Daily Archives: 23 March 23, 2007

Thwarted in her attempt to enjoy a cup of a coffee at her favorite spot, Louise Kilborn unwittingly found herself at the center of a social debate that’s been brewing for years. The 70-year-old Lisle woman was kicked out of … Continue reading →

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An amazing new collection of Spider-Man toys, big events, and limited edition products is coming to a store near you on March 24th. Spider-Man will call you and remind you to go to the store on 3/24! You won’t want … Continue reading →

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Friday the 13th is supposed to be an unlucky day, the sort of day you trip on your shoe laces or lose your wallet or get bad news. But maybe it’s not so bad. Consider this: On April 13th–Friday the … Continue reading →

The test of time usually works. Futile fads like sweatboxes, vibrating belts, and most tips from the odd, ponytailed Tony Little have died out quickly enough. But a few bad exercises have persisted, and exercise physiologists don’t see how these … Continue reading →

It’s used to hold prisoners.  Yup, it’s a prison in Austria. Link (Profanity warning)

He not only has all ball, but he’s smacking the backboard at the same time. Impressive, most impressive.

Globally, dead skin accounts for about a billion tons of dust in the atmosphere. Your skin sheds 50,000 cells every minute.  The Cleveland Public Library, Harvard Law School, and Brown University all have books clad in skin stripped from executed … Continue reading →

Apple, the long-standing rival of Bill Gates’s Microsoft, is urging users not to upgrade their PCs to the Vista system until it comes up with a compatible version of the software that runs iPods. Microsoft launched its long-awaited Vista operating … Continue reading →

1. Put 400 bricks in a closed room. 2. Put your new hires in the room and close the door. 3. Leave them alone and come back after 6 hours. 4. Then analyze the situation:

How to put a stapler in Jello

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In the back pages of Vanity Fair each month, readers find The Proust Questionnaire, a series of questions posed to famous subjects about their lives, thoughts, values and experience. A regular reference to Proust in such a major publication struck … Continue reading →

Basketball players, coaches, and personalities give their testimonies. Sixty-five teams have their eyes on winning the ultimate prize—a national championship. But these players, coaches and commentators have found that there is something more to life than “the big win.” While … Continue reading →

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The newlyweds knew it would be surprising, but they never expected it to go quite so badly. As Donna and Mike entered their wedding reception, an unwitting announcer told the expectant crowd, “Ladies and gentleman, put your hands together for … Continue reading →