Police: Durham Woman Duct-Tapes Dog, Tries To Kidnap ‘Second Life’ Ex-Beau – Durham – MyNC.com
Police said the two met online in “Second Life.” According to police, the victim, whose character was a lion, engaged in a virtual relationship with Jernigan, whose character was a virtual woman.
I have no punchline.
But I will say that I’d never have known about this danger in our community were not for durham.MyNC.com. I think this warrants the displaying of my DUR car magnet.
There was a tremendous turnout at the Durham Board of County Commisioners meeting last night, due to a hearing on a proposed ordinance that would ban most tethering of animals and give animal control more tools to prevent abuses. Those who spoke in favor of the ordinance probably outnumbered the opponents by roughly 5-1. I was proud of Durham for the first time in my adult life! (Just kidding. On a related note, that was a nice speech tonight in Denver by Michelle Obama). The movement to bring Durham County in line with other progressive jurisdictions around the country has been almost single-handedly spearheaded by Amanda Arrington and the Coalition to Unchain Dogs, which has now built over 100 fences for area dogs who had previously lived their lives at the end of chains.
They are having their second annual benefit concert at Durham’s Central Park on Saturday, September 6…
Any car parked in the ATC South parking deck got a laminated postcard on its windshield some time around noon yesterday. The postcard was for Zen Cleaning or something like that. I forget the exact name, and I’ll correct this later if I can find one of these post cards. Solicitation of this sort is not allowed in the ATC parking decks. Peak Fitness generated a bunch of litter a few weeks ago by putting flyers on all the windshields. But I don’t think Peak Fitness touts themselves as giving a crap about the environment. This Zen home cleaning service is supposedly all about being eco-friendly. What did they think was going to happen to the hundreds of laminated postcards they dropped off in the parking deck? I really hope they don’t gain any business from this marketing ploy. We have a friggin internet. Why do businesses still resort to putting ads on windshields?
I don’t know if The Best Burrito has the best burrito, but the pastor quesadilla I had was tasty. Fast-food places don’t tend to last in this location, in the corner of the Durham Festival Center nearest Lasalle Street. (I recall Wing Master and Blimpie’s having been unpopular options in past years). There wasn’t much of a dinner crowd tonight. I can’t compare The Best Burrito to other taquerias in the area, but I know I’ll be back, so I hope the place gets some word-of-mouth so it can stick around for awhile.
‘d’ as in dental-cleaning-and-surgery day. I knew he’d need at least one tooth extracted, and that he showed signs of some periodontal disease. Unfortunately, Dr. Hoover, the good Dr. Hoover of Westside Animal Hospital, whom I highly recommend, had to remove nine teeth. Dr. Hoover was A’s first veterinarian back in 1996, and he came highly recommended to me in 2008 for his expertise in doggy dentistry. H would’ve lost ten teeth, but Dr. Hoover was able to put in some sort of dental implant to try to save one tooth.
H’s mouth has been in pretty bad shape. He’s probably been in pain for who-knows-how-long. Now, he’s a got a Frankenstein mouth, all bloodied and stitched up everywhere, and he’s moaning in pain. I’m not suppose to open his mouth, yet I was supposed to give him a pain pill; I’m not sure if H actually swallowed the one I just gave him. Poor guy.
But his mouth should be good-as-new in a couple of weeks. The good news is that dogs usually have 42 teeth, so losing 9 isn’t the end of the world.
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