Tag: excited delirium

April 3, 2008

Excited Delirium Book: Chapter 3 (“They Call Me Mr. Kite”)

Author’s Note: The following is Chapter 3 of the my online book "Excited Delirium". Please post comments. Please tell your friends about this story. If you’ve missed a chapter, please click here for Chapter 1 (Prelude) or here for the full index . Most of my contacts call me Mr. Kite. I know: it’s cliché. Believe me, I’m no Bond. I’m not attractive in a […]

April 3, 2008

Excited Delirium Book: Chapter 2 (An OMNINet Employee)

Author’s Note: The following is Chapter 2 of the my online book “Excited Delirium”. Please post comments. Please tell your friends about this story. If you’ve missed a chapter, please click here for Chapter 1 (Prelude) or here for the full index. “Don’t forget that we have access to the credit card companies and the transaction records for this guy,” said a fairly lean and […]

April 2, 2008

Excited Delirium Book: Chapter 1 (Kite Intro)

Six months earlier … “C’mon”, a young man groaned as he read the computer meter and saw how long he’d have to wait until his request was processed. He’d lived by the name ‘Mr. Kite’, at least within some circles, for years. If pressed, he’d have a hard time remembering his given name, but he could tell you hundreds of other names he’d used to […]

January 15, 2008

TASER to visit Toronto

Arizona-based Taser International will be in Toronto hawking their latest products (maybe even the ones with the MP3s?) to the Toronto Police Force. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2008/01/15/tto-tasers.html?ref=rss It amazes me how easy it has become for companies like this to sell fear to all levels of government. I wonder if their timing has anything to do with the Falconer Report on Toronto Schools. Maybe it was all one […]

January 12, 2008

Taser Death – Miami

A man who resisted arrest on Friday, January 11, 2008 was subdued and later tasered by officers. He became unresponsive, so was taken in to the Doctor’s Hospital in Coral Gables, where he was pronounced dead. More here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/375399.html