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I may be having a particularly emotional day, but this story was...

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:51:49 -0400

I may be having a particularly emotional day, but this story was really sweet.

Fireman dresses as Spider-Man to rescue autistic boy

BANGKOK - A Thai firefighter dressed as Spider-Man to rescue an autistic boy who climbed onto a third-floor balcony and dangled his legs over the side because he was nervous on his first day of school.

Firefighter Somchai Yoosabai was called in after the 11-year-old boy’s teachers and mother failed to coax him off the ledge on Monday, he said in a telephone interview Wednesday.

“He was nervous about the first day at school, and he was asking for his mother,” Somchai said. “He cried and refused to let any of us get close to him.”

Overhearing a conversation between the boy’s mother and his teachers about his love for comics and superheroes, Somchai rushed back to the fire station to change into a Spider-Man costume before swinging into action.

“I told him Spider-Man is here to save you. No monster will hurt you now,” Somchai said. “Then I told him to walk slowly toward me. I was very nervous that he might have slipped if he got too excited and ran.”

Somchai, who keeps costume of Spider-Man and a Japanese superhero Ultraman to liven up fire drills at schools, said the teary-eyed boy broke into a smile and started walking into his arms.

The fictional hero was created by comic-writer Stan Lee in the early 1960s. The character regained its popularity in recent years thanks to the trilogy of Hollywood films starring Tobey McGuire and Kirsten Dunst.

(via msnbc)

“Maybe for our anniversary we can have a vampire wedding at the castle. It’ll be just...

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:39:32 -0500

“Maybe for our anniversary we can have a vampire wedding at the castle. It’ll be just like Twilight!”

- Frank, mocking my current obsession.

Uatu chewed open his neuter incision while we were at work this...

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:45:40 -0500

Uatu chewed open his neuter incision while we were at work this morning. Now he gets to wear this collar as torture/punishment. Poor dog.

I am amazed by how many times a day my coworkers manage to work the phrase “drop it like...

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:20:29 -0400

I am amazed by how many times a day my coworkers manage to work the phrase “drop it like it’s hot” into conversation. It’s accompanied by demonstration about 50% of the time.

We’ve been fighting with our landlord for days to have a...

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:05:58 -0400

We’ve been fighting with our landlord for days to have a huge, leaning oak tree that is 15 feet from our bedroom removed from the yard. I felt like I saw the future flash before my eyes when I drove past this house in my neighborhood today.

Gustav has made me decide that we will never have mature landscaping around any home we might buy in the future. Shade and oxygen be damned.

Riding on the carousel at the mall this weekend with my nephew,...

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:34:02 -0400

Riding on the carousel at the mall this weekend with my nephew, Isaac. He’s every bit as devilish as he looks.

mills: Frank nearly tears my ear off as I pull his shoelaces...

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:37:49 -0400

mills:

Frank nearly tears my ear off as I pull his shoelaces out while keeping my center of gravity low to avoid his ferociously strong punches. This photo satisfies all requirements for Wednesday’s gratuitousness: presence, violence, and as Frank is my intellectual hero it even perpetuates that meme.

Gratuitous reblog to thank Mills for fixing my tumblr layout. You’re the best!

These ants have taken over my building and my coffee cup. Gross.

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:56:19 -0400

These ants have taken over my building and my coffee cup. Gross.

Chihuahua helps catch suspected bank robbers Posted: var...

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:27:23 -0400

Chihuahua helps catch suspected bank robbers

Posted: Aug 26, 2008 07:04 AM

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - A local Chihuahua named “Chico” is getting some of the credit for helping to nab a couple of robbery suspects. Two Baton Rouge men were arrested for robbing the Capital One Bank on Government Street last Wednesday. They had gotten away, until a day later when Chico stepped in.

“Chico” has been in Peter Budo’s life for seven years. The pair seems to have pretty good understanding. “‘Chico’ is my protector,” Budo says. He says the pint-sized protector packs a punch, or bite. “Chico” recently showed off his crime-fighting skills when he sensed something odd in Budo’s backyard Thursday afternoon.

“When I came back out, after letting him out, he was running in circles and barking up the fence right here.” So, Budo took a peek over his fence. “I saw the shoes and I saw the pants laying down. That’s all I could see. It threw me for a loop. I jumped back because I thought somebody was gonna get up.” Little did he know, the owner of those pants was long gone.

Wednesday morning, there was a bank robbery at Capital One on Government Street, just a few feet away from “Chico’s” backyard. The suspect was caught on surveillance video handing over a demand letter to the teller. He later took off toward St. Tammany Street with the cash he nabbed. “There’s a perfect escape route for the criminal to get through. You can cut right through there,” Budo says.

Police believe that’s what 24-year-old Aaron Starks did. He and his alleged partner in crime, 19-year-old Marlon Jackson, were eventually captured. Police say it wasn’t hard catching the duo because one of them left their driver’s license in the pair of pants that Budo found. “The neighbors who live over there by the bank, we would like to commend them for helping us out because without them, we would not have made the arrests as quickly as we did,” says L’Jean McKneely with Baton Rouge police. “I like to say that it’s ‘Chico’ who deserves the credit,” Budo says.
Both suspects were taken to East Baton Rouge Parish prison and they are charged with simple robbery. Reportedly, there was about $2,000 - $3,000 in the stolen bank bag, but the dye pack exploded all over that money.

Also, I want to have a baby now so that I can buy these shoes....

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:38:59 -0400

Also, I want to have a baby now so that I can buy these shoes. If they don’t scream “Frank’s Child,” I don’t know what does.

I have no idea how I ended up on kangaroos this morning. I think...

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:35:37 -0400

I have no idea how I ended up on kangaroos this morning. I think Frank must have been reading about them the other day, because he mentioned something about how cool they are in passing (unless I totally dreamt that, which is entirely possible). Anyway, my curiosity was piqued, so I turned to trusty Google, and came across this video of a kangaroo giving birth (not for the faint of heart - you’ve been warned). My midwestern public school education failed to teach me that marsupials give birth at a very early stage of development—the human equivalent of an embryo being born at 7 weeks gestation. Fascinating!

pointless intro post

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:04:36 -0400

Corinne =

I totally caved and signed up for tumblr.