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Phylis Canion lived in Africa for four years. She’s been a hunter all her life and has the mounted heads of a zebra and other exotic animals in her house to prove it.
Just your typical American neighbor…or not.
“It is one ugly creature,” Canion said
And that’s no joke; not even an exaggeration. Go [...]
Archive for September, 2007
Can You Say X-Files
Posted in Links, News Story, The Future is Here on September 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Pan’s Labyrinth
Posted in Brazen New World, Links, News Story, What the World's Coming To on September 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Unfortunately when I first read this headline ‘Court Won’t Declare Chimp a Person‘, my reaction was ::::sigh::::: thank goodness! when it really should have been, say what?
If you’re looking to be amused, there are some real gems of idiocy in this article, mostly from quotes by the idiots trying to get the chimp declared [...]
The Worst Grandparents
Posted in China, Links, News Story, What the World's Coming To on September 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
award goes to…
the grandparents of 29-year-old Luo Cuifen, who, so upset that God deigned make her a girl and not a boy, decided to insert 26 sewing needles into her not long after her birth. Thanks Gramps and Gran! Love you too!
From how the article reads, Luo had two needles removed as a child, [...]
Good News
Posted in Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Links, News Story on September 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Two hopeful articles for those who suffer from depression, especially bipolar disorder, and their loved ones. The first article lists some very surprising treatments and therapies for depression that are currently being studied. From skin patches, initially meant to prevent seasickness, to a device resembling a hair dryer, they are “out-of-the-box” and far from the [...]
Scientists More Ignorant Than They Thought
Posted in Brazen New World, Links, News Story on September 6, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Courtesy of Reuters
In the first detailed map of the genes of a particular person, the genetic code turned out to be much more complex than scientists thought.
Initial study of genome entrepreneur Craig Venter’s own DNA map shows 4.1 million places where his genetic code is different from the basic “reference” human genome.
Perhaps we [...]
Category 6: Apocalyptic
Posted in Hurricanes! on September 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been asked on numerous occasions, by very well meaning and curious people, whether it is possible to have a category 6 hurricane. The simple answer is no. Though I’m not sure people understand exactly what the categories are. They are simply numbers that relate to a step on a classifying scale. They aren’t meaningless, [...]
Unprecedented
Posted in Hurricanes!, News Story on September 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
To answer some questions from people who are curious and skeptical (dually so) of the mini-media hoopla over not one, but two category 5 hurricanes happening in one year, it also happened in 2005. Actually in 2005 there were four category 5 hurricanes. It is definitely not common, but I think the most interesting statistic [...]
Felix Comes Ashore
Posted in Hurricanes! on September 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As a category 5 hurricane. Felix came ashore near the Nicaragua/Honduras border early this morning, before sunrise, with maximum sustained winds of 160mph. Thankfully it hit a sparsly populated area, but loss of life from such a storm is still almost a given. As strange as it might seem, it is relatively rare for hurricanes [...]
