Friday, August 1, 2008
And here’s the Latest from the World of Sport...
Ian Millar’s [Canadian equestrian] horse In Style is set to fly to the Olympics early Sunday morning. But the 13-year old bay gelding should be unfazed by the 18-hour flight to Hong Kong, having been to Europe several times for competition. “In Style is like someone you’d want to marry because he’s...
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Thursday, July 31, 2008
Just in Case the Thought of Black Holes Has Given You Sleepless Nights..
Pretty soon, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) under the border between France and Switzerland will begin operating, and may well be creating Mini Black Holes, something that has a lot of people worried. So much so, that a couple of lawsuits have been filed in the US to stop the start-up of the...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
And Also in Tennessee: Baptisms and Boaters Don’t Mix...
If you’re planning on putting your boat in the water in the town of Soddy-Daisy [no, that’s not a typo, it’s not Soggy -Daisy, although it might as well be], officials would like you to wait until the baptisms at the foot of the boat slip are over. On July 4, about 40 people gathered on the ramp to...
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Saturday, July 26, 2008
And in Tennessee: Man Seeks Divine Intervention, then Sues Church...
Matt Lincoln is suing Lakewind Church in Knoxville, Tenn., for US$2.5 million, claiming loss of income, pain and suffering after he sustained a fall while attending a service there. Lincoln says he pitched over after asking God for “a real experience.” He says that the “spirit of God” caused him to...
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
And in The Netherlands: Light Up and Be With God...
Promising to hand out lighters in lieu of the Sacred Host, Cor Busch is one of a growing number of Dutch pub owners converting their bars to churches. As members of the One True Universal Smokers’ Church of God, the bars seek to circumvent new Dutch health regulations prohibiting smoking in bars....
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Heaven According to Concetta…
Concetta Bertoldi is a medium who talks with the dead all the time and knows what’s happening on the 'other side'. Recently she gave an interview, and was asked, “ What is there to do on the Other Side”? “There are so many dimensions [she said]; we have the choice of any kind of beauty we wish to...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Coming Soon to Your Neighbourhood Office Depot...
Nineteenth-century British mathematician and engineer Charles Babbage has a host of inventions to his name, including the standard railroad gauge, the cowcatcher and the ophthalmoscope. A famous design he never built is his Difference Engine No. 2, a piece of Victorian technology meant to tussle...
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Sunday, July 20, 2008
And in Britain: Mr. Boyt Likes Cats, Rats, Dogs and Horseshoe Bats...
“For most, a squashed hedgehog or flattened badger lying on the side of the road is a tragic sight - for Arthur Boyt it is an opportunity for a free, tasty and nutritious meal. Mr. Boyt has spent the last 50 years scraping carcasses from the side of the road and chucking them, together with a few...
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Friday, July 18, 2008
And in Germany: From Tyranny to Insanity in 63 Years...
Germany may give the vote to teenagers, children and even infants, in a bid to end decades of political discrimination against minors. Several parties are backing the bill to lower the voting age to zero, among them the Free Democratic Party, allies of Angela Merkel’s ruling party. “In Germany 17...
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Thursday, July 17, 2008
Cookie-Selling Chimp Goes on the Lam...
Authorities are searching for Moe the Chimp, who escaped a California game farm last month. Moe had been put out there two years ago after a series of biting incidents in the home of his owner, NASCAR driver St. James Davis. Before the attacks, Moe had been a model couch potato, preferring watching...
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