Sunday, March 30, 2014

Theater-goer ejected for eating strawberries and other eye-catchers

Michael Kass went to a Park Slope theater to see a film.  A Type II diabetic, he took some fresh strawberries with him to snack on, since he can't eat the stuff sold at the concession stand.  They wouldn't refund his money after he was told he couldn't take the snack inside, so he went into see the movie.  Cops were called and he was removed from the premises.

 Which is more ridiculous?  Her Photoshopped left arm, which appears to have two joints, or her Photoshopped abnormally long legs with that weird left knee?


One more.  What's holding up that skirt?  It can't be the waist they airbrushed away.

 

Boxer Vitaly Klitschko is no longer running to become President of the Ukraine.  He's thrown his support behind billionaire confectioner Petro Poroshenko.

Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance.  The five stages of grief, according to Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross.  Most of the families of the passengers of Flight MH-370 are still in the first or second stage, one responding to the text from the airline notifying them of their determination that the plane had crashed with "F*** you."  Reporter's note:  While not making light of the tragic loss these people have suffered, I couldn't help but be reminded of this clip when I saw Kubler-Ross referenced in a number of comments in news stories on the subject:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbLSGYd-Ohc

Shirley Jones is going sky-diving for her 80th birthday.  Reporter's note:  Good for her.  I still remain convinced there is no perfectly good reason to jump out of a plane still capable of making a safe landing.

Clayton Kershaw being placed on the disabled list is a bit worrisome.

Elle McPherson is 50 and she still looks amazing.

Ali Asseri is a former Saudi Arabian diplomat seeking asylum in the U. S., because his government knows he is gay and he faces possible torture and almost certain execution if he goes back to his native land.  His next hearing won't take place until 2015.

Hampton, FL has been compared to Hazzard County on the old "Dukes of Hazzard" television show.  Two Florida legislators were seeking to strip Hampton of cityhood.  Now those two have abandoned their quest.

In Torrington, CT, when three times as many teachers as usual,  called in sick on a day the Common Core standards were to be explained to them, administrators got suspicious.  Now they are investigating.

In Phoenix, police have arrested a man suspected of 54 incidents of stealing beer.

A couple from Portsmouth, NH, has won big prizes in the state's lottery three times in less than one month.  $1 million in Powerball, $50,000 in Pick 4 and then another $1 million on a scratcher ticket.