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.
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other odd stuff
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…
Magic Mushrooms could be the peak experience of your life
This is very cool. The last time I ate mushrooms was at a hot springs near Seattle…I wrote about it in Twenty Weeks a Bum. It was incredibly mystical. This makes me want to eat some again… cd NEW YORK – People who took an illegal drug made from mushrooms reported profound mystical experiences that…
It's a matter of philosophy
(Thanks Chuck!) It’s a matter of philosophy When it comes to developing prescription drugs at the pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline, biologists, chemists and even statisticians impose an obvious order on the process. But when Gary Merrill needs someone who can really think a problem through — someone who can do the heavy lifting of analysis —…
Hawking seeks answers on humanity's future from Yahoo
I have a question I should post there…it’s not as profound as Hawkings…I’ll post it here first… Why do my palms sometimes itch? cd Hawking seeks answers on humanity’s future – Yahoo! News The famed British astrophysicist and best-selling author has turned to Yahoo Answers, a new feature in which anyone can pose a question…
IOL: Hasselhoff in shaving accident
Something about this doesn’t sound right… the man hit his head on the chandelier and severed a tendon in his arm? Hmmm, did he perhaps punch the chandelier?? Or is he just the unluckiest man alive? And are they really blaming Philippe Starck? Baywatch star David Hasselhoff was taken to hospital after a shaving accident…
Brazil's law-enforcing buffaloes
The idea of cops on buffalo is cute in and of itself, but this article gets into a fascinating amount of detail on politics and the history of the buffalo in Brazil… Police have taken to an unusual form of locomotion in the Brazilian city of Belem. Calm, dignified and, yes, friendly, they glance down…
Graceland visit for Elvis' biggest fan
OK, I don’t think this is exactly hot-off-the-press, but I just heard about it and I am ROFL. Elvis and Koizumi share a birthday… January 8th. Summits between US President George W Bush and Japan’s Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi always attract a great deal of attention. But while their talks on Thursday in Washington will…