Monthly Archives: April 2005

70% of Eldery Use Hippie Medicine

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Nearly three out of every four adults over age 50 use some kind of alternative medicine, such as acupuncture and herbal medicine, according to a new study. While previous research has been limited, this appears to be … Continue reading

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Stuck in Second

Learning to live with the dissolution of a prime element of the Red Sox ethos – the mantle of the noble loser – has not been easy this off-season. Like a person suffering from bi-polar disorder, who finally finds the … Continue reading

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Comic of the Day

Having been enlightened to the danger of posting these subversive comics without critical editorial commentary (thanks carpundit), we will try to give a brief summary of our position vis-a-vis the issues raised by today’s comic. Personally, the Dowbrigade would place … Continue reading

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Stupid Criminal of the Day

SYDNEY (Reuters) – A baggage handler wearing a camel suit taken from a passenger’s luggage has left Qantas Airways red-faced, with Australia’s national carrier investigating a potentially embarrassing security lapse. Passenger David Cox complained after he saw a baggage handler … Continue reading

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Instant Messenger Takes a Beating

The ubiquitous text messages via phones, handhelds and PCs have become the preferred means of communication for a generation of cell phone addicted youth. For speed, ease of use and constant access, you can’t beat instant messaging. You can, however, beat … Continue reading

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Back in Babylon, Bubba

Blogging from the Astoria Cafe inside the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Today’s flight is the longest of the return voyage; had to be at the airport; three hours early and don’t get to Miami until 11:25 tonight, … Continue reading

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Homeward Bound

After a hearwarming reunion with Number One Son and a quick consult with Dr. Mercurio, chiropractor to the Sopranos, late of Jamaica Plain, we are headed back to the airport for the three-stage run for home.  Today, back to Guayaquil.  … Continue reading

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Expensive Name Dropping

Just when you thought the Federal Election Commission had it out for the blogosphere, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors took it up a notch and announced yesterday that it will soon vote on a city ordinance that would require … Continue reading

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Paternity Trials

Having kids changes everything. While we try to digest the blockbuster news from Dowbrigade, Jr., down here in Lima, Peru, a massive city redolent with memories from our formative years, when we were the age of our son, our thoughts … Continue reading

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It Isn’t the Meat It’s the Motion

Is it possible for a monument to be TOO phallic? Isn’t that the whole point of the Big Dick Monument Movement? A Dutch war memorial that goes up and down, and spurts flames may be scrapped after complaints it looks … Continue reading

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Girls ARE Different

Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers has stirred controversy on and off the Ivy League campus with his recent comments suggesting that women may not have the same ”intrinsic aptitude” as men when it comes to math and science. Three books … Continue reading

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The Heart Attack Machine

From time to time, the ebb and flow of the news tides wash up a certain kind of detrius which we pick up and file away because they remind us of Richard Farnsworth (not his real name), a kid from … Continue reading

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