Monday, February 18, 2008
Frog Juice Potion Promises Firm Results...
A potion to combat various disorders is sweeping Peru. Vendors in public markets are selling a combination of white-bean broth, raw aloe vera and other ingredients. They’re put in a blender along with a frog. Users say that the resulting warm “juice” combats impotence, and the drink has become a...
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Sunday, February 17, 2008
More news from Britain: tortoises keep better in the fridge...
A mild winter is worrying tortoise lovers. Warm temperatures are causing the garden reptiles to wake from hibernation, raising their temperatures. And because they risk death from a sudden cold snap, Joy Bloor of the Tortoise Garden sanctuary in Cornwall asks tortoise lovers to bring them in before...
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Saturday, February 16, 2008
What the hell is going on in Britain, aside from the usual?
The Fire Brigades Union of the United Kingdom released research this week documenting an astonishing trend. On more than 2000 occasions last year, crews in the UK were attacked – mostly by groups of young people – while fighting fires, or were lured by hoax calls to a site were they found themselves...
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Friday, February 15, 2008
For once, a legislator who makes sense...
South Carolina State Rep. Fletcher Smith is catching flak for his proposal to let underage servicemen and women drink alcohol if they show their military ID. The state raised its drinking age to 21 from 18 to comply with federal law in 1984....Fletcher’s point is well taken: soldiers are killing and...
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Thursday, February 14, 2008
And in Romania, A Deflated Lover Brings a Fine...
A faulty product is a faulty product and demands compensation, so consumer protection officials have ruled. They fined a Transylvanian sex shop $1200 for selling a defective inflatable doll. A man complained to them that the one he bought deflated quickly “due to a faulty electrical circuit.” It...
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Fat Emergency in Mississippi...
A politician has co-sponsored a bill in the state legislature that would force restaurants to ban fat people. The bill would charge health inspectors with closing eateries that allow heavy people in their establishments. In Mississippi, where two-thirds of the population is overweight, the proposal...
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Yeah for the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice
Saudi Arabia has asked florists and gift shops to remove all red items until after Valentine's Day, calling the celebration of such a holiday a sin, local media reported Monday. "As Muslims we shouldn't celebrate a non-Muslim celebration, especially this one that encourages immoral relations between...
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Sunday, February 10, 2008
The Great Quasar Round-Up...
A multiple-space-telescope survey has unmasked hundreds of black holes obscured within dusty, distant galaxies. As gas spirals into the black holes, they beam brightly with X-rays, forming quasars. The galaxies lie 9 to 11 billion light years away [which means we’re looking 9 to 11 billion into the...
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Friday, February 8, 2008
A Smelly Proposition...
For decades scientists suspected that the sense of smell (that is, airborne chemical detection) probably plays an important role in human sexual attraction, just as it does in other mammals. But despite the claims displayed on the countless bottled “pheromones” on the market, scientists had no luck...
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Thursday, February 7, 2008
In Spring (not here yet) a Young Man’s Fancy Turns to Love, and Kissing...
And here are some interesting facts about kissing, from a recent article. ‘A kiss triggers a cascade of neural messages and chemicals that transmit tactile sensations, sexual excitement, feelings of closeness, motivation and even euphoria. Kisses can convey important information about the status and...
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