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Siegfried & Roy break ground on new park

Clark County and McCarran Airport marked the start of construction on the Siegfried and Roy Park Thursday afternoon. The parks two namesakes, legendary famed illusionists, Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn were on hand for the ground breaking ceremony ( Read more... )

Someone on Facebook mentioned drinking out of a prosthetic leg. This made me think of this incident which occurred while I was a freshman at Princeton (the web copy is dated 2000 but note the 1990 byline). The connection is that in subsequent years, I heard at least one rumor that he was seen drinking out of one of his prostheses. (Legal ( Read more... )

Among other things he played in a mostly-old-timers game that included Vladimir Putin (who apparently made it a personal goal to learn to play hockey) and has taken up jiujitsu.

Ex-Red Wing Konstantinov rehabs through art

"He has been at home working with someone who also had an art background," said Susan Miller, marketing and admissions director for Universal Institute and Gallery U Michigan. "As a way to kill time and to make his day productive, she started working with him with just watercolors and all kinds of things ( Read more... )

Hasek pursuing various interests, thinking comeback

While he's currently stepped away from his hockey career, the veteran goalie has been pursuing a variety of interesting activities ( Read more... )

Former Met Lenny Dykstra pleads to auto theft: "Former New York Mets star Lenny Dykstra pleaded no contest on Wednesday to grand theft auto charges stemming from what prosecutors said was a scheme to lease cars using phony business and credit information."

So, not much of a turnaround since I last heard about him.

Donald Brashear's next career move: MMA fighter

Found while clicking/searching around YouTube for other Ode to Joy videos, apparently some models of HP Scanjet can be induced to play Ode to Joy.

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And would you believe someone programmed a Scanjet to play Für EliseOther random Googling/Wikipedia tidbit re: Beethoven: "There were all sorts of stories about [the size of a CD] having something to ( Read more... )

slashdot: "Star Wars creator George Lucas is converting all six films from his iconic science fiction saga into 3D and will re-release them in theatres in 2012. 'Episode I: The Phantom Menace' will be released first ( Read more... )