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Thursday, 15 January 2009

  • Using Your Head

    OLD CATTON, England (UPI) -- British developer Abel Homes said the model home at its latest development comes with one very realistic detail -- a messy teenager's room.

    Maggie Abel, director of Abel Homes, said she based the teenager's room at the Old Catton, England, model home on her own son's room when he was a teen 10 years ago, The Daily Mail reported.

    "I've always found show homes are a bit bland and unreal, so we decided to create something that was more true to life," Abel said. "I just thought it would be totally unrealistic to have a teenage boy's bedroom looking pristine and perfect, so we deliberately made it as messy as possible."

    "I managed to find a fake pizza, a plastic sandwich and an apple and made it look as if they had just been dumped under the bed to rot," she said. "I also covered the walls in posters and flags and spread around some old T-shirts and a pair of trainers belonging to the 15-year-old son of a woman I work with."


Wednesday, 14 January 2009

  • Transit riders drop trousers

    PHOENIX (UPI) -- Mass transit riders in 24 cities, including Phoenix and Atlanta, say they rode pantless as part of a performance act started eight years ago in New York.

    The No-Pants participants rode only in their shirts and underwear Saturday, acting as if nothing was awry, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported, noting the international stunt is sponsored by the arts group "Improv Everywhere."

    At least 34 people participated in Atlanta, including Patrick Carlson, a design-firm owner who wore shiny blue boxers that matched his suit and tie.

    In Phoenix, more than 90 pantless people participated, ranging from gray-haired men in suit coats to young women with neon-colored hair, The Arizona Republic reported.

    "We need more things like this," said Ken Weise, vice mayor of Avondale, Ariz., who was riding but not participating during a train ride into Phoenix.


Tuesday, 13 January 2009

  • My Kind Of News

    VASSALBORO, Maine (UPI) -- The planning board in a rural Maine town has approved plans for a topless coffee shop, and by the way, the vote was unanimous.

    The Vassalboro Planning Board voted 5-0 Tuesday night to approve plans for a coffee shop with topless female servers at the former Grand View Motel. The vote came after the officials reviewed the business' application and considered such issues as traffic, parking and lighting, WMTW-TV, Portland, Maine, reported.

    Some residents welcomed news of a business taking over the empty building, which has previously housed bars and restaurants.

    "I say, bring the money in," resident Kevin Goodrich said. "People need jobs and it's a good place to go. The economy's not very good right now, so why not do it?"

    On the other hand, some residents expressed fear that the topless coffee shop would attract an unsavory crowd.

    "We just found out about it this morning and we are opposed to it," Debbie Jordan said. "It's not going to bring in a good crowd, and we've had those kinds of things in the past with it being a bar and it can get very loud."

    Now, I can understand a bar crowd getting loud, but a coffee shop???  Just how rowdy do coffee drinkers get, anyways? LOL

Tuesday, 06 January 2009

  • Homeless man ordered to wear underpants

    WELLINGTON, New Zealand (UPI) -- A homeless New Zealand man accused of obscene exposure has been released on bail with one important condition -- he must wear underwear.

    Ben Hana -- known in Wellington as the Blanket Man due to his wardrobe choice of a blanket and a loincloth -- was released on bail Wednesday in Wellington District Court after his Dec. 23 arrest for obscene exposure and cannabis possession, The Dominion Post reported.

    Maxine Dixon, Hana's lawyer, said in her client's bail application that he plans to fight allegations that he exposed himself to children.

    "He wears high-risk clothing. It's a way of life rather than a deliberate attempt at lewdness," Dixon said.

    Dixon suggested the underwear bail condition to Judge Tom Broadmore, who also ordered Hana to abstain from alcohol use and to stay out of licensed businesses except for supermarkets.

Monday, 05 January 2009

  • Guide dog ate charity money

     
    FRINTON, England (UPI) -- A British man said his wife's guide dog ripped up more than $350 worth of banknotes that had been collected for charity.

    Gordon Webb said Lewis, a 5-year-old guide dog owned by his wife, Claire, said he had been put in charge of Christmas charity fundraising by the Frinton Rotary Club in Essex and one night he left the money out after sorting it for banking, The Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday.

    "I came down the other morning and by the coffee table there were shreds of paper," Webb said. "I realized what they were and I thought, 'No -- he's eaten all the notes.'"

    He said the Bank of England has agreed to exchange the damaged money for new cash.

    "I just have to send it all off," Webb said. "Lewis will eat anything. When they're working, they behave impeccably, but as soon as they're off duty they're dogs again."

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    @razzlebash - Sweet Dreams :)
    • Posted 9/20/2008 12:25 AM
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  • razzlebash
    @fwidman - LOL yeah. myLot has suffered the most. my time for the laptop has gone to email and xanga. then it's 10:29 pm and time to settle down to try and get 5 hours sleep, cause i watch some jay leno til 11pm.wow 6 games of bowling. i really like bowling. i played 3 game 2 weeks ago and had a BLA
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    @razzlebash - I haven't spent much time on either xanga or mylot and I forgot to do my PTC sites today. Yesterday was bowling day and I bowled six games straight and then was too tired to do much and my muscles are to sore to do much either so I just sort of vegged the day away LOL You, my friend,
    • Posted 9/20/2008 12:10 AM
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  • razzlebash
    fwidman, you didn't come out to play today. i've been sleep deprived again. don't you want a part of that? i couldn't settle down to sleep until 12:30 am cause i was looking up some cheats for a videos game i was stuck on. then got excited with the great info and had to try some of it out, which got
  • razzlebash
    did you ever see boondock saints? it is quite different and funny but not necessarily a comedy. no not a comedy, but it is funny.if you watch it this prayer will mean something to you. you cant catch it on youtube. catch part 5 to see this prayer. And shepherds we shall be. For Thee, my Lord, for Th
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    @razzlebash - Yay! Another friend on mylot :) Thanks!
    • Posted 7/8/2008 7:46 PM
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    hey you, i'm greenglitterturtle at myLot i've asked to be a friend there. also i want you to get credit cause you brought it to my attention and reccomended it. thing is when i typed the address you gave it didn't seem to recognize it or i wasn't doing it in the right place. dunno. any how just to i
  • razzlebash
    @fwidman - funny thing is, when i was a child we lived on sherwood ave