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Two inmates escaped a Texas $19 million maximum security detention center using plastic spoons to pick locks. A County Commissioner’s response was, “Spoons? Imagine what they can do with a fork.” Unfortunately, I’m not kidding, he actually said that.

“The plight of an Alaskan chicken-hypnotist whose circus tour was cut short in Edinburgh when a charity shop sold her bicycle by mistake has tweaked heartstrings as far afield as Austin, Texas.” No, this is not some trippy dream sequence or Monty Python sketch, this is an actual news story posted by Reuters. I’ll have what they’re having, please.

Here’s a quick tip to would-be criminals: don’t rob a gun store with a knife.

The Washington Post has this story: “Kid Pelted With Jelly As Punishment.” Don’t worry, his mother signed a permission slip, so it’s OK. What are these people thinking?

Some of Georgia’s laws are just a little backward. There is a law on the books that can charge anyone with a misdemeanor for having sex out of wedlock. A 16-year old girl was sent to boot camp and her boyfriend was assessed a fine after being caught “fornicating” in her bedroom, even though her parents refused to press charges. Thankfully, the ACLU has taken up the case, because this is just so 19th century…

Update: Blogger is finally (sort of) cooperating with templates, so things look somewhat better. I’ve applied the blog template to my main ‘80s page, and I will steadily be reformatting the rest of my ’80s pages in the same way. It’s tough for me to make these updates, since I am a little afraid of change ( a la “Wayne’s World”), but I think that the site looks a lot cleaner with a simple, uniform format. As always, suggestions or comments are appreciated…

Maybe they should have a checkbox with “Yes, I’m an arsonist” on the application to be a firefighter! OK, maybe that was uncalled for, but another part-time firefighter was charged for setting a fire, this time in Arizona, where wildfires are still raging. Most of you probably remember that a firefighter was arrested for starting one of the Colorado wildfires a week or so ago. This is just getting a little out of hand…

Will he finally make it? Millionaire Steve Fossett is in the homestretch of his solo balloon quest, 85% of the way there. There, now I’ve jinxed him.

Fortune Magazine has a very informative but slightly scary article about the consequences of an attack on Saddam Hussein and Iraq. As far as I’m concerned, this would all be a moot point if they had done it right back in 1991.

Arthur “Spud” Melin, the co-founder of Wham-O in 1948, died yesterday at the age of 77. Among other things, his company was responsible for the Frisbee (woo hoo!) and the Hula Hoop. I still have Frisbee dreams every now and then, and miss being in shape enough to play Ultimate. They turned the Ultimate field we used to play in into a playground, dammit… 🙁