The cultural and behavioral norms of virtual worlds and gaming are
generally unstudied. Therefore, Reynard will seek to identify the
emerging social, behavioral and cultural norms in virtual worlds and
gaming environments. The project would then apply the lessons learned
to determine the feasibility of automatically detecting suspicious
behavior and actions in the virtual world.

The report is publicly available, as mandated by Congress. Read the full report in .pdf format.

It’s interesting that Reynard the Fox is a trickster in folklore and literature.

She explained to investigators that she was hungry and wanted a burger. Instead of a burger, this young girl is back in JAC with charges of armed burglary, armed robbery, and violation of home detention.

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Here’s where it gets silly: Merriam-Webster then claimed that there is a rising trend in using numbers in the place of letters. Is this trend not so 1995?

Bottom line: Score one for l33t speak!

Reuters article on the debacle

According to Tracy, it took about 2 months to complete the rooms. Unfortunately, police are going to evict him as they claim it is a danger to the public. But to Tracy it’s not that big of a deal for he is already on the lookout for his next underground home and claims to have built several others.

Angered by an incident in which two topless young women were asked to leave a swimming pool after refusing to cover up, the women now demand that their breasts be viewed as ‘normal’ and desexualized as men’s. They’ve even gone so far as to establish the Bara Bröst network, or ‘Bare Breasts’ network.

Last month, at least 14 women were reported as taking action by baring their breasts at swimming pools in the name of the Bara Bröst network. Keep it up ladies! You’ll never desexualize tits in the eyes of men but we’ll play along if it makes you feel better.

David Theiss of Kansas City was well aware of that fact and kept a pet toad just for the occasional buzz.  The law does not sympathize for Theiss and he has been arrested.  The Colorado River toad’s venom is a powerful hallucinogen that falls into the tryptamine class. Fortunately for Theiss, he has been released on Bond. Unfortunately for the toad, it remains in police custody at a police crime lab.

Thanks to KMBC-TV’s website for breaking this tragic news.

For an in-depth look at American alcohol consumption, check out Time.com’s alcohol consumption maps that display alcohol consumption by type and state.

Police say that Poulin called numerous times to tell the dispatcher that he was out of beer and to ask the dispatcher to pick up more for him. Wish this guy luck at his November 20th court date.

Thanks to WLBZ news for the scoop

Apparently, the teacher of the British drama class was well aware of the fact that a special guest was due to appear. One of the students was celebrating their 16th birthday and their mother had called the teacher and told them to expect a special guest. The mom claims that she thought had ordered a gorillagram – basically somebody dressed up as a gorilla. Instead of gorilla, they got a stripper dressed up as a policewoman.

In front of the classroom, the stripper proceeded to dish out 16 spankings to the birthday boy – after making him get on all fours. After stripping down to her underwear while dancing to Britney Spears, she asked the birthday boy to rub cream all over her. It was at this point that the teacher asked for the performance to stop.

Thanks to News.com.au for making my time in school sound boring as hell

Thanks to Democrat and Chronicle for this tale