This is not to be confused with National Cat Day on October 29th or Take Your Cat To The Veterinarian Day August 22nd.
Dakota is sleeping and Sparky is busy bird watching. Steve was stalking leaves and sniffing around the carpet for dropped nip so I asked him if he had any questions this morning.
He said no.
But I have one of my own.
If one pays for sex with an invisible person is it prostitution?
A website offering services called Invisible Girlfriend and Invisible Boyfriend said lonely hearts can receive texts, phone calls and even handwritten notes for $25 a month.
Matthew Homann, a self-described "recovering lawyer" with "idea surplus disorder," said he purchased the InvisibleGirlfriend.com domain for $7 following his divorce several years ago.
The website is now accepting beta users to test out the $24.99-per-month service, which allows users to choose their faux significant other's picture, name and age. The basic plan includes 100 text messages per month as well as phone calls and handwritten letters.
Homann said he partnered with a firm that supplies employees
to author the messages and make the phone calls.
"There has grown this amazing multinational workforce
of people willing to do microtasks for a very small amount of money."
Some of the users who have signed up on the site so far include soldiers who want others to believe they have a girlfriend waiting for them back home and gays and lesbians who don't want their conservative families to find out about their sexual orientation.
"What we're seeing is potential user cases are all over the board," Homann said. "It's not just, I want to convince my parents I'm in a relationship."
Similar services have previously been offered by eBay users who offered to personally pose as girlfriends and boyfriends in exchange for a fee, and a Shanghai man sought late last year to rent out his girlfriend for iPhone 6 money.
Authorities in
Police said David Vanzo reported his mother, Caryl Vanzo, dead just days shy of her 91st birthday. When officers responded to the call they found the woman's body clothed in a robe, fur coat and boots.
Vanzo visited the bank with his mother just seven hours before reporting her death. He withdrew $850 from his mother's account.
Investigators said they are looking into whether Caryl Vanzo was dead when her son took her to the bank. Witnesses at the bank said the woman's feet were dragging under her wheelchair and Vanzo's neighbors said they wondered whether the mother was dead or unconscious when she was being taken from her house to a taxi cab.
David Vanzo had previously been investigated by social workers on allegations of financially exploiting his mother. Police visited the home in 2012 and found Caryl Vanzo was lucid and wanted to stay in the home with her son.
David denied the allegations against him and said the money he withdrew was from a joint account.
"It was our money and she was not dead when we went to the bank. I needed some cash for groceries. Just ask them at the other place we stopped. Mom wanted some rocky road ice-cream before we went home."
The New Hampshire Lottery announced the release of its first-ever scratch-and-sniff ticket, which is designed to give off the alluring aroma of bacon.
The "I (Heart) Bacon Scratch Ticket," which sells for $1 and offers prizes of up to $1,000, was officially rolled out to stores this month.
"The (NH) Lottery is focused on developing new and fun ways to engage customers. The I Heart Bacon scratch ticket combines two things people love: the chance to win cash and the wonderful, enticing smell of bacon," said Charlie McIntyre, executive director of the New Hampshire Lottery Commission.
Lottery officials said free "I (Heart) Bacon" scratchers will be distributed along with actual slices of bacon Friday outside the Verizon Wireless Arena in
The State of New Hampshire is considering a petition to change its motto from "Live Free or Die" to "Scratch Cardboard-Smell Bacon".
A Taiwanese man who was on a three-day computer gaming binge died in an Internet cafe and went unnoticed for hours, the second such death in the area in less than a month.
The man, identified as Hsieh, went into the Internet cafe and was found motionless on a table two days later. Investigators said the man had a heart attack. His death went unnoticed for several hours as gamers continued around him.
Family members told police the 32-year-old man was unemployed and would often disappear for several consecutive days. Workers said they didn't notice the man had died because he would often take naps.
"Hsieh was a regular customer here and always played for consecutive days. When tired, he would sleep face-down on the table or doze off slumped in his chair. That is why we were not aware of his condition in the beginning."
On Jan. 1, a 38-year-old man was found dead in an Internet cafe in
"We went inside to cordon off the tables and had investigators there to gather evidence. Only then did the other patrons realize that someone had died, but they still showed no concern and kept playing their games. We were amazed at their nonchalant attitude."
Firefighters in
Tony Hernandez told authorities in
The Riverside County Fire Department said they had to make a hole in the brick chimney to free the 35-year-old woman, who told rescuers she had shed her clothing in an attempt to fit down the 1 foot by 1 foot chimney.
I have two words: bacon grease.
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