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| Entertainment Update! |
| 07.30.04 (11:40 am) [edit] |
Troubled rocker Courtney Love's assault case has been moved from Los Angeles to a Beverly Hills court. Love is charged with assaulted a 32-year-old woman with a bottle and a flashlight in April...whoa, whoa, whoa....
Sorry about that... I forgot that nobody gives a fuck about Courtney Love....
My apologies.
God, is she hag.
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| Death Star Near Saturn Found |
| 07.30.04 (11:35 am) [edit] |
One of Saturn's moons came into plain site during Cassini's orbit around the ringed planet...when it passed by Mimas (a larger moon of Saturn) it snapped this photo. An actual Death Star!
Well, not really, but it looks pretty freakin' sweet...
The enormous crater at the top of this image, named Herschel, is about 130 kilometers (80 miles) wide and 10 kilometers (6 miles) deep.
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| Peru Blue Ribbon Beer |
| 07.30.04 (11:24 am) [edit] |
U.S. researchers have unearthed what they say may be the oldest known brewery in the Andes, a pre-Incan plant at least 1,000 years old that could produce drinks for hundreds of people at one sitting.
Archeologists and researchers from the Field Museum in Chicago found the brewery at Cerro Baul, a mountaintop religious center of the Wari empire that ruled what is now Peru hundreds of years before the Incas.
At least 20 ceramic, 10- to 15-gallon vats were found at the site some 8,000 feet up in the mountains of southern Peru. The brewery is thought to have produced "chicha," an alcoholic drink derived at the time mainly from a berry of the molle pepper plant. Modern chicha is made from corn.
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| Hogzilla explained in more detail |
| 07.29.04 (12:40 pm) [edit] |
Robin Z,
The reason (or so this drunk hick says) that they killed this absurdly gigantic freak of a hog is as follows:
[i]Feral hogs, popularly known as wild hogs, are domestic hogs that escaped from farms and began living off the land. They lay waste to corn and peanut fields and deprive more than 100 species — including squirrels and deer — of food.
"It's a big problem and it's getting worse," Kammermeyer said. "If you have a lot of hogs, you're going to have problems. Hogs are very aggressive. They run deer off and they can be dangerous if wounded or cornered."
Holyoak said he had to climb into a deer stand a few years back to escape a raging hog that circled around for six hours, foaming at the mouth and snapping at branches.
"They say bears get mad when you mess with their babies," Holyoak said. "Hogs don't need a reason to get mad and come after you." [/i]
Supposedly they don't taste very good either due to their diet...which sucks...imagine the kickass pig roast with Hogzilla? Oooh-weee!
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| Hogzilla: 12 feet, 1,000 pounds! |
| 07.29.04 (10:27 am) [edit] |
In a lovely little town called Alphapha (in Georgia) a 12-foot-long wild hog wasrecently killed on a plantation and is now quickly becoming a part of local legend. The plantation's owner claims the hog weighed 1,000 pounds and had 9-inch tusks. But few people have actually seen the hog — the only proof being a photo that shows the dead beast hanging from a rope.
"People just back up and ask 'Is it real?' They can't believe that there's a hog that big in the woods," said Drew White.
"They say 'Man, you look like a dwarf compared to that thing.'"
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| Human Skin Bags - Fashion Do or Don't? |
| 07.29.04 (6:50 am) [edit] |
Hey-oh!
This is not a joke. I repeat- this is not a joke.
[url=http://www.skinbag.net/skinba...]Skinbag.net[/url] is making a great fashion statement with their deluxe line of bags made from synthetic skins. The next time you get into a fight with your girlfriend, get her one of these to make the situation right.
By right, I mean, by insulting her and giving her the hint that you never ever want to see her again. But don't let her be confused and think that you're actually trying to patch up the relationship and you're sense of style is creepier than Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs.
"He puts the lotion in the basket!"
[url=http://www.skinbag.net/skinba...] [/url]
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| Homeless World Cup in Sweden |
| 07.28.04 (11:57 am) [edit] |
Of course more news about Sweden!
26 teams from around the world will be competing this year in the [url=http://www.streetsoccer.org/e...]Homeless World Cup[/url] , in Sweden. Following the overwhelmingly received first World Cup in Graz, Austria 2003, Gothenburg is planning to build on that success and make the 2004 event something very special.
"Our hope is that an event like this will encourage people to reflect upon serious social issues and discuss social exclusion and homelessness from a new perspective."
You damn straight! That's some fucked up shit right there. Homeless people playing soccer...amazing.
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| Simpsons Plot Line Involving Gay Marriage |
| 07.27.04 (11:35 am) [edit] |
FOX has reported that an upcoming episode of The Simpsons might involve a character coming out of the closet and having a gay marriage.
The two most popular guesses are Smithers and one of Marge's sisters, Patty and Selma. I feel those are too obvious... my top three guesses are:
3. The Sea Captain
2. Krusty the Klown
1. Lenny and Carl
Any other thoughts? And no - James doesn't count as a Simpson's character...
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| Pedestrian Turn Signals |
| 07.27.04 (9:20 am) [edit] |
[b]"[i]Cars have turn signals...why not humans?[/i]"[/b]
That's their slogan. Seriously.
[url=Pedestrian Turn Signals ]Pedestrian Turn Signals[/url] will run you about 5 bucks...but tack on hospital bills after getting the crap kicked outta you and the priceless mental damage done to your ego after everyone you love abandons you.
Is it worth it?
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| Your iPod Can Be A Universal Remote |
| 07.27.04 (9:11 am) [edit] |
Well, more amazing iPod news.
[b]Engadget.com[/b] has posted a [url=http://features.engadget.com/...]How-To Turn Your iPod Into A Universal Remote[/url] .
They will go through all the options you need to just use your lovely gadget as a all-in-one device your home. It seems a little annoying to operate like a remote, but hey! It's a neat idea, especially if you're looking to cut down on your remotes...why not just get a regular Universal Remote? Hmmm...
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| The Future of Ugly Homes |
| 07.27.04 (9:03 am) [edit] |
Polish architecht, Panpuch, was inspired by the Thames to design a spherical home as an answer to London's overheated housing-market.
"The river in London is empty, yet there is a big problem with land in short supply," said Panpuch, 30. "With my sphere you could live on the river or in London's empty docks.
The sphere would be divided into three floors built around a core containing the stairs, kitchen, bathroom and lavatories. The upper floor is the living space, with the lower floor housing the bedrooms and main entrance.
The bottom floor, beneath the surface of the river, would be used for storage, water tanks, heating system and computer equipment. Retractable screens offer privacy. Energy from solar panels is stored in batteries below water level. The main floor stores heat in the day for release at night.
Well, it's cool technology so that's why I posted this. But the design is too much like a futuristic version of the Smurfs or something...
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| Free iPods Are Not a Scam |
| 07.26.04 (11:14 am) [edit] |
Well, supposedly this is legit.
Engadget and Gizmodo both did some research into this company and people are getting their free iPods, no problem.
[url=http://www.freeiPods.com/defa...]Freeipod.com[/url] have a deal where once you sign up for one of their promotional offers and then get 5 friends to sign up as well, they'll send you a FREE 20GB iPod or iPod mini of your choice.
The catch? These promotional offers (like AOL or EBay) compensate freeipod.com for everyone that they get to sign up for a promotion through their site. Therefore freeipods.com only have to send out 1 iPod for every 6 people that sign up! The kickback from these promo sites is more than enough to pay for an actual iPod. A typical pyramid scheme, and people have been receiving their iPods.
Plus, it's easy to sign up for - do AOL or some other company that you trust. They all give you a free trial period (yes you have to give your credit card info) but then you just cancel it after a few days. It never shows up on your credit card and your all set.
I see no reason not to try this and see if you can't get some friends involved as well. A few clicks and a 5-minute call to cancel for a free iPod seems worth it to me!
[url=http://www.freeiPods.com/defa...]Click Here to Sign Up and get your free iPod![/url]
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| Doctor Thalamo's Urgent Message |
| 07.23.04 (12:00 pm) [edit] |
Everyone, it has come to my attention that Mike Piazza may NOT have been Mick Allister, the asshole rival basketball player in Teen Wolf.
Obviously I trusted my long-time reader, Darth Leigh, and even read a "legitimate" website article (posted in a previous blog) on the subject.
This new article, from one of favorites [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/esp...](The Sports Guy on ESPN's Page 2)[/url] , had this to say:
[i]Speaking of "Teen Wolf," one of those goofy Internet things happened this week. Thanks to a now-defunct New York sports Web site, an Internet hoax gained steam (even fooling IMDB.com) that Mike Piazza played Fox's rival in "Teen Wolf" -- a. k. a. Mick, the Hot Blonde Chick's boyfriend who was improbably allowed to stand under the basket during Fox's climactic free throws. Maybe the guy looks like Piazza, but his real name was Mark Arnold, who looks like he's about 35 in real life during the movie. Piazza is 35 now, which would have made him 15 or 16 when they filmed the movie. I don't think so.
Anyway, it's funny as hell ... but sadly, it's not true. Besides, after seeing Piazza's reaction to Clemens throwing the bat at him, I can't imagine him fighting a werewolf at a senior prom. Not even in a movie.[/i]
The rest of the article is not based on Teen Wolf, but still fun to read...anyway - I will get to the bottom of this and find out the truth for my readers!!!
But, not today...I'm going home early. Have a good weekend.
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| Doggie Treats Support Stereotypes |
| 07.23.04 (10:04 am) [edit] |
Dogs chomping on mail carrier-shaped treats seems to be the talk of the town up in Cana-duh.
The Canadian postal service endure more than their share of real dog bites...so they say. They must've said it well, because they convinced Pet Valu Inc. stores to stop carrying Bark Bars, dog biscuits that come shaped like cats and letter carriers.
"This is not in any way, shape, or form funny for us, and to make light of that ... I don't see that as funny at all, not even in the least," said John Caines, Canada Post's national media relations manager.
C'mon...what a bunch of pansies! Like the dogs are gonna associate oddly shaped brown nuggets with postal carriers...give me break. But what if they did? Carnage would ensue hopefully - because we all know that snailmail is going the way of the Dodo...Check your email people! That's the future!
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| German Girls Just Wanna Have Fun |
| 07.23.04 (8:11 am) [edit] |
More than 80 percent of single German women are perfectly happy without a man in the house and say living solo gives them more freedom to do what they want, according to a survey for Stern magazine.
Supposedly, Germany has a low birthrate and aging population, and Stern said the survey of 1,003 women showed only two percent did not enjoy their solitary lifestyle and 36 percent opted to stay single because it was more fun.
Almost half the women said they preferred single life because it was easier to keep their homes tidy and 36 percent said with no man on the scene they didn't have to endure watching sports on television.
This is why we're being bombarded with German-Shizer videos...what a weird place, man...good thing to know though! I'm planning my next vacation there....
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| De-Militarize Your Breasts Today! |
| 07.22.04 (9:42 am) [edit] |
The U.S. Army has long lured recruits with the slogan "Be All You Can Be," but now soldiers and their families can receive plastic surgery, including breast enlargements, on the taxpayers' dime.
The New Yorker magazine reported that members of all four branches of the U.S. military can get face-lifts, breast enlargements, liposuction and nose jobs for free.
"Anyone wearing a uniform is eligible," Dr. Bob Lyons, chief of plastic surgery at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio told the magazine.
Between 2000 and 2003, military doctors performed 496 breast enlargements and 1,361 liposuction surgeries on soldiers and their dependents, the magazine said.
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| More News About Swedes and Technology |
| 07.22.04 (8:16 am) [edit] |
I think that 30% of my blogs involve Sweden somehow...I wonder why?
Swedish dairy giant Arla Foods is close to starting work on the development of new sensory dairy packaging that can monitor its own shelf life.
This new packaging concept forms part of a definitive trend towards achieving improved shelf life through packaging. Advances in active packaging have spawned oxygen scavengers, antimicrobial films and gas permeable packages, while controlled packaging has led to modified atmosphere packaging, moisture absorbers and other hybrid forms of packages to keep foods fresh. Along with changes in electronic identifiers that track freshness, temperature and even provide communications with smart refrigerators, BCC contends that a new world of packaging is emerging.
[i]My first milk conservation contraption in 1976... a complete failure and waste of an afternoon.[/i]
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| Mike Piazza: Wolf-Hater! |
| 07.22.04 (7:38 am) [edit] |
This is simply amazing and I had absolutely no idea.
Long-time reader Darth Leigh (and arch-nemisis to other long-time reader, Robin Z) gave me the inside scoop on the amazing development...how could I have not seen this before?!
I am a big promoter of this 80's classic and can go in detail about why this movie was a classic for its time. I even own it on DVD.
[url=http://www.nysportsexpress.co...]NY Met's Catcher, Mike Piazza, admitted to having a role in the movie Teen Wolf alongside Michael J. Fox.[/url] He was Mick McAllister, the Teen Wolf's arch-nemisis and captain of the Dragon's basketball squad...also, the Teen Wolf stole his girl! Booyah.
 
Piazza was not listed in the credits as himself but as Mark Arnold, to strictly focus on getting into the Majors.
If you go to [url=http://imdb.com/]IMDB.com [/url] and find the movie, he's listed on there as well.
This is a major movie development and has totally spiced up my day...thanks Darth!
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| Pyramid Watermelons! |
| 07.21.04 (1:37 pm) [edit] |
Well, we all thought it was cool when the Japanese created square watermelons - telling us that is was easier and more efficient to package...but also just plain, old weird and cool!
Now, they have brought us the pyramid-shaped watermelon! Also cool and weird...
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| Swedes Get Drunk Off Soap |
| 07.21.04 (12:46 pm) [edit] |
Some people at a three-day music festival in southern Sweden got more than just clean hands from the liquid soap in the portable toilets. They got a nice clean buzz, too. Since the detergent had 62 percent alcohol in it, some users were more keen on spiking their sodas than washing their hands.
A 14-year-old girl was briefly hospitalized with a minor stomach ache after she put too much soap into a carbonated beverage during the Baltic Sea Music Festival in Karlshamn.
"I suspected something was wrong because the soap went like hot cakes," he said Wednesday.
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| Breaking News: Germans Like To Drink! |
| 07.21.04 (12:39 pm) [edit] |
Germans are Europe's worst binge drinkers with almost one in five believing "the point of drinking is to get drunk," according to a survey Wednesday. In the past, Britons have been condemned as the continent's prime offenders but the Mintel market research survey of 35,000 people painted a different picture.
"Although the Germans may not go drinking as often as the British, when they do drink, many want to get drunk," said Mintel senior consumer analyst Michelle Strutton.
The survey showed that 17 percent of German adults believe "the point of drinking is to get drunk." This was twice the proportion of adults in Britain who felt the same way.
"The fact that German adults are seemingly more inclined than the British to get drunk could help ease the British reputation for lavish drinking and an over-indulgent pub culture," Strutton said.
Also, I might ad - Germans are weird mother fuckers.
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| Degrading A Close Friend |
| 07.21.04 (8:36 am) [edit] |
 
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| The Sportsguy |
| 07.21.04 (6:42 am) [edit] |
Another Sportsguy moment! [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/esp...]ESPN's Page 2[/url] writer, does it again.
This time he recounts great moments in history using the Vengence Scale...keeping actual historical/political events out of this - using strictly sports and media-related events...and of course, our favorite revenge moments from Tv and Cinema.
A great list that you should all check out!
From Hulk Hogan to Isiah Thomas to The Godfather to Saved By the Bell to Rambo to The Usual Suspects, this is quite a list!
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| Bottlecap Tripod |
| 07.21.04 (6:03 am) [edit] |
Japan just came out with the first tripod that you just screw into a bottlecap...amazing! Now you don't need to carry around a stupid tripod that you barely ever use.
This way, when you're done with that forty ounces, you can take a picture of something... like the cop car trying to pull you over for drunk driving.
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| Wearable Music Player |
| 07.19.04 (11:48 am) [edit] |
Virgin Electronics just introduced their new Wearable MP3 Player, which is about the size of silver dollar, costs just under a hundred bucks, has room on it for about 128MB of music.
Wow. This can't be as cool as the photo makes it out to be, can it?
Damn you, advertising execs!
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| World War I Claims Another Victim |
| 07.19.04 (8:07 am) [edit] |
A 70-year-old Italian died on Saturday when a World War One bomb, part of his collection of military memorabilia, exploded while he was showing it to a friend in his garden.
That's a shame...
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| Flower Power |
| 07.19.04 (7:44 am) [edit] |
The Music Bird Corporation has developed a new product - the "Canon," a series of vases and flower pots that actually use the leaves and flowers of plants as speakers.
The Canon (a play on Japanese words for flower ("ka") and sound ("non")) uses an acrylic tube to vibrate the flowers, adding directionless sound, which the creators of the product admonish "raise the healing effects" by adding the missing fifth dimension of sound.
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| The New iPod |
| 07.19.04 (7:38 am) [edit] |
It's a millimeter thinner with more efficient menus, you can create playlists on the go, the battery life is now 12 hours, and the pricing has dropped.
So now, its:
1. The coolest gadget ever.
2. Comptetively priced.
3. Easy to use
4. With a longer battery life.
I really can't think of one reason not to get one!
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| The Simpsons Quote of the Day |
| 07.16.04 (11:18 am) [edit] |
[b]Homer Simpson[/b]
Kids, let me tell you about another so-called "wicked'' guy. He had long hair and some wild ideas. He didn't always do what other people thought was right. And that man's name was... I forget. But the point is... I forget that, too. Marge, you know what I'm talking about. He used to drive that blue car?
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| Fatigue Pods |
| 07.16.04 (11:13 am) [edit] |
Kawasaki Engineering Co. launched sales of a fatigue-treatment device that generates high levels of oxygen in the blood in a high-pressure environment.
The Dream Plus device carries a price tag of 3.8 million yen. The cylindrical machine is modeled on oxygen hyperbaric chambers used in hospitals for treatment of hypoxia, which can be caused by gas poisoning.
Users will lie in the chamber for 50 minutes at a time, with the air pressure inside about 1.3 times that of atmospheric pressure. The oxygen in the blood increases in proportion to the air pressure, the company said.
Kawasaki Engineering said similar devices are used by British soccer star David Beckham as well as Japanese professional baseball and soccer players.
[i]I can't get over the fact that the man in the pod looks like he's trying desperately to get out...[/i]
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| Transatlantic Tunnel? |
| 07.16.04 (11:09 am) [edit] |
A transatlantic tunnel using magnetic technology could go from New York to London in 54 minutes. Passengers would be traveling 3100 miles at 5,000 mph.
Of course, this is purely hypothetical at this point, but there is a lot of research and planning going on as we speak...check it all out here., at [url=http://media.dsc.discovery.co...]Discover.com[/url] .
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| The Red Wine Pill |
| 07.15.04 (12:38 pm) [edit] |
The compound that makes red wine a healthful drink may also hold the secret to a longer life, scientists say.
They found that resveratrol acted on fruit flies and worms in the same way as a method known to extend the life of animals including monkeys -- sharply restricting how much they eat.
"We found this chemical that can extend the life span of every organism we give it to," Sinclair of Harvard Medical School said.
[b]Wait a sec...but we can still get the same effect by drinking red wine right? [i]Right?![/i] Because tha' Doctor likes his in large doses![/b]
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| The Digital Nametag |
| 07.15.04 (12:28 pm) [edit] |
Are you lonely?
No friends?
Can't meet people?
Well, this contraption will help you stay that way for good! Yes it's true that more people will know who you are, but I betcha that less people will feel inclined to come up and try to meet you....[i]beat you[/i], maybe...
Say hello to the [url=http://www.cleanersonline.com...]Digtial Nametag[/url] !
 
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| Homemade Rollercoaster |
| 07.15.04 (5:40 am) [edit] |
Some dude in Indiana has created a rollercoaster in his backyard. Kinda cool if you ask me...did you ask me?
Well, if you did, that would be my answer.
He's riding in a minivan seat, just fyi....
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| Power Naps For New Yorkers |
| 07.14.04 (1:11 pm) [edit] |
Metronaps opened its doors in New York in the Empire State Building and offers mid day sleep in specially designed pods.
Metronaps states research on its site that highlights the benefits of midday rest and power naps. For instance: "midday naps may protect brain circuits from overuse until those neurons can consolidate what's been learned about a procedure." Or "evidence is mounting that sleep - even a nap - appears to enhance information processing and learning."
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| Cats Give |
| 07.14.04 (12:02 pm) [edit] |
This blog is a special blog for my long-time compadre and associate, Robin Z.
Not understanding my blog earlier today on animals feeling pain, I was forced to create another blog and settle the score. I do not like my readers leaving my site confused... so hopefully this helps. And if you're not Robin Z and you're confused, that's too bad because this blog was created special just for him.
[b]Proof that cats can give the "high sign"[/b]
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| The Simpsons Quote of the Day |
| 07.14.04 (10:26 am) [edit] |
[b]Superintendent Chalmers[/b]
Religion has no place in public schools the way facts have no place in organized religion.
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| Measure Your Pet's Pain |
| 07.14.04 (8:17 am) [edit] |
Pets won't give you the high sign when they're in pain. It's not that they're too proud, it's just instincts, stupid...okay, sorry for getting so angry.
Now there is a palm-sized, electronic gauge that measures stress levels similar to the way lie-detectors work. Pain triggers a response that the gauge measures as an electrical current. The device assigns pain levels a number between 1 to 10 and helps fine-tune the medication for the animal.
It's basically only used by vets at this point, and the going rate is about $595.
[i]Hmmm... I wonder how much pain this cat was in...[/i]
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| See Through Walls! |
| 07.14.04 (8:11 am) [edit] |
It's not just for superheros like Superman anymore...
Called "Liquid Stone," an exhibit at the National Building Museum features variations of translucent concrete. One display is a wall of translucent concrete blocks. When someone stands in front of it and light is shone from behind, the person's shadow can be seen clearly on the other side.
The translucent blocks are made by mixing glass fibers into the combination of crushed stone, cement and water.
One of the first demonstrations was a sidewalk in Stockholm, Sweden, made of thin sheets of translucent concrete. It looks like an ordinary sidewalk by day but is illuminated at night by lights under it.
This new cement form can be used for aesthetic purposes and also for relevant uses, such as safety - allowing sunlight to brighten up subways or to make speed bumps more visible at night by illuminating them with lights underneath.
Cool stuff.
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| Math Tells Me Your Ugly |
| 07.13.04 (12:38 pm) [edit] |
Is beauty in the eye of the beholder?
The Fibernocci Number is a sequence of numbers where the last 2 digits in the series adds up to the next number.
[i]1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21...[/i]
If you were to reverse this sequence by dividing the numbers upon themselves, you would eventually end up with the irrational number, 1.618...also known as phi.
This ratio occurs throughout nature and is considered to be what humans think as the ultimate beauty. The golden ration can be formulated with golden triangle, golden rectangle, and golden spiral. Plants, seeds, leaves, number of branches, shells, galaxies...you freakin' name it - most follow the math of this golden ratio - [i]1:1.618[/i].
Since the days of the Greeks humans have been using this ratio in all forms of art, music, and architecture. Mozart's music follows this ratio. Leondardo Da Vinci to Salvador Dali used this ratio in their work (even their canvases were in the proportion of the golden rectangle). The human body is full of these proportions and is how we view beauty - from greek sculpters, to the Mona Lisa, to plasitc surgery today, the golden ratio is found everywhere.
A study was done from Early Egypt to today, picking the most beautiful and captivating women of their respective times, and they all have the same facial proportions equal to the divine ratio.
A question not answered yet today is whether our famed artists like Mozart and Da Vinci actually consciously knew that they were using this golden ratio to accomplish their masterpieces or whether they were truly ahead of their time.
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| Brit Blows Balls Off Because Of Beer |
| 07.13.04 (11:53 am) [edit] |
A British man accidentally shot himself in the testicles after drinking 15 pints of beer. He was jailed for five years for possessing an illegal firearm.
David Walker, 28, was arguing with a friend at a pub in South Yorkshire, northern England, when he went home to get his sawed-off shotgun, which he jammed into his trousers.
I think we all can figure out how this story ends....
not quite the Disney tale, but still rather amusing.
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| Toilet and Toilet-Related Photos |
| 07.13.04 (11:43 am) [edit] |
Here is a collage of weird toilet and toilet-related photos I have compiled for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy?
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| Oldest Dog On Record |
| 07.13.04 (6:53 am) [edit] |
A vet in the outback town of Wilcannia has established that Jerry, a red heeler-bull terrier cross, will make it to 189 dog years when he hits 27 in August.
Dogs rarely live past their 15th birthday, but Jerry shows little sign of fragility beyond some arthritis and worn teeth.
The oldest dog on record was an Australian cattle dog named Bluey, who died in 1939 at the age of 29.
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| iPod in your car - to the extreme!!! |
| 07.13.04 (6:18 am) [edit] |
Introducing the [url=http://www.alpine-usa.com/pro...]KCA-420i[/url] , the best in-vehicle interface adapter which allows you to cruise to your iTunes™!
You can quickly search and listen to your iPod tracks directly from your head unit, and even use a remote control. One plug keeps you connected and charged - which is key. Also, you can store your iPod in the glove or anywhere else to keep it out of view and just strictly use the screen to play music...good stuff.
It goes for about $100....and you can also expand the unit with the 2004 Alpine Ai-NET head unit, pictured below. Sweet!
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| The Simpsons Quote of the Day |
| 07.12.04 (7:39 am) [edit] |
[b]Milhouse[/b]
Remember the time he ate my goldfish? And you lied and said I never had goldfish. Then why did I have the bowl Bart? Why did I have the bowl?
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| 100 Year-Old Man Breaks Record |
| 07.12.04 (7:10 am) [edit] |
South African Philip Rabinowitz has become the world's fastest 100-year-old, slashing more than five seconds off the record for the 100 metre sprint for centenarians.
"Oh I feel wonderful now, absolutely wonderful," Rabinowitz said after finishing in a time of 30.86 seconds and breaking the previous mark of 36.19 set by Austrian Erwin Jaskulski.
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| Your Coffee Mug is YOURS! |
| 07.12.04 (7:03 am) [edit] |
Ah, yes...I always hate going to work and finding a hobo using my coffee mug - I have to grab it from his dirty hands and go wash it, before using to fill up my morning energy jolt.
But now that can all end, thank god. The [url=http://www.designboom.com/bec...]Lock Cup [/url] is specially designed to be used by only its owner. There's a hole in the cup, rendering it useless until the CupMaster uses the highly advanced key to "plug" the hole.
Life is sweet.
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| Garden State |
| 07.09.04 (10:41 am) [edit] |
I just an advanced showing of this film yesterday, and it was friggin' good. Zach Braff (JD from Scrubs) wrote, directed, and starred in this film, alongside of lovely and talented Natalie Portman.
It was a quirky, heartfelt "dramedy" filled with humility, sincerity, and bits of real life. You can't help but realize that many parts of this film are based in some fashion from Zach's life.
The music and cinematography were very well done, but it was the connection to the characters that really brought this movie together. And Natalie Portman was unbelievable - she's a gem.
After the movie, Zach was actually there to answer some questions and talk about the movie.
I recommend this film for sure. I hope it gets recognized this summer, with all of the big hollywood films poppin' up everywhere.
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| The Simpsons Daily Quote |
| 07.09.04 (6:51 am) [edit] |
[b]Moe[/b]
Aw, man, he's making us look like a bunch of cheapskates.
[i][looks down at the rope he uses in place of a belt][/i]
Whoa, whoa, my rope came loose.
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| 500 Pigs Killed For Mating With Dogs |
| 07.09.04 (6:16 am) [edit] |
[i]Pigs having sex with dogs? Only in America!
No, wait...only in Kenya.[/i]
A Kenyan mayor has ordered more than 500 pigs to be shot dead because they were mating with stray dogs. A squad of town council guards moved from estate to estate shooting pigs roaming free.
Town mayor Muritu Karumba said he ordered Thursday's cull to avoid an outbreak of disease caused by the pigs and dogs mating, which he said broke the laws of nature and "caused unnecessary commotion".
But the unfortunate pigs' owners immediately cried foul, claiming collusion between Nyahururu's authorities and the town's bacon traders to cut competition in pork supplies.
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| From Beyond the Grave... |
| 07.08.04 (1:14 pm) [edit] |
Robert Barrows, of Burlingame, California has filed a patent application for a video-equipped tombstone that will display a video message from grave's occupant.
"If his patent is granted, Barrows hopes that when people make out their will, they also leave a parting video with their lawyer," New Scientist magazine said on Wednesday.
I'm still waiting for the [b]24-Hour Live Feed Rot Cam [/b]on these graves... just to make sure they're, you know, dead - and not zombies. Because that's probably the one thing I'm afraid of - besides the ice cream truck guy who drives around my neighborhood at 11pm playing his jingle...that creeps me out big time.
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| Rock 'n' Roll Cruise |
| 07.08.04 (12:50 pm) [edit] |
This is where it's at.
No holiday plans? You have holiday plans but you want to cancel them to do something else? Well, here ya go, folks.
The [url=http://www.rrholidayescape.co...]Rock-n-Roll Holiday Escape[/url] is just what you're looking for!
From November 27th to December 4th you can rock out on a cruise ship with rock legends, [b]Styx, REO Speedwagon, and Journey[/b].
No kidding.
But I was about actually doing it, just fyi.
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| The Simpsons Daily Quote |
| 07.08.04 (6:19 am) [edit] |
[b]Lionel Hutz[/b]
Well, he's kind of had it in for me ever since I accidentally ran over his dog. Actually, replace "accidentally" with "repeatedly," and replace "dog" with "son."
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| Police Academy 8 ...coming soon! |
| 07.08.04 (6:04 am) [edit] |
You heard me correctly! "Police Academy" is back. After a decade's absence from the big screen, the cop comedy franchise is gearing up for an eighth installment.
"I felt it was time to start again," said series creator Paul Maslansky. "I saw that 'Starsky & Hutch' and a number of other revivals were doing really well. 'Police Academy' has such a great history. I thought, 'Why not?' "
And talking about the casting:
"We became very much like a family," he said. "It's is very unusual to have seven films with virtually all the same major cast."
Let me translate that for you into "Truthful Meaning":
[i]Our lives were ruined because of these movies, and we were all typcasted so badly we could barely get any other work. So the group of us who hadn't committed suicide, get making these movies to pay the next month's rent.[/i]
[b]Doctor Thalamo's comments on this film?[/b]
Who cares. Make it... if it's good I'll go see it and if not, I'll have more blogs to rip on it. It's a win-win for me, baby!
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| Harry and the Hendersons Meets the Predator |
| 07.07.04 (11:22 am) [edit] |
Did you Know that the guy who played Harry in "Harry and the Hendersons" was the same guy who played the Predator in "Predator?"
It's true. His name is [url=http://imdb.com/name/nm000131...]Kevin Peter Hall[/url].
Coincidentally, he's the guy who dated my old college roommate's sister. Coincidentally, he's the same guy who you all voted as being gay in an earlier blog.
[i]Most people's blogs don't relate this well, but I'm the Doctor, baby.... Bloggin' ain't easy.[/i]
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| Sex Saves the Environment |
| 07.07.04 (10:49 am) [edit] |
Well sort of...
[b][url=http://www.fuckforforest.com/...]Fuck For Forest[/url] [/b] is an environmental organization that has sex in public in order to put focus on the rainforest.
In Oslo, Norway, a couple took to the stage and screamed to the audience, "How far are you willing to go to save the world?" - the band played some sweet background music while they tore off their clothes and started to have sex.
[url=http://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/...]The whole story is here[/url] , with more photos and what-not. Craziness.
[i]You know i couldn't resist one, little photo for you guys![/i]
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| ALF Comeback |
| 07.07.04 (9:46 am) [edit] |
Alas, we were hoping for any signs of life, past or present, on Mars. However, this recent photo that the Rover sent back seems to prove a downfall of so-called intelligent lifeforms in our universe.
Being outcasted from Melmack and Hollywood, ALF has been living on the barron planet Mars, hoping this very weak publicity stunt might get him some airtime back on Earth.
[i]If ALF is posing with the Rover, then who's taking the picture? Weird, huh?[/i]
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| Bush More Unpopular Than Sadaam |
| 07.07.04 (8:05 am) [edit] |
...by small kids in Hungary.
President Bush is disliked by more Hungarian secondary school children than former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden, according to an opinion poll published on Wednesday.
The survey of 34,000 students, aged 16-18, from 655 high schools showed Adolf Hitler was the most disliked foreign personality with 25 percent of the vote, followed by Bush with 23 percent and Bin Laden with 16 percent. Bush was even more unpopular than former Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, according to the poll.
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| Family Guy x2! |
| 07.07.04 (7:56 am) [edit] |
FOX cancelled the animated show a couple years back, the Cartoon Network picked up and became an unexpected hit with men 18-34 years old. Then FOX released the shows on DVD and it became the #3 bestseller for TV shows, along with Simpsons and The Chappelle Show.
Now FOX is wising up and resurrecting the show again. But that's not all, the creator, Seth MacFarlane, is creating another animated show to boot!
Current plans are for "Family Guy" to return to Fox in the spring or early summer of 2005. It will be preceded on the air by "American Dad," another animated show created by Mr. MacFarlane, who now employs a staff of about 100, most in their 20's. This new series involves a conservative agent with the Central Intelligence Agency; his ultra-liberal daughter; a sarcastic, campy space alien with a voice like that of the comic actor Paul Lynde; and a lascivious, German-speaking goldfish, the result of a C.I.A. experiment gone wrong.
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| Another Sportsguy Moment |
| 07.06.04 (12:20 pm) [edit] |
I truly love this guy...
Read Bill Simmons ([url=http://sports.espn.go.com/esp...]ESPN's Page 2[/url]) new article on going to the movies, reliving the movies, and what he thought about "Dodgeball."
Classic stuff.
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| Hollywood, EAT your heart out |
| 07.06.04 (11:30 am) [edit] |
Here's one for the ladies!
Just joking, this is actually one for the freaked-out, sex-killing, blood-lusting, cannibal-crazy deviants. I tried to paraphrase this article but it was way too good to edit most of this stuff out, so here it is....the full story is on Yahoo! News - you click below.
Armin Meiwes, [url=http://story.news.yahoo.com/n...]the German cannibal[/url] who gained global notoriety for eating a willing victim, is being immortalized in a movie by a gay filmmaker, and hardly surprisingly, the project is already running into controversy.
"Your Heart in My Brain," will be the clever title.
Meiwes was sentenced in January to eight and a half years in jail for manslaughter after a trial whose gory details riveted Germany. He admitted killing a Berlin computer specialist he met via the Internet, but was spared a murder verdict as the victim had asked to be eaten in a startling case of sexual fetishism.
Meiwes recorded the deed on video tape and shocked the court with his matter-of-fact account of how he severed the man's penis at the latter's request, and how they both tried to eat it, first raw and then fried in a saucepan.
Yep...
[i]Just your average penis-eating German cannibal.[/i]
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| Sweden Dorks Out |
| 07.06.04 (8:42 am) [edit] |
Leave it to Sweden to pump up the cell phone phenomenon... they have 9.07 million cell phone numbers with 8.98 million people in this scandinavian country. Why you might ask?
Well, if you did ask, it's because a lot of these European countries have a different cell phone line for home, work, etc...
Just fyi, USA has about 50% of the population using cell phones (of course, we have more than 250 million people in this kick-ass country).
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| View From Mars |
| 07.06.04 (7:14 am) [edit] |
This is a pretty cool video...it's the viewpoint from the [url=http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.go...]Rover[/url] as it cruises around the desolate landscape of Mars.
There is no sound, but it shows how it stops and inspects rocks, soil, prints, etc in the land. It's only a few minutes long.
[url=http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.go...]Click here[/url] to visit the main site of the Rover.
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| Kerry - Edwards Campaign |
| 07.06.04 (5:48 am) [edit] |
Colleagues singled him out as an articulate and persuasive speaker in the Clinton impeachment deliberations in the Senate, which acquitted the president of the charges brought by the House of Representatives. More recently, he has emerged as a fierce critic of the Bush administration in its war on terrorism, saying its efforts have fallen short. However, he voted in favor of granting Bush the authority to go to war with Iraq in October 2002.
In a speech that day, Edwards said Kerry was someone "who has fought for and will continue to fight for the things that all of us believe in, more jobs, better health care, cleaner air, cleaner water, a safer world."
Okay, people - let's get some dialogue going about this.... any thoughts?
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| Marlon Brando Dies at 80 |
| 07.02.04 (7:48 am) [edit] |
Well, surprisingly or not, Marlon Brandon, the world's greatest actor has died.
"A Streetcar Named Desire," "On the Waterfront" and "The Godfather" are just several of the great films that have earned him that title.
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| Shark Tale |
| 07.02.04 (7:39 am) [edit] |
A new animation film by Dreamworks already?
Oh yeah...
Due out in theatre's October 1st, [b][url=http://www.sharktale.com/]Shark Tale[/url] [/b], continues the battle of the animated feature with rival Pixar. A [b]Bug's Life vs. Ants [/b]and [b]Monsters Inc vs. Shrek[/b] were two great battles indeed. And Pixar's blockbuster smash, [b]Finding Nemo [/b]definitely upped the ante. Then this summer's hit [b]Shrek 2 [/b]came in and shook the animated walls of Pixar as a retort. And already, Dreamworks has another film coming out that brings the battle back [i]"under the sea."[/i]
[i]Rasta Jellyfish? Comedy gold.[/i]
I love animation films and really try not to put Pixar in contention with Dreamworks...Pixar keeps the cartoony, Disney-like feel to their work while Dreamworks works in a little more realism and detail into theirs. Both animation companies are truly ahead of the pack and are poppin' out great work. Personally, I can't wait.
Celebrity voices include Will Smith, Renee Zellweger, Angelina Jolie, Jack Black, Rober DeNiro, and Martin Scorcese.
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| Rats Love the Elderly |
| 07.02.04 (6:47 am) [edit] |
The number of rats in Tokyo is surging, but it's their choice of abode that is most worrying to city officials: the long-tailed rodents appear to prefer homes occupied by the elderly.
The officials said rats tended to find their niche in homes where elderly people live because food is often left out.
"Rats have made a nest in my futon bedding," the Yomiuri newspaper quoted one distressed senior citizen as saying. "They just crawl in and out at will."
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| Sony's New Walkman |
| 07.02.04 (5:39 am) [edit] |
Sony's new Network Walkman player is the world's smallest 20GB hard drive-based portable music player. It gets up to 30 hours of battery life on a single charge and will be available in mid-August for less than $400. That's about 100 bucks cheaper than Apple's iPod, 4x the battery life, and an even smaller design! Simply amazing.
Or is it?
Sony's new Walkman will not play mp3 files!!! Supposedly, the problem lies in Japan who manufactures these things (and all Sony products). Their fad is using minidisks, not mp3 format files... and are unwilling to change things up for different markets. I don't know but Sony is losing out big time.
To me, it all goes back to mp3 player boom a couple years ago. Sony Entertainment owns a lot of music industry rights and the whole piracy thing with stealing music led Sony to continue with minidisk and stray from mp3s.
Apple comes in and blows up their spot with the best mp3 player around, and a paysite (iTunes) where you can buy your music. Everyone thought Steve Jobs would crash and burn but Apple has almost sold 100 million songs already and owns 70% of the internet music sales. Not to mention most of the mp3 player market to boot.
Then Sony comes out with this (supposedly) sweet-ass gizmo that's really tiny with lots of storage and has great battery life. And the pricing is just going to drop on these things, b/c it's the same technology they use in their computers and so they just purchase these things in bulk. Sony said the prices could be cut in half within a year. But of course, they still get it wrong with no mp3 capability and sales will plummet.
Sony, when will you learn?
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| Lakers Talk |
| 07.02.04 (5:17 am) [edit] |
The LA Lakers are in hot pursuit of famed Duke's head coach, Mike Krzyzewski. "Coach K" has been with the Duke Blue Devils for 24 seasons, leading them to 3 championships and 10 Final Four appearances. Not bad.
I really don't give a crap about this trade though...it'd be sweet to see how Coach K handles himself with a bunch of NBA guys who don't like to do as their told, but I hate Duke. And I hate the Lakers...so all this will do is make me continue to hate both teams, more! And that's fine with me.
In other news, the Clippers, as well as Denver and San Antonio, could offer Bryant a six-year contract worth a maximum of between $90 million and $100 million, depending on the salary cap. The Lakers can offer Bryant a seven-year deal worth more than $130 million.
And Shaq could possibly go to Dallas...his wife loves Dallas, so there you have it...case closed. Though a trade of O'Neal is certainly possible, there seems to be greater likelihood of his remaining in Los Angeles, since his salary - $27.7 million next season - is so high and since only a few teams can make the Lakers an attractive offer that will not entirely drain their club of talent.
Is the newest Laker Dynasty coming to an end?
Who cares, but as long as Jack is on the sidelines, people will care.
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| Private Islands For Sale |
| 07.01.04 (10:47 am) [edit] |
"Rendezvous Cay" is a Caribbean tropical Private Island of over ten acres with its own coral reef within a few minutes of Belize's Barrier Reef. This beautiful South Pacific type of Island provides white sandy beaches lined with shady Coconut trees. The water colours are spectacular and the water is incredibly clear. The fishing and diving are some of the best to be found anywhere in the world.
1.8 million Euros for this little puppy...not bad.
Check this island out and many more at
[b][url=http://www.privateislandsonli...]Private Islands Online[/url] .[/b]
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| Robots Have Feelings, Too |
| 07.01.04 (9:41 am) [edit] |
Maybe not emotional feelings, but they'll soon have the ability to "feel."
An electronic skin as sensitive to touch as our own is being developed by scientists in Japan. Our own skin contains a battery of touch receptors that produce nerve signals when pressed. For gentle pressures, the main sensors are tiny bulbs of layered tissue called Meissner's corpuscles.
A sense of touch would help them to identify objects, carry out delicate tasks and avoid collisions.
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| The Future of Womens Sports |
| 07.01.04 (7:43 am) [edit] |
Ah, yes, the Williams sisters. They are very talented.
Marion Jones? No contest.
Annika Sorenstam? Watch out Tiger!
Martina Navratolova? Pushin' 50 and still kickin' it strong!
Mia Hamm? Grrr, baby!
That's all fine and dandy, and women's sports is becoming more popular these days...(WNBA? Sorry, ladies - not yet) ...but what can we do make it even more popular? Ah, yeah...back to the tennis raquets.
The true catalyst in women's sports lays here:
[url=http://sports.espn.go.com/esp...]Anna Kournikova vs. Maria Sharapova[/url]
If you don't read the Sportsguy's articles, and you're a big sports fans, what's the point of getting out of bed in the morning?
Taleneted and cute...the new Anna?
Her team said that she's ready for her big comeback. That's fine by me...as long as it gets some air time!
I actually forgot what the point of this blog was...basically, tennis has some hot chicks.... the hardest part I had was picking the right photo of Anna for this blog. It really is a tough job I have.
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| Postcard From Saturn |
| 07.01.04 (7:20 am) [edit] |
It's moments like this that I become speechless.
I just cannot comprehend the beauty and symmetry that is our universe. Saturn's magnificent rings show some of their intricate structure in this image taken on by the Cassini spacecraft. Although they appear to be solid structures, the rings are composed of billions of individual particles, each one orbiting the planet on its own path.
This looks like an artist's photo but it's real, man... amazing stuff.
Cassini sent back this image of a portion of the planet's rings. It shows the sunlit side of the rings.
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| Sadaam's Makeover |
| 07.01.04 (5:40 am) [edit] |
A defiant Saddam Hussein rejected charges of war crimes and genocide against him in a court appearance Thursday, telling a judge "this is all theater, the real criminal is Bush."
Blah blah blah...
Who cares what he has to say - check out his new threads...the attitude...and untamed hair. He's sultry, sexy, and still a badass! The suit, the shirt with no tie, the trimmed beard...
Man, I wish FOX made a reality-based makover show surrounding this guy... I don't care what he's saying as long as the cameras stay on him!
Yowza. (Plus, I think he's single ladies!)
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