Happy Thanksgiving! cd p> RAMSEY, N.J. – Some wild turkeys, it appears, were trying to get out of New Jersey before Thanksgiving Day. A spokesman for the NJ Transit said train officials reported a dozen or so wild turkeys waiting on a station platform in Ramsey, about 20 miles northwest of New York City, on…
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Idaho's Midnight Zamboni Parade
BOISE, Idaho – Two employees of the city’s ice skating rink have been fired for making a midnight fast-food run in a pair of Zambonis. An anonymous tipster reported seeing the two big ice-resurfacing machines chug through a Burger King drive-through and return to the rink around 12:30 a.m. on Nov. 10. The squat, rubber-tired…
Motorcycle Officer Critically Injured In Motorcade Crash
You may remember that a black magician in Indonesia recently put a curse on Bush…this is just the beginning… cd Three Honolulu police motorcycles in President George W. Bush’s motorcade were involved in an accident on Tuesday morning at Hickam Air Force Base. A 30-year-old officer’s condition has worsened. He was last reported in critical…
What's wrong with this picture?
This really does sum it all up. One example of many. (Thanks Marsha!) cd Marsha J. O’Brien Hmmmm. What’s Wrong with this Picture? You decide. November 21st, 2006 by Marsha J. O’Brien Do you think the almighty dollar is used effectively here in the USA? You be the judge. Here are a few of the…
SkySails – Turn Wind into Profit
How cool is this… cd SkySails – Turn Wind into Profit W I N D P O W E R U S E D P R O F I T A B L Y A simple fact: wind is cheaper than oil and the most cost-effective offshore energy source. Yet, despite its attractive saving potential,…
Freebay • An Anti-Capitalist Free Store
Mink and I met the proprietors of Kailua’s free store today, Nandita and Gaye. They told us that a box of money appeared and disappeared this morning and that the speed things come and go sometimes astounds them. Check out their great site. cd Freebay • An Anti-Capitalist Free Store
Dogs born of Cats…..Another sign of the Shananapocalypse
PASSO FUNDO, Brazil (Reuters) – Geneticist Adil Pacheco took blood samples on Friday from three puppies in a poor neighbourhood in Passo Fundo in southern Brazil to settle a dispute over a claim they were born from a cat. “It’s rather simple really. If the puppies prove to have 78 chromosomes, they are dogs. If…
SPACE.com — Viewer's Guide: The 2006 Leonid Meteor Shower
SPACE.com — Viewer’s Guide: The 2006 Leonid Meteor Shower this weekend, when the Leonids traditionally should be at their most numerous, we normally would expect to see no more than 10 meteors per hour, even with the promise of excellent viewing conditions thanks to a New Moon on the 20th. Still, for parts of Europe,…
Ethnobotany Videos
I figured I would share this with the world. I’m taking a course in Ethnobotany at the University of Hawaii. Most of the lectures have been put on video. Sometimes they can be pure sominex…but if you want to watch something interesting and learn at the same time…these are a pretty good way to go……
If the real hornets don't cooperate
Somewhere in back in the time the Israelites were about to try and boot out whoever was living in Canaan, they were advised to let God fight for them instead of doing any dirty work themselves. Apparently they wanted a little action after all those years munching mana, and didn’t take God up on his…