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More Things to Worry About on Friday

Might as well reserve this 11-yr-old kid a cell on Florida's death row right now because it's only a matter of time (torched a cat, threatened to give his pregnant sister a "c-section," popped his mother with a saw). TCPalm.com (Stuart, Fla.)

Minnesota Buddhists envision "the seated Buddha" in, um, a wasp nest. Associated Press via Winona Daily News

Tennessee's House Republican leader says he's pretty sure that his 17,000 comic books don't have to be declared as an "investment," on ethics disclosure forms. Knoxville News-Sentinel

It's huge news in Laurel, Miss., that local guy Johnny Henry made a splash at the recent Las Vegas Int'l Inventors Convention, with his "vibrating toilet seat" ("It's to make you feel good while you're there"). Leader-Call (Laurel)

The sacred institution of marriage: Italian man granted divorce on the ground that his mother-in-law gave him hell. The Times (London)

Today's Newsrangers: Bruce Alter, Mark Neunder, Larry Ellis Reed
     Posted By: Chuck - Fri Nov 14, 2008
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Comments
No no no - if you're going to make something that vibrates, around the legs and bum area is not the right spot!
Posted by Jules in Connecticut on 11/14/08 at 11:24 AM
11-year-old - So that is how my father got his training! He beat the tar out of his parents and siblings. Phew! And all this time I was under the mistaken impression that dad was just doin' what was best for us kids. I must have been made immune to this sort of domestic violence at a very early age because I kept thinking, "where the heck is the part of the story that details how mommy beat him into submission then set fire to him, eh? (Oops, perhaps I said too much about my personal life).
agent j
Posted by agent j in Toronto, Canada on 11/14/08 at 04:24 PM
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