Archive for the 'Organizations' Category
June 29th, 2006
Pretty tragic. I think this is the 3rd of 4th death on a Disney ride this year. Then again that may be typical?
From WESH.COM:
Boy Dies After Riding Roller Coaster At Disney-MGM
ORLANDO, Fla. — A 12-year-old boy died after riding a roller coaster at Disney-MGM Studios on Thursday.
Disney officials said the boy was transported by ambulance to […]
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Organizations, Odd Death | 2 Comments
June 28th, 2006
This is one of those fake “Public Service Ads” That was on the air about a month ago.
You watch this and think it has to be some kind of Saturday Night Live phony commericial. Right? Wrong. Believe it or not this is a real ad…
And so the question […]
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Organizations, Oil Crisis, Stupid Promotions | 1 Comment
June 27th, 2006
Last weekend my camp mates and I went up to the Great Black Rock Desert for a little Pre-Burning Man celebration. Well, ok the trip was to organize our storage unit in Empire for this years burn, but then afterwards we took a few couches and dragged them off to the playa and had the entire […]
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People, Organizations, Accomplishments, Holidays, Cool Stuff, Burning Man | 11 Comments
June 23rd, 2006
Special Thanks to Graham Linn of “A Day In That Place” Blog for sending me a note about a very “Special” event taking place in Missouri.
Apparently there will be a Fund Raiser for The Special Olympics of Missouri featuring special Krispy Kreme Burgers!
The Krispy Kreme burger is a thick and juicy burger topped with sharp cheddar […]
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Organizations, Inventions, Food, Fat America | 2 Comments
June 22nd, 2006
From MSNBC.COM:
Officials: U.S. didn’t find WMDs, despite claims
Comments are response to claims by GOP senators
WASHINGTON - Senior U.S. intelligence officials said Thursday they have no evidence that Iraq produced chemical weapons after the 1991 Gulf War, despite recent reports from media outlets and Republican lawmakers.
Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania and Rep. Peter Hoekstra of Michigan […]
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Organizations, Politics, Iraq | 2 Comments
June 22nd, 2006
This is pretty funny.
after weeks of bad service, being put on hold, and other really bad customer service, Comcast sends a tech out to this guys house to fix his cable modem and he falls asleep on his couch!
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People, Organizations, Tech, You Tube Video | No Comments
June 11th, 2006
I love the American Rabbit Breeders, It’s where I was born, and it’s a great place to meet other bunny ladies. If you’re a bunny, and you like to breed, I highly recommend this place.
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People, Animals, Organizations, Cool Stuff | No Comments
June 9th, 2006
This is really neato! It’s the Bunny Museum Website! They have everything there, from “The Bunny on the Moon Guide” to great facts about Bunnys, and it’s a real place too!
Yes! Over 12,000 people have visited the Bunny Museum! I highly recommend you hop on over and check it out for yourself!
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Animals, Organizations, Cool Stuff | 1 Comment
June 8th, 2006
Good luck putting this Genie back in the bottle.
The sad thing is, they’ll probably try to ”make an example” out of some poor schmuck playing 25 cent Texas Holdem who didn’t know his way around a proxy server.
Stupid Laws seem to be an epidemic these days.
From PokerMag.COM:
Now A Felony In The State Of Washington To Play Poker […]
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Laws, Organizations, Politics, Crime, Online Games | No Comments
June 1st, 2006
The BBC and Oxford University have joined forces to create a new distributed computing project. This project, similar to other Distributed Computing projects like SETI At Home, will use your computers extra CPU Cycles to crunch a piece of data in the project. (Usually while the screen saver is running).
The purpose of the project is to study […]
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Science, Organizations, Cool Stuff, Tech | 1 Comment
May 31st, 2006
A group of people started this online community as an experiment to transfer it to the real world on an island near Figi in the South Pacific. Apparently it works like this; you join the tribe (The fee is anywhere from $220 - $660), then you are free to go to the island (at your […]
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People, Organizations, Nations, Cool Stuff, Nature | No Comments
May 30th, 2006
Watching this news clip from Cleveland about people using computers at the library to download porn and masturbate is like watching a slow moving car accident over and over again.
In a Nutshell, the reporter interviews this young guy who denies he whacked off at the library while viewing porn on one of their computers. When […]
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People, Organizations | 1 Comment
May 29th, 2006
From CNN.COM:
Computer techs turn to fisticuffs for fun
Fight clubs are chance to be ‘a superhero for a night’
MENLO PARK, California (AP) — They may sport love handles and Ivy League degrees, but every two weeks, some Silicon Valley techies turn into vicious street brawlers in a real-life, underground fight club.
Kicking, punching and swinging every household […]
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May 20th, 2006
Ok It’s time to update the Iraqi Invasion Checklist:
Captured Saddam Hussein……… Check
Finally realized there are no Nasty WMD in Iraq…… Check
Hung around to to see Iraq elect a Government…… Check
Killed around 100,000 “Evil Doers” ……. Check
Created more terrorists than there were before….. Check
Gave Haliburton $Billion$ in No Bid Contracts…… Check
Lost Track of $Billion$ in those […]
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Organizations, Nations, Accomplishments, Iraq | No Comments