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If that is not the most hilarious headline I’ve read in a while…. It pertains to a Reuters story about a Polish man who showed up at a brothel and came across his wife among the establishment’s employees. They are now getting divorced apparently, which to me sounds like a load of crap because, after all, the wife could just as easily ask, well, “What are ‘you’ doing here?” At least she can justify her presence there by saying she’s just trying to contribute to the household, trying to help him pay the bills. What’s his excuse? Source

(This happened a while back ) According to reports, Marciana Silva Barcelos was riding in the front passenger seat of the hearse carrying the casket of her deceased husband when a road accident occurred that resulted in the coffin hitting the woman in the back of her neck, killing her instantly.

Her husband, Josi Silveira Coimbra, reportedly died Sunday after he suffered a heart attack while dancing at a party. Guess Josi Silveira Coimbra didn’t want to be parted from his wife even by death.

Fourteen Ohio City workers won last Friday’s $207 million dollar Mega Millions jackpot. The group has been pooling money twice per week for the past five years to buy Mega Millions Lottery tickets and their perseverance has paid off in a big way.

Here’s a tip, next time there’s a big lotto jackpot, pool your resources with a group of people. Better yet, don’t wait until there’s a big jackpot. Start a pool with your friends, co-workers or family now. You never know. You’ve probably been playing the lottery for decades and losing so even if your pool takes five years before you win a big jackpot it’s better than going 20 years playing and never winning a dime.

With the number of big jackpot wins by lotto pools over the years it’s tempting to dismiss suggestions that pooling your money to buy more tickets doesn’t increase your chances. You know how they like to say only one set of numbers can win? Well that’s true, but if you have 100 sets of numbers thats 100 chances at matching the winning set which, obviously is a lot better than 1 chance of matching the winning set.

If you can get 10 people to put $10 to buy $100 in tickets give it a shot. Of course 100 tickets isn’t much and you can end up not winning anything; but at least that’s only $10 each of you is throwing down the drain as opposed to you taking a chance on your own spending $100 in lotto tickets.

Must feel pretty damn good to be one of those Ohio city workers right about now.

If anyone wants to start a lotto pool get a hold of me.

I just saw an ad displayed on a website that said Barack Obama’s IQ is 125. Yesterday I saw a similar ad displayed on another website that said Britney Spears’ IQ is 125. Does this make Barack Obama stupid or does it make Britney Spears smart? Of course I know the ads are not accurate. It’s just an attempt by the company that put them out to make people click out of curiosity. I didn’t bother to click because I don’t need to know my IQ. What difference does IQ make? When you meet people is that one of the things you wonder about them? What’s their IQ?

Can you imagine you’ve just met someone and one of the questions they ask as they try to get to know you is “What’s your IQ?” I can’t see that happening unless someone came off as being so unbelievably smart you ask them that question just as a way of saying, “Damn you’re smart,” to which they’d probably just laugh dismissively unless they are so full of it and conceited about their smartness that they condescendingly reply with a number so big all you can do is paste on a cool-aid smile while quietly thinking “what a bleeping idiot”.

A few years ago I took an IQ test and apparently had an IQ of 120, which placed me in the “superior” group. Of course superior is still inferior to those with an IQ of 130 and above. They are classified as “Very Superior”. And I wouldn’t be surprised if I took an IQ test today and came away with a score that classified me as Average. My brain was sharper back when I took the test. I haven’t been using it much over the years and certainly not for the kind of mental activity that helps a person do well on IQ tests.

If you’ve ever wondered how they classify IQ, I found this chart on iq-test.learninginfo.org

If you were going to try to smuggle a monkey into the country, would you tuck it under your blouse and try to pretend you were pregnant? Too bad Gypsy Lawson didn’t watch that episode of Law & Order SVU. She might have tried hiding the monkey in a basketball instead of trying to get away with smuggling the animal under her shirt.

Gypsy Lawson,28, and her mother Fran Ogren, 56, are in a lot of trouble. They are accused of violating a number of federal laws, including the Endangered Species Act.  They face charges of smuggling and conspiring to smuggle a rhesus monkey into the country. Apparently this crime comes with the possibility of a 20 year jail sentence, probably because of what could have happened. It’s sort of like how that Pottstown Pennsylvania high schooler, Richard Yanis,  is being charged with attempted murder for plotting a school shooting even though he didn’t actually carry out the plot.  He’s being charged in anticipation of what might have happened, and so, it would seem, are Gypsy Lawson and her mother Fran.

Rhesus monkeys are apparently known to carry viruses and parasites and had this monkey that Gypsy was smuggling under her blouse been infected, it could have infected her and her mother who could then have infected other people they came in contact with who could then have gone and infected other people they came in contact with and before you know it you have an epidemic.

Luckily the monkey Gypsy Lawson tried to smuggle into the country was virus and parasite free. You can get more details from CNN

Note to gypsy: next time hide the monkey in a basketball but make sure you don’t put the basketball down on the ground because then it will start to roll on it’s own and if there’s an investigation going on that you don’t know about and cops are watching you and they see the basketball rolling by itself they are going to figure out that the monkey is in the basketball and they are going to come for you. ( Wonder how they found out Gypsy was hiding a monkey under her blouse)

Don’t bother trying to figure out how some people get to be so lucky to win a $126 million dollar lotto jackpot. Just know that in all likelihood you’re never going to be that lucky yourself. Not only are you unlikely to ever win a big lotto jackpot, you’re also unlikely to ever be friends with anyone who will ever be that lucky. That’s just the way life works for the rest of us.

Clelia Lopes and her husband Mario Lopes won a $126 million lotto jackpot back in July; but they only came forward to claim their prize money on Monday. They spent the four months since winning the jackpot consulting with financial advisors, lawyers and other experts to make sure they won’t become another lottery winning family who end up blowing all the money they won.

Clelia and Mario, originally from Portugal, say they have no plans to buy expensive cars and big houses or change their lives dramatically. Their winning lotto numbers: 2, 16, 23, 29, 32 with a Gold Mega Ball number 46.

It’s Saturday night and I’ve got nothing better to do so I’m watching people walk up and down 46th street and Broadway in New York City, courtesy of the Times Square Cam via earthcam.com.

Nothing particularly interesting is going on. A moment ago a man was standing waving at the camera. He was joined by a bunch of women. He chatted with the women for a few minutes then the women left while he continued to wave for a moment longer before leaving.

A couple just walked by wearing matching red coats. A woman just walked by wearing a black coat and carrying a hot pick tote. Three people just rode by on some interesting bicycles; and of course there are all the taxis.

Note: It looks as if the interesting bicycles I saw earlier are actually some form of transportation, because I just saw a couple step off the sidewalk and get into the back part of one. It’s like a horse drawn carriage type of thing only the horse part is a man on a bicycle.

This is a poem even if it isn’t structured like one. Hold your thoughts on it’s merits until it’s at least done. I guess I should have said ‘finished’ instead of done but hey; It’s not as if this is grade school and you’re Mr. O’Day. And by the way I never said I can rhyme like Poe; So get off my case with your snickering. What do you know? The end

Sometimes I just need to write something pointless and stupid to wake up my brain cells. I’m trying to work on a my first book of poetry, a stupid ambition if you ask my father. He likes to remind me that nobody reads poems, and people don’t spend money on books of poetry unless they come recommended by Oprah. He thinks my poems don’t make any sense and I’m wasting my time writing them because I’ll never make a living as a poet. When I was fifteen and asked him for his opinion on some of my poems do you know what he told me? “You’re certainly no Emily Dickinson.” Nice father isn’t he?

Image: Grainger Museum Collection

This girl looks like she’s very nice; but there’s something about her face that makes me think that if you cross her she can be very mean and won’t hesitate to stab you in the thigh with a pencil. She looks like she’s capable of being demanding and temperamental when she’s not in the sweetest mood, but when she’s not in a crabby mood she’s the nicest person you’ll ever want to know.

She looks like a leader and not a follower. She looks like she has a lot of friends and is the popular girl in school. She generally gets what she wants, including whatever boy she wants. She’s bright but hates academics. She gets good grades but she’d rather be painting her nails or talking on her cell than studying for a test.

I can’t decide if she looks like she’s a cheerleader or like she hates cheerleaders. There’s something punky looking about her, like she could up and dye her hair jet black and set it in spikes any minute. She also looks like a young teenager on one hand and a 25-year old on the other.

Notice: I don’t know this girl or know anything about her. This is just a game. I try to guess things about  people I don’t know from pictures. If this is a picture of you and I’ve said anything that offends you I apologize. You can post back a comment and let me know.

Image from the Flickr photostream of ellievanhoutte

The girl in this picture looks like she’s nice but no push over. She looks like she’s an intellectual who maintains a perfect 4.0 GPA. She also looks like she can be a little bit high strung and can get kind of emotional and even irrational at certain times of the month; but generally she’s easy-going and playful. She loves to laugh and loves to go out and have fun with her friends.

I’m guessing her parents are divorced and she manages to be loyal and loving to both of them. She’s very understanding of the situation and isn’t mean to her father’s new wife even though she really doesn’t like the woman very much.

I’m also guessing she has a weakness for an occasional slice of extra cheese pizza, but she doesn’t ever go too far overboard. She doesn’t over indulge. She loves to keep fit and has a bit of a tomboy in her. She’s loves animals, especially whales and dolphins and she want to become a Marine biologist.

Notice: I don’t know this girl or know anything about her. This is just a game. I try to guess things about  people I don’t know from pictures. If this is a picture of you and I’ve said anything that offends you I apologize. You can post back a comment and let me know.

Image from the Flickr photostream of Del Far