The Chihuahua known for Taco Bell's famous slogan, "Yo Quiero Taco Bell!" is muerte. The adorable Gidget died from a stroke Tuesday (7/21/09) at the ripe old age of fifteen.Vaya Con Dios, little one.
Hide your dogs people - Michael Vick's legal sentence comes to an end tomorrow, which means the spineless coward is no longer confined to his Virginia mansion. That's right, the dog killer can and will saunter amongst the general public.
Well, I couldn't say no to the one-eyed beast. That's right Bella... aka: Bellarina, Bella Boo, Bella Lagosi, Rebel-A, Maybel, Maybella, Hell's Bells, Belle, One-Eye... is now a member of my pack. I smile every time I look at THAT face - I figured that cant be a bad thing. And, the seven-month old lab of terror seems to bring joy to all she meets. I know I can use more joy in my world. I am guessing others can too. So the unofficial, one-eye, underbite, goofy ambassador of joy is here to stay.
I stumbled upon this article on the CNN website and while a tragic accident, I can think of no better way to for my ultimate demise than in a sea of chocolate. Images of Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory are dancing through my head, esp. the scene where the big kid falls into the chocolate river. Yum! Read on...(CNN) -- An employee at a New Jersey chocolate processing plant died Wednesday after falling into a vat of hot chocolate, according to a spokesman for the Camden County Prosecutor's office.
Vincent Smith II, 29, was dumping raw chocolate into the vat for melting when he fell in from a nine-foot high platform. He suffered a fatal blow to the head from the vat's agitator, a paddle-like mechanism used for stirring the chocolate.
According to the Camden County prosecutor's office, three other people were on the platform at the time. One was able to shut the machinery off quickly, but it was too late to save Smith.
The facility, owned by Cocoa Services Inc., is managed and operated by by Lyons and Sons.
The rectangular vat, which was 8 feet deep, 14 feet long and 6 feet wide, was churning a batch of chocolate for Hershey's when the accident occurred, the prosecutor's office said.
Check out this looker! She may become the newest member of my family. Bella The Beauty is coming to scope us out on Sunday and if none of the other dogs eat her (mainly Tbonz the chihuahua) than this one-eyed wonder will stay. We all have afflictions - some are visible while others brew inside - this girl's are clearly worn on her face. I say who needs two eyes when you have a winning smile like this!
I haven't had cable for the past five years and since the digital takeover on June 12th, I am now completely TV-less. That's right, no television. No local news. No CNN. No Oprah. No (gasp) Jon & Kate Plus 8.
15 years ago I pierced my nose, for the first time. When my mom saw my newly adorned nose, she stopped talking to me for two days. I took my piercing out (I was a wuss).After unsuccessfully petitioning his father for two years to marry the girl, the man heated up a knife and sliced off his reproductive organ, a police official said.
The young man came from a prominent family in the southern Egyptian province of Qena, one of
The man was rushed to the hospital, but doctors were unable to reattach the severed member, the official added, citing the police report filed after the incident.
The official, who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak with the press, added that the man was still recovering in the hospital.
Traditionally, marriages in these conservative parts of southern Egypt are between similar social classes and often within the same extended families — and are rarely for love.