Re: WTF of the day: Lion Mutilates 42 Midgets...
This brings to mind the immortal question: In hand to hand combat, who would win, Chewbacca or Worf?
Re: WTF of the day: Lion Mutilates 42 Midgets...
LMAO... yeah, ok, I see your point.
Re: WTF of the day: Lion Mutilates 42 Midgets...
"Why do you ruin these things for me???"Because that is my....
"Idiom," sir?
Because that is my idiom!
Re: WTF of the day: Lion Mutilates 42 Midgets...
Why do you ruin these things for me???
Of course it's fake! Look at the URL and you can see it's not the BBC. But it's a fun IQ test anyway!!! STOP THAT! :-)
I do admit that I thought the bunny thing was somewhat plausible. And it's still messed up that they guy actually gets money from it.
Papercraft Haunted Mansion to download, cut and glue
 | A stupendous papercraft miniature Haunted Mansion that you can download, cut, paste and assemble. The level of detail is nothing less than obsessive, and the instructions are clear and straightforward. This may be the coolest free thing to appear on the Internet this year. [ get your craft fix][ via] |
Re: WTF of the day: Lion Mutilates 42 Midgets...
Bush disassembles English language, again
When asked today about Amnesty International's report criticizing America's treatment of detainees, President Bush called the claims "absurd" and said:
"It seemed like to me they based some of their decisions on the word of -- and the allegations -- by people who were held in detention, people who hate America, people that had been trained in some instances to disassemble -- that means not tell the truth."
Jesus. This one man is the essence of why peole hate Americans. [
White House Transcript]
WTF of the day: Lion Mutilates 42 Midgets in Cambodian Ring-Fight
Spectators cheered as entire Cambodian Midget Fighting League squared off against African Lion.
Tickets had been sold-out three weeks before the much anticipated fight, which took place in the city of Kâmpóng Chhnãng.
...
The fight was called in only 12 minutes, after which 28 fighters were declared dead, while the other 14 suffered severe injuries including broken bones and lost limbs, rendering them unable to fight back. [
I can't believe it, but there it is]
Guy scams women at E3 by pretending to be crippled
RE: LOL. Oh man do I have blackmail.
That's not beer, that's Coors Lite.
Re: Batteryless and wireless mouse
Wacom has had batteryless and wireless mice for a number of years. They come with their tablets. Personally, I think wireless mice are just another thing to misplace. Like the TV remote...
Retro Nintendo Watches
 | We freaked out when we found these original retro game watches from the 80's and 90's, all in working condition, and think you will too. Choose Donkey Kong, Legend of Zelda or G.I. Joe and never ever be bored on the bus again! [ get one] |
Beautiful metal math models
 | Bathsheba Grossman makes wonderful math-inspired sculptures. Shown here, The Gyroid, a 3-inch "triply periodic minimal surface that divides all of space into two congruent regions." It also performs arithmetic -- by subtracting $350 from your Paypal account. [ check it] |
Done with Sandman Main Set of Comics
And they come highly recommended. All the "WTF?" and "uh, oh-kay then" that happens in most of the earliest ones comes very rapidly together in the 9th book. Most of the random is resolved. Good stuff.
There's a bunch of one offs that I have that I will read soon - notably the Death comics. (Morpheus' sister is Death, for those of you who don't know.)
However, in a rather old school style this weekend, I grabbed my copy of the Davinci Code and am 2/3 of the way through it. It is a very captivating and easy read.
The movie won't even come close.
Break the shoe in case of emergency
Another entry in our series of garments to defend yourself against male predators.
The
Electric Cinderella shoes, by Simona Brusa Pasqué, are powered by a 9 volts battery hidden in the heel and are activated by pressing a button hidden in the earring. The crystal tip, that contains the stun gun, is scored so that it breaks more easily when you want to use it.
Updates to My Bloggy Goodness
I made some updates to try and make the blog more readable and more sleek. Lemme know if you have comments.
Batteryless and wireless mouse
 | The A4Tech battery-free wireless optical mouse is powered by nothing else than RFID. It is in fact powered by the NB-50 mouse pad which has a cord and connects to the computer via USB. So the mouse is cordless, the pad is not. To get energy, the mouse can be about two inches off the pad and you can put various objects between the two without causing significant interference. [ via] |
All BBQ'd out!
So I went to both BBQs, had a pretty good time, and now I'm all BBQ'd out.
Tonight I have exciting plans! I might take a bath, I might not. I might get some cleaning done, I might not. I definetly have to work some, but that shouldn't be too horrible, since monkeys could do my job.
Tomorrow the big plans include car maintenance, a trip to Target and the grocery store, and a whole lotta sittin'. Still not the weekend I had been envisioning, but we're gettng closer!
A large fake penis has caused a major terror alert in America.
A key highway though Florida was closed after a driver spotted what looked like a pipe bomb under an overpass.
Fearing terrorists were trying to blow up the structure, police closed Interstate 75 for an hour.
But on closer inspection police found that the 'device' was actually a foot-long plastic penis.
"Someone took construction-grade plastic, moulded it into a penis and wrapped it with duct tape," said Lee County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Charles Ferrante.
The bomb squad was brought in to handle the situation and a remote-controlled robot used to make the fake penis safe.
Go Indy! Court gives A-OK to fuck tha police
A 15-year-old boy who shouted profanities at a police officer during an investigation was exercising his right to free speech, the Indiana Court of Appeals has found." ... "Legal experts say that while free speech does not permit someone to obstruct police or sway others to violence, protection does extend to someone whose words merely offend. An expert in constitutional law said the appeals court decision was consistent with other interpretations of free speech. [
more]
Need to get you BBQ on?
Boy do I have the answers for you!
Sat: 2pm Nate Yeakel's house
Sun: 2pm 17A
If you wanna go, just show up, or call (or email) me and I'll give you addresses if you need them. Both will go on for quite some time so whenever you want to show up is fine.
Yay 3 day weekend!
Also, if you need to get your nerd on, there's
Kubla Con and
Bay Con both going on in the immediate area this weekend.
LOL. Oh man do I have blackmail.
So I'm cruisin the internet tonight, and link over to my cousin's friend's blog and what do I see?
Ya, that's my 19 (today is her B-day) year old cousin there on the left. And there's a bunch of beer in the back there.
And, on another one of her friend's blogs I find:
wade.
sorry if i called you this weekend?
hmmm you owe me a drunk dial.
have a great summer and keep your ass tan.
liz
Not a judgement thing on my part. I am particularly proud of her, actually. But man, I could get some seriously good X-mas presents this year out of this one I am sure.
Those of you who know my family know what I am talking about...
Boy, do I need to teach her how to cover her tracks.
Esther and Amber, on the net!
Here's their 15 minutes of fame. They went clubbin' last weekend and today this popped up on the
internet:
Have a few hours to spare?
Go
here.
Apparently,
Alien Loves Predator and they live together in NYC. So you have a lovely mix of scifi geek humor, New York humor and action figures using the f-bomb.
This prety much says it all, doesn't it?
How much will you give me for my $20 bill?
Psychologist Max Bazerman says that during the past ten years he has earned more than $17,000 by auctioning $20 bills to his MBA students at Northwestern University. In the course of almost two hundred of his actions, the top two bids never totaled less than $39, and in one instance totaled $407 [
check it]
More Movies Than You Have Time For
Iomega has taken out a patent on a new nanoscale technology that could increase DVD data storage to nearly a terabyte. [
more]
The Star Trek connection
A surprising number of child sex abusers appear to be Trekkies. Trying to figure out what that means, however, shows how little we really know about pedophiles [
more]
HA! I'm gonna trademark and start selling shirts that say "Trekkies like 'em young."
Star wars episode III Eater eggs
Do not look at this if you are spoiler free and haven't seen it yet. Obviously. [
find them]
State-by-state scores on driving test
ARE YOU DISSIN' MY PEEPS????????
State-by-state scores on driving test
OK, this is getting out of hand: Ring 3 Developing
he husband-and-wife dynamic producing duo of Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald confirmed to SCI FI Wire and other reporters that they are developing a third, scaled-down Ring movie. [
blah blah blah]
And in Wonka News
A new and very cool trailer is out for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory! [
see it] (watch the large one if you have the bandwidth)
And there's a brief interview with Burton on Wonka [
read it]
Brothers Grimm Poster Out
Hmm, Maybe Heath will be at Comic Con...
Introducing the chocolate candy diet...
SEOUL (Reuters) - Candy is dandy for North Korean children trying to grow tall, strong and smart in a country battling chronic food shortages.
North Korea has developed a candy it claims is good for children and will help them increase their height, weight and IQ, a pro-North Korea newspaper published in Japan said on Friday.. [
more]
Digital Blasphemy 3D wallpapers
RE: OH NO! KittenWar is making me decide between my babes!!!
Yeah, I had to stop looking at this site because it seemed kind of immoral to have to choose between two kitties. Aren't all kitties cute and worthy of lovins?
Little glam dog boas
 | Wow. This is tripps me out. On one hand, I can't believe that people would seriously put this on their pet. On the other, I would love to slap one of these on the Monkey and watch him run around with it on... [ get one for your tiny dog] |
OH NO! KittenWar is making me decide between my babes!!!
Chck this out. I was doing the KittenWar thing that Wendy Posted a couple days ago and look what happened!!!:
It's Onyx Vs. Piper!! What do I do???
Researchers hope artifacts identify pirate's ship: Wreckage thought to be pirate Blackbeard's flagship
OFF THE COAST OF ATLANTIC BEACH, North Carolina (AP) -- Researchers Tuesday raised another cannon from an underwater site two miles offshore, and hope it will help prove the sunken wreckage was once the flagship of the notorious pirate Blackbeard.
"We knew it the first day and we still have absolutely no doubt that she's the Queen Anne's Revenge," said Phil Masters, whose Florida-based research firm located the wreckage in 1996. "There is no other ship lost at Beaufort Inlet with anything more than 10 cannon, nor more than 110 tons that we know of." [
more]
BTW, Wonderfalls is Great
Thanks to Kevin and Esther for the recommendation.
For those of you who don't know, the show only ran like 4 episodes or something on air and then was cancelled, but you can get the whole 13 episodes that they made on DVD (YAY Netflix!).
It is funny, and cute, and wierd all at the same time. Good TV, I say!
Holy Crap! Alias season Finale was kick ass!
(not any real spoilers, so you are safe)So I sat here and watched the Lost Finale.
Eh. It was good. More stuff opened up. Dude got very realistically blown up by dinamite on screen. Cliffhanger ending. The usual.
Good enough so I watch next season (or on DVD).
Then came Alias.
Pretty standard. The usual season ending stuff. Love the show, but it's getting kind of routine.
But the last 20 seconds made my jaw drop. Seriously, that was one of the best cliffhangers I have ever seen (and I HATE cliffhangers). I couldn't believe the ended with that. All sorts of "PLEASE get me more ALIAS now!!! I have to know!!"
Good thing that, so far, they aren't planning on waiting until January again to show the next season - although with Jennifer on rout to bith Ben Affleck's kid in the fall, I wouldn't be surprised if they did.
Damn. That was awesome. Just thought I'd share.
More Star Wars? Who could have possibly guessed that???
Another scooper, MK, wrote in with his story of meeting none other than George Lucas, while in Hawaii on his (MK’s) honeymoon. MK had this to say about his chance encounter with the Master:
I was vacationing at the Mandarin Oriental in Hawaii for my honeymoon in 2004. I ran into George Lucas and his family on the beach there. I was sitting in a hammock, just about to get up, and he asked me if I was done. I said yes and began to leave....
He said so "Where are you from" ... I said I was from NY. He said "Are you here for the shoot?" I said no, “Here on my honeymoon.”
I told him I was a big STAR WARS fan and was anxiously awaiting the conclusion of the most recent trilogy.
I asked him if STAR WARS was going to end with this next installment and.
He said, "'Star Wars' will never end. My involvement may, but the story will go on...."
I said what do you think would be more interesting.... telling a story prior to PHANTOM MENANCE or after RETURN OF THE JEDI?
(Lucas) said, no question about it, prior to PHANTOM MENACE. He said, that if he did ever do another storyline.... that he would do when the Jedi regained control of the universe from the Dark Lords (there were many of them) 800 years before PHANTOM MENACE. And a young Jedi named Yoda was instrumental in the effort.
None of these stories are (or can truly be) confirmed at this moment, so only time will tell. [via]
Re: YAY!!!!! Kevin leveled up!
Nice job, Kevin! I hope the pay raise was appropriate too.
YAY!!!!! Kevin leveled up!
From
Soul Cookie:
Development Manager at last!
Following a pretty pointed heart-to-heart I had with my boss last week, today brought the formal announcement of my promotion to Development Manager. Yay me.
I figured I'd mention it here given my [not unjustified] bitching about it last week.
Good Job! More Xp + More Skill Points + More Feats!
Man digs up corpse, cooks body parts
A Chinese man has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for digging up a woman's corpse and eating her ears, nose and breasts." ... "[The convicted cannibal] took an axe and a razor to the cemetery the same day that a fellow villager was buried after dying from an illness. He exhumed the woman, cut off the body parts, took them home and cooked and ate them.[
more]
Drunk jumps from moving car to retrieve cigarette
A man was injured when he jumped from a car traveling 55-60 mph in an effort to retrieve a cigarette blown out of a passenger-side window. Jeff Foran, 38, suffered trauma to his nose, eyes and chin after leaping from the car Saturday night and landing on the eastbound lane Arkanas 234 near the Oklahoma border. [
more]
FOX issuing takedown notices to Sith downloaders
We saw it coming. BayTSP’s claim that they could track BitTorrent file swapping, the recent MPAA threats targeted at Revenge of the Sith downloaders, and an overall increasing presence from the dark side have been a few clues.
I recently received a message from a hackaday reader informing me of 20th Century FOX takedown notices that are beginning to frequent, oh, hundreds of thousands of fans inboxes. The letters are being sent courtesy of BayTSP.[more]
RE: What's Your World View?
 | You scored as Materialist. Materialism stresses the essence of fundamental particles. Everything that exists is purely physical matter and there is no special force that holds life together. You believe that anything can be explained by breaking it up into its pieces. i.e. the big picture can be understood by its smaller elements.
Materialist | | 100% | Existentialist | | 88% | Modernist | | 63% | Fundamentalist | | 44% | Romanticist | | 44% | Cultural Creative | | 38% | Postmodernist | | 38% | Idealist | | 13% |
What is Your World View? (corrected...again)
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Re: One question that does bother me....
'Cause Lucas thinks
"Roger, Roger" sounds cooler than
SYN / ACK.
One question that does bother me....
How come the robots in Star Wars talk to eachother in English rather than via Bluetooth or something?
A quiz from Jon's blog: What's Your World View?
You scored as Existentialist. Existentialism emphasizes human capability. There is no greater power interfering with life and thus it is up to us to make things happen. Sometimes considered a negative and depressing world view, your optimism towards human accomplishment is immense. Mankind is condemned to be free and must accept the responsibility.
Existentialist | | 88% | Cultural Creative | | 88% | Romanticist | | 81% | Materialist | | 75% | Modernist | | 63% | Postmodernist | | 56% | Idealist | | 31% | Fundamentalist | | 13% |
What is Your World View? (corrected...again)
created with QuizFarm.com |
I guess I agree with that.
Oddly, I actually tied in my score with:
You scored as Cultural Creative. Cultural Creatives are probably the newest group to enter this realm. You are a modern thinker who tends to shy away from organized religion but still feels as if there is something greater than ourselves. You are very spiritual, even if you are not religious. Life has a meaning outside of the rational.
Those things seem mutually exclusive to me. Maybe that is an insight into the enigma that is my brain.
Hackers Holding Computer Files 'Hostage'
WASHINGTON - Computer users already anxious about viruses and identity theft have new reason to worry: Hackers have found a way to lock up the electronic documents on your computer and then demand $200 over the Internet to get them back. [
more]
Fujitsu Ships Palm-Vein Security System Overseas
It doesn't take a palm reader to figure out the future of one of Fujitsu's latest security products. The Tokyo company says it will expand sales of its palm-vein biometric security system outside Japan before the end of this year.
The system, which relies on the pattern of veins inside a person's hand to verify identity, has been available in Japan since the middle of last year and is already in use in some high-profile applications. The Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, Japan's third-largest retail bank, began rolling out the system last October and it's available as an alternative to personal identification numbers for ATM transactions in all of the bank's 267 branches. About half of its 3000 ATMs will have the system by September. Other major national and regional banks have also said they're adopting the system. [
more]
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Star Wars: Satan's Tool
 | "Christians REJOICE! Jesus will lead us in a real star war - between the armies of Heaven and Satan. Believers will 'beam' up to the Starship in the sky, and Captain Jesus shall lead a thousand year Federation of Planets before Judgment Day!" [ more][ even more][ via] LOL! That's funny. Someone has a lot of time... |
Time Magazine's top 100 Films of All Time
Apple may use Intel chips for Macs
At Home Today
Working from home - not feeling too well...
Esther and Morgan's Bday Party Photos up
 | You can now swim, surf or have a shower with your iPod thanks to the SV-iP4G waterproof iPod case and headset, by H2O Audio. That's so friggn cool - I bet it would be great for skiiers too, who didn't want to risk their iPods in the snow. US$149.95 (well, the price is not such good news.) |
HOW TO make an easy Jedi robe
 | Here's a great HOW TO on making your own Jedi robes, even if you've never sewn or worked from a pattern. [ Jedi me] You know, just in case you really needed one. |
Wooden iPod and Computer Cases
 | These are a trip, and actually pretty affordable at $39.00. [ check it] |
Netflix Links Pulled
For now... The RSS generator was timing out and not pulling the info from Netflix, causing the page to appear as if it was not loading. I'll put them back up once the RSS people get their act together.
I'll post what I am watching in the watching section for now.
Goal 1 achieved
As of today, Goal 1 has been achieved. I saw this when looking at my savings account:
Savings $6,000.76
Which now means that I have a 2 month buffer in the event that I don't get my contract renewed. This also means that I can go to phase 2 which is madly paying off credit cards!
At least I am back on track now...
Weekend report
Weekend went too quickly, but well. Friday was another round of Star Wars, which is better the second time around. Had a god lunch with Tasha, a great dinner with Stephy and crew, and some good Chinese Opera on Saturday. Today I had to work a lot, but got to sleep in WAAAAAAY too late, which was awesome, and some very fun D&D. Good stuff. Now, if only I had a few more days off...
Oh well, Next weekend is a log one and I have made a point to make no plans. Hope the weather is nice again and my clients don't dump too much on me.
Model Aircraft As Swarming Servers
Flying, flocking, embedded web servers? Why not. This will give the paparazzi something to work with. [
more]
Transformer Bicycle
The Shift bicycle has two rear wheels that splay wide when the rider's weight is toward the back of the bike (like when it's going slow) or contract together into a single wheel when the rider's weight is forward (like when you're going fast). [
check it]
If it's warm and it's damp and it vibrates
Colmes: Are you suggesting that everybody who grows up on a farm in Georgia has a mule as a girlfriend?
Horsley: It has historically been the case. You people are so far removed from the reality. . . . Welcome to domestic life on the farm. You experiment with anything that moves when you are growing up sexually. You're naive. You know better than that. . . . If it's warm and it's damp and it vibrates, you might in fact have sex with it. [more]
Ummmmmmmmmm... yeaaaaahhh.
Kingdom of Desire
Chinese Opera? Not bad, actually.
The costumes were very cool and I got to see the California Theater, which was under renovation for a really long time just down the street from Original Joe's. It had supertitles, which was cool, and the music was really kind of neat.
Way better than expected!
Toddler rescued from toy vending machine
 | An early morning shopping trip left an Elkhart toddler caught in an unusual situation: inside a vending machine. With his sleep schedule thrown off by cold medicine, 3-year-old James was awake at 3:30 Thursday morning, so he and his mom went to the Elkhart Wal-Mart. On their way out, James wanted a toy from what is commonly known as the claw machine. James’ mother tried to get a toy out of the machine, but when the toy didn’t come out, James decided to go in. [ more] |
Library card? Check. Fingerprint? Really?
Before long, patrons wanting to use Naperville Public Library System computers without a hassle will have to prove their identity with a fingerprint.
The three-library system this week signed a $40,646 contract with a local company, U.S. Biometrics Corp., to install fingerprint scanners on 130 computers with Internet access or a time limit on usage. [
more]
NASA Unveils Lunar O2 Challenge
The first team of scientists to invent a way to extract breathable oxygen from lunar soil will be awarded $250,000, NASA announced on Thursday.
The technology could be used by astronauts during a long-term stay on the moon or modified to support a trip to Mars. The Bush administration has made both missions a priority for NASA in a road map called the Vision for Space Exploration. [
more]
Google Introduces Internet Portal Feature
 | MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Google Inc. on Thursday introduced a new option that will enable visitors to display more information on the online search engine leader's bare-bones home page, a departure that pushes the company a step closer to operating an Internet portal in the mold of rivals Yahoo and MSN.com. The feature, available at http://labs.google.com , allows the millions of Google users worldwide to select components tools located underneath the search engine's hood and display them on the main page. [ more] There's actually a bunch of really cool toys in here - you guys should try it! |
Netflix Takes Over Wal-Mart DVD Rentals
SAN FRANCISCO - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is handing off its online DVD rental business to Netflix Inc., signaling the world's largest retailer couldn't beat the Internet upstart at its own game. [
more]
AFI To Select & Perform Top 25 Film Scores
The American Film Institute has announced a concert to take place at the Hollywood Bowl on this September 23rd: The Big Picture: AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores. The AFI has sent a ballot listing 250 film scores to over 500 people in the film community to vote on the top 25 film scores of all time, selections from which will be performed at the concert by the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra under the baton of John Mauceri. Tickets are now on sale at
HollywoodBowl.com. The complete ballot can be found at this site. [
more]
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Dude, Tomb Raider Vs. Fight Club. That rules.
As if I need another source of hot photos of Angelina Jolie...
I could watch this in black and white with the sound off and love it. [
check the site]
New Foamy
"
BIGGEST FEAR" The 75
th Foamy, I might add.
I'm kind of afraid of exploding teeth too.
re:The day is at hand
It all makes sense now...
Good stuff. Go see it.
Lake disappears, baffling villagers
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian village was left baffled Thursday after its lake disappeared overnight.
NTV television showed pictures of a giant muddy hole bathed in summer sun, while fishermen from the village of Bolotnikovo looked on disconsolately.
"It is very dangerous. If a person had been in this disaster, he would have had almost no chance of survival. The trees flew downwards, under the ground," said Dmitry Zaitsev, a local Emergencies Ministry official interviewed by the channel.
Officials in Nizhegorodskaya region, on the Volga river east of Moscow, said water in the lake might have been sucked down into an underground water-course or cave system, but some villagers had more sinister explanations.
[And here's the great part...]
"I am thinking, well, America has finally got to us," said one old woman, as she sat on the ground outside her house. [
via]
The day is at handThe circle is complete.
HOW TO fake a fingerprint
This HOWTO contains step-by-step instructions for turning a latent fingerprint on the side of a glass or similar into a latex fingerprint you can wear on your fingertip in order to fool biometric sensors. [
fake it]
Medical robots start work at London hospital
LONDON (Reuters) - Science-fiction moved a step closer to reality Wednesday when robots nicknamed "Sister Mary" and "Doctor Robbie" started work at a London hospital.
The pair allow doctors to visually examine and communicate with patients, whether they are in another part of the hospital or even another part of the world. [
more]
Scientists Unveil Earthquake Forecast
PASADENA, Calif. - California residents wondering if tomorrow's forecast will be sunny now can find out if there's also a chance of afternoon tremors.
For the first time, they can check a daily earthquake forecast on the Internet just as easily as they check the weather. [
more][
check the map]
Talking With Neil Gaiman
Interview with Neil Gaiman from Audio File [
read]
Teaser Trailker for the Da Vinci Code is up
Not very nteresting so far... [
more]
Serenity Comic Bridges Gap
Joss Whedon—creator of TV's SF series Firefly and its upcoming movie, Serenity—told SCI FI Wire that he has penned a prequel comic series, based in part on an animated project that never got off the ground. The three-issue Dark Horse Serenity miniseries hits comic shops on July 6. [
more]
The All-Time Top 100 Voices in the Movies
3. Christopher Walken - Cinema's most unique voice, Walken reportedly taught himself his halting manner of speech by deleting all the punctuation out of his scripts when learning his lines. You can. Understand. What that could do to your. Speech. Right? Anyway, we could use a little more cowbell.
[
check it][
via]
Glutton for Punnishment
 | Guess what we're going to see tonight? Hopefully it will be good. It's oine of those "you either love it or you hate it" kind of shows. I saw it way back in the day in London and loved it. I like T.S. Elliot though. Most people I know don't like it much. I wonder if i can write any more really simple sentances about it. Will report back tomorrow!
Later Note: You know, it wasn't great, but it wasn't bad either. It was mostly a function of the cats cast being weak. I do like the musical as a whole though, I don't care who else doesn't like it! |
Why does everyone want to touch my screen?
The Last Supper
Re: Viagra-fueled Italian stallions seized by police
Viagra-fueled Italian stallions seized by police
ROME (Reuters) - Italian police have discovered a mob-linked race track where they say horses were pumped full of Viagra and other drugs to fix races. [
more]
Sony shows off new PlayStation 3
Sony has unveiled its new PlayStation 3 console, calling it "a supercomputer for computer entertainment".
The console is powered by a powerful new processor dubbed Cell, which Sony says is 35 times faster than the chip inside the current PlayStation. [
more]
Dave H's Idea of the Day
This came in on IM this morning:
Did you get out to slashdot this morning? There's an article up there about
swarming robo-planes with bluetooth communications and distributed computing...
Combine that with last week's article on a new technology to
generate power from blood chemistry, and soon we'll be able to build that fleet of robo-vampire-bats...
Finally, technology advances far enough to allow me to put my plans for total world domination into motion...
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SAD CANADIAN GIRL WANTS CALIFORNIAN FRIENDS
Hey all....my sister is coming down to visit her new niece. Due to Air Canada being real dicks, she is stuck down here for 6 days. Even I would have trouble staring at Keira for six days straight, so she was thinking about taking some time to go down to Disneyland. Problem is that nobody really wants to go to Disneyland alone, so she was wondering if I could find anybody else who wants to go to Disneyland with her. Anybody interested? She's thinking of going down the weekend of the 28th/29th. Chris Paduan is thinking of going with her, and we're hoping to turn it into a Disneyland party! If you are at all interested, please let me know at d_m_a_c_l_a_c_h@m_a_c.c_o_m (minus the underscores of course) and I'll connect you with her. How can Disneyland be the happiest place on earth if you are all alone? Guaranteed that she will say Out and About with a Canadian accent, and you can tease her aboot it. Also guaranteed that she will say eh at least once in every conversation, and will happily discuss dogsledding and igloo construction techniques with anyone who's interested.
I sadly can't go down to my new parental-unit type duties.
101 years of Brittish buzzwords
Air travelers stripped bare with X-ray machine
The agency in charge of the nation's air security expects later this year to begin using a controversial X-ray machine that will show airport screeners a clear picture of what's under passengers' clothes — whether weapons or just bare skin. [
more]
New Worm Targets AIM Users
Users of AOL's instant messaging software, AIM, should be on the lookout for an innovative new worm, variously named "Oscarbot-B" and "Doyorg" by antivirus companies.
The Windows-based malware emerged early this week, and has made itself a nuisance for its ability to hijack the list of contacts or "buddies" in an infected user's IM account. After opening a window to any one of these contacts with the message "Hey check this out," it invites users to follow an embedded link. Anyone who clicks on this will risk becoming its next victim.
On machines where infection is successful, the worm creates a backdoor into Internet Relay Chat to download and run files on the instruction of the attacker, giving remote access to that PC. [
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Microsoft's retaliation to iTunes. Right now it's buy one get 5 free. I don't think that an iPod will play them as is, but there's always millions of conversion tools at your disposal if you'd like to take advantage of the offer.
Gay Dollars
I read on Neil's blog that Emperor Norton finally got a coin minted in his honor. This was cool, so I clicked only to find that it gets even better. It's put out by
GayDollarSF which promotes Gay SF through making neat, but useless, crap for tourists to bring home with them (much like the rest of SF).
Harry Underworld
Wow, you've really managed to capture the Sacred and the Profane in your upcoming movies post(s). :-p
What! How could I have missed this????
OMG! YAY! Looks Great! Warning: Here be Dragons!
Oh, BTW, I am talking about the new Harry Potter Trailer! [
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Dear God! They're making another Underworld Movie
And here's the proof:
I was even the person who said that the first one was not so aweful given what it was supposed to be, but this is just stupid.
Weekend Report
"I feel like I got into a bar fight."
Friday night: Morgan's Birthday Party. Very fun until I ate fish, got sick.
Saturday: Flea market at the crack of dawn with Martinha and offspring, then to Esther's B-day picnic in the park. Good times. Then timing belt broke on doom buggy. Bleh. Pushed car home and then went to see the Fuses (Fus's Family is in town, but they don't have family names, per say, in Iceland so we decided to call them the Fuses)
Sunday: Fixed car. Ok, Carl fixed my car, but I provided moral support.
Watched: 21 Grams - Pretty good, although the time shift thing was overdone.
Ocean's 12 - Also pretty good. Standard hiest movie with plot twist. Good stuff if you are brain dead.
Health: Was up 'til 3 with fish sickness. Got sunburned at Esther's thing. Managed to sleep in one day. Net Gain on HP is 0 overall.
This week: Cats, La Fondue, D&D, and Star Wars. Then I'm taking a break.
Indiana adopts Daylight Savings Time statewide
Indiana's governor on Friday signed a law that will make the entire state recognize Daylight Savings Time next year but whether the state will declare itself in the Central or Eastern time zones is still up in the air. [
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Silent 'Piano Man' poses beach riddle
LONDON (Reuters) - A smartly dressed man found wandering in a soaking wet suit near an English beach has baffled police and care workers after he refused to say a word and then gave a virtuoso piano performance.
The man, wearing a formal black suit and tie, was spotted by police in Kent on April 8 and taken to a psychiatric unit where it proved impossible to identify him because he stayed silent.
It was only after he was given a pen and paper that care-givers were given an intriguing clue to his possible background when he drew an intricate picture of a grand piano.
He was taken to the hospital's chapel where he played classical music on the piano for hours. [
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Keira!!!!
Jenn and Dave posted a whole site up with photos of the new Mac! Looks like she'll be ready for half dome in a couple weeks...
[
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Centrifugal weapon could deliver stealth firepower
A gun that spits out ball bearings after spinning them to extreme speeds is being developed by a US inventor.
The gun consists of a mounted circular chamber that spins the metal ball bearings to high speed. A release mechanism on one side spits the balls out one behind the other, a handful at a time.
St George says the projectiles travel at around 300 metres per second upon release from the weapon, about the same speed as a handgun round. He claims a fully developed DREAD gun would be quieter than a conventional gun, less prone to malfunction, and could contain more ammunition.
DREAD also releases its balls in extremely rapid succession, which allows it to unleash formidable firepower against a target. [
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Japanese invent battery that runs on blood
A Japanese research team has developed a fuel cell that runs on blood without using toxic substances, opening the way for use in artificial hearts and other organs. The biological fuel cell uses glucose, a sugar in blood, with a non-toxic substance used to draw electrons from glucose, said the team led by Matsuhiko Nishizawa, bio-engineering professor at the graduate school of state-run Tohoku University. [
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Ok, somebody needs to ship a copy of the Matrix over the Japanese apparently.
3 killed over role-playing game
A 21-year-old man and his parents were killed after the man agreed to be murdered along with his family if he lost a murder-mystery role-playing game, local media reported Saturday. Authorities said the man and two others were playing characters who might be murdered depending on the outcome of the game. After Thiago Andrade Guedes lost, he allegedly allowed the other men to carry out the killings, just as happened in the game. [
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Congrats to Jen, Dave and Keira Rowan MacLachlan
I am having trouble finding my motivation today
I kinda want to go back to bed.
From Esther:
Greetings!
I’m putting together a picnic potluck at the San Jose Municipal Rose Garden this Saturday (May 14). It should be a lovely time of year to visit, so come smell the roses!
Also, if we get terribly bored there (or if it starts raining), the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum is across the street. There’s also a Zanotto’s market nearby, in the unlikely event of a food shortage.
We're planning to meet there around 1:30. It's an open invitation, so bring friends – the more the merrier! If you have any questions about location, food, etc, drop me a line. Hope to see you there!
Esther
What she isn't saying is that it's her Birthday. For people with gift intentions, craft/sewing store gift certificates, handmade with love things, and hugs are good ides :-)
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Oh, it's Been Brought'en: Gates Says IPod Success Won't Last
FRANKFURT, Germany - Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates says Apple Computer Inc. shouldn't get too comfortable atop the portable music playing world.
"I don't think the success of the iPod can continue in the long term, however good Apple may be," the chairman of Microsoft, the world's biggest maker of computer software, was quoted as telling German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in an interview published Thursday.
"I think you can draw parallels here with the computer — here, too, Apple was once extremely strong with its Macintosh and graphic user interface, like with the iPod today, and then lost its position." [
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CT Scans Show What King Tut Looked Like
| CAIRO, Egypt - The models show a baby-faced young man with chubby cheeks and his family's characteristic overbite, a weak chin and a pronounced, sloping nose beneath an elongated scalp.
Three teams of scientists have created the first facial reconstructions of King Tutankhamun based on CT scans of his mummy. The images are strikingly similar both to each other and to ancient portraits of the boy pharaoh, including his depiction on the famed golden mask he wore into the crypt. |
Who needs digital graph paper???
Re: The Universe is telling me to Stop Swimming Upsteam
No, the Universe is telling you to stop listening to the radio and listen to your iPod.
Cannibals and Philosophers: Bodies of Enlightenment
Wow. That might go on the short list of things I need to read before I die. [
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Follow up: Pink Flamingo Yard Ornaments Returned
CENTRALIA, Wash. -- Five pink flamingo yard ornaments have returned to Tom Singer's home in Centralia as mysteriously as they disappeared.
Singer says he found the ornaments on his porch last week with no note or explanation.
When they were taken a week earlier, the bird-napper left a message demanding a ransom of candy bars be left in a mailbox or, it warned, pink heads would roll. Singer didn't pay. Instead he left a note saying to read the police blotter in the newspaper. [
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Garageworks
This “Real Virtual Car” is either a very heavy casemod, the least practical vehicle ever made, or the most incredible gaming accessory in ages.
[damn, that's an expensive console]
What the #$*! Do We Know!?
 | What a trip. |
XBox 360
Ooooooooooooooohhh it's pretty....
The Universe is telling me to Stop Swimming Upsteam
Ok, so I figued out that it is me. The universe *needs*
ME to hear "Blvd of Broken Dreams" each day on both trips to and from work.
Period.
If I change the channel, it will come on after the next song on the next channel, until I (like yesterday) hear it on every single station on my way home. If I just shut up and listen to it, I only have to sit through it once. I think someone is trying to tell me something.
I must be cosmically connected to Green Day.
How the Witness Protection Service works
I like your colors
Here's a toy that you can eneter in the URL and it will kick back to you all the colors used on the page. Neat. [
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Magnetic implant gives body modder a sixth sense
Gather round, modern primitives, to hear the tale of one Todd Huffman, who says he can now sense electric fields after implanting a magnet into one of his fingers. Since the implant, he’s had sensory experiences at the local library with the walk-in scanner, and could sense the position of the motor inside an electric can opener. Now all of us neo-tribalists bored with regular old piercing have something new to ponder. Let’s just hope Steve never needs an MRI. [
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Narnia Trailer up online
Here for your viewing pleasure! Looks like it has potential.
California bans hunting over the Internet
Wildlife regulators took the first step Tuesday to bar hunters from using the Internet to shoot animals, responding to a Texas Web site that planned to let users fire at real game with the click of a mouse." ... "Supporters have suggested the remote hunting could be beneficial for hunters with disabilities and questioned why Californians should be barred from patronizing a legitimate Texas business. [
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Jesus Christ can't get driver's license
Jesus Christ is hoping to move to West Virginia, but he’s having trouble getting a driver’s license. The man is described as a white-haired businessman who’s been using that name for 15 years without a problem. He has a U.S. passport, Social Security card and Washington, D.C., driver’s license bearing the name Jesus Christ. [
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Chicken Ticketed for Crossing the Road
RIDGECREST, Calif. - Linc and Helena Moore may have finally learned the answer to that age-old question: Why did the chicken cross the road?
Because the chicken doesn't know jaywalking is illegal.
Kern County Sheriff's Deputy J. Nicholson does know, however. The deputy issued a ticket March 26 because one of the couple's chickens allegedly impeded traffic in Johannesburg, a rural mining community near Ridgecrest, some 220 miles northeast of Los Angeles. [
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Today's Mash Ups
So today we have:
"If I was a rich Girl" - Gwen S and "Whip It" - Divo
and
"Loosing my Religion" REM and "Come out and Play" - Offspring
odd.
Back to basics: The Germany Issue
German cannibalism on the up-and-up A cannibal confessed yesterday to a court in Berlin that he had killed a teacher and fed the man's lungs to his cat before he had sliced off and salted other parts of his body with a view to eating them later. Ralf Meyer, 41, a decorator, was clearly emulating Armin Meiwes, the "Cannibal of Rotenburg", who was jailed last year for murdering and eating a software specialist ... Police estimate from internet exchanges that there are 204 Germans ready to be slaughtered to feed a cannibal, 13 are ready to watch such an act and 29 would like to eat a human being. [
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Found this pic on Yahoo Slideshow - I love these as glasses - Possibly a good art project for me someday!
Computers Now Grading Students' Writing
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Student essays always seem to be riddled with the same sorts of flaws. So sociology professor Ed Brent decided to hand the work off — to a computer.
Students in Brent's Introduction to Sociology course at the University of Missouri-Columbia now submit drafts through the SAGrader software he designed. It counts the number of points he wanted his students to include and analyzes how well concepts are explained.
And within seconds, students have a score. [
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Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Ya, I was confused. Carl, who was with me and who has not read the books wasn't, but I, who have ready them time and again, was. Paduan seemed to think it made sense...
It wasn't aweful. I'm sure it would make many people who would have never read the book go ahead and give it a whirl, but I think I have to sit and fgure out why the took every third page out of the book and then produced that as a move. Literally, not just chunks, but literally, it was every third page.
What's more, is they seemed to have taken all the funny parts out. They dismissed every explanation for anything that the people were doing, and just kind of ran willy-nilly. If I hand't read the books, I would have been even more confused in a "what's my motivation?" sort of way. However, eveyone that I know that hasn't heard he original rdio play, or read the boks, or seen the older movies seems to think it was great.
This makes me more confused.
For a detailed overview of about and eigth of what I think, see
Kevin's rant on the subject.
How could the take out the bit about humans needing to state and re-sate the obvious continually (look, it's raining) in order that they don't actually have to start to think? That's some funny stuff.
Oh well. Alan Rickman rules, BTW. Perfect for Marvin. The man is a god.
Jennifer Garner's Baby on Board
It's official: Garnerfleck is producing offspring. [
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I wonder how Alias is going to handle that...
Re: Band banned from performing Louie Louie
Ya, they even said in the article I found that it was really going to be up to the parents.
Stll, *VERY* Lame.
Re: Band banned from performing Louie Louie
Things to Say When You're Losing a Technical Argument
Mr. Bad and Crackmonkey collaborate on a fine Mr. Bad's List. We put together ALL the TECHNOLOGY you ever need to know in order to STUMP your OPPONENT in a technical argument. Use these only when your back is against the wall -- they're definitely desperation tactics. [
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Band banned from performing Louie Louie
A pop culture controversy that has simmered for decades came to a head when a middle school marching band was told not to perform Louie Louie." ... "Written by Richard Berry in 1956, is one of the most recorded songs in history. The best-known, most notorious version was a hit in 1963 for the Kingsmen; the FBI spent two years investigating the lyrics before declaring they not only were not obscene but also were unintelligible at any speed. [
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Oh. My. God. That is *so* lame
FDA wants sperm banks to bar donors who've had gay sex
NEW YORK (AP) -- To the dismay of gay-rights activists, the Food and Drug Administration is about to implement new rules recommending that any man who has engaged in homosexual sex in the previous five years be barred from serving as an anonymous sperm donor. [
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Blade Trinity
 | I got myself some Blade acton tonight.
You know, this movie met all of my Blade needs: really cool bad guy, cheese beyond compare, horribly bad acting and some really kick ass action sequences.
Love it. |
Video Game Music in Concert
From Neil's Blog:
When I met Jack Wall, he was John Cale's recording engineer, and was engaged to my friend Cindy. And now he and Cindy have been married forever, have a daughter named Grace, and I've watched Jack create a career writing music for games. Recently Jack told me about his latest project -- he wanted to put game music onto the concert stage.
Which is an idea I found simultaneously odd ("Right," says a cynical little Neil with horns and a pitchfork on my left shoulder,"because the world needs to hear the Mario theme rendered by a sixty piece orchestra") and really cool ("Well, yes," says the homuncule me in the white robe with the wings on my right shoulder, "that might be really interesting. And think about the variety of game music around these days. It's not just things going blippetyblobbleblop, after all. It also may wind up both getting people into concert halls who would never go, while at the same time exposing the people who do go to concerts to an entirely new field of music...").
Anyway, Jack and his friends have made it happen. Video Games Live debuts on Wednesday, July 6th at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles featuring the LA Philharmonic. Then it goes all over the US. Check it out at videogameslive.com
You know, I might be down for that. I recommended the Prince of Persia Soundtrack as it is beautifully done and perfect for Orchestral arrangement.
Europeans to Counter Google Print Project
PARIS - The world according to Google? Europeans have long bemoaned the influence of Hollywood movies on their culture. Now plans by Google Inc. to create a massive digital library have triggered such strong fears in Europe about Anglo-American cultural dominance that one critic is warning of a "unilateral command of the thought of the world."
For Europeans, the fear is that the continent's contribution to the pillars of recorded knowledge will be crushed by a profit-oriented California company — and may end up presenting a U.S.-centric version of the world's literary legacy.
Google's ambitions are grand — if a bit more modest than the hostile corporate takeover of the tiller of world literature that many critics seem to be imagining.
The project, announced in December, involves scanning millions of books at the libraries of four universities — Oxford, Harvard, Stanford and the University of Michigan — as well as the New York Public Library and putting them online. It will take years to complete.
So great is the concern that six European leaders have jointly proposed creating a "European digital library" to counter the project by Google Print, as the new venture is known. Other countries are expected to come on board. [
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Wow - I don't even know where to begin describing how crazy paraniod that sounds.
'Whore College' Offers Hands-On Training
SAN FRANCISCO - The 25 students in jeans and T-shirts could have been in any career that requires hustle. The classes, covering topics such as effective marketing, stress reduction and legal issues, could have been part of any professional development seminar.
But this was "Whore College," and any illusion it was just another corporate how-to for young go-getters abruptly ended at the sex toy display and was stripped away for good during a graphic demonstration that put a whole new twist on the concept of hands-on training.
"We are still illegal," instructor Kimberlee Cline said before her 20-minute demonstration. "If we want to be treated as business professionals, we need to act ethically within the industry." [
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Court Blocks TV Anti-Piracy Tech Rules
WASHINGTON - A U.S. appeals court on Friday threw out new federal rules to require anti-piracy technology that would have limited how consumers could record and watch their favorite television programs in the future.
The three-judge panel for the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia determined the Federal Communications Commission had exceeded its authority when it announced it would require such technology in digital televisions and other consumer electronic devices sold after July 1. [
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Lawn ornament kidnapper warns: Pink heads may roll
CENTRALIA, Wash. -- Police received a report that six pink flamingo yard ornaments were kidnapped from a yard in Centralia.
The victim received a note from the kidnappers demanding that a ransom of ten candy bars be left in a mailbox.
Otherwise, the note says, pink heads will roll.
Carjacker calls police to say jacked car stolen
Gregory Alston called police Tuesday morning to say his white Nissan Maxima had been stolen from in front of his apartment building. Trouble is, the car wasn't his. Police say he had stolen it at gunpoint two weeks earlier. The only reason he couldn't find it was because the victim had spotted it and called police, who towed it away. [
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Majority of Californians make less than half the income needed to buy a home
LOS ANGELES -- California households are making less than half the income necessary to buy a median-priced home in the first quarter of 2005.
Statewide households, with a median household income of $53,540, are $60,380 short of the $113,920 qualifying income needed to purchase a median-priced home at $488,600 in California, according to the California Association of Realtors (C.A.R.) Homebuyer Income Gap Index (HIGI) report for the first quarter of 2005. [
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re: What's in Jesus' iPod?
Here's what people had to say about it. Some of these are pretty funny.
Some Zoro Action
New Zoro Movie Trailer up on Yahoo Trailers - mmmmm Antonio and Catherine - what could be better? [
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BLADE Bound for Small Screen
Spike TV announced the network will turn the BLADE franchise of films into a TV series for early 2006.
New Line Television and Marvel Studios will produce the show along with David Goyer. No definite word has been given yet on whether or not Goyer will write the pilot or for the series.
I do not make these things up. Esther, Wendy, Stephy and I went to see this in Palo Alto. It was hysterical. Highly recommended.
Interview with TCM
Groovetickets did an interview with Ken. He talks about the dfferences between their DJ albums and their artist albums... [
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RAD - TCM hosts a show on Friday nights from 10 - midnight of what looks like good techno. AND!!! You can lisn online
here.
Free Comic Book Day
Sorensen just reminded me that Saturday (May 7) is
Free Comic Book Day! So head on down to your local shop and pick up your free goods! (I recommend
Black Cat Comics, because I love them)
The books look pretty cool this year!
Boy finds snake in cereal box
LONDON (Reuters) - A British boy sitting down to breakfast had a nasty surprise when he discovered a two-foot long snake inside his box of cereal.
Jordan Willett, 5, thought he had found a toy when the serpent -- a harmless corn snake -- slithered out of the packet of "Golden Puffs" his parents had bought from discount store Netto in Telford, central England. [
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The worst I ever found in mine was a roach... hence my abnormal aversion to cereal products.
Texas House Bans 'Suggestive' Cheerleading
AUSTIN, Texas - After an alternately comic and fiery debate — punctuated by several lawmakers waving pompons — the state House on Tuesday approved a bill to restrict "overtly sexually suggestive" cheerleading to more ladylike performances.
The bill would give the state education commissioner authority to request that school districts review high school performances. [
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Today's Mash-Up
"Alive" - Pearl Jam with "Let's Get it Started" - Black Eyed Peas and then "Rapture" - Blonie.
That was a doosie.
Re: Coachella Pictures Up on Yahoo
The pictures turned out great!
Coachella Pictures Up on Yahoo
Prodigy
Originally uploaded by Lbc42.(Again with the "if you click here, you get to Flickr and that's not even a dent compared to what's on Yahoo. Look for Coachella 2005 [the inability for me to link you straight there is one of the reasons I use Flickr])
This one was taken at the Prodigy show - which kicked ASS! It is in my top 10 shows list - Coachella seems to add one of those a year...
Blik Wall Graphics
These are rad - they even have space invaders!!!
You can go nuts on your walls in your apartment without fear of the man! [
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Robertson: Judges worse than Al Qaeda
Federal judges are a more serious threat to America than Al Qaeda and the September 11 terrorists, the Rev. Pat Robertson claimed yesterday. "Over 100 years, I think the gradual erosion of the consensus that's held our country together is probably more serious than a few bearded terrorists who fly into buildings," Robertson said. [
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I'm back
Yo.
Coachella was rad.
Prodigy kicked so much ass.
Sleeper hit of the year: Tegan and Sara
I have like 350 pictures and videos to go through before I can post, but it should happen sometime soon.
Must go sleep now.
