Thomas Althoff, pictured, was arrested, patted down and thrown into a Florida jail for driving with a suspended license.  While we at Dumb As A Blog believe driving with a suspended license is extremely stupid, most folks know such poorly-planned behavior is practically a residential requirement for 25% of the Sunshine State’s population. But I digress.

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Fat Chance

Thomas Althoff, pictured, was arrested, patted down and thrown into a Florida jail for driving with a suspended license.  While we at Dumb As A Blog believe driving with a suspended license is extremely stupid, most folks know such poorly-planned behavior is practically a residential requirement for 25% of the Sunshine State’s population. But I digress. What’s different about Althoff, 33, is that, according to deputies, he was caught snorting Xanax in his cell, a drug he later admitted to smuggling into jail under the fat rolls of his stomach.

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Fat Chance

Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb Mount Everest, had many inspirational quotes attributed to him , among them, “it is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.”  This seems to suggest that the mountain needs not be an actual mountain, or the highest point on Earth–the mountain can be whatever man sees as his own personal adversity. Ever present, hovering above the horizon, this seemingly unattainable, awe-inspiring “mountain,” inspires both adoration for its beauty and fear for it's ability to crush not just a man's body, but his very soul. When this personal mountain is conquered, man gains something valuable, intangible and life-enriching, something he can carry with him the rest of his days

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Balloon Boy, Oh Boy

Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb Mount Everest, had many inspirational quotes attributed to him , among them, “it is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.”  This seems to suggest that the mountain needs not be an actual mountain, or the highest point on Earth–the mountain can be whatever man sees as his own personal adversity. Ever present, hovering above the horizon, this seemingly unattainable, awe-inspiring “mountain,” inspires both adoration for its beauty and fear for it's ability to crush not just a man's body, but his very soul

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Balloon Boy, Oh Boy

This week’s video round-up is dedicated to the winners, those who excel at what they do.  Even if we would never dare do what they do. Ah, the art of cup stacking, If the world doesn’t end in 2012, I see a new Olympic sport on the horizon.  All I can say is “Oh my gosh!” I am less impressed by this faux surprise . And now officially deaf.  Move over Halle Berry.

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The ‘Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better’ Video Dump

Who says the “boob tube” is dumbing-down America?   One nerdy student’s love of  CSI helped her bust a burglar who was lifting loot from school lockers.   School officials dismissed complaints from Tiana Rapp (yes, that’s her real name) when she told them about $150  being pilfered from her gym locker.

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Cops: CSI-Lovin’ Student Takes Down Sticky-Fingered Hall Monitor