Ben Hana, a homeless resident of Wellington, New Zealand, is known locally (although not very creatively) as "Blanket Man" because he goes around wrapped in a blanket. Hana was arrested on December 23 on allegations of cannabis possession and indecent…
Now that 2008 is over, we can finally close the books on it and maybe try to evaluate some of the nonsense spawned during it. The following are my selections for those people and/or events that may have Lowered the Bar the…
Tim Smith has just been trying to help, but as always, no good deed goes unpunished. Smith witnessed a car accident Monday as he was riding his bike to the beach. (This happened in Fort Lauderdale, where people are still…
This item has been sitting in my file since I first saw it over a year ago, patiently waiting for me to come up with some legal angle to justify posting it here. I still don't see how to do that,…
Times are tough all over, tough enough that some have turned to crime who really have no aptitude for it. For example, the masked gentleman who tried to rob the Washman Autospa in Portland on December 30 Authorities said that…
This excellent ad appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Thursday. It's not clear whether this was originally called the "Senate Sofa," or they renamed it to take advantage of the opportunity. But who cares? I know Blagojevich insists he can…
In December 2006, Yoichi Shimamoto punched his wife in the face not long after they got off a plane in San Francisco. That, of course, was United Airlines’ fault. The Shimamotos — puncher and punchee — have now sued the…
So far no litigation, but some scuffling did allegedly take place.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently moved to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a group of Amish farmers who object to putting the "mark of the Beast" on their cattle. The specific "mark" they are worried about is a radio-frequency ID…
Careful with those friend requests.