If you've been closely following the career of Miley Cyrus, like I haven't, you may be aware of the controversy over a photo someone posted online of Miley and some friends making faces at the camera with two appearing to…
A man described as "an Australian pigeon fancier" was arrested in Melbourne on February 3 after customs officials found two birds in his pants. Officials said the man had wrapped each pigeon in a roll of newspaper and stuffed one…
A 30-year-old New York man is being charged with grand and petit larceny for crimes he committed during the last two months. The grand larceny charge is for stealing a shark and the petit larceny is for swiping a moray…
Ben Hana, a homeless resident of Wellington, New Zealand, is known locally (although not very creatively) as "Blanket Man" because he goes around wrapped in a blanket. Hana was arrested on December 23 on allegations of cannabis possession and indecent…
Now that 2008 is over, we can finally close the books on it and maybe try to evaluate some of the nonsense spawned during it. The following are my selections for those people and/or events that may have Lowered the Bar the…
Times are tough all over, tough enough that some have turned to crime who really have no aptitude for it. For example, the masked gentleman who tried to rob the Washman Autospa in Portland on December 30 Authorities said that…
I've now had a chance to skim the D.C. Court of Appeals' opinion in Pearson v. Chung (PDF copy at the link below). It is surprisingly light on mockery or outrage about Pearson's pointless legal quest, although it is, unsurprisingly,…
Australian newspapers, and some members of Parliament, called this month for legislators there to be subjected to periodic breath tests. The calls were prompted by a series of incidents in which drunken legislators have embarrassed themselves and the government. Most recently, a New…
Wait, I'm reading this wrong — turns out he was the only one weeping, and the judge didn't buy his bullsh*t for a second. He got 15 years in prison. I stand corrected. O.J. Simpson did address the court this…
Brian Urlacher of the Chicago Bears continues to not get along with his ex-wife and/or baby mama, Tyna Robertson. In court this week after the parties filed cross-motions on custody issues, Robertson said that she has not been allowing Urlacher to…