And you can keep your stale pretzels too.

Link A woman in St. Louis shot her husband after he tried to give her a warm beer.  The man, who was around 70 was shot four of five times in the chest when he gave her the warm can of Stag beer.  The house where this happened was one of many who last power in the area after a winter storm hit.

This is a story about true love and forgiveness.  Oh wait,  an old lady shot her husband over a warm beer.  You wonder what had drove her to such an action because I hope just a warm beer wouldn’t cause her to shoot her husband 4 or 5 times.  Tune in next time for a look at how a man spray painted pet goats in Mahopac N.Y. 

And you can keep your stale pretzels too.

Link A woman in St. Louis shot her husband after he tried to give her a warm beer.  The man, who was around 70 was shot four of five times in the chest when he gave her the warm can of Stag beer.  The house where this happened was one of many who last power in the area after a winter storm hit.

This is a crazy story about true love and forgiveness.  Oh wait,  an old lady shot her husband over a warm beer.  You wonder what had drove her to such an action because I hope just a warm beer wouldn’t cause her to shoot her husband 4 or 5 times.  Tune in next time for a look at how a man spray painted pet goats in Mahopac N.Y. 

Rubber band ball

Rubber band ball  That’s right, there is a new rubber band ball record.  Steve Milton, from Oregon had his rubber band ball weighed in Chicago, with the total coming to 4594 pounds.  This shattered the previous record held by John Baine at 3120 pounds.  The record setting ball is 5.5 feet tall, 19 in circumference, and took over 175,000 rubber bands to complete.  Milton says that a rubber band breaking could really hurt, and he needed to wear saftey goggles.

This is an entertaining story about a man who showed perseverence by building the largest rubber band ball with the help of his son, and soon to be step son.  Starting in November of 2005, Milton said that the key way just to work on the ball a little bit each day, and not to over extend yourself, no pun intended.  What a weigh to make a name for yourself.  I mean it’s a stretch to call it a top headline,  but at least its not a story about a band or anything.          

That’s a lot of Cocaine

Link A fifty foot submarine carrying three tons of cocaine and four men was captured Friday after mysterious looking pipes were spotted off the coast of Costa Rica.  These three tons bring the total of cocaine seized by Costa Rican officials to eightteen tons.  In march a submarine was seized, but not drugs were found.  Sea transportation has become the most used method of moving drugs since radar has made flying harder to go unnoticed. 

I guess I never really realized just how much drug trafficing there is.  If Costa Rican authorities have seized 18 tons, and american and colombian officialls have seized X amount more.  Then just how much cocaine is being transported into America?  Has anyone else  heard that America is fighting a losing war against drugs?  I guess the numbers just boggle me.

Trick or Treat

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A deer with a fake Jack-o-latern stuck over his snout managed to get out of his bizarre predicament Friday night, with help experts say from the rain. The deer had been unable to eat for a week, but the water residue found in the latern was thought to have provided the young deer with a small source of water. A tranquilizer was going to be used to pacify the deer to allow rescuers to remove the latern, but nature found a way to take care of itself. Dr. Wendy Swift, a veterinarian, says that the deer should be completely find, and suffer no ill effects from this event.

I find this story to be a bit humorous, but funnier than the story itself is the fact that a story about a deer with his head stuck in a jack-o-latern gets a headline on the NBC U.S. News headline board. And thats not the worst. Some of the other headlines were about an indian that shot a bald eagle, a rare stamp and an insulted benefactor who withdrew a $20,0000,000 gift. Important stories, but I would think that there are more important things happening in America right now. Sure in a day where all news is bad news, its nice to read about a deer who escaped a plastic jack-o-latern, but is that really worth more than a mention in a local or state newspaper or telecast?

Concert

Sunday afternoon I went to the UAlbany chorale concert held at their performing arts center.  As a member of Masterworks, we performed three works.  Since it was UAlbany’s only concert of the semester, their chamber singers sang eight numbers.  They were very good, and sang an interesting arrangement of songs.  As far as my first concert as a college student, it went well.  It wasn’t that different from high school, except for the $150 dollar tux I had to buy.  The songs we sang were by Handel, Stainer, and Mendhellson.  My next concert is in December, and I’m hoping for another great experience. 

War games

In 1999 a series of secrect war games were conducted anticipating a war in Iraq.  These war games which involved 70 militant and intelligence officials predicted that at least 400,000 troups would be needed to have a chance to successfully take over and control Iraq.  At the peak of troup population in January, America had 160,000 troups in Iraq.  These documents came to light after a request by the George Washington University’s National Security Archive, an independant research group. 

What should be most surprising about this article is the date.  These games called “Desert Crossing” weren’t just pre-9/11, but pre George Bush.  The article continues and shows some of the documents main points, some of which are quite similar to what has happened and are happening now.  These war games could be quite useful in planning out attacts in the future.  Saddam Hussein has officially been sentenced to death recently, but the end’s not even in sight.   

Education

Rodriguez seemed to have a largely unique outlook on life.  He made education the highest priority in his life.  He sacrificed everything for the sake of “education.” He denied himself his family, his social life, and his childhood, so he could please his teachers, and get good grades.  This is something that I can’t understand.  I always did well in school, but I know that I am a natural procrastinator.  I really have to force myself to do something and get it done if I don’t want to do it, and if there is a fun activity going on at the same time, I will almost definetly do that.  I never found my parents embarrassing like Rodriguez did.  Neither of my parents went to college.  We don’t have a lot of money, but I was raised in a middle class home with all the comforts and some luxieries that could be expected of such a household.  I have a good relationship with my parents, and if anything they helped me with my school work.  I guess I don’t have any personal connection with Rodriguez.  He came from a completely different world from me.  I enjoy learning about the things that interest me; I don’t enjoy learning about things that don’t.  I’m sure most people feel this way.   

Subway, eat flesh!

A woman eating at a Subway Restaurant in Chowchilla California claims to have found part of a finger in her submarine sandwhich.  This claim should remind people of a similar claim filed in March 2005, involving a finger found in a bowl of chili at a Wendy’s restaurant.  The claim turned out to be a hoax, and the woman was sent to jail for nine years, while her husband was sent away for twelve for getting the finger from a co-worker who lost it in an accident.  Anita Muniz, the Subway manager thought that the object the woman brought to her “Looked like a thick piece of fat,” and definetly wasn’t human.  

First of all finding a finger in your food would be absolutely disgusting.  Finding a ”Thick piece of fat” in your food is better, but not much.  I doubt that this woman ordered the Sweet onion pieces of fat chicken teriyaki sub.  Now while I find it really doubtful that the object found in the sandwhich is really finger, I think its pretty disgusting to find a piece of fat in your sandwhich too.  Yet, can this woman really sue over this?  I’m sure she will.   

Fruitcake explosives

Lucille Greene, an 88-year-old grandma who lives in Delaware, is suing the United States Postal Service for emotional stress caused by a clerk who accused her of being a terrorist.  Lucille Greene bakes over thiry fruitcakes every Christmas, and mails them to her friends and family.  The clerk asked her what kind of explosives were in the packages she was mailing.  She became upset and started crying causing her to trip outside and break her glasses and chip a tooth.  The judge dismissed the charges and her $250,000 appeal. 

     I just can’t understand how anyone can attempt to sue over something so insubstantial as a joke.  My grandma doesn’t know how to work a computer, never mind sue anyone.  Oh, Lucille Greene forgot to tell the court that she had an eye condition.  I wonder if she thought about how long she would live and get to spend all the money she got from her case.  These were all thoughts going through my head as I read this article, and wondering if people who sue over these stupid matters ever feel guilty for being a waste of a life.  Now I know the American way is to sue over anything and settle out of court, but this is ridiculous.  Link to Story