TC the Terrible

Can you believe this crap? How stoned/high/crazy do you have to be to think there is any way in hell you can not do serious time for this type of behavior? And I thought the folks in Frayser were raging idiots. Goes to show just how wrong a fella can be.

An Inverness man was arrested Saturday after breaking into his neighbors’ house and threatening them, shocking himself by sticking his fingers into a lamp socket, threatening a deputy with a metal rod, running naked through his yard and chewing through a cable in a patrol car, authorities said.

Authorities arrested Shyne Harris Phelps, 39, of 2510 Jupiter St., at 1:45 a.m., on charges of kidnapping, burglary of a dwelling, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer with intent to commit a felony, resisting an officer with violence, battery and criminal mischief, an arrest report said.

On arrival, Deputy Lynn Tabb a man holding a metal rod and wearing only a sheet wrapped around his waist, a report said. He was yelling that he was “ready to go to jail.”

Tabb got out of his car and ordered the man to drop the rod. He did, but quickly picked it up again and made a threatening gesture. Tabb pulled his gun. The man dropped the rod, shouted that he was “ready to die” and took off running.

The deputy fired a Taser at him, but it didn’t connect. The man threw dirt and rocks in the deputy’s face, the report said.

The suspect made it over a fence, losing his sheet in the process and sprinted, naked, into his home, the report said.

The suspect soon came out of the house and was arrested without further incident.

Phelps was taken to Citrus Memorial Hospital and then booked into the county jail.

He was held without bail.

But know I’m much better. The pollen is drastically different in DC than it was back in Memphis and spring has really taken its toll on my nose. Last Friday I was a walking sneeze machine and the rest of the office was really ragging me for not taking Claratin or something else for it. I decided to tough it out and let my body adjust. Just as I was about to give in and pop the pills it rained all night long. My golf plans were ruined for the next morning but it was worth it. Now things are back to normal.

Gotta get back to work. The boss is expecting a product at some point this week.

I’ve always had a hard on against the NBA. Basically I think the game is crap and played mostly by thugs at that level. The days of Bird and Magic were probably the last of the truly good pro basketball. There are still a couple of the good guys floating around out there, but mostly it is wanna be rap artists now.

Memphis has a really great guy writing sports columns for the only daily newspaper in town. Geoff Calkins gave up a high dollar lawyer job in DC to move to Alabama and be a sports writer. That’s almost on the level of deciding not to eat because you don’t want to wear socks to work. I’ve had lunch with the guy a couple of times and he’s a down to earth good guy. He’s someone you would go out of your way to play golf with. Now he writes a fair and honest article about the lazy play of one of the Memphis Grizzlies and the ass clown goes after him. Having your pen snatched isn’t like being punched in the face, but it shows the character of the average NBA player.

And that’s how I feel today.