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P hoenix police officer Christian Goggans, who was assigned to home duty, took advantage of the situation by dedicating more hours to his porn career, KOLD-TV reported. Goggans is facing an internal investiga- tion after he allegedly traveled back and forth to Las Vegas while on the clock to produce and star in pornographic vid- eos. He posted the films to a public Twitter page using his stage name, Rico Blaze (which has since been made private). A Phoenix PD pub- lic information officer said Goggans’ work-from-home assignment required only that
he call in once daily.
In other Weird reports:
Monks And Meth
‘Porn’ To Be An Officer And Hard-core Actor
Korean parliament voted to switch from two traditional methods of counting age to the more widely recognized international method for of- ficial documents. Currently, Koreans are 1 year old at birth and then gain another year on the first day of each follow- ing year. An alternate method has them at 0 upon birth, then adding a year each Jan. 1. So, for example, someone born on Dec. 31, 2002, is 19 years old using the international meth- od. But under Korea’s tradi- tional methods, they might be 20 or 21 years old.
are lifted and people are out partying more, reported The Guardian. The number of deaths of snoozing partiers has nearly doubled in Tokyo com- pared to last year, police say, and they’ re worried that the impending end-of-year cele- brations will only add to the problem. Officials have also asked taxi drivers and others to drive with their high beams on and slow down.
Anthony Thomas Tarduno, 48, saved the Hernando Coun- ty (Florida) Sheriff’s Office the trouble of investigating after one of their patrol cars wassetonfireonDec.7in Spring Hill, Florida, WTSP-
TV reported. As officers looked over the scene, Tardu- no walked up and confessed to being the arsonist, saying he “had been drinking at a bar ... and decided he’d like to set it on fire.” Tarduno placed a bag of garbage under the patrol ve- hicle and used a lighter to set it ablaze, police said. Tarduno admitted to detectives that when he gets drunk, he does “stupid things.”
Residents of South Tam- pa, Florida, are shaking their heads, trying to discover the source of “a deep, vibrating bass sound” that’s been occur- ring on Saturday evenings for months, Fox13-TV reported.
The monks were forced to leave the monkhood and enter rehab. For now, “the temple is empty,” Sungyut said.
Tokyo Drift Off
One member of parliament said the change would reduce “unnecessary socio-economic costs, because legal and social disputes as well as confusion persist due to the different ways of calculating age.”
‘High’ And Holy Men
ILLUSTRATION BY MARK GALACGAC
Drunk And Stupid
The Mysterious Noise
Spiritual Zen wasn’t enough for Buddhist monks at two small temples in north- ern Thailand, The Washington Post reported. As part of an investigation into drug abuse in the Phetchabun province, officials visited the monaster- ies on Nov. 25 and discovered that all of the monks — even the abbot — tested positive for methamphetamine.
Have A Good Bidet
Someone aboard the USNS Yuma, a U.S. Navy transport ship moored on the Greek is- land of Crete, is having a su- perior bathroom experience, thanks to the installation of the Bio Bidet BB-1000, The Washington Free Beacon re- ported on Dec. 12. At a cool $553, the BB-1000 offers a heated seat, blow dryer, re- mote control, deodorizer and an “effective enema function,” which a retailer called “the ab- solute strongest spray pressure of any electronic bidet seat on the market.” The Military Sea- lift Command confirmed the purchase but declined to offer more details.
In Japan, a phenomenon known as rojo-ne — literal- ly, sleeping on the road — is once again becoming a haz- ard as COVID-19 restrictions
“I was frightened because I never thought the monks would be addicted to drugs,” said Sungyut Namburi, the village headman. “When I in- spected the abbot’s shelter, I was stunned because it was a mess,” Sungyut said.
The New Age
In June 2023, people in South Korea will suddenly become younger, the BBC re- ported. On Dec. 8, the South