- Dedication to one’s craft is an admirable thing. However,
there is dedication and then there’s what a South Korean man
with a criminal past may done to keep his illegal ways going. This unidentified
con artist was already well-known by law enforcement before he went on a
nine-month theft spree, but there was something different this time around. According
to police in the city of Incheon, this criminal innovator may have undergone
plastic surgery to alter his appearance, allowing him to embark upon his nine-month
stealing spree with the sort of freedom he might not have enjoyed as his old
self. In the course of those nine months, this busy felon allegedly stole cash
and goods worth in excess of more than $479,000, which is a remarkable haul. He
originally served time in prison for theft in 2005 and investigators believe he
later had plastic surgery to change the structure of his jaw, and to stretch
his limbs so he would appear taller. That’s right, dude actually tried the ol’ “stretch
my arms and legs so I look taller trick,” the one cartoon and Saturday morning
teen shows depicted by having characters hang from a bar in the closet with
buckets of sand tied around their feet in an effort to make them taller. Eventfully
police were able to identify the man despite his new appearance and he was
arrested on March 23 for 87 counts of robbery across South Korea. The suspect
proved to be less than a steel trap of secrets, as he caved and confessed to the
recent string of robberies, admitting to police that he created his own tools
to disable digital home locks. It sounds like the beginnings of a great movie
script or basic cable drama, so let’s go ahead and open the bidding rights war
now……….
- Note to the world: Detroit rapper Danny Brown is not a fan of staying hydrated. The hip-hop artist was
expanding his brand globally with a show at the SWG3 venue in Glasgow,
Scotland over the weekend and the show was going well enough, with a black
American playing to a bunch of whiskey-loving Scots and neither side worrying
about their immense cultural differences. Then, things went really wrong really
quickly thanks to one fan, identified as "white, male and in his early to
mid-twenties." This wet blanket either had a pint too many of cheap beer
or was simply not a fan of Brown’s act because this ass hat lobbed a container
of water – the exact nature of the container is disputed – at Brown, dotting
him with the flying vessel of liquid refreshment. Some say the container was a
water bottle, while other claim it was a pint glass. What isn't up for debate
is that the water strike infuriated Brown, who stormed off the stage midway
through his show and did not return. Afterward, it was reported that an
incensed Brown said that he "would never play Glasgow again.” Amused fans
noted that while the water thrower was to blame for the incident, Brown ended
up looking bad because he gets on stage and raps about drugs, guns and
violence, but the instant he was hit with the thrown water, he packed it in and
left town. He’s known for high-energy, high-intensity live shows, but on that particular
night fans got less than half of what they were expecting to see. Water bottles
and other projectiles being hurled at performers is a common occurrence around
the world across all genres of music and while walking off stage and not
returning is bad, at least Brown didn’t embrace the common hip-hop response of
looking for immediate retribution by turning his rings around and pummeling the
guilty party himself……….
- Enough is enough, New Hampshire. You don’t know when to quit and as a result,
your state legislature had to break the mold for legislatures everywhere and actually
show some restraint because you couldn’t do it. A state that already has an
official tree, bird, dog, animal, insect, amphibian, butterfly, saltwater
fish, freshwater fish, rock, mineral, gem and tartan has so many damn symbols
that these already-empty emblems of nothingness have become more hollow than
ever. Earlier this month, New Hampshire legislators took a lot of
undeserved heat for torpedoing a group of fourth-graders'
effort to name the red-tailed hawk the official state raptor, branding the
attempt as frivolous and not only teaching these greedy brats a lesson, but
also a new word in the process. The state representatives to turned this
request away claimed their time would be better spent taking bribes, er,
resolving important issues like budgets, taxes and education. State Rep. John
Burt became the face of the resistance on this issue and during the hawk
debate, he argued that lawmakers had more important work to do, sarcastically
suggesting that the state would name an official hot dog. "It was to get a
point across that if we have these bird bills, we have to stop these and tell
the teacher, `I know you want to mean well and you want to encourage your kids
and you should, but you shouldn't be taking up our precious time,"' Burt
said of the request. Sadly, other states have an even larger number of state
symbols, including Oklahoma, which has 45 state symbols including five separate
state foods such as the state bean -- black eyed peas -- and six separate
meals, including chicken fried steak. And people wonder what makes America
great……….
- The positive, sunny demeanor with which some people
approach life is simply a burst of encouragement and joy for everyone fortunate
enough to know them. Washington
Capitals coach Barry Trotz is not one of those people. Trotz could have been
enthusiastic after his team - chasing a playoff berth – defeated the New Jersey
Devils 3-2 when Evgeny Kuznetsov deflected in defenseman Matt Niskanen's shot
73 seconds into overtime. It was a key victory for a team sitting seventh in
the Eastern Conference and in need of all the points it can get, the its coach
was not impressed and tore into his team after the game. “I didn't think we had
a real hard work ethic, weren't diligent on our responsibilities, and that was
probably one of our sloppier games," Trotz said. "Our decision-making
was poor. Our execution was poor. I'll say our resiliency and determination
were average, at best. We had too many guys that weren't getting it done
tonight." The “average at best” blast might be the best part of the
whole rant, although saying your
team won because it "got two lucky goals" is also strong. Trotz, ever
the head coach, went straight from ripping his team after a win to noting that the
NHL's top teams are coming up on the schedule, with the Capitals hosting the
Predators on Saturday, then playing at the Rangers on Sunday. "As I said
to the guys," Trotz added, "if we play that way in the next two
games, it won't be pretty for us." He isn't the first coach to act like
his team got its ass kicked when it actually won, but Trotz did it better than
most and his ability to be a world-class bitterman at a time when he should be
happy that his squad earned three points and created a six-point buffer between
it and the team in ninth place trying to jump up and snag a playoff spot from
it is both impressive and slightly sad. Learn to find the positive in life and
don’t be so angry all of the time, Barry. Like every other NHL coach, you’ll be
fired after your team loses more than two games in a row and then, a win like
this will look mighty appealing………
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