Just click here and hold on to your brain.

Note: You might want to hold on a bit tighter. . .it might flee in terror. . . .

-------- Woman banned from smoking in her garden ---------

VAXJO, Sweden - A Swedish woman has been banned from
smoking in her garden in a trial headed by the
Environmental Court in Vaxjo. The 49-year-old single mother
from Akarp, Sweden, said she is enraged by the decision but
admitted that she will obey the ruling to avoid having to
pay a fine, ( Read more... )

we have lost it as a functional society.

------- Bullet-proof backpack latest for kids ---------

DANVERS, Mass. - New for this U.S. schoolchildren this
fall -- stylish yet functional -- it's a backpack with
a bulletproof lining. The item is being marketed by MJ
Safety Solutions, a company founded by Mike Pelonzi and
Joe Curran of Massachusetts. "I'm ( Read more... )

Figured I would join the band wagon and put in my sixty-nine cents on this movie.

I thought it was a very entertaining movie. Visually stunning, contained great color and CG effects. It kept to the graphic novel in a general sense but I was disappointed by it. I saw the subplot as an unnecessary attempt to humanize the film and detract from the ( Read more... )

Was sent this by a friend. If this is true the perhaps the MPAA needs to be "removed."

MPAA Lobbying for Home Theater Regulations
By Scott Small

Los Angeles , CA - The MPAA is lobbying congress to push through a new bill that would make unauthorized home theaters illegal. The group feels that all theaters should be sanctioned, whether they be ( Read more... )

and others you just amuse yourself with strange stuff. . .


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After you die...
Purgatory

After death, you will exist in purgatory. It's so-so, I heard.


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-------- Super Skinny Models Wearing Thin in Madrid ---------

MADRID - I guess there is such a thing as being "too skinny"
in the modeling world. Organizers of a fashion show in
Madrid have put the world's first ban on overly thin models,
leading to outrage from modeling agencies. Underweight
models have been turned away from Madrid's fashion week
( Read more... )

---------- Nutty Squirrel To Blame For Accident ------------

HELSINSKI, Finland - An opera singer who was riding his bike
was probably looking out for cars or other people on the
street. He most likely wasn't watching out for a nutty
squirrel who jumped into his bicycle spokes and caused a bad
accident. Esa Ruuttunen was on his way to a rehearsal ( Read more... )

----- Strip Poker Champion Gets To Keep His Clothes On -----

LONDON - A freelance British journalist has become the
world's first official champion of strip poker, escaping
nudity with wily playing of Texas Hold'em. The inaugural
World Strip Poker Championships were organized by the
Irish Paddy Power bookmaking company at London's Cafe
Royal, where ( Read more... )