A cat named Cooper from Seattle spent one day a week over the course of a year with a camera around his neck to document his neighborhood excursions. His caretakers Deirdre and Michael Cross, photographers and filmmakers themselves, were interested to find such beauty in the photographs that Cooper’s camera took- 1 picture every two minutes. Cooper’s pictures will be featured on Animals Planet’s series Cat’s 101 on Saturday. Click here to see a gallery of Cooper’s shots.
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It should come as no shock that with the rising popularity of plastic surgery it would soon become possible and perhaps even commonplace over the years for the more affluent, to have it done on the dead. Nowadays, people who want to look good for their funeral (which they will attend, in their open casket)- can look forward to being beautified before hand by botox and collagen!
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A Chinese boy survived having an arrow shot through his eye last week and is now being treated for shock. The boy lucked out as the arrow narrowly missed the brain and hit the back of his skull rather than coming out the back.
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Even Visa CEOs lose their credit cards every now and then.
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A man from the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia was killed by a small weather rocket trying to break up hail, it was discovered recently.
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Michael Jackson’s people have announced that he is auctioning off his belongings in 2009! The infamous glittery glove is among one of over 2000 personal items that he will be selling.
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There are some things you can’t auction off, however- like your soul, Ebay says.
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A child from New Jersey named Adolf Hitler Campbell is now having difficulty getting a cake made for him due to his name. His mother claims that wanting a celebratory confection with his name painted on it, is appropriate, while the Anti-Defamation League says,”Might as well put a sign around their neck that says bigot, racist, hatemonger.” One of the couple’s other children is named JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell.
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The rail firm Cross Country reports that in 2008, people left some rather odd belongings on their trains. Though the top three most commonly forgotten items are mobile phones, books, and umbrellas- the staff purported also having found £30,000 of used banknotes, an antique typewriter, a wedding dress, and a pet cat.
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A middle-aged man from Minnesota finally had it with wild teens toilet-papering his house during homecoming week and proceeded to defend his property by squirting them with a solution of fox urine. Then in defending himself he proposed, “it stinks, but it doesn’t hurt anything,” and was, after all a mixture of 1/3 fox urine, and 2/3 water. Harmless!
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Some people are more productive with toilet paper, however. Sixty-three year old Dick Roper wrote a check for a parking ticket on two sheets of toilet paper. While the Court Service approved of the check, they asked that he pay an extra £15 to get it cashed. Dick promptly refused to pay any more than he originally wrote and the matter was taken to court where the situation was resolved, laughingly.
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A woman was caught trying to smuggle at a rhesus monkey from Thailand back into the United States by sedating it and hiding it in a fake womb. When authorities discovered the pregnancy was false, they asked for permits and customs declarations, of which she had neither. Journals surfaced later that requested the specific type of monkey and necessary medications to sedate it for the journey home, as well.
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Westboro Baptist Church from Topeka, Kansas, which is known for its staunch opposition to homosexuality, is seeking to display a post warning against Santa Claus in the Washington State Capitol. Among other religious statements on the 3rd floor of the building, this one will read to the tune, “Santa Claus is coming to town”- “So get this fact straight:
you’re feeling God’s hate, Santa’s to blame for the economy’s fate, Santa Claus will take you to hell.”
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In more wayward thinking- a couple from Oregon were accused to allowing their baby daughter to die because they were relying on prayer, rather than simple antibiotics which could have saved her life. The couple belong to Followers of Christ Church in Oregon City “that has a history of shunning medical care in favor of faith healing.”
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Yet, some people are a little more relaxed, and simply deny Santa’s existence- to a class of 25 children who consequently spend the afternoon in tears.
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Though definitely not the most uplifting story- thesun.co.uk reports that albinos in Tanzania in East Africa are not only prone to prejudice, but are also sought after and killed for their body parts to be used in black magic. There are a number of gorey cases, which add up to 35 instances of albino massacre just this year, in which people were hunting them for their limbs. Luckily, there is an island on Lake Victoria where they go to seek refuge. It is supposed that Ukerewe has the highest concentration of albinos and since, a foundation has been created to fight these wayward beliefs. The Tanzanian Albino Society founded by the British organization Action On Disability & Development seeks to end these murders and MP of Tanzania, Al-Shaymaa Kwegyir is “delighted 170 arrests have been made in relation to the killings so far.”
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I will let SFweekly’s headline speak for itself: “San Francisco Overrun With Drunken, Smoking, Half-Naked Santas Again.”
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Police found a four year old boy in a Texas discount store around 3 AM playing with toys.
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And if you’re looking for a new scent to start of the new year, look no further than Burger King. The fast food chain has decided to release a new men’s body spray called “Flame” which captures, “the scent of seduction with a hint of flame-broiled mean.” The spray is being sold at 4 dollars at New York City retailer, Ricky’s!
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Yet another fantastic compilation of odd. Delightful!
Thanks, mang!