Sad news, as you celebrate whatever-holiday-you-may-celebrate…. LONDON (Reuters) – Forget aspirins, hairs of dogs and hot baths, the only sure way of avoiding a hangover is not to drink in the first place, according to a new study. Researchers led by Max Pittler of the Peninsular Medical School at Exeter University, surfed the Internet and…
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
Arianna Huffington: 2005: Things I Want To Forget | The Huffington Post
She continues the list on the following day – if you really want to read about even more things that Arianna would like to forget, go to her blog (link at bottom of post). My favorite? “That voters could have gone to the polls in 2004 knowing that Bush was spying on Americans, that a…
BBC NEWS | Africa | Zoo tiger kills SA crime suspect
A criminal suspect on the run ended up being mauled to death by a caged tiger, South African police say. The man took refuge in the Bengal tiger’s cage at the Bloemfontein Zoo. A visitor to the zoo on Sunday noticed a body covered in bite marks in the cage. “The man was involved in…
Canadian Court Okays Group Sex in Clubs
For some reason, I would have expected the membership to be a little more than $20 Canadian…the question is…who are these Canadian Swingers and what do they look like? cd OTTAWA (Reuters) – Group sex among consenting adults is neither prostitution nor a threat to society, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Wednesday as…
Coming Home in a BodyBag…a Christmas Story
Thanks again to David Stacy for his continually interesting and disturbing articles at stacynet “You are an asset! An expendable asset, and I used you to get the job done, got it!”-Col. Dillion (Predator) This Christmas, Ruth McGlothlin will prepare all of her usual holiday recipes for the family. The house will be filled with…
Paul Theroux: Don't patronize Africa, money alone isn't the answer
Millions of dollars in foreign aid have done little to improve the lives of many Africans. At the end of the day, Africans need to “save” Africa. People like Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf need to stay or to go back. And they need to channel foreign aid into well-considered programs that people actually want, and keep track…
Back off, George Weah! Give Liberia a chance.
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (Africa’s first democratically-elected female president, Liberia’s “Iron Lady,” a grandmother, and a Harvard-educated economist) is Liberia’s best hope in decades. She has been through hell and she went back to try to make it a better place. The protests of her opponent, soccer-star George Weah, carry ugly echos of the warlords that preceded…
Christmas in Hawaii- Local Style Christmas Carol
Numbah One Day of Christmas And I’m available, too…(Just an aside…Mink Hippie reminded me that I’m in fact, NOT available….)cd (The 12 Days of Christmas local style) – by Eaton B. Magoon Jr., Edward Kenny, Gordon N. Phelps Numbah One day of Christmas, my tutu give to me One mynah bird in one papaya tree….
Death Penalty
Thanks to David Stacey for writing and letting me know about his newest article at Stacynet.com I did not get my Spaghetti-O’s, I got spaghetti. I want the press to know this.-Thomas Grasso (Executed in Oklahoma) Kenneth Lee Boyd, come on down, you are the next contestant on the âCapital Punishment Showâ?. Kenneth, do I…
Virgins Born Again with Surgery
Again, thanks to Chuck for sending a fascinating article our way…. Virgin Territory: U.S. Women Seek A Second First Time Hymen Surgery Is on the Rise And Drawing Criticism; By AMY CHOZICK Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL December 15, 2005; Page A1 For her 17th wedding anniversary, Jeanette Yarborough wanted to do something…