Archive for August 10th, 2007
Beheaded snake sends man to hospital
PROSSER, Wash. – Turns out, even beheaded rattlesnakes can be dangerous. That’s what 53-year-old Danny Anderson learned as he was feeding his horses Monday night, when a 5-foot rattler slithered onto his central Washington property, about 50 miles southeast of Yakima.
Anderson and his 27-year-old son, Benjamin, pinned the snake with an irrigation pipe and cut off its head with a shovel. A few more strikes to the head left it sitting under a pickup truck.
“When I reached down to pick up the head, it raised around and did a backflip almost, and bit my finger,” Anderson said. “I had to shake my hand real hard to get it to let loose.”
His wife insisted they go to the hospital, and by the time they arrived at Prosser Memorial Hospital 10 minutes later, Anderson’s tongue was swollen and the venom was spreading. He then was taken by ambulance 30 miles to a Richland hospital to get the full series of six shots he needed.
The snake head ended up in the bed of his pickup, and Anderson landed in the hospital until Wednesday afternoon.
Is Pam Oliver Pregnant?
She just looks different, and it could explain the callout she made at her producer at the end of this interview. You know, being hormonal and all. At least that’s what I hear.
Bush on track to become the vacation president
From the Houston Chronicle:
President Bush tries to set an example for Americans whenever he can, in terms of physical fitness, faith, optimism and a certain overall moral rectitude. He also sets an excellent example on taking vacation.
On Thursday, Bush left for a weekend in Kennebunkport, Maine, and his family’s summer compound, Walker’s Point. On Monday, he heads to his Crawford retreat, where he has spent all or part of 418 days of his presidency, according to Mark Knoller, a CBS News White House correspondent and meticulous record-keeper.
Bush’s August sojourn will be his 65th trip to Crawford, according to Knoller.
The presidential vacation-time record holder is the late Ronald Reagan, who tallied 436 days in his two terms. At 418 days, and with 17 months to go in his presidency, Bush is going to beat that easily.
Earl Campbell’s website has a very long intro
Judge for yourself here.
I visited the site to try to find out why he switched from #20 to #34 in college. I didn’t have any luck. If you know why, please let me know.
However, I did find out that his son plays football for San Diego State. Link
I was hoping to find the high light of him as an Oiler getting his jersey ripped off, but no luck. But here’s one high light for ya . . .
Texas’ Top 10 Athletes
SI.com has ranked the top 10 athletes from the University of Texas.
As much of a fan I am of UT and Roger Clemens, there’s not excuse for wearing a fanny pack.
The only thing worst would be wearing a fanny pack with crocs or uggs.
In case you ever wanted to see a cow give birth
Here you go . . .
It’s a little different from the City Slickers version.
Lucky
Look at the first picture above and you can see where this guy broke through the guard rail (right side where the people are standing on the road).  His  truck left the road, traveling from right to  left . He flipped end-over-end, across the culvert outlet and landed on the left side of it. Â
Now look at the 2nd  picture below. Click to enlarge.
(Thanks, WifeGeeding II)
Instead of spending $1200 to fix the A/C in his car, he bolts a residential window unit to the roof
HOUSTON Â –Â Scott Dawson, a civil engineering graduate from the University of Houston, decided after three years of driving around Houston without air conditioning in his car was long enough. So instead of spending $1,200 to fix the air conditioning on a car he planned on getting rid of soon, he bolted a home window A/C unit to the roof and wired it to the car.
Google Addresses Blackle
Reducing climate change by saving energy is an important effort we should all join, and that’s why we’re very glad to see the innovative thinking going into a variety of solutions.
One idea, suggested by the site called “Blackle” (which is not related to Google, by the way, though the site does use our custom search engine), is to reduce energy used by monitors by providing search with a black background.
We applaud the spirit of the idea, but our own analysis as well as that of others shows that making the Google homepage black will not reduce energy consumption.
To the contrary, on flat-panel monitors (already estimated to be 75% of the market), displaying black may actually increase energy usage. Detailed results from a new study confirm this.
Streetviewr
A collection of images from Google’s Street View.
I’m not sure what she’s doing, but is she shooting webbing from her wrists?
