Saturday, September 29, 2007

Small bird template.

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Oh...that old thing.

Shopper Gets Leg Up at Carolina Auction
From Associated Press—September 25, 2007 8:22 PM EDT

MAIDEN, N.C. - A man who bought a smoker Tuesday at an auction of abandoned items might have thought twice had he looked inside first. Maiden police said the man opened up the smoker and saw what he thought was a piece of driftwood wrapped in paper. When he unwrapped it, he found a human leg, cut off 2 to 3 inches above the knee.

The smoker had been sold at an auction of items left behind at a storage facility, so investigators contacted the mother and son who had rented the space where the smoker was found.

The mother explained her son had his leg amputated after a plane crash and kept the leg following the surgery. The mother said her son plans to drive to Maiden, about 35 miles northwest of Charlotte, to reclaim his amputated leg, police said.

Sunday, September 23, 2007

The apples of my eyes.

Friday, September 21, 2007

Wotta maroon.

[[Maybe somebody should explain to this doofus that here on the “mainland” we don’t wear something that LOOKS like a bomb to an airport...and the security people—dumb and dumber? “OH, you wanted to stand out on career day! OK! Well move on along then, you little scamp!”]]

MIT Coed With Fake Bomb “Art” Arrested
By GLEN JOHNSON (Associated Press Writer)
From Associated Press
September 21, 2007 12:29 PM EDT

BOSTON - An MIT student wearing what turned out to be a fake bomb was arrested at gunpoint Friday at Logan International Airport and later claimed it was artwork, officials said.

Star Simpson, 19, had a computer circuit board and wiring in plain view over a black hooded sweat shirt she was wearing, said State Police Maj. Scott Pare, the commanding officer at the airport.

“She said that it was a piece of art and she wanted to stand out on career day,” Pare said at a news conference. “She claims that it was just art, and that she was proud of the art and she wanted to display it.”

Simpson was charged with disturbing the peace and possessing a hoax device. A not guilty plea was entered for her at her arraignment Friday and she was released on $750 bail.

“I’m shocked and appalled that somebody would wear this type of device to an airport,” Pare said.

Simpson was “extremely lucky she followed the instructions or deadly force would have been used,” Pare said. “She’s lucky to be in a cell as opposed to the morgue.”

Simpson is a Massachusetts Institute of Technology sophomore from Hawaii, officials said.

The battery-powered rectangular device had nine flashing lights, Pare said. Simpson also had Play-Doh in her hands, he said.

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Wing-ed Babydoggy.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Belgium 4 Sale.




















Someone Tries to Sell Belgium on eBay
By PAUL AMES (Associated Press Writer)
From Associated Press
September 18, 2007 11:57 AM EDT

BRUSSELS, Belgium—Hidden among the porcelain fox hounds and Burberry tablecloths on sale at eBay.be this week was an unusual item: “For Sale: Belgium, a Kingdom in three parts ... free premium: the king and his court (costs not included).”

The odd ad was posted by one disgruntled Belgian in protest at his country’s political crisis which reached a 100-day landmark Tuesday with no end in sight to the squabbling between Flemish and Walloon politicians.

“I wanted to attract attention,” said Gerrit Six, the teacher and former journalist who posted the ad. “You almost have to throw rock through a window to get attention for Belgium.”

Super-fly.

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Whaddya mean, health care ain’t workin’?

[[Read the whole article here]]

Cancer Society Ads Push Health Reform (?????)
By MIKE STOBBE (AP Medical Writer)
From Associated Press—September 16, 2007 12:51 PM EDT

ATLANTA - The American Cancer Society this week will take its biggest step ever into the politics of health care reform, spending $15 million in advertising on behalf of Americans with too little health insurance or none at all.

The cancer society—the nation’s richest health charity, in both donations and volunteers— traditionally focuses its advertising on encouraging Americans to quit smoking or get a screening test.

But this year’s campaign will feature television commercials that portray the challenges of uninsured and underinsured cancer patients, accompanied by a call for people to do something about it.

The change comes after cancer society officials concluded that insurance-related problems have emerged as one of the one of the largest obstacles in their goal to cut cancer death rates by 50 percent and incidence rates by 25 percent from 1990 to 2015.

“We’re not going to meet our goals if the health care system remains unfixed,” said John Seffrin, the cancer society’s chief executive.

Friday, September 14, 2007

Kate Mossback.

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Woody ’n’ me.

“It’s not that I’m afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there when it happens.”
—Woody Allen

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Chem-bro-chine

Saturday, September 8, 2007

Griffin Gets the Hook for Using N-Word.

[[OK...it wasn’t ME...it’s just always strange to see your own name in such an attention-grabbing headline. Who would suspect this sort of bidness from such a classy discerning actor!!??]]

Griffin Gets the Hook for Using N-Word
JEFF CHRISTENSEN—From Associated Press
September 05, 2007 6:43 PM EDT

MIAMI - A standup routine by black comedian Eddie Griffin was stopped after he repeatedly used the N-word, a magazine’s spokesman said Wednesday.

Griffin, who has appeared in movies such as “Undercover Brother” and “Date Movie” and the TV show “Malcolm & Eddie,” was performing at a Black Enterprise magazine event in the Miami suburb of Doral on Friday when he was cut off after using profanities and the N-word, said Andrew Wadium, a spokesman for the publication.

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Graff.

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Bzzzzzzzzzzz......

Archaeologists Discover Ancient Beehives
By MATTI FRIEDMAN (Associated Press Writer)
From Associated Press
September 04, 2007 10:03 PM EDT

JERUSALEM - Archaeologists digging in northern Israel have discovered evidence of a 3,000-year-old beekeeping industry, including remnants of ancient honeycombs, beeswax and what they believe are the oldest intact beehives ever found.

The beehives, made of straw and unbaked clay, have a hole at one end to allow the bees in and out and a lid on the other end to allow beekeepers access to the honeycombs inside. They were found in orderly rows, three high, in a room that could have accommodated around 100 hives, Mazar said.

“We have seen depictions of beekeeping in texts and ancient art from the Near East, but this is the first time we've been able to actually feel and see the industry,” Marcus said.