Dumb Criminal of the Week

It's that time again! Time for the Dumb Criminal of the Week! This week, I present to you:

Arizona police say Jarad Desanti, George Brabakos and Robert Jeter, pictured left to right, staged an elaborate plan to steal 200 gallons of gasoline.
The threesome allegedly used a van equipped with a false floor, siphoning equipment and a 450 gallon tank outside a Circle K in Phoenix, AZ.
The van, however, was leaking fuel and when an alarm at the station sounded, a clerk called the cops.
When police arrived on the scene they reportedly found a gun and the three men. Two of them were siphoning gas. Jeter was in the van passed out from the fumes.

I guess they were just missing the gas masks.

The three men are charged with armed burglary.

As usual, all stories of dumb criminals come from Dumb as a Blog.

Food for Thought

Among the gazillions of food blogs are some that always feature a subject you know and love -as long as you know and love what the blogger has chosen to write about. When a blogger has a passion for a specific subject, they have no trouble finding enough material, no matter how narrow the chosen subject. Even if it’s only one particular dish.

“Bento” is Japanese for lunchbox, and “Kyaraben” or “Charaben” means character bento, or lunches that look like works of art. Anna the Red's is a Bento maker that truly makes food into art. (Babar Bento box shown above)


There’s no shortage of excessive foods, and the recent trend of combining rich foods into a overindulgent culinary orgy is a sure way to get attention on the internet (remember the Luther Burger?). This is Why You’re Fat collects those incidences of outrageous calorie consumption for your amusement. At least it’s supposed to be for amusement. Shown are Bacon Cheese Turtleburgers, a combination of ground beef, cheese, and bacon with hot dog limbs.

This next blog definitely strikes a chord with me, as a hospital employee. I never hear the end of the complaints about the food. Now, I think that, for hospital food, my hospital’s cafeteria isn’t too bad. Although, some patient’s are impossible to please. Hospital Food is a photo blog that shows you what hospital patients are eating all over the world, mostly submitted by readers.

What’s for School Lunch? is a similar blog with some information about each meal. Both blogs will make you consider moving to France.

For those with a penchant for the humorously grotesque, you may want to check out the blog Cannibal Weekly. Entries range from the benefits of consuming blood, to restaurant ideas for the cannibalistically inclined, to deciding which of your friends to eat.

It's sickly funny, which I really enjoy. It's the kind of funny you can feel bad about enjoying. But you won't.

See the Blog Here.

Dumb Criminal of the Week

How was your Valentine's Day? Did you get drunk and drive to a jail to request a conjugal visit with an inmate? No? Good. Because that would be stupid. Read on:

Denise Rutledge, pictured, was highly intoxicated when she drove to a jail on Sunday to request a conjugal visit with an inmate, according to police in Flagler County, FL.

First of all, the jail doesn’t allow conjugal visits, and secondly, deputies say Rutledge was acting oddly enough to merit following her to the parking lot.

She reportedly failed a field sobriety test and her blood-alcohol content was a .256, which is more than three times Florida’s legal limit.

Rutledge, 45, was charged with DUI and later released on $500 bond.

The good news?: I totally think I found Denise a love match. She should definitely hook up with the guy from Iowa who allegedly sauntered into a police station reeking of booze just to pick up some forms.

St. Louis Du Ha! Ha!

Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! is a parish in the regional county municipality of Témiscouata, Quebec, near the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Canada. It is located southeast of Rivière-du-Loup and west of Cabano along the Trans-Canada Highway(Route 185), about halfway to Edmundston in New Brunswick.
The population of Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! is 1,471. Its economy is mainly agricultural. Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!'s motto is Solidaire dans le labeur, French for Solidarity in work.

A Catholic mission was started here in 1860, and the town was named in 1874. The name has nothing to do with laughter, but rather from an old French word for unexpected barrier or dead end. The "dead end" refers to Lac Temiscouata, 8 km to the east, where early canoe travellers were forced to begin an 80 km overland portage to Notre Dame de Portage on the St Lawrence.

The town is small and close knit, with a few small businesses and not much to speak of in tourism, but the quirky name has kept it on the map. St. Louis du Ha! Ha! Is the only place in North America whose name includes two exclamation points.

Read These Articles

Ok, these are hilarious/horrifying. Hilarifying? Anyways, they are definitely worth the read.

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6 Ways your Body Loves to Screw You (Explained by Science!)

5 Ways to Hack Your Brain into Awesomeness

Living to 100 Years old

I read an interesting article in TIME magazine about centenarians. (people who live to 100 years old) It cited research that said living to a ripe old age is a process that has two factors. Genetics is definitely a factor, accounting for 30% of a persons ability to age gracefully to 100, but behaviors and habits account for 70% of this ability. So, even if you have short-lived genes, you can extend your life by having healthy habits.

This picture, by the way, is a group of siblings all from the same family that are part of the aging study, called the Long Life Family Study (LLFS). This picture includes Six of the eight Hurlburt siblings all of which live in New England, including Peggy (79), Helen (88), Millie (93), Peter (80), Agnes (96) and Muriel (89).

The study included many previously examined reasons for healthy aging including caloric restriction ( the idea that an extremely low-calorie, high nutrition diet prolongs life. more info here) and the tried-and-true healthy diet, regular exercise, and mental agility training method we all know and love. It appears that certain aspects of both of these methods have some truth to them. To stay healthy, a good diet is key. We all know this. But, the debate centers around what, exactly, that diet should contain. Along with diet, we all know exercise is key to a healthy body, but research shows that exercise can also help keep a healthy mind. The study showed that seniors who regularly exercised with resistance or weights had greater mental acuity.

Another key to healthy aging that was mentioned in the article was one that I have been told many times by my own elderly family members. Learning and activity keeps the mind sharp. Elderly people who keep regular hobbies and activities including social interactions have greater mental acuity and problem solving skills. Learning a new language or skill after middle age appears to be a valuable component in healthy aging.

Of course, the issue is extremely complicated and not totally understood yet, but the article raised some very interesting points. For the full article, click here.

Dumb Criminal of the Week

Suspicious activity happens at Waffle Houses all across the country, especially, it seems, around 3 AM. Even celebs like Kid Rock can’t seem to behave themselves there. And Monday morning in Kingsport, TN was no different.

That’s when police were tipped off to some suspicious activity, and pulled over a car with Haile O. Dujon, pictured, sitting in the backseat. Problem #1 for Haile, according to cops: he reeked of booze and pot, Problem #2: he was allegedly carrying around nearly $3,500 worth of cash, and Problem #3: he couldn’t keep his balance when asked to get out of the car, police say.

Dujon denied he had smoked pot or had any weed in his possession. But when cops took him in for a strip search, they say they found a bag of pot and two bags of pills hidden in his dreadlocks.

So now Dujon, 29, isn’t only charged with possession of drugs and possession of drugs for resale. He’s also charged with introducing narcotics into a penal facility.

Valentine's Day!

So, Valentine's day is coming up fast! In fact, it is 6 days away. (Yikes!) I'm not too worried, though, I've got my husband's gift covered. I got him this funny t-shirt from www.thinkgeek.com. It works for him on many levels. First, that equation at the bottom is the real equation for finding the volume of a disc. Also, it spells pizza. V=pi*z*z*a. It's genius, I know!

Now, I'll try and wrap it up real nice and throw in something a little more romantic as well, but I think I did pretty good this year! I have no idea what our plans are for the holiday, but I'm sure it will be great. We've now officially made it though our first 6 months of marriage and we haven't killed each other yet. I think that calls for a celebration. If nothing else, it sets a pretty good precedent.

I really enjoy Valentine's day on a level not limited to my marriage. I like handing out baked goods and paper hearts and, at least jokingly, sharing the love with all my special somebodies. (also known as all my girls!) I think I just remember elementary school, and how much fun it was to make a fancy construction paper and lace covered drug-store card Valentine receptacle out of an old shoe box with a hole cut in the top. I remember sifting though all the valentines I got and thinking about how the style chosen usually reflected the sender's personality very well. I know some hated it, but I loved the fact that we had to give a valentine to everyone. I always got a secret joy out of giving the extra-nice valentine with my favorite character or picture or cool hologram on it to that shy dorky, sometimes kind of weird kid that no one really liked to talk to. You know, the one that was inevitably in every class? The real life Ralph Wiggum in every elementary class. Sometimes, that kid was me, but when it wasn't, I liked to give them a little something extra to make them feel special.

As for more recent Valentine's Days, it has become less and less of a big deal. On campus, no one is dressed up special or handing out paper cut-out hearts or drugstore valentines. I think everyone tries to protect the feelings of the single folks. I thin people have made Valentine's day an at-home kind of thing so as not to upset friends without a "special somebody". I plan on enjoying myself anyways, though. I'm planing on baking some valentine's sugar cookies to hand out at my husband's job (very small group of coworkers) and getting some ridiculous and very childish valentines to hand out at work. (I'm pretty close friends with all my coworkers)

All things considered, I am excited for Valentine's Day this year. Happy Valentine's Day!

Dumb Criminal of the Week

So I figure it's Wednesday, so I should post another Dumb Criminal of the Week. This one comes from TruTV's "Dumb as a Blog".

People get arrested for drinking and driving all the time, so I guess we can categorize them as collectively “dumb.”

But sometimes it’s what you say to the cops when you're pulled over while stinking drunk that earns you a spot in the Dumb Criminal directory. Today is one of those days.

Daniel Joseph Mahoney, pictured, was arrested on suspicion of DUI on Saturday--the first time he'd been picked up for such a charge--after ramming his car into a pole.

"I've been drinking and driving for 20 years and never got caught before tonight," he allegedly admitted to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Troopers say Mahoney, 40, was sitting on his rear bumper when they arrived on the scene.

"I'll be honest with you," he told them, according to the report. "I've had too much to drink tonight and I hit a pole."

Which begs me to question, "Is honesty always the best policy?"

See the original entry here:http://blog.trutv.com/dumb_as_a_blog/dumb_criminals/

Crime Scene Techniques

I found a fantastic website with videos of proper forensic evidence collection. It's really cool! I has videos for everything from lifting fingerprints to testing for blood. It's a great resource for those interested in forensic investigation. I'll give the link for the site at the bottom.

In other news, I got word that my application is under consideration for the Nursing program. I have no idea when they will make a decision, but they are at least looking at it now. This makes me happy, but nervous. Decision day may come sooner than I expected, and I still have no idea what to do! Yikes!

CSI Gizmos and Gadgets:

http://www.csigizmos.com/video.html

I think I need one of these!

I think I totally need this product! Techno Shower Party!

The colorful Changing Shower Head:

The Colorful Changing Shower Head requires no wiring and no batteries. (I know, amazing, right?) The LED lights are powered by the water running through the shower! I had begun planning my disco party, but then I heard that the color of the light depends on the temperature of the water. I guess it’s useful to know whether the water is before you step in.

Even without batteries, it seems there would still be some kind of electricity generated within the shower head, which is a little weird to think about in the shower. There’s also the issue of showering with the bathroom light off to get the full effect, but I would have to think this out before doing it. Too bad I don’t have a lightswitch closer to the shower. The shower head is on a wand-type neck, and the product page says you can screw it directly into your shower pipe.

The article I read about it said there was a color changing shower that is not dependent on water temperature. It was the RIO Spectrum, and it lets you program the color changes ahead of time. The drawback is that it costs about $4,000. In contrast, the Colorful Changing Shower Head is only $17.73 from a company called Budget Gadgets.