attend a meeting of election judges, and Marguerite Kuhlman went to the game with a neighbor.
Dorothea Kuhlman said the neighbor told them that during the game Marguerite Kuhlman slumped over in her seat and emergency officials were called. She was taken to Rush University Medical Center, where she died at 8:25 p.m. On Tuesday, the medical examiner’s office said she died of heart disease.
The Kuhlman sisters, who worked a polling station near their home Tuesday, spoke fondly of Marguerite. She was retired, worked for the state of California’s Midwest office and never married. The sisters lived together in the 2900 block of North Troy Street.
Marguerite had also been involved at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church of Logan Square and, as part of an ecumenical program, visited Israel and the Palestinian territories in May.
Posted by admin on Nov 10, 2008 in
Forteana When a Meteorologist says something is BAD LUCK, you know it’s bad. AP seems to be the only English language source for this story.
In this picture released by the police department of San Jose, some of the 52 cows that were killed by lightning lie along a fence on a ranch in Valdez Chico village near San Jose, Uruguay, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008. The cows were killed when lightning hit the wire fence during a fierce storm, according to police. (AP Photo/San Jose Police Department)
Lightning strikes only once — but kills 52 cows
AP | October 24, 2008
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay—Lightning struck only once — but 52 cows are dead at an Uruguayan ranch. The newspaper El Pais reports that the cows had pressed against a wire fence during a storm when the lightning bolt struck in the northern state of San Jose.
A photograph released by the San Jose Police Department shows the black and brown cows lying dead in a long row.
The newspaper said Friday that veterinarians at the scene confirmed the cause of the deaths, which happened Wednesday. The veterinarians told the newspaper that cows often crowd around fences to seek protection during storms.
Meteorologist Fernando Torena told the newspaper he wasn’t surprised that a single lightning bolt killed so many cows. But he called it “very bad luck.”
Posted by admin on Nov 9, 2008 in
Feloniousness This is not the first I’ve heard of this type of incident.
Many moons ago I worked in a large gift shop in a resort area and it had public restrooms. One day a very angry man, with blood running down the back of his legs, and carrying a toilet seat, confronted the manager. Someone had put copious amounts of superglue or similar on the toilet seat surreptitiously. The manager tried to console the man, but the bloody tourist was furious. This was so many moons ago, the police weren’t called, nor was a lawsuit brought. It was whispered to PERHAPS have been a prank by an employee.
More recently I was temping in an office environment that was comprised mainly of young men. I fit in ok. A young woman who worked there wasn’t liked, for whatever reason. It was her first real job and she was very heavy, but still dressed fashionably and was outgoing. One day the gents in the office sprayed the toilet seat of the shared bathroom with SUPER 77 an industrial strength spray adhesive, made sure to tell one another but not her. Eventually she got up and went to the bathroom, and was in there for a very, very, very long time. She emerged with a red face, eventually told a manager but nothing happened. The gents stonewalled and there was no punishment. I told her she should have pried up the toilet seat and walked directly to the police station.
Brierley Hill man freed from toilet seat
Sunday 2nd November 2008 | www.stourbridgenews.co.uk
AMBULANCE crews had to take a man to hospital after he became glued to a toilet seat in Brierley Hill.
The man was using the public toilet, in Little College Street, on Saturday November 1, when he became stuck to the seat.
West Midlands Ambulance Service attended the scene at round noon and it appeared someone had left glue on the toilet seat.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “Despite crews best efforts it was not possible to remove the 35 year old local man from this position.
“With help from the Local Authority and the fire service the man was removed from the cubicle still attached to the stainless steel toilet.
“He was taken to Russells Hall Hosiptal where a doctor used chemicals to free the man while he was still inside the ambulance.”
The man was then taken inside the hosiptal for a check up but despite being embarrassed suffered no injuries.
The toilet was then taken back for the Local Authority to refit it there and then.
Posted by admin on Nov 7, 2008 in
Foolery Hello Friday, let’s have some fun.Whats more fun than dogs wearing goggles while they ride in motorcycle sidecars!
Stephen O’Kane sent in this picture of easy riding boxers sporting their ‘doggles’ and owner outside Belfast’s City Hall. Send your shots to nipics@bbc.co.uk. See www.bbc.co.uk/terms for conditions
Posted by admin on Nov 5, 2008 in
Feloniousness,
Foolery I can see kicking a kid out of school for dressing as Hitler, but Jesus? He’s a great looking Jesus too, very respectful and accurate. Good job Alex.
This video link may or may not work. Worth seeing for commentary from the Joker and to see Jesus’ beard move!
Jesus Costume a No-Go for NJ 8th Grader
November 1, 2008 | gothamist.com | By Jen Chung
No Messiah for West Brook Middle School: Alex Woinski was sent home for dressing as Jesus Christ for Halloween.
Actually, the Paramus school just wanted him to change, but it wasn’t as easy as that: Woinski’s costume was particularly elaborate–the Bergen Record reports that the eighth-grader already “has shoulder-length brown hair” so he “donned a long white robe with a red sash, a fake beard, sandals and a crown of thorns.” His mother explained, “They would have let him wear the costume, but he had to get rid of the crown of thorns and the beard,” which meant she had to leave work and take her son home to shower. He returned to school later.
Principal Joan Broe told WCBS 2, “I don’t think I overreacted,” noting that the costume’s, uh, class-stopping qualities–and not the religious nature–was why Woinski was sent home. “Children were [asking], where is the boy who is Jesus Christ? It was disrupting the education process.” As for why he chose the costume? Alex Woinski has reportedly grown interested in Jesus Christ recently (his mother is Catholic and father is Jewish), plus his friends said his long hair made him look like J.C.
Flashback: A Brooklyn student was reprimanded for dressing as Hitler at Leon M. Goldstein High School on Halloween in 2006. The school decided to ban any and all Halloween costumes last year.
The following excerpt is from www.todaysthv.com
Woinski’s parents agree it was political correctness gone amok.
“I think the whole freedom of speech and expression has definitely had a damper put on it, and this is proof of that,” says Kim Woinski, Alex’s mother.
But it won’t put a damper on Woinski’s trick or treating. This Jesus has been resurrected for Friday night.
Woinski has developed an interest in religion. His mother is Catholic and his father is Jewish. He recently celebrated his Bar Mitzvah and his also studying Bible scripture.
His school says this was the first time anyone had ever dressed up like Jesus. They say other students were ordered to alter their costumes because they were deemed inappropriate.
Posted by admin on Nov 3, 2008 in
Feloniousness DANG-World Series Official Gear is getting too darned expensive!
Completely unrelated Phillies Phan Photos Phound Online
Phillies fan robs bank to pay for gear
By DAFNEY TALES | Philadelphia Daily News | Oct. 30, 2008
Phillies fans are known for their diehard, drastic and often drunken support for their team.
Crazed Phanatics paint the team’s logo on their lawns or imbibe the same amount of shots as the number on favorite player’s jersey.
It doesn’t matter. You take one for the team.
But one fan may have taken his devotion a bit too far when police say he robbed a bank and later allegedly funded a shopping spree for Phillies gear with the stolen cash.
About 10 a.m. yesterday, a man, who police did not identify, entered a PNC Bank on Welsh Road near Roosevelt Boulevard and slipped the teller a demand note.
Shortly after, the man, wearing a red and gray hat pulled down over his face and a beige hoodie, fled westbound on Welsh with an undisclosed amount of cash, said a detective from Northeast Detectives.
About 20 minutes later, cops found the suspect, who police have not identified, a few miles away coming out of the Modell’s Sporting Goods store at the Roosevelt Mall, Cottman and Bustleton avenues.
Police did not confirm whether the man was wearing Phillies gear or not. But authorities said they later recovered cash in a nearby trash bin.
Witnesses positively identified the suspect and police carted the robber off, assuring that the ardent fan would miss watching the Phillies duke it out against the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 5.
He might miss the game, but at least he won’t face federal charges, said Jerri Williams, the Philly FBI spokeswoman.
Local authorities charged him with robbery, theft and related offenses. *