The Brooklyn scamster who masqueraded as his dead mom testified two years ago that she was his adoptive mother – and his maternal aunt. “Do you know Irene Prusik?” the plaintiff’s attorney asked Thomas Prusik Parkin in a foreclosure hearing. “She is my adoptive mother,” Parkin replied.
Archive for June, 2009
Man Collects Money Dressed as Dead Mother
Posted: 18th June 2009 by Veritas in Crime, Economy | Finance, Oddly EnoughTags: brooklyn, dead irene prusik, money, mother, scam, thomas prusik parkin
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Student Denied Diploma for Showboating
Posted: 18th June 2009 by Veritas in Lifestyle, Oddly EnoughTags: celebration, cumberland, diploma, justin denny, maine, portland, student, wmtw
STANDISH, Maine — Justin Denney’s family watched as he ascended the Cumberland County Civic Center stage during graduation Friday night to accept his diploma, but the superintendent told him to return to his seat. The Bonny Eagle High School senior’s mother said she can’t believe her son’s taking a bow and blowing a kiss on [...]
56 Stars to the Face and a Lawsuit Later….
Posted: 17th June 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Lifestyle, PoliticsTags: 56 stars, lawsuit, sued, tattoo, tattoo artist
The tattooist embroiled in a row with a teenage girl who claims he tattooed 56 stars on her face when she only asked for three has said he will help pay for them to be removed.
8 Yr. Old Saves Sister and Drunk Adults From Fire
Posted: 16th June 2009 by Sus Scrofa in PoliticsTags: 8 yr old, child saves lives, fire, flames, house fire
Police in Poland say an 8-year-old boy saved his sister and three drunk adults from a fire by calling police and fighting the flames before help arrived. The fire started outside the door of the boy’s apartment in the western town of Miedzyrzecz late Monday.
Man Cuts off His Penis to Protest Parents’ Choosing His Bride
Posted: 16th June 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Lifestyle, Oddly Enough, PoliticsTags: bride, cut off penis, groom, marriage, wedding
An Egyptian cut off his own penis on Sunday in protest at his parents’ choice of bride, a police official said.
‘Lebron James of Baseball’ Drops Out of High School to Enter the Draft
Posted: 16th June 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Entertainment, Lifestyle, SportsTags: baseball, Bryce Harper, Lebron James, NLB, pro draft
Bryce Harper (born October 16, 1992 in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a baseball player who has been described as the presumptive first pick at the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft. He played for the Las Vegas High School Wildcats before leaving 2 years early to pursue a professional career. He’s been called “the LeBron James [...]
Electronic Cigarette Beats Indoor Smoking Laws
Posted: 15th June 2009 by Veritas in Lifestyle, Oddly EnoughTags: buzz, Gamucci Micro Electronic Cigarette, nicotine, smoking, tar, tobacco
Inventors have created an electric cigarette which gives a nicotine hit while still managing to avoid the smoking ban. The small white stick, which looks just like a proper cigarette, contains a chamber that vapourises pure liquid nicotine into a puff of steam. Smokers can inhale the vapours as they would a cigarette smoke and [...]
Eckhart Tolle and Jim Carrey Found New Religion
Posted: 15th June 2009 by Veritas in Entertainment, ReligionTags: adrien grenier, alvin toffler, eckhart tolle, gate, global alliance for transformational entertainment, hollywood, jackson browne, jim carrey
Future Shock author Alvin Toffler and his wife, Heidi, once told me about a meeting they’d had with late Sony founder Akio Morita. They said he’d told them that if the electronics-firm idea hadn’t worked out, he had an alternative plan: starting a religion. I flashed back to that story when I heard about last [...]
Parking Space Sells for $300,000 in Boston
Posted: 15th June 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Economy | Finance, LifestyleTags: 000, 300, parking lot, parking space, private parking
Boston real estate officials said an anonymous buyer set a city record by paying $300,000 for a private parking space. Listing Information Network, which tracks the real estate market in Boston, said the price tag makes the spot, located in the upscale Back Bay neighborhood, the most expensive to be sold in the city, The [...]
Bug Found 2 Miles Under Greenland Ice Is Reawakened From a 120,000-year Sleep
Posted: 15th June 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Mother NatureTags: bug, coma, greenland, ice, microbe
A tiny purple bug that has been buried under nearly two miles of ice for 120,000 years has been revived in a lab.
Kobe Bryant Takes MVP and Brings the Title Home to LA
Posted: 14th June 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Entertainment, SportsTags: Kobe Bryant, lakers, los angeles, magic, MVP, nba, Orlando, playoffs
The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Orlando Magic by the score of 99-86 in game 5 to win the 2009 NBA Title for a 15th time in franchise history. Head coach Phil Jackson won his 10th NBA Title as a coach passing NBA coaching legend Red Aurbach’s nine NBA Titles. Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe [...]