Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
Get a Rope!
Middle school student suspended for opening door | The Tidewater News: "A Southampton Middle School student was suspended Thursday for opening an exterior door for a visitor.
“Students are not allowed to open the doors, and if anyone does, they will be suspended,” said Dr. Wayne K. Smith, executive director of administration and personnel."
“Students are not allowed to open the doors, and if anyone does, they will be suspended,” said Dr. Wayne K. Smith, executive director of administration and personnel."
Once Again, Texas Leads the Way
Change.org News: "A Corpus Christi, TX school district has responded to a student's request to create a Gay-Straight Alliance -- by shutting down all extracurricular clubs on campus."
Jane Russell, R. I. P.
Jane Russell, Voluptuous Star of Westerns, Dies at 89 - NYTimes.com: "Jane Russell, the voluptuous actress at the center of one of the most highly publicized censorship episodes in movie history, the long-delayed release of the 1940s western “The Outlaw,” died on Monday at her home in Santa Maria, Calif. She was 89.The cause was a respiratory-related illness, her daughter-in-law, Etta Waterfield, said."
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
He Was Probably Nervous. Can You Blame HIm?
Cops: Bank Robber Caught After Taking Multiple Bathroom Breaks: "Police in Florida say they were able to apprehend a bank robbery suspect when he took two bathroom breaks immediately after allegedly sticking up a Bank of America in Ocala on Feb. 25.
While responding to a call about a bank robbery, a detective spotted a man who matched the suspect's description stepping out of a portable toilet directly across the street from the scene of the crime, the Ocala Star-Banner reports."
While responding to a call about a bank robbery, a detective spotted a man who matched the suspect's description stepping out of a portable toilet directly across the street from the scene of the crime, the Ocala Star-Banner reports."
Suze Rotolo, R. I. P.
Bob Dylan's Muse and 'Freewheelin' ' Cover Star Suze Rotolo Dead at 67 - Amplifier: "Suze Rotolo, Bob Dylan's longtime girlfriend during his fledgling days as a Greenwich Village folk singer and the woman who appears alongside him on the famous cover of 'The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan,' passed away this weekend at her home in Manhattan following a long illness, Rolling Stone reports. Rotolo was 67. In addition to forever being captured on the Don Hunstein-photographed 'Freewheelin' ' cover, Rotolo's three-year relationship with Dylan, from 1961 to 1964, also inspired him to write three of his early love songs, 'Don't Think Twice, It's Alright,' 'Tomorrow is a Long Time,' and 'Boots of Spanish Leather.' (Dylan's breakup with Rotolo also influenced one of his most vitriolic tunes, 'Ballad in Plain D,' a song Dylan later regretted recording.)"
1000 No. 1s
1000 No. 1s: "A chronological listing of the first 1,000 songs to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 since the chart's inception in August 1958."
You can listen to all of them, too, if you have time.
Good News from Charlie Stella
Temporary Knucksline: Stark House and Stella are back! Rough Riders (the North Dakota novel) ... July 2012: "This week Greg Shepard and I signed for another original Stark House Press publication ... Rough Riders will be a 12-year gap sequel to my very first two novels (Eddie’s World & Jimmy Bench-Press) featuring my boxer turned Police Detective, the quick-fisted, Alex Pavlik. There are a few other characters from those novels making appearances in Rough Riders, including Alex’s former partner, Dexter Greene, but this go, Alex has been retired from the NYPD (forced out after Jimmy Bench-Press) and is now a private investigator."
Once Again, Texas Leads the Way
Shots ring out at Rodeo cookoff and carnival Saturday night | abc13.com: "That incident, a fight between two groups of teenage boys, resulted in two people being shot. One is wounded in the buttocks. The other was injured in the foot. Both are minors."
Frank Buckles, R. I. P.
America’s last World War I veteran dies | The Raw Story: "The last US veteran of World War I, who lied about his age to join the army in 1917, has died, ending America's living connection with the Great War. He was 110.
The indomitable Frank Buckles, who also survived three years in a Japanese prisoner of war camp, 'died peacefully' of natural causes early Sunday at his home in Charles Town, West Virginia, a family spokesman said.
Buckles celebrated his 110th birthday on February 1, but his family said his health had been failing since late last year."
The indomitable Frank Buckles, who also survived three years in a Japanese prisoner of war camp, 'died peacefully' of natural causes early Sunday at his home in Charles Town, West Virginia, a family spokesman said.
Buckles celebrated his 110th birthday on February 1, but his family said his health had been failing since late last year."
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