The female driver of this gold Honda Odyssey threw out a lit cigarette on EB 88th Ave just past Harlan St on 9/16/2010 at approximately 1735.

I post this not because it’s interesting news, but because of the awful, awful writing in the article. I have excerpted the worst of the article in case you don’t want to read the whole thing:

DeHerrera’s wife — who told investigators she had been sexually assaulted by DeHerrera — fled the home when Edgewater police arrived with two of the children, ages 10 and five months.

via Man holed up with kids ends Jeffco standoff - The Denver Post.

mental_floss Blog » The Majestic Plastic Bag.

A couple strange finds by my friend Randy. Poor, poor Don.

mental_floss Blog » Weird Websites of the Week: Sad Don Drapers Love to Party.

Here’s a detailed itinerary of my activities in Austin as well as some pictures from the trip:

This is a follow-up to a previous blog post about first responders and charging for accidents.

A Crash. A Call for Help. Then, a Bill. - NYTimes.com.

Could be fun. 🙂

Welcome to ICEHOTEL. More than a hotel made of ice and snow..

Huh? Is this somebody at Dictionary.com’s idea of a joke? When I first looked at the word of the day, I had no idea how to pronounce it.

Click on the graphic below to understand the humor in the situation. (That is, if you don’t know how to say the word.)