QuoteThe feline didn\'t seem too happy with his new look at first."He\'s normally around me all the time," Steele said. "After I put the crowns on, he didn\'t \'speak\' to me for two days."
The feline didn\'t seem too happy with his new look at first."He\'s normally around me all the time," Steele said. "After I put the crowns on, he didn\'t \'speak\' to me for two days."
That is kind of hilarious I must say. Hilarious, and terrible.I wonder if it was really to protect his teeth or if that is bullshit and it was purely for cosmetic reasons. Either way, I would love to see that cat.Poor little dude. I wonder what other cats think of that.
"Tomkitten\'s" \'first poop\' goes on display in New YorkWed Aug 30, 3:46 PM ETNEW YORK (AFP) - Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have yet to show their baby daughter off in public, but eager fans were given an unusual preview with the chance to see a bronze cast depicting her first solid stool.ADVERTISEMENTThe scatological sculpture -- more doodoo than Dada -- is purportedly cast from 19-week old Suri\'s first bowel movement and will be shown at the Capla Kesting gallery in Brooklyn, New York, before being auctioned off for charity.The artist behind the work, Daniel Edwards, previously courted controversy with a life-size nude sculpture of pop star Britney Spears giving birth on a bearskin rug. That work was shown at the same gallery in April."A bronzed cast of baby\'s first poop can be a meaningful memento for the family," gallery director David Kesting said, adding that he hoped the work would attract bids of up to 25 or 30,000 dollars.The sculpture, which sits on a wooden mounting with a glass casing, is to be sold on eBay next month with proceeds from the sale going to infant health charity March Of Dimes.As of Wednesday it had attracted a top bid of 41 dollars."Mission: Impossible" star Cruise and Holmes announced Suri\'s birth in April. The entertainment press, which dubbed the pair "TomKat," has shown a seemingly insatiable appetite for news of the pair and their "TomKitten."A spokeman for the couple was not immediately available Wednesday to comment on the sculpture.
Quote"Tomkitten\'s" \'first poop\' goes on display in New YorkWed Aug 30, 3:46 PM ETNEW YORK (AFP) - Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have yet to show their baby daughter off in public, but eager fans were given an unusual preview with the chance to see a bronze cast depicting her first solid stool.ADVERTISEMENTThe scatological sculpture -- more doodoo than Dada -- is purportedly cast from 19-week old Suri\'s first bowel movement and will be shown at the Capla Kesting gallery in Brooklyn, New York, before being auctioned off for charity.The artist behind the work, Daniel Edwards, previously courted controversy with a life-size nude sculpture of pop star Britney Spears giving birth on a bearskin rug. That work was shown at the same gallery in April."A bronzed cast of baby\'s first poop can be a meaningful memento for the family," gallery director David Kesting said, adding that he hoped the work would attract bids of up to 25 or 30,000 dollars.The sculpture, which sits on a wooden mounting with a glass casing, is to be sold on eBay next month with proceeds from the sale going to infant health charity March Of Dimes.As of Wednesday it had attracted a top bid of 41 dollars."Mission: Impossible" star Cruise and Holmes announced Suri\'s birth in April. The entertainment press, which dubbed the pair "TomKat," has shown a seemingly insatiable appetite for news of the pair and their "TomKitten."A spokeman for the couple was not immediately available Wednesday to comment on the sculpture.
:no:On a side note... when trying to post that ^^^ I got this message:The following errors occurred when this message was submitted:The message you have entered is too short. Please lengthen your message to at least 5 characters.Has this always been a rule? Because I could swear I have posted just that smiley before...
\'Goat-free roads made me speed\' Police said goats had not been reported on eastern Ontario\'s roads A Swiss man caught speeding on a Canadian highway has blamed his actions on the absence of goats on the roads. The man was caught driving at 161 km/h (100mph) in a 100 km/h (60mph) zone. A traffic officer\'s notes said the Swiss driver had said he was taking advantage "of the ability to go faster without risking hitting a goat". Canadian police spokesman Joel Doiron said he had never found a goat on the highways of eastern Ontario in his 20 years of service. "Nobody\'s ever used the lack of goats here as an excuse for speeding," Mr Doiron told the AFP news agency. "I\'ve never been to Switzerland, but I guess there must be a lot of goats there," he said. The driver was ordered to pay a fine of C$360 ($330; £175) for speeding. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5322302.stm
The Christian Retail Show in Denver in August demonstrated, said a Los Angeles Times report, nearly a parallel commercial universe, with hundreds of "Christian" versions of products and services, such as sweatbands, pajamas, dolls, health clubs, insurance agencies, tree trimmers and fragrances ("Virtuous Woman" perfume). One Retail Show visitor, though, was dismayed at the efforts to just "slap Jesus on (merchandise)." (Among the tougher sells would appear to be Book22.com, a Christian sex-toy Web site that sells condoms, vibrators and lubricants to married couples, but stocks no pornography or toys that encourage multiple-partner scenes.) [Los Angeles Times, 8-5-06; Toronto Star, 7-8-06]
Randy Bailey was on house arrest in St. Paul, Minn., with an ankle monitor that alerts police if he strays more than 150 feet (but also with a little-understood 4-minute delay before notification). Hungry on Aug. 12, Bailey thought he could race to the Burger King (nearly a mile away), yet get back in time. However, the drive-through line moved slowly, and an irate, impatient Bailey allegedly kicked in the restaurant\'s window before he sped away. Employees got his license-plate number and alerted police, but since Bailey had made it back home in just under four minutes, he claimed to be house-bound and never to have left. However, police soon figured it out and charged Bailey with felony destruction of property. [St. Paul Pioneer Press, 8-16-06]
Least Competent CriminalsJoshua Shores, 34, a Subway restaurant employee in North Platte, Neb., who was allegedly caught on surveillance video pocketing the $502 he was supposed to drop into the restaurant\'s safe, tried to tell police and a judge in August not to worry, that he is not a thief but an undercover CIA operative and that the agency would reimburse the money. (He had lost his CIA badge, he said, which is why he was working at the Subway, waiting for the agency to send him a new one.) [North Platte Bulletin, 8-11-06]
Ark. Woman Shows Up Drunk at DWI HearingBy Associated Press4 hours agoLITTLE ROCK - A Little Rock woman facing her fifth drunken-driving charge in the span of a year and third in less than a month showed up to a court appearance drunk Tuesday morning, a court official said.Susan Marshall, 55, was arrested for contempt of court after a brief appearance in Little Rock District Court, said chief probation officer Sheila Farley. Marshall later had a blood-alcohol level of 0.147 percent, Farley said. The legal limit for adult drivers in Arkansas is 0.08 percent.Marshall said she did not drive to her court appearance and had no keys when arrested, Farley said.Marshall, who had three drunken-driving arrests in September, was taken to Pulaski County Jail. She was scheduled for another court appearance Wednesday.
At the Wimbledon Magistrates\' Court in England in July, Andrew Curzon was charged with wrongfully attempting to cash a neighbor\'s pension-adjustment check, in the equivalent of about $220,000. The explanation by Curzon (who is a law student) is that he has "dyspraxia," which renders him unable "to engage in logical thinking." [Boston Herald-The Times (London), 8-17-06]
HANOI - A death-row inmate held in solitary confinement in Vietnam for almost a year is pregnant and is seeking a pardon to give birth, a newspaper reported on Thursday.The Lao Dong (Labour) newspaper quoted a police doctor as saying tests in September confirmed that convicted heroin trafficker Nguyen Thi Oanh, 39, was then 11 weeks pregnant.The report said it was the first time that a death-row prisoner had become pregnant in Vietnam and that police were investigating how it had happened.Oanh\'s husband was serving a jail sentence at another prison in another province, the newspaper said.Oanh was due to face a firing squad this year after losing her appeal against the death sentence she received last year for possession of a billion dong ($63,000) worth of heroin.Trafficking more than 600 grams of heroin in Vietnam is punishable by death or life imprisonment.
