Monday, July 14, 2008
Today’s Special – War-Themed Dining...
In the Lebanese capital of Beirut, where they know a thing or two about war, “Buns & Guns” has opened. The war-themed restaurant features waiters in military fatigues who serve “Kalashnikov sandwiches” chosen from bullet-shaped menus. While dining on “terrorist bread”, diners are wooed by recorded...
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Saturday, July 12, 2008
Why Watermelons Make for Better Lovers...
Want Viagra without the expense of a prescription? Science has found that watermelon contains cituline, which combines with the bodies enzymes to relax blood vessels and enable erections. It takes just six slices of watermelon to mimic the effect of Viagra, claims Bhimu Patil at the Fruit and...
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Friday, July 11, 2008
And in Zimbabwe: 50 Billion Buys Three Bread Loaves...
With an annual inflation rate of around 9 million per cent, Zimbabwe is full of billionaires and trillionaires who can’t feed their families. Last week, hyper-inflation forced the African nation’s central bank to quadruple the daily bank withdrawal limit to 100 billion, enough to buy 2 litres of...
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Thursday, July 10, 2008
Bottled Water – the Drink of the Rich and Uneducated...
“Across most categories of social characteristics, income and education typically move in tandem. People who are wealthy tend to have the same likes and dislikes as people who are well-educated. Not so with bottled water. The greatest consumers of bottled water in Canada are those with substantial...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2008
The Battle of the Bulge: Who’s to Blame?
TAPS and Ciel wrote pieces on the epidemic of obesity yesterday. Here’s my little contribution, which is actually a brief piece out of Discovery, one of my favourite mags. And I quote, with my running commentary in []: “The blame game for obesity (was it your parents or those cupcakes?) continues....
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Monday, July 7, 2008
Waiting in Vein...
Police in Laishan City, China, pulled over a slow-moving vehicle and were surprised to find the driver with an intravenous drip hanging from the rearview mirror and connected to his left arm.The driver told police he was tired of waiting for treatment at a clinic and decided to drive home. Reports...
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Thursday, July 3, 2008
To All our American Friends...
A Happy, Healthy and Proud Fourth! And let us think of all the American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, and our own Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan as well!
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Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Stop the Presses – Donkey Pursuits...
“Articles on Thursday and Friday about sexual images on federal appeals court Judge Alex Kozinski’s website contained erroneous descriptions of one video. The video showed a partially undressed man being pursued by a donkey in a field but did not show sexual contact.” – San Francisco Chronicle, June...
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Monday, June 30, 2008
Because of Wild Popular Acclaim: Bad Sex in Fiction No. 2...
I have noooo idea what Feschuk is talking about here, but whatever it is, it seems to strike some very responsive chords among Bloggers. Hence, I have caved in and shall present you with a bit more of what he has to offer. Remember, this is not my own stuff, and I take no responsibility for the...
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Saturday, June 28, 2008
Let’s hear it for the Bad Sex in Fiction Award...
Until very recently, meaning today, I didn’t know there was such a thing. But there is, and it is awarded annually by Britain ’s Literary Review, according to Scott Feschuk in Maclean’s. I was utterly enchanted, and feel compelled to share some of this find with my Blogit friends. Writes Feschuk,...
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