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April 10th, 2008 at 8:55 pm

Man upset over lack of beer shoots family goat!

A Wis. man, Peter W. Mischler, 48, came home on a Saturday after he’d been out hunting. He was upset with his 22 year old daughter, who was talking on the phone with her mother at the time, as she had let the goats out and they’d made a mess.

While the daughter was still on the phone the man told his daughter to ask her mother to bring home some beer but the wife refused.

Angrily he threatened to shoot the goats if she didn’t bring home beer.

She didn’t bring any beer home and shortly after she arrived back at the house the mother and daughter heard four gunshots outside. They went outside and found one of their two goats with it’s entrails hanging out.

Mischler was charged in Circuit Court with mistreatment of animals, possession of a firearm while intoxicated and disorderly conduct with a dangerous weapon.

The poor injured goat was shot by a deputy to put it out of it’s misery.

Mischler posted $1000 cash bond and was released. No word on whether he returned home to his wife and daughter.





October 1st, 2007 at 6:00 am

Stress relief?

How executives deal with stress. In June in Spain about 30 executives were chosen in a contest by NH Hotels to help demolish Madrid’s NH Alcala hotel; they were let inside with mallets and told to have at it.

In London and Tokyo, another option recently became available, according to the Daily Mail: misery clubs (such as Loss in London). Executives can rent rooms and view weepy movies or attend group crying sessions and “tear therapy” to “indulge their inner gloom,” wrote the newspaper.

Hmmm What happened to laughter being the best medicine?





November 19th, 2006 at 3:40 am

Voice123 to launch new version soon

If you are looking for Voice over talent for your small business ads, or commercials or if you are a person seeking work in the Voice over industry you might be interested in the latest version of Voice123.com that will be launched in the near future.

I love the trailer that they created to introduce the new version which you can find at http://v2.voice123.com.

After reading some of the release information it looks like it will be easier than ever to connect with people wanting to do voice overs , and get work in the industry. The plan is to use a system called Smart Cast which is designed to help voice-seekers find the best talent for their project on time and on budget. It seems fairly simple and straight forward. A voice seeker posts a project, and Voice123 Smart Cast searches for the best talents out of thousands and invites them to audition, then the voice seeker gets a few dozen auditions or quotes and hires a talent directly.

Keep an eye on Voice123.com for more information regarding the launch of SmartCast.





November 2nd, 2006 at 2:06 pm

Koi microchips

This sounds really strange to me - The owner of the China Rose restaurant in Freeport, Maine, will be reunited with the ten fish seized from his aquarium last summer, if he meets requirements including having microchips inserted into them, for tracking purposes. I’ve never heard of a fish having a microchip installed. Is that even possible?

A three-member panel voted unanimously to issue a permit to allow Cuong Ly to keep his koi. The panel members were from the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Ly regards the koi as part of his family, as well as a source of good luck for his business. Maine wildlife officials have said that the koi could be a threat to native species if they were somehow released into the wild. Ly’s happy to get his fish back, but he’s unhappy with the restrictions that prevent them from being displayed at his restaurant. The fish have been displayed in the restaurant’s lobby for 15 years. the board set other conditions as well - the koi cannot be sold, traded or given away; they cannot be bred; and the department must be notified within 24 hours if one of the fish dies.

I never knew there were such restrictions for keeping Koi. People all over North America keep Koi in their ponds. Are we going to see more restrictions throughout N.A. regarding this member of the Carp family?