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Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Via Weird Asia News:
Rats are gnawing at beer cans and making holes in caps of whisky bottles stored in police storehouses in eastern India and apparently getting drunk, authorities said on Wednesday.
The rodents’ love for liquor has the police department in Bihar state stumped as it tries to store hundreds of bottles seized from illegal sellers from across the state in Patna, the state capital, said Kundan Krishnan, a senior officer.
“We are fed up with these drunk rats and cannot explain why they have suddenly turned to consumption of alcohol,” he said.
Old man cries foul over owl
An elderly man in Huaihua, Hunan Province, China claims that an owl has taken a special liking to attacking his head.When he leaves home, the owl often starts pecking his head, forcing the man to wear a special hat."The owl began attacking me in March, when I was working in an orange grove," 79-year-old Yang Decai said.
"I don't remember how many times it has attacked me, but the day before yesterday, it jabbed me 20 times," he revealed. "It doesn't hurt but it is really annoying."Yang wears a hat with nails sticking out of a piece of wood to protect himself from the owl.He said the owl may be seeking revenge because he had removed a nest with two baby owls from his roof.However, an expert from the forestry bureau in the city said the owl's strange behaviour may be because it feels threatened or that Yang carries a special scent.
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An elderly man in Huaihua, Hunan Province, China claims that an owl has taken a special liking to attacking his head.When he leaves home, the owl often starts pecking his head, forcing the man to wear a special hat."The owl began attacking me in March, when I was working in an orange grove," 79-year-old Yang Decai said.
"I don't remember how many times it has attacked me, but the day before yesterday, it jabbed me 20 times," he revealed. "It doesn't hurt but it is really annoying."Yang wears a hat with nails sticking out of a piece of wood to protect himself from the owl.He said the owl may be seeking revenge because he had removed a nest with two baby owls from his roof.However, an expert from the forestry bureau in the city said the owl's strange behaviour may be because it feels threatened or that Yang carries a special scent.
Creator Olivier Peyricot calls it a self-service design. It's a padded cushion you can wear as a backpack and use it as a seat wherever you are. It doesn't seem to feel uncomfortable wearing it but it does make you look kind of stupid.
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Sunday, June 24, 2007
Cheesy Criminals
As seen in the photos on the following 25 pages, not everyone looks glum when they pose for a mug shot. In fact, some arrestees are actually beaming when the sheriff’s deputy says “cheese.” The men and women pictured here were photographed over the past few weeks in police stations nationwide.
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As seen in the photos on the following 25 pages, not everyone looks glum when they pose for a mug shot. In fact, some arrestees are actually beaming when the sheriff’s deputy says “cheese.” The men and women pictured here were photographed over the past few weeks in police stations nationwide.LINK
Feces Parking Ticket Proves CostlyA man has been ordered to pay nearly $3,000 to the woman who became seriously ill in April after opening a parking ticket envelope in which he had placed dog feces.
Joshua Steven Solberg, 22, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct Friday in Mower District Court.
Solberg also must write an apology letter to the victim and pay a $300 fine, with another $200 and a 90-day jail sentence stayed for one year.
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Monday, June 18, 2007
Traffic has become increasingly congested and tempers flare as slower drivers occupy what has been historically referred to as the 'fast lane.' It's time to get that Left Lane back!It is our considered opinion that not only will traffic move more smoothly and more quickly once the Left Lane is used in the way it has been designed but also headaches, frustration, bad tempers and road rage will all be greatly reduced when this pressure valve is released. It's time to reduce this unnecessary stress.It's time that... Left Lane Drivers Unite!
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Lets have fun with words. I call this Formula 4. Here's how it is played. Start with the letter A and make 4 words beginning with A into a phrase or sentence. Here's a couple examples:1. Annabelle Ate Alabama Alligators.Yes make them silly if you want. 2. Betty Barbequed Barney's Baloney.Can be played with as few or as many people as you wish. Even works as a solitaire game . Once all the letters in the alphabet has been used just start over.
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Livio De Marchi is a Venetian master sculptor who works exclusively in wood. He even made a motor-powered full-size land/sea Ferrari replica.Trained at Venice's Accademia di Belle Arti, he's got an international reputation, with exhibitions all over the world.Livio De Marchi's website.
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Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Beer and Ice Cream Diet
Justification for beer and Ice cream! But stay away from the pizza!
As we all know, it takes 1 calorie to heat 1 gram of water 1 degree centigrade. Translated into meaningful terms, this means that if you eat a very cold dessert (generally consisting of water in large part), the natural processes which raise the consumed dessert to body temperature during the digestive cycle literally sucks the calories out of the only available source, your body fat.
For example, a dessert served and eaten at near 0 degrees C (32.2 deg. F) will in a short time be raised to the normal body temperature of 37 degrees C (98.6 deg. F). For each gram of dessert eaten, that process takes approximately 37 calories as stated above. The average desser tportion is 6 oz, or 168 grams. Therefore, by operation of thermodynamiclaw, 6,216 calories (1 cal./gm/deg. x 37 deg. x 168 gms) are extracted from body fat as the dessert's temperature is normalized.
Allowing for the 1,200 latent calories in the dessert, the net calorie loss is approximately 5,000 calories.
Obviously, the more cold dessert you eat,the better off you are and the faster you will lose weight, if that is your goal.
This process works equally well when drinking very cold beer in frosted glasses. Each ounce of beer contains 16 latent calories, but extracts 1,036 calories (6,216 cal. per 6 oz. portion) in the temperature normalizing process. Thus the net calorie loss per ounce of beer is 1,020 calories. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to calculate that 12,240 calories (12 oz. x 1,020 cal./oz.) are extracted from the body in the process of drinking a can of beer.
Frozen desserts, e.g., ice cream, are even more beneficial, since it takes 83 cal./gm to melt them (i.e., raise them to 0 deg. C) and an additional 37 cal./gm to further raise them to body temperature. The results here are really remarkable,
and it beats running hands down.
Unfortunately, for those who eat pizza as an excuse to drink beer, pizza (loaded with latent calories and served above body temperature) induces an opposite effect. But, thankfully, as the astute reader should have already reasoned, the obvious solution is to drink a lot of beer with pizza and follow up immediately with large bowls of ice cream.
We could all be thin if we were to adhere religiously to a pizza, beer, and ice cream diet.
Happy eating!
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Justification for beer and Ice cream! But stay away from the pizza!
As we all know, it takes 1 calorie to heat 1 gram of water 1 degree centigrade. Translated into meaningful terms, this means that if you eat a very cold dessert (generally consisting of water in large part), the natural processes which raise the consumed dessert to body temperature during the digestive cycle literally sucks the calories out of the only available source, your body fat.
For example, a dessert served and eaten at near 0 degrees C (32.2 deg. F) will in a short time be raised to the normal body temperature of 37 degrees C (98.6 deg. F). For each gram of dessert eaten, that process takes approximately 37 calories as stated above. The average desser tportion is 6 oz, or 168 grams. Therefore, by operation of thermodynamiclaw, 6,216 calories (1 cal./gm/deg. x 37 deg. x 168 gms) are extracted from body fat as the dessert's temperature is normalized.
Allowing for the 1,200 latent calories in the dessert, the net calorie loss is approximately 5,000 calories.
Obviously, the more cold dessert you eat,the better off you are and the faster you will lose weight, if that is your goal.
This process works equally well when drinking very cold beer in frosted glasses. Each ounce of beer contains 16 latent calories, but extracts 1,036 calories (6,216 cal. per 6 oz. portion) in the temperature normalizing process. Thus the net calorie loss per ounce of beer is 1,020 calories. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to calculate that 12,240 calories (12 oz. x 1,020 cal./oz.) are extracted from the body in the process of drinking a can of beer.
Frozen desserts, e.g., ice cream, are even more beneficial, since it takes 83 cal./gm to melt them (i.e., raise them to 0 deg. C) and an additional 37 cal./gm to further raise them to body temperature. The results here are really remarkable,
and it beats running hands down.Unfortunately, for those who eat pizza as an excuse to drink beer, pizza (loaded with latent calories and served above body temperature) induces an opposite effect. But, thankfully, as the astute reader should have already reasoned, the obvious solution is to drink a lot of beer with pizza and follow up immediately with large bowls of ice cream.
We could all be thin if we were to adhere religiously to a pizza, beer, and ice cream diet.
Happy eating!
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Not my type
Many Japanese people believe that your blood type indicates something about your character, much like horoscopes in the West.
There's little or no scientific basis for this, but the general beliefs about blood type are:
Type A - calm, composed, level-headed, serious, reliable, trustworthy. Appearing aloof or superior, they are often surrounded by people of their own type, as they find it difficult to rely on other types. Most Japanese people are Type A.
Type B - cheerful, enthusiatic, excitable, self-involved, capricious. They always appear bright and full of energy, but they are often hiding an inner lack of confidence.
Type O - carefree, generous, popular, strong-willed, adaptable to new things. They are the diplomats, who maintain group harmony but occasionally make big mistakes by not being careful enough. Most Americans are Type O.
Type AB - sentimental, considerate, cautious. There are two sides to AB types: their behaviour is significantly less direct with "outside" people than with "inside" people who they are comfortable with.
Saturday, June 09, 2007
When Family Or Friends Ask To Loan Money From You
Most of us have faced this dicey financial situation at some point. A relative or a close friend comes to us with a tale of woe about some great financial disaster that has befallen them, then they ask you for a loan to help them get through their disaster. Your heart wants to help them, but your head says no.
The Simple Dollar has one piece of advice on how to handle this situation: never, ever loan money to a family member or a friend. By doing this, you’ve injected a business relationship into a situation where there was no relationship before, and thus the relationship will never be quite the same again.
If you feel like you must give them the money, make it a one-time gift. You should tell them that if they right themselves in the future, you would be happy to receive a gift in return. This way, there is no burden of debt in the relationship; you’re giving the money with no expectation of any return.
If you can’t easily afford to “gift” the money, then don’t do it; otherwise, you will introduce a level of resentment into the relationship. I have done this in the past in situations where there was a major financial burden put upon people who were otherwise financially responsible. In that case, they didn’t ask for any sort of loan; I just asked them how they were doing and gave them the money with the clear caveat that it was a one-time gift given because I loved them very much.
You should also never co-sign any sort of financial instrument that you don’t directly control. This makes you legally liable for any financial mistakes the other person might make, unintentional or otherwise.
So, how do you say “no” in this situation without seeming like the “bad guy”? The most important thing you can do is to listen carefully to their tale and ask lots of questions; many times, your ear and your advice are more valuable than a loan. Before you tell them no, do a little research with them to find other solutions to their situation. If they’re sinking in credit card debt, look into credit card counseling. If they’ve got an emergency expense, look for ways that various agencies can help cover the burden. This way, you can both come out of this with some education.
When you finally need to make it clear that you won’t loan them money, state that the reason you won’t loan them money is because the relationship you have with that person is not something you wish to taint with a financial arrangement. You should also offer any sort of non-financial assistance that you can offer: a couch to sleep on, some home-cooked meals, some professional advice, and so on are all worthwhile things you can give with minimal financial impact.
One fear that many people have is that saying no will damage the relationship. It will only damage the relationship you have if you just let it sit there and forget about it. Keep in touch with the person who requested the loan and ask them how their situation is going. This is an important moment - the person is in obvious need, so you need to be involved in their life right now, even if it is not on a financial basis. You may be able to help them in non-financial ways right now.
In short, loans aren’t the answer; love and an open ear are the answer. ¶ 3:53 PM 0 Comments
The Simple Dollar has one piece of advice on how to handle this situation: never, ever loan money to a family member or a friend. By doing this, you’ve injected a business relationship into a situation where there was no relationship before, and thus the relationship will never be quite the same again.
If you feel like you must give them the money, make it a one-time gift. You should tell them that if they right themselves in the future, you would be happy to receive a gift in return. This way, there is no burden of debt in the relationship; you’re giving the money with no expectation of any return.
If you can’t easily afford to “gift” the money, then don’t do it; otherwise, you will introduce a level of resentment into the relationship. I have done this in the past in situations where there was a major financial burden put upon people who were otherwise financially responsible. In that case, they didn’t ask for any sort of loan; I just asked them how they were doing and gave them the money with the clear caveat that it was a one-time gift given because I loved them very much.
You should also never co-sign any sort of financial instrument that you don’t directly control. This makes you legally liable for any financial mistakes the other person might make, unintentional or otherwise.
So, how do you say “no” in this situation without seeming like the “bad guy”? The most important thing you can do is to listen carefully to their tale and ask lots of questions; many times, your ear and your advice are more valuable than a loan. Before you tell them no, do a little research with them to find other solutions to their situation. If they’re sinking in credit card debt, look into credit card counseling. If they’ve got an emergency expense, look for ways that various agencies can help cover the burden. This way, you can both come out of this with some education.
When you finally need to make it clear that you won’t loan them money, state that the reason you won’t loan them money is because the relationship you have with that person is not something you wish to taint with a financial arrangement. You should also offer any sort of non-financial assistance that you can offer: a couch to sleep on, some home-cooked meals, some professional advice, and so on are all worthwhile things you can give with minimal financial impact.
One fear that many people have is that saying no will damage the relationship. It will only damage the relationship you have if you just let it sit there and forget about it. Keep in touch with the person who requested the loan and ask them how their situation is going. This is an important moment - the person is in obvious need, so you need to be involved in their life right now, even if it is not on a financial basis. You may be able to help them in non-financial ways right now.
In short, loans aren’t the answer; love and an open ear are the answer. ¶ 3:53 PM 0 Comments
Friday, June 08, 2007
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
A tap dancing class in the gymnasium at Iowa State College in Ames, Iowa. Photo by Jack Delano, 1942. View full image.
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All the childhood should be like a fairytale. But there are several children that instead of living in a tale, live trapped on a nightmare due to the unfair difficulties present on their lives. Taking that under consideration, famous fairytale were transformed into nightmares showing that harsh reality. This campaign tries to seek volunteers to the cause. 
Image To Remember
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RELATIONSHIPS
RELATIONSHIP MATHEMATICS
Smart man + smart woman = romance
Smart man + dumb woman = affair
Dumb man + smart woman = marriage
Dumb man + dumb woman = pregnancy
OFFICE ARITHMETIC
Smart boss + smart employee = profit
Smart boss + dumb employee = production
Dumb boss + smart employee = promotion
Dumb boss + dumb employee = overtime
SHOPPING MATH
A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.
A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need.
GENERAL EQUATIONS & STATISTICS
A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
A successful woman is one who can find such a man.
HAPPINESS
To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a little.
To be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.
LONGEVITY
Married men live longer than single men, but married men are a lot more willing to die.
MEMORY
Any married man should forget his mistakes, there's no use in two people remembering the same thing.
APPEARANCE
Men wake up as good-looking (or ugly) as they went to bed.
Women somehow deteriorate during the night.
PROPENSITY TO CHANGE
A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.
A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, and she does
DISCUSSION TECHNIQUE
A woman has the last word in any argument.
Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.
COMPREHENSION
There are two times when a man doesn't understand a woman :
before marriage and
after marriage.
HOW TO STOP PEOPLE FROM BUGGING YOU ABOUT GETTING MARRIED
Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, cackling and poking me in the ribs, telling me, "You're next."
They stopped after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals.
MARRIAGE, BEFORE AND AFTER
Before marriage, man yearns for the woman of his dreams. After marriage, the "y" is silent
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The way to find out if you love someone or not, is by talking to them. The more you talk to them the more you either hate them or love them.
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Friday Fun Games
Shuffle
BlobularTrapshoot 2
Zombieland
Keep Your Pig in the Air with Fart Power
World Map Quiz (via)
Fruit Twirls
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BlobularTrapshoot 2
Zombieland
Keep Your Pig in the Air with Fart Power
World Map Quiz (via)
Fruit Twirls
RELATIONSHIPS
RELATIONSHIP MATHEMATICS
Smart man + smart woman = romance
Smart man + dumb woman = affair
Dumb man + smart woman = marriage
Dumb man + dumb woman = pregnancy
OFFICE ARITHMETIC
Smart boss + smart employee = profit
Smart boss + dumb employee = production
Dumb boss + smart employee = promotion
Dumb boss + dumb employee = overtime
SHOPPING MATH
A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.
A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need.
GENERAL EQUATIONS & STATISTICS
A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
A successful woman is one who can find such a man.
HAPPINESS
To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a little.
To be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.
LONGEVITY
Married men live longer than single men, but married men are a lot more willing to die.
MEMORY
Any married man should forget his mistakes, there's no use in two people remembering the same thing.
APPEARANCE
Men wake up as good-looking (or ugly) as they went to bed.
Women somehow deteriorate during the night.
PROPENSITY TO CHANGE
A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.
A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, and she does
DISCUSSION TECHNIQUE
A woman has the last word in any argument.
Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.
COMPREHENSION
There are two times when a man doesn't understand a woman :
before marriage and
after marriage.
HOW TO STOP PEOPLE FROM BUGGING YOU ABOUT GETTING MARRIED
Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, cackling and poking me in the ribs, telling me, "You're next."
They stopped after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals.
MARRIAGE, BEFORE AND AFTER
Before marriage, man yearns for the woman of his dreams. After marriage, the "y" is silent
Thursday, June 07, 2007
The Prison Life: Paris
Paris is in jail and the warden has assigned her to design and build license plates. Use the left and right arrow keys to move Paris along the conveyor belt.Use the down key to stamp the blank license plates as they come down. Watch out - don't squash 'Clinkerbell' - you'll lose point if you stamp her.
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Paris is in jail and the warden has assigned her to design and build license plates. Use the left and right arrow keys to move Paris along the conveyor belt.Use the down key to stamp the blank license plates as they come down. Watch out - don't squash 'Clinkerbell' - you'll lose point if you stamp her.
Monday, June 04, 2007
Fat Man's Website
Are you in for a bit of horror? Then meet Chris who likes to be referred to as Fat Man!He likes to showcase his supreme fatness. He posts videos of himself in various acts. Like eating 10 hot dogs in just a few minutes, licking his own breast, shaking his fat around, and doing jumping jacks. And eating ice cream and drinking regular soda even though he has diabetes.Is this gross, weird, funny, pathetic, pitiful? You decide.(via Grow-A-Brain)
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Are you in for a bit of horror? Then meet Chris who likes to be referred to as Fat Man!He likes to showcase his supreme fatness. He posts videos of himself in various acts. Like eating 10 hot dogs in just a few minutes, licking his own breast, shaking his fat around, and doing jumping jacks. And eating ice cream and drinking regular soda even though he has diabetes.Is this gross, weird, funny, pathetic, pitiful? You decide.(via Grow-A-Brain)
Sunday, June 03, 2007
Etch-A-Sketch Instructions
Q: My Etch-A-Sketch has all of these funny little lines all over the screen. A: Pick it up and shake it.
Q: My Etch-A-Sketch has all of these funny little lines all over the screen. A: Pick it up and shake it.
Q: How do I turn my Etch-A-Sketch off? A: Pick it up and shake it.
Q: What's the shortcut for Undo? A: Pick it up and shake it.
Q: How do I create a New Document window? A: Pick it up and shake it.
Q: How do I set the background and foreground to the same color? A: Pick it up and shake it.
Q: What is the proper procedure for rebooting my Etch-A-Sketch? A: Pick it up and shake it. Q: How do I delete a document on my Etch-A-Sketch? A: Pick it up and shake it.
Q: How do I save my Etch-A-Sketch document? A: Don't shake it.
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Saturday, June 02, 2007
The way to find out if you love someone or not, is by talking to them. The more you talk to them the more you either hate them or love them.
Friday, June 01, 2007
Rural Chinese man makes bipedal robots from junk Five-minute video about a rural Chinese man who taught himself how to make cool little walking robots out of scrap. Link
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Does Breastfeeding Really NEED Instructions?
I believe that if you needed these instructions...you probably should not create offspring. In any event, it's worth a chuckle:
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I believe that if you needed these instructions...you probably should not create offspring. In any event, it's worth a chuckle:
Speeding from the scene of the crime, a Chinese boy tows a floating plastic bag of stolen natural gas.
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"Don´t ask what the world needs.Rather ask – what makes you come alive?Then go and do it!Because what the world needs is people who have come alive".
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