Rusty Kiwi

16 year old Blake Peebles of Raleigh, N.C. has dropped out of school with his parents permission.

While this normally wouldn’t be *such* a big deal, it has become one due to the reasoning behind his dropping out: Guitar Hero. Yep, you read it right! This kid thinks he’s got what it takes to be a prffessional gamer, and he’s quitting school to do it!

Blake successfully annoyed his parents enough that they simply “couldn’t take the complaining anymore”! So, they let him drop out last September, and hired in-home tutors. So far, Blake has earned about $1000 (most of which has been in meals and freebies). Let’s hope his career is more successful in the future,  and let’s not try to jump to conclusions about his parents.

*cough*CRAZY*cough*

It’s never a good thing to have to call an emergency number, but as these stories will show, some people’s idea of an emergency is different than others!

Note- Calling an emergency number is not a joke,, 911 is for true emergencies only - these are just true examples of how weird people can be.

- A Bozeman, Montana woman called 911 to report that some men had broken into her house and stolen her beanie babies.

- A woman called 911 in Point Reyes Station, California to report that a man knocked on her door and asked her for a drink and some graham crackers.

- A thirteen year old boy called 911 to report he had “stuff” coming out of his belly button. Paramedics were sent to the scen and determined it was belly-button lint.

- Two eleven year old girls from Marblehead, Massachusetts, called 911 in a panic last May. No one was hurt - their toilet was just overflowing.

- A woman from an undisclosed location called 911 to ask how to make meatballs. This 911 call was featured in it’s entirety on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

- In Gorham, Maine, a woman called 911 to report that a man driving a pick-up truck stuck his tongue out at her.

- A man in logan, Utah called 911 to report that he had found a dirty diaper in his mailbox, but that the diaper had no return address.

- A caller from Palm Beach, Florida dialed 911 to report that two turkey sandwiches had been stolen from his kitchen.

- A Grass Valley, California woman called 911 to report that she had recieved a junk email message.

- A six year old Maryland girl called 911 because she couldn’t find her 101 Dalmation shorts.

- In Erie County, NY 911 was called to a residence to remove a Tic Tac from a three year old girls nose.

- A dispatcher in Baltimore, Maryland picked up a call of a man whose flashlight had been stolen, and he wanted it back.

- A New Mexico couple called 911 from a Taco Bell restaurant to complain to police that even though they paid for their entire order, two soft tacos were missing.

Wow, what a rollercoaster ride this series has been on!

The first one was alright, and was a pretty good first impression of the whole “Terminator” idea.

The second one kicked some serious ass!

The third one was a slight dissapointment. Definetly not as exciting (or interesting) as the first two.

Well, I hope this one can pick up the slack and keep me awake! Here is a quick synopsis of the new Terminator flick:

After the drastic effects of Terminator 3, the story continues as John Connor and soon to be wife Kate Brewster realize they must create a resistance organization with Earth’s remaining survivors against the army of robots slowly being built up by Skynet. As they are building this resistance, one survivor happens to be a traitor in disguise, and has a secret that nobody would ever come to suspect.

Hmm… Sounds not bad, eh? Lets hope so!

Every country and every culture has it’s own set of laws. Most should be simple enough to follow: Don’t steal, don’t drive past the speed limit, and so on. But there are some laws that are simply headscractchers! Who approved the following laws? Some of them might make sense, but the fact is that they were brought up in the first place means somebody probably tried them once. For the record, most of these laws are outdated and no longer are enforced (although they will be listed as if in the present), but remember: At one point they were just as important as any other law!

- If you live in Kansas, then you can forget about hitting that vending machine that just ate your money. Yup, it’s illegal!

- In Oregon, you will be arrested if you walk backwards on a street while eating a donut.

- In New Hampshire, it’s against the law to pick up litter from the beach unless you have a permit.

- In the United Kingdom, hanging a bed out of a window is illegal.

- In Singapore, it’s against the law to go to the bathroom in an elevator.

- No pillow fights in Germany! That’s because if you hit someone with a pillow, you’ll be charged with using a weapon!

- In Maryland, you can’t take a lion to the movies.

- It’s against the law to flush your toilet after 10 PM in Switzerland.

- In Texas, you’re not supposed to sell your eyes.

- Silly string is illegal to have in parts of Conneticut. Boo!

- You can’t have a gorilla in the backseat of your car in Massachusettes (but no one said anything about the front seat).