American Airlines Duct Tapes Woman to Seat After She Tries to Open Plane Door Mid-Flight

Try not to think about this as you’re boarding your plane for your summer getaway. Things got unruly on an American Airlines flight that was headed from Dallas-Fort Worth to Charlotte last week. A woman on board the plane tried to open a door mid-flight. After she was thwarted, American Airlines kept her duct taped to a chair, as this video shows.

“It was just kind of like chaos and no one knows what’s going on,” the videographer noted. The woman reportedly got aggressive, biting, spitting, and attacking flight attendants, which is what ultimately prompted the crew to “take her down” and duct tape her mouth.

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“Reverse Bartman” Gives Cubs Lucky Break

18 years after Steve Bartman etched his name into the history books, the Cubs finally benefited from the inverse of his actions over the weekend. As you can see below, a fan reached onto the field of play and saved outfielder Jayson Heyward from missing this fly ball.

The Cubs split their series with the Cardinals at a game a piece this weekend with Sunday’s game being postponed due to weather.

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Man Shoots “His Rival” After Losing a Foot Race to Him

A month ago in Houston, two men raced to see who was faster. The results of this race have been in question ever since, which led to a situation outside of a Houston barbershop over the weekend in which one of the combatants opened fire on the other. Surveillance footage from a nearby liquor store shows the gunman shooting at his rival from behind a car.

It still isn’t clear whether the shooter was the race’s disputed winner or loser, with neither the victims nor the shooter having been identified as of Sunday.

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Karen’s Are Now Complaining About Free Bread

Do you know how miserable you must be to complain about free bread?

It’s one thing to swipe the bread basket away from the waiter when they’re trying to set the bread down, but eating the bread? That’s what it’s there for!

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Queued Up Playlist 7/11/21

HOUR 1
Liz Phair Spanish Doors
Grabbitz Pigs in the Sky
The Bots See It
Joywave Every Window is a Mirror
Tessa Violet Games
Gang of Youths The Angels of 8th Ave
Idles Damaged Goods
Surf Curse Freaks
Winnetka Bowling League Barcelona
I Don’t Know How but They Found me New Invention
Japanese Breakfast Be Sweet
Mansionair Don’t Wait
Willow Transparent Soul
Poorstacy Public Enemy
Tai Verdes A-O-K
Sam Evian Easy to Love
HOUR 2
The Neighbourhood Stargazing
Clairo Blouse
The Marias Hush
Kid Brunswick When You Were Young
Low Days Like These
Peach Tree Rascals Change My Mind
Slothrust Once More for the Ocean
Saint Motel It’s All Happening
Milky Chance Colorado
Grandson Rain
Angels and Airwaves Euphoria
Kennyhoopla Hollywood Sucks
The Joy Formidable Into the Blue
Julian Lamadrid 15 Minutes
Tiberius B Big Deal
Bryce Fox Golden Boy
Briston Maroney Bottle Rocket
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7.11.2021 History Of Alternative

Hour 1

  • The Smiths – Panic
  • Lifehouse – Hanging By A Moment
  • Pearl Jam – Better Man
  • Love And Rockets – So Alive
  • Green Day – She
  • Flaming Lips – Do You Realize??
  • Depeche Mode – People Are People
  • Fuel – Shimmer
  • Mazzy Star – Fade Into You
  • Jane’s Addiction – Been Caught Stealing
  • Gary Numan – Cars
  • No Doubt – Just A Girl
  • The Replacements – Alex Chilton
  • Rise Against – Swing Life Away
  • Citizen King – Better Days

Hour 2

  • Blondie – One Way Or Another
  • U2 – Beautiful Day
  • Smashing Pumpkins – Muzzle
  • New Order – Age Of Consent
  • Paramore – Misery Business
  • Catherine Wheel – Crank
  • Sublime – Santeria
  • Hoobastank – Crawling In The Dark
  • Garbage – Vow
  • The Smithereens – Only A Memory
  • Weezer – Say It Ain’t So
  • 311 – Don’t Stay Home
  • The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go?


Hour 3

  • Elastica – Connection
  • Audioslave – Like A Stone
  • Beck – Sexx Laws
  • Echo And The Bunnymen – Lips Like Sugar
  • Lorde – Team
  • Big Country – In A Big Country
  • Nirvana – Lithium
  • Orgy – Blue Monday
  • Foo Fighters – Monkey Wrench
  • The Cranberries – Free To Decide
  • The Cure – Why Can’t I Be You?
  • The Dandy Warhols – We Used To Be Friends
  • The Offspring – Gotta Get Away

Hour 4

  • Talking Heads – And She Was
  • Nine Inch Nails – Only
  • Stone Temple Pilots – Sour Girl
  • Suzanne Vega – Luka
  • Modest Mouse – Float On
  • They Might Be Giants – Ana Ng
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers – Snow (Hey Oh)
  • Hum – Stars
  • Social Distortion – I Was Wrong
  • A Flock Of Seagulls – Space Age Love Song
  • Muse – Starlight
  • Sneaker Pimps – 6 Underground

“Weird Spotify Playlists” is a thing that I can get behind

Ever told a short story using song titles?  Stacked your playlist like you would stack a sandwich — literally?  Or perhaps you found all the tunes that make up the Periotic Table of Elements?  People are getting super creative with Spotify playlists and posting their creations to a new Subreddit called Weird Spotify Playlists (they also have a Twitter, which is a fun follow).

Take a look below at some of the playlists that jumped out at me (a “best of” list, if you will).  Perhaps you’ll want to jump into a game of Rick Roulette?  — [eric]

Photo by cottonbro from Pexels

Police pursuit ends….after offender stops at a drive-thru window.

I’ve seen some crazy endings to police chases, but this might take the cake (or the burger, as it were).

A woman in Massachusetts was being tracked for multiple offenses — allegedly stealing a truck, striking other vehicles with it, and not stopping for cops.  Sounds like she was doing a decent job of evading arrest, until this happened:

“(The offender) allegedly pulled into the drive-thru at a nearby McDonald’s to try and order food but officers found her and tried to arrest her.”

Has she not heard of Door Dash?  — [eric]

Karen Jumps In The Water To Stop These Men From Fishing

Can’t we get these Karen’s a better hobby than tormenting their community? Fireworks weren’t okay, the beach wasn’t good enough, and now fishing is the biggest crime imaginable.

At least she plugged her nose.

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Portillo’s to Open a Pick-Up, Delivery-Only Location in Joliet

The greatest restaurant ever is experimenting with a new kind of experience. Coming soon, Portillo’s will have a pick-up and delivery-only location in Joliet. The 3,750 square-foot restaurant will have three drive-thru lanes as well as a pick-up area for orders placed online or in the Portillo’s app, which will include a catering option.

The anticipated opening date for the location is in winter 2021. For information on applying for a position with the restaurant, visit portillos.com/careers.

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Texas Man Wakes Up, Forgets the Past 20 Years of His Life

A 36-year-old father woke up one morning and couldn’t remember the past 20 years of his life. A rare brain condition caused him to forget everything, including who is daughter and wife were. Doctors diagnosed that he was suffering Transient Global Amnesia – which is usually a sudden, temporary interruption of short-term memory and that he would be back to normal within 24 hours. He even became angry when he first looked in the mirror, asking why he was “old and fat”.

He was diagnosed with Transient Global Amnesia. The condition occurs in approximately 3 to 10 out of every 100,000 people, according to Cleveland Clinic.

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Have you heard of the “Secret Burger” here in Chicago?

More than 10K people have heard of the “Secret Burger” here in Chicago — are you one of them?  Have you had one?

An unknown chef has been serving up the picture perfect dish every Saturday, 100 at a time.  And the only way you can snag one is if you are following on Instagram.

The good news:  you can still get in on the July drawing and it appears as though they will be ramping up production.  So will you be one of the lucky Chicagoans who will be able to sink their teeth in that masterpiece? 🤔

[Photo by Chait Goli from Pexels]

New Study Claims American Men Are Suffering From a “Friendship Recession”

A new study shows that nearly one in six men do not have someone they would identify as a “close friend”. The news only gets worse from there, with the proportion saying they have at least six close friends plunging by half since 1990 from 55% to 27%, while the number without any at all is up five-fold from 3% to 15%, according to the American Perspectives Survey.

Hug your homies tight and keep them close. For those that identify as not having a close friend, your time will come.

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‘Southport Lanes’ Won’t Reopen After Nearly 100 Years

A staple of Chicago is soon to no longer be with us. Southport Lanes, the bowling alley and bar (among other things) in Lakeview closed during the pandemic and will not reopen. The iconic location released a statement saying, “It’s the end of an era. We outlasted Prohibition and the 1918 Spanish flu, but not COVID-19. Southport Lanes poured its last beer on Sunday, September 27, 2020.”

Southport Lanes’ owners plan to liquidate everything inside and outside the building, according to an auction site related to the sale.

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