Modern Day “Robin Hood” Sentenced to a Year in Prison
When banks get caught stealing from you, they get trillion dollar bailouts. If you get caught stealing from a bank, you’ll probably end up in prison like Patricia Keezer, a former branch manager at Citizens Bank (FKA Republic Bank) in Manchester, Michigan. Keezer, who claims to have given the money to needy clients, was recently convicted of embezzling approximately $340,000. [S]he would give people $2,000 at a time for car repairs, mortgage payments and taxes. She commonly reversed bounced-check charges and other fees. At least by deed, she appears to have borrowed from the legendary Robin Hood, who famosuly stole from the rich in order to give to the poor. It’s possible that she squirreled the money away into an offshore bank account somewhere, and concocted the Robin Hood story in … Read entire article »
Dog Blogging: Hula Hoop Jump
Well, technically just one new trick, for the moment. This video is from yesterday, today we successfully worked on getting some more height to her jumps. Some people want to know: How did you teach her that? Teaching a dog anything is pretty easy, but it does take a fair amount of patience, because the dog has no idea what you’re asking her to do. I imagine that to her, I sound somewhat like the adults in the Charlie Brown specials. So the dog tries to guess, and you have to remain patient while she’s learning what you’re asking of her. Since I’d taught Rumor to jump a small hurdle (usually some sort of cardboard box), or my arm (if I was kneeling and extended my arm) some time ago, … Read entire article »
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Sabbatical
It seems I’ve been on an impromptu sabbatical lately – I assure you it’s not a Stanley Cup hangover. Traveled out to California for work a few weeks ago, and have been busy ever since. Mostly late nights at work, but there was a wedding thrown in the mix last weekend, and some other unwinding to be done. I even got to be “on a boat”. Not that sort of boat, though. Was a 28-footer, belongs to a friend of a friend who took us down to the Detroit River to watch the Red Bull Air Races. Mostly I’ve not even turned on the computer away from the office. I’ve been doing a lot of reading — fiction for a change. I finished Alongside Night, and … Read entire article »
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