Never underestimate the power of Fried Chicken

by on August 19, 2008 @ 1:58 pm

Shit will make yo azz confess!

Durham was sentenced Wednesday to life behind bars with a chance for parole in 30 years after pleading guilty last month to aggravated murder for Adam Calbreath’s brutal slaying.

Multnomah County, Ore., Judge Eric Bergstrom agreed to the unusual plea deal – which included buckets of fried chicken, pizza and lasagna – because it saved the expense of a trial and possible appeals. A murder trial could have cost the county about $4,000, officials said.

Durham’s insatiable need for greasy food – which included gorging on KFC and Popeye’s chicken, mashed potatoes, coleslaw, carrot cake, along with a pizza, two calzones, lasagna and ice cream – cost Oregon taxpayers only $41.70. Bergstrom signed off on the deal, and the killer downed the food in two sittings – the first a few weeks ago, and the second on Wednesday. […]

Don Hons, 32, a friend of Calbreath’s who attended the sentencing, said Durham deserved no favors – but told The Oregonian newspaper he was glad the judge made the food deal in order to get the killer locked up.

“If a couple buckets of chicken are going to help to get a conviction, then get some biscuits to go with it,” he said.

KFC, it’s mystical powers will never cease.

Investments based on Fantasy world prove risky

by on August 5, 2008 @ 9:00 am

As if you didn’t already know this, attempting to re-create a fantasy world IRL is probably not a good investment scheme, especially since the type of people who would actually want to own one of these homes all still live with their parents.

 The rise and fall of Bend’s real estate economy has resulted in foreclosure proceedings against The Shire, a village-themed concept in southeast Bend patterned after J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” series.

A notice of default was recorded last week in the Deschutes County Clerk’s Office on the 31-lot development, which had a “Disneyland-like feel” according to one of its developers and was characterized by Old World housing styles and a fantasy setting….

“It was Ron’s concept, and it was a good one,” Jan McDonald said. “Had the market not gone to where it went, it had the potential to be successful.”

Uh, this was never going to be “successful”. 900k for a fucking log cabin with some pictures of Gandalf etched in glass and a “hobbit hole”, yeah that’s what any self respecting home owner is looking for.

If I ran that bank, I’d pay someone to show up in a Sauron outfit on the day they shitcan the place, ya know, just to really drive the nail home.