Monthly Archives: May 2006

The Classic Middle Name: the Classic Darwinian Response

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Wayne's WorldFrom the always-amusing News of the Weird.

The Classic Middle Name (all new)

Arrested recently and awaiting trial for murder: Bruce Wayne Potts, 34 (DeSoto, Texas, February); Oral Wayne Nobles, 71 (arrested in Kingman, Ariz., on a Massachusetts warrant, April); Ronald Wayne Spencer Jr., 19 (Richardson, Texas, April). Arrested and suspected of murder: Darrell Wayne Lewis, 32 (Tempe, Ariz., March). Sentenced for murder: David Wayne Hickman (Dallas, May); Anthony Wayne Welch, 27 (Viera, Fla., March). Committed suicide while serving life in prison for murder: John Wayne Glover, 72 (Sydney, Australia, September 2005). [Dallas Morning News, 2-2-06] [Boston Globe, 4-4-06] [Dallas Morning News, 4-12-06] [Arizona Republic, 3-15-06] [Dallas Morning News, 5-12-06] [Miami Herald-AP, 3-8-06] [Sydney Morning Herald, 9-9-05]

Conrad Blackout

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the Black LordSo it turns out Conrad Black may be tied to the $ for honours scandal, quel suprise. But really, the only surprising part of this is that he got his title while Labour was in power. Appeasement isn't to be underrated, apparently.

Lord Black, the disgraced Tory peer and former owner of the Daily Telegraph, has been named in a series of letters surrounding the 'cash for peerages' police investigation.

The Observer has learnt that Scotland Yard is seeking information on Black, who is facing a multi-million-pound fraud trial in America. Last week, his name featured in a letter written by Tory chairman Francis Maude to former party treasurers asking for information about the investigation.

A senior party source, who has seen the letter, told The Observer that it asked for a range of background information in connection with the investigation. Black was the only peer named in the letter, the source said. Maude confirmed that he was asking former treasurers, party chairmen and other party leaders for whatever information they might have. 'We want to co-operate fully,' he said.

Clay Aiken Michael Sandecki Flashdance

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Thanks to PerezHilton. A followup to the greatest moment in fandom. Indeed, what a feeling!

Oh fine. TAKE YOUR VIDEO DOWN, SEE IF I CARE. (replaced…for now) Instead, I present Michael Sandecki and Clay Aiken performing “A Spoonful of Sugar” from Mary Poppins.

Indonesian Earthquake Relief

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Here is the page for Save the Children Fund's Indonesian Earthquake relief effort. The death toll stands at 3500, but is low because of the understandable desire of the local people to perform the burials quickly. This will climb, particularly as rescue efforts are ongoing.

Donate to the Indonesian Earthquake Children's Emergency Fund 

Your donations will help us meet basic needs including providing water, food, medicines, hygiene kits and temporary shelter, with a special focus on ensuring that children are protected and safe. We will begin assembling family kits with household supplies and other basic necessities to assist displaced families

The Irish Heather Painting and its REAL story; the second of several parts

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Well, it's two parts so far until I hear from Fire-man. From what I hear of that lad, this could go as many installments as Nancy Drew, and I say bring it on!

So I dig up something from the archive, from 2002 specifically, and feed it into the blog on a day I'm feeling unoriginal. And it turns out to be wrong. And Sean Heather, being no shrinking violet and something of a friend of mine besides, lets me know it.

And the true story is so much more amusing than the version I'd posted that I am practically drooling to type it out, and a damn good thing he can't tell over the phone or he'd be cagier. The saliva nearly shorted the damn thing out, I tell ya.

So here is the actual story of the real painting(s) of the Irish Heather, another painting entirely, and done by another Fireman entirely. Who knew the Lower Mainland would hold two paintbrush-wielding firefighters of brusque, macho persuasions? But so it does. And this story involves, as the other does not, allegations of IRA terrorism, the L.Ron-esque founding of religions, cop-punching, incendiary rivalry, con artistry, wild chases through Gastown, death threats, art, and flame-clad gimp-ism.

I just wish I could somehow work "mango porn" into this: I'd absolutely own Google!

[this is what's known as a teaser. I'm off typing the rest, assuming you all to be hanging by the monitors, waiting for an update. Ain't I the egotistical one. Besides, I don't want Sean to cut off my credit, thinking I'm not correcting the record ;) *waves*]

Update: We're gonna hafta wait till I come down off the cold meds, sometime tomorrow, for the update. Currently don't trust myself to do more than post amusing video and deliberately misquote Tories, a talent which never deserts me.