Slog - Comments on "The Man Was Being Strange and Making Explosives" http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_man_was_being_strange_and_making_exp A registered sex offender literally blew the roof off a house on Monday, killing himself and nearly killing a pack of Pierce County cops. The story, from the P-I: The couple who own the house called police about 11 p.m. Monday, saying the man was being strange and making explosives, Pierce County Sheriff's Department spokesman Ed Troyer said. The couple told detectives that they met their roommate through a Craiglist ad. When police entered the house, the man grabbed some bottles and bolted from the kitchen. He blasted heavy metal music from upstairs as deputies realized that a duffle bag... Copyright 2008 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:01:29 -0800 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:03:07 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by adrian "covered in beauty bark". BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! oh, that made my day.

]]> adrian http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_man_was_being_strange_and_making_exp#c999811 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_man_was_being_strange_and_making_exp#c999811 Boom Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:06:08 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Guy sees cops. Guy runs upstairs. Guy blasts heavy metal music and blows the house up.

Dude, that guy is metal. Props.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_man_was_being_strange_and_making_exp#c999820 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_man_was_being_strange_and_making_exp#c999820 Boom Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:11:37 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty Another Darwin Awards candidate.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_man_was_being_strange_and_making_exp#c999828 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_man_was_being_strange_and_making_exp#c999828 Boom Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:17:57 -0800 Comment by cochise. ozzy did it.

]]> cochise. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_man_was_being_strange_and_making_exp#c999829 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_man_was_being_strange_and_making_exp#c999829 Boom Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:18:07 -0800 Comment by adrian ahhh! and you filed it under "boom". priceless!

]]> adrian http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_man_was_being_strange_and_making_exp#c999842 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_man_was_being_strange_and_making_exp#c999842 Boom Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:22:30 -0800 Comment by elenchos If I understand the criteria -- correct me if I'm wrong -- but everybody who has ever died wins a Darwin Award.

This guy definitely is metal.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_man_was_being_strange_and_making_exp#c999858 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_man_was_being_strange_and_making_exp#c999858 Boom Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:29:28 -0800 Comment by Mahtli69 And props to this guy for doing the suicide part of the murder-suicide first.

]]> Mahtli69 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_man_was_being_strange_and_making_exp#c999911 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_man_was_being_strange_and_making_exp#c999911 Boom Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:10:58 -0800 Comment by Curtains What a shitty article. It didn't even say what song he played.

]]> Curtains http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_man_was_being_strange_and_making_exp#c999913 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_man_was_being_strange_and_making_exp#c999913 Boom Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:11:15 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe @8

I envisioned it was either something really trashy, like Cannibal Corpse, or whatever the hell Paul plays in Funny Games (As well as the bookends of the film).

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_man_was_being_strange_and_making_exp#c999919 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_man_was_being_strange_and_making_exp#c999919 Boom Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:16:14 -0800 Comment by six shooter Watch the TV news version of the story. I swear they show shots of all the different agencies' bomb-squad robots meeting each other, shooting the shit, and waiting for further instruction.

Since when did those robots join the union?

]]> six shooter http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_man_was_being_strange_and_making_exp#c999933 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_man_was_being_strange_and_making_exp#c999933 Boom Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:24:06 -0800 Comment by heywhatsit No. It was a sad, sad world until this guy blew himself up. Now it's just a little bit better.

]]> heywhatsit http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_man_was_being_strange_and_making_exp#c999942 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_man_was_being_strange_and_making_exp#c999942 Boom Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:31:02 -0800 Comment by Queen_of_Sleaze @7: No shit! Finally someone gets it right! I suppose he deserves a little bit of credit for that.

]]> Queen_of_Sleaze http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_man_was_being_strange_and_making_exp#c999945 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_man_was_being_strange_and_making_exp#c999945 Boom Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:35:46 -0800 Comment by tiffany that is pretty fukin metal.

]]> tiffany http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_man_was_being_strange_and_making_exp#c999960 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_man_was_being_strange_and_making_exp#c999960 Boom Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:42:37 -0800 Comment by IttyBittySpider Paul plays something from Zorn's Naked City project. You are welcome.

]]> IttyBittySpider http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_man_was_being_strange_and_making_exp#c1000123 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_man_was_being_strange_and_making_exp#c1000123 Boom Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:15:57 -0800 Comment by LMSW beauty bark... that's good.

]]> LMSW http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_man_was_being_strange_and_making_exp#c1000388 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_man_was_being_strange_and_making_exp#c1000388 Boom Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:03:07 -0800