YRUHRN? Why Are You Here – Right Now? One Thousand People Collaborate to Create World’s First Crowdsourced Book “Why Are You Here – Right Now” is the first book written based on the collective wisdom of one thousand people. YRUHRN announces an ebook and paperback which a crowd of people dreamed, wrote, designed, edited, marketed…
Michael says marijuana keeps him `sane' –
LONDON – George Michael praised marijuana and apparently smoked a joint during a recently taped television interview, prompting criticism from anti-drug campaigners Friday. British television network ITV said the singer lit up while being interviewed for the arts program “The South Bank Show.” The interview is due to be broadcast Oct. 31. “This stuff keeps…
Shocking News from My Postman
When I dropped by the post office a few hours ago, I was only expecting to drop some books in the mail, instead, my friendly neighborhood postman filled my ears with his theories about last Sunday’s earthquake, North Korea, and the future state of the world. According to the postman: the quake was a result…
This polarized nation
This is a link to a very informative interactive map by Ken Rudin, a political Editor for NPR. It gives a state-by-state guide of current Senate, House of Rep., and Governors. Most interesting are the “key” states – the ones that could shift control in the Senate. I learned something reading through. http://www.npr.org/news/specials/election2006/map/
Attack of the Stingrays
LIGHTHOUSE POINT, Fla. – An 81-year-old boater was in critical condition Thursday after a stingray flopped onto his boat and stabbed him, leaving a foot-long barb in his chest, authorities said. “It was a freak accident,” said Lighthouse Point acting fire Chief David Donzella. “It’s very odd that the thing jumped out of the water…
Scientists create cloak of invisibility
Scientists are boldly going where only fiction has gone before — to develop a Cloak of Invisibility. It isn’t quite ready to hide a Romulan space ship from Capt. James T. Kirk or to disguise Harry Potter, but it is a significant start and could show the way to more sophisticated designs.In this first successful…
Don't want to go to a war? Put yourself in debt….
Finally a way to enjoy a plasma television and not get shot at… Thousands of U.S. troops are being barred from overseas duty because they are so deep in debt they are considered security risks, according to an Associated Press review of military records.
Hawaii is the ninth dumbest state.
This study doesn’t come as a big surprise except that the dumbest state wasn’t Texas, after all, they are the first state to have elected GW Bush. cd Hawaii is the ninth “dumbest” state according to a study released by the research company Morgan Quitno Press based in Kansas.Measurements such as teacher salaries, money spent…
Poking Holes in a Picasso….
I like it. Let’s all poke holes in the sacred cows of the art world, the political world, and the rest of it. A reader sent me a nasty message this morning saying that no one cares about my causes and I should give it up…I’ve got news for you all….I don’t care about my…
Gay congressman's spouse denied benefits
BOSTON – Former Rep. Gerry Studds, the first openly gay member of Congress, was married to another man in Massachusetts at the time of his death, but the federal government will not pay death benefits to his spouse. Studds married Dean Hara in 2004 after gay marriage was legalized in Massachusetts. But Hara will not…