An interesting letter in the Australian Shooter Magazine this week, which quotes: "If you consider that there has been an average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq theater of operations during the past 22 months, and a total of 2112 deaths, that gives a firearm death rateof 60 per 100,000 soldiers ( Read more... )

Let dispell, once and for all, the rumors that Phelps used performance enhancing drugs. As this photo clear shows, Phelps's swimming ability was there from day 0!


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So on 7/1/08, I became an unkle for the first time. Lucas Jeffrey was born about 3 weeks early... maybe the only time a Dono shows up early ( Read more... )

Note: From an email.... I found myself giggling madly... in a pyschotic manner befitting the story (at work no less). You think I'm losing it? Am I becoming Jon Arbuckle ( Read more... )

Sciencey stuff always intrigues me. Here's a recent discovery I just learned about ( Read more... )

Now that would be a show to see! Anyone up for a road trip? (Okay maybe not really but sure wish I could go!)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070918/ap_en_mu/people_sex_pistols;_ylt=AhgnMNbPBq1Aqoxt2IILfDGs0NUE

The good news:

"BELFAST, Northern Ireland - The British army marked a milestone of peacemaking Tuesday as it formally ended its 38-year mission to bolster security in Northern Ireland. The military's longest-running operation officially was ending at midnight. But the symbolic moment came months after the reality - no British troops have been on ( Read more... )

All I can say is boo-hoo! (And thank that judge for having the ballz to do it!):

Paris Hilton was sent screaming and crying back to jail Friday after a judge ruled that she must serve out her sentence behind bars rather than in the comfort of her Hollywood Hills home.  "It's not right!" shouted Hilton, who violated her probation in a reckless ( Read more... )

Scientists unearth Superman's "kryptonite ( Read more... )

Poor guy.... (not sure how someone thought it a good idea in the first place).. it's going to cost him dearly ( Read more... )