reckless riders

Janell K. Scott, 23, and Jenna Hill, 28, face two charges of child endangerment for an alleged April 15 incident. Two witnesses provided written testimony that they witnessed an SUV vehicle in motion with two females, Hill and Scott, riding on the running boards of the vehicle and Hill’s daughters, Katelyn Hinchley, 6, and Kristin Hinchley, 7, riding on the roof. The vehicle traveled from County Road 558 onto Highway 142.
   It was determined the driver of the vehicle, Bethany Collins, 16, had no driver’s license. No charges have been filed against her, said a spokesman with the sheriff’s department.
    Hill stated in court records that her daughters had ridden on top of the SUV while on dirt roads before and that they said it was fun.-- from the West Plains Daily Quill

If they're getting after them in the Ozarks, just think what they would do to me for the kids in the back of the truck on Block Island. . .

craft beers

So there is this website, Should I Drink This Fucking Beer? And basically, the answer is no unless it's unobtanium.

helLO!

School employee carrying accidentally shoots a student. Nice one.

school principals

Springtime in the Ozarks

guys, come on!

Law Allowing Guns in Churches Signed by Arkansas Governor

By REUTERS

The Church Protection Act would allow individual places of worship to decide whether to allow concealed handguns and who could carry them. Churches that take no action will remain off-limits to guns.

The Republican-controlled House passed the bill 85-8 with bipartisan support last week. The measure previously passed the Republican-controlled Senate 28-4.

The law takes place immediately.

Gun advocates praised Beebe for his action.

"It is crucial to protecting the freedom of religion and property rights," said Nicholas Stehle, a member of the board of directors of the advocacy group Arkansas Carry.

"The state has no business meddling in the affairs of our churches," Stehle said.

Arkansas joins a handful of other states, including South Carolina, Wyoming and Louisiana, that allow guns in churches, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

nice town

Man accused of attacking wife with sandwich

Associated Press SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. -- A western Nebraska man is accused of assaulting his wife with a sandwich.

The Scottsbluff Star-Herald says 50-year-old Larry Spurling, of Melbeta, is charged with disturbing the peace. According to the arrest affidavit, Spurling's wife called 911 and reported he pushed her down during an argument and rubbed a sandwich in her face.
The newspaper says court documents don't detail the ingredients, but a deputy found several pieces of lunchmeat on the carpet outside a bedroom and some pieces of bread in the bedroom.

biker heaven

Ah, the wind in your hair and Jesus riding pillion. As American as—Bud used to be.

it's so american

The menu: Watermelon, hot dogs, deviled eggs and—seltzer???

standing on line

I'm too old and too spoiled from being a journalist to stand in line with teenagers for a free concert.

doing lunch

Today's reason I can't stop drinking is lunch with Ed. Which typically starts at 1:00 or so and goes on for 12 hours. And it did.

the weather

I keep worrying about the tenants. If it's hot, they might be too hot; if cold, they might build illegal fires in the fireplace, etc. But if there's one thing over which one has no control, it's the weather. And people seem to make do. I asked the last tenants, who had a nice day followed by an awful day how they fared. "Oh," they said. "We all had such hangovers the weather didn't matter."

a century

My father-in-law's a hundred years old. And we're none of us getting any younger. l'chaim!

a dog's life

My mother loves her dog more than her children.

allergies

On account of having been bitten by ticks and chiggers in the past, I may be allergic to meat. WTF! I want my steak and brewski!

off the meds

I'm off the blood pressure medicine you're not supposed to consume alcohol with. . .

you know who

journalism 101

To become a journalist, you have to be able to think, write, talk, drink and smoke—often all at once.

no more wisdom

Isn't this enough to make you want to dull the pain?

it's tax time

Yes, it's that fabu time when I get to see how unwisely I spent my money last year—how much on beer at John's Party Pantry and the Red Bird, how much given to impecunious friends and relations, how much on substandard DSL lines in three states! It's enough to make a person turn to something other than seltzer!