And you thought that principal with sex toys was weird...

Israel recalls El Salvador envoy after drunken episode:

Two weeks ago, El Salvador police found Raphael in the yard of his residence, tied up, gagged and drunk, Israeli media reported. He was wearing several sex toys at the time, the media said. After he was untied, Raphael told police he was the ambassador of Israel, the reports said.

Ben-Hillel said the reports were accurate and that Raphael has been recalled although he did not break any laws.

"We're talking about behavior that is unbecoming of a diplomat," she said.

The ambassador did not file any police complaint in connection with the incident, she said.

PHP 5 and gettext() annoyances

I just learned the hard way that if you call the gettext() on an installation that does not have it compiled in, PHP just exits. No errors, no warnings, nothing. The script just stops. And yes, error_reporting(E_ALL) is enabled.

What an annoyance.

This might hurt his performance review...

Store 'Employee of the Year' Charged with Trying to Rob It

A man who was shot while allegedly trying to rob an armored car guard at a Pathmark supermarket in Cedarbrook Plaza on Saturday has been identified as an assistant manager who recently was honored as employee of the year.

Cheltenham Township police say the store's assistant manager, Curtis Sanders, is alleged to have attempted a robbery by spraying the guard with pepper spray as he was exiting the rear of the store with a money bag.

The guard thwarted the robbery attempt by shooting the suspect twice.

Also, it looks like we have another group of people who are taking their religion where it doesn't belong: school board meetings - Prayer at Coatesville Council Meetings Comes Under Fire

The article goes on to mention that religion was being "mixed in with business" during the meetings. We're not talking something in the opening of the meeting (which is somewhat customary), but religious stuff taking place in the meeting itself. A quote from the Freethought Society of Greater Philadelphia in the article had this to say:

"I was appalled at the intermixing of religion and business. I was also quite concerned that the city counci members wear their religion on their sleeve."

Yikes. Also, I just love the name. "Freethought Society". Their website is at http://www.fsgp.org/ Things have even gone so far as for the ACLU to send a "please desist" letter to the school board.

Of course, I suppose there would be an innocent explanation to that. The article noted that calls to council members had not yet been returned, so I'd be interested in hearing what they have to say about the whole thing.