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July 22, 2008
Please help
A woman with a clipboard stopped me in the street. She said "Could you spare a couple of minutes for cancer research?"
I said, "All right, but we won't get much done."
- Jimmy Carr
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Phun
Phun is an educational, entertaining and somewhat (!) addictive piece of software for playing around in a 2D physics sandbox in a cartoony fashion.
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The days are just packed in Wisconsin
Experts Choose Perfect Cow Chips UPDATED: 7:19 am CDT July 22, 2008
SAUK COUNTY, Wis. -- Some residents of Sauk County were hard at work on Monday evening choosing the perfect cow chips for the annual chip throwing competition.
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She doesn't look very impressed
New adverts are the pits
An advertising world first has been launched in London - pitvertising.
The innovative new concept uses digital TV screens built into the armpits of shirts.
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July 21, 2008
A pretty good rant
Too long to excerpt; it gets better and better.
The Blame Game Dear CEOs of U.S. airlines:
I want to say thanks for the July 10 email you sent to all your customers seeking to explain why today's air travel experience is so painful. The letter, signed by 12 of you, explained that "oil speculators" -- presumably by betting on future oil prices -- are killing your industry and thus requested that I, as a consumer, pressure Congress to rein in this "unchecked" market "manipulation."
I admit that just lately I'd begun to feel that flying was something akin to having my intestines fished out with a long hook. Actually, I'd been wondering whom to blame for the fact that it would probably be cheaper, easier and maybe even faster to drive to wherever I want to go than to board one of your planes. Suddenly, all is clear.
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24 clever ads
At Toxel.com . Here's a martial arts studio.
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Got a big one!
Fisherman Hooks Drowning Man, Reels Him In POSTED: 8:57 am EDT July 18, 2008
HALLOWELL, Maine -- [...]Bob Greene of Hallowell said he heard what he thought was a bird early Thursday as he was having his morning coffee. He then realized there was a man bobbing in the Kennebec River.
Greene said a 911 dispatcher told him to throw something to the man. He snagged the man's shirt with a fishing lure and reeled him in.
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This is what I'd call fly fishing
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July 19, 2008
Now isn't this interesting?
I ran across an article about climate change/AGW titled Climate Sensitivity Reconsidered at the APS site on Friday. It's an interesting read about the models used for the IPCC's reports on climate change.
I checked again this morning, since I was thinking of posting about it, and I noticed a disclaimer had been added at the top of the article.
The following article has not undergone any scientific peer review. Its conclusions are in disagreement with the overwhelming opinion of the world scientific community. The Council of the American Physical Society disagrees with this article's conclusions.
It's a little curious that there's a disclaimer today but wasn't one when the article was originally posted a couple of days ago.
Then I came across this interesting post at Transterrestrial Musings, which referred to a letter the article's author had sent to the APS, demanding that the disclaimer be removed since his paper had been reviewed.
Curiouser and curiouser.
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Kinetic sculpture
An interesting piece of art at the BMW Museum in Munich.
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The food pornographer
Food at its porniest .
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Unusual demolition method
Daruma-otoshi :
Unlike conventional demolition that begins at the top of the building, Kajima's new method starts on the bottom floor, where the support columns are cut and replaced with giant computer-controlled jacks. Once the floor is demolished and the debris removed, the entire building is lowered and work begins on the next floor. The process is repeated for each floor until the entire building is gone.
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Parents can be so embarrassing
Denton pizza employee: Surprised to see dad when wig falls off robber
10:51 AM CDT on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
By DONNA FIELDER / Denton Record-Chronicle
A Denton pizza worker said she was surprised when a fellow employee overpowered a would-be robber -- and even more surprised by who the bad guy turned out to be.
As Stephanie Martinez was getting money out of a cash drawer, a co-worker, Rudy Sandoval, fought back against the intruder, knocking off his wig and sunglasses. [...]
Whe she saw the face behind the wig and dark glasses, "I dropped the money," Ms. Martinez said. "I said, 'Don't hit him again! That's my dad!'
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July 17, 2008
Regrets?
Someone googled 'biggest regret'.
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Tough boss
I hated my last boss. He asked me, "Why are you two hours late?"
I said, "Because I fell downstairs."
"That doesn't take two hours," he said.
- Johnny Carson
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La chute
Here's a collection of photos by Denis Darzacq titled La chute . (It's one of 13 portfolios at his site.)
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Bad cop! No doughnut! (2)
Daytona Beach Officer Fired Over Free Coffee At Starbucks
POSTED: 8:21 am EDT July 17, 2008
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A Daytona Beach police officer has been fired over coffee.
According to an Internal Affairs report, Lt. Major Garvin threatened employees at a Daytona Starbucks. The store gives free coffee to officers, but he wanted a specialty drink.
The report says he told workers if they didn't make his latte, he might be slow to respond in an emergency.
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July 16, 2008
A BIG image collection
This page has a large number of (mostly) aerial photos in large format : 1024x768. There are some very nice images there. This one is of Fisherman's Point in the Orinoco delta in Venezuela.
Unfortunately, not a few of them lack captions so you can't tell what and/or where they are.
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Performance art
PAPER RECORD PLAYER Fully working, manual record player made entirely of paper. To play the record the handle needs to be turned in a clockwise direction at a steady 331/3rpm. The paper cone then acts as a pickup, amplifying the sound enough to make it audible. (Record shown, 'The Sound of Music' 1965).
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No fear
Hard to believe...
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They ought to give him a medal
Man, 94, Won't Be Prosecuted For Soliciting Hooker
POSTED: 10:57 am EDT July 16, 2008
BRADENTON, Fla. -- A 94-year-old Bradenton man whose arrest for soliciting a prostitute became fodder for late-night comedians won't be prosecuted after all.
A judge tossed out the misdemeanor charge Tuesday, saying Frank Milio was entrapped by an undercover officer before his arrest in November.
It's nice to see a judge throw out an entrapment case, too.
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July 15, 2008
Dancin' the Boogie
Everybody dance! The video's not bad but the music's what I like.
H.T.: Carol who says, "No wonder these two don’t have an ounce of fat between them!"
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Le roi est mort, vive le roi!
Living in the St. Louis metro area, I've heard a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth lately about InBev's acquiring Anheuser-Busch. Politicians have been especially noisome on the topic.
So this column in the Baltimore Sun is a breath of fresh air: Don't shed a tear over bid for beer
The American public's reaction to InBev's proposal was predictable, but some Belgians find it puzzling. They ask me: "Is this the America that prides itself as a bastion of free enterprise and competitive markets?" "Is this the America that chides Europe for its resistance to embracing free markets?" Yes, yes, I tell the Belgians - but you must understand that whenever our economy hits a bump in the road, we like to blame the foreigners.
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Spookiness
The Googling .
It's like something Hitchcock would have done if Google had been around in his time.
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Busted!
Amtrak Mooners Forced To Pull Up Pants POSTED: 11:43 am EDT July 14, 2008
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. -- The moons had to stop shining in the Orange County beach town of Laguna Niguel.
Sheriff's deputies told some 8,000 partiers to pull up their pants Saturday afternoon, shutting down the annual celebration known as "Moon Over Amtrak."
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July 12, 2008
What goes around, comes around
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Anti-discrimination run amok
Air traffic controller ad - in Braille
An airport has been accused of political correctness after advertising for a new air traffic controller in Braille.
Although '20/20 vision' is a requirement of the position at St Mary's airport on the Isles of Scilly, the application form is offered in both Braille and audio format.
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Geek tattoos
A collection of 15 pix of geeky tattoos .
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Methane monitors
Cow farts collected in plastic tank for global warming study Scientists are examining cow farts and burps in a novel bid to combat global warming. [...]
In a bid to understand the impact of the wind produced by cows on global warming, scientists collected gas from their stomachs in plastic tanks attached to their backs.
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July 10, 2008
Small government is possible℠
If you're a limited government type, here's a chance to put your money where your mouth is. The Committee For Small Government, which is sponsoring the End the Income Tax ballot initiative in Massachusetts, could use a hand.
They've done a huge amount of work to get their initiative on this year's ballot and they need to pay some of the bills incurred and they need to publicize the issue between now and November.
This is their second shot at this, having tried and nearly succeeded in 2002 (with 45% of the vote). They're obviously tired of living in Taxachusetts .
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How to water a cat
This automatic cat waterer at Hacked Gadgets reminded me of Harold, a cat who used to live with me many years ago.
I never made one of these for Harold, but he didn't need one. The tap in our bathtub had a very slow leak and Harold used to to get water from it by hopping into the tub and holding his paw against the tap. This caused any water that was about to drip to run down his foreleg and he'd lap it up when it got to his elbow. It was the cleverest thing I've ever seen a cat do.
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And in local news
From the Belleville News-Democrat:
The Belleville sock bandit strikes again BELLEVILLE -- The Belleville sock bandit has struck again, police said.
James M. Dowdy, 36, of 7702 W. Main St., was charged with residential burglary, a class X felony. He's accused of stealing a pair of socks early Monday morning from a victim's basement.
Dowdy has gained a bizarre infamy for stealing woman's socks. He has served several prison sentences since 1993 for stealing socks.
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Presto
Last week we went to see the latest Pixar film WALL E . As usual for a Pixar movie, it was preceded by a short and the short was called Presto .
Update: Since the VideoSift version seems to be unavailable, let's try the Videolog version. (I wouldn't be surprised if we lose this one, too.)
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Crazy stories from the E.R.
A California doctor relates some crazy stories from the emergency room at DailyStrength.org. Here's one of 'em:
A woman came in complaining of pain in her pelvis, so the doctor put her in the stirrups and performed a pelvic exam. He immediately removed the problem -- a set of car keys. The woman explained she didn't want her boyfriend taking the car, so she hid the keys in a place where "he never goes".
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July 09, 2008
At the drive-thru
Carol sends this clip out with the comment, 'Cute Jack Nicholson impression."
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School of hard knocks
I won't say ours was a tough school, but we had our own coroner. We used to write essays like "What I'm going to be if I grow up."
- Lenny Bruce
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Head painting
Taking face-painting to a new level .
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A novel memorial
When I ran across this article a week or so ago I was struck by it because I recognized one of the people it quoted as a client from a few years back. It's a small world.
San Francisco may name sewage treatment plant after Bush SAN FRANCISCO: Reagan has his highways. Lincoln has his memorial. Washington has the capital, and a state, too. But President George W. Bush may soon be the sole president to have a memorial named after him that you can contribute to from the bathroom.
From the Department of Damned-With-Faint-Praise, a group going by the regal-sounding name of the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco is planning to ask voters here to change the name of a prize-winning water-treatment plant on the shoreline to the George W. Bush Sewage Plant.
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July 08, 2008
The moments before the pain begins
Jeff sends this collection of 9 images.
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D'oh
Man Calls Police To Report Theft Of Money He Stole
POSTED: 12:47 pm EDT July 7, 2008
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- A Kissimmee man was arrested after he called police to report that he'd been robbed of the money he stole.
Police said, early Friday morning, John Opperman-Green robbed a 7-Eleven on Orange Blossom Trail. When he left the store, he tried to get a ride with some men he didn't know. They robbed him of the money he had stolen and that's when he called police.
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Escalator fun
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Thanks so much
A Jewish grandmother is watching her grandchild playing on the beach when a huge wave comes and washes him out to sea. She pleads, "Please, God, save my only grandson! I beg you to bring him back."
And a big wave comes rolling onto the beach and washes the boy back, good as new. The woman looks up to heaven and says, "He had a hat!"
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July 07, 2008
Where's Matt?
I'd never heard of Matthew Harding but evidently many other people have. Some of them danced with him when he visited their countries on his trip around the world.
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Come and listen to my story 'bout a man named Jeb...
Back in April, I had a post about the Bakken Formation in North Dakota. While I still don't know if it's as large as that Next Energy News article claimed, I did run across some interesting corroboration in the news last week.
Oil Is Making Millionaires in North Dakota Oscar Stohler was raised in a sod house in western North Dakota and ranched there for nearly seven decades. He never gave much thought to what lay below the grass that fattened his cattle.
When oilmen wanted to drill there last year, Stohler, 83, doubted oil would be found two miles underground on his property. He even joked about it.
"I told them if they hit oil, I was going to buy a Cadillac convertible and put those big horns on the front and wear a 10-gallon hat," Stohler recalled.
He still drives his old pickup and wears a mesh farm cap — but it's by choice.
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Casa 11 mujeres
From Gizmodo:
It may not be crazy high-tech architecture, but there's something about this Chilean home hanging over the Pacific that has me glued to the screen with a mixed feeling of complete awe, peace, and envy. The materials, the clean design, the floor plan, the breathtaking views, all of it, make it the perfect place I want to live in.
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I'll believe this when I see it
110 MPG car To find the future of the auto industry, Doug Pelmear looked to the past.
The Napoleon mechanic says he's perfected an engine developed by his grandfather 60-years ago--an engine that gives his 1987 mustang 110-miles to the gallon.
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July 06, 2008
From the cockpit
A collection of 10 photos taken from airplane cockpits . This one was taken in a P-51 Mustang.
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Tomorrow's gas at today's prices
I'm not sure what's up with MyGallons.com . The site's founder explicitly says that he's not selling gasoline futures.
Save Money On Gasoline Purchases.
Save money by pre-purchasing gas at today's prices, then fill up with your MyGallons Card when prices rise. No matter how high prices at the pump will go, the price of the gallons you've purchased will be locked-in.
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July 03, 2008
Happy 232nd , fellow citizens
From way down Texas way...
This is a video of The Cactus Cuties , very talented young ladies ranging in age from 8 to 13 singing The Star Spangled Banner . The performance was at the Texas Tech vs Texas basketball game January 20, 2008.
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Last laugh
An old prospector walked his tired old mule into a western town one day. He'd been out in the desert for about six months with nary a drop of whiskey.
He walked up to the first saloon he came to and tied his mule to the rail. As he stood there brushing some of the dust from his clothes, a young gunslinger walked out of the saloon with a gun in one hand and a bottle of whiskey in the other.
The gunslinger looked at the old man and laughed, saying, 'Hey old man, have you ever danced?'
The prospector looked up at him and said, 'No, I never did dance. I just never wanted to.'
A crowd had gathered by then and the gunslinger said, 'Well, you old fool, you're gonna dance now,' and he started shooting at the old man's feet. The prospector was hopping around and everybody was laughing. After the gunslinger fired his last bullet, he holstered his gun and turned around to go back into the saloon.
The old prospector reached over to the mule, drew out his shotgun, and pulled both hammers back making a loud clicking sound. Somehow everything got very quiet. The crowd watched as the gunslinger slowly turned around and looked down the barrels of the shotgun.
The old man said to the gunslinger, 'Tell me, son. Have you ever kissed a mule's ass?'
H.T. Bill
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Last day on the job
Six images from Carol on this topic. Some, I gather, are causes of that last day while others look like results of it. (Click for a larger view.)
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But is it better than a cucumber?
Could Watermelon Replace Viagra? POSTED: 11:37 am EDT July 2, 2008
People often eat watermelon to cool down, but it could help get you heated up, in one way.
Researchers at Texas A&M University said that a substance in the rind of the fruit may relax blood vessels in a manner similar to Viagra, the popular erectile-dysfunction drug.
The substance is a phytochemical called citrulline, according to a news release from the school.
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July 02, 2008
Extreme highliner
This is not something I'll ever try - I get vertigo just watching it.
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Carrier pigeons
From the Globe and Mail:
Brazilian prisoners use pigeons to get high
JOSH WINGROVE
June 27, 2008 at 9:34 AM EDT
It was the dipping flight path of pigeons that first alerted prison guards.
The birds were flying in and out of a prison in Marilia, Brazil, like any other day. No one thought anything of it, until they noticed the birds were struggling to fly - as if something was weighing them down.
Guards caught some of them and found out what was slowing them down. The birds were drug runners - smuggling narcotics and cellphones in little pouches.
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Identity theft
More cute animal pix from Carol (16 total). Her subject line was Beware of identity theft .
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Travelin' light
Power Tools At Store Used To Rob Home Depot
POSTED: 6:55 am EDT June 30, 2008
MIRAMAR, Fla. -- Whoever broke into the safe at a Miramar Home Depot was able to pack light.
Police say the thief or thieves used power tools on display in the store to open the vault room door and cut the hinges off the safe. Employees found the alarm disabled and the vault door open when they arrived for work Sunday morning.
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July 01, 2008
Sydney to L.A.
Check out item 6 in these directions for getting from Sydney to Los Angeles .
I'm not sure why you'd go from Sydney to Washington, rather than directly to Los Angeles. But I suppose that's a minor point.
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The bombs bursting in air
A funny - and timely - clip about fireworks from The Colbert Report .
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More externalities
I can just imagine all these brothel owners saying, "Drill here. Drill now. Pay less. "
Gas Prices Hurting Brothel Business POSTED: 9:06 am EDT June 30, 2008
RENO, Nev. -- Sex sells -- but not well enough.
Nevada's legal brothels are having to offer gas cards and other promotions to lure customers. Geoffrey Arnold, president of the Nevada Brothel Owners' Association, said truckers are about 75 percent of the patrons at the state's rural "houses."
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How's your day going?
This photo from John looks a little bit odd since the foreground focus is sharp and the background's not; maybe the auto-focus caught the convertible.
But it's pretty funny nonetheless. (Click it for a larger image.)
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