Jack of all Days

Outrageous: Feeding Homeless Against the Law in Orlando: A controversial city ordinance has led to a number of protests and now a trial. An Orlando man is the first person to face a jury for feeding the homeless. It’s the first trial of its kind. A man is facing a judge and jury for violating Orlando’s ban on feeding the homeless. Eric Montanez, 22, was caught feeding a group in Lake Eola Park earlier this year. The prosecution told Eyewitness News their case rests on video taken of Montanez feeding the homeless, breaking Orlando’s feeding ban. “There are a lot better things for law enforcement to be doing in this town, but this was an outrage,” said George Crossley of the ACLU. Montanez and the group he’s involved with, Food Not Bombs, returned to Lake Eola just after sunrise to once again violate the ordinance that has him on trial. Food Not Bombs volunteers served breakfast to about 100 Montanez supporters, most of them homeless. They will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner during what they’re calling a three-day “ladle fest,” not a protest. The group is hoping to pressure city leaders into axing the ordinance that they believe is a violation of their civil rights, but the city has made no mention of such consideration being in their plans.

Too Cute: A kitten has found a new mother in a golden retriever, which began producing milk after hearing the cat’s cries. The dog, named Honey, had not given birth in 18 months when its owner, Jimmy Martin, took the kitten home after it ran in front of his truck. Mr Martin’s wife, Kathy, said: “She started licking her and loving her. Within a couple of days, Honey started naturally lactating. The kitten took right to her, and she started nursing her.” The kitten, named Precious, had refused to drink from a bottle, and the family feared that it might die. They were told by a veterinary surgeon that interspecies nursing happened on rare occasions, the Winchester Star reported.

Johns Hopkins Lists ‘Terrible Ten’ Behaviors

1. Discrimination in an employment situation
2. Erratic or aggressive driving that endangers others
3. Taking credit for someone else’s work
4. Treating service providers as inferiors
5. Jokes or remarks that mock another’s race, gender, age, disability, sexual preference or religion
6. Children behaving aggressively or bullying others
7. Littering (including trash, spitting, pet waste)
8. Misuse of handicapped privileges
9. Smoking in non-smoking places or smoking in front of non-smokers without asking
10. Using cell phones or text messaging in mid-conversation or during an appointment or meeting.

What would make your list of “terrible behaviors?”