Somebody please stop these people.
Telemarketers seek ways around do-not-call list
By Jaweed Kaleem
"WASHINGTON – The new National Do Not Call Registry already has 30 million telephone numbers in it, but enterprising telemarketers are trying hard to keep those phones ringing."
Man Cuts Off Own Penis to Cure Sex Addiction
“BERLIN (Reuters) – A German cut off his own penis with a kitchen knife to cure his addiction to sex, police in the southern town of Tiengen said on Friday. ‘The man called a friend around eight o’clock to say he’d done something stupid,’ police said in a statement. He had been drinking vodka to pluck up courage for the amateur surgery. Police arrived to discover the blood-soaked man, 41, in his apartment and his organ under the kitchen table. Emergency services rushed the man and his penis to a nearby hospital. Police said the man did not want his penis to be reattached but were unable to say if doctors had complied with his wishes.”
*cringe* *shudder*
Now that I got that out of my system…
What an idiot! Thank goodness he’ll be out of the gene pool.
I went to this place for the first time on Saturday. It’s an old apothecary/soda shop. The interior is authentic 20’s art deco. The family atmosphere is great and so is the ice cream. You owe it to yourself to check it out. 🙂
Klavon’s Pharmacy opened in 1920 and was a social fixture in the Strip District for 59 years. The pharmacist dispensed advice and kibitzing along with tonics, salves and prescriptions. The pharmacist’s wife presided over the penny candy counter, the greeting cards and the soda fountain, not to mention the many romances that blossomed there.
Each summer James and Mary Klavon’s eight young grandchildren came for vacations and were serious but gleeful helpers in the store. This American tableau continued until 1979 when the pharmacist passed away. The family closed the doors and sadly ended a chapter of an era.
For 20 years, the doors and windows of the old building at the corner of Penn Avenue and 28th Street were boarded up. Last year, the Klavons’ oldest grandson, Ray Klavon, set into motion a lifelong dream. He blew away the dust, moved out the pharmacy counter, cleared the shelves and added the bare necessities for accommodating the ’90s. When he reopened the doors to the newly named Klavon’s Ice Cream Parlor in January of this year, he unsealed a time capsule.
My first guess before I read this article was that it had to do with chastity belts. 😉
"BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The Hungarian city of Pecs is fighting a losing battle against padlocks which lovers are secretly clamping on statues and gates all over the city center as symbols of their enduring affection."
Well, this ought to draw some attention, perhaps some less than friendly. Then again, I'm more interested in morality than new friends.
Petition of Support for the Federal Marriage Amendment
"Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave, R-Colo., has introduced the Federal Marriage Amendment (H.J. Res. 56) as a proposed constitutional amendment, which will remove the definition of marriage from the reach of all legislatures and courts permanently. This amendment simply states:"
"'Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union between a man and a woman. Neither this constitution or the constitution of any state, nor state or federal law, shall be construed to require that marital status or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon unmarried couples or groups'"