I found this at Random-Good-Stuff. It’s a great site dedicated to great random good stuff. To see the baby toupee go to http://www.babytoupee.com/
Author: CD
CD Damitio is a Honolulu based storyteller and #Web3 pioneer. Editor of Vagobond Magazine and author of books that focus on the places where technology, travel, political, and the religious/philosophical meet. http://vagobond.cent.co | http://vagobond.com @vagobond
Europe's 1st lunar mission reaches moon
The moon. So close and yet so far since the 1970’s. There was a time when the United States was the leader in space exploration. It was a matter of national pride. Then it stopped and somehow we changed to a nation of war without end and supplying arms to anyone who would buy them,…
Voodoo Mad Hatters
Probably just about everyone out there knows that the term ‘mad hatter’ has it’s roots in the fact that the guys that made hats used to go mad on a regular basis. It turns out that the reason (or at least a big reason) for that is because they would use mercury to shape felt…
Letters from Iraq #2
Hello family and friends, right now its the end of a late night shift in bagdad, specifically Camp Victory, at one of Saddams guest houses made into an operations center. I will have much time to reflect and watch the morning sun rise over the iraqi palaces. There is a chance I can move out…
Letters from Iraq #1
Hello friends, It was such a busy day, my first day from morning to night in bagdad, iraq. I am tired, I purchased a lot of stuff to make my stay more enjoyable. We are living in a place called Area 51 foxtrot. It was saddams old money mint, so it’s a big warehouse. There…
Letters from Iraq – Introduction
A friend of a friend of mine is now in Iraq. She was forwarding me his group emails and now he has given me permission to post some excerpts from his group emails home. He has also said that he is willing to answer questions from anyone as long as they don’t violate security clearances….
American dream for Burmese refugees
After languishing in refugee camps on the Thai-Burmese border for 10 years, Karen refugees are suddenly being admitted to the US thanks to the waiver of a clause in the Homeland Security Act. There are about 130,000 refugees in the Thai border camps. The expectations and anxieties of the refugees as they contemplate a move…
Factoid of the Day
According to a Scripps Howard/Ohio University poll carried out in July, more than one-third of Americans suspect U.S. officials helped in the September 11 attacks or took no action to stop them so the United States could later go to war.
Zanzibar angry over Mercury bash
It’s difficult to generalize about a continent as large as Africa, but I would say that homosexuality is generally not very well accepted. A huge conference for gays and lesbians scheduled to be held in Ghana next month was just banned by government officials. A Muslim group in Zanzibar has protested about plans to mark…
Fukn.us is again fully functional
I believe I have finally worked all the bugs out of the website. Comments are again functioning, posting is normal, and all should be well. With any luck we will soon have posts from Mink Hippie, Bernest, Bambi, and The Rev to confirm this. That and lots of comments from you. Please let me know…