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Welcome to the "Life" section
This site has evolved into a place to post stuff that doesn't fit the theme of my main blog. Over there you'll find the more serious examination of current events; crime, entertainment, and the offbeat and weird stories that are hard to classify go here. Think of it as the "Life" section of the paper. There are also occasional posts about my own ( Read more... ) -
Scary, as well as sad
What's worse than an extremely strong person, who can survive being hit by multiple vehicles, who has serious mental health issues and violent tendencies?
How about two of them:
Astonishingly, both survived. According to this the one that got hit by the 44 tonne semi spent several weeks in hospital; meanwhile her sister suffered only minor injuries. ( Read more... ) -
The trouble with helicopters
OK, helicopters are really cool. They do have their quirks, though:
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Holy site meter explosion, Batman!
Slightly over three hours ago I posted this, and in that time I've had over 30 hits (more than I'd had in the previous week). I think the tawdry nature of the subject matter had something to do with it (though to be fair, a couple of the hits were drawn to this one instead). But nearly every other hit came from a search engine looking for "manitoba ( Read more... ) -
A couple of offbeat stories...
In the course of my daily research of the news (environmental stories for work, and political, economic, and other serious news for here) I come across unusual stories fairly often. Here's a couple that caught my attention.
Firstly, any sports fan knows the feeling of disappointment when someone on your favourite team makes a really bad play. Maybe ( Read more... ) -
Test of "crash-proof" motorcycle
The idea is that it's full of sensors that detect potentially hazardous traffic and warn the operator. How well does it work? Well, let's see...
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Dave Chappelle on The Secret
Over at my other blog I made reference to Barbara Ehrenreich's look at the modern obsession with "positive thinking", especially (but not exclusively) in the US. This being a more lighthearted site, I figure I'll give you Dave Chappelle's take on it instead:
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Miscellany
Not a huge lot to report right now. Nonetheless, a few things are worthy of note. For instance, yesterday, en route back from a meeting with atomicat I saw the following vehicle:
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Don't make Neko angry
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