Category Archives: ESL Links

Seldom in the history of professional sports has a single kick meant so much to so many. It is clearly a testiment to the exaggerated importance of this power-mad sport that the result of that single kick, at approximately 10:35 … Continue reading →

MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — At least 244 people were trampled to death and hundreds more hurt Sunday under the crush of worshippers in one of the deadliest disasters during the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. The stampede occurred … Continue reading →

Who’s For Dinner?   The most detailed article to date on jailed cannibal Armin Meiwes, sentenced this week to 8 and a half years in prison by a German court for the ritual killing and consuming of a willing dinner … Continue reading →

U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Cesar Castro of the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment with the 4th Infantry Division holds a cut-out of Elvis Presley at the hole from where the US military captured ex-Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in Adwar, Iraq … Continue reading →

Once again, a petite woman has beaten the field in an open division eating contest, this time chicken wings. In the current case, the finalists were Sonya ‘Black Widow’ Thomas, a 98-pounder who began competitive eating when she worked at … Continue reading →

Despite the setbacks to Howard Dean’s first-of-a-kind Internet operation, the current discussion around the Blogosphere seems to be centered on when and where the next major impact point will be, and not whether the Internet will be an important player … Continue reading →

WEST GARDINER, Maine – Sports fans wearing tattered jerseys or ragged baseball caps to support a team is commonplace. But it’s only the devout fans who see a team through victory and defeat. Literally. Jayme Quinn, who has begun wearing … Continue reading →

While no one can argue with the wisdom contained on these cute shirts, the Dowbrigade can clearly see why they should be pulled from store shelves just as fast as they can be rounded up. Why, this is a lawsuit … Continue reading →

An interesting meeting last night of the Thursday night Bloggers crew at the Berkman.  We noodled around for a while fishing for a topic, and ended up back at the roots of the group: support for newbies and discussions of … Continue reading →

Summer 1965, was long, hot and incendiary, as a string of political assassinations and the war in Vietnam set off flash point riots in black ghettos across America.  Including Rochester, New York, where the Dowbrigade was a skinny and insufferably … Continue reading →

A decomposing sperm whale has exploded while being transported through a Taiwan city, splattering cars and shops with blood and blubber. The 50-ton carcass was being taken through Tainan City, on its way to a research centre, when it blew … Continue reading →