An Australian writer has been sentenced to 3 years in prison in Thailand for making negative comments about the Thai royal family. And while he only had a couple of sentences in passing about the royal family in his fictitious novel, the government was not impressed. So, they arrested him four years after the novel was published.

And while he only sold 7 copies of his novel, apparently the books fell into the wrong hands. I wonder if his book sales will go up now?

Of course, I am probably now in eminent danger for even writing about the event.  Let freedom ring!

Ford will be showing off the new Shelby Cobra 500 GT at the Detroit Auto Show this year. This car is slated for release in 2010.

It features a 540 hp V8 and a custom interior. While the list price is unknown at this time, I don’t imagine it will be cheap.

Since the only V8s that Ford makes are for their trucks, they chose that instead of a much lighter block so the car is quite heavy.

I guess any one who can afford to buy a car like that can afford to put gas in it.

The Marlins are looking for new cheer leaders. But, instead of looking for good looking women with sex bodies, they are looking for fat men.

They reasoned that since their mascot is the manatee, they should have cheer leaders that resemble the animal. So, they want men with big bellies and large feet.

Some how, seeing a fat man in hot pants and halter top doesn’t do it for me.

Our bathrooms, here at work, have motion sensors with timers on the lights.  If they don’t detect any motion after a couple of minutes, they shut off the lights.  While this may save on electricity, it does leave people stranded in the dark on a regular basis.  And, unfortunately, the sensors are around the corners so, unless you are leaving the bathroom, no amount of wiggling with reactivate the lights.

This morning, I wasn’t quick enough and got stuck in the dark.  Fortunately, I knew where everything was.

Well, 3 year old Adolf Hitler is back in the news again.  It seems that protective services took him and his sister, Aryan Nation, away from their parents.  I wonder if it had anything to do with the names?

With the advent of internet porn, the sales of Hustler and Penthouse magazines are down. So, in the light of the government bailout of the auto industry, the porn industry is also requesting financial help from the government.

Could it be that the days of the centerfold are numbered?

One of the big news stories of the new year is a set of twins which were just born. What makes this so interesting to the media is that one was born in 2008 and the other was born in 2009.

While this may be of big interest to the media, it is old news to me. My father was born in 1908 and his twin brother was born in 1909. So, this is nothing new to me.

I suspect that births, such as this, occur quite often. Aside from the uniqueness of the event, the family lost out on a tax deduction for 2008. Too bad.

Back in 2006, a Texas man was arrested for killing his wife and children and then cutting their hearts out. While he was awaiting his trial, he ate his right eye. The judge was not impressed and declared him competent to stand trial.

He was convicted and sentenced to death. While waiting on death row, he ate his left eye.

He has since been transfered to a Psych ward in a different prison. I guess cutting the hearts our of your family is normal in Texas but eating both of your eyes indicates that you are nuts.

Maybe he just didn’t like the prison food.

A few years ago, a husband donated one of his kidneys to his wife. But, now, she is divorcing him and he wants his kidney back as a part of the settlement. If she is unwilling to give him back his kidney, he wants a large cash settlement instead.

I think I know why they are getting a divorce.

The Chinese restaurant that I quite often go to for lunch has changed owners. The food has improved, the carpet has been replaced and the decor has been changed.

While the food is still Chinese, the decor is now Mediterranean. The pictures of Hong Kong have been replace with pictures of stucco houses sitting on hills sides over looking bodies of water.

The owner is a young, second generation Chinese. And while he can speak Chinese, his English is perfect. Maybe he will turn the place into a Bistro that serves Chinese food.