- Wait….so
being a typical college sophomore is suddenly a bad thing? Bros are supposed to
do what bros are supposed to do, or at least that’s the way the world used to
work. Based on the results of University of Virginia club hockey team sophomore
goalie Jake Anderson’s action during his team’s all-around ass-kicking of in-state
rival Virginia Commonwealth, the paradigm has shifted. Anderson was minding net
for the Cavaliers and doing a damn fine job, as evidenced by the fact that his
team led 7-0 after two periods. At that point, some frat bros on the other side
of the glass - who for some reason were hanging out at a club hockey game on a
Friday night - pulled out a can of Keystone Light and tossed it up over the
glass to their team’s goalie. Having fans throw beer cans at a player is nothing
new, nor is that can being full, but having it done with good intentions is a
novel idea. So was the way Anderson responded, namely by cracking open that
cheap brew and chugging the entire 12-ounce payload before the third period
began. The Chi Phi fraternity brothers in the stands responded in raucous
fashion, but the wet-blanket referees working the game weren’t as amused. They
assessed Anderson a 5-minute major penalty and a game misconduct, sending him
back to the dressing room for the rest of the game. The 6-foot-2 sophomore was still
listed on the team’s roster two days later and on account of it being club
hockey and not an actual varsity sport, maybe his unjust punishment for a
hilarious and awesome reaction in a weird situation will end with those two
in-game penalties………
- Neither
rain, nor sleet, nor snow, nor a hail of illegal narcotics being funneled into
the city by cartels and a postmaster willing to play an active role in the
process will stop Pittsburgh’s post office from getting the job done. It will
just be someone else doing that job instead of the man who has held the
postmaster position since he transferred to Pittsburgh from Toledo, Ohio, last
year. That would be Daniel Davis, who is charged with intimidating witnesses
and official oppression among other things, after he allegedly threatened to
retaliate against employees if they reported seeing him opening parcels and
removing the illegal drugs inside.
Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala Jr. announced the
charges against Davis, who has yet to comment publicly on the allegations and
whose attorney declined comment as well. The district attorney's office is
handling the intimidating witnesses and official oppression charges, but a
spokesperson said any drug charges related to the case would fall under federal
jurisdiction. That seems fairly likely given that state prosecutors say the
drugs included cocaine and heroin. Not exactly yanking a few baggies of pot out
of an envelope, eh postmaster? U.S. Attorney David Hickton said only that the
case has been referred to the DA's office for prosecution, so everyone involved
is keeping this buttoned up until they drop the hammer on a guy who took full
advantage of his position and likely made himself a nice chunk of change with
his illegal enterprise, money he’s going to need now that he has multiple nasty
legal battles in front of him………
- Gorillaz co-founder Jamie Hewlett has made a lot of money
and built quite an empire with a virtual band, but his first art exhibition is
going to be very real. 'The Suggestionists'
will take place at The Saatchi Gallery in London from Nov. 18 to Dec. 2 and it
will be the first time the artist and designer has exhibited his work. Hewlett’s
exhibition will serve up three new bodies of work, with the stages of the event
titled 'Tarot', 'Honey' and 'Pines.’ According to a
release, Tarot will be a very literally titled project including 22 oversized
Tarot cards, while 'Honey' will explore 'the deliciously sleazy ambiance of an
adult cinema lobby.' Ambiance? Of a porn cinema lobby? The “ambiance” that
comes to mind in a place like that conjures up words like “unsanitary,” “HAZMAT
suit,” “multiple showers required afterward” and “run away as fast as you can.”
Pines will collect large-scale 'extraordinarily detailed illustrations of trees,”
which sounds like the most interesting part of the entire show. Hewlett is
already selling pre-exhibition prints on his website and the Paris-based artist
is clearly going all-in on the next step in an artistic career that launched in
earnest with Tank Girl, a cult
comic strip that was adapted as a film in 1995. He founded the virtual band
Gorillaz with Blur’s Damon Albarn in 1998 and the band’s eponymous debut album
sold more than 7 million copies and plenty of critical acclaim. Having
something tangible and non-animated to celebrate is always a nice addition to
the portfolio and maybe Hewlett can bring some of the Gorillaz characters to
his art in the future……..
- Don’t
call it sexism or objectification of women, femi-Nazis of the world. Hearing
that a debt-burdened, state-run airline carrier is
dropping a set of intensified weight and fitness guidelines on its air
waitresses is normally cause for haters to cry foul, alleging that said carrier
is discriminating against the ladies and demanding that they all look like
Victoria’s Secret models. Don’t bring that noise to the doorstep of Air Indian,
which has demanded that 125 of its flight attendants lose a few pounds or get
ready for an airport job. The reason this isn't sexism is because this policy
applies to everyone, both male and female. Following fitness guidelines laid
out by India's civil aviation regulator, which mandated a body mass index (BMI)
of 18-25 for male cabin crew members and 18-22 for female cabin crew members,
Air India is requiring those crew members to shed weight or lose their air
time. "It is an opportunity for them to bring themselves back to the
(required) fitness level. If they cannot because of any medical reasons, they
will be offered ground duties," Air India spokesman G.P. Rao said. Men
with a BMI of 25-29.99 and women with a BMI of 22-27 are classified as
overweight under the new rules and many health experts believe the index, which
is determined by a person's height-to-weight ratio, is an accurate indicator of
someone's health and body fat percentage. Others disagree, but the airline
insists the move to manage its employees' physique is not about appearances. "It's a safety
issue," Rao said. "The crew has to be fit to be able to carry out their
inflight duties, including emergencies." Simply put, no fatties. The
airline isn't saying how long the shortlisted 125-odd crew members have to slim
down, but Rao insisted this is not the first time Air India has advised its
flight attendants to stay "fit." He deemed it “an ongoing process”
and he’s right, because back in 2013 a large
number of the employees refused to
undergo medical examinations for
their BMI as ordered by the company. Those bold crew members demanded that the
airline pay for gym memberships prior to conducting any lab tests. Losing
weight now would definitely be a huge help to an airline hemorrhaging money and
would have save a few dollars on fuel costs if nothing else………..
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