Archive for September, 2010

Celebrating the creatures that go ‘bump’ in the night

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

The good. The bad. The scary. Join us as we discover or in some cases re-discover some of the silliest, creepiest, goriest and everything in between horror movies to help put a little scare into your Halloween. Welcome to 31 Days of Horror. Over the next month, I and a few ghoulish creatures will review [...]

Weird News of the Week Sept. 20-26

Monday, September 27th, 2010

Police: Oregon woman robbed bank, picked up kids GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Police in southern Oregon say a woman charged with robbing a bank in Grants Pass stopped to pick up her children at school on the way home. The Grants Pass Daily Courier reported a woman walked into an Umpqua Bank branch shortly after [...]

Weird News of the Week Sept. 13-19

Sunday, September 19th, 2010

California church members show faith with tattoos ANAHEIM, Calif. — Church logo tattoos are the latest in offbeat testimony at an Orange County church that holds Sunday services in a punk rock nightclub and collects offerings in KFC buckets. City Church of Anaheim is celebrating its first year in operation and the goal of reaching [...]

Weird News of the Week Sept. 6-Sept. 12

Monday, September 13th, 2010

Police arrest man who scaled San Francisco tower SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco police have arrested a man who scaled the exterior of a 58-story downtown skyscraper and unfurled an American flag at the top. Police tell KCBS Radio that the man is veteran skyscraper climber Dan Goodwin. The 54-year-old Lake Tahoe resident’s other climbing [...]

Weird News of the Week Aug. 30-Sept. 5

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

Frankenstein cited over monstrous behavior in Ohio CINCINNATI — Ohio police say a Toby Keith fan named Forrest Frankenstein threatened them and beat his head against a partition in their cruiser after his arrest. The 39-year-old Frankenstein appeared Monday before a judge who asked why he “went crazy” at the Aug. 27 concert in Cincinnati. [...]

Random thoughts…

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Nothing sucks more than the moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong. I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in. Why do gas stations say they are open 24/7, but lock their doors for an hour? The only time [...]

Could your kitchen pass a health inspection?

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

In a report being published in Morbidity and Morality Weekly Report (a publication of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) one in seven home kitchens would flunk a restaurant health inspection. Would yours? The study from California’s Los Angeles County found that 61 percent of home kitchens would get an A or B if [...]

Road trip

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Ahh… road trips, The fun; the excitement; the adventure… Lately however, I beginning to think my GPS unit might be trying to kill me… Yep… I think it is