NAACP, Clemson investigating off-campus party

 
White kids drinking Malt Liquor.
What's the world coming to?

Ya think?

Woman held in daughters' fatal stabbings
Three small dogs and a pet mouse were also found dead in the home, & according to the police the woman may have had "some mental health issues."
Ya think!?

Annoy-a-Tron

The ThinkGeek Annoy-a-tron would be useless against an army of Snowbots, but it's very effective at disturbing that guy in the sales department or your "friend" down the hall. With its thin design and embedded magnet for easy hiding, the Annoy-a-tron can be placed in a variety of locations. Select one of the three sound choices (2 kHz, 12 kHz, or alternating) and push the switch to the on position. Place it in a proper hiding spot and let the "fun" begin.

SkyVogue Old-Fashioned USB Internet Phone

Courtesy of Woot

Someone needs to be taken & shot!

 

(Newark - WABC, January 17, 2007) - The Associated Humane Societies and the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals have each offered a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest of a person who apparently sodomized a dog in Newark.

The Associated Humane Societies is asking anyone who has any information about this incident to come forward. A $12,000 reward has been posted. If someone is convicted of the crime, penalties range up to $7,500 in fines and 18 months behind bars. The Associated Humane Societies would be grateful for any donations towards the cost of Kate's medical care.
Anyone wishing to adopt Kate can go online to www.ahscares.org and fill out an application form or send an email to associatedhumane@aol.com or send a note requesting an application to Associated Humane, 124 Evergreen Avenue, Newark, NJ 07114.

The Return of the King

Finally.
It's been 8 months, but Hank is back with all new episodes of King of the Hill!
It is the second-longest continuously running animated comedy on American television, behind only The Simpsons.

A Wake-Up Call to Microsoft's PR Team

From the Desk of David Pogue:

Several bloggers reported last week that they had received Acer Ferrari laptops, which can sell for more than $2,200, from Microsoft. A spokeswoman for Microsoft confirmed on Friday that the company had sent out about 90 computers to bloggers who write about technology and other subjects" that could be affected by the release of Windows Vista, Microsoft's new operating system....

Clearly, they're exploiting the lawless, Brave New World of the blogsophere, where, since they're Not Quite Journalists, they don't feel constrained by any of those pesky journalistic ethics guidelines. Like the one that says, "You don't keep $2,200 gifts from the subject of your review. You might think you can still write an impartial review, but it's highly unlikely-and either way, nobody will believe it."

Read David's entire post to see more of Microsoft's PR gaffes from the past!

Finally, science lives up to our expectations!

Scientist develops caffeinated doughnuts

Each piece of pastry is the equivalent of about two cups of coffee.

Can life get any better?
It's hard to fathom... .

Now these look fun!

Plush Animal Speakers

They'll never have a dull musical moment once they perch these monkey or penguin speakers on their desk or bookshelf.
Each animal's fuzzy coat surrounds a full-range speaker and volume control for clear, habitat-shaking sound.

And only 25 bucks!

This is why you always take a friend!

 
Man sues over penis tattoo

A football fan is suing a tattooist who drew a penis on his back instead of his favourite team's badge.

Americans prefer computer to spouse, survey says

This, according to Kelton Research Inc

January 23, 2007 (IDG News Service)
Sixty-five percent of Americans polled said they spend more time with their home computer than their spouse or significant other, according to research released yesterday by Kelton Research Inc.
Those who chose computer over companion don't seem to get much satisfaction from their inanimate partner... .

It's like pinball...

But with SUV's!

Lohan's rehab plan?

Woman returns after 18 years in jungle

HANOI (Reuters Life!) - A woman has been returned to her home in Vietnam's Central Highlands 18 years after she went missing as an eight-year old girl tending cows near the Cambodian border

I'd love to send Twitney, Lyndsay, & Paris into the jungles of anywhere for eighteen years!

Poetry in my spam

When your penis is sad and it’s making you mad
(and that's where I stopped reading).

Enjoying Technology's Conveniences But Not Escaping Its Watchful Eyes

Source: washingtonpost.com

Every Internet search resides on a computer somewhere. Comings and goings are monitored by security cameras. Phone calls are logged by telecommunications companies.

Makes ya think!

Hard Adjustment

After drinking triple espressos all weekend to get stuff done, it's hard to go back to the ol' double shot on a work day!

Somalia targets survived, U.S. says

Source: Los Angeles Times

NAIROBI, KENYA — None of the three most-wanted Al Qaeda suspects believed to be hiding in southern Somalia were killed by a U.S. airstrike this week, a senior U.S. official here said Thursday.

Nice to know that we killed a bunch of innocent people & shot up the countryside for nothing.
Go, George!

Best New Product of the Year?

S.F. company launches 'Meth Coffee'

SAN FRANCISCO - A mysterious San Francisco company has launched an equally mysterious product aimed at coffee drinkers seeking an extra boost. The company and the product share the same name — Meth Coffee.

Japanese Bikini Rodeo Pie Fight

The name says it all!

Doughnuts will no longer be served to Franklin County jail inmates

Inmates Lose Doughnut Privileges - Food News

County Commissioner Mary Jo Kilroy put a $55,000 annual contract for the doughnuts on hold last month over questions about their nutritional value and trans-fat content.

Wait - There are questions about their nutritional value?
Since when?

Doesn't work the way you'd think.

Due to a virus in the system, we've had no internet access at all today.
Surprisingly, I haven't gotten any more work done than usual!
I wonder how many games of solitare & minesweeper have been played across campus today... ?

I'm shocked! Shocked, I say.

Group: ExxonMobil paid to mislead public.

According to the report, ExxonMobil has funneled nearly $16 million between 1998 and 2005 to a network of 43 advocacy organizations that seek to confuse the public on global warming science.
"ExxonMobil has manufactured uncertainty about the human causes of global warming just as tobacco companies denied their product caused lung cancer," said Alden Meyer, the Union of Concerned Scientists' Director of Strategy & Policy. "A modest but effective investment has allowed the oil giant to fuel doubt about global warming to delay government action just as Big Tobacco did for over 40 years."

FBI Reports Duct-Taping, 'Baptizing' at Guantanamo

FBI Reports Duct-Taping, 'Baptizing' at Guantanamo
Gee, I just can't imagine why the Islamic world isn't flocking to our shores to join the Republican party!

• ...one interrogator bragged to an FBI agent that he had forced a prisoner to listen to "Satanic black metal music for hours," then dressed as a Catholic priest before "baptizing" him.
• interrogators wrapped a bearded prisoner's head in duct tape "because he would not stop quoting the Koran,"
• female interrogators would sometimes wet their hands and touch detainees' faces in order to interrupt their prayers. Such actions would make some Muslims consider themselves unclean and unable to continue praying.

How much more indignities will we let our government put upon these men, who the US has apparently forgotten are also human beings?

A tasty new drink for the new year =)

Espresso Martini

• 1 shot espresso
• 3/4 oz. Kahlua
• 3/4 oz. vodka

"Frost" the rim of a cocktail glass (rub the rim of the glass with lemon juice, then coat with superfine sugar.)
Shake ingredients in a shaker half-filled with cracked ice.
Strain into the frosted rim glass.

Glad to have that cleared up!

12PM Why You Hire Talking Dogs Is Beyond Me

Male employee: I want you to know, Cindy* will be complaining to you about something I said to her. It's all a lie, though.
Manager #1: Oookay...
Male employee: She's gonna say I called her a 'dirty fucking cunt.'
Manager #2: Ohhh, boy...
Male employee: But it's bullshit. I called her a 'dirty fucking bitch.' I don't use the 'C'-word.

Circle Centre Mall
Indianapolis, Indiana
via Overheard in the Office, Dec 29, 2006

Uh-Oh!

 

Ice mass snaps free from Canada's Arctic

TORONTO - A giant ice shelf the size of 11,000 football fields has snapped free from Canada's Arctic, scientists said. The mass of ice broke clear 16 months ago from the coast of Ellesmere Island, about 497 miles south of the North Pole, but no one was present to see it in Canada's remote north. Scientists using satellite images later noticed that it became a newly formed ice island in just an hour and left a trail of icy boulders floating in its wake.

Catching up

After a long holiday weekend, Rudy needs some down time to catch up on his correspondence.

The Audacity!

I just found a great open source sound editor for Windows in Audacity.
The big excitement for me is that I have a large case of tape cassettes that I would love to have on my iPod without having to buy all of that music again.
Way to go, Open Source community!

Global Orgasm - Peace through Global Ecstasy

Peace through Global Ecstasy

Participate on the 22nd, and tell your friends! The response to the Global Orgasm project has been overwhelmingly positive, thanks to all of you. Remember to do your part to contribute to peace around the globe.

I am so there!

This is your wake up call!

The answer to global warming?

 
Small nuclear war could lead to cooldown - Yahoo! News

Nativity Jesus replaced with beer can

PLAISTOW, N.H. - A homeowner said Friday that whoever stole the baby Jesus from his manger scene was disrespectful by replacing it with an empty beer can.

The thief could have at least replace it with a full beer can!
    Source: Nativity Jesus replaced with beer can - Yahoo! News

What all the kids are gonna want for Christmas!

Edible squid-flavored postcards

I really don't get the whole reality TV thing

But even so, this might be humorous - for a minute or two.
Four new reality shows about women:

The women of My Bare Lady (Fox Reality, Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET) will actually appear on the London stage. The premise of the four-episode series—to apprehend the premise is to get the whole joke—is that four porn starlets head to England, take a crash course in acting, and make their debut on the legitimate stage. It's been reported that the play is Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, and I'm disinclined to report anything otherwise, as the title is just too perfect. I'm not familiar with the actresses—Nautica Thorn (Fashionably Laid, Good Girls Doing Bad Things 2), Kirsten Price (Put It Wherever 2, Hand to Mouth), Sasha Knox (Service Animals 23, Service Animals 24), and Chanel St. James (Jenna's Provocateur, Chanel No. 1)—but you must admit that those titles also suggest promise. Thursday's episode features an audition sequence in which the women, along with their colleagues who did not make the cut, read from the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet, and the producers have a lot of fun with the various mispronunciations of Montague heaved forth. Despite the sneer on its face and the thinness in its soul, My Bare Lady is intermittently entertaining, so be careful if you come across it. Reality television is out to identify every perversity there is.

The real reason we went to war!

Iraqi marshlands partially restored
Bush just couldn't admit to the world that he's a closet environmentalist. His family & all their oil industry friends would have disowned him!

Iraq Study Group: The Way Forward

Download the report, appendices, & summary in separate PDF files.

Kid Rock & Pamela Custoday battle

 

Hezbollah Video Dating Service

 

Know when to hold 'em...

 
Jackpot blunder man begs for job back

Beer Goggles Explained

Scientists believe they have worked out a formula to calculate how "beer goggles" affect a drinker's vision.

Where:
An = number of units of alcohol consumed
S = smokiness of the room (graded from 0-10, where 0 clear air; 10 extremely smoky)
L = luminance of 'person of interest' (candelas per square metre; typically 1 pitch black; 150 as seen in normal room lighting)
Vo = Snellen visual acuity (6/6 normal; 6/12 just meets driving standard)
d = distance from 'person of interest' (metres; 0.5 to 3 metres)

Kansas Outlaws evolution!

Kansas Outlaws Practice Of Evolution

TOPEKA, KS—Any living being that undergoes genetic modification favoring survival could face jail time under the new law.

Everyone loves yogurt!

Seagate CEO: I help people "watch porn"

Let's face it, we're not changing the world. We're building a product that helps people buy more crap - and watch porn.

Source:
A candid interview with Seagate's CEO - Nov. 30, 2006

Bush: AIDS Pandemic 'Can Be Defeated'

President Bush marked Worlds AIDS Day as a time to remember the United States' responsibility to help the 39 million people living with the disease around the world.

Just like we've helped the Iraqis since they greeted us as liberators & threw flowers at our feet!
Oh, wait, those aren't flowers, they're roadside bombs... .

Source: Bush: AIDS Pandemic 'Can Be Defeated'

Going Christmas Shopping, Honey

 
I'll be back in the morning!

Doritos Anyone?

Spilled Doritos chips wash up on Outer Banks

Chess players to face anti-doping measures

Chess players to face anti-doping measures — because all those steroids make their fingers too fat to pick up the little pieces on the board.

Squirrel Melt, Anyone?

 

Honesty comes to Craigslist!

Make me food while I drink beer. - m4w

I am a 23/M/beeroholic, looking for a woman to make me food... While I drink beer.
If you do a good job with cooking I will have sex with you. But only if I can still get it up.

You must be:
Sexy.
If your vagina is gaping, don't reply
No fatties.
18+ and have sensitive nipples.

My favorite foods:
Pizza, burgers, spaghetti, beer.
You may make any of these while I drink beer.

A Thanksgiving Budget

Here's how 1,000 calories add up (courtesy of the Lean Plate Club):

• about four ounces of turkey


• half a cup of stuffing


• salad


• green beans


• sweet potatoes


• cranberry sauce


• a roll


• a glass of wine


• and a slice of pumpkin pie.

Of course, I had three smallish rolls, seconds on the sweet potatoes, and at least four glasses of wine.
But I took a long walk later with the dogs!
And no comments at all on the earlier feast at work!

Not Spam?

I can't believe this text got past my spam filters!?

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A Christmas Classic

From SNL!

Internet Explorer 7 Proves Buggy Already

Internet Explorer 7 Proves Buggy Already

IE 7 is not a panacea, in part because it still ties in to Windows for some of its work and can therefore pass along threats from buggy parts of the operating system (or other programs). We've seen a number of these types of problems recently, and now three more have been reported.

Dog is my co-pilot.

Finally, a good use for that internet thing!

Internet Extends Reach Of Bangladeshi Villagers - washingtonpost.com

Cellphone-Linked Computers Help Break Rural Isolation

While I agree...

...that no one may care what I had for lunch, there is a wonderful catering company located in our building, & they had extra today from a senior citizens Thanksgiving luncheon.

Is it rude go back for seconds on free food, even if you have to walk down three flights of stairs?
I mean, I'll probably totally work off those mashed potatoes on my way back down, right?
And then there's that nice dessert plate that I need to take back to them... . Maybe they've moved the other desserts to a carryout plate by now.

All of which begs the question, "Is it still ala mode if you put banana pudding on your peach pie?"

Childcare 101a

I sent this link to a couple of my co-workers.
One was upset because she thought it was an actual product.
Another was upset because he realized it wasn't!

Apple's new mp3 player

Apple Computer reported today that it has developed computer chips that can store and play music inside women's breasts.
This is considered to be a major breakthrough because women are always complaining about men staring at their breasts, and not listening to them.
And give a whole new meaning to the term surround sound!

Sigh...

Toys for Tots will now accept talking Jesus dolls

I'm sure they'll be passing them out to all the Jesus loving boys girls in Baghdad this Christmas... .

Get one for everybody on your Christmas list!

The ever-popular Interchangeable Rectal Dummy
The set includes an adult lumbar torso, normal rectal unit, rectal cancer A unit, rectal cancer B unit, rectal unit with polyps, prostate model, endocervix model, a jar of Vaseline and a handy carrying case.
The four different rectal units can easily swap in and out.
Get yo palpation on, word.

Creepy or Cool?

LifeGem:
Memorial Diamonds created from a lock of hair or cremated remains.

To desire a LifeGem diamond can mean only one thing.
You have experienced a love without equal.
You have had someone truly special in your life and mere words simply will not do.
Love knows no boundaries.
Love knows no end.

I wonder what kind of carat weight per pound can you expect in return?

Sooo.....

If you were to shave off your beard, & your wife didn't notice,
would that be a bad sign??

Thanks, Bob!

I was talking with one of the receptionists in our office yesterday, & she mentioned that her husband had a couple of extra deer shoulders that he was trying to find homes for.
Of course, I jumped at that chance, & now there is one are two four in the fridge!
Now we're trying to decide if we can cut it up ourselves, or if it would be wiser to take it to one of the local processing sites to have it done for us.
(Now that there are four of them in there instead of just one, I'm leaning towards letting the pros do the job for us... .)
From what I can find online, there is a shoulder roast (obviously), and the rest can come off the shank as stew meat, or burger.
And I know a couple of dogs who would just love to help out with the cleanup, too!

So thanks, Bob; we'll enjoy it immensely.

More noise than I've heard in a while

Apparently my boss lost his wallet somewhere in the course of the late morning/early afternoon.
I can't remember the last time I've heard such nasty, angry language coming out of his office, especially since it wasn't work related!
I foresee tequila in his future.
 

The Way it Works (cont.)

So I finished their project in a 20 hour turn-around time, because it was sooo urgent.
That was a week ago, & they can't seem to get around to approving it for distribution...
Because they have no idea how to treat people!

Who knew?

I would never have guessed that they have a world championship competition... .
Now, how do I get tickets to the next event?

Rumsfeld to Step Down as Defense Secretary

Rumsfeld to Step Down as Defense Secretary - washingtonpost.com

Beer lovers must have!

I definitely have to get one of these!
 

Best Cat Toy Ever!

Stuck in Irak

An Open Letter

This has been around for a while, but it's still true.

Dear Dogs and Cats,
The dishes with the paw print are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food.
Please note, placing a paw print in the middle of my plate and food does not stake a claim for it becoming your food and dish, nor do I find that aesthetically pleasing in the slightest.

The stairway was not designed by NASCAR and is not a racetrack. Beating me to the bottom is not the object. Tripping me doesn't help because I fall faster than you can run.

I cannot buy anything bigger than a king sized bed. I am very sorry about this. Do not think I will continue sleeping on the couch to ensure your comfort. Dogs and cats can actually curl up in a ball when they sleep. It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to each other stretched out to the fullest extent possible. I also know that sticking tails straight out and having tongues hanging out the other end to maximize space is nothing but sarcasm.

For the last time, there is not a secret exit from the bathroom. If by some miracle I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw, whine, meow, try to turn the knob or get your paw under the edge and try to pull the door open. I must exit through the same door I entered.
Also, I have been using the bathroom for years --canine or feline attendance is not required.

The proper order is kiss me, then go smell the other dog or cat's butt. I cannot stress this enough!

To pacify you, my dear pets, I have posted the following message on our front door:

• They live here. You don't.
• If you don't want their hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture.
  (That's why they call it "fur"niture.)
• I like my pets a lot better than I like most people.
• To you, it's an animal. To me, he/she is an adopted son/daughter who is short, hairy, walks on all fours and doesn't speak clearly.

Remember: Dogs and cats are better than kids because they:

• Eat less
• Don't ask for money all the time
• Are easier to train
• Normally come when called
• Never ask to drive the car
• Don't hang out with drug-using friends
• Don't smoke or drink
• Don't have to buy the latest fashions
• Don't want to wear your clothes
• Don't need a gazillion dollars for college, and...
• If they get pregnant, you can sell (or give away) their children

The Way it Works

A few weeks ago, one of our Graphic Designers approached me about an upcoming project; the new Pres wanted to send out an HTML newsletter & he would be working on the design, then sending it to me to get it to work.

In the past we have chosen not to send mass HTML email to our directory lists, because how it looks in the end is largely up to the user, & what client they use, how they've set their preferences. It's also generally accepted that HTML mailing lists should be opt-in, so that users are, in fact, getting what they want.

I checked with the designer a few times & he hadn't gotten any more info from the Great Poobah, so I tried not to think about it too much.

He called me at 4:00 this afternoon, & said that they had finally sent him the info he needed to get the layout going.
Oh, & by the way, they want to see something tomorrow... .

Idiots!

More Empowerment

Expanding from their original site, Hollaback NYC now links to fourteen other hollaback-ish sites from other areas in the U.S & Canada.

• HollaBackARKANSAS


• HollaBackBOSTON


• HollaBackCALIFORNIA


• HollaBackCANADA


• HollaBackCAPEANN


• HollaBackCHICAGO


• HollaBackCOLORADO


• HollaBackDC


• HollaBackMIAMI


• HollaBackPACIFICNORTHWEST


• HollaBackPENNSYLVANIA


• HollaBackSANFRANCISO


• HollaBackSEATTLE


• HollaBackTEXAS
  

Holla Back NYC empowers New Yorkers to Holla Back at street harassers. Whether you're commuting, lunching, partying, dancing, walking, chilling, drinking, or sunning, you have the right to feel safe, confident, and sexy, without being the object of some turd's fantasy. So stop walkin' on and Holla Back: Send us pics of street harassers!

Whale of a day!

Swimming With The Fishes

Are all men like that?

That was the question posed to me by a secretary in my office the other day.

She had gotten a new haircut recently, which I snapped a couple of pics with her cell phone so she could send them to her daughter. She?s also lost some weight recently, & takes pretty good care of herself.
The problem was that her husband thought that maybe she had done all of that because she was seeing someone on the side!
And T is definitely not the kind of woman, though just about every man I know looks at her wishing she was, if ya know what I mean.

Oh, well; hopefully with a weekend to get over it, her man will feel self-assured again, & just be happy to have such a hot wife!

The new Halloween Costumes are up!

Halloween Jesus Dress Up!
Design yours now!

Extreme Bed-Wetting?

Toilet ice rips hole in couple's roof

Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said Thursday if the offending chunk of ice is from an airplane, then it is likely the cause of a leak in a holding tank of the aircraft's bathroom.

One more strike against freedom!

China moves toward "real name system" for blogs

The Internet Society of China has recommended to the government that bloggers be required to use their real names when they register blogs, state media said on Monday, in the latest attempt to regulate free-wheeling Web content.

I went to High School with guys like this!

That Reminds me, I have to go let Mom out of the Stocks

Hick coworker #1: There was nuthin' wrong with slavery. My family had slaves. They was like family.

Hick coworker #2: I know, I agree. My family's slaves didn't leave after emaciation because they were happy. We treated them like family.

Athens, Georgia
Overheard by: Happy I moved to a blue state
via Overheard in the Office, Oct 19, 2006

Public Schools' Access Soon to be Blocked by the Christian Right... .

Complete Darwin works put online

Korean "workout" chair

We may need one of these at home, eh?

The New Martin Scorsese Film!

Sesame Streets

Goodfellas version of our favourite street

Kitten Composer

A new composition from this promising new talent!

Not sure what to get your man for Christmas?

Try one of these for size... .

Feeling Blue?

Need a little something to cheer you up?
Then check out the Wall-O-Puppies!
Each thumb links to at least one adorably cute puppy who has been featured on their homepage at some time or other, as can be seen at the top of this blog.

I Think Everyone can Agree on some part of this!

The Internet Has Somewhat Dampened Joshua's Sense of Wonder

Dude: What I really wanna see is a baby shot out of a cannon through a waterfall of gasoline, over a bundle of lit sparklers, and knock an old lady off a horse, 'cause then I could say I really saw something. [notices cleaning lady]
Oh, shit.


Overheard by: dude thats fucked up

via Overheard in the Office, Oct 10, 2006

The 2006 Ig Nobel winners

Awarded Thursday, October 5th:

ORNITHOLOGY -- The late Philip R.A. May and Ivan R. Schwab, for exploring and explaining why woodpeckers don't get headaches.

NUTRITION -- Wasmia Al-Houty and Faten Al-Mussalam, for showing that dung beetles are finicky about dung.

PEACE -- Howard Stapleton, for inventing a teenager repellent, an electronic device that makes an annoying noise audible to teenagers but not adults.

ACOUSTICS -- D. Lynn Halpern, Randolph Blake and James Hillenbrand, for their experiments on why people dislike the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard.

MATHEMATICS -- Nic Svenson and Piers Barnes, for calculating the number of photographs you must take to ensure nobody in a group photo has their eyes closed.

LITERATURE -- Daniel Oppenheimer, for his report "Consequences of Erudite Vernacular Utilized Irrespective of Necessity: Problems with Using Long Words Needlessly."

MEDICINE -- Francis M. Fesmire, for his medical case report "Termination of Intractable Hiccups with Digital Rectal Massage"; and Majed Odeh, Harry Bassan and Arie Oliven for their subsequent medical case report.

PHYSICS -- Basile Audoly and Sebastien Neukirch, for their insights into why dry spaghetti often breaks into more than two pieces when bent.

CHEMISTRY -- Antonio Mulet, Jose Javier Benedito, Jose Bon and
Carmen Rossello, for their study "Ultrasonic Velocity in Cheddar Cheese as Affected by Temperature."

BIOLOGY -- Bart Knols and Ruurd de Jong, for showing that female malaria mosquitoes are attracted equally to the smell of Limburger cheese and to the smell of human feet.

Pakistan quake victims still living in Shelters

If you want them to quit supporting the Taliban, help the people of Pakistan recover from this earthquake that happened almost one year ago.
That would certainly be money better spent than sending our brothers & sisters to Iraq to be killed on the streets in a Liar's War.

Nearly two million Pakistan quake victims at risk from winter: Oxfam

At least 1.8 million survivors of last year's massive earthquake in Pakistan are to spend a second harsh Himalayan winter in makeshift shelters, aid agency Oxfam has said.
The 7.6-magnitude quake on October 8, 2005 killed more than 74,000 people and left 3.5 million homeless. Aid agencies say they prevented deaths from disease and cold last winter but fear for survivors this time around.
"With snow already falling, this winter seems to have arrived early," said Farhana Faruqi Stocker of Oxfam International on Wednesday.
Only 17 percent of people living in the 450,000 households destroyed or severely damaged by the quake have started building permanent homes, Oxfam said, quoting government estimates.

Creative debt consolidation

Man hands over wife to pay debt

A Romanian man has handed over his wife to a creditor as payment for his debts.
Emil Iancu, from tIghisu Nou, gave his wife Daniela to 72-year-old Jozef Justien Lostrie when he turned up on his doorstep to collect a £1,800 debt.
Iancu said: "I had no money to pay the debt and when I told Lostrie he said he would take my wife instead.
"I was scared of what he would do and so I signed a document saying Daniela would live with him."
But Daniela says the deal has proved better for her.
"Before I had to clean the house and look after our three children on my own, while Emil did nothing, but now I'm treated like a guest and hardly have to raise a finger," she said.

FUN!

There's nothing quite like a cool mud puddle on a hot day... .

Too many lives lost in Iraq

Dalai Lama: Too many lives lost in Iraq.

Mischievous people often use religious faith for their own interests and create conflict... .We have to look at the real message of all these traditions.

Anniversary

I was thinking of going some place special for an anniversary dinner.
This may be a little too special, though.

A relief for Maria's sore jaws!

SCHWARZENEGGER GIVES UP HUMMERS

Hasn't he already done that?

Bush to engage skeptical U.N. on Mideast
Sorry, I thought that read Bush to enrage skeptical U.N. on Mideast.

Village elders order trial by boiling oil

Now here's a great way to find out who's been stealing lunches out of the office fridge!

Just a Sad State of Affairs

Polar bears drown, islands appear in Arctic thaw

OSLO (Reuters) - Polar bears are drowning and receding Arctic glaciers have uncovered previously unknown islands in a drastic 2006 summer thaw widely blamed on global warming.

Apparently we're all dead!

Cult enters bunkers for one year.

MAUCHE, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenyan followers of a U.S.-based religious sect which predicted the world would end after a September 12 outbreak of nuclear war moved into bunkers on Wednesday despite the failure of their prediction.
Dozens of members of the House of Yahweh -- dressed in gas masks, gloves and long overcoats -- have built a network of underground hideouts in the small highland village of Mauche.

Dog Rescuer Arrested for Saving a Life

Tammy Grimes, founder of Dogs Deserve Better, was arrested September 11, 2006 for helping a dying chained dog named Doogie who could not stand.

I made a hard decision; this decision was that I could not have lived with myself or looked myself in the eye if I were such a coward as to leave Doogie lying there dying on the ground for fear of what would happen to me. I see this case as a travesty against justice...the true perpetrators of a crime are the people who left Doogie to lie there dying for three days without doing right by him.

If you feel that our pets deserve respect & humane treatment, please read this piece, & send to whomever you know, including local media outlets.

Keepin' up with the Times

I had an email today from my father, telling us all that he's finally figured out how to store phone numbers in his cell phone, so we should all get that information to him to have.
And he's only had the phone for two years!

Doshu - Moriteru Ueshiba at NY Aikikai

 

An excellent clip from Doshu's visit to the NY Aikikai on its 40th anniversary.