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Kitchen Nightmares: Fried Rats and 'Beef Stroking Off'
Hamilton Nolan · 07/13/11 03:32PM7 Dead, Hostages Taken in Michigan Shooting Spree
Seth Abramovitch · 07/07/11 07:46PMWhat To Do When a Moth Crawls Inside Your Ear
Seth Abramovitch · 06/28/11 11:59PMOld People Are Clogging Up the Suburbs
Hamilton Nolan · 06/28/11 10:59AMDemographic analysis is not all that hard, if you think about it. Young white kids are flooding into our nation's cities; the crumbling suburban wasteland, therefore, is welcoming an influx of formerly urban black people. This could be seen as a reasonably fair trade, except for one key factor—the old people are still there in the suburbs. And they're cranky.
Awful Things: Mexican Drug War Edition
Hamilton Nolan · 04/25/11 08:32AM'It's All Good,' Says Guy Who Missed $319 Million Jackpot
Hamilton Nolan · 04/01/11 09:28AMThe dude who decided not to get in on his usual office lottery pool on the very day that it hit a $319 million jackpot is SPEAKING OUT and TELLING HIS STORY, so that even the most miserable of us shall be able to put a face to our "at least I'm not that guy" self-reassurances. His name is Michael Kosko, he's an I.T. worker in Albany, and he "didn't have two singles" to chuck in the pool that day. And he declined to take a $2 loan from a coworker. Bummer.
Guy Who 'Wasn't Feeling Lucky' Sits Out Winning $319 Million Office Lottery Pool
Hamilton Nolan · 03/30/11 08:18AMYes, There Might Be a Snake in Your Toilet
Max Read · 03/29/11 08:24PMA seven-year-old girl in Germany discovered seven-foot boa constrictor in her toilet, according to police. The snake was likely a former pet that had escaped into the sewer system; animal control officers apparently snapped the above photo before it slithered off to make more psychologists in the future very rich. The girl is, as far as we know, safe. The takeaway from this story (and a similar one from the Bronx last year) is: Always look in the toilet bowl before you sit down. [German Herald; AFP via The Daily What]
City Worker's Harrowing Tale: My Boss's Voice Made Me Puke
Hamilton Nolan · 02/15/11 10:21AMGather round, children, and listen to the terrifying tale of New York City Housing Authority employee Anthony Dingle: in his workplace of woe, poor Anthony lived in a constant state of dread, fearing the evil cackle of his shrewish supervisor. Career—or calamity? This, we tell you, is a story of the darkest depths of distress and dejection. The story of a man whose boss's voice made him puke.
NYPD Getting New, More Bone-Rattling Siren
Hamilton Nolan · 02/11/11 12:37PMScreaming Baggage Handler Narrowly Escapes Becoming a Popsicle
Hamilton Nolan · 02/09/11 11:07AMA US Airways flight from DC to Hartford was all set to take off Monday when—hey, do you hear a sort of muffled, thumping, screaming sound? Yes. Yes, definitely. The passengers did in fact hear that sound. It was a baggage handler who'd been locked in the cargo hold under the plane, by one of his colleagues, by accident. Whoops! Could be a very tense situation at the workplace, after that. The baggage handler got out though, and was fine (physically). The plane got off on time! It could have been worse.