Signs and More Signs

As I was searching for the lesser reported news stories this week, it occurred to me that maybe some of the assorted victims and perpetrators, might of done well to look for guidance along the way. 

I have always wavered between the ideologies of how our lives play out.  There are those that might believe in destiny i.e.  that everything is predetermined and we just need to follow the signs.  There are those that believe that we chart our own course, use free will and land where we deserve to land.  Some might believe that it is a total crap shoot due to being in the right place at the right time,  with a little luck and "who you know" thrown in. 

I am not convinced that our purpose in life is all mapped out for us but I do think that there might be some hints along the way to steer us

in the right direction.  It can't hurt to keep your head up and your eyes open.

Here's A Tip For You



If you are planning of skipping out
without paying, this might not have been
a good sign.

 Here is a TIP for anyone that plans on dining and dashing at the local Applebee's Bar and Grill.  Make sure you don't pick the evening that the local police department is doing a fund raiser. 

According to the Dona Ana County Sheriff's Office, that is exactly what happened on March 1, at the Applebee's restaurant in Las Cruces.

Alan Golden, 22, ate dinner at the restaurant with two women and left without paying his bill... leaving a $30 balance, police said.

Golden didn't get far as that was the night the police department was hosting a "Tip a Cop" fundraiser where all  the regular staff was replaced by police officers.  The officers waited tables in an effort to raise money for the New Mexico Special Olympics.

Authorities arrested Golden and charged him with obtaining services less than $100. He was booked into the Dona Ana County Detention Center on a $250 surety bond.

(Shaking my head)...really, someone would skip out on the bill at a restaurant full of cops???  Dine and Dash DumbA**.



Is That Mummy Mommy?

Gladys Bergmeier was known by her neighbors to be a pack rat who filled her house with plants and plastic bags stuffed with a mix of important papers and trash. Outdated newspapers and magazines were piled throughout her house in suburban St. Louis.

On February 7th, a relative found Gladys dead within the piles of "stuff" that filled her small home.  That wasn't the worst of it, though.  Three weeks later, when a relative was going through the piles of trash, they found a mummified body that authorities believe may be the remains of Glady's long unseen mother, Gladys Stansbury.

Neighbors described Bergmeier as a sweet person and somewhat of a loner. They recall that her mother moved in around 1993 when the area was ravaged by a flood.  No one recalls seeing Stansbury since that time.

The St. Louis County medical examiner's office is trying to determine the identity and the time of death of the mummy. 

If you house is so full of stuff that there are dead bodies buried, perhaps you just have too much....seriously...TOO MUCH STUFF.

First Rule of Dating

If you are trying to make a good first impression to win the favor of a girl, you might want to not rob her and her mother.



Which way should mugger man go to get
to his new home????

 According to KDKA TV in Pittsburg, John Jardini faces charges after approaching a woman and her mother on the street and robbing them of $60.00.

Shortly after the robbery, Jardini called the woman twice to ask her if she had a boyfriend and if she would like to go out with him. The woman, who seemingly wasn't equally besotted with Jardini,  called the police to report the robbery and the unwanted phone calls.

Police used the cell phone to track  Jardini's location.  He was in the process of assaulting the young woman for the second time that day.  Seems the lovestruck loser was smitten. 

A neighbor of the victim was interviewed by KDKA TV and asked question "How could you be that damn stupid?

Jardini is being held without bail for robbery and assault.


The answer to the neighbor's inquiry.....it would seem there is no upper limit to this guy's "amount of stupid".


Now that is just Fowl!

A Michigan woman says she is a prisoner on her own property.  She is being stalked and assaulted by a 25 pound turkey that she  calls by the name of Godzilla. 

Edna Geisler told the Detroit Free Press that the turkey wanders her property in Commerce Township and attacks her as she comes and goes.  Recently she couldn't enter her front door after returning home with groceries.

She said she now tries to go to the post office at 6:00 AM in order to avoid him.  (Are we to assume that Godzilla isn't an early riser?) She has tried to alter her schedule  to avoid him but he is ever vigilant.

Geisler says she has been bumped and clawed and her friend, Rick Reid, said the turkey attacked him and bit him on his elbow. (Frankly, Rick, I think you need to consider yourself lucky.  An elbow isn't the worst part he could have picked.)

Geisler is anxiously awaiting hunting season which starts in April.  She was quoted as saying, "Every time I eat turkey, I smile."

Hey, Godzilla, I think you have cooked your goose and are soon  to be "a dead duck".  Have fun while you can you jerky turkey.  Your days are numbered.