The Rolling Stones are on their A Bigger Band World Tour. Here is a shot of their massive stage set up in Fenway Park in Boston for their first gig on this tour.
A few more pics here.
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Thursday, August 25, 2005
Rolling Stones stage
Topless women live longer
An exciting research has found that women who go topless can live longer than the rest. According to the research, women can add 10, 20, up to 30 years to their lives, depending on how frequently and for what duration of time they uncover their breasts.
For their employees to live longer, companies may now consider amending their dress code.
Read more about bare boobies here.
From Weekly World News via The days start here
Hey, that looks familiar
New Microsoft Windows Vista demo featuring the infamous Blue Screen of Death. (Now that’s funny.)
via New Links
A go-cart in a suitcase
I have no idea where you get one of these, but here are more pictures of it being put together.
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Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States
Bush’s obscene tirades rattle White House aides
Article by Doug Thompson
While President George W. Bush travels around the country in a last-ditch effort to sell his Iraq war, White House aides scramble frantically behind the scenes to hide the dark mood of an increasingly angry leader who unleashes obscenity-filled outbursts at anyone who dares disagree with him.
“I’m not meeting again with that goddamned bitch,” Bush screamed at aides who suggested he meet again with Cindy Sheehan, the war-protesting mother whose son died in Iraq. “She can go to hell as far as I’m concerned!”
Bush, administration aides confide, frequently explodes into tirades over those who protest the war, calling them “motherfucking traitors.” He reportedly was so upset over Veterans of Foreign Wars members who wore “bullshit protectors” over their ears during his speech to their annual convention that he told aides to “tell those VFW assholes that I’ll never speak to them again is they can’t keep their members under control.”
Read more on Bush’s temper tantrums at Capitol Hill Blue.
J-Walk questions:
There's quite a bit of obscene language in this article -- which would be a lot more believable if Thompson provided a source other than "administration aides." Then he goes into the old recovering alcoholic thing and speculates that Bush may be drinking again.
There are lots of things to criticize in the current administration. Why does Doug Thompson bother writing an article with no facts to back it up?
I blogged it becuase I think the picture is great.
via J-Walk blog
Press wrestles with grammatically incorrect "Virgin"
What happens when the title of a hit movie doesn't conform to AP style?
That question was answered in recent days when newspapers started reviewing and writing about the new box office hit whose official name is "The 40 Year-Old Virgin." Of course, as any reporter or editor worth his or her salt knows, there should be a hyphen between 40 and Year. As it reads now, it's almost as if the movie is about 40 virgins who are still toddlers (not exactly unusual).
I didn’t catch that…but I’m rarely grammatically correct anyway.
Chicken cooking facts
Everything you ever wanted to know about cooking chicken:
Chicken facts
- A thin membrane between the skin and the flesh holds moisture in the meat while keeping the fat out. So, remove the skin from the chicken after cooking instead of before to get a juicy flavor with less fat.
- White meat is lower in fat and calories than leg meat, but skinless leg meat is still lower in fat than some cuts of red meat. Also, leg meat supplies more iron than white meat and often provides more flavor.
- Darkening around the bone is from natural pigment that seeps through the bone during cooking. It contains iron and is safe to eat.
Storage- Refrigerate fresh chicken in its original package on a low shelf, in a cold part of the refrigerator, for up to 2 days. Freeze uncooked chicken if it will not be used within that time. Use a refrigerator and freezer thermometer.
- For extra protection, place chicken in a plastic bag to separate it from other foods and to prevent it from dripping onto other items in the refrigerator.
- When freezing, wrap parts separately in foil or other freezer wrap. This makes it easy to defrost only the amount you need. Proper wrapping prevents "freezer burn," which results from contact with air.
- Wrap cooked chicken well before storing in the refrigerator or freezer.
Source: pilgrimspride.com
Cooking tips
- Boneless, skinless thighs work well with quick, low-fat cooking methods such as stir-frying and grilling. They also are suitable for dishes with long cooking times, as leg meat does not dry out as quickly as white meat.
- Use a nonstick pan or cooking spray instead of adding fat to prevent sticking.
- To add flavor, rub chicken parts with ground spices and herbs or marinate before cooking. Be sure to discard the marinade or boil for at least 1 minute before serving with the cooked chicken.
- Chicken parts can be roasted, baked, oven-fried or grilled, preferably on a rack to allow fat to drip off the chicken during cooking.
- Use skinless parts in casseroles for added flavor with little fat.
- When grilling chicken, think thighs. These pieces contain a little more fat than the white meat, making them better able to withstand the intense heat of the grill. Check for doneness with a meat thermometer.
- Microwave cooking can be used in conjunction with grilling. Raise the temperature of chicken in the microwave until juices are flowing from the meat, and then transfer to the grill to complete the cooking process.
- The internal temperature should reach 180 degrees for whole chickens or leg meat parts. If you do not have a meat thermometer, cook the stuffing separately. To check for doneness without a thermometer, pierce the thickest part of the chicken with a fork. It should feel tender and juices should run clear
Source: pilgrimspride.com
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
So ugly it's cute
April 20, 2005—Making his public debut last week at the Bristol Zoo Gardens, Kintana is the United Kingdom's first captive-bred aye-aye lemur—and only the second in history to be reared by humans (his mother wasn't very motherly).Even at this tender age, Kintana brandishes outlandish adaptations for survival in lemurs' only native home, the African island of Madagascar. In the forest the aye-aye's batlike ears can detect insect larvae squirming inside trees. A bark-breaking bite from tough incisors and a subsequent probe with a long, bony second digit seals the meal.
That adaptation is more curse than blessing for some of these tree dwellers, which are beaten by Madagascan villagers who see the crooked claw as a harbinger of death. Farmers too get their licks, persecuting the world's largest nocturnal primates for their night raids on sweet crops like coconuts and sugarcane. Also, some Madagascans hunt the 4.5-pound (2-kilogram) aye-ayes for their meat.
But the aye-aye's greatest threat is deforestation, which is largely responsible for its listing as endangered on the World Conservation Union's Red List of Threatened Species—and which may one day make captive births crucial to the species's survival.
From National Geographic via Look at this
N.Y. man in record book for longest eyebrow hair
SARANAC, N.Y. (AP) - A 43-year-old North Country man has made the Guinness Book of World Records in a new entry for the longest eyebrow hair.
Frank Ames of Saranac in Clinton County measured in at 3.78 inches or nearly eight centimeters.
"I don't know why it grows like that; it just always has," Ames told the Press-Republican of Plattsburgh.
Ames's journey toward notoriety began almost two years ago when a co-worker at Bombardier Corp. noticed the bushy brow and suggested he try for a record. Ames then decided to go for it, but discovered that no such category existed. So, he made a phone call to Guiness and was sent a bunch of forms to fill out and rules for officially getting recognized.
Ken Joy, a machinist and measuring expert at Bombardier, measured the hair in February 2004 with Plattsburgh Mayor Daniel Stewart and the city's entire Common Council standing by as witnesses.
Now, Ames is on page 24 of the 2006 edition, in the "Body Parts" section.
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How do the shuttle astronauts go to the bathroom?
I’m glad you asked:
The WCS (Waste Collection System) consists of a commode, urinal, fan separators, odor and bacteria filter, vacuum vent quick disconnect and waste collection system controls. The commode contains a single multilayer hydrophobic porous bag liner for collecting and storing solid waste. When the commode is in use, it is pressurized, and transport air flow is provided by the fan separator. When the commode is not in use, it is depressurized for solid waste drying and deactivation. The urinal is essentially a funnel attached to a hose and provides the capability to collect and transport liquid waste to the waste water tank. The fan separator provides transport air flow for the liquid. The fan separators separate the waste liquid from the air flow. The liquid is drawn off to the waste water tank, and the air returns to the crew cabin through the odor and bacteria filter. The filter removes odors and bacteria from the air that returns to the cabin. The vacuum quick disconnect is used to vent liquid directly overboard from equipment connected to the quick disconnect through the vacuum line.
The urinal can accommodate both males and females. The urinal assembly is a flexible hose with attachable funnels for males or females. It can be used in a standing position or can be attached to the commode by a pivoting mounting bracket for use in a sitting position.
All waste collection system gases are ducted from the fan separator into the odor and bacteria filter and then mixed with cabin air. The filter can be removed for in-flight replacement.
Read the complete article from NASA.
via New links
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Your odds of dying.....
1 in 88,000 of being killed in a terrorist attack.
1 in 55 million of dying in a firey plane crash.
1 in 55,928 chance of death by getting stuck by lightning.
1 in 20,605 in your clothes igniting.
1 in 10,455 of dying in your bathtub.
1 in 10,010 by falling from a ladder or scaffolding.
1 in 9,396 due to excessive heat.1 in 8,389 due to excessive cold.
1 in 7,972 in a drowning accident.
1 in 6,842 in a railway accident.
Our men and women in uniform stand a 1 in 207,261 chance of dying in operations of war.
More on these odds and what to do about them here.
via Coolio’s
Soper Mom Video
Watch a mom with no arms go through an average daily routine. changing a diaper, shopping, driving, etc. Kind of makes your problems pretty petty. She has no more problems than the average person.
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Irish joke
John O'Reilly hoisted his beer and said, "Here's to spending the rest of me life, between the legs of me wife!" That won him the top prize for the best toast of the night! He went home and told his wife, Mary, "I won the prize for the best toast of the night." She said, "Aye, what was your toast?" John said, "Here's to spending the rest of me life, sitting in church beside me wife." "Oh that is very nice indeed, John!" Mary said. The next day, Mary ran into one of John's toasting buddies on the street corner. The man chuckled leeringly and said, "John won the prize, the other night, with a toast about you, Mary." She said, "Aye and I was a bit surprised me self! You know, he's only been there twice! Once he fell asleep, and the other time I had to pull him by the ears to make him come." Thanks Cousin Phyllis
Turd Twister
The Turd Twister is a complete kit for shaping your turd into amazing designs, and it comes with a hilarious instruction manual. It's the Ultimate Gift for the person who has everything, including a "twisted" sense of humor!
The Turd Twister is designed to fit comfortably up your butt during your morning constitutional. Insert the Extruder Ring, hold it tenderly between your butt cheeks, and let nature take its course. Now you can take advantage of sophisticated Turd Twister extrusion technology to craft incredible excremental designs whenever you like!
Only $9.95 at TurdTwister.com
Large bills
$100,000 bill.
Today, the currency of the United States, the U.S. dollar, is printed in bills in denominations of $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100.
At one time, however, it also included five larger denominations. Shown here is a $100,000 Gold certificate from 1934. High-denomination currency was prevalent from the very beginning of U.S. Government issue (1861). $500, $1,000, and $5,000 interest bearing notes were issued in 1861, and $10,000 gold certificates arrived in 1865. There are many different designs and types of high-denomination notes.
The high-denomination bills were issued in a small size in 1928, along with the $1 through $100 denominations. Their designs were as follows:
- $500 bill: featured a portrait of William McKinley
- $1,000 bill: featured a portrait of Grover Cleveland
- $5,000 bill: featured a portrait of James Madison
- $10,000 bill: featured a portrait of Salmon P. Chase
- $100,000 bill: featured a portrait of Woodrow Wilson
More on large denomination bills in U.S. currency.
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Facts on farts
Farts Q&A:
Where does fart gas come from?
The gas in our intestines comes from several sources: air we swallow, gas seeping into our intestines from our blood, gas produced by chemical reactions in our guts, and gas produced by bacteria living in our guts.
What makes farts stink?
The odor of farts comes from small amounts of hydrogen sulfide gas and mercaptans in the mixture. These compounds contain sulfur. Nitrogen-rich compounds such as skatole and indole also add to the stench of farts. The more sulfur-rich your diet, the more sulfides and mercaptans will be produced by the bacteria in your guts, and the more your farts will stink. Foods such as cauliflower, eggs and meat are notorious for producing smelly farts, whereas beans produce large amounts of not particularly stinky farts.
Why do farts make noise?
The sounds are produced by vibrations of the anal opening. Sounds depend on the velocity of expulsion of the gas and the tightness of the sphincter muscles of the anus. Contrary to a popular misconception, fart noise is not generated by the flapping of the butt cheeks. You can see proof of this in the close-up video footage of Carl Plant's fart on Mate-in-a-State .
How much gas does a normal person pass per day?
On average, a person produces about half a liter of fart gas per day, distributed over an average of about fourteen daily farts. Whereas it may be difficult for you to determine your daily flatus volume, you can certainly keep track of your daily numerical fart count. You might try this as a science fair project: Keep a journal of everything you eat and a count of your farts. You might make a note of the potency of their odor as well. See if you can discover a relationship between what you eat, how much you fart, and how much they smell.
More Fart Facts.
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Watch out for that flying chair
MRI machines can be very dangerous devices. when they turn on the power it becomes a gigantic magnet, hence the name Magnetic Resonance Imaging device. See Danger! Flying Objects.
via Look at this
Bad breath = bad heart? Perhaps
Ultra-sensitive breath tests aim to identify disease
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Breath tests aren't just for drunken drivers anymore.Dr. Michael Phillips is shown with a breath collecting device at his office. By Mike Derer, AP
They now can help determine if a heart transplant is being rejected and potentially will cut down on the number of biopsies transplant patients must endure.
The new test was developed by a New Jersey researcher, Dr. Michael Phillips, who expects his patient-friendly method will one day be used to detect lung cancer, breast cancer, kidney disease and diabetes.
And one day, he hopes, giving a breath sample will be as common as a blood or urine test.
more at USAToday.
via New Links
HUH? Swazi king drops sex-ban tassels
Swaziland's King Mswati III has ended a five-year sex ban he imposed on the kingdom's teenage girls a year early.
The girls have had to wear large woollen tassels as a sign of their chastity since 2001.
The sex ban was imposed to fight the spread of HIV/Aids. About 40% of the population are HIV positive.
In 2001, the king fined himself a cow for breaking the ban by marrying again, but he could choose another wife at the annual reed dance this weekend.
In the two-day ceremony bare-breasted girls will dance before the monarch.
King Mswati transgressed the ban when he took a 17-year-old girl as his ninth wife just two months after imposing the sex ban in September 2001, sparking unprecedented protests by Swazi women outside the royal palace.
Meanwhile, the health ministry has released new figures which show that 29% of Swazis aged 15-19 are HIV positive.
For pregnant women, the figures were 42%.
There is more on this at BBC News.
via New links
Recordable clock
Enjoy your favorite faces and their precious voices with each passing hour!
Personalize this wall clock with photos and custom recordings for each hour. Record a grandchild's first words or a close friend's greeting. (If no message is recorded, clock will announce the hour instead.)
Hey, it beats listening to a ding dong evey hour…. or does it?
Only $32.95. Full details here.
via J-Walk blog
misleading food names
Here are just a few:
- French fries probably originated in Belgium, and have nothing particularly French about them.
- Head cheese is not cheese, but a terrine made from the meat of a calf or pig's head (in England called brawn)
- Rocky Mountain oysters, also known as "prairie oysters", are not oysters, nor are they from the Rocky Mountains, particularly. They are calf's or bull's testicles, which some people consider to be a delicacy.
- Elephant ears is a sweet fried-dough dish which contains no elephant parts.
- Bear claws are sweet pastries which resemble a bear's claws.
- Hamburgers do not contain ham, nor do they originate from Hamburg.
- Grape-nuts cereal — no grapes and no nuts, ever.
- Spotted dick is not a sexually transmitted disease, but in fact a steamed suet pudding containing currants, popular in the United Kingdom.
Click here for more misleading food names.
via J-Walk blog
Think this is heavy?
From my friend Tommy the Tow truck driver:
This truck ran into the back of a grain truck and flipped it over spilling 12,000 pounds of corn all over the highway and sending this truck across the median, down through a ditch filled with 2 feet of water, then up the other side of the highway to rest on a cable. The Missouri State Highway Patrol had the highway shut down for almost 3 hours dealing with this accident. I got the call and they explained that they thought the trucks involved in the accident were too big for me to handle but the highway was blocked and was there any way I could assist. As everyone knows; I have big giant balls!!! and am always up for a challenge.To make a long story short, I retreived this cable truck that was way too heavy for me to handle. You should have seen the State Troopers faces when I stood my truck up on the side of the highway while loading this thing. They all just about shit!!! Drive Careful -TommyThanks Tommy
Monday, August 22, 2005
Elvis' granddaughter is 16 and a model
Elvis Presley’s granddaughter…that’s right, Lisa Marie’s daughter, Riley Keough is a model. The 16 year old is the face of Christian Dior's Miss Dior Ch?rie perfume. The scent, which was launched this summer and retails for $65 and $85 at Saks Fifth Avenue, counts Julia Stiles, Emmy Rossum and Marcia Cross among its fans.
She’s also appeared on a Vogue cover with her mom and grandma Pricilla.
via robot wisdom
iBod - Girl behind the iPod ads
Ever wonder who the s lhouetted girl in the Apple iPod ads is? The New York Post interviewed her this week:
This is the first time that Mandy Coulton, a 26-year-old dancer from Los Angeles, has been revealed as the body behind the hugely successful ad campaign for Apple's iPod music players. More than 20 million iPods have been sold since it was introduced in 2001.
She was paid a flat fee of $1,500 for the shoot - a tiny fraction of the billions Apple has reaped from the sale of its sleek portable player. But Coulton - posing here with one of her ads - says it still wasn't enough to buy one of the must-have gadgets.
"At the time, $1,500 seemed a lot of money - but now my picture is absolutely everywhere. But I'm not bitter or anything," the stunning brunette said.
"I would like one - but $400 for an iPod is too much for me at the moment. I can't justify spending that much money when I have day-to-day stuff to pay for, like the car and rent."
via J-Walk blog
Jewels locked up
BRENTWOOD - The "family jewels" of one Brentwood man recently were locked up for two weeks - literally.
On Saturday, July 30, at about 3:40 a.m., Brentwood police assisted ambulance and rescue personnel with a 39-year-old man with a padlock on his testicles.
According to police, the man, who police are not identifying, was intoxicated when they arrived on scene.
The man reported that the padlock had been on his testicles for two weeks. Cpl. H.D. Wood IV said the man reported that a friend put the lock on his testicles. He was allegedly severely intoxicated and passed out. He told police that when he woke up the padlock was placed around top his scrotum and his friend was gone.
via Kim Komando
Fish lures fisherman to his death
BERLIN (Reuters) - A fish caught in an east German lake near the Polish border not only got off the hook but also lured a 46-year-old fisherman to his death, police in the eastern town of Eisenhuettenstadt said Tuesday.
A police spokeswoman said the fish pulled the fishing rod out of the man's hands and dragged it about 100 metres away from shore at the Kleinen Pohlitzer lake near Eisenhuettenstadt. The man took off his clothes and swam after the pole.An eyewitness said the man reached the rod floating on the surface but then suddenly stopped moving. The witness, 54, swam out to help him and pulled the fisherman back to shore, where he was later pronounced dead, police said.
"I know it sounds like an incredible story but it really happened," an Eisenhuettenstadt police spokeswoman said. "It was apparently just an ordinary fish."
Sunday, August 21, 2005
Anagrammy Winners of 2005
- Premenstrual syndrome = Tampons render me surly
- Clint Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby = So I’ll bet it’ll win old boy a damn Oscar
- The art of seduction = Need that for coitus
- Bureau of Economic Analysis = I balance USA’s income for you
- Actor Sylvestor Stalone = Very cool talentless star
- The crime investigator = He interrogates victims
- Asteroid threats = Disaster to Earth
- Relationship expert = Rotten sex? I help pair
- The typical blonde-haired woman = On the whole, rated incapably dim
- Will Shakespeare = Speaks well I hear
- The legal profession = One gets help from liars
- Thai food = A hot Fido
- The nude resorts = There to undress
- One small step for mankind = Neil’s plan – speak for a moment after moon landing
- Rap music = It’s um… crap
How much is 9 million buck$?
2 rows with 3 dollars each
2 inches thick, stacked singly it would be a foot high
A stack 5 feet tall. singly would be 120 feet high.
To see how much the war in Iraq is costing click here.
via Land-o-links
To do nude or not to do nude
From the list of 190 things to do nude:
- Aerobics (but not at the fitness center)
- Bathe (I can’t argue with this one)
- Buff the floor ( pun intended I assume)
- Bowling (?)
- Cards (Strip poker I guess)
- Fishing (Watch out for that hook)
- Gardening (OK, I’ll buy that)
- Go to church (If you’re at a nudist colony perhaps)
- Hanging out (pun deifnitely intended)
- Jet skiing (not this guy)
- Mud Football (is mud wrestling the same thing?)
- Night swimming (skinny dipped a few times)
- Paying the bills (Is there any other way?)
- Scrabble (?)
- Vaccuuming (if I vaccuumed I’d do it naked)
- Window washing (peek-a-boo)
- Wood chopping (careful there)
From the list of 74 thingd NOT to do nude
- BBQ sizzling meat (ouch)
- Beekeeping (I can understand this one)
- Carry an angry cat (been there - survived that)
- Drive during rush hour (Where’s your spirit of adventure?)
- Frying bacon (Can’t argue with that one)
- Making a snow angel (BRRRR)
- Paintball (ouch)
- Playing leapfrog (depends on who you’re playing with)
- Remove a hornet’s nest (DUH!)
- Sit on an ant hill (wow, that itches just thinking about it)
- Slide down an unfinished banister (Can you say SPLINTER?)
- Train an attack dog (Yikes)
- Working with dry ice (Talk about freezer burn)
- Weed whacking (Is that what they’re calling it now?)
The complete To do nude or not to do nude list
via Growabrain
100 things you should do in California
From the list:
- 3. Sail the San Francisco Bay
- 16. Rent a beach cruiser in Santa Barbara
- 17. Jay Leno Show, Burbank
- 26. Visit the oldest McDonald's in Downey
- 37. Sleep on the beach at Pt. Mugu
- 38. See the Giants beat the Doggies in (newly named) SBC Park, San Francisco.
- 39. Kayaking on San Luis Obispo Bay followed by soaking in Sycamore Springs (Don’t forget to check out Bubble Gum Alley while you’re there)
- 41. Cut a rug with Buck Owens, Bakersfield
- 55. Take your Harley on the Avenue of the Giants
- 62. Feel the celebrity handprints at Mann's Chinese Theatre.
- 64. Ride a hot air balloon in Napa.
- 86. Roller blade along Venice Beach.
- 89. Have brunch at the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego.
- 94. Walk across the Golden Gate Bridge
via Growabrain
Bubble gum alley
Located off Higuera Street in San Luis Obispo, California (look for a small alley on the East side of the street just North of Broad Street) is a place known as Bubble Gum Alley.
But is it art? I kinda think so.
via J-Walk Blog
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