Tuesday, March 09, 2004
Today in History: Mar 9 1997 Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher Wallace) killed in a drive-by outside the Soul Train Music Awards in Los Angeles. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Funny Looking Guy Resents Being Fired
http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/stories/MYSA08.03B.walmart_firing_03-04.434eb731.html
Daniel A Lorenz is upset. He believes he has been fired unfairly from his dream job as an overnight stocker at Wal Mart because of his religious realities, his universal truths.
Walmart states he's been fired because of his failure to adhere to their dresscode.
Let's see. Danny Boy traditionally looked like this:
priest's shirt with Roman collar
arab headdress (kaffiyeh)
six crosses
a hip back with an anarchy symbol and the words "vampire" and "Ninja"
a ponytail and fuzzy chin (to reflect his belief that he is only 'borrowing' his body and therefore should not desecrate it by cutting parts of it off)
Danny was repeatedly told to straighten up, show the corporate identity and professionalism expected at WalMart, or ship out.
Now, Danny SECRETLY RECORDED counseling sessions with his bosses, so he could prove that they were evil and wrong and condemning him because of his unique faith. Sadly for him, these tapes actually include conversations with management that clearly refer to the dress code and specifically deny any issue with his religious beliefs. For example: store manager Steve Shadrock: "It has nothing to do with what you believe in," he says. Doesn't seem iffy to me, but Danny is certain that he's right and has filed a complaint with the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
"I believe I have been discriminated against because of my religion, universal belief," he said in a sworn affidavit filed with the agency Tuesday. "I do believe in God, but I don't attend any one church. There is no title to my religion other than a universal belief system." Other members of his...uh...faith...include his mom. That's about it. She works at Walmart too. But she dresses in a more subdued manner.
Hmmmm.
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Rare Robin in Britain. Briefly.
Birdwatchers in Grimsby (Britain) got more than they expected when the came out to watch a rare American Robin flitting around.
As they lined up with their cameras, and held their breath in anticipation of seeing and hearing beautiful robin redbreast.....A SPARROWHAWK SWOOPED DOWN AND ATE IT!!!!!!!!
Graham Appleton, of the British Trust for Ornithology, told ananova: "It was a terrible moment. The bird did not live to enjoy its moment of fame."
Bwah ha ha ha ha!
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It's a Boy! No, Wait...
Rosa Silvina Moyano and Carlos Alberto Diaz got quite a surprise when they brought their little newborn baby, Rodrigo Nicolas, home from the hospital for the first time.
Turns out that Rodrigo is actually a girl. A girl who had had her diapers changed and been bathed a number of times while in the hospital. A girl who was deemed to be male because, according to the Ushuaia Regional Hospital, "an administrative error took place after someone in the nursery thought the baby looked like a boy".
I guess the administrators weren't exactly looking at the right part of the child to determine sex.
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Minor-league hockey team signs Tonya Harding
The Indianapolis Ice, the same minor league hockey team that once signed the amazingly tall Manute Bol, has now signed former US Olympic Figure Skater/Boxer/Would-Be Bludgeoner Tonya Harding to play with them!
"We learned last season [with Bol] that it's easier to teach someone to fight than it is to skate," Ice general manager Larry Linde said in a statement. "She's already a world class skater and a professional boxer to boot."
She'll be playing Friday night against the Coloroda Eagles. The game is being called "Guaranteed Fight Night", and promises that there will be a fight at the game or all the folks to turn out to see it will receive a free ticket to the Ice's final regular-season game on Sunday.
Funny Looking Guy Resents Being Fired
http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/stories/MYSA08.03B.walmart_firing_03-04.434eb731.html
Daniel A Lorenz is upset. He believes he has been fired unfairly from his dream job as an overnight stocker at Wal Mart because of his religious realities, his universal truths.
Walmart states he's been fired because of his failure to adhere to their dresscode.
Let's see. Danny Boy traditionally looked like this:
priest's shirt with Roman collar
arab headdress (kaffiyeh)
six crosses
a hip back with an anarchy symbol and the words "vampire" and "Ninja"
a ponytail and fuzzy chin (to reflect his belief that he is only 'borrowing' his body and therefore should not desecrate it by cutting parts of it off)
Danny was repeatedly told to straighten up, show the corporate identity and professionalism expected at WalMart, or ship out.
Now, Danny SECRETLY RECORDED counseling sessions with his bosses, so he could prove that they were evil and wrong and condemning him because of his unique faith. Sadly for him, these tapes actually include conversations with management that clearly refer to the dress code and specifically deny any issue with his religious beliefs. For example: store manager Steve Shadrock: "It has nothing to do with what you believe in," he says. Doesn't seem iffy to me, but Danny is certain that he's right and has filed a complaint with the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
"I believe I have been discriminated against because of my religion, universal belief," he said in a sworn affidavit filed with the agency Tuesday. "I do believe in God, but I don't attend any one church. There is no title to my religion other than a universal belief system." Other members of his...uh...faith...include his mom. That's about it. She works at Walmart too. But she dresses in a more subdued manner.
Hmmmm.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rare Robin in Britain. Briefly.
Birdwatchers in Grimsby (Britain) got more than they expected when the came out to watch a rare American Robin flitting around.
As they lined up with their cameras, and held their breath in anticipation of seeing and hearing beautiful robin redbreast.....A SPARROWHAWK SWOOPED DOWN AND ATE IT!!!!!!!!
Graham Appleton, of the British Trust for Ornithology, told ananova: "It was a terrible moment. The bird did not live to enjoy its moment of fame."
Bwah ha ha ha ha!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It's a Boy! No, Wait...
Rosa Silvina Moyano and Carlos Alberto Diaz got quite a surprise when they brought their little newborn baby, Rodrigo Nicolas, home from the hospital for the first time.
Turns out that Rodrigo is actually a girl. A girl who had had her diapers changed and been bathed a number of times while in the hospital. A girl who was deemed to be male because, according to the Ushuaia Regional Hospital, "an administrative error took place after someone in the nursery thought the baby looked like a boy".
I guess the administrators weren't exactly looking at the right part of the child to determine sex.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Minor-league hockey team signs Tonya Harding
The Indianapolis Ice, the same minor league hockey team that once signed the amazingly tall Manute Bol, has now signed former US Olympic Figure Skater/Boxer/Would-Be Bludgeoner Tonya Harding to play with them!
"We learned last season [with Bol] that it's easier to teach someone to fight than it is to skate," Ice general manager Larry Linde said in a statement. "She's already a world class skater and a professional boxer to boot."
She'll be playing Friday night against the Coloroda Eagles. The game is being called "Guaranteed Fight Night", and promises that there will be a fight at the game or all the folks to turn out to see it will receive a free ticket to the Ice's final regular-season game on Sunday.
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