Concern over the accumulation of mercury in fish pops up in the media from time to time. I’ve managed to ignore it, thinking that it is only one of the many environmental contaminates that I am exposed to on a daily basis and I can’t worry about everything. Well, I’m finally paying attention. I shudder…
Month: January 2006
The Origin of Feces
We all have our own shit to deal with….. cd The Origin of Feces An urban naturalist’s guide to crap By Sarah Godfrey In community meetings and on neighborhood message boards, there are few hotter topics than poop. While talk of dog-curbing dominates the discourse, plenty are eager to identify varmints in or around their…
Bull involves spectators in bullfight..
The bulls are getting smarter…they’ve finally figured out that if you want to make bullfighting less popular, you need to lower attendance…. cd MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A half-ton bull named “Little Bird” has flown into Mexico’s history books by leaping into a packed crowd of bullfight fans and injuring seven in a panicked frenzy….
Concord Times Newspaper …Sierra Leone, West Africa : Online newspaper
Jan 29.2006 Cholera kills 18 children in Bonthe Eighteen children are reported to have died of diarrhea in fishing villages around Delken it’s surrounding in the Bonthe district, southern Sierra Leone over the past week. This epidemic is reported to have affected over one thousand people of whom thirty are children in that area. An…
Japanese Liar Loses Harem (already lost hair)
TOKYO (Reuters) – Police found a stun gun and tear gas Friday at the Tokyo home of a man who said he persuaded 11 younger women to live with him by chanting a spell, media reports said. Police suspect he used the weapons to prevent the women, mainly in their 20s, from leaving, the reports…
The Funny Man Got the Girl…
TORONTO (Reuters) – When it comes to romance, women prefer someone who tickles their funny bone while men opt for those who catch their eye, according to an international survey released on Wednesday. The survey, conducted in 16 countries by Canadian romance publisher Harlequin Enterprises, asked men and women on six continents about traits they…
Humuhumunukunukuapuaa Dethroned in Hawaii
HONOLULU – Everyone thought the humuhumunukunukuapuaa was Hawaii’s state fish. As it turns out, the brightly colored fish with the excessively long name has been dethroned. The news shook the world of Rep. Blake Oshiro, who found out the designation was no longer official from Joel Itomura, a 6-year-old fish-loving son of a friend and…
Burning Man = Giving Man
SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation — Burning Man contributes $100,000 to charities RENO, Nev. â Organizers of the annual Burning Man festival in northern Nevada’s Black Rock Desert announced nearly $100,000 in contributions Friday to a variety of charitable, art and service groups. The money is in addition to $35,000 Burning Man participants raised at…
Thailand's creepy couple to marry
Now that’s goth…… A Thai woman who set a world record by spending 32 days in a cage with 3,400 scorpions is to marry a man who holds a similarly creepy record for centipedes. The couple will marry on Valentine’s Day and plan to consummate their vows in a coffin, according to a sponsor. The…
Why the system is fucked…especially in Hawaii…Part I
Okay…for those of you who haven’t lived here… I would almost gaurantee that the alleged thief is the nephew, cousin, or son of someone in the Honolulu Police Department. This couple should be given a metal for taking care of business and having balls of steel….cd Police arrested a married couple after they allegedly tracked…