Random Scotto Factoid: I’m the first son of a second son of a first son of a second son.
I don’t know for sure beyond my Great Grandfather.
I’m the first “Firstborn son” not to serve in the military in some capacity.
Something happened to my scottobear.com mail forwarding. I have a request in, but meantime, who knows where those mails echoed over Friday and Saturday. (That includes LJ-comments.) I’ve now forwarded them to my yahoo account now, so all should be good. [update- fixed! no mail lost]
Happily Avoided the Air & Sea Show by going to the club today. I found out that both Suzy and Maressa are from Columbia. I got to chitty-chat with Mzk and the gang there… stayed until shift change and went with Maressa to scope out other venues. That was a pleasant surprise, even if no venues were worth the effort. Notable, we saw a German girl in braids, hot pants and mid-shin high Doc Marten’s dance on the bar.
Costco Expands Funeral Line With Cremation Urns
Chicago, IL — Costco, which last summer launched a test market of caskets at two of its Chicago-area locations, is expanding its selection of funeral supplies with the addition of cremation urns and keepsakes.
R&S Marble Design Gallery, Indianapolis, is supplying two lines, a total of four urns, that is being marketed only on the Costco web site. The first line, called the Carpel Memorial Collection, includes the Galaxy Marble, Pebble Stone and Rock Salt urns and keepsakes. The Ebony Urn & Keepsake Collection includes the Ebony Love Urn and the Ebony Trophy Keepsake.
Currently, urns and keepsakes can only be purchased from and shipped to addresses in the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
The urns retail for $79.99 (Ebony), $84.99 (Galaxy Marble) and $89.99 (Pebble Stone) and the keepsakes sell for $19.99 (Galaxy marble), $33.99 (Ebony Trophy Keepsake) and $39.99 (Pebble Stone).
The discount chain has rolled out it casket kiosks into Indianapolis and Detroit.
Classic Cheesy Comics:
The Television Kill (also, Curse of the Jabberwock and Fantastic Dr. FOO!)
Beggars May Need Licenses in Minneapolis
The police chief wants to license panhandlers, saying it would make it easier for officers to manage aggressive begging in Minnesota’s largest city.
Under the plan, panhandlers would have to register each year at a government center and have their picture taken. Anyone failing to wear an ID badge would be jailed for 30 days, and possibly fined.
“The idea is not to penalize people or make them go away,” Chief William McManus said Wednesday. “It’s just a way to govern how they conduct their business.”
Minneapolis already bans panhandling in front of cash machines, bus stops and restrooms.
McManus said he’s talked to the City Council about the idea. If a law passed, the city would join a handful of others that license beggars, such as Cincinnati, Dallas and Greensboro, N.C.
Cincinnati’s licensing ordinance is being challenged by civil liberties groups that claim begging is protected speech.
Mayor R.T. Rybak said he’s not sure he’ll support the plan. “I’m interested in looking at innovative ways to handle this, but we need to know more about the details,” he said.
Robert Yellow Wolf, a homeless man panhandling on an interstate off-ramp, called the plan “ridiculous,” but said: “When you’re homeless, you have no say.”
Cash machines, bus stops and restrooms?? That’s 95% of where I get hit up by panhandlers.
School Mistakes Huge Burrito for a Weapon
A call about a possible weapon at a middle school prompted police to put armed officers on rooftops, close nearby streets and lock down the school. All over a giant burrito.
Someone called authorities Thursday after seeing a boy carrying something long and wrapped into Marshall Junior High.
The drama ended two hours later when the suspicious item was identified as a 30-inch burrito filled with steak, guacamole, lettuce, salsa and jalapenos and wrapped inside tin foil and a white T-shirt.
“I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry,” school Principal Diana Russell said.
State police, Clovis police and the Curry County Sheriff’s Department arrived at the school shortly after 8:30 a.m. They searched the premises and determined there was no immediate danger.
In the meantime, more than 30 parents, alerted by a radio report, descended on the school. Visibly shaken, they gathered around in a semi-circle, straining their necks, awaiting news.
“There needs to be security before the kids walk through the door,” said Heather Black, whose son attends the school.
After the lockdown was lifted but before the burrito was identified as the culprit, parents pulled 75 students out of school, Russell said.
Russell said the mystery was solved after she brought everyone in the school together in the auditorium to explain what was going on.
“The kid was sitting there as I’m describing this (report of a student with a suspicious package) and he’s thinking, ‘Oh, my gosh, they’re talking about my burrito.'”
Afterward, eighth-grader Michael Morrissey approached her.
“He said, ‘I think I’m the person they saw,'” Russell said.
The burrito was part of Morrissey’s extra-credit assignment to create commercial advertising for a product.
“We had to make up a product and it could have been anything. I made up a restaurant that specialized in oddly large burritos,” Morrissey said.
After students heard the description of what police were looking for, he and his friends began to make the connection. He then took the burrito to the office.
“The police saw it and everyone just started laughing. It was a laughter of relief,” Morrissey said.
“Oh, and I have a new nickname now. It’s Burrito Boy.”
1 year ago – rough night on call, may day, Spanish channel family feud answers, budget assist, air and sea, Dan’s students put up a site, Newt-parrot, mum issue, memories, cam pics
2 years ago – There, mayday, top40 drop, ortho, on Workmans comp
3 years ago – free scoop, invaders, stuff meme
4 years ago – buck rogers, geography and climate, nightclub, trundle, lj-cut ponder, misc evil news, organ donor poll, wild party
