for some reason I can’t imagine W. taking the time to answer this sort of questions…although he did seem to be pretty focused on the pig recently…. cd The St. Petersburg Times – News – Putin Weighs In on Robots, Sex Following Internet Conference Putin Weighs In on Robots, Sex Following Internet Conference The St….
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Man Sues Over Naked Beach Beef – July 13, 2006
Mostly I am posting this story because the guy calls his dog ‘Cheekies’…. cd Man Sues Over Naked Beach Beef – July 13, 2006 The lawsuit, a copy of which you’ll find below, contends that while Fire Island National Seashore officials will allow seeing eye dogs to accompany beachgoers, service dogs are not allowed on…
Polish president swears in new government led by his twin
You may remember Mink Hippie blogging about the possibility of this happening last year…. cd Polish president swears in new government led by his twin Polish President Lech Kaczynski has swore in the country’s next conservative coalition government, which is led by his twin brother Jaroslaw.
Scientists Concoct Chocolate That Won't Melt
S.O. Ogunwolu and C.O. Jayeola, food scientists at the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, have mixed cornstarch with cocoa to produce a heat-resistant chocolate that they say compares “favorably with conventional milk chocolate in terms of color, taste, smoothness and overall acceptability.”The starch acts as a chocolate thickener and prevents the outflow of cocoa butter—the…
Chicken lays mystery Allah egg
ALMATY (Reuters) – A chicken in a Kazakh village has laid an egg with the word “Allah” inscribed on its shell, state media reported Thursday. “Our mosque confirmed that it says ‘Allah’ in Arabic,” Bites Amantayeva, a farmer from the village of Stepnoi in eastern Kazakhstan, told state news agency Kazinform. “We’ll keep this egg…
What Kind of Genius Are You?
This is a great article… I’m stillnot sure what kind of genius I am, but I definitely like the idea that I might be a late bloomer if something incredible doesn’t materialize soon….(Thanks Chuck!) cd Wired 14.07: What Kind of Genius Are You? In the fall of 1972, when David Galenson was a senior economics…
Animal Liberation Front goes Violent with Molotov
I like animals. I like cocktails. this is a fine example of why you shouldn’t mix the two…ALF are a bunch of fukn kooks. They all need to be rounded up and put in zoos. btw…if you want to make a molotov cocktail, try to do it right. The diagram below should help. It is…
Metal Theft becoming a problem everywhere
I’ve been reporting on metal theft here in Hawaii for a while now but apparently it is a problem all over the place. Even Canada.Recently they busted two homeless people in their 40’s, a man and a woman, doing a similar stripping job in Honolulu. cd BCNG Portals Page Salvagers entered the building, which has…
The Fastest Readers in History – MSN Encarta
I took a speed reading course one time. We ended up reading Animal Farm in a little less than an hour. It worked, the problem was that reading is one of my favorite ways to relax and if I have to turn the pages constantly, I don’t get the benefit of getting lost in the…
Overheard in the Office | The Voice of the Cubicle
Were you ever sitting in your cubicle and heard someone in the next cubicle say something that made you want to burst out laughing? You wanted to share it with someone but couldn’t just call up your buddy across the room or down in accounting right? Now you can post it to overheard in the…