Sunday, November 09, 2003
Good evening, gentle readers.
Today's lesson in evolution looks at hominids who have broken the evolutionary chain and retreated in their brain stem. The evidence comes from Chuck Shepard, a noted researcher into the so-called "darwin award" catagory of human beings. Herewith is some of the latest research:
In Knoxville, Tenn., in September, Thomas Martin McGouey, 51, apparently set on committing suicide, left a note and painted a bull's-eye on his body before arranging a standoff in which he pointed a gun at police officers so they would kill him in self-defense. McGouey's scheme failed because Knox County sheriff's deputies, who fired 28 shots at him, missed with 27 and only grazed his shoulder with the other. [Knoxville News-Sentinel, 9-19-03]
From recent newspaper Police Logs: (1) Wayne Leonard Hoffman, 45, was arrested for DUI (0.39 reading) at a gas station in Minnetonka, Minn., where he was "attempting to add air to his vehicle's tires using a vacuum cleaner hose" (Lakeshore Weekly News, July). (2) Two Wilson, Wyo., men were feuding over a parking space at a K-Mart when one drove alongside the other and spit at him through his open window. According to the police report: "As (the victim) saw the projected body fluid traveling through the air, he dropped his jaw in shock, and the phlegm landed square in (his) mouth where he swallowed it in a gag reflex" (August, Jackson Hole News & Guide). [Lakeshore Weekly News, 9-2-03] [Jackson Hole News & Guide, 8-20-03]
NYPD officers Paul Damore and Farrell Conroy were briefly suspended without pay in July for their conduct in the 45th Precinct station house in the Bronx, when they got into a fistfight over which one would get to be the driver of their patrol car. [NYPD News, 7-8-03]
From News of the Weird.
Do you like web sites that do stuff? I've found some that are amazing pieces of programming. You remember the Refrigerator Magnet site? Well, try out the Acme Label Maker, the Acme Heart Maker and the Acme License Plate Maker. Samples of each:
Th-Th-Th-That's All, Folks!
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Today's lesson in evolution looks at hominids who have broken the evolutionary chain and retreated in their brain stem. The evidence comes from Chuck Shepard, a noted researcher into the so-called "darwin award" catagory of human beings. Herewith is some of the latest research:
In Knoxville, Tenn., in September, Thomas Martin McGouey, 51, apparently set on committing suicide, left a note and painted a bull's-eye on his body before arranging a standoff in which he pointed a gun at police officers so they would kill him in self-defense. McGouey's scheme failed because Knox County sheriff's deputies, who fired 28 shots at him, missed with 27 and only grazed his shoulder with the other. [Knoxville News-Sentinel, 9-19-03]
From recent newspaper Police Logs: (1) Wayne Leonard Hoffman, 45, was arrested for DUI (0.39 reading) at a gas station in Minnetonka, Minn., where he was "attempting to add air to his vehicle's tires using a vacuum cleaner hose" (Lakeshore Weekly News, July). (2) Two Wilson, Wyo., men were feuding over a parking space at a K-Mart when one drove alongside the other and spit at him through his open window. According to the police report: "As (the victim) saw the projected body fluid traveling through the air, he dropped his jaw in shock, and the phlegm landed square in (his) mouth where he swallowed it in a gag reflex" (August, Jackson Hole News & Guide). [Lakeshore Weekly News, 9-2-03] [Jackson Hole News & Guide, 8-20-03]
NYPD officers Paul Damore and Farrell Conroy were briefly suspended without pay in July for their conduct in the 45th Precinct station house in the Bronx, when they got into a fistfight over which one would get to be the driver of their patrol car. [NYPD News, 7-8-03]
From News of the Weird.
Do you like web sites that do stuff? I've found some that are amazing pieces of programming. You remember the Refrigerator Magnet site? Well, try out the Acme Label Maker, the Acme Heart Maker and the Acme License Plate Maker. Samples of each:
Th-Th-Th-That's All, Folks!
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