Wanted Man Turns Himself In for Reward
Taliban commander Mohammad Ashan saw his face on a wanted poster and noted the reward was $100. So he grabbed one and went to a police checkpoint in the district of Sar Howza, Afghanistan, where he demanded the reward. Officials arrested him instead. He was wanted for plotting attacks on Afghan security forces.
When U.S. troops went to confirm that Ashan had in fact come forward to claim the finder’s fee, they were initially incredulous.
“We asked him, ‘Is this you?’ Mohammad Ashan answered with an incredible amount of enthusiasm, ‘Yes, yes, that’s me! Can I get my award now?’” recalled SPC Matthew Baker.
A biometric scan confirmed that the man in Afghan custody was the insurgent they had been looking for.
This guy is the Taliban equivalent of the ‘Home Alone” burglars,” one U.S. official said.
I ALSO did not shower. I went to see
Billy Elliott
last night and didn't get home until after 11, and then couldn't sleep until around 2. So I snuck in an extra half-hour of sleep, until 7:30.
Dick Clark has died.
Hands up: how many people thought he was already dead? (I don't mean "zombie Dick Clark, durr hurr hurr" jokes; I mean really thought he was dead.)
Hands up: how many people thought he was already dead? (I don't mean "zombie Dick Clark, durr hurr hurr" jokes; I mean really thought he was dead.)
Not me. I figured he was either not human or had sold his soul in exchange for never getting old. So my first reaction was, "Huh, I guess he was mortal."
I kind of thought Dick Clark would live forever. In a "possibly he's mostly plastic by this point" sort of way.
I finally got my list of sites! A little intimidating, because there are TWENTY of them, which is a lot more than I'm used to. However, only half of them are up and going, so we'll see how many I end up needing to visit frequently.
Bad news, no sites in SF.
Good news, eleven of them are in the LA area--I'm definitely thinking F2F shouldn't be a problem! Three are randomly in the middle of California (Santa Maria and Santa Barbara), and then one in Salt Lake, one in Wenatchee (pain to get to) and two in the Seattle area (whew!). And one I probably won't ever get to go to in Hawaii (my boss now lives there, and apparently they have her do anything that crops up in Hawaii!)
Happy birthday, beth and bonny!
happy b-day beth and bonny!
I have an interview on Monday for a job I'm qualified to do, but it requires a polished sort of person.
I don't think I'll get it, and will likely humiliate myself in some way during the interview, but hey, they called me, right?
When I heard Dick Clark had died I thought, "So that's where Cheney got his heart from."
