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Monthly Archives: January 2007
Staggering Stat of the Day
How dominating is Tiger Woods’s lead in the world rankings? Consider that the 1,000th-ranked player in the world — Hsieh Chin-Sheng of Taiwan — is closer to No. 2 Jim Furyk (8.68 points behind) than Furyk is to Woods … Continue reading
Idiot Scot to Windsurf Across Atlantic
A Scotsman is planning to become the first person to windsurf across the Atlantic – and then turn back and do it again. Leven Brown, aka El Loco, would have to balance on the 20ft surfboard for around five months … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging
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Spam Magnet
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a reposting of an older story which has been innundated with comment spam. For more on this, see below… F.K. in Conway NH has an interesting question for Dr. Knowledge in today’s Boston Globe. He writes, … Continue reading
The Kingdom of Strange Names
CARACAS, Venezuela – As university students clashed with the police in this country last May, attention focused not just on their demands to hold elections without government meddling but also on the names of the two leaders organizing the protests: … Continue reading
Posted in Latin America
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Holy Grail of Sex Drugs – Female Viagra
JUNIN, Peru — In a small storefront on a bleak, wind-swept Andean plateau, Timotea Cordova offers an oxygen-deprived visitor a traditional elixir to ward off the breathless effect of the high altitude. For hundreds of years, Quechua Indians have grown … Continue reading
Posted in Latin America
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From the White House to the Big House
"The President does not know him. Nor does the President recall ever meeting him." – White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan – January 2006. "I frankly don’t even remember having my picture taken with the guy. I don’t know him." … Continue reading
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Fat Cats Welcome Company
WASHINGTON – The obesity epidemic has spread to man’s best friend, and so many dogs are getting fat that the government stepped in Friday by approving the first doggie diet pill. The Food and Drug Administration announced the approval of … Continue reading
Posted in Wacky News
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Springtime by the Charles
In New York City, where there has been no snow at all this season, the cherry trees are beginning to blossom in temperatures that have been inching up all week and could hit 70 degrees on Saturday. from the New … Continue reading
Posted in Photos
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President Pelosi – A Question of Time
The feeling here is that Hillary may be too late to become the first female President of the United States. According to the 25th amendment, the only thing standing between us and President Pelosi is the simultaneous resignation, or incapacitation, … Continue reading
The World According to Ahmadinejad
Just when you thought the Iranian leadership could stoop no further: A top advisor to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed in an interview with Iranian website Baztab that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler’s parents were both Jewish and that Hitler himself … Continue reading
Posted in Wacky News
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Preserving Our Anonymity
Doing a little after-holiday shopping, in preparation for our own personal Christmas, as celebrated by the Church of the Latter Day Savings, we noticed a couple of changes to the most fundamental facet of the holidays, as celebrated in America … Continue reading
Posted in Prose Screeds
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