“What the hell is that noise?”
That was my first thought upon entering the post office in the small Wisconsin town yesterday. I was there to mail a package of tax documents. The small post office was overwhelmed with the chirping of birds. Baby birds. Chicks. The post office was full of chirping chicks.
The chicks were all in small cardboard boxes with holes and one of the attendants was weighing each one and posting it. Yes, the chicks were being mailed. It was a bizarre sight and sound. The postman even gave me a look inside one box.
Apparently, the USPS calls this “special handling,” which “is for unusual items that need to be handled specially through the mail – like live poultry and bees. For these items, Special Handling is required. Your package will receive preferential handling to the extent that it’s practical in dispatch and transportation.” (Bolding, mine)
Mail order your poultry today!
From the Grand Forks Herald: “A Mound man charged with sex crimes for allegedly abusing a female relative has told police it was God’s will that he “marry” the girl when she was just 10 years old… [the man] believes the Bible justifies his actions.
The best part though is the closer: “…attorney, David Risk, says some of his client’s beliefs are outside the norm.”
An Awl reader points out the incredible Apple “goatse” decal nobody will ever, ever put on their computer because GGGGAAAAAAAAHHHHHHEWKN?KNJAO:WIJMK:L!!!
The NSFW image after the jump.
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Ron Paul’s son is named “Rand.”
The more you know.
Left: North Dakota Rep. David Weiler: “David Alan Weiler, 44, was charged Friday with Class A misdemeanor simple assault-domestic violence. He pleaded not guilty. The police report said Nicole Weiler reported David Weiler became angry and punched her in the face several times. The report did not say what began the alleged dispute… David Weiler pleaded guilty in April 2009 to Class B misdemeanor simple assault for assaulting his wife on March 27.”
Right: Wisconsin Rep. Jeff Wood: “State Rep. Jeff Wood fought to save his job Wednesday, expressing remorse for a past drunken driving offense but saying he would fight charges in two subsequent arrests. Wood, who said he had no memory of his most recent arrest in October 2009 for driving under the influence, conceded he’s struggled with alcoholism and admitted to driving drunk in December 2008. Wood also testified that the stress of his re-election bid in 2008 pushed him to drinking ‘pretty much daily.’ But he said he would contest charges related to his two arrests in September and October 2009, which he linked to prescription medications.”
The poster for Middle Men certainly appears to boast a little Apple Product Placement.
After the jump, the Mac keyboard fro the poster.
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Here’s the story of a Wisconsin girl being charged with first-degree reckless homicide for sharing some of her relative’s prescription drugs with a friend who then died.
She’s 14 years old but being tried as an adult anyway.
This Thing: Lesson Number 3 from the PBS Ideas Lab “Top 5 Lessons from the Failure of The Zonie Report” news project report: “Identify your competition, then link to them whenever possible… This may seem like heresy, but don’t be afraid to link to other sites with overlapping work. It’s good practice and a good service to readers, and it can help with site visibility in the long run.”
That Thing: Rush Limbaugh: “You know, I don’t often go there unless I am directed there, but there’s a gossip website out there that’s just hilarious. I love these guys at Gawker. They make up stuff about me all the time. They’re snarky as they can be about me, but for some reason I love these guys…”
Proving that the new Predator film (Predators?) is missing the point entirely is the sneak peak over at the film’s site. In addition to starring Adrian Brody (?!), producers have gotten creative with the Predators themselves, adding more creatures like what I assume is Predator’s dog Fido, below:
Part of the attraction of the first film was that it was a lone creaturethat was picking off the toughest, most beefed-up American heros ever. And using stealth to do it. Their guns and brawn were pointless in the face of this myserious enemy. And in the end it was intelligence and cunning, not muscle, to defeat it.
We all really played with “Muscle Things” right? I mean, it’s not just a childhood fever dream or something, right?