That Jesus guy sure gets around:
A small kitten is being called a holy cat, or a feline with Jesus on her side -- literally.
Ten weeks ago, the Johnson family rescued two kittens after their mother abandoned them outside of their house in Goshen.
Recently Lori Johnson's husband was petting the female kitten, Sissy, when he noticed markings on her fur that look like Jesus.
I wasn't really going to say much about this, merely point out that it's an opening sentence not many of us ever expected to see:
An Illinois man apparently drowned while swimming at a nudist colony just west of Valparaiso, Indiana.
Never mind the gubernatorial race, the condition of Indiana's economy, the worry over gas prices and the housing crisis and all that other silly stuff. This is what Hoosiers really care about:
TERRE HAUTE, Ind.
"Scrabulous was great PR for you and you had to ruin it for EVERYONE," wrote one whiny Facebook user after losing access to the site's most popular diversion:
It's game over for Scrabulous; the popular Scrabble knockoff game on Facebook is no longer available as of this morning.
We had a fire drill at work today, and it made me feel like I was back in high school. I considered skipping out and heading downtown instead of going back to work when it was over. But I probably would have gotten caught, like the time when I was a sophomore and I was in study hall when the fire-drill bell sounded. "Let's go to Murphys," a bunch of us decided.
Remember the phony impersonating wrestler Steve Austin in Greensburg? The story's gotten even better:
former police officer faces theft and official misconduct charges for allegedly pocketing money while investigating a scam that sold fake autographs of action film actor "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
Hoosier Dan Quayle hasn't been in the news much lately, but that might change, unfortunately:
There have been murmurings recently that a major American political figure is being aggressively courted by ABC to compete on the next edition of "Dancing With the Stars."
It's been widely discussed that how a poll question is worded can affect the outcome of the poll. Apparently, that's true for ballot initiatives as well:
Supporters of Proposition 8, the proposed state constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage, said they would file suit today to block a change made by California Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown to the language of the measure's ballot title and summary.
Good God almighty, isn't there anybody left among the morons in Wahington who can do the simple freakin' math and connect the !@*!*^&*# dots? On the same day we have this story:
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government's budget deficit will surge past a half-trillion dollars next year, according to gloomy new estimates, a record flood of red ink that promises to force the winner of the presidential race to dramatically alter his economic agenda.
Commercial space flight is almost here, but being one of the first to try it would be like being an early user of all the new electronic toys: You pay three or four times as much as the people who wait for Version 2 or 3, and you have to put up with all the bugs that haven't been worked out yet. My sister says she'd really like to take the trip if she had the money, but it I think it's way too much money just to experience a moment or two of weightlessnes:
The duds say it all - and it's depressing.
Taking a cue from the grim economy, this fall's fashions at Banana Republic, Gap and H&M are featuring a distinctly Depression-era trend of cloche hats, pencil skirts, conductor caps and baggy, vintage-style dresses.
You can have enough medicine to feel good, but, you know, not enough to feel good:
A medical marijuana cardholder who deputies said had too many plants was arrested Friday morning.
Detectives with the Marion County Sheriff's Office Street Crimes Unit served a search warrant at the home of Marc Kauffman, 56, just before 10 a.m. and found that he had 35 mature marijuana plants and eight immature marijuana plants in his house, deputies said.
Indiana residents' use of seat belts has reached the highest percentage ever -- 91.2, up from the 2007 record of 88.4 percent -- and officials remind us to keep up the good work:
"Motorists should remember that wearing a seat belt is not only their best defense against death or injury in a crash - it's the law," said Indiana State Police Superintendent, Paul Whitesell.
We must have a conference center! The future of the city depends on it!! This group that plans to build one says it will "move in another direction" if we don't pass a food and beverage tax to fund it!!!! And the state says the tax must be passed between Jan. 1 and July 31!!!! Hurry, hurry! hurry!!!!!!
Sadly, such tactics would probably work in this part of the state; but at least they're smarter than that in Richmond, for now:
Man, even the thieves are feeling this gas-price crisis:
EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- Police are holding one of two men who allegedly rode up to a vehicle, demanded money from the driver and fled on bicycles.
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According to a probable cause affidavit, a motorist told authorities he was approached by two men on bicycles at a stop sign Saturday.
Not many have noticed, but our cities are changing:
The high-minded, sophisticated foreign policy debate continues:
With just 100 days until the election, Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama are accusing each other of shifting their positions when it comes to Iraq.
Obama accused McCain of altering his stance after the senator from Arizona said 16 months would be a "pretty good timetable" for troop withdrawal, and McCain said Obama was becoming more inline with his position -- a "conditions-based" plan for withdrawal.
So now I know why Dutch and Maggie have been walking around the house humming "California Dreamin' ":
Our Legislature took time out from the state budget crisis to pass a bill giving California pet owners the right to set up a legally enforceable trust to care for dogs, cats, horses or other animals.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the bill, SB685, last week. It takes effect Jan. 1.
As opposed to, you know, the fabulous times over the last 50 years:
Returning to the birthplace of the Cuban revolution for the island's biggest political event, President Raul Castro Saturday night prepared Cubans for tough times ahead.
"As much as we desire to resolve all of our problems, we can't spend more than we have," Castro said under a slight drizzle on a humid night. "To make the best of what we have, it is indispensable to save on everything, most importantly fuel."
Dancing is considered an art, so when Iowa enacted a law aimed at curbing strip clubs, it provided an exception for dancing in "art centers." Along comes a 17-yeard-old girl, who happens to be the niece of the sheriff, who decides to get up stage and strip at a place called Shotgun Geniez in Hamburg. The club's owner has been charged with violating the state's indecent exposure law:
