At the time of the alleged assaults, Ms. Williams was staying at a ramshackle trailer owned by Bobby Brewster and his mother, Frankie Brewster, in Logan County, about 50 miles from Charleston. Mr. Brewster had killed his stepfather at the trailer when he was 12, the authorities said, and served time at a juvenile facility. [...]

Browsing the UCLA extension catalog I found a course on Lactation Education Training. Doesn’t lactation occur kind of naturally? Do women really have to be taught how to lactate?
Oh well just one more thing I don’t understand about the modern world.
(I am thinking about signing up for the course. First – it’s [...]

After Taking Him to Disneyland
and his mom knew and approved of the relationship because she thought the teacher was a good influence.
God must really like this kid.
Maria Guzman Hernandez, 32, was a sixth-grade teacher at Our Lady of Charity in Hialeah. She was charged with sexual battery on a teenager just hours after she and [...]

Let me start out by saying I am not a Trek purist. I don’t engage in the who was the better Captain wars (although it was Kirk), I am not fanatical about Rodenberry’s vision of the future, I just liked the show. Next generation not so much, Voyager had potential but ended up stuuuuupid, the [...]

That title has been claimed by Madame Bovary and Anna Karenina, but that was before the awesomeness that is
Shatnerquake
t’s the first ShatnerCon with William Shatner as the guest of honor! But after a failed terrorist attack by Campbellians, a crazy terrorist cult that worships Bruce Campbell, all of the characters ever played by William Shatner [...]

SINGAPORE — After starting the day with prayers and songs in honor of the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday, the students at the Madrasa Al Irsyad Al Islamiah here in Singapore turned to the secular. An all-girls chemistry class grappled with compounds and acids while other students focused on English, math and other subjects from the national [...]

Apparently when you try and pay a credit card off you can’t unless you specifically call the credit card company and tell them you want to pay it off.
The reason – Daily accrued interest. The amount that is reported on your statement and when you call in to make a payment don’t [...]

How are we supposed to judge her qualifications?
AKRON, Ohio – A 52-year-old woman was attacked on her first day as an exotic dancer by a jealous co-worker wielding a stiletto heel, police said.
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The woman was treated at a hospital and received seven staples. She has declined to press charges against her assailant.
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Video courtesy of a [...]

One of Rush’s main talking points is that the GOP only wins when they become more conservative not less. That sounds good on radio but is it true? Last night I came across a snippet of information about a guy named Anthony Downs who supposedly used game theory to prove that in a [...]

One way for a girl to get what she wants:

From today’s LA Times – Ethanol demand may raise food costs for needy – Law of unintended consequences baby! coupled with Global warming endangers US corn production maybe ethanol isn’t the answer to our energy problems, unless by answer you mean starving the poverty stricken to death thereby decreasing both energy and food demand.
Just a [...]

A bacon sandwich really does cure a hangover – by boosting the level of amines which clear the head, scientists have found.
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I managed to go years without jumping on the bacon blogging bandwagon and now at me. I am such a blogwhore.
blogs,
bacon