Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford takes on the Galaga arcade game after his lunch.

Buzz Aldrin says…”I have only two passions…space exploration and hip-hop.”

It was after midnight when Ariel Wade rolled into the drive-through at the 24-hour White Castle, one block from the State Capitol. Wade rolled away “madder than fish grease” after the staff refused to hand over any burgers.

The reason: She was riding in an electric mobility scooter. The drive-throughs are for licensed motor vehicles only. White Castle says it’s a safety measure that’s standard in the industry, to keep pedestrians from getting creamed by cars.

But Wade, who uses the scooter because of degenerative arthritis in her back, says the policy discriminates against people who don’t or can’t drive. The White Castle dining room closed at 11 p.m., so she had no choice but to order her Slyders in the drive-through.

Complimentary burgers and consoling words from the district manager the next day haven’t stopped Wade from taking her gripe to a law firm that advocates for the disabled. Her drive-through dispute now could test a relatively uncharted area of disability law. “You can try to butter me up all you want to. Free meals ain’t going to work,” said Wade, 37.

The confrontation on Rice Street pits the venerable 418-restaurant straight-edged hamburger chain based in Columbus, Ohio, against a onetime exotic dancer from New Orleans who until recently worked selling bingo tickets at a St. Paul bar.

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A Valley Station Road church is sponsoring an “Open Carry Church Service” in late June, encouraging people to wear unloaded guns in their holsters, enter a raffle to win a free handgun, hear patriotic music and listen to talks by operators of gun stores and firing ranges.
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Pastor Ken Pagano of New Bethel Church said the first-time event is “basically trying to think a little bit outside the box” to promote “responsible gun ownership and 2nd Amendment rights.”

The event, slated for late Saturday afternoon, June 27, is being promoted with online posters, including one using a red font resembling splattered blood with the words: “Open Carry Church Service.”

Pagano said the poster wasn’t intended to glorify bloodshed and that the lettering was just “a font that somebody developed.” And he said he didn’t want the event to be confused with regular Sunday worship at the Assemblies of God congregation.

“It’s just a celebration we’re doing to coincide with Fourth of July,” he said. “There are people who own firearms and do so responsibly and enjoy them as a sport, maybe like golfing or bowling.”

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If you’ve watched any of the NBA playoffs, you’ve seen their commercials for “Where will amazing happen this year?” If you haven’t seen them, then you haven’t miss much…basically 10 seconds of a classic playoff game where they erase the crowd and them put them back.

Here’s one they should do next. An amazing game..

A perfect gift for your Dirty Santa gift.

$9.95

Engelbert Humperdinck

Release Me? It look like Engelbert’s sideburn needs to be released.

Bepers

The Believers - We Believe


I believe in matching suits.

Dyker Neyland says she fought for her daughter’s right to attend Irving’s Thomas Haley Elementary School wearing an untucked shirt because of her religious beliefs as a Christian.

The Irving school board agreed with her this week and overturned decisions by the principal and district administrators, who had told Neyland that her daughter, Javé, must attend school with her shirt tucked in.

Neyland says Javé, a 7-year-old second-grader, has the right to wear her shirttail out because of a Bible verse, 1 Timothy 2:9, which dictates that “women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing.”

It’s worth noting that young Javé has her hair braided.

“I don’t want her behind showing,” Neyland said. “I don’t want her body being exposed.”

“I feel I am being persecuted for being a Christian,” she told the board before the vote. “There will be a day of reckoning, and you will have to answer to God.”

School board president Jerry Christian supported her request and said the student handbook for parents doesn’t even mention anything about tucking shirts in. Therefore, it’s unclear, he said

“Thank you, Jesus. God is good!” Neyland cried out.

The school board agreed with Neyland on a 6-1 vote.

I love the threat of a day of reckoning coming to the school board. Almost like she’s Wyatt Earp and they are wearing red sashes.

Neyland said she was raised Baptist in Louisiana but does not attend church regularly since she cannot afford to buy a nice dress.

The Bible doesn’t say anything about having to have a nice dress to wear to church.

Neyland has repeatedly clashed with the school’s new principal, Lisa Molinar, at one point wearing a sign accusing her of being a dictator. Molinar said she had no comment on the situation.

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Hollywood Wax Museum Auction, 6:30 PM PT - May 1st, 2009. 169 sweet wax figures on auction.

Michael Jackson from Bad wax figure

Measures 5 ft. 8 in. tall. $3,000 - $5,000. Unrelated yet related, you can bid on MJ’s former tour bus, which will go for at least $40k.

Get your paws off me you Dirty Ape

Dr. Zaius stands 5 ft. 8 in. and Zira stands approximately 5 ft. 6 in. tall. $3,000 - $5,000

Well you know something Brother

Hulk Hogan - $2,000 - $3,000

The 2009 TCCSA (Twin Cities Creation Science Association) Home School Science Fair was held recently. This was my favorite.

I guess the only question I would have if I were a judge is whether or not the goldfish in the bowl have been feed twice a day since arriving at the Science Fair.

The TCCSA provides 115 ideas for a science project…some of my favorites:
8. How much voltage or current can a human take before he is killed? (This is a to be a literature search, NOT an experiment.)
21. Does a bad mood spread?
28. What makes an animal wild?
101.If there were aliens, why would they visit humans?
104.Why do cats hate dogs and dogs hate cats?
115. If people stayed in caves with no clues to day and night, how long would their daily sleeping and waking times be? Would they set a 24 hour day? If not, what keeps us on schedule?

More 2009 exhibits