Beth Williamson’s Blog

And I’m so glad to see it arrive. This weekend is a three day beach getaway and it’s drawing ever closer… I can almost see it.

The writing is kicking along, thank God, and while I’m not nearly where I should be, I’m at least not as far behind as I was. LOL.

Today’s post is about the naked cowboy. You know who I’m talking about, right? The dude who’s walked around Time Square for the last 10 years in his tightie-whities and cowboy hat strumming a guitar. Not particularly appealing to me - I think it’s more about what you can’t see than seeing too much.

Anyhoo, apparently he’s suing M&Ms. Yep, can you believe it? They put up a billboard with a blue M&M in a pair of tightie-whities, cowboy hat, strumming a guitar. Familiar, right?

The court thinks so and they’ve approved him suing M&Ms. Unbelievable as far as I’m concerned. If you’re crazy enough to walk around in your underwear every day in front of millions of New Yorkers, then you have no right to sue a candy maker for a billboard.

The interesting thing is he’s trademarked himself, or at least his look. This dude takes the prize for being odd, that’s for sure. I mean, he doesn’t want anyone to think he endorses M&Ms right? It’s sugared treats for God’s sake, what is he, crazy?

Get ready. This is a weird one…

Some guy who drank an “vitamin-enriched beverage” said it gave him a boner that sent him to the hospital.

That’s not all either. The dude is SUING the manufacturer of the beverage for an unspecified amount because he had to have surgery for a penil artery embolization.

Holy shit.

I mean really.

Real life just hands you stuff that makes you shake your head or say WTF?

You can read the whole story here. I suspect the dude had some kind of health issue before he drank the stuff, otherwise there might be boners galore of guys drinking it.

Wonder if he drank the vanilla, chocolate or strawberry version?

I don’t think I’d last if it was any longer. I usually don’t feel this tired until Friday morning but damned if I wasn’t tempted to hit that snooze button and drift back into sleep. Lately my dreams have been very vivid, telling me stories with all kinds of weird characters and interesting things. That’s a sign that my imagination is kicking me in the ass.

I. Need. To. Write.

Which means I need to turn real life off. Are you laughing too? Yep, it’s that funny isn’t it? *sigh*

So on Wednesdays I’m thinking I’ll share some strange news each week. There’s always some oddball story that catches my eye… here’s one about a guy who likes shoes.

In Wisconsin, they caught this 27 YO man with 1500 pairs of shoes. Did you read that? That’s one thousand five hundred pairs of shoes. Girls shoes, not men’s shoes, stolen from schools. Ick.

Apparently two years ago, he was charged with the same damn crime. Hello? Authorities? This is the rest of the world calling, the man has a PROBLEM, people. A big one.

Here’s another squicky part… he liked to smell them.

So there you have it. Today’s strange news. Anyone else have any to share?

Hooyah! Wednesday is finally here! I mean, hump day is.

I made it through Tuesday okay - how about y’all? When I eat my lunch at my desk (more often than not lately) I like to read the news online. The Strange News category always catches my attention. Speaking of hump day…

This story made me wince.

A 60 year old woman gave birth to twins in New Jersey yesterday. No, really. I’m not lying. See, you’re wincing too aren’t you? From what the story indicates she has a 6 year old son too, as well as two much older children. Then they reference a birth last year of twins also in NJ from a 59 year old woman.

Makes me want to cross my legs, throw salt over my shoulder and hang a horseshoe in my house. I’ll be 40 this year and my younger son is 11. There is no way on the planet I’d want to start over with a new baby - and I’m 20 years younger than this lady. Plus, well, I’m certainly not in the same physical shape I was when I had my last baby. A 40 year old mother is a risk, even if she’s healthy - what the hell were the doctors thinking to use in vitro fertilization on a 60 year old woman?

She can be a grandmother (since her son is 33 and daugher 29) and enjoy their babies. I just cannot fathom what she and her DH were thinking. If I hadn’t had any children, then absolutely I’d consider getting pregnant at 40. At 60, after three children, not a chance. I’m all about motherhood, but this is too much. She’ll be 78 when the twins graduate high school.

What do y’all think?

I’m over at the Writers Across Time blog today… Come read about a moose killing a bear. No, really, s’truth. Go forth and read.