Bank Notes: a collection of Bank Robbery Notes - it's a collection of mug shots with notes to bank tellers. How they got them I don't know, but there's a book too. This innocent-looking but simultaneously guilty-looking robber is 30.
Need $300 or I’ll kill you.
I’m serious.
female, 30, Wells Fargo, Hillsborough OR
Boulder's Naked Halloween Streak May Be Coming to an End - WSJ.com (Thanks Nyc in Germany)
(This was written before the event happened, and arrests DID happen and there is the threat some runners may be been labelled as sex offenders for running. ACLU is involved.)
For nearly a decade, naked pumpkin runners did their thing unmolested, stampeding through the frigid dark past crowds of admirers who hooted, hollered and tossed candy. But last year the run attracted more than 150 participants, and Police Chief Mark Beckner fears things are getting out of hand. "It's a free-for-all," he says. (snip) Runners and their fans are outraged. This is not the free-spirited Boulder they know and love. "It kind of reminds me of what's happening in Tehran," says Andy Schmidt, a lawyer. "They're pre-emptively outlawing a gathering." (snip) Oleg Abramov, a 31-year-old planetary scientist, says it's an excruciating choice. He loves the run; he calls it a "liberating and somewhat surreal community arts project." But being labeled a sex offender could ruin his career. He won't divulge his plans for tonight, except to say that if he does run, he plans to "have a lawyer standing by."Jane's Addiction and lots of zombies close out Voodoo Fest - USATODAY.com
Daily Kos: PHOTOS: Obamas' Halloween Party at the "Orange" House!
Baby Einstein videos and materials for babieswere touted as so effective that almost 1/3 of American babies between 6 months to two years had the videos. Now Disney is offering refunds to parents who bought the videos, and the American Pediatrics Association recommends that children under two years don't watch television in the first place. The other part of the scam is that it takes a baby, on average, 4x as long with the video to absorb what they can from an interaction with a human.
Bush gave the originator of Baby Einstein a plug during his 2007 State of the Union Address. It might be interesting to "follow the money."
Jason Feinberg of Jailbreak Toys says he thinks the First Lady doll will outdo the President's version, which has already racked up 200,000 sales.
Guitar Hero under fire from Rolling Stones legend Bill Wyman | Technology | guardian.co.uk
"It encourages kids not to learn, that's the trouble. It makes less and less people dedicated to really get down and learn an instrument. I think it's a pity."
Nick Mason:
"It irritates me having watched my kids do it. If they spend as much time practising the guitar as learning how to press the buttons, they'd be damn good by now".
Makers of the games dispute the claim. Of course they do.
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