Archive for September 11th, 2008
MISSOULA, Mont. – A middle school teacher suffered some bruising and a big scratch on his back after he struck a bear while riding his bicycle to school.
Jim Litz said he was traveling about 25 mph Monday morning when he came upon a rise and spotted a black bear about 10 feet in front of him. He didn’t have time to stop and T-boned the bruin.
He tumbled over the handlebars, his helmet hit the bear’s back and the two went cartwheeling down the road.
The bear rolled over Litz’s head, cracking his helmet, and scratched his back before scampering up a hill above the road.
Litz’s wife drove by shortly after the crash and took her husband to the hospital. He hoped to be able to return to teaching science at Target Range Middle School on Friday.
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September 11th, 2008
This test seemed a little long, so if you have some time to kill check it out.
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September 11th, 2008
Did I get enough exercise today? How many calories did I burn? Am I getting good quality sleep? How many steps and miles did I walk today? The Fitbit Tracker helps you answer these questions.
You can wear the Fitbit Tracker loosely in your pocket, clipped to your pants, shirt, bra or to your wrist when you are sleeping. You can wear it all day!
The Fitbit Tracker is wireless. Walk within 25-50ft of the provided basestation and your data will be automatically uploaded to the Fitbit website. The auto-sync software runs on both Macs and PC’s.
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September 11th, 2008
The game is simple: Look at these pictures decide if the image was digitally altered or untouched.
Created By Their Toys
September 11th, 2008
For a better view, click here.
September 11th, 2008
Fighting with your significant other? Who’s right and who’s wrong? Air it out anonymously while letting people of the world give you advice and make the decision on who should apologize.
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September 11th, 2008
Leaders of the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency hired 100 goats to nibble away thick weeds on a steep slope at the corner of 4th and Hill streets, next to the Angels Flight funicular.
Agency officials said the goats were cheaper and more environmentally friendly than two-legged brush-clearers armed with gasoline-powered weed-whackers.
And they are much more fun to watch, downtown office workers and other passersby quickly decided, as the animals fanned out over the 45-degree slope and chowed down.
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The only thing I question is the cost of driving the goats downtown.
September 11th, 2008
Homer the labrador is one lucky dog after he survived horrific injuries when he was hit by an express train.
The fortunate mutt disappeared while out for a walk with his owner Ray Davis, near his home in Westbury, Wiltshire.
He was found three days later near a railway line with gaping wounds across his middle.
Ray, 62, thinks his dog survived the accident because his wound was seared shut by the intense heat from the 125 mph train.
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September 11th, 2008
When Joseph, 20, who has Down syndrome, fell into a septic tank Monday in his back yard, Vander Woude jumped in after him. He saved him. And he died where he spent so much time living: at his son’s side.
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September 11th, 2008
MIAMI — A 6-year-old boy is recovering after his mother said he became trapped inside a running washing machine, reported local news station WPLG in Miami..
Timothy Clark and his 4-year-old sister were playing in what they apparently thought was a broken machine at a Laundromat off Northwest 79th St. and 22nd Ave.
The boy’s mother, Saraco Black, told Local 10 that her daughter went running to her for help.
“She came to me and said ‘Mommy, my brother is inside the washing machine.’ When she said that I got up, went over to the machine and my baby was spinning around inside,†Black said.
After three tries, Black was able to pull open the washing machine’s door.
The boy was rushed to Ryder Trauma Center. He needed stitches but is expected to be OK.
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September 11th, 2008
I saw this walking home from the train station after I was at the Speakeasy Illustration show in Toronto. The crosswalk box thing made this shadow on the ground and someone drew a most perfect Batman face on it! I laughed so hard when I saw it. So unexpected and awesome!
Spotted near the corner of Iroquois Shore on Trafalgar road in Oakville Ontario.
Rosemary Travale’s Flickr Page
September 11th, 2008
- I’ve got hurricane and politics burnout. It seems everytime I go to a news website the leading story is one of those two topics.
- This is old news, I guess, but I didn’t know that the 2011 Super Bowl in Dallas will have flying taxis.
- Imagine if Brett Favre stayed retired and didn’t sign with the Jets. New England would have be knocking at his door the moment Brady went down.
- My latest Costco discovery are sliced apples. I bought a plastic bin full of about ten packages of sliced apples for about $7. I stop by Costco once a week to buy a bin full of red grapes, just about the only fruit I will eat, but I’ll eat the apples now. Having them already sliced is a big motivator.
- The other day I had lunch in the Gay District of Dallas, at least that’s what I was told. It was at a place called Hunky’s Hamburgers. It’s called Hunky’s because they take a hunk of meat and slap it on the grill. The cashier dude that was wearing an Obama pin kept calling me honey, and when I told him I plan on voting for Obama he gave me a free drink.
- During that lunch I had a conversation about Red Adair. I wonder if any youth would know about him, heck, I wonder if anyone my age would know anything about him.
- I remember my youth minister telling me that every girl I take out on a date should be one that I would consider marrying. In retrospect, I think that was some of the worst advice I’ve ever received. Not only was that a lot of undue pressure, but I think I missed out on some very good opportunities just to have a female friend.
- I wish the fall TV season hurry up and get here.
- I have a friend that smashes a fortune cookie before he eats it, that always cracked me up.
- The thought of homeschooling a child scares me.
- Geek 2.0
- Remember that episode of The Office where Jim brings a tuna fish sandwich to work ONE time and his coworker Andy gave him the nickname “Tuna” and calls him by that nickname all the time? Well, this guy at work found out I built a fence last summer and now he always refers to me as Keith Builder.
- I had a friend at Fidelity that took his Series 7 Examination on the morning of Sept 11, 2001 – which is about a six hour exam. On his way to take the test he was listening to a CD, and of course while the test is being administered, all test takers are kept away from any media. When he finished the exam, he had no idea of the terrorist attacks. He got back in his car and continued to listen to his CD and spent the rest of his day playing video games. He didn’t find out about the terrorist attacks until about eight o’clock that evening when a friend called to see how he did on his exam.
September 11th, 2008