I want An Apartment Pony Too!

Hey, I know Vermont isn't New Hampshire, but it's close, right?

Reportedly Patty Cooper of Montpelier VT wants to keep a miniature horse in her apartment. She says it will pull her wheelchair. When her landlord refused her request, she filed a lawsuit.

I'm just waiting for an Animal Rights group to get involved, and then it really will become a three-ring circus, or at least a dog-and-pony show.

Moose Warning: Don't Cross the Path of People With Unpronounceable Names

I-93 North in Bethlehem New Hampshire was the site of a moose hit last night around 8:45 PM.

According to the Union Leader, a vehicle struck a moose that crossed its path.

Trapped in the wreckage were Madhava Idupulapati, 53, his wife, Uma, 44, both of India, and their children, Nagesh Idupulapati, 25, of Ruston, La., and Raja Idupulapati, 28, of St. Johnsbury, Vt.

If you can pronounce their names correctly the first time, than you are a better person than I.

Skuze Me Technorati

Due to Technorati's royally screwed up method of determining a blog's "authority," from time to time I post the links of my blog friends....

To each of them I lift my cup in a toast....

Cow Hampshire
Geezum Crow
sisu
Merrimack Sites and Legends
The Interloper
Everybody cares what I think
Better Living Through Chemistry
Grain-of-Salt
Atlantic Ave
NH Photo Tour
Pop Diner

GOP Gunpoint Fund Raising

Of course it was all supervised fun.

On August 5th, the Pelham Fish & Game Club hosted a GOP fundraiser.

Attendees selected one of several machine guns, and pulled the trigger.

Wanna bet Dick Cheney wasn't invited!

Hell Freezes Over in New Hampshire

Err... well close.

Reportedly Senator John Sununu (son of John H. who was best buddy of George H.W. Bush) won't campaign with Bush.

Can you spell PARIAH?

NH Bush Robs Bank

At least he was trying to be a bush.... and he really did rob a bank.

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Paris Hilton is a Desperado?

Yes, you read it right...

Paris Hilton is apparently a cousin to some significant bank robbers, and other desperado-type characters...

J

94-year old Sweater being Worn by Its Creator

Mary Jo Ray of Westmoreland NH not only turned 112 in May of this year, but for the party she wore the 94-year old sweater she knitted when she was 18.

Anyone who keeps a sweater that long should get something more than cake and ice cream.

J

Former White House Chief of Staff Promoted to Hog Reeve

John H. Sununu was honored with this Hampton Falls title....

Scary Black Snakes That Chase You

I'm not kidding... it was in the newspaper....

New Hampshire Rocks Have Eyes

New Hampshire Rocks, Rivers and Trees have eyes in this school program.

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Cannibal Found in Stratham, NH

Apparently a cannibal is loose in Stratham NH.

Well, not exactly loose.

But he did eat all his roommates.

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NH Study to Investigate Unusual Claw Marks

Apparently the Public Service Company of NH believes the claw marks left on utility poles by black bears are interesting.

Interesting enough to fund a grant to study them.

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Little Terrier Allegedly Killed and Stuffed

A little five pound Jack Russell terrier in Hill, New Hampshire was allegedly killed and stuffed in a duffle bag. Reportedly a man was arrested, and the investigation is ongoing.

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Faking It

Reportedly a New Hampshire teacher faked cancer in order to get benefits she would not otherwise have been entitled to.

Her colleagues raised money for her treatment. She covered her head with a scarf and said chemotherapy for kidney cancer made her hair fall out.

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Gold Bars in the White Mountains?

Davis Wolfgang Hawke (nee Andrew Britt Greenbaum) the notorious Spam Nazi (aka Spam King) sued by AOL is still missing and apparently incognito. [See here why he is called the Spam Nazi].

Receipts show that Hawke purchased gold jewelry and gold bars--the location of which is also unknown (but AOL is hunting for to collect their court-appointed reward).

AOL has already checked out the land (in 2006) around Hawke's grandparent's home in Massachusetts, and also want to check his parent's land. According to Hawke's former girlfriend, (who he lived with in a rented house in Vermont) the gold is probably in New Hampshire's White Mountains.

Sounds like a field trip with a metal detector is in order.

J

New York City Police Horses May Vacation in New Hampshire

Retired New York City police horses headed to new pastures

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Tilton New Hampshire Man Missing Himself

Sanbornton legislator Bill Tobin was shocked to find out this week that he is missing.

Apparently his lifesize replica is MIA.

J

I've Been Slimed in New Hampshire!

Amy of Atlantic Avenue pretty much covers the New Hampshire slime scene.

Un-Lobsters Getting Headlines

O.K., so the original headlines were in Maine, not New Hampshire. But this is a crabby issue!

Are langostino's being passed off as lobsters? Or are langostino's lobsters anyway? They don't appear to have claws, but do they technically have to be?

Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine says it has to stop. According to the same article, the Maine Lobster Promotion Council says langostinos cost Maine fishermen $44 million in lost sales to restaurant chains that market the shellfish on their menus. At least three restaurant chains market the alternative.

According to Answers.com: "In March 2006, Long John Silver's garnered controversy by offering buttered lobster bites, advertized with the statement "made with real langostino lobster." This is misleading because langostino is not actually lobster."

Red Lobster's current dinner menu on their web site calls it lobster at least twice on its menu:
--Entree:" LOBSTER AND CRAB--Shrimp and Lobster PastaShrimp and Maine & langostino lobster meat in a garlic Alfredo sauce over linguini."
--Appetizer: "Lobster and Seafood Stuffed Mushrooms--Fresh mushrooms with a savoury Maritime & langostino lobster meat, crawfish, broccoli, rice & cheese stuffing, smothered..."

Some say langostinos are actually closer to the crab family, although it does look somewhat like a cross between a lobster and a shrimp. I've also seen it called a "prawn."

Read the 2005 article, "It Wasn’t a Rock, It Was a Rock Langostino" about a woman who sued a restaurant in Los Angeles who served langostino's in their burritos, and said it was lobster on the menu. According to "Look Smart," Rubio's officials received permission from a U.S. Food and Drug Administration consumer safety officer to use the term "langostino lobster" for the two species used in the dish. According to Slashfood, in May of 2006, the action was settled. "The popular fresh Mexican restaurant settled the suit by offering class members and other customers a one-time coupon worth $3 off a $10 purchase at any of Rubio's restaurants in California.

Either the folks in the Food and Drug Administration's Office of Seafood need a new lobster manual OR Senator Snowe should call off the dogs.

Go right now and search the FDA search engine for LOBSTER... see what comes up FIRST!!