Reversal of fortune at Hot Dog Eating Contest

Think this might fly for an illustration on greed and sin?

HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Robert Breinig was ready to cram down the hot dogs. He’d kept his stomach empty for nearly two days in preparation for the competitive hot dog eating contest at the Kansas State Fair.

But it took just nine franks until Breinig suffered what veterans of the competitive eating circuit call a "reversal of fortune" Monday afternoon.
Read the rest here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060912/ap_on_fe_st/hot_dog_contest
Wanted: 20 Short Actors with hairy feet
I have no idea how one can spin this….perhaps God needs even unsusual gifts are needed?

LONDON (Reuters) – Wanted: 20 diminutive actors who can sing. Hairy feet are a distinct advantage.

Producers of a musical version of "The Lord of the Rings" are looking for candidates to play the hobbit heroes in the epic fantasy based on J.R.R.Tolkien’s classic.

"The producers are looking for male and female actors and singers aged between 16-35 who must be under five feet seven inches. Hairy toes and feet are a distinct advantage," a spokesman said Tuesday.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060912/od_nm/leisure_hobbits_dc

And finally, from the everyone should be a parent but not everyone should department.

Mom admits to giving 13 year old son pot as reward

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – A woman facing drug charges admitted in court that she smoked marijuana with her 13-year-old son, often to reward him for doing his homework.

Amanda Lynn Livelsberger, 30, pleaded guilty to several misdemeanor drug charges Monday in Adams Country court and will be sentenced Nov. 27.

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14804154/