Category Archives: ESL Links

Powerpoint presentations have been described as the means of communication with the highest noise to signal ratio known to man.  In their defense, they are not really designed to communicate anything; rather, they exist as calming eye candy to channel … Continue reading →

PARIS (Reuters) – Want to stay fit and healthy? Two top French nutritionists are telling people to go for a Big Mac and keep their fingers off the traditional French quiche. In an unexpected message to a country priding itself … Continue reading →

Great News! Andrew Grumet over at MIT has taken a giant step towards one of the hottest applications of RSS on the horizon – the video aggregator.  ReadRSS, released today in version 0.4d, is a nifty piece of software that … Continue reading →

Early report have the Day of the Damned Zombie flick "Dawn of the Dead" doubling the take this weekend of the winner the past two weeks, "The Passion of the Christ". Sounds to the Dowbrigade like a Dynamite Double Feature… … Continue reading →

For about a week last months, the back bedroom belonging to Number 2 son had a distinct stink of vinegar, in Addison to the usually ripe male teenaged bouquet. Upon repeated inquiry and investigation (not so easy to pull the … Continue reading →

 Two Spanish protesters dressed up as U.S. President George Bush and Former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar attend a rally commemorating the first anniversary of the U.S.-led war in Iraq in Oviedo in Northern Spain March 20, 2004   … Continue reading →

For Sale: One white leather sequined jumpsuit found in Hussein Presidential compound in Bagdad. Guarenteed authentic… ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — A year after the U.S.-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein’s government in Iraq, items touted as having come from Saddam’s palaces … Continue reading →

A Carcass Flower By Any Other Name, Would Smell as Foul….. An Amorphophallus titanum, known locally as a "carcass flower" blossoms at the Cibodas Botanical Garden in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Sunday, March, 14, 2004. The rare flower, which smells … Continue reading →

One man, one woman, suspended in an intimate cable car traveling an endless loop between Singapore and an offshore island resort. Sounds romantic, no? The Dowbrigade was thinking he had finally found a competition he could actually win, while fulfilling … Continue reading →

There has been much attention in the past few days to an infamous final examination – 20 questions – which was administered at the conclusion of a course called "Coaching Principles and Strategies of Basketball" at the University of Georgia. … Continue reading →

Some people are outraged over a sacred symbol that is being sold for laughs. The novelty item gives buyers the chance to dress up Jesus in different outfits. "I did a double take. It just seemed unbelievable to see something … Continue reading →

Even though they allow for high-volume servicing and back-in-a-flash trips to the john, the point-and-shoot-a-stinky-deodorizer-cake oddity known as the men’s restroom urinal has been, for women, a constant enigma. But nothing will prepare you for the men’s room in the … Continue reading →