Ouchy the Clown and his wife iKandi are, as their names might suggest, no strangers to attention. In the 2001 edition of the San Francisco Bay Guardian’s Best of the Bay awards, Ouchy was named “Best marriage counselor who will beat you into reconciliation.” It’s not clear how much competition he had. For her part,…
North Korean Propaganda Poster
I know it’s sort of ridiculous, the N. Korean missiles can’t even reach the west coast yet, but it’s still interesting to see….
Monkey Marauder in Japan
Japanese in Hot Pursuit of Roaming Monkey By Associated Press TOKYO — Japanese officials are struggling to capture a rogue monkey roaming the streets of Tokyo. Believed to be a Japanese macaque that has come out of the wild, the monkey has been sighted at least 11 times since April 30 perched atop roofs, telephone…
Oahu Quake Windward Side
The 4.1-magnitude earthquake at 5:52 a.m. off the Windward coast of Oahu is rare, said seismologist Stuart Koyanagi with the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaii Volcano Observatory. The quake’s epicenter was estimated to be about 19 miles east-northeast from Kaaawa and 4.4 miles deep. Koyanagi said the observatory received about a dozen reports from Kailua and…
More on the fat virus
AD-36 AD-36 Virus classification Group: Group I (dsDNA) Family: Adenoviridae Genus: Mastadenovirus Species: Human adenovirus D (HAdV-D) Serotype: Human adenovirus 36 (HAdV-36) AD-36 is one of 51 types of adenoviruses known to infect humans. It has recently been focus of intense research, particularly by Dr. Nikhil Dhurandhar, due to surprising impact on obesity. There has…
Remote Chicken Stroker
Internet chicken fondling device built Cyber fowl play By Nick Farrell: Thursday 19 May 2005, 07:12 BOFFINS AT the Mixed Reality Lab have developed a system that will allow physical interaction over the internet and they are testing it out on chickens. According to Wired News, you have a doll of a chicken that nests…
Boy Crawls in Vending Machine
Boy Gets Trapped Inside Vending Machine The Associated Press Friday, May 20, 2005; 11:00 PM ELKHART, Ind. — A 3-year-old boy upset that his mother wouldn’t let him use a crane vending machine to try to win a small stuffed animal took matters in his own hands. He climbed up the chute to get the…
Saddunderpants
Apparently the US released these pictures of Saddam in his BVD’s to sort of try to humiliate the resistance in Iraq. This has contravened Saddam’s rights as a prisoner and could have broken the Geneva Convention.Wow, great that we have such incredible psychological warfare techniques available. Right on guys, let’s torture Iraqi’s in prison and…
Urban Survival Manual
Okay…I assume that this blog is not an excercise in mental masturbation on my part. Although if it is, that is perfectly fine. It’s fun. Almost as fun as masturbating. Of course, if my assumptions are correct and my hit counter is accurate, there is more than just me, in which case we move from…
New Monkey Species…Hooray!
Just when the world seems darkest, great news comes. Imagine…a brand new species of monkey! And it stands nearly three feet tall…that is just over half the height of Kim Jong Il. May 19, 2005 — When a team of scientists first heard hunters from Tanzania’s Wanyakyusa tribe talk about a quiet, black-faced monkey that…