Poo Poo Panda serves up Christmas Candy
Last night while stimulating the local economy I spotted this wonderful stocking stuffer: toy animals that poop jelly beans!
There are several different ones – a panda called Poo Poo Panda (“Eats, shoots and leaves!), a Sheep called Baaa Humbug (“The grumpy party-pooper!”), the Poo-lar Bear Pooper (“The Sub-Zero Poopin’ Hero!”), and also a cow, pig, [...]
Dog bites man, that’s not news…
In my earliest journalism courses in high school and college, we learned a humorous little tidbit that was designed to teach us how to spot what was newsworthy. “Dog bites man, that’s not news,” reportedly said some famous long-ago newspaperman (probably HL Mencken or someone like that), “…but man bites dog, now THAT’S news!”
Man shoots [...]
A bit of poetic injustice
Have you ever misplaced your cell phone and used another phone to dial your number, hoping your cell phone’s ring will give away its location? Yeah, me too. Well next time you try that trick, remember this poor guy - who got told to stop calling his own number - by the people who mugged [...]
Brad Olson arrested, bonded out
This whole situation with West Des Moines city councilman Brad Olson is just too odd for words. The shoplifted prescriptions were a misunderstanding, the stolen truck was a paperwork mistake… there just seems to be a lot of “oh that, that wasn’t my fault” with this case, in addition to all the odd behavior like [...]
Man sues police over porn collection
This didn’t happen in Iowa, but it’s worth sharing: a man convicted of secretly video taping female residents of an apartment complex in California, recently released from jail, is suing the San Rafael Police Department to get back his large collection of porn videos and magazines. The cops don’t want to return the material, because it’s [...]
Rob Lowe… paging Rob Lowe…
Rob Lowe: You’re Needed in East DavenportEast Davenport, Iowa is having a problem with at least one blackbird aggressively defending the perimeter around its nest. The bird attacks people who walk past its tree (which is located near the entrance of a busy office building), protecting its young from human “predators.” Meanwhile, in West Des [...]
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