Archive for December 12th, 2008
WILLMAR, Minn. – A 50-year-old man told authorities he was fed up with teens toilet-papering his house during homecoming week. This year, he decided to defend his property — with a squirt gun filled with fox urine.
Now, Scott Wagar is in trouble with the law. He pleaded not guilty on Wednesday in Kandiyohi County District Court to misdemeanor assault and other charges. He was released on personal recognizance.
According to police, on Sept. 16, Wagar used night vision goggles and saw 15-20 people running toward his place. He told them to leave and sprayed them with the fox urine. He also struggled with one teen who he says grabbed him from behind.
In an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday, Wagar says he’s innocent, and has a right to defend his property. He says groups of teens have been toilet-papering and egging his house during homecoming for about eight years, and each year it gets more destructive.
He says he sprayed the kids with a mixture of one-third fox urine and two-thirds water because “it stinks, but it doesn’t hurt anything.”
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But it makes me wonder how the heck do you collect fox urine?
December 12th, 2008
The full moon tonight will be the biggest one of the year as Earth’s natural satellite reaches its closest point to our planet.
The moon makes a trip around Earth every 29.5 days. But the orbit is not a perfect circle.
The moon’s average distance from us is about 238,855 miles (384,400 km). Tonight it will be just 221,560 miles (356,567 km) away. It will be 14 percent bigger in our sky and 30 percent brighter than some other full moons during the year, according to NASA.
Tides will be higher tonight, too. Earth’s oceans are pulled by the gravity of the moon and the sun. So when the moon is closer, tides are pulled higher.
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But I wasn’t aware it’s moving away from us . . .
The moon is moving away from Earth as you read this, by about 1.6 inches (4 centimeters) a year. Eventually it’ll be torn apart as an expanding sun pushes the moon back toward Earth for a wrenching close encounter.
December 12th, 2008
December 12th, 2008
A Japanese research team has revealed it had created a technology that could eventually display on a computer screen what people have on their minds, such as dreams.
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This fascinates me. Imagine hooking up some type of computer/DVR device and recording your dreams so you could go back and view them later. But then again, if others view these dreams I predict a lot of awkward moments, crazy YouTube posts, and strained marriages.Â
Sometimes I have happy dreams of loved ones that have passed, it would be nice to relive them.
December 12th, 2008
A schoolboy archer had a narrow escape after being shot through the eye with an arrow.
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December 12th, 2008
Standing at a normal distance from your monitor you will see Albert Einstein. But if you stand about 15 feet away you will see Marilyn Monroe.
December 12th, 2008
Ian Bothwell, 63, suffered a serious nose-bleed because of his habit and died as a result.
Nigel Meadows, Manchester coroner, said: “There is no explanation for this death other than he died from a nose-bleed, consistent with picking his nose. I do not think for a moment he knew what he was doing was going to cause his death.” He recorded a verdict of misadventure.
A pathologist concluded that Mr Bothwell, who suffered from dementia brought on by alcoholism, had picked his nose so much that it had caused him to bleed to death.
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December 12th, 2008
A kick during an MMA fight goes terribly wrong.
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December 12th, 2008
- My favorite vegetarian sent me this article about bacon which I thoroughly enjoyed.
- WifeGeeding and I pulled out Christmas letters we have sent out in the past and I noticed each year I’ve mentioned the number of unique daily visitors to my website. The first year I mentioned 300, the next 700, then 1200, and now it’s around 2000.
- This is the first year of this website that I haven’t done the Christmas Card experiment. Usually I post my address and see who will send me a card, and for each card I make a donation to help fight lupus. I would always be amazed at the cards I would get, around 30 total coming from all across the U.S., Canada, and Europe.
- For those of you that didn’t get the “brain cloud” reference [people not named Brett], well, it was the first Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan movie Joe vs The Volcano.
- I use to really love listening to love song, Chicago in particular, but know I realize just how silly and sappy they really are.
- WifeGeeding bobs her head to the beat of fast tempo songs when we are in the car. I’m not sure if she realizes how much she does this, but it cracks me up.
- As I kid, I liked the taste of Aim toothpaste so much I use to eat a little bit of it in the morning.
- I expected more out of Google with Chrome and their new phone.
- Candied Bacon Ice Cream. Link
- Ross Perot for Car Czar? I think that’s a good idea. Link
- Silent Night in a whole bunch of different languages. Link
- Jennifer Aniston sure has been showing a lot of skin lately. Have you seen the cover of GQ? Wow. But I wonder how much that photo was touched up.
- The airline business is really fascinating.
- I read an article about how the government does wiretap. Two things stuck out, they often get help from the phone companies and bug devices are so small that they can now fit under a fingertip.
- I think WifeGeeding should get me an elliptical for Christmas to make up for punching me in the face.
- If there’s a church out there that wants to have a pool table, I would highly consider giving mine away, all you have to do is come over and pick it up.
- I have never been a fan of Ford vehicles, but for some reason if I were forced to buy a new car right now that would fit the budget I would highly consider purchasing the Ford Focus. It has a bit of a European design, gets great gas mileage, the price is right, and has that Microsoft Sych which seems pretty darn cool.
- But if we were to get a new vehicle, I think WifeGeeding wants our next one to be a minivan for some reason.
- 1 toilet for every 6,849 people on Inauguration Day. That article made me think of a post I made about the StadiumPal. They should consider setting up a booth.
- Puppy love. Link
- 30 days hath September April, June, and November. All the rest have 31. That’s one way to remember the days in a month, but I prefer using the knuckle trick an old accounting teacher taught me.
- A cool high resolution picture of the Manhattan Bridge under construction. Link
December 12th, 2008
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