Life Imitating Art A Little Too Much

It’s gotta suck when you’re in a play, your character is about to take a heart attack, and you actually take one. Luckily, the other actors figured out this was not part of the scene, got him some help, and he’s recovering. But I can’t even imagine the terror going through his mind. He must …

Typo Or Editorializing? You Be The Judge.

Ok, it was weird enough that a guy was dared to punch a camel and did so, but this fine phrase made me giggle: He accepted the dare and was detained afterward by security personnel, but he soon escaped and tried to run from the park with his fiends, police said. Oh, those fiends. Those …

How Much Is ThatDoggy Through The Windshield?

Doesn’t everybody know that you shouldn’t drive a car with Sparky the chihuahua on your lap? Doesn’t everybody realize that that could lead to an accident if Sparky moves unexpectedly and causes you to strike the gas or brake, or jumps down and hits it himself? But when a bill was proposed to ban the …

Go Directly To Jail. Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect $1

Angelique R. Vandeberg could find herself with a lot of time to sit in the corner and think about what she’s done. The 28-year-old woman is facing up to 3 years in prison for allegedlyshooting her 8-year-old daughter in the leg with a BB gun to win a $1 bet she had made with her …

Something Tells Me This Isn’t One Of His Better Cases

Listening to the defense lawyer, Jason Grey, talk in this story makes me dizzy. Come get dizzy with me. We have an odd story about Manuel Balbin allegedly torturing a teenager who he thought stole his Playstation. That was weird enough, but then his lawyer opened his mouth. He didn’t start off wonderfully by saying …