Steve Silver calls it the “worst thing ever” and we can’t disagree. A young mother returned to the homeless shelter where she was staying after a night of drinking. After retrieving her baby from a sitter, she went to sleep with the baby and sometime later, vomited into a bucket of cleaning solution near her…
Jessica Durham of Montana recently had her conviction upheld for giving her 18 month old daughter hits from a bong. (Former) friend Brandi Nichols testified that Durham encouraged photographs of her 18-month-old daughter with the water pipe and said Durham wanted to send the pictures to a marijuana magazine. Nothing like a proud mother taking…
Apparently Mitch Cozad was unhappy playing second fiddle as backup punter to starting punter Rafael Mendoza at Northern Colorado. Cozad alledgedly attacked Mendoza from behind as he got out of his car near his apartment, stabbing him in his kicking leg. Cozad was arrested not long after the incident, and suspended from school and the…
We were both amused and disturbed to learn recently from Flight Wisdom of a recent incident at Logan Airport in Boston. It seems that as part of a security drill, 8 ounces of potent plastic explosive were attatched to the bumper of a vehicle in a secure parking area. Over a week later the explosives…
Detroit Lions assistant coach Joe Cullen was arrested for “driving on public streets without any clothes on. (NUDE).” It’s been a busy couple of weeks for Cullen, who was also arrested for driving drunk in a separate incident one week later. Cullen was fired last year from a coaching job at Ole Miss after being…
Orthomom reports that a British internet company refuses to sign up customers who have passed the age of 70 unless they are accompained by a younger person. Apparently, the company believes that the elderly are incapable of understanding the fine print of their contracts. Having seen our share of customer agreements, we wonder why they…
Perennially cash-strapped schools are always looking for new ways to raise funds. Scores Las Vegas, a strip club gentleman’s club managed to break new ground. The Las Vegas establishment sponsored “Detention” night to benefit the Public Education Foundation in Cook County. Strippers dressed as schoolgirls, teachers and librarians, though we imagine they didn’t stay dressed…
College professors report that fewer and fewer students are bothering to show up for class. The increased availablity of course materials online, particularly for large lectures of hundreds of students, has made an ever-growing group of students comfortable skipping classes. Some of the professors for those large classes claim not to mind, but those are…
British commuters were bemused to discover that their trains were delayed due to clement weather. Apparently it was such a beautifully sunny day that a train driver was unable to use his mirror to check the platform for passengers embarking or disembarking. London trains have along history of odd excuses for service interruption including “leaves…
In an episode reminiscent of The Naked Gun, CNN anchor Kyra Phillips took a bathroom break during a Presidential address without having her mike turned off (video). While there, she spoke negatively of men, excluding her husband whom she praised. She also referred to her sister-in-law as a “control freak.” Phillips seems to have taken…