Finalists: Dumbest Crooks of 2012

I realize it’s only February, but surely guys who think it’s a good idea to saw off one of their hands to bilk an insurance company should make the list, no? A South Carolina man may want to think twice next time someone offers him a helping hand. Gerald B. Hardin, 34, was charged with [...]

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Castle two-parter, part two

Last Monday was the finale of the “Castle” two-parter, “Linchpin.” (Earlier I reviewed part one, “Pandora“.) I’m sorry to say the episode went as I feared: a bigger version version of last year’s two-parter. (“Setup”/”Countdown”) Instead of a dirty nuke set to devastate Manhattan, we get a plot to start a global war and destroy [...]

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I want to play fetch, danggit!

A Border Collie can’t understand why the statue won’t play: Meanwhile, there’s a cat nearby thinking “Thtop it. You’re embarathing yourthelf, thtupid.”  

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This ape can sure bust a move

According to the video title, this is an alpha-male gibbon supposedly goaded into trying to attack a man whom it saw as a threat to its dominance. I dunno… Looks to me like he’s just having a good time playing. Either way, he’s a real swinger: And I bet he knew there was a camera [...]

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Person of Interest: a head-meets-desk moment

I was really enjoying last night’s Person of Interest, “Blue Code,” until they had a bit of a “lazy cliché” moment. (Spoilers below the fold)

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“Castle” last night

While it’s only part one of a two-parter, I have to admit I’m a little disappointed in last night’s “Castle” episode, “Pandora.” In plot and subtext, it’s very similar (so far) to the season 2 two-parter, “Tick,Tick, Tick” and “Boom!” In both… (Spoilers hidden under the tag.)

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Valentine’s Day. Bah! Humbug!

If you’re like me, the annual sight of blissfully happy couples on Valentine’s Day makes you ill. Not because of their cloying sweetness and dopey “eyes only for you” looks (though that’s part of it), but because you never get to join in. If your romantic life has stunk as badly as mine, you’ve often [...]

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Whitney Houston dead

The story is here. This is callous of me to say, but… so? She was a drug addict who took a wonderful gift and had a life 99.99 percent of the world will only ever dream of living… and destroyed herself. Amy Winehouse, Darryl Strawberry, so many other celebrities in one field or another have [...]

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Looney, defined

That would be skydiving from the edge of space: It is the ultimate in parachute jumps: from the edge of space, Felix Baumgartner will leap from a balloon, plummeting to the ground 120,000 feet below. After 35 seconds he will break the sound barrier, and finally, at 5,000 feet he will deploy a parachute and [...]

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Yes, this is a real court case

Things that just shouldn’t go together: fraternities, beer, and bottle-rockets up the butt: 8. [Defendant] was highly intoxicated on this date and time, and decided in his drunken stupor that it would be a good idea to shoot bottle rockets out of his anus on the [Alpha Tau Omega fraternity] deck, located on the back [...]

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