Make love, not war. By JULIA C. MEAD, The New York Times (June 21) — Gabriel Whitney says he did not plan to nearly suffocate President Bush in a bear hug. In fact, he did not plan to hug him at all. But when Mr. Whitney, one of 202 midshipmen to graduate from the United…
Month: June 2006
Former Liberian President in The Hague for Trial – New York Times
We always keep our readers updated on the latest shenanigans in the Charles Taylor trial… He is no longer in jail in Sierra Leone. And Britain (Sierra Leone’s former colonial power) has agreed to jail him after the trial. This creates mixed feeling for people in Sierra Leone and Liberia – it would be satisfying…
Honey, would you pick up some test tube burgers?
Somehow I would feel less comfortable eating test tube meat than killing an animal and eating its flesh. This is a little too bizzarre… cd Wired News: Test Tube Meat Nears Dinner Table Henk Haagsman, a professor of meat sciences at Utrecht University, and his Dutch colleagues are working on growing artificial pork meat out…
Soccer Monks Ruining Birthdays
I wish I could get into footie the way some people do. I just can’t quite understand the mania. A guy in one of my classes is watching every game. Every single match. He comes into class completely destroyed. I admire his dedication…at least to the class…it’s more than these monks have to their responsibilities….
I'm a junkie….are you?
I am a definite junkie….(Thanks Chuck!) cd Neuroscientists have proposed a simple explanation for the pleasure of grasping a new concept: The brain is getting its fix. The “click” of comprehension triggers a biochemical cascade that rewards the brain with a shot of natural opium-like substances, said Irving Biederman of the University of Southern California….
Got a horrible Boss Story? Might be worth $1000 and a Trip
I’m letting you guys know about this so that you can tell the world about your horror stories but honestly the only way that I can lose is if they don’t let me tell stories that involve illegal prescription drugs…. cd www.workingamerica.org is the website run by the AFL-CIO that is sponsoring the contest. Standing…
Chinese Students Take Cheating to a New Level
You can’t really blame them…9.5 million spots for 2.6 million students means you have to take every advantage you can….these guys and girls weren’t writing on the back side of their watches…in some cases they went too far… cd A student in Wuhan, capital of China’s central province of Hubei, used earphones so small that…
Ultimate Cat Fighting
Now, normally I am a person oppossed to violence. Ultimate fighting has always been a little too violent for me, but this video is an exception.You will watch this if you know what’s good for you. Link
Baby Bear Eats Goldilocks Oatmeal
It was a real-life version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears — only in reverse — when a woman came home to find a young bear eating oatmeal in her kitchen. The bear apparently entered through an open sliding glass door, broke a ceramic food container and started eating, West Vancouver police Sgt. Paul Skelton…
Congrats to Mr. and Mrs. Thumper!!!
I couldn’t be more proud of our little rainforest creature, Bambi Gidgemonic, who wed her long term companion and personal decorator on Saturday June 17th. Mink and I flew to California for the hush hush ceremony and celebrated with the wildlife that gathered to mark the historic event. Bernest Ernstein made an appearance and actually…