“Maggie” - an elephant living in the Anchorage Alaska zoo - has been getting a little tubby recently. About a year ago, they started her on a weight-loss program because “She was slightly heavy for an elephant.”
Now they’ve constructed the first-ever Elephant treadmill. The thing is huge.
The next step is getting a gigantic [...]
Comparing the price of a hybrid version of a car versus a non-hybrid version, CNN has found that a hybrid car wont save you money in the long run.
Example: Thinking about the new hybrid version of the Honda Accord?
Over five years, assuming 15,000 miles of driving per year, you’ll make up that cost in [...]
The federal government is going to dump billions of dollars into rebuilding New Orleans. The idea is to repair the damage caused by the hurricane. (I wonder if a tree hit my van if the insurance company would give me a Ferrari) Unfortunately, if that is all it does, it will be far short of [...]
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The New York Times reports on a recent study from researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston that used Nielsen ratings to prove that during “the most important games of the A.L.C.S and World Series last season, emergency room visits at six Boston hospitals declined.”
They think that one of two things happened.
People stayed inside, thus avoiding [...]
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“An Idaho weatherman says Japan’s Yakuza mafia used a Russian-made electromagnetic generator to cause Hurricane Katrina in a bid to avenge itself for the Hiroshima atom bomb attack — and that this technology will soon be wielded again to hit another U.S. city.” - NBC 17 news web site
Sure, everyone else is laughing at this [...]
The U.S. Navy is reporting that they are missing 36 trained dolphins. The dolphins could be wearing special harnesses that they have used to fire “toxic darts” at divers in wetsuits in training exercises.
I hope the terrorists don’t try to take advantage of this opportunity to launch a frogman attack on our unguarded [...]
Over at my brother-in-law’s brother’s blog they have some pictures of how they weathered the hurricane. They slept in the hospital in a room with vending machines. (They didn’t get much sleep.)
Brihogan.com
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Mountain West Referees have won their second game for TCU by botching an overtime call. Last week, they failed to call an illegal block that TCU used and led TCU to a victory over Utah. This week, they “looked the other way” for a fumble at the goal line.
The referees ruled that TCU crossed [...]
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Searchers in Louisiana have so far reported no snipes in the greater New Orleans area. The search continues in earnest today as rescuers see their window-of-opportunity dwindling as Hurricaine Rita moves through the Gulf Coast.
We are assured that there are snipes here. Mayor Nagin has records in his office that show a population of approximately [...]
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