This gets filed under "What was he thinking" category. A 40 year old man in Florida of all places tried to flee deputies on a riding lawn mower (not a joke Norm) As the officers were trying to serve arrest warrants, they found him on the mower in a backyard. When they told him to stop and get on the ground, he tried to escape on the mower. Dep …
Here's a did you know... July 1st is International Joke Day. It was started in 1994 by Wayne Reinagel, an author and graphic artist who wanted to bring some levity to the halfway point of the year. He was known mostly for pulp fiction, but did publish some books of jokes. He wanted people around the world to share their favorite jokes and celebr …
A commercial bus driver has been charged with 38 counts of reckless endangerment after blacking out behind the steering wheel while snacking on gummies he says he didn’t know were infused with THC. Jinhuan Chen was driving 38 passengers from the Mohegan Sun Casino when he stopped the bus on the side of Interstate 95 in Stratford and slumped over …
So with the legalization of cannabis comes this on the back of a Suffolk County bus... Following the link on the bus, I learned there's an actual Office of Cannabis Management with this line TAKING BOLD ACTIONS TO ENCOURAGE SOCIAL JUSTICE, PUBLIC HEALTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE LIVES OF ALL NEW YORKERS Not sure I buy the "Public Health" …
A guinea pig has created a world record, as confirmed by Guinness World Records, by achieving the most basketball slam dunks in 30 seconds by a guinea pig. The animal is called Molly, and lives in Dombóvár, Hungary, with her owner Emma Müller. Speaking to Guinness, Müller says that Molly has a huge passion for sport and other activity. “Molly ab …
I find myself heartbroken...again. The recent shootings in Texas and Buffalo leave me in a state of numbness. As listed in Wikipedia, there have been 9 mass shootings this year. The inaction by the Congress to enact a bill that would help, live in fear of a powerful lobby. (Frontlines examination of the NRA's power) If they had the courage, it …
Do you believe that we've been visited by aliens? And I don't mean people from other countries on this planet but an extraterrestrial. Pentagon officials speaking at the first public hearing on UFOs since the 1960s have shown previously classified footage of an unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP), a split-second video of a metallic sphere zoom …
Last Wednesday was a treat for me. It was the last class I taught for the present cohort of students through the entrepreneurship program at Hofstra. It was a treat because we met in person! After 40+ hours of teaching online, I finally got to meet everyone face to face. It was so uplifting being in the room with these budding entrepreneurs, fee …
It would seem that bears now need to take care of their chapped lips. A little over a week ago, wildlife officials in Colorado reported that a bear broke into a car and destroyed the interior -- all for a tube of lip gloss. The officials confirmed this fact saying, "There was no food/trash left inside, but there was lip gloss..." The depart …
Driving around, as I enjoy, I noticed new construction at a couple of locations. Very large buildings were being erected with no indications of what they were going to be. Maybe an office building? But no, there's a glut of office space now with everyone still working from home. Maybe a large community center? Library? Well, I was wrong on all …
It's Saturday...and anything goes.
