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The Rolling Stone profile of Johnny Depp gives the most inside look at where the actor is today, surrounded by financial problems and a failed and probably abusive relationship with Amber Heard and clear signs that he is in fact a vampire. But since the article was supposed to present Depp’s side of his legal case against The Management Group and his former business partner, let’s take a look at the most extravagant expenses the actor was shelling out. First of all, Rolling Stone makes the situation very clear, stating, “It’s estimated that Depp has made $650 million on films that netted $3.6 billion. Almost all of it is gone.” Where did it go? 1. Well, it’s suggested that the actor has a “$2-million-a-month compulsory-spending disorder,” including an alleged figure of $30,000 of wine per month, paired with an alleged yet typical quote from Depp saying, “Wine is not an investment if you drink it as soon as you buy it.”His response to that is simply, “It’s insulting to say that I spent $30,000 on wine, because it was far more.” 2. It is also reported that he has spent $75 million on 14 residences. 3. $7,000 on a couch from the set of Keeping Up With the Kardashians for his daughter. 4. $3 million to shoot the ashes of Hunter S. Thompson’s into the sky from a cannon, to which he says, “By the way, it was not $3 million to shoot Hunter into the fucking sky. It was $5 million.” While Depp claims the price went up when he wanted the arc to be at least one foot higher than the Statue of Liberty at 151 feet high, the author has doubts about that price tag. 5. Over 70 guitars. 6. 200 pieces of art, including Basquiats and Warhols. 7. 45 luxury vehicles. 8. $200,000 per month for private air travel. 9. A sound engineer on staff to feed him lines through an earpiece while filming, which he justified by saying of acting, “My feeling is, that if there’s no truth behind the eyes, doesn’t matter what the fucking words are.” 10. 12 storage facilities for Hollywood memorabilia (with lots of it dedicated to Marlon Brando and Marilyn Monroe). 11. $1.2 million to keep a doctor on call. 12. $1.8 million each year for round-the-clock security, also for his elderly mother. 13. The lawsuit is also claiming that under the former business manager’s watch, Depp’s sister Christi received $7 million and his assistant, Nathan Holmes, got $750,000 without Depp’s knowledge. Oh, and that he also had to fork over $5.6 million in late fees to the IRS. And to think, he moved to Los Angeles with the intention of becoming a rockstar when a”drinking buddy named Nicolas Cage told him there was money to make in acting.” It turns out there is money to make, but hanging on to it is the hard part.

Have a good one, Allison Janney!

A woman and her horse walked into a restaurant. This was no joke. Imagine the quandary a Central Florida restaurant manager faced when a woman walked in with a miniature horse. Table for two? This wasn't just any horse, after all. This one is a service horse with its own Facebook page: Honey the Mini Service Horse. In a world in which people have tried to pass off squirrels,peacocks, hamsters and ducks as service animals or "emotional support animals" in fights with landlords and airlines, the manager of an Ocala First Watch restaurant wasn't sure what to do about Honey. Or the woman who was hungry as a, well, you get the idea. So he called the breakfast restaurant's corporate office in University Park, Florida, for some guidance, the Orlando Sentinel reported. He found out Honey and her owner could be welcomed. (Is oatmeal on the menu?) There's a regulation that says so, the restaurant chain learned. We reached out to First Watch and got this response: "On Friday, June 15, a woman came into First Watch in Ocala with her miniature horse. When asked if it was a service animal, the woman confirmed that it was. "We brought her to a table, where the horse could stand against the wall next to her. Of course our team was a bit surprised, as we’ve never had anyone bring a service miniature horse into one of our restaurants. But we always to do our best to accommodate customers who have legitimate service animals," First Watch spokeswoman Eleni Kouvatsos said in an email to the Miami Herald. The Americans with Disabilities Act has specific regulations concerning service animals, which the ADA describes as "dogs that are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities." But the ADA's revised regulations from 2010 also contain a specific provision covering miniature horses, like Honey the Mini Service Horse. Miniature horses generally range in height from 24 inches to 34 inches measured to the shoulders and generally weigh between 70 and 100 pounds, according to ADA guidelines. In other words, the Triple Crown winner isn't going to be seated next to you as you graze on your Açai Bowl at First Watch. In part, the ADA regulation states: "Entities covered by the ADA must modify their policies to permit miniature horses where reasonable. The regulations set out four assessment factors to assist entities in determining whether miniature horses can be accommodated in their facility. "The assessment factors are whether the miniature horse is housebroken; whether the miniature horse is under the owner’s control; whether the facility can accommodate the miniature horse’s type, size, and weight; and whether the miniature horse’s presence will not compromise legitimate safety requirements necessary for safe operation of the facility." Turns out Honey was a fine fit for this particular First Watch, Kouvatsos said. "The horse seemed to be in the owner’s control, to be housebroken, and not to propose any safety concerns for our other customers or staff in the restaurant, so while unusual, we were happy to accommodate." Honey lets her Facebook page speak for her. On Friday, her owner posted on her behalf: "Had a great meal ... or at least watched my handler have a great meal. Everyone was so awesome."

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It’s always difficult coming out of the closet A retired British police officer died of hypothermia after becoming trapped naked inside a closet, where she tried to claw her way out for several days while on a vacation, according to reports. Elizabeth Mary Isherwood, 60, had to use the bathroom during the night while staying by herself at the Plas Talgarth vacation complex near Machynlleth in Wales in September, the Times of London reported. But a possible wrong turn led the part-time care worker from Wolverhampton to enter the pitch-black laundry closet, where she became trapped when part of the doorknob fell off, according to the Telegraph. At first, the desperate woman yelled for help, but when no one responded, she took more drastic action. “Being unable to turn the lock and realizing she was trapped and there was no light, at some stage she first of all pulled the shelves off,” coroner Dewi Pritchard Jones told an inquest, the UK’s Metro reported. “Whether she used them to try and get out, I can’t say. What she did do was she pulled the copper piping and a piece was broken off. This was used to try initially to open the door because there were marks on the door but also used to try and break a hole through the wall of the airing cupboard,” he said. Sherwood managed to make a hole in the wall and was inches from freedom. “Unfortunately, on the other side of the wall was a picture,” Pritchard-Jones said. Meanwhile, the burst plumbing sprayed cold water into the confined space, where she became drenched and eventually succumbed to hypothermia, he said. Isherwood had co-owned the timeshare at Plas Talgarth with her ex-husband, Clive Isherwood, but they sold it after the couple separated recently when she came out as gay. “The staff at the complex had given Mary some vouchers to use for a final stay. She would’ve usually gone with friends but nobody could make it, so she went alone,” Clive said. He said fellow guests heard noises from his ex-wife’s room but dismissed them as coming from maintenance work. “They’d said that the banging stopped at around 5 p.m. on Sunday night and they thought nothing more of it,” he said. “Her body wasn’t found until the day she was due to check out, so this happened right at the start of her trip.” Her son, Craig, 32, said the family was “devastated.” “If she’d carried on banging, she probably could’ve escaped. She must have been exhausted, which is why she stopped banging,” he said, according to the Times. “Mum was so sporty, fit, healthy and loved playing golf. If anyone could have got out of that cupboard, it would have been Mum,” he added. The family is considering legal action against the resort. A spokesman said: “Our sincerest condolences go out to the family of Ms. Isherwood. We are grateful for the skillful way the police have handled the investigation.” Isherwood left the West Midlands police force in 1991 after coming out as gay, the Telegraph reported. After moving to London, where she joined the Post Office Investigation Service, she met her partner, Rosie, according to the paper.

Lisa Marie Presley claims her former business manager squandered her entire share of late fatherElvis‘ $100 million fortune. In new court documents obtained by The Daily Mail, Presley, 50, alleges that Barry Siegel assured her that her finances were in “good shape” while he whittled her $100 million trust down to just $14,000 in poor investments, including a hefty investment in the “American Idol” holding company, which went bankrupt after the show’s initial run ended in April 2016. In her filing, Presley alleges that Siegel and Provident Financial Management billed her $4.9 million to manage her $100 million trust, amounting to a salary of just over $700,000 per year for Siegel. “Had Siegel disclosed the trust’s true financial condition to Presley and restricted spending to the trust’s ‘income’ rather than its principal assets, Presley would have lived comfortably on an annual budget of between $1.5 and $2 million per year, after taxes,” the documents claim. “On this budget, Siegel’s lucrative compensation package would have amounted to between 40 to 50 percent of Presley’s post-tax annual budget — an amount she undoubtedly would not have agreed to had she been aware of her true financial condition.” She accuses Siegel of liquidating the trust’s assets after the “Idol” investment failed to generate income in order to accommodate her lifestyle, alleging that he recommended she spend twice her annual post-tax income. That spending reportedly includes a $9 million estate in England with a balloon payment of $6.5 million in 2015 that the trust didn’t cover. She also claims that mortgages on her Hidden Hills, Calif., and Hawaii homes were worth more than the properties themselves by 2010. Siegel and Provident Financial Management scoffed at Presley’s allegations, claiming in a countersuit that her money problems are simply due to her own exorbitant spending. They’re seeking a cool $800,000 in damages and argued that because Presley is going through a difficult time with her divorce from fourth husband Michael Lockwood, she’s pinning her troubles on them. Lockwood, 57, demanded $40,000 in spousal support from Presley, who claimed she was $16 million in debt, $10 million of which was back taxes alone. A judge ruled that while she doesn’t yet need to shell out monthly spousal support to the unemployed musician, she would have to pay $50,000 to his attorney for court fees.

Tonight Hamels beat Hammel. Plural > Singular. Order is restored to the universe.

A 12-year-old boy from Halifax, Nova Scotia was so unhappy when his parents served him up a leafy dinner last week that he made his displeasure known — by calling 911. When the cops did not respond to his emergency in a timely fashion, he called again, just to reiterate how much he hates crunching on a bowl of raw, tossed vegetables. As CBC News reports, the Canadian police did eventually arrive at his door. They did not, however, intervene on the quality and substance of the family’s dinner. Rather, they used the unexpected house call as an opportunity to educate the boy about the appropriate uses of 911. “Hopefully this will be a learning lesson,” Corporal Dal Hutchinson told CBC News. Meanwhile, the kid’s parents were reportedly “not impressed” by their son’s over-the-top cry for help. But was it a Caeser or a Waldorf? Sadly, Hutchinson had very little to say about the composition of the salad. “Obviously [it was] one to dislike because he called 911.”

An Indiana state trooper’s tweet reminding people about the state’s so-called “slowpoke” or “move over” law went viral Saturday. Sgt. Stephen Wheeles, an Indiana State Police public information officer for the Versailles District, posted a photo of a car he pulled over for violating a law that went into effect in 2015 — going too slow in the left lane on the highway if a vehicle behind you is going faster, FOX 59 reported. “I stopped this vehicle today for a left lane violation on I-65. The driver had approximately 20 cars slowed behind her because she would not move back to the right lane,” Wheeles wrote. “Again … if there are vehicles behind you, you must move to the right lane to allow them to pass.” Wheeles said he was overcome with support, as many people expressed their frustration with drivers who go way too slow, some suggesting he move to their state, get a raise, or receive the Nobel Peace Prize. IndyCar driver Graham Rahal tweeted: “This guy is my hero. Fast lane cruisers are one of my biggest frustrations!” Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and Fox Sports analyst Troy Aikman also tweeted his support: “Finally!” “Wow … I am overwhelmed,” Wheeles said. “You all are amazing!! Just trying to do my part to make the roadways safer for the traveling public. Blessings …” Wheeles also addressed people who had questions about the application of the law, with one person asking if it applies even if the “slow” car is going the speed limit. “The spirit of the law is that since many people drive well above the speed limit, it creates an ‘accordion effect’ as traffic starts backing up behind the slower vehicle,”Wheeles said. “This is where many of our crashes occur on the interstates. It’s all in the name of safety.” But he added in another response that it isn’t intended to encourage people to break the speed limit. “This is in no way encouraging people to speed. Those speeders are definitely in violation, also. Vehicles all travel at different speeds. It was put in place to keep left lane drivers (or the family ten cars back) from getting run over by faster traffic while in the left lane.”

Kimberly Dunn, 35, from Lake City, Fla., is accused of shooting her estranged husband in the testicles last October after he attempted to take away an air conditioner she was trying to sell on Facebook,WKBN reported. Dunn — who was charged with aggravated battery for the alleged attack — is back in jail for failing to show up in court last Thursday. She now faces a contempt of court charge as well as a felony larceny charge and is being held without bond, ABC reported. At the time of her arrest last year, Dunn told police she shot her husband by accident and only meant to scare him after he barged into her home. Her husband, whose name was withheld by police, told officials he showed up at Dunn’s residence with his brother to collect the AC unit after learning she was trying to sell it online, according to an arrest report obtained by WJAX-TV. Dunn reportedly sat on the air conditioner to prevent her husband and his brother from unlatching it. She then tried to zap her husband with a pink stun gun as he tried to remove her from the AC, the report said. Dunn dropped the pink stun gun and a handgun after being struck in the head during a struggle. But then she reportedly grabbed the handgun, got off the ground, and fired at her husband’s groin. “You shot my brother,” Dunn’s husband’s brother screamed before choking Dunn until she blacked out, the report said. The brother drove Dunn’s injured husband to the hospital, where he was treated for his injuries.

A mother determined to get her cellphone back from her 46-year-old son shot at him as he rode on a bicycle in Florida, police said. Priscilla Ann Ethridge, 66 – who was arrested Saturday and charged with aggravated assault with a firearm – allegedly fired a shot at her son after an argument caused him to storm out of the Panama City Beach home they share, The Gainesville Sun reports. Ethridge then grabbed a .22 revolver and left the residence, saying “I’ll be damned if I let him have the last word” on her way out of the door, her nephew told deputies with the Bay County Sheriff’s Office. She soon caught up with her adult son on Front Beach Road, where Ethridge’s son, pedaling on his bike, grabbed her car door before she squeezed off a shot to “scare” him into letting go. She later told deputies she thought her son left with her cellphone and she followed after him to get it back, according to a police report. Ethridge’s son said he took off on his bike to get away from his mother, adding that she yelled she was going to shoot him before pulling the trigger. He wasn’t shot, but the bullet came “very close” to striking him, according to the report. Investigators later seized Ethridge’s gun, which was found with one spent shell casing in its chamber. Her cellphone, meanwhile, was later found at her home.

A mother determined to get her cellphone back from her 46-year-old son shot at him as he rode on a bicycle in Florida, police said. Priscilla Ann Ethridge, 66 – who was arrested Saturday and charged with aggravated assault with a firearm – allegedly fired a shot at her son after an argument caused him to storm out of the Panama City Beach home they share, The Gainesville Sun reports. Ethridge then grabbed a .22 revolver and left the residence, saying “I’ll be damned if I let him have the last word” on her way out of the door, her nephew told deputies with the Bay County Sheriff’s Office. She soon caught up with her adult son on Front Beach Road, where Ethridge’s son, pedaling on his bike, grabbed her car door before she squeezed off a shot to “scare” him into letting go. She later told deputies she thought her son left with her cellphone and she followed after him to get it back, according to a police report. Ethridge’s son said he took off on his bike to get away from his mother, adding that she yelled she was going to shoot him before pulling the trigger. He wasn’t shot, but the bullet came “very close” to striking him, according to the report. Investigators later seized Ethridge’s gun, which was found with one spent shell casing in its chamber. Her cellphone, meanwhile, was later found at her home.

Or seen some of the farm hands doing the animals.

I think the only one I write anymore is to my accountant for my taxes. But I still keep a manual checkbook register. Last time I needed a new one, I had to go to 3 branches because nobody uses them anymore.

Memories... light the corners of my mind... Don't forget about the Night Shift or The Big Top (I think thems was the names...)

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So they can do disgusting things like this: Two firefighters in Ohio have been suspended for making pornographic videos at a firehouse. Akron officials say Arthur Dean and Deann Eller were both placed on administrative leave on Monday while the city launched an investigation into the matter. Fire Chief Clarence Tucker says someone told a firefighter last week about the acts possibly being performed on city property. The firefighter reported it to his supervisor, who then told the chief. Tucker and Mayor Dan Horrigan said in a joint statement that Dean and Eller did not work at the same fire station, but were known to be in a long-term relationship. Officials have not identified the firehouse where the videos took place. A spokesman for the local firefighters’ union says Eller and Dean have no comment. http://static-21.sinclairstoryline.com/resources/media/1a9c7d89-6dc3-474f-8d21-72d9e8896dca-large16x9_AkronfirefightersFOX8.png?1529370909560

AN UPDATE: That victim escaped from Jacob Lester's home in Fayetteville on Saturday, police say in a KNWA report. Neither the identity nor the gender of that victim has been released by police, but when deputies from the Washington County Sheriff's Department arrived to interview the victim, the person was wearing nothing but a jock strap and a blanket (so I'm guessing a woman), and had severe whip marks on their back and buttocks, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by the station. The victim went nearly 2.5 miles on foot before someone in the nearby town of Goshen opened their door and let the victim call police from their home. Lester, 26, and Benjamin Mooney, 31, who had been living with Lester for three weeks, drugged and raped the victim for two days in a "pup play training" role-play scenario in which the "training" involved making the victim sexually submissive to them, the affidavit says. Lester and Mooney used the prescription drug Haldol, an antipsychotic medicine used to treat schizophrenia, to drug their victim, according to police in a KFSM report. The victim willingly came to Lester's home for sex Thursday, police say, but the meet-up became increasingly uncomfortable as the victim was whipped and drugged further and further into sexual submission. While Lester admitted to giving the victim the Haldol, he told police that Mooney was the one in charge of the "pup play training" and that the three would have sex between Mooney's "training" sessions, the affidavit states. The two agreed to be interviewed about the alleged abduction and rape after the victim notified sheriff's deputies Saturday. During that interview, according to KNWA, when police asked Mooney whether he understood his rights, he answered with a "woof." That's because Mooney believes he has three personalities: a sex puppy, a sex slave and a person, according to WFSM. He told police that answering with a "woof" meant that his sex puppy personality understood the question and the legal implications. He also told police that the victim wanted to learn about becoming a sex puppy, and the beatings were part of the requisite training, according to the affidavit. http://pics.mcclatchyinteractive.com/incoming/stp660/picture213097079/alternates/FREE_1140/Lester.jpg Jacob Lester, 26, of Fayetteville, Ark., dosed the "sex puppy" victim with the antipsychotic drug Haldol

A mom in Kansas could be on the hook for $132,000 after her 5-year-old son “hugged” a glass sculpture, toppling it to the floor, video shows. Sarah Goodman told the Kansas City Star that city officials in Overland Park informed her that their insurance company was contractually obligated to contact her following the May 19 incident at Tomahawk Ridge Community Center, where she, her husband and the couple’s four children attended a wedding reception. “It’s clear accidents happen and this was an accident,” Goodman told the newspaper. “I don’t want to diminish the value of their art. But I can’t pay for that.” Goodman said her son approached the glass sculpture as her family was getting ready to leave. She didn’t see the exact moment he touched the artwork, but video appears to show him grabbing the sculpture near its waist and putting his arms around it briefly before it crashes to the floor. “He probably hugged it,” she said. “Maybe my son hugged a torso because he’s a loving, sweet, nice boy who just graduated from preschool.” Goodman said the artwork “needed to be cemented” or kept in a case, saying it was a safety hazard for her son and other children at the venue that day. “They obviously didn’t secure it safely,” she told the newspaper. City officials never asked Goodman if her son was hurt in the incident, she said, but they managed to connect with Travelers Insurance to send the letter she received last week. “This loss occurred when your son was in a closed area of the property and toppled a glass sculpture,” the letter read. “Under common law in Kansas, you are responsible for the supervision of a minor child and your failure to monitor them during this loss could be considered negligent.” The sculpture, “Aphrodite di Kansas City” by artist Bill Lyons, took two years to finish and was not insured. The accident left the back of the sculpture’s head shattered and parts of both arms damaged, so badly that it cannot be repaired, he said. “I want to be reimbursed for the amount of time that I spent on it and for what I think it is worth,” Lyons told the newspaper. Goodman, meanwhile, is hoping her insurance company will handle the matter. She insisted neither she nor her son was to blame for the accident. “Our kids were well-supervised and well-behaved,” she said. “We were just standing down the hallway following the bride and groom out.”