weirdness on parade

• a San Jose woman was burned over 50% of her body while trying to steal copper wire from a PG&E control box. this is just head-clutchingly dumb.
  
• a woman who drove into oncoming traffic in a suicide attempt and killed another motorist has been charged with manslaughter and may face life in prison. justice just doesn't get any more poetic than this.
  
• swallow whatever you're drinking before you read any further: Nicolas Cage and his wife Alice named their son Kal-El. words fail.
  
• Kylie Minogue is auctioning off her favorite bra on eBay to raise money for breast cancer research.
  
• a Chinese company is marketing condoms under the brand names Clinton and Lewinsky. "The Clinton condom will be the top of our line," he said. "The Lewinsky condom is not quite as good."
  
• a North Dakota man tried to get a restraining order against him lifted by videotaping himself forcing the woman to have sex with him. he then gave the video to the police as evidence that the woman wasn't really afraid of him. you can not make this shit up, folks.
  
• Richard Grieco joins the ranks of the undead. i shouldn't make fun, because something's obviously very wrong, but you have to admit, he's well into Peter Cushing territory.