Category Archives: Blogging

American troops have complained that a new armoured body suit designed to be worn in Iraq makes them look "goofy". The water-cooled "alien spacesuits" are being handed out to turret gunners in their notoriously vulnerable Humvee vehicles.The new suit is … Continue reading →

Think the people who while away their hours reading and commenting on political blogs are slovenly twenty-somethings with nothing better to do? Think again, said a survey last week by Blogads, a company that many leading political blogs have used … Continue reading →

A coastal Maine blogger who criticized the state’s tourism office has been hit with a lawsuit seeking potentially more than $1 million in damages for allegedly making false statements and posting on his website, Maine Web Report, images from proposed … Continue reading →

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Osama bin Laden’s niece, an aspiring singer who posed for a sexy photo shoot in a men’s magazine last year, has signed up for a reality television show about her life and her as yet unfulfilled … Continue reading →

from ucomics

PHILADELPHIA — From his poultry shop in Philadelphia’s low-income Kensington neighborhood, Tony Tranh sells about 300 live birds each week, mainly to poor Asian and Hispanic immigrants. He used to sell 600 live chickens, guinea hens, ducks, and pigeons a … Continue reading →

Today’s Sam Allis column in the Globe opens with a maudlin and meandering discourse on the changing meaning of the word "neighborhood". Finally, by the seventh paragraph, he gets to the point: Which brings me to a meeting of a … Continue reading →

TEL AVIV – Israel’s military has found the perfect vehicle for special operations forces – the llama. After extensive tests, the uncomplaining work-horse animals were found to easily out-perform donkeys. What’s more, they need refuelling only every other day. Military … Continue reading →

New tests find that McDonald’s French fries contain higher levels of trans fats than previously disclosed. The new tests found 8 grams of trans fats in a large servinig of fries — one-third more than McDonald’s claimed. Trans fats contribute … Continue reading →

We turned our class over to an experienced and able replacement lecturer today, and tomorrow we go in for the prep for the operation to put our stomach back where it belongs, on Friday.  Meanwhile, we will keep in touch … Continue reading →

We have been talking with our cats quite a bit lately, whether from lack of a patient alternative or a newfound appreciation of non-human intelligence we know not. Today we tried to explain Groundhog Day – an entire national holiday … Continue reading →

It used to be that breakfast cereal Wheaties featured famous ballplayers on its boxes.  Now, the Boston Red Sox are featuring breakfast cereals on the field. They can Trot out quite a variety of crunchy treats, even after losing Fruit … Continue reading →