(The fascinating part of this is that right now the disease detectives (epidemiologists) are at work figuring out the who, what, where, when, and how of this disease…the entire process is really complex and super cool…cd) Ten people dead as mystery virus hits Toronto home By Matthew Chung Tue Oct 4, 6:11 PM ET TORONTO…
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Mayor of "Sugar Town" promises brides for votes
(There’s a film about this airing on BBC – it follows the men to Russia to meet their brides… kg) For young men in Zacharo (or Sugar Town), western Greece, life is somewhat bittersweet. Women are fleeing the area in search of work or marriage in the big cities, leaving the men behind – and…
BBC NEWS | South Asia | IVF son for single Indian father
(No, the guy didn’t actually carry the baby… that would have been a better story – kg) A 45-year-old Calcutta accountant is thought to be India’s first single man to father an in-vitro fertilised baby. Amitava Banerjee has called his two-day-old son Arjun (after the mythical Hindu warrior). Mr Banerjee says he always wanted to…
Reuters AlertNet – UFO-spotters tell tales of the extra-terrestrial
LIMA, Peru, Oct 4 (Reuters) – One minute Jonathan Reed was hiking with his golden retriever in a forest in Seattle. The next, his pet was being torn apart by a “gray” — an alien being with an elongated head, smelling of rotting fruit. A scene from a sci-fi film? No, maintains Reed, a former…
Top 10 Search Strings that Lead People to Fukn.us
Okay, I was just looking at the site statistics and it is far too funny not to share….these are the top search strings that are leading people to fukn.us 1) Rubber Johnny 2) Woman wearing diaper 3) Man Wearing Diaper 4) Cross Dresser 5) Swearing 6) Dutch Parking Sex 7) Xanga 8) Lonely Loser 9)…
Fukn Walmart….
(I try to not go to Walmart…it’s one of the easiest things in the world. There are those times however…like having an RV with a flat tire in Pahrump, Nevada on Labor Day and having to fix the flat in order to hit the road and make it back to LA in time to catch…
A New Measure of Well-Being From a Happy Little Kingdom – New York Times
(It makes you wonder about the GHP here in the United States. I don’t think it is really very high. I live in Hawaii where people are coming on vacation and should all be incredibly happy, yet I see so many unhappy faces among the visiting…and never mind about the unahppy residents…by the way…I’m not…
Nicolas Cage gives birth to Superman
(Okay, I admit to being a bit of a geek…I think this is great. What a fantastic name. cd) LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Oscar-winning actor Nicolas Cage’s wife of 14 months gave birth on Monday to the couple’s first child together, a son they named Kal-el — a moniker recognized by comic book fans as…
World Beard and Moustache Championships on Yahoo! News Photos
(I wonder what these guys wives look like? Do you think they are married at all?…cd) World Beard and Moustache Championships on Yahoo! News Photos A combination of ten pictures shows participants of the World Beard and Moustaches championships in Berlin October 1, 2005. More than 230 men from all over the world took part…
The Seattle Times: Local News: Minutemen watch U.S.-Canada border
(I actually think this is a good idea. There are about 4000 minuteman volunteers. To find out more you can go to www.minutemanhq.com The people that are probably really bummed about this are the pot runners. I used to know some people that would smuggle pot on lakes, the ocean, and the Vancouver-US train. I…