Yikes, this story shows what can happen with addiction.

A dude who was on probation and under house arrest got drunk, high, and a hooker, and crashed his pickup truck.

And as he crashed into a Kitchener car lot — driving naked while speeding, drunk, high on crack cocaine and next to a naked prostitute — he was not being of good behaviour.

“This is one of the most flamboyant, flaming relapses I’ve ever seen,” defence lawyer Brennan Smart said. “It’s almost the stuff of comedy writers.”
— Flaming relapse — convicted drunk driver’s naked joyride with hooker 20 Aug 2008

He was one month away from finishing his house arrest. The judge gave him the minimum four month of the sentence for his previous convictions.

My friend Melinda decided to join a roller derby team and she is going to blog about it for TheRecord.com.

So, why derby Dalton? I’ve recently taken up running, only to learn that I absolutely hate running. Roller skating just sounds way more fun. Also, as a child of the 80s, I never quite shook my fondness for the roller skate, even as they passed the coolness torch to in-lines.

Am I on the short train to pain? Probably. The fact that even the lovely girl selling me the skates told me she doesn’t derby because of the brutal bruises she’s seen probably doesn’t bode well for my chances of making it out unscathed, but I guess that’s half the challenge/fun.
— I’m just a mild-mannered reporter. . . 19 Aug 2008

I recently saw that a friend from high school joined a derby team in a different city.

The photo seems all weird like they are trying to pose tough. I gather that it is like professional wrestling for girls. To me, roller derby is obscure enough and weird enough that I expect it to be in the Olympics.