Sleepwalking Shooter

Now I myself don't sleepwalk, but I know a couple people who do; I have never ever known anyone to be such an epic fail as Sandford Rothman, a 63 year old man from Boulder Colorado.


The story goes that he woke up to 'a bang' and found he had shot himself in the knee whilst sleepwalking. 


But the thing is, if you were a sleepwalker why would you keep a gun accessible to yourself in your sleep?!

And another thing is that this guy wasn't even drunk or high, even though he does take medication for pain (I bet he'd need to up his dosage after this particular incident!).


But at least this guy isn't alone, it appears that loads of people have had unpleasant (though hilarious) gun experiences when they perhaps weren't paying quite enough attention...


Take Florida resident Daniel McDaniels (and yes that is his real name) for example; he managed to shoot himself in the FACE whilst trying to fight off a skunk.

The round went through the fingers of McDaniel's right hand before entering his left cheek and lodging itself in his head.

Or 52 year old Darrel Elam, Washington, who shot himself whilst his gun was in his very own back pocket.The reckless walker thought it would make his trek more comfortable to take his handgun out of its holster and keep it in his back pocket instead. 

After moving the .40-caliber weapon he then managed to fire a bullet down his left buttock and left leg before it came to rest just above his knee.

So I think the moral of these stories is, if you're going to be stupid enough to own a gun, at least try to use it competently.


You can read more about these stories at:


http://abcnews.go.com/Health/SleepDisorders/colo-man-sanford-rothman-shoots-sleeping/story?id=11996668

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world/daniel-mcdaniels-shoots-his-own-face-while-loading-rifle-own_100439551.html
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/aug/30/snohomish-man-shoots-self-in-buttock/

Job Crisis at 18?

I was personally quite amused when I heard of Claire Fear; the 18 year old who went to the extreme of holding a sign at the edge of a road, to get employement offers. 
I know we're in a recession and all of the economic trouble etc. but maybe thats a little extreme...

The ex-health sciences student, has apparently applied for 80 posts since she left her college in June, but hasn't got anything more than part-time work because she is too inexperienced.

But if surely if nobody is willing to give her experience she's going to be going round in circles over and over again?

I have to give her credit though, after all this media she's got (coverage by The Sun, Metro, Daily Mail and others) she'll probably get quite a few offers! It's a pretty unorthodox method but hey, if it gets results it gets results...

If you're interested, you can read more about Claire at:


www.metro.co.uk/.../845876-jobless-teenager-dons-placard-to-beg-for-work

www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Teenager-takes-street-billboard-begging-Please-job.html 

www.thesun.co.uk/.../Unemployed-Claire-Fear-18-uses-placard-in-attempt-to-find-work.html

www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/ 

Starting Out :)

Greetings, fellow bloggers... I am new to the blogging game, but with aspirations to be a journalist (or with some kind of career in media), a blog seems to be a good way of getting off the 'starting blocks' as it were...

Plus, I kinda want to see what all the hype is about :)

I guess in my blog I'll be writing about news stories I find interesting and probably comments about life in general really - hence the name of my blog, surprisingly.

So I hope you enjoy it!