Yes it is that time, the Bloggy Carnival has ended and it is time for me to announce the winner.
I want to thank you all for dropping by and dropping me a little note here. This time around I had 287 entries, I guess that a Starbucks giveaway really brings you in. I have never gotten so many entries on any of my previous giveaways here. Many thanks to those of you that browsed my other blogs and left comments, became followers. It really made my day. I hope to see you again in this blogsphere.
Okay I said my piece and I've kept you waiting long enough...
Oh great & powerful random number generator I ask of you to choose for us a winner...
Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:
153 Timestamp: 2009-01-30 22:15:43 UTC
So after counting and counting of posts I finally came across my winning entry...
So AudreyO it looks like you are the lucky winner of a Starbucks gift card
AudreyO said...
I should be in the kitchen too but instead I'm here on my comptuer LOL
January 27, 2009 10:26 PM
If I have not heard from Audrey by Sunday night I will redraw another winner Monday morning.
Thanks again to all for entereing and congrats Audrey
******Audrey has responded and her prize will be mailed tomorrow*******
Friday, January 30, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
My Star
Madeline was named her class' Star Student of the Month!
She was awarded a special pin and called up on stage infront of the entire school.
I am so very proud of her. In October she was named The Beary Special Person of the week. It is awesome to know that she is really being a good girl at school.
She was awarded a special pin and called up on stage infront of the entire school.
I am so very proud of her. In October she was named The Beary Special Person of the week. It is awesome to know that she is really being a good girl at school.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Feeling the burn
I joined up with Curves recently and have been real good about going. Yes I know that it hasn't been that long. But I really have been making an effort to go daily. If I don't go I will work out on Wii fit or do some boxing downstairs.
I just didn't go on Sunday (they are closed) or Monday this week. Ed is on 1st and it is dancing day for the girls, so I did some boxing down stairs in the time Lilly was in pre school. I went yesterday and I am going tonight when hubby gets home from work. This afternoon I think it is finally catching up with me. I can feel some pain in my legs, I really feel it when I am getting up or sitting down. This is a new year and I made a promise to myself to get in better shape and I am not dropping the ball on it this time.
I just didn't go on Sunday (they are closed) or Monday this week. Ed is on 1st and it is dancing day for the girls, so I did some boxing down stairs in the time Lilly was in pre school. I went yesterday and I am going tonight when hubby gets home from work. This afternoon I think it is finally catching up with me. I can feel some pain in my legs, I really feel it when I am getting up or sitting down. This is a new year and I made a promise to myself to get in better shape and I am not dropping the ball on it this time.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
It really frosts my cookies!
Mads is in the 2nd grade choir for school, that means one day a week she needs to be at school an hour earlier for pratice. The choir director can be a real pain in the butt about it too. "Be on time, you need to be here, attendence is MANDITORY...blah blah blah" well today she was late again. So it is freezing over here today and there is a line of cards all the way from the drop off circle, down the long driveway almost to the street and no teacher. 5 minutes later no teacher, 10 minutes no teacher. Grrr I had to get home to get my younger one ready so I asked one of my friends if she could keep Mads until the teacher finally showed up. I wonder when that was.
It just pisses me off how she stresses that we be on time when this is the 3rd time that she has been late.
It just pisses me off how she stresses that we be on time when this is the 3rd time that she has been late.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Bloggy Giveaway Time $10 gc to Starbucks
Yes it is that time of year again,(yippie). This time around I am offering up a $10 gift card to Starbucks Coffee. Feel free to drop by anyone of my blogs to look around. The links are to the right. And at athe close of the contest I will use the random number generator to pick the lucky winner. Good luck!
Sunday, January 25, 2009
No more daddy day care for us
I am livid, pissed beyond belief right now. I really am starting to believe that I cannot trust my husband with our daughters for more than a few minutes. Last night my local mommies group had their Secert Santa party last night and I was so excited to be going. I really did have a wonderful time. I got the most awesome presents form my secert Santa,(thanks Donna). A pair of Muk Luks that I nearly squealed over. I really wanted a pair, a recipe binder, a dry erase board with matching magnets and a gift basket from Bath & Body works in one of my favorite scents Eucalyptus which aids in stress releif and oh boy am I ever stressed.
Flash forward to this morning where I am greeted by my babies, only to find that they have given themselves haircuts. Lillian basically has no bangs left, Mads cut part of her side so it is not that noticable. But Lilly OMG. Then my husband does not understand why I am mad at him for this happening. Um hello!! You were supposed to be watching them. This is the fourth time that I have left them alone with him for an extended period of time. Why in the hell would anyone leave a four year old alone with scissors, even if they were saftey scissors? "I didn't know that they could cut hair." he said. "My ass" was my reply to him.
I feel like I could stroke out at any moment. I really think that I cannot trust him alone with our girls, that or he is letting it happen in a passive agressive manner because I now have friends to go out with.
Flash forward to this morning where I am greeted by my babies, only to find that they have given themselves haircuts. Lillian basically has no bangs left, Mads cut part of her side so it is not that noticable. But Lilly OMG. Then my husband does not understand why I am mad at him for this happening. Um hello!! You were supposed to be watching them. This is the fourth time that I have left them alone with him for an extended period of time. Why in the hell would anyone leave a four year old alone with scissors, even if they were saftey scissors? "I didn't know that they could cut hair." he said. "My ass" was my reply to him.
I feel like I could stroke out at any moment. I really think that I cannot trust him alone with our girls, that or he is letting it happen in a passive agressive manner because I now have friends to go out with.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
I Should Tell You that I was Over the Moon that I went Out Tonight
(well last night)
Saturday January 17th, 8:00 pm eastern standard time.
I like so many others packed Shea's downtown to see RENT. Not only was I seeing one of my favorite shows I was seeing it starring two of the cast's orignal members, and they also reprised their roles in the movie version. Yes I sat there with tears in my eyes as I watched Marc, (Anthony Rapp) and Roger, (Adam Pascal) perform on stage right infront of me. Never in my woldest dreams did I think that I'd ever expierence that. But I am so very happy that I did.
The audience was electric, and yes I mooed. How could you not? I wish that I could go to the show again tonight.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
This bites
I took the girls to the dentist today, turns out Madeline needs some dental work done. It will take four appointments to do all of this. A filling needs to be fixed, she needs a tooth pulled since her adult tooth is growing behind the baby one, she has a cross bite and will need a device similar to a retainer, (I forget what it is called) to push her tooth forward. This should prevent her from needing braces in the future.
Lilly had two bad teeth, Both in the same postion on opposite sides that need to be pulled and spacers put in. The funny thing is the rest of her teeth are "textbook perfect" her dentist said. Just those two are messed up for some reason.
I am so happy that Ed's company didn't mess with their dental insurance like they did with our medical. Our out of pocket for this will be about $150
The office also had that sonic care tooth brush with interchangable heads on sale for $50 so I picked that up. I had always wanted one but would not pay the $100 bucks for it, and with Mads new hardware in her mouth it would be better for her to brush with that.
One funny thing that happened though is that as the doctor was talking with Lilly, he told her that he had the same birthday as her. Lilly looks at him funny and says in a no nonsense voice, "you're not four". Her doctor laughed and said "well I wasn't born in the same year". I thought that was a pretty clever of her to say.
Lilly had two bad teeth, Both in the same postion on opposite sides that need to be pulled and spacers put in. The funny thing is the rest of her teeth are "textbook perfect" her dentist said. Just those two are messed up for some reason.
I am so happy that Ed's company didn't mess with their dental insurance like they did with our medical. Our out of pocket for this will be about $150
The office also had that sonic care tooth brush with interchangable heads on sale for $50 so I picked that up. I had always wanted one but would not pay the $100 bucks for it, and with Mads new hardware in her mouth it would be better for her to brush with that.
One funny thing that happened though is that as the doctor was talking with Lilly, he told her that he had the same birthday as her. Lilly looks at him funny and says in a no nonsense voice, "you're not four". Her doctor laughed and said "well I wasn't born in the same year". I thought that was a pretty clever of her to say.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
I gotta get out of this place
I honest to goodness cannot take it anymore! I am at the point where I am getting physically ill by the weather. My body is aching, I have a chill that I cannot loose even with a sweat suit on and covered with a blanket. Right now even the local news says that it is "painfully cold out there and it is going to get even colder tomorrow."
I am worried about those poor children that have to walk to school in sub zero temps tomorrow morning. It was 2 with a windchill of -8 or -10 at the bus stop this morning (depending on what channel you were watching). The high forecast for tomrrow is 4. The following is straight off one of our local tv stations weather page
Outlook
Bone chilling cold will continue for the next two days. The coldest air will move in tonight and for Thursday with negative readings throughout the early and late hours and wind chills in the dangerous range -15 to -20 around the region.
I am telling you this if it is -15 to -20 tomorrow morning I just might keep the girls home from school. It is cold in their classrooms, besides they both have dentist appointments and my oldest would be pulled out of school early anyway to go to it.
I am worried about those poor children that have to walk to school in sub zero temps tomorrow morning. It was 2 with a windchill of -8 or -10 at the bus stop this morning (depending on what channel you were watching). The high forecast for tomrrow is 4. The following is straight off one of our local tv stations weather page
Outlook
Bone chilling cold will continue for the next two days. The coldest air will move in tonight and for Thursday with negative readings throughout the early and late hours and wind chills in the dangerous range -15 to -20 around the region.
I am telling you this if it is -15 to -20 tomorrow morning I just might keep the girls home from school. It is cold in their classrooms, besides they both have dentist appointments and my oldest would be pulled out of school early anyway to go to it.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
The case against homework
I was so happy I seen this segment on the Today Show this morning. I have been saying this exact same thing for a couple of years now. My 4 year old pre schooler goes to school for two and a half hours a day Monday- Friday and each day she comes home with homework. And I am not talking about color this picture and pratice writing the letter of the day kind of things. We're talking writing in sentences, drawing pictures and answering questions, (parents write down the answers) of what happened in the story that the parents have to read to them daily, math. I am shocked and even appalled at the amount of homework that my 2nd grader brings home. Everyday there is math, reading, spelling, reading comprhension, a daily book to read, then either social studies or science. They are getting burned out already, my older one is starting to hate school. Not good when she is just really starting out in her education.
Here is the article that was the basis for the Today Show segment.
Kids overworked? Join the less-homework revolution
Fed-up parents are changing the way schools think — and you can, too
By Nancy Kalish
Parenting magazine
I used to be extremely pro-homework. In fact, I once wrote an article for this very magazine telling readers how to get kids to stop whining and knuckle down to work. Back then, I could afford to be smug: My second-grader was happily zooming through her ten minutes a night.
But a few years later, Allison started coming home with four hours of homework each night, and everything changed. Now there was not only whining but also begging, yelling, and crying — sometimes from both of us. The worst part: hearing my previously enthusiastic learner repeatedly swear how much she hated school.
I'd always assumed homework was essential. But when I finally looked into the research about it, I was floored to find there's little to support homework — especially in vast quantities. While not every child gets too much, many kids are now overloaded as early as kindergarten. I was appalled (I even cowrote a book about it, "The Case Against Homework"), so you can bet that this time around, you won't be getting any "how to be a good homework cop" tips from me.
I used to be extremely pro-homework. In fact, I once wrote an article for this very magazine telling readers how to get kids to stop whining and knuckle down to work. Back then, I could afford to be smug: My second-grader was happily zooming through her ten minutes a night.
But a few years later, Allison started coming home with four hours of homework each night, and everything changed. Now there was not only whining but also begging, yelling, and crying — sometimes from both of us. The worst part: hearing my previously enthusiastic learner repeatedly swear how much she hated school.
I'd always assumed homework was essential. But when I finally looked into the research about it, I was floored to find there's little to support homework — especially in vast quantities. While not every child gets too much, many kids are now overloaded as early as kindergarten. I was appalled (I even cowrote a book about it, "The Case Against Homework"), so you can bet that this time around, you won't be getting any "how to be a good homework cop" tips from me.
I used to be extremely pro-homework. In fact, I once wrote an article for this very magazine telling readers how to get kids to stop whining and knuckle down to work. Back then, I could afford to be smug: My second-grader was happily zooming through her ten minutes a night.
But a few years later, Allison started coming home with four hours of homework each night, and everything changed. Now there was not only whining but also begging, yelling, and crying — sometimes from both of us. The worst part: hearing my previously enthusiastic learner repeatedly swear how much she hated school.
I'd always assumed homework was essential. But when I finally looked into the research about it, I was floored to find there's little to support homework — especially in vast quantities. While not every child gets too much, many kids are now overloaded as early as kindergarten. I was appalled (I even cowrote a book about it, "The Case Against Homework"), so you can bet that this time around, you won't be getting any "how to be a good homework cop" tips from me.
Instead, I'm here to call you to action. You can change things for your child — even for the whole school. There are more and more frustrated parents and wised-up schools around the country, so why should your child keep suffering through hours of work? A less-homework revolution is brewing, and you can join it.
Taking back family time
Like me, Christine Hendricks, a mother of three in Glenrock, WY, had always believed in homework. Then her daughter, Maddie, entered elementary school. "By the fourth grade, she had so much, there was no time for after-school activities, playing, or simply enjoying our evenings together. We were always stressed, and I knew many other families were also miserable."
Hendricks decided things had to change — and she had a unique advantage: She's the principal of Glenrock's Grant Elementary School. Together with her teachers, she looked into the research and found what I did: Homework's not what it's cracked up to be. "We decided to do an experiment and eliminate most homework," she says. The one exception: occasional studying for a test.
"This is only our second year without it, but there have been no backslides in the classroom or in test scores," says Hendricks. "Parents say their kids enjoy reading again because there's no pressure.
In fact, there have been no negative effects whatsoever. And there's much less stress at our house, too." We're not all in a position to fast-track a solution as Hendricks did, but we still have power.
In Toronto, Frank Bruni decided to do something when a pediatrician told him that his 13-year-old son should exercise more. Says Bruni, "I thought to myself, 'And when would he do that?' " So Bruni organized other parents and lobbied the Toronto School District to hold public meetings, presenting the research behind homework. The result is a new policy that affects more than 300,000 kids, limiting homework to reading in elementary school, eliminating holiday homework, and stating the value of family time. Canada's education minister now wants all the country's school boards to make sure students aren't being overloaded. "It's so gratifying to know that this year, Toronto's kids are going to have a life," says Bruni. "It shows you just how much parents can do when they try."
Why it's worth a fight
Homework is such an established part of education, it's hard to believe it's not all that beneficial, especially in large quantities. But the truth is, a recent Duke University review of numerous studies found almost no correlation between homework and long-term achievement in elementary school, and only a moderate correlation in middle school.
"More is not better," says Harris Cooper, Ph.D., a professor of psychology and neuroscience who conducted the review. In fact, according to guidelines endorsed by the National Education Association, teachers should assign no more than ten minutes per grade level per night (that's ten minutes total for a first-grader, 30 minutes for a third-grader).
Pile on more and it can backfire.
"Most kids are simply developmentally unable to sit and learn for longer," says Cooper. Remember: Many have already been glued to their desks for seven hours, especially at schools that have cut gym, recess, art, and music to cram in more instructional time. If you add on two hours of homework each night, these children are working a 45-hour week. Some argue that we need to toughen kids up for high school, college, and the workforce.
But there are other ways to teach responsibility, such as the chores that parents often have to let slide because of studying. Too much homework also means that kids miss out on active playtime, essential for learning social skills, proper brain development, and warding off childhood obesity.
All this work doesn't even make educational sense. "It's counterintuitive, but more practice or the wrong kind of practice doesn't necessarily make perfect," says Kylene Beers, president of the National Council of Teachers of English and author of "When Kids Can't Read, What Teachers Can Do." For example, children are able to memorize long lists of spelling words — but many will misspell them the following week.
Here is the article that was the basis for the Today Show segment.
Kids overworked? Join the less-homework revolution
Fed-up parents are changing the way schools think — and you can, too
By Nancy Kalish
Parenting magazine
I used to be extremely pro-homework. In fact, I once wrote an article for this very magazine telling readers how to get kids to stop whining and knuckle down to work. Back then, I could afford to be smug: My second-grader was happily zooming through her ten minutes a night.
But a few years later, Allison started coming home with four hours of homework each night, and everything changed. Now there was not only whining but also begging, yelling, and crying — sometimes from both of us. The worst part: hearing my previously enthusiastic learner repeatedly swear how much she hated school.
I'd always assumed homework was essential. But when I finally looked into the research about it, I was floored to find there's little to support homework — especially in vast quantities. While not every child gets too much, many kids are now overloaded as early as kindergarten. I was appalled (I even cowrote a book about it, "The Case Against Homework"), so you can bet that this time around, you won't be getting any "how to be a good homework cop" tips from me.
I used to be extremely pro-homework. In fact, I once wrote an article for this very magazine telling readers how to get kids to stop whining and knuckle down to work. Back then, I could afford to be smug: My second-grader was happily zooming through her ten minutes a night.
But a few years later, Allison started coming home with four hours of homework each night, and everything changed. Now there was not only whining but also begging, yelling, and crying — sometimes from both of us. The worst part: hearing my previously enthusiastic learner repeatedly swear how much she hated school.
I'd always assumed homework was essential. But when I finally looked into the research about it, I was floored to find there's little to support homework — especially in vast quantities. While not every child gets too much, many kids are now overloaded as early as kindergarten. I was appalled (I even cowrote a book about it, "The Case Against Homework"), so you can bet that this time around, you won't be getting any "how to be a good homework cop" tips from me.
I used to be extremely pro-homework. In fact, I once wrote an article for this very magazine telling readers how to get kids to stop whining and knuckle down to work. Back then, I could afford to be smug: My second-grader was happily zooming through her ten minutes a night.
But a few years later, Allison started coming home with four hours of homework each night, and everything changed. Now there was not only whining but also begging, yelling, and crying — sometimes from both of us. The worst part: hearing my previously enthusiastic learner repeatedly swear how much she hated school.
I'd always assumed homework was essential. But when I finally looked into the research about it, I was floored to find there's little to support homework — especially in vast quantities. While not every child gets too much, many kids are now overloaded as early as kindergarten. I was appalled (I even cowrote a book about it, "The Case Against Homework"), so you can bet that this time around, you won't be getting any "how to be a good homework cop" tips from me.
Instead, I'm here to call you to action. You can change things for your child — even for the whole school. There are more and more frustrated parents and wised-up schools around the country, so why should your child keep suffering through hours of work? A less-homework revolution is brewing, and you can join it.
Taking back family time
Like me, Christine Hendricks, a mother of three in Glenrock, WY, had always believed in homework. Then her daughter, Maddie, entered elementary school. "By the fourth grade, she had so much, there was no time for after-school activities, playing, or simply enjoying our evenings together. We were always stressed, and I knew many other families were also miserable."
Hendricks decided things had to change — and she had a unique advantage: She's the principal of Glenrock's Grant Elementary School. Together with her teachers, she looked into the research and found what I did: Homework's not what it's cracked up to be. "We decided to do an experiment and eliminate most homework," she says. The one exception: occasional studying for a test.
"This is only our second year without it, but there have been no backslides in the classroom or in test scores," says Hendricks. "Parents say their kids enjoy reading again because there's no pressure.
In fact, there have been no negative effects whatsoever. And there's much less stress at our house, too." We're not all in a position to fast-track a solution as Hendricks did, but we still have power.
In Toronto, Frank Bruni decided to do something when a pediatrician told him that his 13-year-old son should exercise more. Says Bruni, "I thought to myself, 'And when would he do that?' " So Bruni organized other parents and lobbied the Toronto School District to hold public meetings, presenting the research behind homework. The result is a new policy that affects more than 300,000 kids, limiting homework to reading in elementary school, eliminating holiday homework, and stating the value of family time. Canada's education minister now wants all the country's school boards to make sure students aren't being overloaded. "It's so gratifying to know that this year, Toronto's kids are going to have a life," says Bruni. "It shows you just how much parents can do when they try."
Why it's worth a fight
Homework is such an established part of education, it's hard to believe it's not all that beneficial, especially in large quantities. But the truth is, a recent Duke University review of numerous studies found almost no correlation between homework and long-term achievement in elementary school, and only a moderate correlation in middle school.
"More is not better," says Harris Cooper, Ph.D., a professor of psychology and neuroscience who conducted the review. In fact, according to guidelines endorsed by the National Education Association, teachers should assign no more than ten minutes per grade level per night (that's ten minutes total for a first-grader, 30 minutes for a third-grader).
Pile on more and it can backfire.
"Most kids are simply developmentally unable to sit and learn for longer," says Cooper. Remember: Many have already been glued to their desks for seven hours, especially at schools that have cut gym, recess, art, and music to cram in more instructional time. If you add on two hours of homework each night, these children are working a 45-hour week. Some argue that we need to toughen kids up for high school, college, and the workforce.
But there are other ways to teach responsibility, such as the chores that parents often have to let slide because of studying. Too much homework also means that kids miss out on active playtime, essential for learning social skills, proper brain development, and warding off childhood obesity.
All this work doesn't even make educational sense. "It's counterintuitive, but more practice or the wrong kind of practice doesn't necessarily make perfect," says Kylene Beers, president of the National Council of Teachers of English and author of "When Kids Can't Read, What Teachers Can Do." For example, children are able to memorize long lists of spelling words — but many will misspell them the following week.
Friday, January 9, 2009
Running on empty or Oh what a night
At 2 am this morning 30 minutes after I went to bed, after a truely miserable day. I felt like crap all day and was sick. My husband accidently broke the glass top to my stove. (That totally made me want to cry). I was awakened to the pathetic calls of Lilly calling me. She said that she her tummy hurts. Well you can guess what happened next. The first puke fest of 2009. Fun night. Nothing like those 3 am baths and laundry washings. But on the bright side we had the new floor in so no scrubbing puke out of the carpet.
She is feeling better now still not at 100% but she is no longer just laying on my couch like a rag doll. She's managed to keep some liquids down too for which I am very thankful. Madeline was just in a miserable mood, last night and all day today. I kept her home from school as well. I think that tonight it will be her that is the sick one. Ed is coming down with a cold as well. I hope the sickies leave my house soon.
She is feeling better now still not at 100% but she is no longer just laying on my couch like a rag doll. She's managed to keep some liquids down too for which I am very thankful. Madeline was just in a miserable mood, last night and all day today. I kept her home from school as well. I think that tonight it will be her that is the sick one. Ed is coming down with a cold as well. I hope the sickies leave my house soon.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
I hate New York
I really do, the more time I have to dwell on the situation that affects my family and the families of many of my friends the more my blood boils. I am of course talking about health insurance issues. You see in NY, your employer doesnt have to offer anything and many companies are dropping their coverage to the bare bottom of the barrel or just dropping it all together. I am so ready to pick up and move far far away and never look back at this place.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
It is that time of year again
Yes, it's that magical time of year again when the Darwin Awards are bestowed, honoring the least evolved among us.
Here are the glorious top 10 winners:
1. When his 38-caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended victim during a hold-up in Long Beach, California, would-be robber James Elliot did something that can only inspire wonder. He peered down the barrel and tried the trigger again. This time it worked. And now, the honorable mentions:
2. The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost a finger in a meat-cutting machine and, after a little shopping around, submitted a claim to his insurance company. The company expecting negligence sent out one of its men to have a look for himself. He tried the machine and h e also lost a finger. The chef's claim was approved.
3. A man who shoveled snow for an hour to clear a space for his car during a blizzard in Chicago returned with his vehicle to find a woman had taken the space. Understandably, he shot her.
4. After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a Zimbabwean bus driver found that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be transporting from Harare to Bulawayo had escaped. Not wanting to admit his incompetence, the driver went to a nearby bus stop and offered everyone waiting there a free ride. He then delivered the passengers to the mental hospital, telling the staff that the patients were very excitable and prone to bizarre fantasies. The deception wasn't discovered for 3 days.
5. An American teenager was in the hospital recovering from serious head wounds received from an oncoming train. When asked how he received the injuries, the lad told police that he was simply trying to see how close he could get his head to a moving train before he was hit.
6. A man walked into a Louisiana Circle-K, put a $20 bill on the counter, and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and fled, leaving the $20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got from the drawer ... $15. [If someone points a gun at you and gives you money, is a crime committed?]
7. Seems an Arkansas guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back and hit the would-be thief on the head, knocking him unconscious. The liquor store window was made of Plexiglass. The whole event was caught on videotape.
8. As a female shopper exited a New York convenience store, a man grabbed her purse and ran. The clerk called 911 immediately, and the woman was able to give them a detailed description of the snatcher. Within minutes, the police apprehended the snatcher. They put him in the car and drove back to the store. The thief was t hen taken out of the car and told to stand there for a positive ID. To which he replied, 'Yes, officer, that's her. That's the lady I stole the purse from.'
9. The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into a Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan, at 5 A.M., flashed a gun, and demanded cash. The clerk turned him down because he said he couldn't open the cash register without a food order. When the man ordered onion rings, the clerk said they weren't available for breakfast. The man, frustrated, walked away. [*A 5-STAR STUPIDITY AWARD WINNER]
10. When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home parked on a Seattle street, he got much more than he bargained for. Police arrived at the scene to find a very sick man curled up next to a motor home near spilled sewage. A police spokesman said that the man admitted to trying to steal gasoline and plugged his siphon hose into the motor home's sewage tank by mistake. The owner of the vehicle declined to press charges saying that it was the best laugh he'd ever had.
Here are the glorious top 10 winners:
1. When his 38-caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended victim during a hold-up in Long Beach, California, would-be robber James Elliot did something that can only inspire wonder. He peered down the barrel and tried the trigger again. This time it worked. And now, the honorable mentions:
2. The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost a finger in a meat-cutting machine and, after a little shopping around, submitted a claim to his insurance company. The company expecting negligence sent out one of its men to have a look for himself. He tried the machine and h e also lost a finger. The chef's claim was approved.
3. A man who shoveled snow for an hour to clear a space for his car during a blizzard in Chicago returned with his vehicle to find a woman had taken the space. Understandably, he shot her.
4. After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a Zimbabwean bus driver found that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be transporting from Harare to Bulawayo had escaped. Not wanting to admit his incompetence, the driver went to a nearby bus stop and offered everyone waiting there a free ride. He then delivered the passengers to the mental hospital, telling the staff that the patients were very excitable and prone to bizarre fantasies. The deception wasn't discovered for 3 days.
5. An American teenager was in the hospital recovering from serious head wounds received from an oncoming train. When asked how he received the injuries, the lad told police that he was simply trying to see how close he could get his head to a moving train before he was hit.
6. A man walked into a Louisiana Circle-K, put a $20 bill on the counter, and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and fled, leaving the $20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got from the drawer ... $15. [If someone points a gun at you and gives you money, is a crime committed?]
7. Seems an Arkansas guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back and hit the would-be thief on the head, knocking him unconscious. The liquor store window was made of Plexiglass. The whole event was caught on videotape.
8. As a female shopper exited a New York convenience store, a man grabbed her purse and ran. The clerk called 911 immediately, and the woman was able to give them a detailed description of the snatcher. Within minutes, the police apprehended the snatcher. They put him in the car and drove back to the store. The thief was t hen taken out of the car and told to stand there for a positive ID. To which he replied, 'Yes, officer, that's her. That's the lady I stole the purse from.'
9. The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into a Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan, at 5 A.M., flashed a gun, and demanded cash. The clerk turned him down because he said he couldn't open the cash register without a food order. When the man ordered onion rings, the clerk said they weren't available for breakfast. The man, frustrated, walked away. [*A 5-STAR STUPIDITY AWARD WINNER]
10. When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home parked on a Seattle street, he got much more than he bargained for. Police arrived at the scene to find a very sick man curled up next to a motor home near spilled sewage. A police spokesman said that the man admitted to trying to steal gasoline and plugged his siphon hose into the motor home's sewage tank by mistake. The owner of the vehicle declined to press charges saying that it was the best laugh he'd ever had.
It is that time of year again
Yes, it's that magical time of year again when the Darwin Awards are bestowed, honoring the least evolved among us.
Here are the glorious top 10 winners:
1. When his 38-caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended victim during a hold-up in Long Beach, California, would-be robber James Elliot did something that can only inspire wonder. He peered down the barrel and tried the trigger again. This time it worked. And now, the honorable mentions:
2. The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost a finger in a meat-cutting machine and, after a little shopping around, submitted a claim to his insurance company. The company expecting negligence sent out one of its men to have a look for himself. He tried the machine and h e also lost a finger. The chef's claim was approved.
3. A man who shoveled snow for an hour to clear a space for his car during a blizzard in Chicago returned with his vehicle to find a woman had taken the space. Understandably, he shot her.
4. After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a Zimbabwean bus driver found that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be transporting from Harare to Bulawayo had escaped. Not wanting to admit his incompetence, the driver went to a nearby bus stop and offered everyone waiting there a free ride. He then delivered the passengers to the mental hospital, telling the staff that the patients were very excitable and prone to bizarre fantasies. The deception wasn't discovered for 3 days.
5. An American teenager was in the hospital recovering from serious head wounds received from an oncoming train. When asked how he received the injuries, the lad told police that he was simply trying to see how close he could get his head to a moving train before he was hit.
6. A man walked into a Louisiana Circle-K, put a $20 bill on the counter, and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and fled, leaving the $20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got from the drawer ... $15. [If someone points a gun at you and gives you money, is a crime committed?]
7. Seems an Arkansas guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back and hit the would-be thief on the head, knocking him unconscious. The liquor store window was made of Plexiglass. The whole event was caught on videotape.
8. As a female shopper exited a New York convenience store, a man grabbed her purse and ran. The clerk called 911 immediately, and the woman was able to give them a detailed description of the snatcher. Within minutes, the police apprehended the snatcher. They put him in the car and drove back to the store. The thief was t hen taken out of the car and told to stand there for a positive ID. To which he replied, 'Yes, officer, that's her. That's the lady I stole the purse from.'
9. The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into a Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan, at 5 A.M., flashed a gun, and demanded cash. The clerk turned him down because he said he couldn't open the cash register without a food order. When the man ordered onion rings, the clerk said they weren't available for breakfast. The man, frustrated, walked away. [*A 5-STAR STUPIDITY AWARD WINNER]
10. When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home parked on a Seattle street, he got much more than he bargained for. Police arrived at the scene to find a very sick man curled up next to a motor home near spilled sewage. A police spokesman said that the man admitted to trying to steal gasoline and plugged his siphon hose into the motor home's sewage tank by mistake. The owner of the vehicle declined to press charges saying that it was the best laugh he'd ever had.
Here are the glorious top 10 winners:
1. When his 38-caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended victim during a hold-up in Long Beach, California, would-be robber James Elliot did something that can only inspire wonder. He peered down the barrel and tried the trigger again. This time it worked. And now, the honorable mentions:
2. The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost a finger in a meat-cutting machine and, after a little shopping around, submitted a claim to his insurance company. The company expecting negligence sent out one of its men to have a look for himself. He tried the machine and h e also lost a finger. The chef's claim was approved.
3. A man who shoveled snow for an hour to clear a space for his car during a blizzard in Chicago returned with his vehicle to find a woman had taken the space. Understandably, he shot her.
4. After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a Zimbabwean bus driver found that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be transporting from Harare to Bulawayo had escaped. Not wanting to admit his incompetence, the driver went to a nearby bus stop and offered everyone waiting there a free ride. He then delivered the passengers to the mental hospital, telling the staff that the patients were very excitable and prone to bizarre fantasies. The deception wasn't discovered for 3 days.
5. An American teenager was in the hospital recovering from serious head wounds received from an oncoming train. When asked how he received the injuries, the lad told police that he was simply trying to see how close he could get his head to a moving train before he was hit.
6. A man walked into a Louisiana Circle-K, put a $20 bill on the counter, and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and fled, leaving the $20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got from the drawer ... $15. [If someone points a gun at you and gives you money, is a crime committed?]
7. Seems an Arkansas guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back and hit the would-be thief on the head, knocking him unconscious. The liquor store window was made of Plexiglass. The whole event was caught on videotape.
8. As a female shopper exited a New York convenience store, a man grabbed her purse and ran. The clerk called 911 immediately, and the woman was able to give them a detailed description of the snatcher. Within minutes, the police apprehended the snatcher. They put him in the car and drove back to the store. The thief was t hen taken out of the car and told to stand there for a positive ID. To which he replied, 'Yes, officer, that's her. That's the lady I stole the purse from.'
9. The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into a Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan, at 5 A.M., flashed a gun, and demanded cash. The clerk turned him down because he said he couldn't open the cash register without a food order. When the man ordered onion rings, the clerk said they weren't available for breakfast. The man, frustrated, walked away. [*A 5-STAR STUPIDITY AWARD WINNER]
10. When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home parked on a Seattle street, he got much more than he bargained for. Police arrived at the scene to find a very sick man curled up next to a motor home near spilled sewage. A police spokesman said that the man admitted to trying to steal gasoline and plugged his siphon hose into the motor home's sewage tank by mistake. The owner of the vehicle declined to press charges saying that it was the best laugh he'd ever had.
It is that time of year again
Yes, it's that magical time of year again when the Darwin Awards are bestowed, honoring the least evolved among us.
Here are the glorious top 10 winners:
1. When his 38-caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended victim during a hold-up in Long Beach, California, would-be robber James Elliot did something that can only inspire wonder. He peered down the barrel and tried the trigger again. This time it worked. And now, the honorable mentions:
2. The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost a finger in a meat-cutting machine and, after a little shopping around, submitted a claim to his insurance company. The company expecting negligence sent out one of its men to have a look for himself. He tried the machine and h e also lost a finger. The chef's claim was approved.
3. A man who shoveled snow for an hour to clear a space for his car during a blizzard in Chicago returned with his vehicle to find a woman had taken the space. Understandably, he shot her.
4. After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a Zimbabwean bus driver found that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be transporting from Harare to Bulawayo had escaped. Not wanting to admit his incompetence, the driver went to a nearby bus stop and offered everyone waiting there a free ride. He then delivered the passengers to the mental hospital, telling the staff that the patients were very excitable and prone to bizarre fantasies. The deception wasn't discovered for 3 days.
5. An American teenager was in the hospital recovering from serious head wounds received from an oncoming train. When asked how he received the injuries, the lad told police that he was simply trying to see how close he could get his head to a moving train before he was hit.
6. A man walked into a Louisiana Circle-K, put a $20 bill on the counter, and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and fled, leaving the $20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got from the drawer ... $15. [If someone points a gun at you and gives you money, is a crime committed?]
7. Seems an Arkansas guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back and hit the would-be thief on the head, knocking him unconscious. The liquor store window was made of Plexiglass. The whole event was caught on videotape.
8. As a female shopper exited a New York convenience store, a man grabbed her purse and ran. The clerk called 911 immediately, and the woman was able to give them a detailed description of the snatcher. Within minutes, the police apprehended the snatcher. They put him in the car and drove back to the store. The thief was t hen taken out of the car and told to stand there for a positive ID. To which he replied, 'Yes, officer, that's her. That's the lady I stole the purse from.'
9. The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into a Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan, at 5 A.M., flashed a gun, and demanded cash. The clerk turned him down because he said he couldn't open the cash register without a food order. When the man ordered onion rings, the clerk said they weren't available for breakfast. The man, frustrated, walked away. [*A 5-STAR STUPIDITY AWARD WINNER]
10. When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home parked on a Seattle street, he got much more than he bargained for. Police arrived at the scene to find a very sick man curled up next to a motor home near spilled sewage. A police spokesman said that the man admitted to trying to steal gasoline and plugged his siphon hose into the motor home's sewage tank by mistake. The owner of the vehicle declined to press charges saying that it was the best laugh he'd ever had.
Here are the glorious top 10 winners:
1. When his 38-caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended victim during a hold-up in Long Beach, California, would-be robber James Elliot did something that can only inspire wonder. He peered down the barrel and tried the trigger again. This time it worked. And now, the honorable mentions:
2. The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost a finger in a meat-cutting machine and, after a little shopping around, submitted a claim to his insurance company. The company expecting negligence sent out one of its men to have a look for himself. He tried the machine and h e also lost a finger. The chef's claim was approved.
3. A man who shoveled snow for an hour to clear a space for his car during a blizzard in Chicago returned with his vehicle to find a woman had taken the space. Understandably, he shot her.
4. After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a Zimbabwean bus driver found that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be transporting from Harare to Bulawayo had escaped. Not wanting to admit his incompetence, the driver went to a nearby bus stop and offered everyone waiting there a free ride. He then delivered the passengers to the mental hospital, telling the staff that the patients were very excitable and prone to bizarre fantasies. The deception wasn't discovered for 3 days.
5. An American teenager was in the hospital recovering from serious head wounds received from an oncoming train. When asked how he received the injuries, the lad told police that he was simply trying to see how close he could get his head to a moving train before he was hit.
6. A man walked into a Louisiana Circle-K, put a $20 bill on the counter, and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and fled, leaving the $20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got from the drawer ... $15. [If someone points a gun at you and gives you money, is a crime committed?]
7. Seems an Arkansas guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back and hit the would-be thief on the head, knocking him unconscious. The liquor store window was made of Plexiglass. The whole event was caught on videotape.
8. As a female shopper exited a New York convenience store, a man grabbed her purse and ran. The clerk called 911 immediately, and the woman was able to give them a detailed description of the snatcher. Within minutes, the police apprehended the snatcher. They put him in the car and drove back to the store. The thief was t hen taken out of the car and told to stand there for a positive ID. To which he replied, 'Yes, officer, that's her. That's the lady I stole the purse from.'
9. The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into a Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan, at 5 A.M., flashed a gun, and demanded cash. The clerk turned him down because he said he couldn't open the cash register without a food order. When the man ordered onion rings, the clerk said they weren't available for breakfast. The man, frustrated, walked away. [*A 5-STAR STUPIDITY AWARD WINNER]
10. When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home parked on a Seattle street, he got much more than he bargained for. Police arrived at the scene to find a very sick man curled up next to a motor home near spilled sewage. A police spokesman said that the man admitted to trying to steal gasoline and plugged his siphon hose into the motor home's sewage tank by mistake. The owner of the vehicle declined to press charges saying that it was the best laugh he'd ever had.
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