Corey's Thanksgiving, Nina saying that Yazmine's huffy, email being LATE, morbid facts
Corey says he'll be in Texas again for a week starting on Saturday. Ah yes, Thanksgiving with a bunch of relatives and such! Guess I'll have to find new people to talk to or something, haha. (or go hardcore on my latest project...)
I called my old friend Nina earlier: she's doing fine, and says that her son Dylan will go to his father's for overnight stays soon. He appears to be happy to see him, so that's a good thing. Her ex was nasty towards her, though! She told me that the power went out at her workplace yesterday afternoon, so they just chilled for an hour or so. Today, it was better. She asked if I still talked to Yazmine: of course not, since she ended our friendship over 50 cents! Seems Yazmine was very curt with her on the phone recently when she just called to see how she was, since her tone of voice was "DON'T BOTHER ME!" Not sure when Nina and I will get together, but maybe by the end of the month... next weekend's not good since it's my brother Jon's birthday. We'll work something out...
Email is being weird today: my Morbid Facts newsletter went into my spam folder (!), and I got an email notice of a testimonial written in JULY! Crazy stuff... the double notifications of confirming subscriptions to things like the Bonehead Awards / This Is True / Stella Awards / Heroic Stories did NOT help. At least the ArcaMax / Wordsmith things weren't like that!
Today's Curious Yet Truly Morbid Fact!
India's first execution in 13 years has claimed an additional toll of at least two children dead in mishaps as they re-enacted the highly publicized hanging of a man convicted of raping and murdering a schoolgirl.
In August 2004, 41-year-old Dhananjoy Chatterjee was hanged in the eastern city of Calcutta after 13 years on death row. Two weeks after the execution, 14-year-old Prem Gaekwad died when he tied one end of a rope around his neck and swung the other end on a ceiling fan in his Bombay home, in an apparent re-enactment. "The boy's father told us Prem was a very bright but curious kid, and kept asking questions about how Dhananjoy would be hanged," said assistant police inspector Dilip Suryawanshi. "Dhananjoy was the top news on all TV channels for so many days, and Prem would watch very closely."
The previous week, a 12-year-old girl died in the eastern state of West Bengal, when she tried to demonstrate for her younger brother how Chatterjee was executed. And a 10-year-old boy in the same state almost died when he and his friends acted out the execution... taking the roles of Chatterjee, the hangman, a doctor, and the prison warden. "Children have a natural curiosity about anything out of the ordinary," psychiatrist Anjali Chhabria told Reuters. "Also, several newspapers and TV channels had given detailed sketches of execution by hanging, making it easier for kids to imitate."
Culled from: Reuters
Generously submitted by: Ladyfreud
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Okay, this is just a guess, but I'm betting they don't show much in the way of violent imagery on television in India, so these kids didn't have a lot to choose from to satiate their primitive desire for imitation. This is why it's so important to bombard children with a multitude of violent images every day. They will make wiser choices - and imitate a shooting or a stabbing instead of a hanging. It's far safer bet!
*******
Wretched Recommendations!
Becky has a film recommendation (this was actually submitted last year, and the film is now out on DVD):
"I am a big Kevin Gage fan, and recently read on an unofficial fan site that the movie CHAOS is finally being released to a limited number of theaters in August. Here is a synopsis of the film from Kevin Gage:
'Kevin Gage plays the title role in this graphically violent exploitation film. "It's based on true events about two girls who try to score the drug ecstasy at a rave party from some people they don't know," explains director David DeFalco, "which basically puts them in a world of hell. They are exposed to the most evil, sadistic, brutal people on the planet, and they are basically obliterated by this one monster of a human being, nicknamed 'Chaos.' The end of the movie has the parents confronting the killers." '
"DeFalco makes some effort to justify the film as a warning to young people. The official Chaos web site states that each year, 100 youths are abducted and murdered by strangers. In an interview on the site, he claims that 'We had a female DA at the Cineramadome screening of CHAOS who, after seeing the movie, said it should be shown in all schools.'
"More from DeFalco: 'The most common question I get asked regarding CHAOS from people is "What's the purpose of making a movie like this?" My answer to that question is because it is a very real and unfortunate part of life that is as fascinating as it is disturbing.'
"The working title for Chaos was The House in the Middle of Nowhere.
"If you wish to delve deeper into the movie, check out its official website. The TESTIMONIALS section is especially interesting."
Chaos (2005)
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Morbid Lyric Du Jour!
Keith shares some morbid lyrics: "My kids like this song by the Arrogant Worms. They have good taste. The album should be available on Amazon.com"
Rippy the Gator
by the Arrogant Worms
Hi kids! Welcome to the Uncle BoBo show! Are you ready to sing? Come on, let's go!
Billy and his family
Went on a holiday
They went down to Florida
To laugh and dance and play
Bill went in for a swim
He didn't see the harm
But when he came back out again,
He was short an arm!
'cause Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp!
Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp!
Passing the time by ending children's lives
Down in the bottom of the swamp, swamp, swamp
Billy and his father
Went out to play some catch
But Billy missed the pass
Because his arm was unattached
The ball flew past his shoulder
And it rolled into the swamp
When he went wading after it,
His leg became a stump!
'cause Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp!
Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp!
Passing the time by ending children's lives
Down in the bottom of the swamp, swamp, swamp
Billy and his father
Joined a three-legged race
They were tearing up the field
No one could keep the pace
But Billy tripped and did a flip
And landed in the muck
He was running out of limbs
And also out of luck!
'cause Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp!
Rippy the gator went chomp, chomp, chomp!
Passing the time by ending children's lives
Down in the bottom of the swamp, swamp, swamp
Billy was all dirty
He really had to wash
But he couldn't use a towel
'cause his limbs had been gnawed off
He went into the water
To get all clean and bright
But when he was finished
He was only half his height
'cause Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp!
Rippy the gator went chomp, chomp, chomp!
Passing the time by ending children's lives
Down in the bottom of the swamp, swamp, swamp
Billy's father rolled his wheelchair
Up upon a hill
He wanted to take Bill
Where he would not get killed
But he left him on a slope
And into a swamp he rolled
They dragged out his head
But there was nothing down below!
'cause Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp!
Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp!
Passing the time by ending children's lives
Down in the bottom of the swamp, swamp, swamp
Passing the time by ending children's lives
Down in the bottom of the swamp
(down in the swamp)
This song is available on The Best Of The Arrogant Worms.
I called my old friend Nina earlier: she's doing fine, and says that her son Dylan will go to his father's for overnight stays soon. He appears to be happy to see him, so that's a good thing. Her ex was nasty towards her, though! She told me that the power went out at her workplace yesterday afternoon, so they just chilled for an hour or so. Today, it was better. She asked if I still talked to Yazmine: of course not, since she ended our friendship over 50 cents! Seems Yazmine was very curt with her on the phone recently when she just called to see how she was, since her tone of voice was "DON'T BOTHER ME!" Not sure when Nina and I will get together, but maybe by the end of the month... next weekend's not good since it's my brother Jon's birthday. We'll work something out...
Email is being weird today: my Morbid Facts newsletter went into my spam folder (!), and I got an email notice of a testimonial written in JULY! Crazy stuff... the double notifications of confirming subscriptions to things like the Bonehead Awards / This Is True / Stella Awards / Heroic Stories did NOT help. At least the ArcaMax / Wordsmith things weren't like that!
Today's Curious Yet Truly Morbid Fact!
India's first execution in 13 years has claimed an additional toll of at least two children dead in mishaps as they re-enacted the highly publicized hanging of a man convicted of raping and murdering a schoolgirl.
In August 2004, 41-year-old Dhananjoy Chatterjee was hanged in the eastern city of Calcutta after 13 years on death row. Two weeks after the execution, 14-year-old Prem Gaekwad died when he tied one end of a rope around his neck and swung the other end on a ceiling fan in his Bombay home, in an apparent re-enactment. "The boy's father told us Prem was a very bright but curious kid, and kept asking questions about how Dhananjoy would be hanged," said assistant police inspector Dilip Suryawanshi. "Dhananjoy was the top news on all TV channels for so many days, and Prem would watch very closely."
The previous week, a 12-year-old girl died in the eastern state of West Bengal, when she tried to demonstrate for her younger brother how Chatterjee was executed. And a 10-year-old boy in the same state almost died when he and his friends acted out the execution... taking the roles of Chatterjee, the hangman, a doctor, and the prison warden. "Children have a natural curiosity about anything out of the ordinary," psychiatrist Anjali Chhabria told Reuters. "Also, several newspapers and TV channels had given detailed sketches of execution by hanging, making it easier for kids to imitate."
Culled from: Reuters
Generously submitted by: Ladyfreud
**********************************************************************
Okay, this is just a guess, but I'm betting they don't show much in the way of violent imagery on television in India, so these kids didn't have a lot to choose from to satiate their primitive desire for imitation. This is why it's so important to bombard children with a multitude of violent images every day. They will make wiser choices - and imitate a shooting or a stabbing instead of a hanging. It's far safer bet!
*******
Wretched Recommendations!
Becky has a film recommendation (this was actually submitted last year, and the film is now out on DVD):
"I am a big Kevin Gage fan, and recently read on an unofficial fan site that the movie CHAOS is finally being released to a limited number of theaters in August. Here is a synopsis of the film from Kevin Gage:
'Kevin Gage plays the title role in this graphically violent exploitation film. "It's based on true events about two girls who try to score the drug ecstasy at a rave party from some people they don't know," explains director David DeFalco, "which basically puts them in a world of hell. They are exposed to the most evil, sadistic, brutal people on the planet, and they are basically obliterated by this one monster of a human being, nicknamed 'Chaos.' The end of the movie has the parents confronting the killers." '
"DeFalco makes some effort to justify the film as a warning to young people. The official Chaos web site states that each year, 100 youths are abducted and murdered by strangers. In an interview on the site, he claims that 'We had a female DA at the Cineramadome screening of CHAOS who, after seeing the movie, said it should be shown in all schools.'
"More from DeFalco: 'The most common question I get asked regarding CHAOS from people is "What's the purpose of making a movie like this?" My answer to that question is because it is a very real and unfortunate part of life that is as fascinating as it is disturbing.'
"The working title for Chaos was The House in the Middle of Nowhere.
"If you wish to delve deeper into the movie, check out its official website. The TESTIMONIALS section is especially interesting."
Chaos (2005)
*******
Morbid Lyric Du Jour!
Keith shares some morbid lyrics: "My kids like this song by the Arrogant Worms. They have good taste. The album should be available on Amazon.com"
Rippy the Gator
by the Arrogant Worms
Hi kids! Welcome to the Uncle BoBo show! Are you ready to sing? Come on, let's go!
Billy and his family
Went on a holiday
They went down to Florida
To laugh and dance and play
Bill went in for a swim
He didn't see the harm
But when he came back out again,
He was short an arm!
'cause Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp!
Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp!
Passing the time by ending children's lives
Down in the bottom of the swamp, swamp, swamp
Billy and his father
Went out to play some catch
But Billy missed the pass
Because his arm was unattached
The ball flew past his shoulder
And it rolled into the swamp
When he went wading after it,
His leg became a stump!
'cause Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp!
Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp!
Passing the time by ending children's lives
Down in the bottom of the swamp, swamp, swamp
Billy and his father
Joined a three-legged race
They were tearing up the field
No one could keep the pace
But Billy tripped and did a flip
And landed in the muck
He was running out of limbs
And also out of luck!
'cause Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp!
Rippy the gator went chomp, chomp, chomp!
Passing the time by ending children's lives
Down in the bottom of the swamp, swamp, swamp
Billy was all dirty
He really had to wash
But he couldn't use a towel
'cause his limbs had been gnawed off
He went into the water
To get all clean and bright
But when he was finished
He was only half his height
'cause Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp!
Rippy the gator went chomp, chomp, chomp!
Passing the time by ending children's lives
Down in the bottom of the swamp, swamp, swamp
Billy's father rolled his wheelchair
Up upon a hill
He wanted to take Bill
Where he would not get killed
But he left him on a slope
And into a swamp he rolled
They dragged out his head
But there was nothing down below!
'cause Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp!
Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp!
Passing the time by ending children's lives
Down in the bottom of the swamp, swamp, swamp
Passing the time by ending children's lives
Down in the bottom of the swamp
(down in the swamp)
This song is available on The Best Of The Arrogant Worms.
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