Tuesday, May 27, 2008
And in Utah: Police Chief Demonstrates How Not to Use a Gun
A Utah police chief recently shot himself in the ankle while teaching a class how to clean a gun. According to students, he was waving the gun about haphazardly before it went off. Chief Dave Hansen cried “I’m hit,” and fell over. Students responded with shouts of “Officer down,” before calling 911....
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Monday, May 26, 2008
Good Morning, Bloggers!
I am back, sort of. That is to say, I am back in my usual haunts, but not quite in full blogging mode. In a day or so I shall give you some of my Thoughts, including a few pictures, as well as my concluding Views on that Time business. And I plan to read all of my favorite Bloggers’ posts that I...
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Monday, May 12, 2008
You will just have to do without...
Without my Thoughts, my Views (I had hoped to post the next Time instalment, but had no time), my Occasional Poetry, and even my Tidbits. Because I'll be off tomorow, ere dawn breaks, heading east, into the Maritimes. And I shall try to stay away from telephones and computers as much as possible,...
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And in Santiago de Chile: Free Viagra for Seniors...
The mayor of Lo Prado, a suburb of Chile ’s capital, has started giving out free Viagra to seniors. Gonzalo Navarrete said he started the program because “an active sexuality improves the overall quality of life.” The residents are entitled to four pills per month, provided they are 60 or older and...
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Friday, May 9, 2008
And in Japan: Try a Gulp of Pig Placenta for Flawless Skin...
The latest beauty rage in Japan is a refreshing drink that claims to rejuvenate the skin and reverse the signs of aging. The active ingredient is pig placenta. The liquid can be drunk or dabbed on blotchy or sun-damaged skin for a flawless complexion. The product, called Placenta 10,000, costs about...
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Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Earth-forming Stars are Common in the Milky Way...
An infra-red survey of the Milky Way found 20 to 60 per cent of Sun-like stars [that’s a rather large spread, if you ask me] in our galaxy sport dusty disks that could spawn rocky planets similar to Earth, scientists reported Feb 1 in Astrophysical Journal Letters. The astronomers used NASA’s...
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Monday, May 5, 2008
And in Ontario: A Minor Inconvenience for Rapists and Pedophiles...
Ontario ’s sex offender registry is here to stay. In a unanimous judgment released this week, the province’s highest court ruled that although the crime-fighting tool infringes on the rights of rapists and pedophiles, such minor inconveniences as reporting annually to police are justified in light...
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Saturday, May 3, 2008
And in Iran: Playthings of the Godless...
Tehran’s prosecutor general, Ghorban Ali Dori Najafabadi, sent an open letter to the vice-president this week, warning an influx of smuggled Western toys – like Barbie, Batman and Harry Potter dolls – is “destructive culturally and a social danger.” In 2002, Iran began producing its own line of...
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Thursday, May 1, 2008
Today’s Special - Fresh from the Food Fish Aquarium...
They’re not pets, they’re dinner! A French designer has created an aquarium in which to grow edible fish. “ Local River ” is partly an art project and partly a proposal to capitalize on the local-food fad. It consists of an attractive aquarium that lets fish grow to dinner-size right in your own...
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008
And in Ontario: Law Clotheslined...
At a time when everyone purports to be “green”, it’s good to see that the Ontario government has reversed its absurd decision to make it illegal to hang clothes out to dry on a clothesline. Seeing your neighbours’ underwear flap in the wind may not be anyone’s idea of a nice view, but in lieu of...
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