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Today weather channel, CNN and every media outlet in the US, reported that this homeowner, not yet recovered from the earthquake earlier this week, was unable to get in their yard to pick up this chair because it was raining. President Obama, home… Continue reading →

another year to add to fifty something! don’t appear to be any worse for wear, or slowing down in any notable way. what do you get for the woman who gets for everyone else? well if you’re a daughter, lounging at the beach, you post a little b-day … Continue reading →

We were watching the baby peregrine falcon chicks today on the National Aviary’s falcon cams http://www.aviary.org/cons/falconcam_gt.php Marg thought she might have trouble being a falcon because she “didn’t think she could just push them out of a… Continue reading →

Nice little party, despite guest of honour’s initial recalcitrance. Excellent hosting job, tasty food, excellent “this is your life birthday girl” movie (and the trailer was a nifty touch), limerick reprise, nice toast from Mustache Man (which wil… Continue reading →

Just kidding. Why doesn’t Alec look as happy as Andy or Anthony? Maybe an improved understanding of what happens if you don’t listen to the Instructor “keep your head up, look for colour, don’t shop your turn” and get a practical, and chilly, exam… Continue reading →

QADDAFI’S LETTER TO OBAMA: “Our Dear Son, Excellency, Baraka Hussein Abu Oumama”Gus Lubin | Apr. 6, 2011, 3:54 PM | 1,316 | 8 Qaddafi has sent a rambling three-page letter to Obama imploring him to stop the airstrikes, according to the AP. He also… Continue reading →

Tourist Dies After Visiting Philadelphia Hotel Room For Silicone Butt InjectionRead more: http://www.businessinsider.com/silicone-butt-injection-2011-2?utm_source=Triggermail&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Business+Insider+Select&utm_campaign=BI_Select… Continue reading →

Thank you WSJ for the second time this week. Earlier you gave us Video of the bomb in the Moscow airport, tagged also with a story on pet grooming. Today we have Video of Egypt rioting, tagged also with snowboarding in NYC! Well we can probably al… Continue reading →

This video tagline from the lead story in today’s WSJ, strikes me as a bit casual towards another country’s terrorism troubles? Kind of hard to imagine the lead story on the Tucson tragedy or some US based terrorism incident being tucked in with s… Continue reading →

According to this book Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses, on the question “are undergraduates really learning anything once they get there?” the answer according to U of Chicago review is “for a large proportion of students… Continue reading →