Shaving Your Crotch While Driving Is Bad Karma
Karma score: 40/100
The vehicle being driven by the Barneses struck another car from behind, causing minor injuries to its occupants. Rather than stop to see if anyone had been hurt—Ms. Barnes, after all, wasn’t wearing any pants—she and her husband drove a half-mile down the road and switched seats. Trouble was, her husband had burns on his chest from the passenger-side airbag.
The driver’s airbag wasn’t deployed by the impact, a lucky thing for Ms. Barnes, who might have suffered a nasty gash if it had.
Ms. Barnes told a police officer at the scene that she was doing a little topiary work behind the wheel because she was on her way to meet her boyfriend in Key West and she wanted to look pretty for him. All of which begs the question: Why didn’t Ms. Barnes’ ex-husband drive the car while she prepped in the back seat?
Ms. Barnes was charged with driving with reckless driving, leaving the scene of a wreck with injuries, driving with a revoked license, and driving with no insurance. No charges were files against her ex-husband or her dark roots—the ones on her head.
Today in Karma History
03/17/461
Saint Patrick, Christian missionary, bishop, and apostle of Ireland, died at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland. Born in Great Britain, most likely in Scotland, Patrick was part of a well-to-do Christian family of Roman citizenship. At the age of sixteen he was captured and enslaved by Irish marauders.
Patrick worked as a herder in Ireland for the next six years. During that time he depended on a deepening religious faith for comfort. Following the counsel of a voice he heard in a dream one night, Patrick escaped and found passage on a ship to Britain, where he was eventually reunited with his family.
Some time later Patrick had another dream. This time an individual named Victoricus gave him a letter, entitled "The Voice of the Irish." As he read the letter, Patrick heard the voices of Irishmen pleading him to return to their country and to walk among them once more.
After studying for the priesthood, Patrick was ordained a bishop. He returned to Ireland in 433 and began preaching the gospel, converting thousands people, and building churches around the country. After forty years of living in poverty, teaching, traveling, and working tirelessly, Patrick died on March 17, 461, in Saul, where he had built his first church.
Much of what is known about Patrick's legendary life comes from the Confessio, a book he wrote during his last years.