Man Paints with Ass
Video of Virginia Teacher, Stephen Murmer, Fired For “Butt Painting” -
He tried to hide his identity, even as his fame as a “painter” grew. But eventually YouTube caught up to Stephen Murmer. The high school art teacher at Monacan High School in Virginia was also an “abstract” artist called “Stan Murmur” who painted pictures by smearing paint on buttocks and genitals and pressing them against canvas. He was able to keep that quiet until an interview with his alter-ego found its way onto YouTube.com. Despite the fact that he tried to hide his identity with a towel on his head and Groucho Marx glasses, the jig was up and he was placed on administrative leave. Now the Chesterfield County School Board voted unanimously to fire Murmer saying that “teachers are expected to set an example for students through their personal conduct,” and apparently painting with your butt does not meet that standard. Watch the video and decide for yourself. (Washington Post)
Woman Told To Ditch Bra To Enter Court
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Security guards refused to allow a woman into a federal courthouse until she removed a bra that triggered a metal detector.
Lori Plato said she and her husband, Owen Plato, were stunned when U.S. Marshals Service employees asked her to remove her bra after the underwire supports set off the alarm.
“I asked if I could go into the bathroom because they didn’t have a privacy screen and no women security officers were available,” Plato said Wednesday. “They said, ‘No.’
“I wasn’t carrying a shank in my bra. If it’s so dangerous, why did they give it back and let me put it on?”
Patrick McDonald, the U.S. Marshal in Boise, said appropriate security protocols were followed in the Sept. 20 matter, and guards suggested she simply remove the bra in her car outside, or find a restaurant bathroom.
“She’s inflating it,” McDonald said. “All of a sudden she just took it off. It wasn’t anything we wanted to happen and it wasn’t anything we asked for her to do. She did it so fast.”
Plato, of Bonners Ferry, said she was parked on a busy street and wasn’t familiar with downtown Coeur d’Alene businesses. So her husband held up his coat to shield her from the rest of the people in the courthouse lobby while she removed her bra underneath her shirt.
Generally, McDonald said, undergarments aren’t considered a danger to security.
“I don’t think they’re considered a weapon, really, the last time I looked,” he said.
He declined to discuss other ways the federal courthouse guards could have screened Plato for weapons.
Plato wants the Marshals Service to apologize and stop forcing women to disrobe.
“It was very humiliating,” her husband, Owen Plato, said. “They could have handled it with a much more professional attitude.”
JibJab’s New “Starring You”
JibJab’s new Starring You allows you to make movies “starring you” by uploading your photo and choosing the movies you want to star in. These can then be posted to your website or MySpace, etc. From Techcrunch, “Arrington Goes Nuts in “Unnecesary Force” below:
To Blabberize or not to Blabberize
Check out this site and “blabberize” your own photo or your spouse or pet’s photo or any photo. It’s free, it’s cool, and you can embed your Blabber on your website page or blog when you’re done. Example below of my favorite blabber that I ran across…