Tour Delayed by men who cry wolf – Yahoo! News GRENOBLE, France (Reuters) – Tuesday’s 1Oth stage of the Tour de France started about 40 minutes late in the Alps after angry cattle farmers protested about attacks by wolves. The stage was also shortened from 192.5km to 181km after the farmers made their protest in…
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Beware the Scary Cat Woman….
Elderly woman in U.S. hoards more than 300 cats – Yahoo! News WASHINGTON (Reuters) – About 300 cats, nearly a third of them dead, were removed from an elderly woman’s Virginia home after neighbors complained of a stench coming from the house, police said on Tuesday. The house, less than a mile from late President…
3eyes – Lapjuicer
3eyes – Lapjuicer The Lapjuicer is intended to be used by a lap-dancer in a club. The performer uses their body with the object, in order to extract fruit juices that can be drunk by one or more spectators. Imagine someone making your favourite cocktail with a Lapjuicer… it’s for girls and boys – who…
When a Tree Isn't Really – New York Times
I hear that they want to start making fire hydrants look like fake animals and that all airplanes are going to have to be painted to look like teradactyls…personally, I like the idea When a Tree Isn’t Really – New York Times The Adirondack Park Agency, a powerful group charged with protecting New York’s six…
Our Desire to be Sick
The Paradox of Reality Television Fame | The debate on the meaning of reality television seems to be stuck on the
THE VN/VO | The Paradox of Reality Television Fame | The debate on the meaning of reality television seems to be stuck on the “individual,” often heralded (or chastised) for bringing “fame” to the less idealized persona. However, the critics have got the actual revolution wrong. What it has really done is made famous, and…
Boing Boing: Willie Nelson: reggae and Wal-Mart
Boing Boing: Willie Nelson: reggae and Wal-Mart Willie Nelson: reggae and Wal-Mart Countryman In the works since 1995, Willie Nelson’s reggae album Countryman comes out tomorrow… with two different versions of the cover art. Nelson personally digs the pot leaves, but his record label is nipping any potential controversy in the bud. From the Associated…
Relax, this will only hurt for a second.
OUCH! A guy gets a horn in the hiney at the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain.
Ancient Shoes – Better than Nikes
Of course big question though is how do they smell? By SUSANNA LOOF, Associated Press Writer Sun Jul 10, 2:53 PM ET ZLIN, Czech Republic – Lined with hay and held together by a net of rough string, the leather shoes look bulky, itchy and downright uncomfortable. But if they were good enough for Oetzi,…
Gimme the cash and nobody gets rubbed down!
Gunmen flee with $700 from massage parlor Four armed suspects robbed six employees and a customer of about $700 at a massage parlor on Keeaumoku Street about 10:10 p.m. Friday, police said. The suspects pointed a pistol at a cashier and took money and handbags from the other victims, police said.