Sunday, April 13, 2008
DON'T BOTHER WITH THIS BOOK - IT'S A "RUIN"
Even if you're a die-hard sci-fi, horror fan, the voluminous "THE RUINS", by Scott Smith, is a waste of time. Over 500 pages filled with so much filler, the reader almost loses the main story line. Stephen King calls it "The Best Horror novel of the new century." At least King can write 500 pages...
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Saturday, April 12, 2008
MAYBE HE JUST WANTED A NAP?
Burglar nabbed playing dead at funeral parlor ‘He was trying to fake being dead, but he was breathing,’ Spanish cop says Madrid, Spain A burglar who broke into a funeral home tried to fool police by playing dead, but two things gave him away. First, he breathed (yeah, that's a 'dead' giveaway.....)....
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Friday, April 11, 2008
BUSINESS TRIP? ME??
Well, it was more of a "training trip" than a business trip but I guess it was "business oriented." I've been in London, Ontario for a couple days at our company's district office taking a very sensitive couse called "Reducing the Risk" - all about Abuse in all its ugly forms, how to recognize the...
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Tuesday, April 8, 2008
NO MONK(EY)ING AROUND WITH THESE RESTROOMS
China's famed Shaolin Temple installs luxury restrooms for tourists, monks Apr 8/08: Beijing The simple life of monks at China's famed Shaolin Temple got an upgrade with the installation of luxury restrooms worth $430,000. The official Xinhua News Agency said the most lavish of the restrooms...
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Sunday, April 6, 2008
BEN-HUR'S RACE COMES TO AN END
Hollywood legend Charlton Heston dead at 84 Apr. 6/08: Los Angeles: Charlton Heston, who won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing "Ben-Hur" and portrayed Moses, Michelangelo, El Cid and other heroic figures in movie epics of the '50s and '60s, has died at the age of 84. The actor died...
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Saturday, April 5, 2008
OOPS! WAS THAT GUN LOADED?
Safety checks ordered after N.Y. rifle company accidentally ships loaded guns Apr 4/08: New York, N.Y.: A rifle manufacturer asked arms dealers U.S.-wide to make extra safety inspections after discovering it had accidentally shipped four guns loaded with live ammunition. Henry Repeating Arms ( now...
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Friday, April 4, 2008
HOW DO YOU STUFF A GUITAR INTO YOUR PANTS?
Police say man stole guitar from store in Maine by putting it down his pants Apr 3/08: Lewiston, Maine How do you stuff a guitar down your pants? Ummm, very carefully. Police in Lewiston, Maine, say a man stole an electric guitar from a music store by shoving it down his pants and walking out (how...
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Monday, March 31, 2008
THE GODS HAVE SPOKEN
Well, not really anything all that dramatic, but with renewal staring me in the face, I believe I'll keep "Rumored Humor" and "Refuge" going, and try to make "As Time Goes By" much more useful as an "Everything Else" blog. I can always go back to five blogs if time allows (if my job hours get cut)....
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008
ARTHUR C. CLARKE 1917- 2008
Science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke dies at 90 in Sri Lanka (if you like science fiction, you probably liked Arthur C. Clarke) Mar. 18/08: Colombo, Sri Lanka Arthur C. Clarke, a visionary science-fiction writer who won worldwide acclaim with more than 100 books on space, science and the future,...
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Friday, March 7, 2008
NO COUNTRY FOR SNOWMEN? ARE YOU KIDDING??
No country for snowmen. No, wait, that's no country for old men. Right now this country is a snowman's paradise. At this rate, people will still be skiing in mid July. We are actually in good shape here in the southernmost city in Canada where we may get another 10-15 centimetres of snow over the...
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