Saturday, October 5, 2013

Greetings fellow Bizarros:

Leonardo Da Vinci he's not, but this 27-year-old Brit, originally from Buenos Aires, is commanding up to 1,500 British pounds for his works of art. Is it his abstract technique? Maybe, but it's more likely the fact that Leandro Granato creates his works by snorting up paint and squirting it out of his eyes.

He has to weep out up to a pint and a half of watercolors to make each one of his creations.

"Ever since I was a kid I knew I had a special connection between my eye and my nose," explained Granato.

"As I grew up, I started realizing that air and liquids could go out of my eye if I put them through my nose. Now, I am the inventor of a new painting style in the art world."

He added: "When I decided to do this for a living, my whole family - as well as many other people - thought I was going crazy. But as time went by, they began to understand the art I call eye-painting."

Bizarrely,
Lewis

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*-- Researchers say they have proof that Sasquatch is real --*
DALLAS - A researcher in Dallas released video and data this week she says proves Bigfoot exists -- and is a hybrid descended from humans and a closely related species. Melba Ketchum, a geneticist, is the leader of the Sasquatch Genome Project, KTVT-TV in Dallas reported. "We want people to understand this is a serious study," she said at Tuesday's news conference. The research is being funded by Adrian Erickson, a businessman who says he has seen the creatures a number of times. Erickson has presented videos in the past. "People have chosen not to believe it," he said. "They can't find it in their minds to think these things exist." Bigfoot sightings are most common in the Pacific Northwest, although there have been reports as far afield as Pennsylvania. The creature is generally described as humanoid, although covered with fur. Ketchum said the group has tracked and filmed Sasquatch and obtained hairs that have been analyzed for DNA. She said her work has been submitted to a peer-reviewed journal. "This creature does not follow general rule," Ketchum said. "What it does do is very different. We think it is human-hybrid. That is our theory." A leaked review of the article suggested the reviewer had problems with her methodology.


*- Man who forgot to flush arrested for burglary -*
OKLAHOMA CITY - An Oklahoma man was arrested on burglary charges after police matched his DNA to used toilet paper found at the scene of the crime, police said. Charles Marqull Williams, 20, was charged Wednesday with burglary in Oklahoma County District Court for allegedly stealing from an area home, The (Oklahoma City) Oklahoman reported. Police said the suspect broke into the home, took several items, and used the bathroom before taking off. Unflushed feces and a used piece of toilet paper on the floor were found at the scene. Police matched DNA found in the messy bathroom to Williams.


*-- READER COMMENTS --*
"Wow" to the comments in response to Lewis's gun control post. It's called sarcasm, people! The countries that Lewis listed as examples should have been a major clue. Amazing. -Greg

Hey Lewis! I think this government shutdown is the best thing ever! The only thing the federal government knows how to do is waste money for special interest groups. I think it would be great if our government split up like the USSR did. That brought an end to that idiotic Cold War. Both sides spent piles or money on that, and there was never a shot fired in either direction. The whole thing was just stupid. -Jody
[I read that the last government shutdown (in the 90s) actually COST $1.5 billion. The sequester, that saved money, but in the end I'm sure this shutdown will cost us plenty.]

Lewis, I would like to remind you that drugs are illegal. We have many laws to make them so. Any beginner metal worker can make a gun in their workshop. Guns will be brought in from other countries the same way drugs are brought in. The criminals do not go through the legal process to obtain their guns. The thousands of existing laws only make it more difficult for law abiding citizens to get their guns. If you don't want a gun, don't buy one. But don't tell me that I cannot own one. -Louis

Lewis, I enjoy your column but do not agree with you on gun control. Look a Switzerland, a country that has a very low crime rate, yet everyone is required to server in the Military and keep their issued weapon at home. Explain that one, besides education and obeying the laws. -Fred
[Everyone is required to serve in the military in Korea, too.]

Lewis, your statement today of "Crime will become rampant, riots will ensue, looters and rape gangs will be roaming the streets..." Hell, I live in Fresno CA - we already have most of those issues.... Headdoc

I read an article recently about two law abiding citizens that had permits to carry and conceal guns. They met on the highway, one of them tailgating the other. Well, being adults, they got out of their cars, started arguing and ended up shooting and killing each other. Need I say more?
[Nope. Enough said. The system works.]

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