Surviving the Workday

I’ve been finding lately that Fridays make me want to lay down and take a nap, rather than writing. So I’m making an experimental move to Mondays, we’ll see how it goes.

I have these filed under “WTF?”:

*A pet groomer has been charged with “piercing gothic kittens.” Seems she saw nothing wrong with piercing their ears, necks, and tails. Because how is that different from piercing humans? (Ummm, can you say “consent?”)

*Speaking of pets, a real life Ace Ventura is having trouble collecting on a bill. His skills include dog nose calibration and he is even able to track down hedgehogs.

*A “famous” businessman in Tanzania and seven other people have been arrested for allegedly planning to kidnap and kill an albino herdsman for the purpose of witchcraft. Albinos in Africa are killed for use as good luck charms.

*One brand of eggs in Britain carries a warning on the carton: “May contain eggs.” And the back-and-forth between the company and the various experts is seriously weird.

*I actually found these two articles right around the same time, in a weird moment of convergence: The story of a woman whose home was ordered destroyed by the sheriff because it was blocking the road.  And a Snopes story about a bridge that collapsed when a moving company tried to drive a house over it. I sense a training opportunity.

Cringe of the Week: A man won $2.9 million in a lawsuit against Home Depot after a pile of 18 DOORS FELL ON TOP OF HIM. But I’m actually enjoying the reader comments.