Mountain Middays - Daily Dose of Weird May 09, 2014- The Most Ironic Prison Assignment Ever

Have you watched Orange is the New Black?

Watch it. It has changed the way I look at jail time. In fact it actually has made me fear going to jail more than I did before I watched the show.

All I could think about while I read this story was a character in the show, Red, and what her response would be to this guy. The culprit in this story is a former New York City Police Officer who is behind bars for allegedly planning to take part in cannibalism in real life online.  I think it is great that he is now working to pursue becoming a chef; but it is so ironic and strange.

Part of me wonders if he maybe should have been a chef instead of a police officer. Maybe all of his alleged cannibalistic online crimes would not have happened if he was pursuing his dream to make people food… phrasing. Maybe he should have always been in the kitchen cooking for people… better?

Urg. Choking on irony. 

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Mountain Middays - Daily Dose of Weird May 07, 2014- Sticking Around After A Robbery

I will never have the balls to rob a place. I guess I will never have balls period, so maybe that phrase is not quite accurate.

This story baffles me. Not only because the crocks had the audacity to hold up a gas station, but because they were cocky enough to lengthen their stay after firing a gun at the clerk. They told him to hang out in the bathroom for a few hours so they could set-up shop and offer a discount to anyone pumping gas and paying in cash. Go big or go home right? Apparently you might as well break some more laws while you are committing a major felony.  

I would totally think something was fishy if this deal was offered to me in the middle of the night at a gas station. Unfortunately there is no such thing as Happy Hour at the gas bar. Generally if anyone approaches me after dark at a gas station I assume something horrible is going to happen. Have you ever heard the story about a girl ignoring a man trying to tell her that someone was in the backseat of her car hiding --- only to be killed a short time later because she did not talk to the stranger at the gas station? That story alone is why I will never drive anything larger than a compact car and why 95% of my gas purchases are made in daylight.

Parents, tell your kids that story. Not only will they lock the doors to their car all the time, they will have a big ole’ fear of driving alone at night.

Anyways this gas station robbery was brazen to say the least. To check out the full story click here. 

Mountain Middays - Daily Dose of Weird April 24, 2014 - The Great Axe Indy Thief of 2014

Sorry about the delay and the little break. I did not like Wednesday’s Weird News item, “Palcohol” so I took the day off from posting.

After a busy weekend I am back to writing and getting ready for a half-week at work. So the first of my two posts today is about “The Great Axe Indy Thief of 2014”.  If you are visiting Indiana and see a crap load of cheap (well cheaper) Axe body wash be wary... I can’t imagine that anyone would ever keep this much Axe; it is beyond a lifetime supply.

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