My wife and I have been together for almost nine years now, and over the years I have developed a bit of a habit. If I am walking through our house and pass by my wife I will give her a little smack on the butt. Sometimes she will even reply with “Ooh, do it again!” I have done it so many times over the years that there are times I do not even realize that I am doing it, in a sense it has just become second nature. Last week that second nature habit almost got me in some potentially serious trouble.

On my way home from work I made a quick stop by Crest Foods, it is a local grocery chain here in Oklahoma City. I had a very short list of items: Froot Loops, 2% Milk and Tide liquid-detergent. When shopping alone I pride myself on getting in and out of the store in record time, besides I did not want to be late picking my son up from daycare. Upon entering the grocery store I opted for the little hand-held bachelor basket instead of getting the large shopping cart, since I was only getting a few things. When shopping alone I choose to go to the back of the store and work my way forward. So I went to the dairy section and got one gallon of 2% Milk, now only two items left, this is going to be a quick trip. Next I made my way to the aisle with the detergent and found myself a really nice deal on Tide liquid-detergent, now only one item left on the list. I am almost done! Now to the cereal aisle, which is one of my favorite locations in the store. It brings back a lot of childhood memories for me, not to mention there are usually some really great deals on cereal waiting to be found.

Once I made it a few steps into the cereal aisle, out of the corner of my eye I saw a women bent over picking up a box of cereal. This woman had pretty-much the same build as my wife, same color of hair, even the same style of clothing that my wife wears. I guess in that moment,  my brain sent a signal to my hand to move in for a little smack on the booty. My hand was actually in motion to do so, the only reason I didn’t follow through was because as I continued to walk down the cereal aisle I notice a horrified look on the old lady pushing her cart towards me. It was in that moment that the emergency fail-safe mechanism was deployed, an override command was sent to my hand and danger was averted.

Now I have to tell you this was all subconscious, honestly.  It’s not like I was really checking the woman out or even thinking about actually giving her a smack on the butt. If the emergency fail-safe mechanism had failed and I had followed through with the smack on the butt to a total stranger, I have idea about how things would have panned out. Maybe the old lady pushing her cart towards me would have screamed, maybe the “victim” would have slapped me in the face or maybe she would have said “Ooh, do it again!”

El pasado 20 de noviembre de 2009 se estableció el récord mundial de fumar marihuana, y encima legalmente.

El estado de Florida hace 27 años que ha estado subministrando marihuana al Sr. Irvin Rosenfeld, broker en la bolsa de Florida de 56 años, por motivos médicos. Es el paciente consumidor de cannabis medicinal más antiguo del mundo, que se conozca. Y en estos 27 años se calcula que ha fumado unos 85 kilos de marihuana o lo que es lo mismo: 115.000 porros.

Irvin Rosenfeld padece una extraña enfermedad llamada exostosis múltiple. Fue seleccionado el año 1982 para el programa llamado Federal Drug Administration’s Investigational New Drug (IND) Program. En este caso la marihuana le fue subministrada para aliviar los fuertes dolores que le provocaba la enfermedad aprovechando los efectos analgésicos del THC.

La marihuana ha sido cultivada en el campus de la Universidad de Missisipi y servida en una farmacia federal en un paquete de 300 cigarrillos de marihuana cada mes: 11 porros al día.

El Sr. Rosenfeld pasó un exhaustivo examen medico el año 2001 y su estado de salud era excelente para una persona de su edad. Entre otras pruebas se le hicieron escáners del celebro, pruebas de funcionalidad pulmonar, pruebas neuropsicológicas, ensayos hormonales e inmunológicos, electroencefalogramas y… ningún daño médico significativo después de 22 años fumando cannabis. Después de haber fumado 80.000 porros Irvin mantenía una capacidad pulmonar del 108%.

Vía : lamarihuana.com

So, what you do if that’s not working? That’s it. All the tutorials say on the vast internet.

You register all the possible SASLMechanism those are provided by the api/javadoc. Still, its throwing the SASLauthentication failed exception saying authentication failed by “PLAIN” mechanism.

So, what you do?

Easy. You go and un-register that mechanism. Think beyond tutorials and javadoc. Think common sense.

Taliban trying to turn US troops into heroin addicts

Insurgents in Afghanistan are using heroin as a tactical weapon against US forces, hoping to emulate the drug problems that plagued US troops in Vietnam and Soviet troops in Afghanistan in the 1980s, says a new investigative report.

In a report at the Daily Beast, author Gerald Posner cites “an internal US intelligence report” that “concluded [insurgents] are targeting American troops in an effort to undermine their effectiveness, while raising cash to pay for new recruits and weaponry.”

The report brings up inevitable comparisons to the Vietnam War of the 1960s and 1970s and the Soviet war in Afghanistan that ended two decades ago. It also raises the possibility that the conflict in Afghanistan will spill over into the streets of America as returning troops bring their addictions home with them.

The Taliban’s Heroin Ploy

Another Doom Loop
Afghan Heroin part 1
Afghan Heroin part 2

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Pot Plantations in Afghanistan
a lot of sticky
weed grows like weeds
high and fighting

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Are Americans Fighting and Dying in Afghanistan for Chinese Profits?
China’s Winning Bid For Copper Rights Includes Power Plant, Railroad
China Metallurgical Group agreed to invest billions of dollars in the project and related infrastructure development — including the construction of a coal-fired electrical power plant and what would be Afghanistan’s first freight railway.

By the estimates of some geologists, deposits at Afghanistan’s Aynak copper field in Logar Province make it the world’s largest undeveloped copper field.

The deal gives China Metallurgical Group the right to extract high-quality copper from the area south of Kabul. China gains with US Military protection

Copper deposits worth $88 billion

20 Million Bribe?

why are we still there?
Voice of Reason pt1
Voice of Reason pt2

Cha-Sa smiles for the camera, 950 times later!

Watch out Korean drivers! In Seoul, on Wednesday, a 68 year old, Korean woman passed her written drivers exam after taking it 950 times (I bet most of you are happy you don’t have to drive on Korean streets right about now.)

Cha- Sa soon has been taking the test almost every day since April 2005. She supposedly needs her license for her vegetable business. She was obviously very determined, because I don’t know anyone who would voluntarily put themselves through that much stress and humiliation.Shouldn’t there be a rule on how many times you take the driving exam? I’m sure any person would agree that 950 times is a little more than excessive. Sorry, lady but come on now, some people just aren’t good at things and obviously driving is something that you just weren’t cut out to do.

If it took her 950 times to pass the rules of the road can you imagine what kind of driver she is behind the wheel? She now actually has to apply what she wasn’t good at understanding and drive around other cars and people. I would not want to be that driving instructor.

~Brooke Belke

With the album hitting store shelves this week, 50 stopped by The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien Wednesday (Nov 18th) for an interview and to perform his smash hit single “Baby By Me” off his new album “Before I Self Destruct”.I went aghast when he talked about his new fragance ” Power by 50″ best single encapsulated by “The Smell of Success” ! Meanwhile , Conan help him out to sell his 37 Ba Megamansion in Connecticut and do some little branding..

Last night I was a little sad and feeling sorry for myself. A bit of tearful self-pity. Nothing like a house full of sick people to smack one right back into reality. Husband and middle son have been up all night, sick to their stomachs with the runs. We thought we were being so careful to avoid the swine flu that is making its way through the school that the good old stomach flu just snuck up and bit them in the butt. First thoughts were some type of food poisoning but since that doesn’t seem to be ringing true, we are stuck with the stomach flu theory. I have been up and down most of the night and no offense, but men are pretty bad when they are sick. Hopefully, the two of them recuperate quickly and no one else falls.

Naughty @ 100% …

Originally uploaded by nascity

my sister and co had to move out from their thornlie rented home because it had just been bought by another so had to babysit the kids -ridwan (5), rayhan (3), muhammad (1) and musa (2 weeks old) for a few days this week and i think after babysitting them -i’m happy with just one…alhamdulillah!!!

baz’s countless toys, storybooks, even my own wii , cooking wasn’t enough to tame these kids especially rayhan…

the living room, kitchen, bedrooms looked unrecognisable with pillows, food scraps, books, pens, toys everywhere…and i normally like things clean, in order, organised…

have to confess something…i’m normally not for hitting kids to disciplining them…would prefer pysching them out before ever using the hand but had lost my patience with rayhan when he ran onto the ever-busy street yesterday after not listening to dad to come inside…my heart just stopped and prayed no cars was to enter the road when rayhan kept going further and further onto the even more busier street the more i called him to come inside until i literally shouted at him to stop of which he did – i think he did so because he hadnt heard anyone shout to him as stern as i did yesterday afternoon. think the whole mirrabooka heard me. when he did hget near i couldn’t help but give him a good whack on the hand for not listening and disobeying…had reported this to his dad and when he came to pick them up, rayhan got another whacking again…

i don’t know how mum raised us 7 kids…but i know can remember was never as chaotic and feral as they were because mum was so strict…or am i slowly becoming like my mum?

The scenery on my way down to Marshall Street...beautiful isn't it. Also, for clarity's sake, most of these people are witnesses, not protestors.

If you look closely at the sign, it says “Islam is an Evil, Oppressive, Violent, Murderous Religion” and I can’t even begin to say how incredibly inaccurate this statement is. If you have any semblance of a brain and aren’t deluded by those hatemongers akin to Glenn Beck, you’ll already know. If you don’t, I have no way of convincing you because you clearly belong to a faction of American society that follows ignorant statements spewed by TV pundits pandering to the lowest common public fear for ratings. Coincidentally, this is exactly what Hitler did to get elected in Germany and then carry out the Holocaust.

On a side note, the gentleman in the black coat with his back turned to the camera followed me after I took this picture with my cellphone. He seems to believe that he can sue me if I post this on the Internet. He clearly doesn’t know his media law (thank you Professor Gutterman). He was in a public place, the sidewalk on the corner of University and Waverly Avenue in Syracuse. This locale is just outside the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, ripe full of budding journalists. Smart location if you want to keep your ignorant, protesting identity a secret.

Second side note, the guy holding the sign is changing it up. Last week his sign featured an aborted fetus. Someone needs a day job.

–Kate Holloway, Editor-at-Large

Update 3:10 PM – I forgot to mention that the man with the hateful sign was also holding another sign about Jesus and love and spewing out messages to the effect that Islam was spread on the hilt of a sword (I can’t remember the exact quote, so I won’t try to put it). I know we’re the ironic generation, but Crusades and American colonization anyone?

Delicious honey scent,
dizzy floral in accent,
that elusive air fumers long to match,
and the attraction,
a chemical burning certitude,
a wet contact stimulation,
visceral and raw,
an ignition–
in the body a motivation.

Earthly escape a mental illusion,
transcendental mystification futile pretense,
for beloved’s embodied manifestation a slick magic,
her measure a singularity pull–
it happens,
it happens,
it happens.

The particle and the wave,
the flavour and the taste,
are these coupled gravity things that present,
and presented accepted,
my darling now,
right now–
a slap,
and a smack,
the effect of divine odour on false meditation.

I think everyone is familiar with the song “Somebody to Love” by Queen.

For the past two weeks, I’ve had objections against this song: What if God answers your plea?  What’s wrong about this song is that it’s only asking for someone to love… the sad part is it does not necessarily mean that whoever you love will love you in return.  Take note that you did not ask for someone to who loves you but you were asking for a person on whom to base/pour those affections on.

Either way, I think, rather now, I thought (note past tense) it would be a sadder case if someone loves you, but the best you can do is commend the person on his/her fine choice as of who to focus those affections on (e.i. yourself).  And it’s even more painful if you care about that person.

And here is where the revelation of my mistake begins.

First, I have isolated Love to equate to romantic feelings, when in reality the sole definition of love is “to care”.  The fact that one becomes sad at not being able to return one’s romantic emotions means that the person does not want to hurt the other’s feelings and in essence cares for that person… not romantically, but it is love all the same.

Second, to expect someone to return any affection you bestow on them is just being selfish, because the bottom line of that way of thinking is it’s still about what you get and what is given to you. 

So about Queen, yes, their song is right, I just hope that lots of people are aware of the deeper insight and not just the wishful thinking.

For you, James, I am eternally grateful to God for sending you to me…I’m just sorry I do not have as much patience as you have with my antics, but I am learning because I want to deserve you.

A Texas man was arrested after he was found sleeping in a closet with a corpse. Just a little creepy...

We have heard the same slogan for years, “Say no to drugs,” but it appears that some people still refuse to listen to the simple knowledge that we have had since elementary school. It amazes me that still people do not understand that hard drugs are horrible for you, can mess you up, and in some cases lead to death.

Cody Jean Plant, a 21 year old man from Houston, learned the hard way when he was found asleep next to a dead body in a vacant building. Why was he there and how did he not know that he was sleeping next to a dead guy?! What I really want to know is, how did they end up in a closet? I know they were high, but it still amazes me that of all places to end up in it would be the closet of a vacant building.

The officer that found Plant said, “ ’It appeared that they were doing some sort of narcotics, at least the one that woke up.’” Can you imagine waking up next to a dead body, especially if it was someone you knew?

Plant was charged with possession of dangerous drugs and if convicted he could spend up to a year in jail. A year? Really? That seems like nothing, when someone died because of the drugs that this guy had. Mr. Plant obviously did not pay attention in school. I guess some people will just never learn.

~Brooke Belke

It’s Old Hick Herself!

Here in D.C., the talk of the town never veers too far from analyzing the facebook musings of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. In the ranking of issues of interest, it goes something like: re-election, re-election, Sarah Palin’s facebook, re-election, sex. And so, I shall contribute and propose a possible senario: Sarah Palin as Andrew Jackson.

In what respect, Kevin? Mini-history: Andrew Jackson’s “outsider” candidacy is largely credited with super-charging the Democratic Party by winning the presidency with grassroots popular support arising from widespread populist discontent over the powers that be. Jackson was the anti-elitist candidate. Palin may not have led troops against the British — but she’s sparking populist tea parties left and (especially) right.Sound mavericky? Let’s look at the recent history of the 23rd New York congressional district. Three candidates vied for the seat vacated by Rep. John McHugh. There was Democratic nominee Bill Owen, and the moderate Republican state Assemblywoman Dierdre Scozzafava, whose liberal social positions failed to satisfy the conservative base.

This paved the way for “conservative” far-right candidate Doug Hoffman to take center stage. His candidacy exploded following the surprise endorsement by – you guessed it –Sarah Palin, who praised him for not being “annointed by the party machine.” Her tone echoed the throngs of anti-tax, town-hall crashing “Tea Party” masses who marched on Washington in September. Scozzafava has since dropped out and endorsed the Dem…and if Hoffman wins, Palin’s clearly the kingmaker.

Who are the other contendors for 2012? Speculation focuses on Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty. Both have supported and stumped for Republican candidates, and would presumabely seek the Republican nomination were they to run for president. But the real conservative leaders today are not in congress or the Republican party — they are in the media. Its a combination of Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, and Sarah Palin — and they are clearly mad has hell and not taking it anymore. They have power.

Just imagine…Sarah Barracuda runs for president as…a mavericky independent. Romney/Palenty and Obama/Biden bicker and alientate and split the vote, until — LIPSTICK — like a Ross Perot with sex appeal and more electoral success, third-party Palin breaks through with a plurality (kind of like how Clinton won in ‘92). Hello Missus Maverick, woman of the people, America’s populist warrior-princess, our prettiest president: Sarah Palin.

Incredibly likely? No. But, with the right sequence of events and a luckless three years for the Obama administration, possible?

You Betchya.

~Kevin Eggleston

“Back Roll“ o “Enrollar hacia atrás” es una técnica que te permitirá utilizar la menor cantidad de papel posible.

La idea es disminuir la inhalación del humo provocado por la combustión del papel y por otra parte, poder disfrutar de mayor forma los aromas y sabores de la genética que estés catando.

PD: Lo único que no nos parece del video es la mezcla que hacen con tabaco.

Imagine: it’s late, you’re coming home from the bars and you’ve had a lot to drink, so what do you do? Walk? No. Call a cab? No. The only logical thing to do would be to drive your La-Z-Boy home, of course!

Sounds crazy, but believe it or not Dennis LeRoy Anderson, a 62 year old man from Minnesota, did just that. After having eight or nine beers back in August 2008 he left the bar in his powered La-Z-Boy and attempted to drive himself home. Unfortunately, on his way he crashed into a parked car.

I’m surprised he made it anywhere with a blood alcohol level of 0.29, which is over three times the legal limit. Anderson was not hurt during the accident and he turned himself in, pleading guilty to a DWI during his trial on Friday.

While this situation sucks, the chair on the other hand sounds awesome. It is a recliner that has a stereo and cup holders and it is powered by a converted lawnmower. Is this what 60-year-olds do in their retirement? Do we work our asses off for years so that one day we can say, “I’m bored today, and I’m old, I think I’m going to make my chair have a motor so I can go wherever I want,” and then actually ride it to a bar?

All I can say is, wow. Mr. Anderson, at 62 I admire you for your inventiveness, but your judgment on the other hand is seriously slipping. It is also a little too late for you to be trying to relive your youth by having a middle aged crisis, which should have probably taken place about 10 years ago.

Anderson received 2 years probation for his actions. Hopefully he will behave better next time and will have the common sense to do what all other people his age do, which does not include acting like a college frat boy.

~Brooke Belke

*update – as of 12 hours after posting this, it had 1 view and that was Shaun’s.   If it were any more ironic, I’d need a new hipster messenger bag.

Fall Out Boy may have said that… but I know for sure they said “I’m in love with my own sins.” I think they actually said “pretend you don’t know your own legend” or something.   I’m not gonna look it up.

I’ve been schooling myself in my own legend today.  I haven’t been this mad in a long time.  Back when I had a “real job” I used to get mad like this pretty often.  That’s why I have a legend.

This bitch right here, she’s got a legend.

<on a true note – I made it about 2 paragraphs into writing this and started laughing.  I’m just this frigging entertaining and that’s NO legend.>

_________________

It goes like this:

Oh no she did not just say that.  Does she know who I am?  She must not have worked here for very long because that bitch don’t know me.  Other folks must not like her because if they did they’d warn her not to piss off that Cyndi bitch.

They say “who?  Mrs.  Dollins?  You better back the fuck up  and say “yes ma’am.”  When she gets mad, shit goes WRONG.  People get fired all the way up to corporate and even Iran gets to pointing a photo-shopped missile at your ass. “

“People hear her name on the phone and just hang the fuck up.  And you know what?  She calls the fuck back.  Then people meet her in real life and think ‘damn that girl is hot’ then they realize who they’re thinking about.  There’s a word for people who like to be around her – masochist.”

Then someone else says “that bitch, Mrs. Dollins?  She’s like a well-trained pit bull.  She’s all quiet and nice and stuff but as soon as you act a fool she’s got her teeth in your neck and you’ll be screamin’ for Jesus to save you.   Nobody’s gonna be standin’ by with a lead pipe or a shotgun to help you neither.  That’s because that lady may be a bitch – but she’s RIGHT and I don’t believe in shooting pit bulls.  I ain’t ever known that girl to be wrong or get too close to a pit bull with a bad attitude.  Ever.  Its best just to take your who0pin and apologize.  Then she’ll get you to write an apology letter to everyone who saw what happened because that shit’s traumatic.”

See, you don’t talk to me like that.  I may be little and cute and even my 9 yo looks more grown than me but I’ll shoot you.  No, I won’t shoot you – I’ll just write the Governor.  You’d rather be shot when I get through with you. The Governor knows who to call.  Actually, his staff knows who to forward the email to. The pen is mightier than a sword or a .22 or some shit.

It could be worse, though.  I could rat you out to the internet.  See this blog?  It’s got companies weeping all over it because someone was fool enough to fuck with me.  I’ll be leaving traces all over Google cache that will prove to my kids I was never a mature adult.  Twenty years from now they’ll be reading my memoir and be like “she was right – they shouldn’t have talked to her THAT way.”

See, cause I’m an internet super-FUCKING-hero.  They don’t even say NYPA to me because I know not to ask.  I just start fucking shit up and they play along.  Next thing you know someone will be paying me money to take off my bra. I’ll be making Encyclopedia Dramatica pages about your ass and leaking your dox to wikileaks.  Now don’t feel special or anything, because the internet isn’t looking FOR YOU.  Trust me, that ED page isn’t going to get any views because the INTERNET DON’T CARE about you acting wrong.  They’re just here to see me and that won’t last long either.

Me?  I’m that bitch that has balls big enough to walk up to Dr. House and dare to have lupus.  I’m trying to sell shit to telemarketers that call me.  I got a collection call the other day and ended up getting PAID.  Sure, it’s true I didn’t get paid by the company calling me but a couple hours later, I got some money and a couple hours after that my bank account balance went up.

I’ll be sending you emails like correlation =/= causation and stuff.  It’ll have the spoiler to Twilight in it and be telling you that Pluto’s not a planet anymore.   I’ll find newspaper articles from like last year to make it so that you’re not entirely sure of the date anymore.   I’d send you poo in a box from that site that sells poo in a box but I’m too lazy and broke busy to look up the URL.  Speaking of that, I get paid too much to deal with this shit.  Forget you.  FORGET YOU.

_____________

See?  Now who would really mess with me after knowing that legend?  I wouldn’t.  I think I’ll buy myself a beer.

I have to say I have been really lucky with the girls I have dated in the past. From the first to the most recent one, they have all been kinky, each one kinky-er than the last, but there came a point were every one I date just want to lay down, and be boring… I rather not even have sex!

I have seen and used some site’s, like Match, Adult Friend Finder, Bondage, and my most recent favorite ALT, and they have all been a trip! All really good experiences!

Now if you’re looking for a freak (like you and me ) I don’t suggest Match.com, It’s a bunch of shallow fucking people looking for looks, money and love… Now I’m not saying there are no people to meet there, cuz there are! And you will find with in the ocean of shallow people, some really amazing, down to earth person! and getting a 50/50 chance of getting a freak!

Now if you’re looking for some group fun . you know the friend with benefits, the 3rd wheel that is welcomed in the bed room! or another couple, or couples, this is the site for you! Adult Friend Finder. If you’re a single girl! you will have the time of you life on this site! If you’re a couple looking for a single girl, guy, or couples, you will have such mind-blowing sex!!! Now if you’re a single guy…. good luck!… if you’re looking for young sexy couples to join unless your Bi, and play with guys, you’re not going to have fun here… Yess im sorry you will be the pervert of the site!

But!!! this does not go for you Black guy’s!!! If you’re a black straight male, and like white girls, and dont mind that their white husband records, or takes pictures. Then sign up now!!!!<—- linked it for ya! (thank me later!) it really is amazing how much cooter taco you guys can get!

Bondage.com was interesting, met a lot of crazy’s, But all really cool people, but for me it was more networking than anything else… if you want  meet like-minded people this is the place to be. Very cool, very down to earth people who you can really hang with, and not feel like your forced into anything!

Now if you’re looking to have some one step on you, spit, pee, smack, spank, whipped, used, humiliated, forced, tie up, wrapped up, gagged, hair pulling, burned by wax, walked on a collar, cross dress, disciplined, dominated, tickled, and fist, or be fisted!…. Welcome home!

ALT DOT COM a lot like Bondage but they play! if you are seriously looking for a sub, or a dom, or just a partner to teach you or to learn from this is the place to be! I have met guys, girls, and couples. all really nice people, and play very nicely!

Right,

I’m in training this week and has never been so frustrated with my laptop. It is not an average laptop, but not the best either. I’ve maxed out the memory available in Win XP Pro and enough diskspace etc etc etc.

Now it is Java+AspectJ…it just takes ages. Apparently it is a known issue in our development cycle that the AspectJ needs some attention…not helping my current situation…

The worst part of being angry at a Java build is that I can’t give it a smack!

Picture this: a women upside down, on a man’s back, with her legs wrapped around his head. What does this sound like to you? If you were thinking some kinky new sex position the answer is no… sorry. This is the position that is used by the couples that compete in the sport of “wife-carrying.’

In Newry, Maine, Dave and Lacey Castro became the new champions of the wife-carrying competition. Dave carried Lacey on his back while he ran through an obstacle course that contained a muddy water hole and two log obstacles. The Castro’s are the proud recipients of Lacey’s weight in beer and five times her weight in cash. They will also get the chance to compete in the world championships in Finland.

I am shocked that this is actually real and that people actually treat this like a serious thing.

I personally don’t understand the point behind “wife-carrying”or how it came to be. The only thing I get out of this weird piece of news is that anything can become a sport these days and people will compete in it, no matter how ridiculous it is, as long as beer and cash are involved.

~Brooke Belke

 11:59 pm

I May Be Dead, But I Ain’t No Decoration – MARINA del RAY, CALIFORNIA – Have you ever had a momentary lapse of reason, or at least a good random Grateful Dead moment that’s worthy of keeping forever?  If you’re sub-culturally illiterate, that means have you ever had a weird flashback where your mind’s eye was playing tricks on you?  Like maybe that one time when you were traveling down the interstate and swore you saw a giant bag of weed laying on the side of the road, then you bugged your buddy for a good half hour until he went all the way back and got what turned out to be a pile of grass and some plastic left behind by the DOT?  Or maybe that one time when you jumped for joy when thought you saw the FBI busting your drug dealing, no good, smack shooting neighbor, but it was really L’ Immigre handcuffing the drug-running illegal immigrant hiding in his basement?  If not, you just had to know that the corpse on the neighbor’s porch wasn’t part of the holiday spirit this year.  Well, maybe not.

The body of an elderly man sat decomposing on his Marina del Rey balcony for nearly a week because care-free neighbors thought the lifeless figure was a Halloween decoration done in poor taste.  Apparently the man had been dead since last Monday when CIS experts believed he took his own life.  He found was slumped over a chair on the the balcony of his apartment with what appeared to be small caliber gunshot would to his eye, yet nobody called to report gunshots or file a missing person’s report.

One unusually nosey neighbor finally minded his own damn business  and didn’t bother to call the Feds because “he, er, ah, it,  looked like an everyday Halloween dummy that people make out of a broom and old clothes,” he said.  “The body has been sitting up there in that chair dead and nobody did a goddamn thing”  he added, “but it looked so freaking real from down here.  Go figure.”  (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-marina-death17-2009oct17,0,3558556.story)

Due to the sensitive nature of the death, the coroner’s office has yet to publicly release the cause of death, and residents of the complex were unavailable for comment.  In all reality it’s no surprise that the coroner hasn’t made a statement.  The local cops totally embarassed themselves, and so did the man’s neighbors.  How can a rotting corpse go undetected by nibby neighbors for an entire week?  The smell alone would be enough to prompt a complaint, but it is close to Halloween and stranger things have been known to happen.  And so goes the ditty, “Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat, or at least give me something to cover up the smell of that dead body.”

I found out that on craigslist

You can run into old friends looking to score some smack.