- Nothing
pisses people off more than the irritating, loathsome sounds of happy, playful
children. It’s simply infuriating to hear small children having a good time,
laughing and shrieking in delight and no one knows that better than Plano,
Texas residents Irving and Anita Ward. The Wards have filed a lawsuit against
neighbor Kelly Counts, who recently installed a playhouse outside her backdoor
for her four children to enjoy. “One of the big reasons we chose the house was
because we would be able to move this playhouse,” Counts explained. Her new
neighbors aren’t so happy with the arrangement because they claim that due to
the fact that the 10, 7, 4 and 2-year-old
children are homeschooled, the noise never stops. Their response, it seems, has
been to drown out those brats next door with music laced with profanity - that
and a mighty angry lawsuit. “It’s unfathomable to me. I can’t imagine the sound
of kids playing at any age or stage of my life and thinking that I needed to
sue someone over it,” Counts said. Yet here she is, being sued for upsetting her
neighbors’ “tranquil quality of life” and quote “creating noise issues as well
as visibility issues for them and their pets,” according to minutes from an homeowners’
association meeting. Ah yes, the HOA is involved, always a good thing because
these nitwits who fight for their right to tell you how short you can cut your
grass and what the appropriate shade of red is for your front door always make
life so much better. Counts has filed a countersuit over the explicit music but
claims she has tried in vain to resolve the issue directly with the Wards. Both
the city of Plano and her HOA approved the playhouse, so this one is headed to
court where both sides are seeking damages and the unspoken ruination of common
decency and sanity………
- It
sounds like Oscar nominee Leonardo DiCaprio wants to spend some quality time on screen sans
shirt. That’s the only possible explanation for saying that he would like to
portray Russian president Vladimir Putin in a future movie. Armed with an Oscar
nomination for “The Revenant,” Leo is on the record as saying he would be interested in playing the longtime
Russian despot. “Putin would be very, very,
very interesting. I would like to play him,” DiCaprio said. If you’ve
been nominated for six Oscars, you can definitely choose most any role you
want, but there has to be more to this. As it turns out, there is. Back in
2010, DiCaprio met the dictator when the actor
attended the International Forum on Tiger Conservation in St. Petersburg.
“My fund has several projects aimed at financial
support for protecting these wild cats [Siberia tigers],” DiCaprio said. “Putin
and me spoke only about these magnificent animals, not about politics.” Oh,
and DiCaprio also seems to have a fascination with despotic Russian rulers, as he’s
also down with playing polarizing Russian leaders, as he has dreams of
portraying 20th century revolutionary Vladimir Lenin.
“I think there should be more films about Russian history because it has many
stories worthy of Shakespeare. That is fascinating for an actor,” DiCaprio
said. “Lenin also would be an interesting role. I would like also to star as Rasputin.”
For now, his focus is on winning his first Oscar, having spent 23 years being
nominated and now being up for Best Actor for his
portrayal of desperate frontiersman Phillip Glass in Alejandro González
Iñárritu's “The Revenant,” which is up for a total of 12 awards……….
- Try
to eliminate the myriad hazards posed by one of the filthiest habits known to
man by creating one massive instance of said hazard for all to see… well
played, Turkmenistan, well played. With a healthy living-obsessed president -
where can America get one of those? - leading the charge, authorities in
Turkmenistan have publicly burned piles of cigarettes as they embark on a
campaign to stamp out smoking. It’s a wonderful effort that is fitting in a
place like Turkmenistan, where a poor populace that doesn’t seem to understand
just how awful smoking is to one’s health is caught in the trap of cheap smokes
and lack of knowledge. Sure, they also reside in a secretive and authoritarian
Central Asian nation whose name almost makes it sound like a made-up country
and that may be enough to drive a person to smoke at times, but nothing is
worth shoving lung darts into your mouth and drastically upping your chances
for lung cancer, emphysema and so many other wonderful ailments. Enter
President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, whose name makes for a baller Scrabble
score and who last week publicly lamented the wide availability of cigarettes.
When a dictator speaks, his country tends to listen and shortly after his
remarks, most shops pulled cancer sticks from their shelves. That helped, but
cigarettes remained in some stores and those who kept selling them were able to
jack their prices up to $14 from $6 for a single pack. Turkmenistan has taken
anti-smoking steps before, banning it in all public places, including on the
street, in 2000. It remains legal, but is strongly discouraged - apparently not
strongly enough. Taking a blowtorch to piles of death sticks as village elders
and diplomats look on could come across as a bit extreme, but when it comes to
smoking, you get a little leeway in terms of how you bring the practice to an
end……….
- Washington
Wizards coach Randy Wittman has been accused of many negative things during his
time leading various NBA teams, but this is a new one. Wittman isn't exactly
known as one of the best coaches in the Association, but Boston Celtics forward
Jae Crowder isn't bothered by Wittman’s lack of offensive savvy or his locker
room presence. No, Crowder is bent because the veteran forward picked up a technical
foul during the Celtics' victory over the Wizards and says the reason he
received the T is because Wittman used profanity toward him. Crowder made a
layup with 3.9 seconds remaining to help Boston to a 119-117 victory, but his
winning shot came in the same minute of the game in which referee Tony Brothers
whistled Crowder for a technical for arguing while standing in the blocks
awaiting John Wall's free throws. According to Crowder, Wittman was on the
other end of his remarks and instigated the exchange. "I feel like he was
getting away with a lot of curse words and inappropriate words to me, and I
retaliated and I got hit," Crowder said. "Tony said he didn't hear
anything from Wittman. I'm not going to outburst on a coach and say something
like that for no reason." Wittman didn’t address the situation after the
game, but Wizards guard John Wall said he heard Crowder exchanging words in the
direction of the Wizards bench. "He said something towards our bench, and
somebody had said something back at him," Wall said. Like Wittman, the officiating
crew left the building before it could comment and so it was simply Crowder,
ranting at the world and trying to explain why he nearly cost his team the game
before saving it for them………..
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