Baseball, hot dogs and ... hiking?

I know people like to do things with their dad on Father's Day. But if my dad asked me to go along on a hike like this one, I'd have to turn him down.

The only safe snake is one behind glass

This teen had a rude awakening today. I'm guessing he didn't slither out of bed, either. And check out the comment on the story from some snake sympathizer. Yup, that's the problem with today's society: There are too many snake-haters.

Fido's find: Frightening

From the Associated Press BERLIN â€" A dog playing fetch in Germany has found and delivered to its owner a U.S. hand grenade from World War II. Police in the western town of Erkrath said Monday they were called by the dog’s 40-year-old owner who stopped walking her pooch when she recognized the “rusty” object it was carrying was a weapon. Police summoned a munitions expert Sunday to identify and defuse the grenade. Grenades and bombs left over from World War II are still often found in Germany. Sometimes whole streets in neighborhoods are evacuated so that such devices can be safely defused.

153rd arrest for Portsmough, N.H., man -- and counting, no doubt

Do the math: Say this guy started his life of crime at 15 years old. That means he's been arrested on average 4 1/2 times a year. Every year, for 34 years! Talk about your usual suspect.

They have chemicals that take care of this problem

There's no word on whether this guy's solution to an ant problem was successful.

'My daddy ate my eyes!'

From the Associated Press: BAKERSFIELD, Calif. â€" A 4-year-old California boy may be permanently blinded after police say his father bit out one of his eyes and mutilated the other. Bakersfield police say 34-year-old Angel Vidal Mendoza appeared to be under the influence of PCP when he attacked the boy April 28. Afterwards police say Mendoza rolled his wheelchair outside and began hacking at his own legs with an ax. Four-year-old Angelo Mendoza Jr. told police, “my daddy ate my eyes.” Doctors at Mercy Hospital say it’s unclear whether Angelo will regain vision in his right eye. The boy’s mother wasn’t home at the time.

I was going to clean out the fridge at work today, but now I'm not so sure

From the Associated Press: SAN JOSE, Calif. â€" An office worker cleaning a fridge full of rotten food created a smell so noxious that it sent seven co-workers to the hospital and made many others ill. Firefighters had to evacuate the AT&T building in downtown San Jose on Tuesday after the fumes led someone to call 911. A hazmat team was called in. What crews found was an unplugged refrigerator crammed with moldy food. Authorities say an enterprising office worker had decided to clean it out, placing the food in a conference room while using two cleaning chemicals to scrub down the mess. The mixture of old lunches and disinfectant caused 28 people to need treatment for vomiting and nausea. Authorities say the worker who cleaned the fridge didn’t need treatment â€" she can’t smell because of allergies.

Really, a 1978 time capsule? Who doesn't remember the '70s?

How embarassing: You bury a time capsule to educate future generations about the past, and 30 years later you can't find it! That's what happened in Liberty, Miss. Maybe they'll find it in 2078, when it'd be a bit more appropriate to unearth it. I mean, 1978 wasn't that far off that the citizens of Liberty needed a time capsule reminder of what life was like.

Inmate admits his sins, but it doesn't sway judge

A judge in Nebraska isn't letting a prisoner change his name eventhough Lawrence Bilskirnir says he's a sinner.

Woman's tofu license plate curdles in Colo.

From the Associated Press:

DENVER -- One Colorado woman's love for tofu has been judged X-rated by state officials.

Kelly Coffman-Lee wanted to tell the world about her fondness for bean curd by picking certain letters for her SUV's license plate.

Her suggestion for the plate: "ILVTOFU."

But the Division of Motor Vehicles blocked her plan because they thought the combination of letters could be interpreted as profane.

Says Department of Revenue spokesman Mark Couch: "We don't allow 'FU' because some people could read that as street language for sex."

Officials meet periodically to ensure state plates stay free of letters that abbreviate gang slang, drug terms or obscene phrases.

The 38-year-old Coffman-Lee says tofu is a staple of her family’s diet because they are vegan and that the DMV misinterpreted her message.