Underage driver’s crash injures ‘sex party’ mom

GOLDEN, Colo. - A woman who authorities said had sex with high school boys so she could be a “cool mom” was injured while riding in an SUV that veered off an interstate a day before she was to be sentenced. T he driver was a 14-year-old girl.

Sentencing for 41-year-old Silvia Johnson, who pleaded guilty to two counts of misdemeanor sexual assault and nine felony counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, was postponed. A review hearing was set for Oct. 6. She could be sentenced to 58 years in prison.

The Arvada woman held parties for teenage boys almost weekly between October 2003 and October 2004, according to investigators. They said she gave drugs and alcohol to eight boys and had sex with five. Johnson told police she wanted to be known as a “cool mom,” authorities said.

On Sunday, Johnson was in a 2000 Jeep Liberty that rolled over after the teen drove off Interstate 25 and down an embankment, Colorado State Patrol Trooper Eric Wynn said.

Johnson and three other passengers — her 14-year-old daughter, 11-year-old son and a 12-year-old boy — were hospitalized with serious injuries, authorities said. Only the driver was wearing a seat belt and escaped serious injury, authorities said.

The crash was under investigation; no charges have been filed, Wynn said.

Prosecutor Lori Toll said Johnson could be charged with allowing an underage driver to take the wheel. She also said Johnson was violating a restraining order barring her from having contact with her children.

Johnson’s attorney, Phil Cherner, said: “My client has gone through a great tragedy … It’s a sad day for everyone on both sides of the case.”

Jefferson County District Attorney Scott Storey said he was “very surprised and shocked” that a 14-year-old may have been driving while Johnson was in the vehicle. “That’s very upsetting to me, especially considering what her history has been in this case,” he said.

What the F??? Ok, I had NO IDEA that this is how you become a “cool” mom. If that is the case, I’m guessing there are a lot of dorky moms out there.

And how must this lady’s daughter feel to know that her mom is banging her classmates? Yuck.

(and I had to italicize the “my client has gone through a great tragedy” part. I’m sorry, but this lady brought this all on herself. She’s the one that let a 14-year old drive with no license and she’s the one that decided to sleep with pre-pubescent boys. A tragedy yes, but not anything that we should feel sorry towards this lady about.

Was your mom “cool?”

Last weekend, Amber had her Wisconsin bachelorette party/wedding shower. Here are some pictures for your enjoyment. I think there are some other good ones floating around, but these should suffice for now until people submit their own…

Tim, you were just talking the other day about having a Toga Party. Looks like you already missed it at the Emmy’s!

This is just gross:

Tongue-eating bug found in fish

A gross creature which gobbles up a fish’s tongue and then replaces it with its own body has been found in Britain for the first time. The bug - which has the scientific name cymothoa exigua - was discovered inside the mouth of a red snapper bought from a London fishmonger.

The 3.5cm creature had grabbed onto the fish’s tongue and slowly ate away at it until only a stub was left.

It then latched onto the stub and became the fish’s “replacement tongue”.

Scientists are very excited by the find.

Dr Jim Brock of the Horniman Museum in south London told Metro newspaper: “I have not seen this species in all my 13 years at the museum so it’s a remarkable find.”

The bugs are usually found off the coast of California, so it’s possible the fish was imported to the UK.

But don’t be too freaked out - scientists say the creature does not pose any threat to humans and only attaches itself to fish tongues.

Still pretty gross if you ask me…

This headline caught my eye this morning:

Coles shares secret: Jets receiver reveals he was sexually abused as child

The article goes on to say how the NY Jets wide receiver, Laveranues Coles, was sexually abused by his stepfather when he was growing up. The stepfather has sense been divorced by Coles mom, and sent to prison for a few different infractions.

My first thought when reading the headline was actually quite insensitive: “Who cares?” I figured just because this guy is a pro athlete, what makes his story of abuse any more newsworthy than the little boy that lives a few houses down from you who hasn’t been able to tell his story out of fear of embarassment.

But then I read the article and this changed my mind. Coles said:

“I haven’t talked about it in … forever, but I know that holding something like that inside has been a burden for so long,” Coles said Sunday after helping the Jets beat Miami 17-7. “For me to get on this platform that I have, having been in the league and have all the media attention that we have, I think it’s something that should be said.

“If it gets one kid to come out and say, `Look, this is happening to me,’ … I think it’s right.”

Here is an athlete that knows that little kids look up to him as a role model. A guy that knows he has the power of the media at his fingertips and is using it in a GOOD way. It’s sad to think that this is happening to little boys and girls around the world, but it’s a reality. And maybe, this brings a little bit of hope to a few of those kids to let them know that no… it’s not ok. Maybe we need more people in this world that have a voice to be the kind of role model that Coles is being.

Check this out!

Brewers offer free tickets for home finale

The Milwaukee Brewers today announced an unprecedented promotion: Free tickets to all fans for the team’s final regular-season home game Sept. 29.

The finale is a 1:05 p.m. game against the Cincinnati Reds.

“Our goal was to offer something unprecedented to the greatest baseball fans in America,” owner Mark Attanasio said. “The people of the state of Wisconsin continue to show tremendous passion for the Brewers, and this is our gesture to thank them for their incredible support in my first year as owner.”

Starting immediately, fans can obtain tickets at the Miller Park box office, by phone (414-902-4000) or on the Internet (milwaukeebrewers.com).

There will be a limit of eight tickets per person, while supplies last. Fans coming to the ballpark can pick up tickets at the box office without paying any service or ordering fees. For phone orders, there will be a $5 per order service fee, and by Internet there will be a $2 per ticket, $2 per order service/processing fee.

Gas prices have gradually been going down around this area, but I think they probably topped out at $3.49 in some areas within the past week or so. Thank God they are finally down around $2.85. But check this out from a gas station in Georgia on August 31st….

Yup. It could always be worse…

Many of you have heard of my friend, Erica, who grew up in a small town in Southwest Wisconsin. Their grocery store out there is called “Dick’s.” Fair enough. Much to my surprise, one day at college, Erica asked me if I had a “dicksack.” I’m like “excuse me?? NO!” Turns out that they just called their grocery bags “sacks”, and therefore, because they were from Dicks, they were called dicksacks. Interesting.

Well, when all of these grocery “savings” cards came out, whoever was doing marketing at Dicks thought they would get a little perverted joke in on the city and see who noticed. It wasn’t called the Dick’s Saver Card or Frequent Dick’s Card. No, they had to call it the “Dick’s Insider” card. Are you kidding me?? I’m sure some people didn’t get the sexual inuiendo in that, but whoever made that card up was probably laughing his/her ass off for quite some time.

Today, I was looking on the Milwaukee County Transit System’s website and their frequent flyer card isn’t quite as bad as the Dick’s Insider card, but it’s right up there. They call theirs the “Rider Insider” card. Actually, the tout it as their “Rider Insider, MCTS’ rider privilege program.”

Worth a good chuckle. Have any of you heard of these before or something along the same lines?

A little something for you to do when you are bored at work (compliments of Neill and his coworker, Otis).

Click on this link (and yes, it’s safe for work… if she gets stuck, nudge her with your mouse)!

For those of you that have been sending me hate emails over the past few days for not updating my site, it’s because I’ve been in the process of moving. Every single day has consisted of either painting, cleaning, or packing for the big move which is tomorrow. SO… hang in there… I should have something up early next week!

I’m not exactly sure how this thing works just yet, but I do think it’s an interesting invention.

KLEINMOND, South Africa (Reuters) - A South African inventor unveiled a new anti-rape female condom on Wednesday that hooks onto an attacker’s penis and aims to cut one of the highest rates of sexual assault in the world.

Nothing has ever been done to help a woman so that she does not get raped and I thought it was high time,” Sonette Ehlers, 57, said of the “rapex,” a device worn like a tampon that has sparked controversy in a country used to daily reports of violent crime.

Police statistics show more than 50,000 rapes are reported every year, while experts say the real figure could be four times that as they say most rapes of acquaintances or children are never reported.

Ehlers said the “rapex” hooks onto the rapist’s skin, allowing the victim time to escape and helping to identify perpetrators.

“He will obviously be too pre-occupied at this stage,” she told reporters in Kleinmond, a small holiday village about 100km (60 miles) east of Cape Town. “I promise you he is going to be too sore. He will go straight to hospital.”

The device, made of latex and held firm by shafts of sharp barbs, can only be removed from the man through surgery which will alert hospital staff, and ultimately, the police, she said.

It’s hard to tell from the picture how this thing would work, but it sounds like a good idea, especially in places in Africa where rape is common. Obviously, there are other controversies surrounding this female condom. The article mentions that getting a bunch of sharp barbs stuck in his penis might enrage the man more, and thus cause more physical harm to the women. Other critics say the condom is medieval and barbaric. Well, yeah. But how else does a women stop a man from raping her?

What do you think about this situation? Good idea, bad idea?