Eric Florack on September 3rd, 2007

Since this is within shooting distance of my desk, here, perhaps I should mention it:

s When it comes to wolfing wings, Sonya Thomas is a wiz.

The 105-pound competitive eater who goes by “The Black Widow” bested a dozen

Continue reading about 173 Chicken Wings in 12 Min.

Eric Florack on August 27th, 2007

With apologies to Jerry Reed.

CRAIG, Colo.  (AP) The husband of a woman missing since June was arrested on suspicion of murder after her body was found buried deep in a gold mine he operated, police said Sunday.

The body

Continue reading about She Got the Gold Mine, He Got the Shaft. 

Eric Florack on August 27th, 2007

Ummmmm…… Ouch.

Aggravated assault charges have been filed against a church deacon and University of Oklahoma Sooners fan after officials say he grabbed a University of Texas fan between the legs during a

Continue reading about Church Deacon, OU Fan Tears Scrotum Of UT Fan In Bar Fight

Eric Florack on August 14th, 2007

Another example of good triumphing over evil, because evil is so downright SSSTOOPID.

ASHLAND, Ky.-AP – Laughter might be unexpected in a liquor store where a robbery just occurred. But that’s how employees responded to the “Duct Tape Bandit”

Continue reading about The Other Way of Getting a Haircut

Eric Florack on August 13th, 2007

Good Lord…

ROCHELLE, Ga.  â€” AP—  A woman was arrested after she called local police to help “get her money back” after she was unhappy with the crack cocaine she purchased.

Juanita Marie Jones, 53, called Rochelle Police late Thursday

Continue reading about How to Tell Your Addiction is Stronger Than Your Brain Power

Eric Florack on August 9th, 2007

(FoxNews)– The photo of a Florida woman who has been missing for a year-and-a-half has turned up on Internet dating sites for lesbians and senior citizens.

A picture of Jennifer Kesse, who disappeared in Orlando when she was 24, has

Continue reading about Missing Woman Found Seeking… Sorta…

Eric Florack on August 7th, 2007

(Voice of America)- Mia Farrow has offered to relinquish her freedom so that an ailing Darfur rebel can get safe passage out of a hospital.

In an August 6 letter posted on her website, the 62-year-old actress-activist made the offer

Continue reading about Another Self Important Liberal Without a Clue. 

Eric Florack on August 2nd, 2007

OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) – Investigators trying to fill gaps in a case with daunting legal and forensic issues returned Wednesday to the home of a woman suspected of killing her newborn son and hiding the bodies of three other

Continue reading about The Consequences of Sidestepping the Basics

Eric Florack on August 1st, 2007

From the Jawa report, we see:

Via The Daily Mail: A group of Muslims have opposed plans for a pet food factory to be built as possible pork emissions will violate their religious rights.Butchers Pet Care could shelve plans

Continue reading about BBQ As a Weapon

Eric Florack on July 31st, 2007

The Jawa Report:

I was going to make some snarky post about this:

Many residents of the southern city of Basra have convinced themselves that the British Army has loosed savage cattle-eating badgers onto its unsuspecting populace as a final

Continue reading about The Trojan Rabbit

Eric Florack on July 31st, 2007

No sex, please, you’re a carnivore.  A new phenomenon in New Zealand is taking the idea of you are what you eat to the extreme.  Vegansexuals are people who do not eat any meat or animal products, and who choose

Continue reading about Vegansexuals: Darwin in Action.

Eric Florack on July 30th, 2007

lightning-2a.jpgHAMLIN, Pa.  —AP- Lightning can strike twice. Just ask Don Frick.

Frick said he survived his second lightning strike Friday — 27 years to the day of his first bout with a bolt — and emerged a bit shaken with

Continue reading about Pennsylvania Man Survived Second Lightning Strike. 

Eric Florack on July 10th, 2007

MADRID (Reuters) – Women in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona, world-famous for its ferocious bull-running festival, are demanding their own version complete with cows instead of bulls.

You know, there are some ideas which are just too bizarre

Continue reading about A Run of Their Own

Eric Florack on June 29th, 2007

Whoo boy…

A 65-year-old St. Louis man who Amtrak personnel kicked off a train in the middle of a national forest in Williams has been found dehydrated and disoriented two miles from where he was dropped off.

Continue reading about Diabetic Man Kicked Off Train Found Alive

Eric Florack on June 21st, 2007

Well, now, there’s something you don’t see every day:

COLUMBIA, S.C. —AP- Police on Wednesday were investigating how a naked couple fell 50 feet from the roof of a downtown office building to their deaths.

The bodies were found on

Continue reading about Naked Couple Falls 50 Feet From Rooftop to Their Deaths