Category: Oddities

I bike daily. Even in Honolulu, a city of a million, I have near misses several times a day. I can only imagine what it is like to bicycle in China. When I was there, seeing hordes of bicyclists riding through Beijing was one of the most inspiring sites of my life. The only thing…

The Seattle Times: Local News: Blind inventor killed crossing Oregon highway GLIDE, Ore. – A blind man who invented curbside markers to help the sight impaired was struck and killed while crossing a highway, the authorities said. Kevin Stockton, 47, of Glide was hit by a van traveling on Highway 138 East and then by…

This is why it is never a good idea to kill a goat you haven’t seen before….if only it would have turned into Dick Cheney instead… cd LAGOS, Nigeria – A Nigerian murder suspect accused of killing his brother with an axe told police investigators he actually attacked a goat, which was only later magically…

Remember when we had nothing to fear but fear itself? I guess those days are long gone… cd   TheDenverChannel.com – News – Teacher Placed On Leave For Hanging Foreign Flags LAKEWOOD, Colo. — A Jefferson County geography teacher was placed on paid administrative on the second day of school for hanging several flags from…

In terms of mobile homes, this one looks pretty good… cd Link

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Police were looking for a man who reprogrammed a gas station ATM to give out four times as much money as it should. Surveillance footage shows a man walking into the gas station at 6:17 p.m. on Aug. 19, swiping an ATM card and punching in a series of numbers, breaking…

Just in case the day is a little bit heavy for you, here are some puns sent to me by my anarchist friends. (Thanks Anarchists) cd “THE ABILITY TO MAKE AND UNDERSTAND PUNS IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT” Here are the 10 first place winners in the International Pun Contest: 1. A vulture…

In this world, it is sometimes easy to forget about the children raised by wolves, goats, antelopes, or without human intervention….the following website focuses on them…a lot of them. Enjoy. cd Feral Children.com  Feral children, also known as wild children or wolf children, are children who’ve grown up with minimal human contact, or even none…