Intriguing News Stories

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"Cool Mom" who gave drugs, and booze and sex to teens at parties gets sentenced to 30 years Baby girl born with heart in hands, literally (UPDATE: She died) And the winner is: Bird executed after toppling 23,000 dominoes UPDATE:  We may have a usurper to the throne, via Shake’s Sister: A train driver caused delays on a German rail … Read More

That’ll Show ‘Em!

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Don’t like people using profane words in your presence?  Then kill yourself: Tyler Poulson was riding with his brothers last night when he became offended by one of them using profanity. Poulson, who recently returned from an LDS mission, threatened to get out of the truck if he continued. One of the men, not thinking he would, told Poulson to. … Read More

Woman Sells Herself With House

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I guess this is real. Deborah is 48 (although you wouldn’t know to look at her) and she has a house in Denver that she wants to sell for $600,000.  To sweeten the deal, she is selling herself with the house.  According to her website: I had not met that special someone to share this house with. My attempts included … Read More

Great Moments In Cinema History

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I think somebody is going to lose their job: A Times Square movie theater laid an egg at a showing of "Chicken Little" last night. Adults and kids expecting to watch Disney’s G-rated animated flick at the AMC Empire 25 theater on 42nd St. were instead presented with a foreign film that opened with a young man committing suicide. "It’s … Read More

Email Time Capsule

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Forbes has a free service where you can send an email to yourself, and have it arrive in 1, 3, 5, 10, or even 20 years. An interesting idea.  I don’t expect to use it, since I doubt I will have my email address 20 years from now.  But it does raise a question: what would you write if you … Read More

That’s Me In The Corner, Doing Another Friday iPod Random Ten

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Haven’t done this in a while. Sledgehammer – Tufts Beelezebubs Intimacy – The Coors Losing My Religion (Unplugged) – REM Brown Rice/Karmapa Chenno – Shadowfax Respect – Aretha Franklin I Can Feel Your Heartbeat – The Partridge Family Mile Marbhaisg (A Thousand Curses) – Capercaillie Losing My Religion – Tory Amos La Vie Boheme – Rent (Original Broadway Cast) Hoedown … Read More

Mice Try To Emulate Barry White

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Not sure what to make of this: ST. LOUIS, Missouri (AP) — Songbirds may be the Sinatras of the animal world, but male mice can carry a tune too, say Washington University researchers who were surprised by what they heard. Scientists have known for decades that male lab mice produce high-frequency sounds — undetectable by human ears — when they … Read More

2005 Darwin Awards

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For those unfamiliar, The Darwin Awards are named in honor of Charles Darwin, the father of evolution. They commemorate those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it in astoundingly stupid ways. The 2005 nominees are now posted at the Darwin Awards website.  Here’s the nominee with the most votes (so far): (19 March 2005, Michigan) "Unusual" and … Read More

Singin’ In The Rain — The Remix

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Yeah, you’ve probably seen it before, but here it is again.  The Volkswagon ad feature Gene Kelly doing "Singin’ In The Rain" like you’ve never seen it done before. Click image to play.  File in Quicktime format — may take a minute or so to begin.

Hey! That’s Judy You’re Talking About!!

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I like CNN Headline News anchor Judy Fortin as much as the next person, but to be honest — Okay, I like Judy Fortin more than the next person, but that’s only because I knew her in high school.  (Judy will always be "Daisy Mae" to me). So I am compelled to express my displeasure when Rutgers University geeks use … Read More