Thursday, February 07, 2008

Today in South Alabama

Funny: Firefighter fakes calls to ride truck

Stapleton Volunteer Firefighter Michael Salter Jr. liked to ride fire trucks so much that he called in false alarms to his own department -- twice in two days, Baldwin County authorities said today.

He's now charged with two counts of rendering a false alarm.

The Baldwin County Sheriff's Office said today that Salter admitted to calling in phony emergencies from his Stapleton residence.

When investigators asked him why, he said, he "just loved" to ride on the fire truck, according to sheriff's spokesman Maj. Anthony Lowery.

Friday, February 01, 2008

iPhone vs. 18-wheeler

Phone left on trunk...lands on highway...gets run over by a semi...and starts ringing! Awesome.

In related news, modern times come to Dog River: My parents' house, sans computer for a few years now, is about to have a new iMac and high-speed internet for the first time. And wireless of course, so now, next time Dad is out mowing the front yard... I can live blog that shit.