How not to handle your son getting a bad grade in school.

It’s a problem all parents have faced, with the possible exception of my in-laws as their daughter (my wife) was preternaturally good at doing her schoolwork, sooner or later your kid comes home with a bad grade.

Now if you’re a good parent you try to find some way to motivate your kid to do . . . → Read More: How not to handle your son getting a bad grade in school.

This is a new take on an old scam…

Got the following email earlier today:

From: “Mrs. Mellisa Lewis” <info@rcweb.net> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:00:52 -0200 To: undisclosed-recipients: ;

Hello,

My name is Mrs. Mellisa Lewis . I am 59 years old and I was diagnosed for cancer for about 2 years ago. I will be going in for an operation later today.I . . . → Read More: This is a new take on an old scam…

The Darwin Awards announce the 2009 winners.

The annual Darwin Awards, given out to those people who have most improved the gene pool by removing themselves from it, are back with 2009′s winners:

DOUBLE DIP (2009 runner up) For the first time ever, a woman–yes, a member of the safer sex–made it into the year’s Top Darwin Awards! 2009 Antepenultimate Winner is . . . → Read More: The Darwin Awards announce the 2009 winners.

Too Much Faith Will Make You Crazy: Man dies waiting for God to heal him.

Another in our ongoing series of people who had perhaps a tad too much faith takes us to South Carolina and 33 year-old Mr. Tillman. It seems Tillman tore his ACL back in March and when he went to the doctor’s office to get patched up they told him he’d have to pay $300 upfront . . . → Read More: Too Much Faith Will Make You Crazy: Man dies waiting for God to heal him.

More proof that too much faith will make you crazy…

Sometimes having too much faith will put you and your family at risk:

Over three months in 2006, as her five children grew more emaciated and listless by the day, Estelle Walker made no move to find a job, no effort to scrounge up a meal, her kids told a jury yesterday.

“We were supposed to . . . → Read More: More proof that too much faith will make you crazy…

A fine example of Christian tolerance for other faiths.

We’ve had an ongoing thread here on SEB wherein a Christian asks why he is perceived as the bad guy. It’s a thread I’ve mostly stayed out of because the regulars are already doing a pretty excellent job of making the argument. Besides, I’m always posting examples of why Christians are often perceived as the . . . → Read More: A fine example of Christian tolerance for other faiths.

SEB Dumb Ass Mother of the Year Candidate: Margery Tannenbaum

Let’s say you have a 9-year-old daughter and she gets into a fight with a female classmate at school. What would be an appropriate response to that situation? Talk with the school’s principal? Contact the other girl’s parents about the fight? Or post the other girl’s name and phone number in a sex ad on . . . → Read More: SEB Dumb Ass Mother of the Year Candidate: Margery Tannenbaum

SEB Pro Tip: When you’re accused of being a dangerous offender don’t threaten the prosecutor.

I’ve never been on trial so maybe I’m just ignorant of proper legal defense, but somehow this just seems like a bad move:

A Halifax Crown attorney filed a complaint with police after a man she is trying to have declared a dangerous offender lost his cool and shouted at her in a courtroom Tuesday . . . → Read More: SEB Pro Tip: When you’re accused of being a dangerous offender don’t threaten the prosecutor.

Crazy Bible thumper subdued on airline flight.

Paul Marchuk III is a little nuts and not just because he believes in an invisible Sky Fairy who grants wishes if you believe in him. It seems he caused a Delta Airlines flight from Seattle to Atlanta to be diverted to Nashville after he freaked out on the plane and started screaming Bible verses . . . → Read More: Crazy Bible thumper subdued on airline flight.

SEB Pro Tip: If you’re going to rob someone… (#Blogathon)

… don’t have a distinctive tatoo.

It’s an especially bad idea to have it on your face:

TAMPA – It wasn’t particularly hard for the victims of a Riverview home invasion to identify the burglar. He was the only one with an outline of the state of Florida tattooed on his face, authorities say.

. . . → Read More: SEB Pro Tip: If you’re going to rob someone… (#Blogathon)