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If you want to turn your cat into a black hole...
(which I most definitely do not) From minutephysics on YouTube:
The Black Hole Tipping Point
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My parking ticket adjudicated. The result.
Back in October I was driving a rental car, because I'd lent mine to my daughter. I parked one night to run into FedEx to copy something, and when I came out I saw a parking cop an enforcement officer of the Philadelphia Parking Authority standing by the car tapping at his gadget. I ran down the block, but it was too late.
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You use what works
Hat-tip to my old pal John D.
Got unwanted oxen? Try bear urine to ward them off
NOME, Alaska (AP) - Alaska wildlife officials have turned to an unusual source in efforts to persuade a herd of musk oxen to leave this Bering Sea coastal town for good.
Bear urine.
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The word "the" is for sale.
From the blog Superlinguo: For those who like and use language
"The" is for sale on eBay
An eBay user from Sydney called ‘sweatyman’ is selling a definite article.
Bidding for “the” is currently over $10,000: http://ebay.com.au/itm?itemId=151308445876
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News: the good, the bad, and the ????
Three headlines from U.S. News on NBCNEWS.com:- Judge orders Colorado baker to serve gay couples
- Winter storm heads east after walloping West
- Satanists want statue beside Ten Commandments monument at Oklahoma Legislature
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Auto-brewery syndrome
No, not brewing beer in your car. Brewing beer in your gut. (NPR, September 17, 2013 4:10 PM)
Auto-Brewery Syndrome: Apparently, You Can Make Beer In Your Gut
This medical case may give a whole new meaning to the phrase "beer gut."
A 61-year-old man - with a history of home-brewing - stumbled into a Texas emergency room complaining of ( Read more... ) -
Death by mail
If you ever need to get an official Pennsylvania Certificate of Death, you'll have to contact the PA Dept. of Health, Division of Vital Records. You can do it in person, on line, or by mail. And if you choose to order by mail, the form you have to download is called Death_by_mail.pdf.
WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?
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a really weird web problem
[Just sent, with cc to the company that built the website]
My stepmother was a resident with you for years until her death, and her partner is still a resident. I'd lost his address, so I looked at your website and saw a bizarre, and to me inexplicable, problem: The sevens and eights in your phone number and address are invisible! See the attached ( Read more... ) -
Becoming one with Nature... taken a bit too far?
Man in goat suit spotted among goats
Jul. 20, 2012 11:59 AM -- Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY -- A man spotted dressed in a goat suit among a herd of wild goats in the mountains of northern Utah has wildlife officials worried he could be in danger as hunting season approaches.
Phil Douglass of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources said Friday ( Read more... )
