There were many passings this weekend that made news, from old television hosts and older politicos, to aspiring athletes and foolish ones, but two stood out to me. The first was Jose Melena, an employee of Bumble Bee Foods, who died in the most spectacular of ways via industrial accident. Cal-OSHA had the pleasure of investigating how Melena ended up cooked in an oven, described by the coroner's documents as a "giant murder boiler" "steamer machine". But fear not fish feeders, the plant will be back open today, so you'll have no break in production or food shortage. Just make sure you get the cans where they were packed in spring water.
The other death was not as remarkable, but no less satisfying to me. Police said 19-year-old man tagging a three-story building in the Westlake district here in Los Angeles fell to the ground, and was declared brain dead, though I would argue he was brain dead long before that.
The incident occurred around 2:30 am, when only good things happen, when the unidentified victim attempted climbing a tree to reach the building in the intersection of Beverly Boulevard and Union Place. To think, if he had only put that much effort into getting an education and raising his IQ! He was taken to a hospital, where he later died, and none too soon. Why so happy about this? I hate taggers - they have no value in society.
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