MADRID, Spain – A shipwrecked first-century vessel carrying delicacies to the richest palates of the Roman Empire has proved a dazzling find, with nearly 2,000-year-old fish bones still nestling inside clay jars, archaeolgists said Monday. Boaters found its cargo of hundreds of amphoras in 2000 when their anchor got tangled with one of the two-handled…
Month: November 2006
Hokule`a To Retrace Voyage Of King Kalakaua
The Polynesian voyaging canoe Hokule`a will be making what may be its most ambitious voyage yet in a course beyond Polynesia and to Japan next year. The Polynesian voyaging canoe Hokule`a is currently in dry dock. New coats of paint are being applied to its hull. It is part of the preparations for its next…
Zanzibar islands ban plastic bags
Awesome!! Plastic bags and plastic water bottles are the blight of all the remote and beautiful places that I have visited. Hell, there’s a collection of this crap the size of Texas in the ocean north of Hawaii – the North Pacific Gyre. Zanzibar’s ban on the import and production of plastic bags has come…
McQueen's shades sell for £36,000
A pair of sunglasses worn by actor Steve McQueen have sold for $70,200 (£36,762) at a Los Angeles auction.The tinted glasses, seen in The Thomas Crown Affair, were sold to an anonymous buyer at Bonhams auction house. More than 200 items belonging to the Hollywood legend were being sold by his widow, Barbara, including leather…
Thai zoo to teach panda to mate with Porn…
The question is…was it Panda Porn…or human porn? I don’t think the story says…but after dinner is probably a nice time for him to watch it… cd BANGKOK (Reuters) – A Thai zoo, which has hosted a couple of pandas for four years, will play “porn” videos for the male next month to encourage them…
Maybe one day we'll really be able to marry cows…or other mixes.
It’s been a while since my last post/confession. I have sinned and will try to do better. BBC News, Nov. 6, 2006 Researchers from Newcastle University and Kings College, London have asked the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority for a three-year licence. The hybrid human-bovine embryos would be used for stem cell research and would…
You Won't Find This At the Dull Men's Club
Sptted this on Gizmodo this morning…. We’ve seen all sorts of bras before, but this is the first we’ve come across that helps save the environment. Dubbed the No! Shopping Bag Bra, this lacy red undergarment has padded cups that when removed, transform into shopping bags that can be used to carry around your groceries,…
Turning Shit into Shinola
Nature’s Furnace WAUKEE, Iowa – John Kimberlin hopes to light a fire under his idea of using manure to produce heat and electricity. Kimberlin, of Waukee, believes he has perfected a small-scale furnace that can be used on farms, at racetracks, or anywhere else livestock waste piles up. Investors have worked to turn manure and…
The Dull Men's Club– Sorry Women Not Allowed–Too Exciting.
Dull Men’s Club LONDON, Nov 9 (Reuters Life) – Looking for safe excitement? November is fig month at the Dull Men’s Club, a place in cyberspace for men who feel “born to be mild” and enjoy watching grass grow and photographing garden sheds. “Figs are good for you. High fiber and high nutritional value ……
Possibly the best spam I've ever recieved….
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All things come to he who waits. Try not to become a man of success but a man of value. The truth shall set you free, or The truth will set you free. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. You can’t free…