Author: CD Damitio
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'Star Trek' star Shatner sells kidney stone
LOS ANGELES, Jan 18 (Reuters) – Going maybe where no other actor has gone before, “Star Trek” star William Shatner has sold a piece of his body for charity. Shatner,…
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Beggar: the robotic panhandling proxy – Engadget
Leave it to the Slovs to come up with the perfect robotic companion for the homeless….nevermind that it only speaks Slovenian, any homeless guy with half a brain knows that…
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Brazil's Rio fears dengue epidemic as cases rise
Sure it’s not bird flu, but it still could present problems…click on the bottom of this story for more about Dengue Fever cd RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Jan 18 (Reuters)…
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Fellini Clowns at Winter Games in Turin
I like this a lot. The Olympics need to be a bit creepier….I think we should have zombies close the summer games….. cd Jan. 16 MILAN, Italy — Federico Fellini-inspired…
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Crime does pay for North Korea
A state department investigation claims that North Korea runs a MASSIVE criminal enterprise which is at the heart of the North Korean economy. North Korea has become a gangster nation,…
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Michael Jackson Seeks Job in Bahrain – Yahoo! News
Even Michael Jackson has a place in the world….evryone just needs to find that ‘special’ place…. cd Michael Jackson Seeks Job in Bahrain – Yahoo! News DUBAI, United Arab Emirates…
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Beyond the Headlines: Top ten list of under-reported stories in 2005
The stories that MSF identifies accounted for EIGHT out of 14,529 minutes coverage on the top three networks’ nightly newscasts for 2005! The immense human toll caused by conflicts in…
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Jogging your way to saggy breasts
That does it, no more jogging! Can you believe that when a woman runs one mile her breasts bounce 135 meters?! The study also noted that breasts bounce in a…
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Fire razes Hemingway island haunt
This is a super bummer. I’ve spent some of the happiest afternoons and evenings of my life sitting under the couryard tree at the Compleat Angler or playing the ring…
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Iran threatens to end nuclear co-operation –
This article is one to pay attention to Kids. Funny how I’ve never heard about the Iranian law that requires them to resume….watch for the rhetoric to build, remember WMD?Iran…
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Governor Wants Move Toward Renewable Energy
It’s a start, but there really needs to be more than this. There need to be incentives for wind, solar, thermal, and more alternative technology. Never mind lowering prices, raise…
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Toxic waste creates hermaphrodite Arctic polar bears
We’re talking one in fifty polar bears!! From the article – “The arctic is now a chemical sink.” Scary how chemicals get concentrated as you go up the food chain.…
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Cash award for 50-year jail error
By far the saddest line in this story is, “Even his family had forgotten about him.” An Indian man who spent more than 50 years in jail without trial has…
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Buddhist master to be mummified
Hmmm, doesn’t seem like a very Buddhist thing to do. But I am learning that there are all sorts of Buddhists… Buddhist monks in the northern Indian state of Himachal…
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Mysterious Volcano Movements
Watch out folks…something seems to be stirring under the big island of Hawaii…. Slump in volcano mystifies scientists HILO » The summit of Kilauea volcano slumped yesterday. Nobody knows why.…
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Report: Angelina Jolie Expecting Baby
Hmmm….and here I thought they were just friends…cd LOS ANGELES – Angelina Jolie is expecting a baby this summer with Brad Pitt, according to a report on the People magazine…
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Where is N.Korea's Kim? Is he in China? Or in Russia? Did he fly?
The plot thickens further…is Kim Jong Il anywhere? Where’s Waldo? cd Where is N.Korea’s Kim? Officials hunt for clues – Yahoo! News UK SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) – North Korea’s Kim Jong-il…
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From the margins of society, a lust for literature
I am sometimes guilty of using my friends as a window to the world…this is, of course, hardly a cross section of any society. My friends are generally highly educated,…
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Sundance Films Institute Moves to Brooklyn
Still doesn’t seem real to me that I’ve never been to New York City…or Istanbul…or Madrid…or Islamabad…. but here is one more reason why New York is cool…. cd Robert…
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Kim Jong-il 'makes Chinese visit'
Oooo, he has a special armored train! What do you think it looks like inside? North Korean leader Kim Jong-il travelled to China on Tuesday in a special armoured train,…
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Kyrgyz wrestling hero shot dead
When I was in Kyrgyzstan in 2003, it seemed like the most stable and tolerant of the Stans. Then came the overthrow of President Akayev last March, followed by continued…
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Sunday in Hawaii
Well folks…it was a lovely sunday in Hawaii. the waves were perfect for boogie boarding this morning and this afternoon I grabbed my bike and took the bus to the…
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Police evacuate hotel, dismantle homemade bomb in Bellingham
Awww, Bellingham…There is no rational explanation for the place. The freeway shooters spent time there before terrorizing the beltway, numerous serial killers sipped beers in the Fisherman’s Wharf there, nutcases…
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When is a Del Monte Banana Sticker Worth $20,000?
When is a Del Monte Banana Sticker Worth $20,000? Never if you ask me, but read below to find out why this one is expected to bring that in auction.…
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Mars express: only a three hour trip
Maybe they should put this in Burt Rutan and Richard Branson’s hands instead….might take a few years less…. cd From Scotsman.com Welcome to Mars express: only a three hour trip…
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