Don't Let Your Dog Drive. You'll Get Dizzy

A man in the foreground tries to figure out what to do as a dog in the
car drives backwards in circles around a Florida cup-de-sac.
Police eventually stopped the car, and the dog, named Max,
was miraculously not charged with reckless driving. 

I do love this report from Florida that came out last month.

A dog decided to go for a drive.  Maybe the dog wanted to be a little mavericky, too.

A Port St. Lucie man arrived home one day and left his dog Max temporarily the car while he ran into the house for a minute.

Police said:

"The dog named Max accidentally hit the shifter into reverse causing the car to circle the cul-de-sac, leaving the owner locked out of the car.....As the car circled the cup-de-sac, it struck and damaged a mailbox."

I guess police in Port St. Lucie are pretty mellow and understanding.  They entered the code on the key pad of the door and managed to stop the car.

Max, who was not wearing a seat belt, wasn't hurt and wasn't issued a citation, despite the obvious dangerous driving and lack of a seat belt. I guess dogs get a pass, which I can understan.

 Here's a video from Good Morning America:

OK, One More Fireworks Moment: Tenn. Fireworks Store Goes KABOOM!!

Maybe the biggest, but worst and most ugly fireworks display this weekend happened at the Fireworks Superstore in Tennessee, which spectacularly caught fire Sunday evening.

Tennessee fireworks store goes up in flames.  

Luckily, the fire happened AFTER, and not before the big Fourth of July holiday.

There were some people in the store when the fire started, but luckily they got out safely before the crap really hit the fan. 

Travelers through that part of Tennessee had their share of problems, though. The fire sent fireworks blasting onto nearby Interstate 75, so authorities had to close that major highway for awhile.

Here's the video:

If you're a lawyer who advertises in a newspaper, complete with your picture, it's probably not a good idea to get arrested.

Screen grab of the mugshot, and the ad, of
lawyer Thomas Lee Edwards in the Gainsville Sun
(click on image to make it bigger)

I say that because the Gainesville (Fla.) Sun, in its online edition, had the mug shot of one Thomas Lee Edwards, arrested for drunken driving, leaving the scene of an accident and other alleged misdeeds.

On the same page as the smiling mug shot of Edwards under arrest, was an advertisement for his law firm, Schackow, Macadante & Edwards, according to Gawker.

Well, at least he got his mug in two places on one page, I guess that increases the advertising saturation for his firm. Or not.

When I checked late Monday morning, I saw that the ad for Edwards' law firm had been removed from the paper's mugshot web page.

While preparing for a defense, at least Edwards has an advantage. He can act as his own lawyer, thereby avoiding all those pesky attorneys fees.