Saturday, April 10, 2010
Once Again, Texas Leads the Way
Cheerleaders peed in sodas - Weird News - Canoe.ca: "Cheerleaders at Saginaw High School in Forth Worth, Texas, have a strange way of spreading school spirit.
A handful of girls have been disciplined for giving their teammates sodas that contained urine, reports the Forth Worth Star Telegram.
According to a parent of one of the students who drank the tainted beverages, one girl peed into a cup, then mixed in it with the sodas. The other girls then got the idea to distribute the drinks to teammates at the basketball game."
A handful of girls have been disciplined for giving their teammates sodas that contained urine, reports the Forth Worth Star Telegram.
According to a parent of one of the students who drank the tainted beverages, one girl peed into a cup, then mixed in it with the sodas. The other girls then got the idea to distribute the drinks to teammates at the basketball game."
So?
iPranged a submarine | The Sun |News: "A US nuclear sub rammed another ship causing nearly �60MILLION damage - while its navigator was listening to his iPod."
Croc Update (with Turtles and Snakes)
Thick-shelled turtle species lived with world's biggest snake, reveals fossil found in Columbian coal mine: "Cerrejonemys wayuunaiki takes its genus name from Cerrejon, and emys -- Greek for turtle. Its species name is the language spoken by the Wayuu people who live on the Guajira Peninsula in northeastern Colombia near the mine.
About as thick as a standard dictionary, this turtle's shell may have warded off attacks by the Titanoboa, thought to have been the world's biggest snake, and by other, crocodile-like creatures living in its neighborhood 60 million years ago."
About as thick as a standard dictionary, this turtle's shell may have warded off attacks by the Titanoboa, thought to have been the world's biggest snake, and by other, crocodile-like creatures living in its neighborhood 60 million years ago."
And Keep off Their Lawns!
Japanese robo-suit promises superpowers for greying farmers: "While Robocop and Iron Man can dodge bullets and crush villains, a new powered suit from Japan promises its elderly users more modest powers, such as pulling up radishes without getting a backache."
Friday, April 09, 2010
I Thought Only Mark Finn Did Stuff Like This
Two fires hours apart destroy beach house - Thursday, Apr. 8, 2010: "Firefighters wrap up at the scene of a fire at 15 M. St. in Hampton this morning, where a home was gutted by two fires this morning. Right, Wayne McGowen, who was sleeping in the basement of the house when it caught fire, watches firefighters at the scene along with neighbor Kali Burns, who was dressed as a gorilla."
Set the DVR!
TV show on local gator wranglers premieres tonight | www.beaumontenterprise.com - Local: "A new television show hasn’t stopped Gary Saurage from doing what he does best.
Tuesday, the gator-wrangler was in the middle of getting an alligator out of a hole in Anahuac when The Enterprise called to talk to him about the show “Gator 911,” which premiers tonight at 8 p.m. on CMT."
Tuesday, the gator-wrangler was in the middle of getting an alligator out of a hole in Anahuac when The Enterprise called to talk to him about the show “Gator 911,” which premiers tonight at 8 p.m. on CMT."
Billy Joe Shaver Update --Not Guilty!
Shaver is not guilty of aggravated assault in bar shooting | Austin Legal: "A McLennan County jury has found country music songwriter Billy Joe Shaver not guilty of aggravated assault in the March 31, 2007, shooting of a man at a bar.
Shaver let out a big long exhale after state District Judge Matt Johnson read the jury’s verdict."
Shaver let out a big long exhale after state District Judge Matt Johnson read the jury’s verdict."
Justice prevails.
Hat tip to Richard Moore.
Meinhardt Raabe, R. I. P.
'Wizard of Oz' Munchkin coroner Meinhardt Raabe dead at 94: "Meinhardt Raabe who played the Munchkin coroner in the 1939 MGM film classic 'The Wizard of Oz' has died, according to Jean Nelson, founder of the Wizard of Oz Festival in Chesterton.
Nelson said Raabe died Friday morning at the Florida retirement home where he had lived in recent years. He was 94."
Nelson said Raabe died Friday morning at the Florida retirement home where he had lived in recent years. He was 94."
Once Again, Texas Leads the Way
Fort Worth Light Bulb Still Shines After 101 Years - cbs11tv.com: "There is a place in Fort Worth where volunteers help preserve the city's history. But there is one enlightening piece on display that has worked continuously for more than a century; far outshining its modern counterparts."
Okay, I should have said "almost" leads the way, as Art Scott will be the first to tell me. (See last paragraph of the article.)
Forgotten Books: DEATH OF A CITIZEN -- Donald Hamilton
How can it be that Donald Hamilton's Matt Helm books are out of print? Maybe it's just a matter of money, with his estate asking too much for reprint rights. I can't think of another reason because this is one of the best spy series ever. In fact, I'd put it right at the top.Death of a Citizen is the first book in the series. Matt Helm is a photographer and writer, living peacefully in Santa Fe, long past the days in WWII when he was a member of a super-secret government agency dedicated to things like assassination. Mac, the head of the agency, told Helm after the war that what they did "never happened."
But we all know that the past is never dead and that secrets are never buried deeply enough. And that super-secret agencies never shut down. An operative named Tina comes back into Helm's life and with her the violence that Helm thought he'd turned his back on. There's a body in a bathtub, and Helm's daughter is kidnapped. Here's a tip: You should never kidnap the daughter of someone once code-named Eric. Helm begins to revert to his old ways, and before long the citizen Helm is dead and the operative Eric is back.
This is hardboiled fiction at its best. The way Helm handles the kidnappers, and especially his final disposition of them, is still shocking even today, though its impact was much greater when the book was published 50 years ago. If you've never read Hamilton's work, particularly this series, Death of a Citizen is the place to start. I can almost guarantee you won't stop until you've read more.
Thursday, April 08, 2010
No Comment Department
Woman's boyfriend nearly died when she suffocated him with her enormous boobs during sex | News Of The World: "BUSTY Claire Smedley's boyfriend nearly DIED when she suffocated him with her enormous boobs during sex."
Here's the Plot for your Next Glitzy Hollywood Thriller
iWon News - Mexico: Hollywood producer suspect in wife's death: "'Survivor' and 'Pimp My Ride' producer Bruce Beresford-Redman is a suspect in his wife's death days after reporting her missing in the resort city of Cancun, a Mexican official said Thursday.
The body of Monica Beresford-Redman was found Thursday in a sewer at the swanky Moon Palace resort where the family was on vacation, according to the official at the office of the attorney general for Quintana Roo state, where Cancun is located."
The body of Monica Beresford-Redman was found Thursday in a sewer at the swanky Moon Palace resort where the family was on vacation, according to the official at the office of the attorney general for Quintana Roo state, where Cancun is located."
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
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