Archive for April, 2007
Testosterone Television: Thursday April 26th
0 Comments Published by Susie April 26th, 2007 in TV. Share ThisAll times Eastern.
• 6PM, History Channel - Modern Marvels: Poison. The history of poison. Included: Egyptian, Greek and Roman uses for poisons; the poisonous gas of World War I; and bioterrorism.
• 6PM, Science Channel - Geologic Journey: Great Lakes. Geologic features of the Great Lakes include the wetlands on the edge of Lake Ontario, sand [...]
It’s not a lock yet, but the first credible theory for honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder may have turned up: “N. ceranae [a fungus] is ‘one of many pathogens’ in the bees, said entomologist Diana Cox-Foster of Pennsylvania State University. ‘By itself, it is probably not the culprit … but it may be one of the key players.’” [LA Times]
There’s nothing gross or unnatural about this, per se, but I think it’s pretty neat that this guy’s salt water aquarium, filled with coral harvested from the sea, ended up being the perfect environment for a (likely) six-inch worm to grow up to seven feet in a couple of years (killing much of his growth in the process). [Oregon Reef}
Dear Alec Baldwin: You may not quit 30 Rock. That is all. [NYTimes]
Afternoon Tonic: Southern Belles
0 Comments Published by Joel April 26th, 2007 in Tonic, Women. Share ThisBig sun hats, a case of Natty Lite, and a line in front of the shitter. I declare!
[via AtlantaIllustrated.com]
Mike Penner, 23 year veteran sportswriter for the Los Angeles Times newspaper today announced that, at 40+ years of age, he’s accepted that he’s actually a woman. Rather, will be in a few weeks, when she returns to her post as Christine Daniels. [latimes.com]
It’s like Bittorrent, but without a stinky person’s head in the frame: AOL and ClickStar will make the new thriller “Lonely Hearts” available online tomorrow as a stream for free. The video quality isn’t as great as they’d like you to believe, but the movie actually looks pretty good. [Video.AOL.com]
Clips: “Sniff My Dirty Socks, Loser”
5 Comments Published by Joel April 26th, 2007 in Sex, Travel. Share ThisThis video is completely safe for work visually, but you’ll want to turn down the volume on your PC unless you want your co-workers to think you get off on a woman talking dirty to you while showing off her two-day-old socks. Really, though, the video is just gravy; you should go to the YouTube [...]
Thousand of Japanese seem to have been conned into buying lambs after a seller told them they were poodles. [Metro.co.uk] [Update: It's not true.]
Woman Poses As Attorney For Prison Love
0 Comments Published by Alex April 26th, 2007 in Relationships, Romance, Sex. Share ThisUsually it’s a crime to break out of prison; in this case it was criminal to break in.
Either the chick’s got serious nerve, the dude’s the most amazing stud ever, or the power of love truly is the most amazing force in the world. Either way, I’m kind of sad that 29 year old [...]
Convicted Father Ditches On Son’s Kidney Transplant
0 Comments Published by Alex April 26th, 2007 in Family. Share ThisCheck it out: Byron Keith Perkins was serving time for bank robbery, and awaiting sentencing for marijuana distribution and unlawful transport of firearms. Looking at around 25 years in the pen. He’s released temporarily to see if he had a compatible kidney to donate to his dialysis-stricken son, but instead of following through on [...]
“Pot 2.0″ Far Stronger Than Your Dad’s Weed
5 Comments Published by Alex April 26th, 2007 in Drugs, Smoking. Share ThisThe National Institute for Drug Abuse, citing data found by the University of Mississippi’s Marijuana Potency Project (why did I go to college in Wisconsin?), released information yesterday supporting commonly asserted claims that today’s dope is really good shit.
The average THC levels evident in the hashish and marijuana that is available today is far [...]
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