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Chinese 'anger bar' is a big hit
I guess bartenders have always done more psychotherapy than psychologists…. A bar in eastern China has come up with a novel way of attracting clients – they are allowed to…
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Tibetan government in exile launches online TV site
Xeni Jardin blogged this over at BoingBoing. I like the stories Xeni posts. Sometimes she scoops me, but sometimes I scoop her too. If she ever wants to blog with…
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Update: Lebanese Photos not faked
I heard from a reader tonight that the photos in a link I provided in an earlier post were proven to be fakes. I can only caution readers that Rush…
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Pageant at Manoa Valley Theatre
Saturday night, we were fortunate to have some friends give us tickets to Pageant at the Manoa Valley Theatre (http://www.manoavalleytheatre.com/NowPlaying/Pageant.htm) (Thanks Dave and Theresa!!!) It was a fabulous experience. Basicly…
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Hawaiian Sunshine Nursery
Yesterday was another fine day on Oahu. Mink and I decided to go visit our friend Conrad who works at Hawaiian Sunshine Nursery in Waimanalo. We’ve been getting into tropical…
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Sex in Space: Doing It Next to the Warp Drive
How human the up-and-coming business of space tourism will be! Early space tourists will marvel at the view, but as orbital vacations become more affordable, space tourists will include couples…
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Iditarod musher Susan Butcher has died at 51
This is a real shock. I met Susan Butcher a few years ago when I was working in Juneau, Alaska. She was super nice and the picture of good health.…
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Britain's 'biggest spider' dies
10 inches?? Small mammals?!? A spider which was thought to be the biggest in captivity in the UK has died at the age of 20. Lucretia, a goliath birdeater tarantula,…
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Chop sui in Kailua
Mink Hippie and I have been trying to eat in every restaurant in Kailua. Not long ago we decided to focus on the chop suey joints. For an interesting background…
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Russia Seeks Volunteers for Simulated Mars Mission
This sounds like a good opportunity for hard core gamers. Or for couch potatoes. Or for writers. Or for people that are generally antisocial. Of course, how much would it…
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Prison Disciplines Inmate Who Paints With M&M’s
Heard about this guy a few weeks back and thought painting seemed like a great way to try and stay sane in solitary. Well, I wasn’t the only one to…
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Stop complaining about the heat…make cookies…on your dash!
I wonder if everyone did this, baked, while they worked in AC, if the energy savings from convection and microwave ovens would balance out? Bake cookies, save the planet!!! cd…
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Wankathon in London
I totally approve of this kind of thing but wouldn’t really want to go. I’m a solo wanker. Of course, not everyone is, and it does solve the problem of…
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Amanda UnBoomed
I was very bummed to go over to RocketBoom and find that Amanda Congdon is no longer hosting the daily V-log. You can check out what happened and the continuing…
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Paris: 'Who's Tony Blair?'
She is morbidly fascinating. I can’t stop watching – even though we are boiling ourselves and the entire planet alive – like frogs… “Ah, the heats’s not so bad –…
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Arab-American Psychiatrist Wafa Sultan: There is No Clash of Civilizations but a Clash between the Mentality of the Middle Ages and That of the 21st Century
Beth sent me this video link to an interview with Arab-American psychiatrist Wafa Sultan. It was recorded in February 2006. I find it interesting that Al Jazeera aired her views…
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'James Tiptree Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon,' by Julie Phillips – The New York Times – New York Times
I never even heard of this guy… I mean woman… I mean, er, author. And I fancied myself a bit of a science fiction buff. “Tiptree” (really Alice Sheldon) corresponded…
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Muslims don't want to have fun in Britain….
Hey, I know a lot of Muslims and they like to have fun as much as anyone. Perhaps, though, their idea of fun isn’t going to a themepark…or maybe Muslims…
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Hey Senators, you can call them French Fries again….'Death to Freedom Fries!"
Apparently, the powers that be have realized that it’s idiotic to call French Fries anything but French Fries. Personally, I think this is all an attempt to save face as…
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Baptismal Thoughts
by Reverand Earl @ 9:14 pm.Edit This Filed under uncategorized Alright, thanks to the Chairman for all his fukn work making this a fukn fun place to spread the gospel.…
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Italian Food in Kailua
At the moment, we have visited all the Italian Restaurants in Kailua. Here they are. All of them are good. There will be a few new ones soon… 1. Peppino’s…
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Approval for Trade #3 —The Red Devil for PEZ!!!!! Not…trade scratched
I’ve had some great offers for the Red Devil of R.A. Miller. I was offered a car, a mobile home (without land), 3 months free room and board in Indiana,…
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India tries to chase monkeys from trains – Yahoo! News
They look pretty nice to me, but apparently they scare the hell out of Monkeys…they look sort of like those little pencil trolls…don’ t you think? cd NEW DELHI –…
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Stephen King and John Irving urge Rowling not to kill Harry
I vote for killing him…. NEW YORK — Offering no hints about the fate of Harry Potter, author J.K. Rowling said Tuesday that she is “well into” the seventh and…
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Winners of July Contests!!! Win Strange stuff in August!!!
The results are in and the winners of Julys contests are as follows….. 1) For best comment of the month…the winner is “J” for his comment on the picture Allison…
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