Was that title dramatic enough for you? Here’s a story about Russian nurses getting tired of baby orphans crying all the time, so they TAPED their teeny mouths shut, or plastered ’em shut, and someone caught it on their mobile phone. Is their a pacifier shortage in Russia? [Link]
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Contextual Advertising Run Amok!
This Toyota advertisement popped up over a news story that used the word “car” in the headline. OK – maybe contextual advertising isn’t all it’s cracked up to be:
Mayor Has Strange Way of Showing Appreciation
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom was served well by his long-time campaign manager, Alex Tourk, who worked tirelessly for the mayor helping him get elected. Then the mayor slept with Tourk’s wife. Given that this is San Francisco, the question remains, will this bit of news help or hurt the Mayor’s re-election bid? [Link]
It’s Empty!
Thought for the day: if a glass is empty, do you see it as being not full, or empty? or really empty?
First Thing Ever Sold on eBay?
First thing sold was a broken laser pointer for $14, sold by eBay creator Pierre Omidyar in 1995. Conveniently the negative feedback feature had not yet been created. [Link]
90% of Venezuelans Thrilled
Chavez gets sweeping new powers Imagine a country where the top 10% of wage earners carry the poorest segment of their society on their backs. Where schools, welfare, insurance, roads, and the nation’s protection are paid for mostly by the top 10% in the form of hefty tax revenues. Oh wait – wasn’t supposed to […]
Trade you a gallon of gas for a corn tortilla?
Mexicans stage tortilla protest! We want to conserve fuel by using more Ethanol. Mexicans want corn tortillas! Something’s got to give! [Link]
Pot-Bellied Man Looked Pregnant
OK – this guy was teased to no end for his pot belly… bet they didn’t know he’d had his mutated twin brother living inside his stomach for almost 4 decades. “The case may have been a medical miracle to doctors, but to Bhagat his condition had been a source of shame and misery. All […]
58% wish Bush Presidency were simply over
[Link] I kind of wish it were over too, so I wouldn’t have to listen to Democrats bitch about Florida anymore, and I wouldn’t have to listen to bitter political hacks taking pot shots at a man who’s down because it’s now politically safe to do so. Although it is entertaining at some level, kind […]
Man Recites 22,514 digits of Pi
Have trouble remembering names? Phone numbers/ Your credit card number? Check out this amazing story of a savant who has not retreated into autism, and recited Pi at Oxford to the amazement of scholars. “It took him over five hours and he did it without a single mistake.” CBS [Link]