Chuck E. Cheese left empty-pawed by party-goers

Lincoln police are investigating a possible dine and dash — with a child’s birthday party thrown into the middle — at Chuck E. Cheese.

A woman called the restaurant and arcade, 221 N. 66th St., and asked if it was possible to set up a last-minute reservation for a kid’s birthday party Saturday evening.

She, the child and several others — the police report did not specify how many attended — arrived at the restaurant about 6 p.m. Saturday. They partied for an hour, running up a $131.76 tab.

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The cat’s owner later showed police the video, which shows a black cat in a top-loading washer consistent with the one in the residence, Flood said.

The machine is then turned on with the drum spinning, without water, Flood said. Andersen allegedly can be heard saying while laughing, “It’s the spin cycle!”

Once the machine stops, Andersen allegedly says, “Kitty, come on kitty!” The cat is clearly disoriented, yet Andersen allegedly starts the machine again, Flood said.

A bunch of pictures from Travelin’ Librarian

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Very few things get to me as much as the anti GLBT agenda. I decided not to go to the protests because I do not want to feed the trolls, but was inspired by the response of those who oppose Westboro. Way to go.

Chief Casady giving some props to Fluxus for catching that fella who spray painted the capitol.

Tuesday morning, several people were conversing (rather colorfully, be warned) about this crime in a local blogger’s message board: beerorkid. If you follow the thread, at 10:41 AM a participant with the screen name Fluxus notes that he saw a man carrying a sign downtown late last week with the same obscure message. A few minutes later at 11:22 AM, Fluxus (still online) sees the same guy entering the Bennett Martin Public Library downtown, posts his observation, and calls the State Patrol.

A bit bummed the LJS did not mention how it all went down. The head of the NSP personally thanked Fluxus and gave him a little gift to say thanks. Pretty cool. Who knew my site could actually be useful

Fluxus, on the forum was paying attention and notified the authorities which led to the guy admitting he had done it.

Guys, weird thing about this. I just called the State Patrol folks and told them this, too.

Last Thursday or Friday, I was eating my lunch on the picnic tables under the parking garage at 11th and N Sts between 11 and 11:30. There was a guy walking across the street, heading east up N st, carring a large handwritten sign with that exact same stuff written on it. One side of the sign had the god/archive web addresses, and the other side had that other stuff. Periodically, he would change the way he was carrying the sign so that people could see both sides as he walked along.

Considering what strange phrases those are, I’d bet he’s the same guy who did the graffiti.

He was a white guy, early to mid 40s, dark blonde or light brown hair, average height, kind of plain clothes.

If you see a guy matching that description, I’d call the State Patrol at 471-4545 right away. They’ll put you through to the Capitol Security folks and hopefully go get the guy.

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So, the guy I saw with the sign?

I was just having my lunch in the same place, and he walked by with the same sign again, headed east on N st! So I called the state patrol back, watched him go into Bennet Martin, and they came in to talk with him. So maybe they’ve got the guy. Sure would be a weird coincidence to be walking around with a sign with that same stuff on it…

The salvation of the state IS the watchfulness in the citizen!

KMTV’s Liz Dorland has described the health care rally that occurred on Tuesday, August 25th as a “near riot.” Obviously, Ms. Dorland has never seen an actual riot in person or on the television. Here is her version of what went down on Tuesday. It sounds scary enough. Extra crowd control? OMG! Closing down a lane of traffic! OMFG!

Nebraska Appleseed has several photos from the event here. Do the photos depict a “near riot?” Judge for yourself.

I’d think that if there were anything close to a riot, there would be reports of injuries and arrests.

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The 15-year-old was left with a 4.5 cm cut to the top of his head that required five stitches.

Rush turned himself in to police the next day and denied he’d used a board to hit him. Police say they now believe Rush hit the victim because he was taking too long to roll a marijuana blunt.

Box Awesome will host its last show June 30th

The lawyers have drawn their guns and we’ve come to terms to be out of the 815 O St. location on July 6. I knew we’d be gone eventually but this is still a huge bummer knowing how many people poured their heart and soul into that location.

That said, we’re going to take a few weeks (hopefully not months) to get things running smooth at the Bourbon Theatre and then we’ll put some of our focus into finding the best spot for Box Awesomer. I’m sure others from the Box will chime in, but I feel very blessed for being given the chance to help with the growth of that place. I’ve met so many wonderful people in the past two years (and a few dbags) and I think it put me over the top with wanting to commit myself to helping Lincoln grow as a music town over the next few years rather than bailing after college.

We’re scheduling our last ever show at the Box for June 30. It’s a Tuesday but we hope you can make it out. Music will be provided by:

Somasphere
Triggertown
Plack Blague

ht tip to Lincolnite

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He made off with nine packs of Newport cigarettes, valued at nearly $50