an interesting article from the Sunday New York Times. Oddly, I’ve never been to New York City, sometimes I wonder if I will ever go there…sometimes I wonder why I’ve never been there…is there something in me that has been avoiding New York? I certainly like the newspapers. I always like New Yorkers. Hmmm…maybe I…
Month: October 2005
Pope makes saints, Encourages priests to stay celibate
Well, the pope has started cranking out saints. He canonized Polish Archbishop Jozef Bilczewski, (1860-1923), diocesan priest Zygmunt Gorazdowski (1845-1920), Italian priest Gaetano Catanoso (1879-1963), an illiterate Capuchin monk Felice da Nicosa (1715-1787), and Chilean Jesuit Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga (1901-1952). Silvio Gomez, a Chilean immigrant to Italy, said he had come to the ceremony “because…
Tests of Fabled Archimedes Death Ray Fail
This particular death ray may not have worked but check out this page- SOLAR DEATH RAY. Pretty cool. SAN FRANCISCO – It wasn’t exactly the ancient siege of Syracuse, but rather a curious quest for scientific validation. According to sparse historical writings, the Greek mathematician Archimedes torched a fleet of invading Roman ships by reflecting…
UH-Manoa Offering 'Podcast' Class
Nowadays it is not unusual to take a class online, but imagine a “Podcast” class. It is only happening in a few places across the country with the University of Hawaii at Manoa being one of them. David Nickles’ Computer Science 101 class is Podcast so instead of books, his students bought Ipods. “What we…
Rock Paper Scissors
Now this sounds like my kind of party! ContraCostaTimes.com | 10/22/2005 | Rock Paper Scissors more than child’s play Rock Paper Scissors more than child’s play By Chris Metinko CONTRA COSTA TIMES When you think of games of skill and strategy, contests like chess, mahjong and the wildly popular poker come to mind — not…
Robots used against peaceful protest in Bil’in
It’s Aloha Friday and I’m not going to post much today…but I do want you to get the chance to see this one…the Future is kinetic and scary. IMEMC NEWS: International Middle East Media Center – Robots used against peaceful protest in Bil’in Residents and peace activists in Bil’in village, west of Ramallah, invented a…
2 portly clowns pull off robbery
Just to avoid any confusion…the two clowns below are not the robbers…the robbers were much portlier….and as a random aside, here is the definition of portly…it has a sort of dignity to it…in a WC Fields kind of way…a portly gentleman…the clowns must have been very striking… LINK By Scott Pesznecker Herald Writer EVERETT –…
Bush in Freefall…Hours of Fun for All
Hmmm…this must be what if feels like to be Bush…. Bush in Freefall
The Cubes™
I remember back when I had a cube…oh shit…flashback…horrible flashback…quick…I gotta go to the beach…! The Cubes™ inally, the drudgery of corporate life has been captured in a play set for adults! The Cubes™ spend eight hours a day, five days a week, at tiny desks in tiny cubicles in a giant room packed with…
93 year old drives 3 miles with body lodged in Grill
All I can really say here is ‘Ouch!’ By CRAIG PITTMAN, St Petersburg Times Staff Writer Published October 20, 2005 ST. PETERSBURG – A 94-year-old motorist struck and killed a pedestrian Wednesday evening, then drove about 3 miles with the body lodged in the windshield until he was stopped at a Sunshine Skyway tollbooth. The…