word of mouth

an apple a day....or a head

2005-04-13T14:16:00.000-07:00

A Vermont teen broke into a tomb, tore the head off a corpse and brought it home, authorities say.

Nickolas Buckalew, 17, of Morrisville, may have then used the severed head as a bong or a pipe for smoking marijuana, according to court papers.

theres a whole in my...sweater

2005-04-03T20:22:00.000-07:00

am i a rebound that just lasted too long?

Rat Killing School

2005-03-11T13:29:00.000-08:00

--The city has a new weapon in its never-ending battle against rats: a federally funded institute to teach the craft of rodent eradication.

Plans for the Rodent Integrated Pest Control Academy were announced Thursday in a hearing before the City Council's health committee. The academy will train exterminators from the Health Department and other city agencies, said Edgar Butts, an assistant Health Department commissioner.

A three-year, $600,000 grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will fund the school, for which a coordinator has yet to be appointed.

Among the skills taught will be the proper placement of rat poison, which has to be inserted deep inside rat holes, Butts said. Otherwise, he said, the rats "will throw the bait back out."

Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden said rats were "the No. 1 issue that New Yorkers discussed with him.

what the hell...

2005-03-06T19:51:00.000-08:00

An animal-rights activist is promoting vegetarianism — by changing her name to GoVeg.com.

Karin Robertson, a staff member for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, claims that her bizarre new moniker is a conversation-starter that promotes "carrot power." GoVeg.com is a site affiliated with PETA.

2005-02-22T07:52:00.000-08:00

i hate my job.

Writer Hunter S. Thompson Commits Suicide

2005-02-21T12:24:00.000-08:00

Writer Hunter S. Thompson Commits Suicide

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) -- Hunter S. Thompson, the hard-living writer who inserted himself into his accounts of America's underbelly and popularized a first-person form of journalism in books such as "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," has committed suicide.

Thompson was found dead Sunday in his Aspen-area home of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, sheriff's officials said. He was 67. Thompson's wife, Anita, had gone out before the shooting and was not home at the time. His son, Juan, found the body.

Thompson "took his life with a gunshot to the head," the wife and son said in a statement released to the Aspen Daily News. The statement asked for privacy for Thompson's family and, using the Latin term for Earth, added, "He stomped terra."

Neither the family statement nor Pitkin County sheriff's officials said whether Thompson left a note. The sheriff and the county coroner did not immediately return telephone messages Monday.

Besides the 1972 classic about Thompson's visit to Las Vegas, he also wrote "Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72." The central character in those wild, sprawling satires was "Dr. Thompson," a snarling, drug- and alcohol-crazed observer and participant.

Thompson is credited alongside Tom Wolfe and Gay Talese with helping pioneer New Journalism - or, as he dubbed his version, "gonzo journalism" - in which the writer made himself an essential component of the story.

Thompson, whose early writings mostly appeared in Rolling Stone magazine, often portrayed himself as wildly intoxicated as he reported on such figures as Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton.

Thompson also wrote such collections as "Generation of Swine" and "Songs of the Doomed." His first ever novel, "The Rum Diary," written in 1959, was first published in 1998.

Thompson was a counterculture icon at the height of the Watergate era, and once said Nixon represented "that dark, venal, and incurably violent side of the American character."

Thompson also was the model for Garry Trudeau's balding "Uncle Duke" in the comic strip "Doonesbury." He was portrayed on screen by Bill Murray in "Where The Buffalo Roam" and Johnny Depp in a film adaptation of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas."

That book, perhaps Thompson's most famous, begins: "We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold."

Other books include "The Great Shark Hunt," "Hell's Angels" and "The Proud Highway." His most recent effort was "Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness."

"He may have died relatively young but he made up for it in quality if not quantity of years," Paul Krassner, the veteran radical journalist and one of Thompson's former editors, told The Associated Press by phone from his Southern California home.

"It was hard to say sometimes whether he was being provocative for its own sake or if he was just being drunk and stoned and irresponsible," quipped Krassner, founder of the leftist publication The Realist and co-founder of the Youth International (YIPPIE) party.

"But every editor that I know, myself included, was willing to accept a certain prima donna journalism in the demands he would make to cover a particular story," he said. "They were willing to risk all of his irresponsible behavior in order to share his talent with their readers."

The writer's compound in Woody Creek, not far from Aspen, was almost as legendary as Thompson. He prized peacocks and weapons; in 2000, he accidentally shot and slightly wounded his assistant trying to chase a bear off his property.

Born July 18, 1937, in Kentucky, Hunter Stocton Thompson served two years in the Air Force, where he was a newspaper sports editor. He later became a proud member of the National Rifle Association and almost was elected sheriff in Aspen in 1970 under the Freak Power Party banner.

Thompson's heyday came in the 1970s, when his larger-than-life persona was gobbled up by magazines. His pieces were of legendary length and so was his appetite for adventure and trouble; his purported fights with Rolling Stone editor Jann Wenner were rumored in many cases to hinge on expense accounts for stories that didn't materialize.

It was the content that raised eyebrows and tempers. His book on the 1972 presidential campaign involving, among others, Edmund Muskie, Hubert Humphrey and Nixon was famous for its scathing opinion.

Working for Muskie, Thompson wrote, "was something like being locked in a rolling box car with a vicious 200-pound water rat." Nixon and his "Barbie doll" family were "America's answer to the monstrous Mr. Hyde. He speaks for the werewolf in us."

Humphrey? Of him, Thompson wrote: "There is no way to grasp what a shallow, contemptible and hopelessly dishonest old hack Hubert Humphrey is until you've followed him around for a while."

The approach won him praise among the masses as well as critical acclaim. Writing in The New York Times in 1973, Christopher Lehmann-Haupt worried Thompson might someday "lapse into good taste."

"That would be a shame, for while he doesn't see America as Grandma Moses depicted it, or the way they painted it for us in civics class, he does in his own mad way betray a profound democratic concern for the polity," he wrote. "And in its own mad way, it's damned refreshing."

Another One Bites The Dust??

2005-02-16T20:25:00.000-08:00

CBGB is facing the prospect of shutting down when its lease expires in August — and its annual rent could reach nearly half a million dollars. For more than 30 years, CBGB has anchored the Bowery with its eclectic mix of live bands. When owner Hilly Kristal opened the club in 1972, rent was a mere $600 a month for the space under a Bowery flophouse.
The legendary downtown club that ushered in American punk rock is in danger of being priced out of its longtime haunt.But now that the neighborhood has become chic — that is, pricey — Kristal's rent could reach almost $40,000 a month, twice what the Village Voice says is now $20,000. Supporters of the club have said CBGB was a vital force in bettering the neighborhood it may now have to leave. Punks and professors alike have jammed into the grungy CBGB to hear headliners like a wacky punk group from Forest Hills, Queens, called The Ramones, and The Stilettos, better known by their later name, Blondie. The club also auditioned bands on Monday nights; one of its biggest successes was The Talking Heads. Despite the astronomic rent — and an insurance tab the Voice reported at $80,000 a year — the club's management hopes to stick it out.

and in other news...

A Swedish woman says she opened a bottle of ketchup to find a human penis inside.

"It's disgusting. We would like to know how this thing ended up in a ketchup bottle," said Viktoria Ed.

Weird BUT True

2005-02-08T08:33:00.000-08:00

A McDonald's patron got six months probation and a $600 fine for assaulting a counter girl — with an Egg McMuffin.

Trial testimony revealed Scott Rodgers, 46, of Grand Rapids, Mich. winged the breakfast sandwich at the worker, hitting her in the face, after discovering it had ham instead of sausage.

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An Aussie fire company missed an emergency call because a crew member was using the only fire engine to pick up a pizza.

Burned-up officials at the New South Wales Fire Brigade in Sydney promise that heads will roll.

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A hospital in Chile is refusing to let visitors see patients unless they donate a pint of blood first.

Officials at the Talca Regional Hospital in Talca say it's a perfectly reasonable way to make sure their blood supply is adequate.

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Wanna stay trim? Forget the diet books and gym membership — you may be better off just brushing your teeth more often, a Japanese study says.

In a survey of 14,000 people, researchers at the University of Tokyo found those who managed to stay slim tended to brush after every meal, while overweight men sometimes went more than a day without brushing.

They say the brushing itself isn't a fat-burning exercise, but rather a sign that a person is more careful about his health.

SUPER BOWL SUNDAY

2005-02-06T10:32:00.000-08:00

super fun weekend....

2005-01-30T09:35:00.000-08:00

Ive had one heck of a long week and one heck of a long weekend. as of right now im sitting in a dark room trying to do things quietly, but at the same time a little loud cause i want to see your face. If you dont know the wynn brothers...get on the program.

old people watch out..its the end of the world for you...

A 79-year-old woman in Florida escaped with a few bruises when a drawbridge opened beneath her, forcing her to hang on for dear life.

Helen Koton was halfway across the bridge in Hallandale Beach when it began to open.

The bridge attendant brought Koton back to safety after a few minutes.

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A South Carolina police officer blasted a stun gun at a distraught 75-year-old woman in a nursing home.

The Rock Hill police say Officer Hattie Jean Macon acted prematurely in using the 50,000-volt Taser on Margaret Kimbrell.

Macon was called to the nursing home after Kimbrell refused to leave. She was upset because the staff would not tell her where her sick friend was.

Weird BUT True

2005-01-28T20:38:00.000-08:00

Im still living like a caveman. Under candle light, cold. its all gravy as long as i have my sexy man next to me.....

Larry Green was pronounced dead after being hit by a car, and was zipped into a body bag in Raleigh, N.C.

So imagine the shock of Medical Examiner J.B. Perdue as he examined Green's body in the morgue two hours later — and the "dead man" suddenly took a shallow breath.

"I had to look twice myself just to make sure it was there — that's how subtle it was," Perdue said.

Green, 29, is now at a hospital in critical condition.

An Oklahoma politician is pushing a bill that would allow legal cockfighting — with the birds wearing boxing gloves.

"Who's going to object to chickens fighting like humans do? Everybody wins," said Sen. Frank Shurden of Oklahoma City.

"Let the roosters do what they love to do without getting injured."

Is this guy a dumb cluck, or what?

galaxy nightmare

2005-01-20T17:48:00.000-08:00

I HAVE THE BIGGEST BED ON THE PLANET!!!!

yes its true, my new room gets bigger and better everyday!
jealous much?

i am...and its my room.

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

watch out...cops are smarter than we think..

The makers of WD-40 proudly list 2,000 uses for their product, and British cops now have the 2,001st: It keeps druggies from snorting cocaine off toilet lids. Police in Bristol advise nightclub owners to spray the colorless lubricant on toilet seats and other flat surfaces in bathrooms that customers use to snort drugs, because coke and the spray lube don't mix.

"A chemical reaction takes place with the cocaine that causes it to congeal and become a mess so it's unusable," a police spokesman said.

Wierd BUT True

2005-01-18T07:49:00.000-08:00

The Hostess bakery company is coming out with a brand-new cookbook — with recipes only for Twinkies.

"You would be surprised how many recipes are out there," said Hostess baking expert Theresa Cogswell. "Twinkie Tacos, Twinkie-misu, Banana Java Twinkie Supreme, Scottish Twinkie Fritters."

Any other advice, Theresa? "I should mention that Twinkies should be frozen before you try them in a fondue."

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An army of jokers has been sticking miniature American flags into piles of dog doo in German parks.

"This has been going on for about a year now, and there must be 2,000 to 3,000 piles of excrement that have been claimed during that time," said parks official Josef Oettl.

Legal experts say there's no law against the dirty deed.

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Filipinos who jaywalk will no longer get a slap on the wrist — but a smack with a wet blanket.

"We've tried talking to pedestrians, asking them to walk on the sidewalks, but it wasn't effective," said Manila traffic boss Richard Apodarado. Not everybody is happy.

"They do not treat us like humans," said street vendor Bobot Flores.

so tired, of playing, playing with this bow and arrow

2005-01-16T11:00:00.000-08:00

i need sunshine. this three day gloom/rain/cold fest is not the best three days i have seen. everyone is in sour moods. especially me. all i want to do is sit inside wasting the day away with soap operas and judge shows, not to mention the poor people food (popcorn, tea, and corn...pasta with butter)
i work tomorrow and i couldnt be more stoked to make pitas all day. hopefully it wil be sunny/warm.
the forcast doesnt call for that, im sure of it.
my parents are in town. actually in kissimee(s?). i went out to din din with them last night. its good seeing them. i remember the old days where we would fight for days and days.
no end in sight.
communication skills are best when the other parties understand where your coming from. if not, then its just like talking to a brick wall.
no holes in sight.
i want more thrift stores in the UCF area. goodwill and thrift n gift just arent cutting it for me anymore. i wish i could thrift all day. sifting through junk and clothes.
god how i love junk!
cups, ashtrays, boxes, toys...junk.
we scored big time today though...
fisherprice record player 10 bucks.
cant get better than that!

Wierd BUT True

2005-01-15T14:47:00.000-08:00

For months, cops in West Memphis, Ark., have been getting reports of a jogger who was making late-night runs in the buff.

But the mystery nudist managed to elude the long arm of the law until this week, when he zipped past a squad car in his birthday suit.

The cops gave chase, zapped him to a halt with a stun gun, and charged him with indecent exposure, fleeing and resisting arrest.

What they didn't get was a reason for his naked jaunts.

new times

2005-01-15T11:03:00.000-08:00

i got pretty fed up with the whole livejournal thing, so here i am on blogger.
if you dont like what i write then get a life and quit reading.