This Week's Bizarre Police Tale

Police in Hanahan, South Carolina were called to an apartment complex Monday night in response to a 911 complaint of a woman attempting to remove a male victim's genitals.

With her teeth.

"It's one of the worst body cam videos  I've seen in my career," said HPD Chief  Dennis Turner. "It honestly reminded me of something you would see from off a horror movie."

Officers arrived at the apartment to find two men, one suffering wounds to his manhood, and a woman, who was naked and spattered with blood. The woman began crawling aggressively on all fours towards the police officers, who then subdued her with a Taser.

The two men and the woman had been engaged in sexual intercourse when the attack occurred.

The woman was later administered Narcan, as it was found she was under the influence of heroin and methamphetamine, and then transported to a local hospital.

As of this date, no charges have been filed.

It is unknown if the male victim sought treatment....or will have need to consult with a plastic surgeon.

Check back every Friday for a new bizarre police tale.

Who's Stopping You? You Are.

Fear. Phobia. Apprehension.

Regret.

We fear what we don't know. Fear can keep us from goals, dreams and desires, and from confronting problems and issues. Phobias allow unreasonable elevation of our fears Our apprehensions make us take pause and hesitate to move forward.

Then the regret sets in. We'll 'what if?' the rest of our lives because we were afraid, once upon a time, to confront our fear. Then comes self-doubt and, maybe, self-loathing. Don't do that to yourself. Have some respect for you.

So how do we overcome our fears?

We take that first step toward them. That's it. Simple as that. Make that first move forward.

We can educate ourselves, strive to determine what is causing us that fear. Is it fear of failure? You failed. So what. You won't be the first person in the history of mankind to fail at something. The key is what you do next. Prepare for that step the best way you can. Study that fear, have a reasonable idea of what it'll require of you to overcome it and go right back at it.

Don't allow fear to defeat you. You get back up, dust yourself off, figure out what went wrong and take that step again only, this time, you'll have a better understanding of what you're stepping into.

You want that dream, that goal or desire? Don't let fear stop you.

Run that sucker down.

Get Off The Treadmill

No, not the one that's keeping you healthy.

The one that's keeping you stationary in life.

Let's face facts for a moment: most of us get out of bed, go through a morning routine, work, come home to another routine for a few hours and then go to bed. That cycle repeats every twenty-four hours for five days, with maybe a few variables.

No wonder we look forward to weekends so much, but even those can have their very own cycles too, right?

It gets to be monotonous, a drag, smothering your life aside from those few variables. You're running in place on life's treadmill when you want to move forward and higher. You can't see an endpoint, the time in your life when you can stop running and start enjoying.

Trust me, that day is coming.

In the meantime, though, how do you step off that platform of everyday mundaneness? Of the mindless 'rinse-and-repeat' cycle? CAN you throw the change-up instead of another fastball?

I'm not advocating a total life change; that's a pretty big gamble, especially if you have loved ones depending on you at home. You can't act on chance and risk losing something you can't afford to lose.

Break up that cycle to whatever extent is acceptable. Take your wife or husband out to dinner unexpectedly in the middle of the week. Have a family night at the movies. Go through the attic and donate unused or unneeded items to those less fortunate. Volunteer a few hours at a local food bank.

Have something in mind you've always wanted to try, but haven't? Do it. Read a book...or write one. Build something. It doesn't have to be intricate or expensive. Dig a hole, line it with bricks and stack a few rows of pavers around it. Now you have a fire pit. Refinish the old table sitting in the basement that Grandma gave you and make it functional again.

Do something a little different every week. Break the monotony by stepping into unfamiliar territory outside your comfort zone. Change something...anything...

...and stop complaining about the treadmill.