ODDS & ENDS

As the song says: "Everything old is new again"

I wonder if this lady has a large estate that her family will inherit? "Bungie jumping next gran'ma."

Any of you English Bobbies looking for work? Thats about the only other place I can think of where this is encouraged.

See what happens when you are a natural born ass. The rest of us took years of training (and/or drinking) to reach this state.

Talk about a bad hair day.

Serendipity rocks! Looking at exactly the right time, in the right direction, with the right equipment has allowed astronomers, for the first time ever, to witness, and record, a star going "super-nova." Usually, they start observations after the event has begun.

The Christian Taliban just will not leave our schools alone. No matter how many times the courts rule against them.
Here is some more proof of the validity of the Darwin Theory. Get over it. Life evolves. If life were part of "intelligent design" there wouldn't be proof of transitional species. Besides, if everything was by design, then how come there are so many failed proto-types? Look at it this way:

HUMAN (ver 25.76.18a)

If this proves out, then the blossoming carbon nanotube industry may join asbestos as an health hazard.

I referenced the creation and future prospects of oLEDs (organic light emiting diodes) earlier. Well an art designer is offering for sale 25 lamps made of this material. How much will they cost? If you have to ask, you can't afford it. Prices won't drop until mass production allows for economy of scale. In the not too distant future I can foresee:

• Amazing home Christmas light displays.
• Cheap animated billboards.
  
• Safety vests a motorist will actually be able to see.
• Emergency lights on public safety/service vehicles that use the entire vehicle.

The possibilities seem endless. Can you think of any other potential uses?

Showing the lack of adequate laws regarding cyber-space in Japan, a student was recently convicted for copyright infringement for spreading the destructive "Harada virus". Spreading the virus wasn't illegal, just copying and distributing the video in which it was embedded.

Over The Limit?
UNDER ARREST!
Please don't drink and drive

"Let's all be careful out there!"

I AM NOT A "STOOL-PIGEON"...

A lost (and recovered) trained parrot in Tokyo wouldn't talk to the police but did open up to a veterinarian.

The term "love bites" might not be the exact way to describe this incident.

I wonder if this woman thought she was experiencing deja vu?

$100,000 for a golden toothpick? I wonder what my old Q-Tips will be worth in the future?

I always thought that prison food was supposed to be horrible.

Jessica Alba is used to being stared at. Now she returns the favor in a stare-down contest.

Want to play?

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The National Weather Service - Honolulu Office announced last week their predictions for the 2008 Central Pacific (140°w - 180°w) hurricane season (June 1st - November 30th). Normally we get 4-5 tropical storms that either originate or pass through. Looks like it is going to be slow this time around, only 2-3. Of course, all it takes is ONE to ruin your day.

Over The Limit?
UNDER ARREST!
Please don't drink and drive

"Let's all be careful out there!"

DAILY CHUCKLE

Over The Limit?
UNDER ARREST!
Please don't drink and drive

"Let's all be careful out there!"

ALWAYS BEWARE...

THE OCTOBER SURPRISE

Republican administrations have been infamous for pulling some stunt out of left-field in the later part of October that generates a knee-jerk reaction from the electorate and leaves the opposition little or no time to react before the November elections.

But "loose lips sink ships", as we all know. The White House yesterday issued a denial that "fearless leader" had the details laid out for an invasion of Iran before the end of his term, as reported in the Jerusalem Post.

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When the doctors say it is in the brain, its inoperable, its malignant and they are going to use radiation and chemotherapy as the means of treatment, the odds of a positive conclusion become very, very long. While news bureaus around the world update their obituary file on Ted Kennedy, I send my best wishes to him and his family.

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Fron the desk of the Oval Office, all the way through the top administration officials, we have learned this year that they all have accepted knowledge and responsibilty to the use of torture, cloaked in more politically sanitized phrases, at Gitmo. Now it turns out that, until ordered to close the file by their superiors, the FBI agents at Gitmo kept a file labeled "WAR CRIMES" documenting the use of torture by the military, the CIA and even intelligence agents from China (China!?). I wonder how long after the end of Dubya's reign it'll be before the criminal indictments start being issued?

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A Major-General has apologized. The President has apologized. In America, where we pride ourselves on religious freedom and tolerance, it is not illegal to own a copy of the Koran. Shooting one, however, is a whole different story. The moral of the story? If you are being deployed to the middle-east, or have a loved one in that situation, make sure to take along a couple of copies of the Islamic holy book. Blowing the shit out of it at a target range is a surefire immediate trip back Stateside. Believe me, nobody here will ever give it a second thought. Hell, you might even get the "Key to the City" in a lot of communities. I'd shake your hand and give you a pat on the back.

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Thank you very much for the time you've spent with me. I appreciate it. I'll be back later with more. Its "hump day". Down hill from here to the 3-day Mermorial Day weekend.

Mahalo

Aloha

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THE PICTURE GALLERY

Over The Limit?
UNDER ARREST!
Please don't drink and drive

"Let's all be careful out there!"