Entries from October 2006

October 31, 2006

Wanna be scared?

Go here….

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Freddy Jackson
This intriguing photo, taken in 1919, was first published in 1975 by Sir Victor Goddard, a retired R.A.F. officer. The photo is a group portrait of Goddard’s squadron, which had served in World War I aboard the HMS Daedalus. (Click the photo at [...]

October 30, 2006

This garbage needs to stop

I don’t care which party it is, this stuff needs to stop.
Twelve people have been charged with tricking voters in Orange County into registering as Republicans, prosecutors said Monday.
The defendants, ranging in age from 19 to 52, were accused of fraudulently registering 37 [...]

October 30, 2006

In need of a hobby

This guy…

Steve Milton, through concentration and perseverance, has created a 3,300-pound ball comprised of rubber bands. His creation measures almost 5 feet tall and takes up half his two-car garage. Though it’s not official, the 26-year-old Eugene man believes he has broken the record for the heaviest such ball, eclipsing John Bain’s mark of 3,120 [...]

October 30, 2006

St. Louis is number one!

First they win the World Series, now this….
A surge in violence made St. Louis the most dangerous city in the country, leading a trend of violent crimes rising much faster in the Midwest than in the rest of nation, according to an annual list.
Way to go St. Louis!  I think another parade is in order.  [...]

October 30, 2006

Why doing research is important

A case study…..
DENVER – Early Sunday morning a police officer woke up to find a man inside his southeast Denver home.
Investigators tell 9NEWS the intruder entered the home at around 4:15 a.m. The officer confronted the intruder and used a ‘less-than-lethal’ shotgun which fires a type of beanbag.
The officer then subdued the suspect who [...]

October 29, 2006

From the pressbox; Broncos and Colts

Another post from the pressbox, the “big game” edition.
2:06p…..I can always tell when it’s a big game because the food is always better. Barbeque and mashed potatos. Yummy!
2:09p…..Waiting for the National Anthem…and a squirrel’s on the field. I was hoping he’d score a touchdown, but the Bronco cheerleaders were at the goal [...]

October 27, 2006

Just in time for Halloween

The perfect domain name for this time of year.
The Internet domain name Hell.com is scheduled to be sold at a live auction Friday, with organizers expecting bids of more than $1 million
What content would you put there? Me?  I’d put nothing because I got better uses for $1 million than blowing it on a domain [...]

October 27, 2006

An embarrassment for whom?

What is Vincente Fox talking about?
Mexico’s president sharply criticized President Bush’s signing Thursday of a bill to build 700 miles of additional fencing on its southern border, calling the move an “embarrassment.”
The only embarrassment, President Fox, is that your country is so corrupt that your people can’t make a living in your country, so they [...]

October 26, 2006

The definition of a “kill-joy”

Terrible…
It may be the season for vampires, ghosts and zombies. Just remember, they’re not real, warns physicist Costas Efthimiou.  Obviously, you might say. But Efthimiou, a professor at the University of Central Florida, points to surveys that show American gullibility for the supernatural. 
I lean towards the “ghosts exist” side, but I don’t have a [...]

October 26, 2006

Sanity prevails (for now)

Interesting…
A Danish court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed by Muslim organizations against the newspaper that first published the Prophet Muhammad cartoons that touched off protests in the Islamic world.
Nice to see that someone is standing up to the “faux offended”.