Nov. 27…would have been Jimi Hendrix’s 70th birthday. It’s a good time to remember the musician’s accomplishments, but just as fun to dredge up some of the weirder parts of his life, too. For example the fact that Jimi Hendrix’s one-year military career ended because of his music, but also because he owed $80 to the military laundry and was caught masturbating on the job.
Hendrix spent army career playing guitar, masturbating: His platoon sergeant felt that Hendrix had “no interest whatsoever in the Army.” It was the ’60s; did anyone under the age of 30 have any interest in the Army?
Wisconsin Family Action Endorses State Rep. Roger Rivard, who said “Some Girls Rape so Easy”: “We are very pleased to endorse candidates who recognize the importance of America’s and Wisconsin’s best natural resource — her traditional families — and who recognize that women are witless, hysterical baby factories prone to emotional reactions and who must at all times be under the control of men.”
Norquist: Obama ‘Hostile and ‘Insulting’ to GOP on Debt Deal: If he’d stop acting like he won the election and just do what Republicans demand of him, there’d be no problem.
Cops: L.I. Man Shoots Girlfriend After Argument Over TV Show ‘The Walking Dead’: Gee, d’ya think someone should tell the maroon the the “The Walking Dead” IS A TV SHOW??
Ashleigh Davis Sues Police for Hogtying Her, Parading Her Topless in Public: Something tells me that you might just want to get the officers’ side of the story.
Bad Sex in Fiction Award Bestowed on Balls-Weighing ‘Infrared’: So…how much do Kamal’s balls weigh??
Tracking the rolling stones of Racetrack Playa: It turns out that extraterrestrials are using Death Valley as a giant craps table.
Michele Bachmann wins: How the anti-Muslim fringe hacked the media: When hatred is what drives you, I suspect you’ll do whatever it takes to spread that hatred far and wide.
Baby Jesus stolen from Red Bank business: It would seem the mythical “War on Christmas” has escalated into actual kidnapping.
Iran says extracts data from U.S. spy drone: From the non-existent drone that Iran didn’t capture.
UPDATE: Board OKs $250K for district courthouse furniture: What if someone spent $60 million building a new courthouse…and then realized they’d forgotten to ask for $250,000 to buy furniture?
Drunken woman found at end of trail of soiled paper towels: She was leaving “customer feedback” all over a Walmart parking lot.
