Today’s Dose of Crazy

An apparently deranged man jumped into a moving truck parked at Avenue I in Marine Park, and took both Good Samaritans and police on a wild chase. He was wearing nothing but a shirt and underwear. Photo and caption courtesy of the NY Daily News

I’m sitting in Logan airport waiting for my flight to Chi-town to visit Sam before she begins her residency and I don’t see her for the next four years. Thanks to Emirates United (who knew), I have free internet and have been surfing the web for the day’s best stories. They are, in no particular order, all below, and all fabulous.

CLASSY
A couple was arrested Wednesday for trying to sell their 6-month-old baby in a Walmart parking lot in Salinas, California. They approached two women, who of course thought they were joking, but as the man persisted, the women became alarmed and called the police. The couple, Samantha Tomasini and Patrick Fousek, was arrested in their (messy) house, and police noted that they seemed high on methamphetamine. Tomasini, 20, told Child Protective Services when they took the baby from her that she’d breastfed while on drugs. They were arrested for being under the influence of narcotics, and in addition Fousek, 38, was charged with violating probation….(via the Daily Beast)

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Quote of the Day

Photo courtesy of Tomothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images

“The U.S. just scored a stoppage time goal to go from missing the knockout round to winning the group. THAT TOTALLY IS SOMETHING THAT JUST OCCURRED. We are going to go out into the street and start randomly kissing people now.” – Will Leitch, New York Magazine

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The Ultimate Summer Saturday

Houses on Edgartown Harbor

There once was a time that a Saturday during the summer was spent in cool AC watching cartoons and drinking Cokes. For some reason, as an adult, that just doesn’t cut it, and just this past Saturday, with the sun hot and the breeze cool, me, my mom and Miss Katie Poff decided to take a trip to Martha’s Vineyard, where the beach, big houses and bike trails awaited us!

Waking up at 6 a.m. isn’t exactly my cup of tea, especially when physical activity awaits me at the other end, but I knew the temperature on Martha’s Vineyard was going to be a strong 85, and I’ve been waiting all winter for some ocean views. We arrived at Woods Hole around 9 a.m., parked ourselves in the Gifford Street lot, and shuttled down to the waterfront ferry with two guys discussing the best squid to catch fluke with (one of which in a Harley Davidson leather jacket – so many things wrong there).

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