This from News.com.au:
An Australian man by the name of Jade Lacey is finally going to stand trial over an incident in which he punched a hairdresser.

It seems he wanted his then girlfriend, Aleena Shadbina, to look more like Jennifer Lopez. So she she shelled out the $1600au for a cut and extensions.

When the woman returned wanting her hair dyed to make her color closer to J-Lo’s the hairdresser refused. Another shop did the job and the woman’s boyfriend, Jade Lacey returned to Phillipe Hadchiti’s shop demanding a refund. The hairdresser refused, Lacey tried to take the money out of the till and punched Mr. Hadchiti in the process.

It has taken 3 years for the altercation to get into the courts because Mr. Lacey has been terribly busy. –It seems that Young Master Lacey is also up on charges for murder, attempted murder, drug trafficking and armed robbery.

Here is a picture of four:
Ms. Shabina -top left, Mr. Hadchiti -top right, Mr. Lacey -bottom left and J-Lo bottom right.

Aside from someone wanting to look like her Ms. Lopez had nothing to do with the incident.

If you thought you were having a bad hair day take a look at these mugshots published by the Daily Telegraph in Australia.

And here’s that “alleged” drug dealer from Indiana who got busted in mid-cornrow.

This shows that no matter how much the drug deal is worth you should stay in the chair until the barber is finished.

Tehran Times – June 13, 2009 – An Italian woman who arrived late for the Air France plane flight that crashed in the Atlantic last week has been killed in a car accident, it has been reported.

Johanna Ganthaler, a pensioner from Bolzano-Bozen province, had been on holiday in Brazil with her husband Kurt and missed Air France Flight 447 after turning up late at Rio de Janeiro airport on May 31.

It said that Ms. Ganthaler died when their car veered across a road in Kufstein, Austria, and swerved into an oncoming truck. Her husband was seriously injured.

A belated update on the dragon backpack post.

This data came from an article on BoingBoing.

BB reader Dmitriy Kropivnitskiy writes:
Bob Basset is a virtual Live Journal user, behind it are four talented ukranian craftsman Oleg and Sergey Petrov, Andrei Patlin and Andrey Makaruk. These guys have started by making costume elements for the local Historical Reconstruction club. All the pieces were created using only original technologies. Their medieval and fantasy armor and weapons have made them famous among the local reconstruction and live role playing crowd. For the past few years they have been trying to turn their art into a business. They still make medieval armor and weapon replicas (they work with metal as well), they tried their hand in custom BDSM toys and costume elements, recently they have created a series of macabre leather masks. Currently they are looking for an investment to make a small leather works factory in Kharkov. If you want more information about purchasing the art or to conduct business discussions you can contact me (nigde@mitechki.net) or Stanislav (prizraks@hotmail.com). If you want to look at more pieces, you can look through Bob Basset’s live journal, at the current eBay auctions here and Stanislav’s photki.com account here.

They now have an online store at bobbasset.com. With an email contact: bobbasset2004@mail.ru

If you’re looking for something out of the ordinary, try Treasure Beach, Jamaica.

The Pelican Bar is a unique place that is such a steady attraction for tourists that when it got knocked down by a hurricane a bunch of volunteers got together and rebuilt it. –Yes I know it’s hard to tell from the picture.

It’s about 20 minutes by boat from Treasure Beach or Black River, sitting on a submerged sandbar.

The stairs are rickety and twisted, but the beer is cold -Red Stripe of course- and I’m told that since the time when I was there they may have managed to put together a menu, but I’d check with my hotel just in case.

The prices aren’t too bad, the beer is cold and the water’s warm. It sure beats the hell out of the crowded and seriously overrated Rick’s.