I’m impressed. This is a great prank. Though I don’t think my fiance’ would agree.
I think she’d kill my best man – and me – if he even contemplated doing this during
our honeymoon. 😉
Man’s
Apartment Encased in Aluminum Foil
“OLYMPIA, Wash. – What kind of friends coat your apartment — and nearly everything
in it — with tinfoil while you’re away? Here’s a hint: One of the only objects that
escaped the shiny treatment was a book titled ‘Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends.'”
“I will not buy this record. It is scratched”
“My hovercraft is full of eels.”
Bogus
Dictionary Lands Tourists In Trouble!
“A practical joker has stirred up trouble by publishing a Japanese-to-English
phrase book with incorrect definitions for every phrase! Now thousands of Japanese tourists who’ve painstakingly studied the bogus dictionary
in preparation for trips to America are arriving on our shores only to encounter
blank stares, hysterical laughter or even brutal beatings as soon as they open their
mouths.”
Woohoo! Doctor Who
is coming back to TV!
Actually, I already knew that, but I never blogged it, so this is the “official”
celebration. This was one of my favorite shows growing up. In fact, it’s a family
favorite. My parents have watched it since they were newlyweds.
I found poll results for fans’
favorite stories and picked up the DVD for the top choice, “The
Talons of Weng-Chiang”. When I have more money, I’ll pick up number two,
“The
Caves of Androzani”, and so on. 🙂
Buffy
Star Favorite to Play Dr Who
“LONDON (Reuters) – Buffy star Anthony Head was voted in a poll of Radio Times
readers on Monday as their favorite to play the next Dr Who. Head, who plays Giles in the cult US television series ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ beat Alan Rickman into second place.”” ‘I suppose I would be a logical choice to play the Doctor just because Giles,
my character in Buffy, has the same light and dark sides and quirkiness as Doctor
Who,’ Head told the listings magazine. Comedians Stephen Fry and Alan Davies were third and fourth and actor Ian Richardson was fifth. The BBC have not announced who will play the sci-fi legend but British media say
Richard E. Grant, Bill Nighy and Eddie Izzard are being considered.”“The cult series aired from 1963-1989. It will return to television screens in 2005.”
So scientists created an artificial virus. Great. How long will it be before artificial
biological weapons are developed. Don’t pretend the Pentagon wouldn’t be interested
in that. *sigh*
Scientists
create a virus that reproduces
By Elizabeth Weise
“It is the stuff of science fiction and bioethical debates: The creation of
artificial life. Up until now, it’s largely been just that. But an important technical bridge towards the creation of such life was crossed Thursday when genomics pioneer Craig Venter announced that his research group created
an artificial virus based on a real one in just two weeks’ time. When researchers created a synthetic genome (genetic map) of the virus and implanted it into a cell, the virus became ‘biologically active,’ meaning it went
to work reproducing itself.”
It’ll soon be the 40th anniversary of President Kennedy’s assassination. Following
that is another ignominious date. On June 7, 1964, Pennsylvania’s own Arlen Specter
fed the Warren Commission a sad excuse for scientific opinion, the so-called Magic Bullet Theory.
How is that a young district attorney, a man without any forensics training, could
form even a speculative guess about how events transpired, let alone have it accepted
as an intelligent and believable theory? The only explanation I can come to is that
for “national security” or some other B.S. reason, it was deemed imperative
to cover up the real events. Then again, that’s an amateur opinion. I wouldn’t expect
anyone to accept it on face value. I’m no Arlen Specter.
40
years on, Arlen Specter and Cyril Wecht still don’t agree how JFK died
By Michael A. Fuoco, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“Dr. Cyril H. Wecht, forensic pathologist and renowned-coroner-in-the-making,
was in a Philadelphia Assistant District Attorney Arlen Specter was stepping into an elevator
en route to a murder trial. The clock at City Hall said 1:40 p.m. It was 40 years ago next Saturday. President Kennedy, torchbearer of a new generation of Americans, trailblazer to the New Frontier, had been cut down by an assassin’s bullet in Dallas.”“Neither Wecht, then 32, nor Specter, then 33, could have known then they would soon
become inextricably linked with that momentous event and the endless debate about
what really happened during those ‘six seconds in Dallas’; on Nov. 22,
1963.”