weird news
I have a couple great news clips for you:
In February, a court in Cardiff, Wales, once again released Thelma Dennis, 50, to get therapy for her addiction of making bogus emergency (”999″) telephone calls, even though she has been prosecuted about 60 times in 24 years on similar charges. In an earlier case, Dennis agreed to a therapy that sent painful shocks through her body every time she dialed 999, and she remained free of problems for four years but reoffended recently by making up a bomb threat against a store. [BBC News, 2-8-08]
And one more:
Toronto police announced in February that they had arrested the man who had stolen a backhoe with the intention of driving it to a car wash in order to break down a wall and get at the facility’s coin machine. The call to police came from a snow plow that was hot on the backhoe’s heels, with the driver having diverted from his route to chase the thief. [Toronto Star, 2-13-08]
On the slightly-less-funny front, Misty had a pretty rough day. The high dose of chemo that they gave her yesterday came with an equally heightened share of side effects. Today was marginally better…but no where near good. Our (now 15 months old!!) daughter gave us a few good chuckles today though…she’s always good for a few laughs :)
