More anti-BP internet memes here, including a nice re-working of their logo.
Cochlear Implant Videos
Because I feel like it, here are a bunch of videos of people gaining (or regaining) their hearing for the first time, thanks to cochlear implants. First off, Nikki Buck, a 32-year-old from Perth, Australia, who began losing her hearing when she was about 18 years old. She’d grown up in the hearing world with hearing parents, so it was … Read More
Dumb Lawsuit of the Day
A woman sues Google because she used Google Maps to walk to her destination and got hit by a car. Apparently, Google Maps didn't warn her that cars might be, you know, on the roads. Rosenberg, a Los Angeles California native, is suing Google because Google Maps issued directions that told her to walk down a rural highway. She started … Read More
Getting Into The Israeli-Gaza Waters
As you may have heard, Israeli commandos killed as many as 16 peace activists and wounded over 50 others as they boarded and commandeered six ships heading toward the Gaza Strip carrying relief and aid in the form of water purifiers, in violation of Israel's self-imposed blockade of Gaza. CNN: Israeli soldiers rappelled onto the deck of the ships from a helicopter. … Read More
Huge Sinkhole
This isn't photoshopped. This is an actual sinkhole that appeared in Guatemala over the weekend. Click to embiggen. While some sinkholes happen slowly, this one didn't. It was caused by massive underground water torrents created by tropical storm Agatha (which took 115 lives this weekend). The sinkhole swallowed a three story building and a house.
Awwwww…. Betrothed At Birth?
On April 17, 1986, Steve Smith was born (along with his twin brother Scott) at St Luke's Hospital in Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania. Amy Singley was also born that day in the same hospital. And Steve's mother shared a hospital room with Amy's mother. Anyway, Steve and Amy are getting married in a couple of weeks…..