At work, one of our favorite “weird news” stories of all time involves a young man named Bryan James Hathaway of Wisconsin. Back in 2006 the story surfaced that Hathaway was being charged with bestiality because he had sex with a dead deer. Since the story is a few years old it is hard to find some of the finer points that make this story so entertaining. I am recounting these details from memory because it’s funnier in memory.

Hathaway was “caught” because he was biking on his way to a parole meeting for a previous crime in which he killed a horse with the intention to have sex with it but he chickened out and did not do the deed with the horse he killed. While on his way to parole he saw a dead deer on the side of the road, dragged the deer carcass away, and proceeded to have sex with it. After accomplishing his mission he continues his trip to the parole meeting. The parole officer notices that Hathaway is covered in deer fur and blood at which point Hathaway confesses to being disappointed in himself and that he had sex with the deer he found on the side of the road.

Some follow up from The Smoking Gun

It costs me 15 cents per message to send or receive. any text message. I hate that!

You can send a text message to a person’s phone using your regular email. It costs the emailer nothing but it will cost the SMS recipient whatever his plan costs. (i.e. it costs me 15 cents)

SMS 411 Blog has the major US providers (below). A reply in the AT&T Forum lists over 100 U.S. and international carriers.

Alltel
[10-digit phone number]@message.alltel.com
Example: 2125551212@message.alltel.com

AT&T (formerly Cingular)
[10-digit phone number]@txt.att.net
Example: 2125551212@txt.att.net

Boost Mobile
[10-digit phone number]@myboostmobile.com
Example: 2125551212@myboostmobile.com

Nextel (now part of Sprint Nextel)
[10-digit telephone number]@messaging.nextel.com
Example: 7035551234@messaging.nextel.com

Sprint PCS (now Sprint Nextel)
[10-digit phone number]@messaging.sprintpcs.com
Example: 2125551234@messaging.sprintpcs.com

T-Mobile
[10-digit phone number]@tmomail.net
Example: 4251234567@tmomail.net

Verizon
[10-digit phone number]@vtext.com
Example: 5552223333@vtext.com

Virgin Mobile USA
[10-digit phone number]@vmobl.com
Example: 5551234567@vmobl.com

One Hundred Pushups has a plan for you to doing 100 consecutive pushups in 6 weeks.

My co-workers and I are going to train according to the plan laid out by the website. Let’s see how it goes. As of today I max out at about 22 consecutive push ups. I’ve got a long way to go.