Greetings and Salutations, People: Like an alligator farm in the Colorado Mountains, it doesn’t really make sense, but somehow…it works. THIS is Vertically Striped Radio.
If I ever get old, I’ll live at the grocery store.
Tweet of the Week:
Aspersioncast
My Glee Club is just a baseball bat that I use to hit happy people over the head with.
My Glee Club is just a baseball bat that I use to hit happy people over the head with.
Today on VSR – We get philosophical with something to think about, we’ve got a wonderfully stupid 911 call, We’ll have some fun with Craig’s list, and we’ll probably just jibber jabber a bit.
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(Bring on Face) –
A riddle: Mohammad Ali, Windows 95, and a Three-Toed Sloth – What do they ALL have in common? They all run faster than the Dameshek.com message board.
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
LIMA, Peru (AP) -- It's not easy being Superman.
It only earns about $160 a month for Avelino Chavez, who dresses up daily as the caped hero.
But oh, the adventures!
The 52-year-old Chavez can't fly but does seem to be everywhere in Lima: at political rallies and speeches, at a wedding shoot for Peru's famed opera tenor Juan Diego Florez, hawking tours and flights on behalf of a travel agency in the central Plaza de Armas.
"Hola Superman!" people shout to him.
"Hola, Superamigo!" he'll shout back.
Chavez became a superhero 15 years ago after a failed go at bullfighting and jobs as a craftsman, laboratory worker and brothel security guard.
"I lost my job but realized that I could be Superman. I went to the store and bought a blue shirt and a cousin of mine who is a seamstress sewed the cape, the boots, the belt and the red tights," he told The Associated Press.
He hasn't lacked for work since.
One political party even asked him to run for Congress a decade ago. He agreed, but didn't win the seat.
Chavez says he tries to "maintain order in the city." In 2002, he says, he recovered from a thief a purse the man had stolen from a woman.
But Superman proved the ticket to steady work.
Single and childless, Chavez lives in a rented apartment in a poor neighborhood in central Lima.
He says he doesn't have a girlfriend.
"But when I get a girlfriend I would like to make love on the moon."
MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) -- A New Jersey woman who was struck in the face with a baseball at a Little League game is suing the young catcher who threw it.
Elizabeth Lloyd is seeking more than $150,000 in damages to cover medical costs stemming from the incident at a Manchester Little League game two years ago. She's also seeking an undefined amount for pain and suffering.
Lloyd was sitting at a picnic table near a fenced-in bullpen when she was hit with the ball. Catcher Matthew Migliaccio was 11 years old at the time and was warming up a pitcher.
The lawsuit filed April 24 alleges Migliaccio's errant throw was intentional and reckless, "assaulted and battered" Lloyd and caused "severe, painful and permanent" injuries.
A second count alleges Migliaccio's actions were negligent and careless through "engaging in inappropriate physical and/or sporting activity" near Lloyd. She continues to suffer pain and anguish, incur medical expenses and has been unable to carry out her usual duties and activities, the lawsuit says.
And Lloyd's husband, in a third count, is suing for the loss of "services, society and consortium" of his wife. They've demanded a jury trial.
Steve Barr, a spokesman for Little League, declined to comment on the litigation. He said each local league is required to have accident insurance, but that only covers personnel.
"That includes coaches, players, even concession stand workers. But it does not cover spectators," Barr said.
Matthew's father, Bob Migliaccio, said they were concerned for Lloyd when it happened. Then his son started receiving threatening and nasty letters, he said, and he started getting angry.
Migliaccio said if his son had been horsing around, he would feel differently. But Matthew was doing what his coaches told him to do, he said, and noted Little League players aren't always accurate in their throws.
"It's absurd to expect every 11-year-old to throw the ball on target," Migliaccio said. "Everyone knows you've got to watch out. You assume some risk when you go out to a field. That's just part of being at a game."
UXBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- A woman told police she drove her car into a sand trap on a Massachusetts golf course because her GPS sent her the wrong way.
Police say she was drunk.
Patricia Maione was held on $10,000 bail after pleading not guilty Tuesday to charges including driving with a suspended license and fourth offense drunken driving.
Authorities say the 47-year-old woman's car got stuck at the Whitinsville Golf Club in Northbridge on Monday. She told police her GPS told her to turn left, which she said led her through a corn field and onto the golf course.
Police say they found a cup filled with alcohol in her car.
There were golfers on the course at the time, but no one was hurt.
I’m Craig, and that is the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Bring in the Whale:
Band name of the week:
Attentive Torso
Mr. Mustard
Something to Think About:
1 - How to make people dislike you: Call an offensive charge in pickup basketball (Or if you want to confuse them, call illegal defense)
2 - You know how you can tell whether or not you have a thrilling job: Can you “Go Rogue” or not?
3 - How do you handle a very good friend who is terrible at Facebook?
4 - “Man” is a terrible last name. Because you’re always being called Mister Man.
5 - Everything “Makes History” not just Records
6 – Who is more ridiculous in 2012? The guy who wears a Mike Vick Falcons jersey or the guy who drives a Hummer?
7 - Does anyone press 5 to leave a callback number?
Rother McLennon really doesn’t like how the Grateful Deli is making is sandwich:
(Clip 50 – 911 Sandwich)
I’ll be on Bar Side Rambling this coming week.
Trick Questions:
Here’s a simple arithmetic question: A bat and ball cost a dollar and ten cents. The bat costs a dollar more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
In a lake, there is a patch of lily pads. Every day, the patch doubles in size. If it takes 48 days for the patch to cover the entire lake, how long would it take for the patch to cover half of the lake?
Movies:
50-50
Moonrise Kingdom
Hyde Park on Hudson – Bill Murray playing Teddy Roosevelt
Craig’s List:
Jamaica has been accepted into the International Ice Hockey Federation
-Called JOIHT – Jamaican Olympic Ice Hockey Team
-Based out of Denver
Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
Barenaked Ladies – Bank Job – from 2006’s Barenaked Ladies are Me.
Shalom and Good Evening to you all!
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