Thursday, September 8, 2011

Real Life Doogie Howser?/ success/ headlines

Sept. 6 Real Life Doogie Howser: I found this on Yahoo news. There is a young man named Matthew Schmeidt who was arrested for impersonating a doctor at a hospital. It starts off with how it sounds like a movie, a combination of the TV show Doogie Howser about a young doctor and the movie Catch Me if You Can, about a guy pretending to be a doctor.

Schmeidt was a clerk at the hospital, and then for 2 weeks he was examining patients, changing IV tubes, and did CPR. It mentions how there was another older man who was pretending to be a doctor without a medical degree.

This kind of reminds me of a script I'm working on, about doing home- based surgery. It's been done on TV shows like Veronica Mars. Veronica gets into a fight with a rapist, and then through self- defense, VM puts this figurine unicorn's horn straight into his leg. The rapist runs and then later gets his friend to pull it out manually, without anesthesia, in a motel room.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/video/us-22424932/real-life-doogie-howser-26513804.html

Success: I was listening to this motivational video while looking for a job. Alian de Botton talks about "A kinder, gentler philosophy of success." He says: "We should not give up on the idea of success. We should make sure that they are our own. That we own them, that we are truly the authors of our own ambitions. It's bad that you don't get what you want. What's worse is that you get what you want and to find out at the end of the journey, it's not what you wanted at all."

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/alain_de_botton_a_kinder_gentler_philosophy_of_success.html

Sept. 7 Rant: I got a couple. Today at work, it was really quiet. One server went home, and I made very little in tips because I had to split it with the other busser. We didn't need two bussers. The good thing is, is that I worked for a few hours and got paid.

The next is a big rant. My sister said that I was "failing at life" and asked me how long I was looking for a job. That my techniques don't work and that I don't listen. I told this to dad, and he said: "Why do you care about what she says?" I said: "I don't. I want you to tell her to stop."

It all started because yesterday I knock on the door to be let in. My sister tells me to ring the doorbell. Today I knocked on the door of my brother's room to wake him up for dinner, and she gets mad at me for knocking on the door. She says things and I roll my eyes. She asks: "Why are you rolling your eyes?" The good thing is, is that I only knock on the door because it's a gate and only someone inside can let me in. If it's a wooden door, I will unlock it and don't knock.

Sept. 8: It was good today at work. The other busser was transferred to another department to work at that day and she got her own tips, and I got my own tips.

Headlines: It's time for the funny email of the week.

Stupid criminals: Here's one I found in The Globe and Mail Life section with the quirky news bits.

"Lobster thief pinched": According to Associated Press, a man in southern Mississippi is accused of trying to walk out of D'Iberville grocery store without paying for these live lobsters that he put in his cargo shorts. He was arrested on Saturday. Chief Wayne Payne says that the man tried to escape by throwng the pork loin at employees, but fell while running away. He was arrested at the scene. lol.

Names: Also I just noticed the rhyming name Wayne Payne. Like the famous actor Jack Black. Or the fictional character on the cartoon show Daria, Daria's friend was Jane Lane. I know a girl in my high school named Ann Tran.

Here's some from the Edmonton Journal Sunday section last year:

"High on life": '(The bears) were extraordinarily docile and mellow, Mansveld said.' -Comment in the Windsor Star about a dozen or so bears founding guarding a pot farm at Christina Lake, BC.

"Jersey Shore Star Snooki Charged with Annoying People"- 'Headline at AllHeadlineNews.com over a story that should come as no surprise to anyone.'

Me: Then turn off the TV. Unless you actually met her in real life.

"Taking a powder: 'Grandma's Ashes Mistaken For Drugs'- Headline in the Arizona Republic over a story we all know was inevitable."

"Below the belt:" According to Memphis Commercial Appeal, 45 yr old Kenneth Bonds yells at these teen boys to pull up their pants as they're walking on the street. They refused. Bonds pulls out a gun and the kids ran. They didn't run very fast because the pants were low. One boy was shot in the butt, but not critically injured. Bonds faces charges for aggravated assault.

"Not-so-free speech": According to the New York Post, a guy in Colorado addressed the Boulder city council wearing only his boxer shorts. He was arrested, and then he filed a human rights complaint. He then agreed to accept $10,300 from the city in exchange to agree not to sue.

Me: And why were you only in your boxer shorts when you were talking to the council? Why were you arrested? Human indecency? Public nudity? Maybe not, because he was wearing boxer shorts?

"Bare facts": According to Seattle Weekly, a couple broke into a rural home near Elma. They had sex while filming with their camera that they brought. They ran away really fast when someone came to pick up the mail while the homeowners were away. They left the camera there. Grays Harbor County deputies recognized the couple, and arrested the woman, but haven't found the man.

"Wide- awake nightmare:" Joseph Wheeler got into a car accident, and woke up in Prince George's Hospital in Upper Marlboro after the crash. It's where he was misidentified as a woman being prepped to go int lung- cancer surgery. According to Fox News, instead of Wheeler getting surgery, he tried to leave when he couldn't convince the nurses who he was.

Security came and threw him down. Wheeler and his wife convinced hospital staff of his identity and he had 4 broken ribs, sprained shoulder, ruptured spleen, and a concussion. Wheeler is suing Prince George for $10 million.

"Rocky- Road:" Western New York state of Genesee County arrested a 61 yr old man for driving 17 km with only 3 tires. There tire fell off the van in Bethany, NY, and the driver kept going. It turns out his license expired in 1977.

"Mom's Bait": A survey said that most Italian men live within a few km of their mothers. Rosario Scognamillo, 39 is a supposed high- ranking member of the Mafia. He had been a fugitive for months. According to the New York Post, he went to see his mom in Naples for her home- cooking. The police were there.

"Thanks, Ma:" According to Atlanta Journal- Constitution, a man broke into a school in Georgia, and dropped his cell phone while there. The school was in Athens. Police found the phone and in the phone it said "Ma." They called and the mom answered and gave her son's name, and he was arrested.

"Winning form:" According to St. Petersburg Times, 450 people rode inflatable sex dolls through the Russia's Vuoksa River. It's called the Bubble Baba Challenge and was won by Vladislav Pavlenko who rode his doll and won in 2 min. and 47 sec.

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