The
seals
are carrying satellite transmitters that will
record their whereabouts as well as the duration
and depths of their dives. -Orphaned seals outfitted
with tracking devices. Hooray!
If a child goes to a McDonald's restaurant twice a
week and orders a super-size meal, he will need to walk
50 miles to work off those calories. -Boston Globe
article on the TV making the kids fat.
February
25, 2004
A
step by step guide to building a world class home
distillation apparatus.
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Police were alerted and it
took three stun gun shots to get the 6-foot-2, 240-pound
Hawkins under control to the point where he could be removed
from his seat and dragged to the arena's concourse.
-Drunken fan attacks Orlando Magic mascot. [via SpoFi]
I'm taking all your baseball cards out of their mylar
protective cases and bending the corners. -From HeckleDepot,
a huge collection of baseball heckles.
Both these actors were featured on the pages of national
papers, lustily
digging their teeth into chicken pieces and proclaiming
they eat the birds because they are a good source of protein.
-India's poultry council using actors to assure the public
that their chickens are virus free.
But last week, a panel of some of the most esteemed
nutrition and health experts in the United States and
Canada said there's no need to try to get eight glasses
a day: People
should just drink when they're thirsty. -Thank
goodness for panels of experts.
Liquor stores in Manhattan that are open
on Sundays. [via gawker]
Kidnapping
monkeys and taming them as pets in the house is risky
considering that the animals, by nature, need a larger
space to live in. -Monkey kidnapping on the rise in
the Philippines.
Preview of next month's Paris-Nice
cycling race. It'll be televised in the US on OLN.
In
June of 2002, Ashrita balanced
23 milk crates weighing 88.01 lbs. for 11.23
seconds on his chin. -Ashrita
Furman holds the world record for milk crate
balancing. He also holds 19 other world records.
Geri's
platform boots that she wore on the Spice Tour.
Tiny and covered in multi coloured glitter. We
know they are genuine. -Buy Ginger Spice's
old shoes!
It
is a SHOWER. It is a TOILET. It is a dressing room.
But best of all it's only 12 pounds and completely transportable!
-The ultimate portable bathroom sure looks like a bucket
to me.
Over the past few days San Francisco has been filled with
the sort of energy only newlywed couples can produce.
It's an
amazing thing and makes me proud to be a resident
of this city.
Marco
Pantani, a cyclist of immeasurable talent, found dead
in hotel room. RIP.
February
13, 2004
The
1D Mark II, Canon's new
digital SLR, in use at the Super Bowl.
A teenage
boy posing as a banker duped an Ohio car dealership
into delivering a $123,000 BMW to him at his high school.
-Regardless of whether it's a teen or a banker, what kind
of dealership delivers a car no money seen? Sign me up!
Salton
Inc., which a decade ago was just another gadget
company. Then it hired Foreman to promote its
grilling machine, and a phenomenon was born. According
to published reports, grill
sales went from $5 million in 1996 to $400 million
in 2002. -George Forman, master product
pitchman, to pitch big & tall clothes.
"Pseudo-Collapse": For a dramatic entrance,
or to forestall unwanted discharge, the malingerer goes
to a public area (with witnesses) and ostentatiously
crumples to the floor and begs for help. No injury
has occurred in the "Hollywood Fall". -From
a list of manipulative patient behaviors as observed by
emergency room nurses.
Site's been experiencing some server issues past couple
days. Apologies if you haven't been able to connect, hopefully
all will soon be back to normal.
February
10, 2004
Overseeing
the crowd at Saturday's Chinatown community street
fair while sketchy guy in obviously fake
glasses walks by.
Bad Santa flips Christmas on its head by celebrating
exactly the opposite of everything the holiday is supposed
to stand for. Cynicism. Depravity. Obscenity. When it
actually acknowledges the true reason for the season—Christ—it
does so only to mock Him. -From a not too surprising
Christian review of the movie Bad Santa.
Scaggs has also charged that Greg Robinson once sprayed
her in the face with the "full
force of a nozzled garden hose from a distance of
less than five feet.'' -Boz Scaggs' ex-wife involved
in weird neighborhood feud.
Blaisdell
envisioned a car that looked like a Zippo lighter.
He hired a company to customize the vehicle, a 1947
Chrysler Saratoga with larger-than-life
lighters stretching above the roof line and
the word "ZIPPO" emblazoned on the front
grille.
Pencil-thin,
99-pound Sonya
"The Black Widow" Thomas from Virginia
out-gluttoned local trucker and four-time champion
Bill "El Wingador" Simmons to claim the
12th annual Wing Bowl yesterday morning. -167
wings in 32 minutes. Wow. [via SpoFi]
. Surf
reports for northern and central California.
See, there's a difference between throwing a football
through a tire to illustrate, one would assume, that taking
a tiny pill not only gives you a monster erection but
also a good passing arm -- and flat-out nudity. Because
if you're a parent and your kid says, "Mom and Dad
-- why is that man throwing a football through a tire?,"
you can just ignore it or pretend to be sleeping.
-SF Chron's Tim Goodman on the Super Bowl exposed breast
fiasco.
February
2, 2004
The
885 foot cruise ship Aurora
docked near Fisherman's Wharf on Saturday. She
left yesterday for an 18 day voyage to Sydney.
Watch the webcam.
I've had long hair my whole life, but cut it really
short early in my career, hoping viewers would focus
more on the information I was disseminating and less on
aesthetics. Now that I've been fortunate enough to
establish some solid credibility in the business, I've
let my hair grow back to the length I love! -CBS Sports'
Bonnie Bernstein answers questions about her hair.
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