WINNIPEG MOVED TO SASKATCHEWAN! THANKS TO THE SF GATE FOR THIS NOVEL GEOGRAPHY….. In northern Minnesota, it was 35 below zero in Roseau and 36 below in Hallock, with wind chills down to 45 below in Hibbing. Just to the north, Winnipeg, Saskatchewan, also hit minus 36, according to Environment Canada.
John King of the Chronicle gets in the time machine and writes a marvelous back-to the future travelogue….. S.F. old and new in timeless coexistence John King, Chronicle Urban Design Writer Sunday, November 30, 2008 Back in 1961, a local author named Jack Shelton mapped out the perfect San Francisco day. It started at 9:30 [...]
THE ULTIMATE WEAPON…… Man allegedly assaults girlfriend with burger Thursday, December 4, 2008 (12-04) 12:50 PST Vero Beach, Fla. (AP) – A Vero Beach man faces a domestic violence charge after authorities said he assaulted his girlfriend with a cheeseburger. An Indian River County Sheriff’s Office arrest report said a 22-year-old man and his girlfriend [...]
FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES, THIS IS THE WAY TRAVEL SHOULD READ….. November 30, 2008 Florence, Then and Now By ADAM BEGLEY HERE’S what you do first in Florence: Complain about the tourists. It’s a time-honored tradition and there’s no avoiding it — or them, as they squeeze down the narrow streets. They choke the [...]
SALT LAKE CITY TRIBUNE….. Robber with underwear on head stopped by civilians in golf cart By Erin Alberty The Salt Lake Tribune Updated: 11/25/2008 07:03:39 AM MST A suspected robber wearing underwear on his head to hide his identity was chased down Monday afternoon by customers in a golf cart outside a South Salt Lake [...]
the AP hot off the griddle…..or out of the oven….. NC carjacking suspect clubbed with frozen turkey Monday, November 24, 2008 (11-24) 10:23 PST Raleigh, N.C. (AP) – Stopped. Cold turkey. North Carolina authorities say a shopper clubbed an alleged carjacker with a frozen turkey as he tried to steal a woman’s car in a [...]
FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES, ENLARGING ON EARLIER POST….. A Senior Fellow at the Institute of Nonexistence Dan Mirvish, who with Eitan Gorlin created an elaborate Internet hoax complete with a fake policy institute and a phony adviser to Senator John McCain. By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA Published: November 12, 2008 It was among the juicier post-election [...]