Was it a robotic Richard Simmons?

Phil of Playaz Ball is one of my favorite bloggers for a number of reasons. The latest reason is because of an article he sent me today. (Apparently it reminded him of the crazy pants guy and another sad person.) I couldn't stop laughing after I read it:

Enterprising litigant Jonathan Lee Riches, who recently filed a handwritten lawsuit against embattled Falcons quarterback Michael Vick...is back at it. This time Riches, a prisoner in Salters, S.C., demands the judge in the case recuse himself.

He doesn't actually name the judge.

But Riches, once again submitting a handwritten document, alleges his magistrate has certain conflicts of interest that could taint the previously filed case. That's the one, legal scholars no doubt recall, where he claims Vick stole Riches' dogs for dogfighting purposes, sold them on eBay and used the proceeds to buy missiles from the Iranian government. In that filing Riches demanded $63 billion "backed by gold and silver," and delivered by Sandy Springs-based UPS, for his trouble.

In the Aug. 6 motion, Riches ticks off a slew of alleged violations of his state and federal constitutional rights, and says he wants the judge's "yearly financial disclosure forms." He lobs in a few more complaints against Vick, claiming No. 7 "hired robotic guards" at the prison Riches is in, and that Vick supposedly sold Riches' name to a CNN producer.

That's not all. "Michael Vick threw snowballs at plaintiff's car," the motion alleges.

My goodness! I never realized that Michael Vick was such a busy guy. Stealing dogs and selling them on eBay? Buying missiles from Iran? Where does he find the time?

Like I said to Phil, if it wasn't for the two aforementioned wackos, I wouldn't have thought this guy was serious. I do now.

(M. Vick/R. Mexico photo courtesy of WGN Morning News blog)