{"id":3864,"date":"2006-07-25T22:31:24","date_gmt":"2006-07-26T05:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/07\/25\/need-a-hand\/"},"modified":"2019-12-20T10:39:43","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T18:39:43","slug":"need-a-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/07\/25\/need-a-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Need a Hand?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:6369,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.cnn.com\\\/2006\\\/LAW\\\/07\\\/25\\\/severed.hand.ap\\\/index.html?section=cnn_topstories&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.cnn.com\\\/2006\\\/LAW\\\/07\\\/25\\\/severed.hand.ap\\\/index.html?section=cnn_topstories&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6370,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.washingtonpost.com\\\/wp-dyn\\\/content\\\/article\\\/2006\\\/07\\\/24\\\/AR2006072401023.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250325014256\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.washingtonpost.com\\\/wp-dyn\\\/content\\\/article\\\/2006\\\/07\\\/24\\\/AR2006072401023.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-09 00:26:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-18 19:39:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-27 17:48:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-27 17:48:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6221,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Apparently there&#8217;s enough to spare these days&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>In South Plainfield, New Jersey: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2006\/LAW\/07\/25\/severed.hand.ap\/index.html?section=cnn_topstories\" title=\"CNN: Severed hand found in nude dancer's home\">Severed hand found in nude dancer&#8217;s home<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  A severed hand was found at the home of an exotic dancer who decorated her home with skulls, and she was charged with improper disposition of human remains, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>  Friends said the hand had been given to the woman by a medical student.<\/p>\n<p>  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>  Kay&#8217;s mother, Patricia Ann Kay, told the newspaper that her daughter bought the skulls from a mail order catalog. She said her daughter has always been fascinated with the macabre, and when she was a girl she collected animal skulls and snake skeletons.<\/p>\n<p>  &#8220;She has a flair for the dramatic,&#8221; Patricia Ann Kay said. &#8220;I have never tried to stop my children from doing whatever they want. As long as they are happy, aren&#8217;t hurting anyone, and it&#8217;s keeping them out of the poor house.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In Springfield, Virginia: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/07\/24\/AR2006072401023.html\" title=\"Washington Post: Customer at Market in Springfield Cuts Off His Hand\">Customer at Market in Springfield Cuts Off His Hand<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  Igbal Asghar reached across the counter at Super Halal Meat market and passed two butchered chickens to the man with the familiar face. Then he ducked into the walk-in freezer to fetch the customer&#8217;s second order, goat meat.<\/p>\n<p>  When the butcher stepped out seconds later, the customer&#8217;s severed left hand lay on the floor by the meat saw, Asghar said. The customer ran down the Springfield store&#8217;s center aisle and into the front parking lot, leaving a trail of blood and yelling repeatedly that he was &#8220;not a terrorist.&#8221; Outside, another witness said, the man announced that he had used the meat saw to cut off his hand &#8220;for Allah.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>  Asghar said the man&#8217;s son told him that evening that his father was on medication for mental problems. Dan Schmidt, a spokesman for the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, said authorities believe the man had mental health problems. Schmidt said he did not know whether doctors planned to try to re-attach the man&#8217;s hand.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Bizarre.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" title=\"Get iTunes\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"iTunes\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;bids=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" alt=\"\" \/> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms %253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DErich Kunzel; Cincinnati Pops Orchestra%2526songTerm=Star Trek: The Next Generation - Main Theme From%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'Star Trek: The Next Generation - Main Theme From' on the iTMS\">Star Trek: The Next Generation &#8211; Main Theme From<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DErich Kunzel; Cincinnati Pops Orchestra%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'Erich Kunzel; Cincinnati Pops Orchestra' on the iTMS\">Erich Kunzel; Cincinnati Pops Orchestra<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click. linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DErich Kunzel; Cincinnati Pops Orchestra%2526albumTerm=Symphonic Star Trek%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'Symphonic Star Trek' on the iTMS\">Symphonic Star Trek<\/a> <\/em> (1996, 1:43).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently there&#8217;s enough to spare these days&#8230;. Bizarre news from New Jersey and Virginia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2028],"tags":[39],"class_list":["post-3864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-links"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3864\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}