Phillies Fan Arrested for Trying to Sex Her Way to World Series Tickets via Craigslist

Tonight the 2009 World Series kicks off between the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies. Naturally, tickets for the Series’ games are hard to get and some fans are, ugh, willing to go the extra mile to obtain them. Unfortunately for one nice Philadelphia lady, Susan Finklestein, her offer to bone someone for tickets was frowned upon by local authorities and she was arrested. Now, two years (Jesus Christ time flies!) ago I placed an ad on Craigslist that drew some media attention, one in which I offered to blow someone for Genesis tickets. The “authorities” had no problem with that…no one tried to arrest me, which obviously means that the arrest of this nice lady is rooted is sexism. Let the dang woman bang her way into the stadium! This is America, damnit! |Daily News|

Former Female Letterman Writer Blasts Late Night Television Sexism

Nell Scovell, a female former member of David Letterman’s writing staff when he was doing Late Night with David Letterman on NBC, published a piece today on Vanity Fair’s website about her time working for him and the sexism that she believes exists across the board on late night television talk shows. Her piece provides some great insights into the atmosphere in comedy writing rooms and why women have had a difficult time getting/keeping those sort of jobs in the past. Read more »

Editors Have Fun With Michael Jackson’s Name, Cocaine Arrests

A Florida man who shares the same name with a certain pop icon was arrested after a traffic stop turned up warrants for the sale of cocaine, giving editors at the News Herald a perfect opportunity to tweak the headline accordingly. Although two others were arrested along with him, they went with this: “Michael Jackson arrested for sale of cocaine.” Which is true! Michael Fitzgerlad Jackson was in fact busted for blow. There’s nothing wrong with misleading your readers if you’re being factually correct. Right? |NewsHerald|

New Orleans Walmart Shopper Leaves Baby Behind to Flee Police

An New Orleans man stopped by authorities for slipping DVDs into his diaper bag fled on foot from the store’s parking lot, leaving the baby behind. Joshua Gibson was caught a half-hour later and was charged with theft, resisting arrest and child desertion. However, he was not locked up because of jail over-crowding. I wonder if he’ll be forced to wear a sign that reads, “I am a thief, I stole from Walmart AND left my baby behind!”? |Nola.com|

Military Conscripting Bugs into Cyborg Service

Researchers are getting closer to creating a fully remote controlled spy insect, thanks to funding from DARPA, the research and development arm of the Department of Defense. Using radio-controlled electrodes attached to the bug’s brain, scientists are able to “overtake the beetle’s freewill about where it wants to go,” opening up the possibility of using the robo-bug for all types of dangerous military reconnaissance work. Read more »

Oversharing British Sailing Couple Caught By Pirates

Somali pirates took responsibility for the hijacking of a British couple who were on a sailing tour in the Indian Ocean reports ITN. Paul and Rachel Chandler were reportedly on their way to Tanzania from the soon to be drone patrolled Seychelles when the “sea criminals” commandeered their 38-foot sailboat, the Lynn Rival. They often posted photos and details of their travels on this blog and the last entry eerily reads: “PLEASE RING SARAH.” Read more »

Katsu Sprays ‘World’s First’ Fire Extinguisher Fill-in a Second Time

As the saying goes, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” Art Primo took down their first video of KATSU’s “World’s First” fire extinguisher fill-in, replacing it with a new, Jay-Z soundtracked edit. Besides speeding up the drippy action footage, the graffiti supplier also included a finished shot of the wholly illegible piece, illustrating why nobody ordinarily uses fire extinguishers to paint anything but sloppy drips and monster tags. Read more »