February 26, 2009

HOMESICK

Not really home sick, just have those days where I miss good old Virginny. I continue to check local news there, until I get a better feel for the media out here. I went through this when we first moved to Miami too.

I have a job again, and started what you could call an abbreviated academy class on Monday to familiarize myself with local and state codes/laws. I should be back on the streets the first week of May. Of course Mick is happy, because I was driving her batty at home all day long. She's hardly home as it is, but she has been local the last two weeks.

Anyway, I continue to read the "Watercooler" section of WTOP.com, which is a collection of freaky news gathered from around the country via the AP and Reuters. Here are some stories that had me laughing tonight (my thoughts in green):

Man late for flight claims to be air marshall -- MIAMI (AP) - Authorities say a man running late for a flight flashed a fake police badge to airline workers and claimed to be an air marshal so they would let him through the gate. Miami-Dade police said a 49-year-old man was booked on a flight to Los Angeles Wednesday night, but the gate had already closed and the plane was departing. After he showed the fake badge and claimed to be an air marshal, employees stopped the plane and let him board.

But real air marshals already on the plane recognized his fake badge and kicked him off.

Not content with avoiding arrest, police said the man went to an airport bar and began loudly complaining about missing his flight. That's when airport police arrested him.

The man was charged with impersonating a law enforcement officer.

Fucking idiot. After 20+ years, I still can't believe people like this exisit. Impersonators really don't seem to understand the implications of what they are doing, and the dangers associated with it. I hope he gets a hard core Republican judge.

Man pleads no contest in vacuum sex act case -- SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) - A man has pleaded no contest to indecent exposure after police said he was arrested for performing a sex act with a car wash vacuum. The Saginaw News reported 29-year-old Jason Leroy Savage entered the plea Wednesday...

One of those stories where I wish the writer could publish his story unfiltered, and uncencorsed. Like, Man found fucking vacuum hose to embarrassed to plea innocent or guilty. What's worse is, this guy will probably have to register as a sex offender now. Hide your vacuums! Guess his home vacuum lacked suck-tion.

Street signs for Mullet Place keep disappearing -- GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - The hairstyle is short on the top and long in the back, and in Green Bay the mullet has it's very own street signs _ at least when the signs haven't been stolen. Mullet Place may not be named for the kind of hair design that became popular a few decades ago, but fans apparently like to grab the signs anyway because they disappear several times a year.

Ahh...the CLASSIC 80's hairstyle. Yes, Alien Tim had a mullet from 1986 to 1988, before realizing how creepy they really are. They make men look moist.

In one more day, the hair growth itching starts. Wish me luck in holding out until it stops.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

*Shudder* Moist is such a gross word.

And my god, I will never look at a car wash vacuum the same again.

Oh. And just to point out your old man-ness, I was being born in your second year of having a CLASSIC mullet. :P

Anonymous said...

Damn it. *2nd year of YOUR having a mullet.

It helps to say things properly when your trying to be a smart ass.

Thinkinfyou said...

Congrats on the job!
Still wondering why a strange criminal act always has to involve Florida!?! Of course,I moved back to Florida from VA. Maybe you should have followed my lead and done something to get banned from good old VA....I bet you wouldn't miss it as much then!