Crazy stories of love(?)

Both of these stories were mentioned on the radio this morning.

"Woman sues for heartbreak via Facebook"

"Iwan says he and Gray were just Facebook friends who played Mafia Wars together, but the friendship developed into an online relationship. Still, he said, he told her she was welcome to visit during spring break as 'my friend.'

When he met someone new, he said he was upfront with Gray about it and initially she was OK with it. But then, the 35-year-old who works at Applebee's said, Gray started a hate group about him on Facebook and called him an online predator."


"Mall shooter's bride: 'I just felt so madly in love'"

"Quynh Maldonado remembers the Tacoma Mall shootings - and her first glimpse of gunman Dominick Maldonado - much differently.

'There was just something about him when I saw him on TV. ... I felt just right then and there that he is the one.'

By the next spring Quynh - just 17 at the time - started writing Maldonado in jail, sending pictures of herself, many of them topless. 'I just felt so madly in love with him.'

...


So who is this woman who would marry a man destined to spend the rest of his life behind bars?

Reporter: 'Have you had other boyfriends before?'

Quynh: 'No.'

Reporter: 'Are you working at all now?'

Quynh: 'Oh no.'

Reporter: 'Have you finished school?'

Quynh: 'Actually I quit school in 9th grade 'cause I couldn't stand the whole bullying thingy.'

In fact - Quynh says before Maldonado - she had no other friends and her Siamese cat was the love of her life.

'I don't feel like Dom is taking its place - it is just that Dom is another love of my life, basically - but in a human way.'"

(EDIT)

Also, this: "Their marriage consists of photos, phone calls, letters and occasional face-to-face visits. No conjugal visits are allowed for at least three years."

Here is my question: Why would someone serving a 163-year sentence be allowed any conjugal visits ever? The last thing this world needs is for these dumbasses to breed.

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Dear Bicyclists Who Ride Their Bikes In Redmond, Washington

Take a good close look at the image below:

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You see those things on the edges of the street? The things with the big red arrows pointing at them?

Maybe that image isn't so good, so here is a better, closer view:

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Those things are called "bike lanes." They are intended for use with your bicycle. It even has a little image of a bicycle with a little arrow on it to help you out and everything. Here is what I want you to do.

I want you to USE THOSE AND STAY THE BLOODY HELL OFF OF THE SIDEWALK!!!

Thank you.

Sincerely,

An Angry Pedestrian Who Is Sick And Tired Of Having To Lurch To The Side Due To Bikes Whizzing By From Behind On The Sidewalk Where They're Not Supposed To Be