Monthly Archives: August 2006
A Mere Trifle
The quid pro quo for having a herd of friendly foreign in-laws in exotic climes from Flushing, Queens to Jipijapa are long, unfortunately timed visits from selfsame in-laws, particularly the traditionally gnarly mother-in-law. So it was with some trepidation that … Continue reading
Totally Nude Legal Teen Webcam
LONDON (Reuters) – An American helped foil a burglary in northern England whilst watching a Beatles-related webcam over the Internet, police said Friday. The man from Dallas was using a live camera link to look at Mathew Street, an area … Continue reading
Charletans and Shamen
LIMA, Peru (Reuters) – Peru’s government warned people to be wary of fake medicine men offering cure-all miracle herb potions on Tuesday, after a bogus brew killed a man hoping to shake off a spell of bad luck. Alternative medicine … Continue reading
Charletans and Shamen
LIMA, Peru (Reuters) – Peru’s government warned people to be wary of fake medicine men offering cure-all miracle herb potions on Tuesday, after a bogus brew killed a man hoping to shake off a spell of bad luck. Alternative medicine … Continue reading
Our Growing Family of Planets
The solar system has 12 planets. That is the conclusion, to be announced today, of an international panel formed to devise a scientific definition of a planet and settle an increasingly intense dispute over whether Pluto qualifies. The panel suggests … Continue reading
AOL After Neo-Nazi Gold
America Online is prepared to take a backhoe to a Medfield couple’s yard in a search for as much as $500,000 in hidden gold and platinum bars it believes may have been buried there by their neo-Nazi son who made … Continue reading
Careful What You Wish For
Thought wacky, nuke-hyping, Israel-threatening Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wasn[t annoying enough? Well, now he has a blog. State-run TV announced the blog’s launch Sunday, but www.ahmadinejad.ir – which is written in Persian, but translated into English, French and Arabic – … Continue reading
Airing our Undies
In the past we have written of Zapatos, the funky warehouse shoe and clothing store, featuring seconds, overstock and, we suspect, the contents of an occasional mysteriously missing big rig. Name brands at a faction of list price, almost perfect … Continue reading
Rippedly’s Believe It or Not
A mountain in China looks like a giant pair of breasts. The mountain, located 12km north of Zhenfeng town in the Guizhou province, is known locally as dual breast mountain. The mountain is used as a place of worship by … Continue reading
But They’re OUR Mercenaries…
While the Bush Administration calls for the immediate disbanding of what it has labeled “private” and “illegal” militias in Lebanon and Iraq, it is pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into its own global private mercenary army tasked with protecting … Continue reading