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I just got back from a grueling two-day ride to Gurneville and back (OMFG! I rode all the way there and back!), and received a voicemail from my folks, who said a large, damaging, and lethal cyclone struck Rangoon recently ( Read more... )

Hehehe...say no to kinky sex, and save civilization! ;-)

So, as I sweated at the gym, I tuned into a BBC broadcast. There was a story on Cairo's homeless children, receiving some help through foreign NGOs to bathe & feed them...the younger ones held by Oliver Twist-style gangs of older youths drugged on bags of whiteout ( Read more... )

That proves it! This bit of celebrity gossip: ( Read more... )

1. Chez Panisse's continued crusade for local sourcing - tap water!

2. Hotel CaliforniaBaghdad - you can check out, but you can't ever leave.

3. On the charm of the so-called "British" accent to American ears. Oh I dunno, for my part, I do like the softer pronounciations generally, but there are plenty of accents of that island nation that are ( Read more... )

1. Regarding all this talk about Khalid Shaikh Mohammad's confession, I'm reminded of what I said at the Riva's about a similar topic...with all these "terrorist confessions" the more interesting bit must be the parts that are kept confidential/classified. I imagine they include such illuminating comments as admissions to assassinating JFK, being ( Read more... )

1. More unchecked Swiss aggression ;-) - still, it does provoke an interesting thought. If one can successfully invade a country with a mere 171 men, how many more would it really take to fully subjugate it? ;-)

2. China's human parts just-in-time misdelivery ... technically, UPS's fault.

3. Regarding the Walter Reed scandal, Bush is 'troubled'4 ( Read more... )

1. I really shouldn't be as amused by this as I am. Like something out of a Dirty Harry or Bruce Lee film. Senior citizen tourist kills would-be mugger with his bare hands. How quickly we brush over the PTSD trained killers in our midst, even in the senior circuit.

2. More American involvement in the Ethiopian operation in Somalia is unveiled. I ( Read more... )

1. Kissing lessons at Good Vibes - that's actually quite cute. :-)

2. Meanwhile, Santa Fe knows how to deal with no-good pornography during Lent ... by destroying it with preventative detonation!

3. Reliant Robin spacelaunch ... why am I reminded of Eddie Izzard's sketch about the British space programme? ;-)

4. Visitor numbers down at the ( Read more... )