Not much to talk about lately. But today was a particularly interesting day for quirky news stories.

• Canadian Troops have to battle 10-foot marijuana plants. They tried to burn them down, but downwind soldiers suffered “ill effects”!
• A youth baseball coach who allegedly paid an 8 year old to bean his autistic teammate with a baseball has gotten up to 6 years in prison. This was so the autistic child would not be able to play in an important game. What a shagged up world, eh?
• In Florida, a father is being charged with aggravated child abuse in the “torture, malicious punishment and unlawful caging” of his own son. The child spent most of the last three years locked in his bedroom with video cameras locked on him. He was allowed to use the washroom once per day. The child’s mother said “We’re very protective.” (shakes head in disbelief)
• In Alberta, a man just won a lawsuit against the RCMP to keep $18,000 in cash he found in his mailbox. The money was dropped in the wrong mailbox, so the man turned it in to the police. When the people in the household of the right address refused to acknowledge the money was theirs (hmmm…fishy), the RCMP were unable to press charges but refused to return the money to the original finder. Makes you wanna be super honest, eh?
• Buffalo, New York got hit with 2 feet of snow yesterday!!! This set a new record for October snowfall… the old record was 6 inches on Oct 31, 1917! They can have it. So far, we’re still sleeping with the windows open.

Well, that’s it for the quirky quickies. Some weird shit happening these days.