http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/10/books/11mailer.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin (New York Times Norman Mailer obituary: At different points in his life Mr. Mailer was a prodigious drinker and drug taker, a womanizer, a devoted family man, a would-be politician who ran for mayor of New York, a hipster existentialist, an antiwar protester, an opponent of women's liberation and an all-purpose feuder and short-fused brawler, who with the slightest provocation would happily engage in head-butting, arm-wrestling and random punch-throwing . . .')

 http://www.onlineflashgames.org/6-adventure-games/2779-flash-game-deseased-corpse/play.html (Corpse game)

 

Bicycle Sex Fiend Shocks Scottish Sheriff Scottish cycling enthusiast Robert Stewart, 51, was sentenced to three years on probation this week after he was caught making love to his bicycle by cleaners at the hostel where he lived. "In almost four decades in the law I thought I had come across every perversion known to mankind, but this is a new one on me," Sheriff Colin Miller told the two wheeled maniac, brushing off his pleas it had been a 'misunderstanding', "I have never heard of a 'cycle-sexualist'," the judge added. (BBC)

Meanwhile in America, Michael James Plentyhorse, 21, was celebrating escaping having to register as a sex offender after judges decided 'he did not commit a crime' when he was caught with his pants down lying next to an undressed mannequin at the Washington Pavilion. Court reports described how Mr Plentyhorse "rolled off the mannequin, turned away and began adjusting his pants . . . When questioned about what he was doing, defendant, visibly ashamed, declined to talk about it" when busted by Sioux Falls cop Loren McManus. (Metro) "There was inappropriate activity between him and the mannequin," Officer McManus added, "That's the only way I know how to put it." (Independent)

However, South Dakota's appeal court decided the then 19 year old was not guilty of indecent exposure as no-one else had been around as he snuggled up to the mannequin. Mr Plentyhose's acquittal could alarm superstar DJ turned fashion store owner Jeff Mills who opened a luxury boutique in Chicago earlier this year called Gamma Player. The store is intended for people who 'travel beyond boundaries," the website says, in particular 'those who participate in the game of chance who manage the risks involved in hope of achieving more than just a satisfactory outcome." "Upon entering Gamma Player, experience quiet black walls and gorgeously stained dark wood accompanied by soft neon whites," the website blurb continues, "The curve of a mannequin and the flash of a graceful belt say that something different is happening here." http://www.gammaplayer.com

Mannequin Links:

http://www.courttv.com/news/2007/1112/plenty-horse_ctv.html (Michael Plentyhorse: 'When questioned by police, he said he had not seen his girlfriend in a year . . .')

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cF-xjUb7zc (Naked mannequins in Florida)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cm8V_Isl6k (Mannequin love)