Daily Archives: 26 November 26, 2007

Bush Welcomes Gore to Oval Office

At first I thought this was a joke, but no . . . Talk about an inconvenient truth. Al Gore finally won his place in the Oval Office on Monday — right next to George W. Bush. Forever linked by … Continue reading

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Hollywood takes action hero Jesus to India

Hollywood is to fill in the Bible’s “missing years” with a story about Jesus as a wandering mystic who travelled across India, living in Buddhist monasteries and speaking out against the iniquities of the country’s caste system. Film producers have … Continue reading

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Megachurches and Big Business

Here’s an interesting New York Times article about how several megachurches have been able to create some big businesses – a lot of which benefits the local economy. Article

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Soulja Boy

I’m like totally not with the times.  I hear this Soulja Boy is the new hip-hoppiddy thing around.  Heck, even silver haired University of Washington’s men’s basketball coach knows more about it than I do.

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Teacher faces 40 lashes after class of 7 year olds vote to name teddy bear ‘Muhammad’

A British schoolteacher has been arrested in Sudan accused of insulting Islam’s Prophet, after she allowed her pupils to name a teddy bear Muhammad. Full Article

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Disability Awareness Day At Fenway

The Red Sox let a mentally challenged person sing the national anthem. He giggles half way through and stops, then the crowd helps him out.

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Blues Name Generator

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Europe’s version of the Superconducting Super Collider

People that have lived in the North Texas area back in the late 80′s and early 90′s will remember the Superconducting Super Collider project. Well, Europe’s version goes live today.

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Fight of crawfish and the cat

The music cracks me up, as it will any other Star Wars fan.

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Bono, The Edge surprise audience at charity concert

U2 stars Bono and The Edge showed up unannounced and played as a warmup act at a charity concert in London. The show delighted the 250 people who attended the fundraiser Friday night for Mencap, a charity that campaigns for … Continue reading

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Santa Blogs

Periodic Updates From North Pole, Inc. Chairman & CEO Santa Claus Link Corporate Responsibility @ The North Pole Link

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Sorry Baylor hopefuls: Singletary won’t be coaching Baylor

Mike Singletary will remain the 49ers’ assistant head coach and linebackers coach after withdrawing from consideration for the head-coaching vacancy at his alma mater, Baylor University. Singletary said Thursday that a couple of sticking points surfaced during his talks this … Continue reading

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Paint Chip Exteme Closeup

  This is an extreme closeup scan (2400 dpi) of a paint chip retrieved from the ruins of Belmont Art Park by Amy McKenzie earlier this year. The fragment is about 1cm thick, and appears to consist of about 150-200 … Continue reading

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Ouch

A 60-year-old man came to the hospital to have the Pepsi bottle removed, which he said armed thieves had inserted in his anus before robbing him of two buffalos, Manan said. REUTERS/Asim Tanveer (PAKISTAN) Link

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Disneyland Space Mountian With the Lights On

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Baptist preacher missing since 1980 turns up as mayor – says he was kidnapped and brainwashed

Ken Williams claims he was abducted, forced into the back of a van and brainwashed with an electric machine attached to his forehead, which made him forget his life as a minister and believe he was Bruce Kent Williams. Williams … Continue reading

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Packing Up The Pups

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Rockefeller Center Christmas tree will have LEDs instead of old-fashioned bulbs

The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is going “greener” — with energy-saving lights replacing old-fashioned bulbs on the towering evergreen this year. The 84-foot-tall Norway spruce will be covered with 30,000 multicolored light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, strung on five miles of … Continue reading

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