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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 27 views
In the first eight months of 2016, 73 people around the world have died while taking “extreme selfies.” The new activity of seeing how you can take pictures of yourself with a smart phone has proved dangerous to many. Most deaths came from people who fell from buildings or mountains while attempting…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 2 views
As he led a parade through the streets of Cambridge during Harvard’s 250th anniversary, the President was greeted by a banner from the freshman class that read: HARVARD UNIVERSITY HAS WAITED 250 YEARS FOR US! To a generation that thinks that life is all about them, the sign makes some sense. To a University…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
A few years ago, Oil tycoon Eike Batista of Brazil predicted that he would become the world's richest man. Things didn’t turn out as he planned. Today he is bankrupt. Economist Miriam Leitao said that his "main error was to declare that he had what he didn't . . . He's always exaggerated the potential…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 14 views
In an email sent to coworkers on the day he retired, a German man admitted that he had nothing to do at work for the past 14 years. The man boasted that he had earned the equivalent of $980,000 for doing nothing. The worker said he was forced to retire at the age of 65 because his job had been eliminated.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
A study designed to examine the ability to do more than one thing at a time has found that most people who think they can perform simultaneous tasks fairly well really can’t. The study conducted at the University of Utah assigned multiple tasks to college students and measured their ability to do things…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
A Japanese man who used the Internet to boast about driving three times the speed limit is now facing possible jail term. The fifty year old doctor posted a six minute video showing him driving his Ferrari through southern Japan, at 84 kilometers (52 Miles) an hour above the posted speed limit. Speed…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
One New York City driver may have been a little too proud. He or she put a bumper sticker on the car saying, “Why am I the only person on the planet who knows how to drive?” The proud driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries, including a bruised ego, when the car collided with a guardrail on a city…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
Police in New Jersey say an accused carjacker was captured after he let pride get the best of him. They say a 20 year-old-victim reported that her car was stolen at gunpoint by a man wearing on ski mask on January 29. The woman reported the man had taken her cell phone in the robbery as well. After filing…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
Australian billionaire Clive Porter has announced plans to build the Titanic II, a modern version of the infamous ocean liner. Porter says, “It is going to be designed so it won’t sink.” That sounds familiar, doesn’t it? --The Week, May 11, 2012, p. 6 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
Anthony Garcia may have gotten away with murder, were it not for his arrogance. Los Angeles County Sheriff's homicide investigator, Kevin Lloyd made the discovery while sifting through photographs. He suddenly noticed the tattoo on Anthony Garcia, which resembled a crime scene familiar to him. The tattoo…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
DISTRACTIONS Driving while distracted has been blamed for a growing number of accidents and highway deaths over the past few years. Typical concerns are talking on the cell phone, changing the radio station, or texting. A fifty-seven year old California woman may be the champion of driving while distracted.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 2 views
The organizers of World Book Day, an annual celebration of reading in Britain have found that 2 out of 3 Brits have lied about reading the books they claim to have read. The books lied about most often include classics like George Orwell’s 1984, Tolstoy’s War and Peace, and the works of Charles Dickens.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 41 views
Pride During the 2000-01 Football Season, Tampa Bay wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson made headlines before a game with his former team, the New York Jets. When Keyshawn was traded, his starting place in the New York lineup was given to the smaller and slower Wayne Chrebet. Johnson contrasted himself with…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
BOASTING Cincinnati Bengal's Receiver Chad Johnson is letting his mouth get him in trouble. Johnson boasted that he would celebrate a touchdown catch in a game with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He then asked his fans to bring a dollar to the game with them to help him pay for the fine that would be imposed…