In a small town in Alabama, a dog is running for mayor. I guess the dogs owner got tired of the local politics and decided that his golden retriever was just as good of a candidate as the rest. And, apparently others thought the same as he was able to get enough signatures to put the dog on the ballot.

This isn’t the first time that something like this has happened. A few years back, a town in Kentucky elected a dog as their mayor.

It will be interesting to see what happens.

Lately, Milley Cyrus has been in the news for her wild antics. After all, she is a grown girl and entitled to a life of her own. But most recently, she has been in the news about a condom manufacturer. It seems that the manufacturer has offered her up to a million dollars to endorse their product.

Now, I know that such an endorsement would damage her image with teenage girls. But, it is those same teenage girls that the condom manufacturer wants to reach out to.

But, I can only imagine what those ads might look like. “Hi, I’m Hannah Montana and when ever I go out with a guy I take along a box of condoms just in case we really hit it off.”

Things certainly have changed from the days of the Mickey Mouse Club. They had enough problems with little Annette in her tight sweaters.

There is a new coffee pot on the market that calms to brew the perfect cup of coffee. And, it only sells for $11,000.

This machine only brews one cup at a time but it allows the user to control the temperature and brew time for each cup. These variables allow you to tailor each cup according to the optimum conditions for each variety of coffee that it uses.

Their main target is commercial use. If you can sell 25 cups a day at $1.50 a cup, the machine will pay for itself in a little over 9 months. Of course, at $1.50 a cup, you could pay off your Mr Coffee in a matter of hours.

A department store in London has started selling cat dung coffee for $100 a cup. Why is it called cat dung coffee? Because, the coffee beans have been eaten by cats and collected from the cat dung.

Kopi Luwak, as it is called, is produced in the jungles of Indonesia. The ripe coffee cherries are eaten by a variety of jungle cat and then collected from the dung of the cat. It is believed that the digestive process of the cat alters the flavor of the coffee bean. And, since this bean is not mass produced, it is very expensive. How ever, if the price and popularity of this coffee remains, it will only be a matter of time before someone comes up with farm raised cat dung coffee.

And that’s the straight poop.

A Wisconsin man was arrest recently for shooting his lawn mower. He was angry that it wouldn’t start so he got out his shotgun and shot it. Of course, the lawn mower still didn’t start but at least he showed it who was boss.

Unfortunately, his neighbor did not take kindly to his activities and called the police. The police came and arrested the man.

The man couldn’t understand why he was under arrest. After all, it was his lawn mower and his yard.  Richard Pryor, after shooting his car, can testify that the police do not like that kind of behavior.

Alcohol was a factor.

In Japan, recently, a chimpanzee at a zoo made an escape attempt. He left his cage, which was unlocked, and bolted to freedom.

Once outside of the cage, the chimp grabbed the tranquilizer rifle from a zoo keeper and climbed up onto the roof of one of the buildings at the zoo. Looking like a sniper, the chimp basked in his new found freedom.

The zoo officials were at a loss as to how to get him down since the chimp had the zoos only dart gun. Eventually they loured him down with a banana.

I’ll bet he won’t be doing that again any time soon.

Flint Michigan has passed a new law regarding dress codes. It seems that they are tired of see guys walking around with their pants half down. So, now, anyone who dresses that way will be stopped by the police.

Flint has one of the highest crime rates of any city in the US. I guess they figure that such attire only fosters the crime mentality. So, ban the attire and reduce crime.

And if you are one of those individuals who are blessed with that hillbilly smile, you had better wear suspenders or you will end up in jail.

A man was arrested this week for drunk driving. His alcohol level was .491. That is the highest level ever seen in a person who was still alive and is over 6 times higher that the legal limit here in Michigan.

When he sobered up several days later, he was released on bail. It is a wonder that he didn’t catch on fire.

He was just one shot away from breaking .5.

Sudaku is rapidly becoming as popular as crossword puzzles here in the US. In fact, Sudaku is becoming a problem.

Recently, a mistrial was declared. Why? Because some members of the jury were doing Sudaku while listening to the case.

I guess the judge didn’t believe in multitasking.

While Sex on the Beach may be a drink in the US , in Dubai, it will get you 6 years of jail time. It seems that the Dubaiis take a dim view of such behavior and treat it as a criminal act.

I guess that is why there are cheap motels.