Keep Your Female Pop Stars Straight
Mood:  bright
Topic: Just for Fun
Here's how.

Illinois Stem Cell Research Plan
Mood:  bright
Topic: Just for Fun

"A state official in Illinois is proposing a 6% tax on face lifts and other cosmetic procedures to finance $1 billion in stem cell research over 10 years.

"Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes wants the so-called 'nip-tuck tax' proposal put on the ballot as a referendum in 2006. If approved by voters, it could undermine Wisconsin's position in the Midwest and nation in a potentially promising new scientific field. (emphasis mine)"

A nip-tuck tax ....

Unifying the Country
Mood:  energetic
Topic: Just for Fun
Perhaps electing this man as President would do it?

Police Raid Cockroach-Infested Apartment
Mood:  chillin'
Topic: Just for Fun
This article left me asking if the cockroaches were showing the effects of drug use.

Robbers Steal $900K of Chocolate in U.K.
Mood:  bright
Topic: Just for Fun
This is some chocolate craving:

"Robbers with their own trucks stole six trailer loads of chocolates worth more than $900,000 from an industrial park in northeast England, police said Monday."

Fox News Channel Admits Reporter Posted Fake Story about Kerry
Mood:  bright
Now Playing: Monday Night Football
Topic: Just for Fun
Perhaps this is a part of the Fox News Channel's quest to be "fair and balanced?"

"An official at Fox News Channel said that one of its political reporters has been disciplined for posting a fake news item on its website about Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry."

Gmail Invitations
Mood:  bright
Now Playing: baseball
Topic: Just for Fun
These are becoming more and more commonplace, but I have seven Gmail email accounts from Google. If you would like one leave a comment with your e-mail address and I'll send you one.

More Memogate
Mood:  bright
Now Playing: D-Rays-Red Sox (and keeping tabs on Brewers-Giants)
Topic: Just for Fun
This guy sure doesn't look like Dan Rather ....

Memogate
Mood:  bright
Now Playing: Red Sox-D-Rays
Topic: Just for Fun
Perhaps the forger should have looked on eBay first, like here or here.

Too Right, Mate
Mood:  chatty
Now Playing: Brewers-Pirates
Topic: Just for Fun
Did the first Americans come from Australia?

"Anthropologists have stepped into a hornets' nest, revealing research that suggests the original inhabitants of America may in fact have come from what is now known as Australia.

Silvia Gonzalez from John Moores University in Liverpool said skeletal evidence pointed strongly to this unpalatable truth and hinted that recovered DNA would corroborate it.

She said there was very strong evidence that the first migration came from Australia via Japan and Polynesia and down the Pacific Coast of America."

Crikey!

Not Too Smart
Mood:  chatty
Now Playing: Brewers-Pirates
Topic: Just for Fun
Youth held for offering drugs at police party:

"A German teenager set himself up for an easy arrest when he offered to sell marijuana to guests at a party full of off-duty policeman"

Almost two days in traffic jams
Mood:  celebratory
Now Playing: Brewers-Pirates
Topic: Just for Fun
It's a Bumper-To-Bumper Life...

"The average U.S. motorist spends 46 hours each year or nearly two full days stuck in rush-hour traffic jams."

Consequently,

"Motorists wasted 5.7 billion gallons of fuel idling in traffic, the study showed."

Makes me glad I'm close enough to walk to work.

Gun Safety
Mood:  celebratory
Now Playing: Brewers-Pirates
Topic: Just for Fun
Gun safety lesson #1: Always check to make sure your weapon is unloaded.

"Monroe County Coroner David Toumey was hospitalized with a leg wound after accidentally shooting himself while trying to demonstrate gun safety.

Toumey said ... that he was demonstrating gun safety to some people at a Lake Monroe boat ramp about 11 p.m. Wednesday when he accidentally shot himself.
He said that as he checked to make sure his weapon was unloaded, the gun discharged, and a bullet struck him in his left leg."

The Democrats have their own Swifties ?
Mood:  cheeky
Now Playing: MSNBC
Topic: Just for Fun
Now Dubya has to answer for things listed here

Media Bias?
Mood:  chillin'
Topic: Just for Fun
An interesting post on how D-Day might have been reported, if it happened today. :^)

Art Critic
Mood:  happy
Now Playing: News
Topic: Just for Fun
Cleaner thinks modern art is rubbish.

Evidently a janitor at "London's Tate Britain modern art gallery threw out a bag of rubbish which formed part of an artwork because it was thought to be trash...."

Sometimes I share his opinion of modern art. ;^)

Say what?
Mood:  down
Now Playing: The Weather Channel (OK, it's late)
Topic: Just for Fun
This was just too good to pass up.

Evidently some anarchists have gotten together (?) and decided to vote against Bush in the coming election.

Just to review:

anarchism: "1. The theory or doctrine that all forms of government are oppressive and undesirable and should be abolished. 2. Active resistance and terrorism against the state, as used by some anarchists. 3. Rejection of all forms of coercive control and authority: 'He was inclined to anarchism; he hated system and organization and uniformity' (Bertrand Russell)."

Especailly worthy of note was this:

"Susan Heitker, 32, of Athens, believes that the U.S. government is neither legitimate nor democratic, but she still plans to vote."

Prozac anyone?
Mood:  cool
Now Playing: Brickyard 400
Topic: Just for Fun
Perhaps the Bush team can improve everyone's view on the economy with this:

"Traces of the anti-depressant Prozac have been found in the drinking water supply, setting off alarm bells with environmentalists concerned about potentially toxic effects."

Why Some People Shouldn't Own Guns
Mood:  caffeinated
Now Playing: Baseball
Topic: Just for Fun
The AP reports:

"Drew Patterson wanted to protect himself after hearing reports of an fugitive in this northeastern Oklahoma community. ...
Patterson's .22-caliber pistol, hooked into the waistband of his denim shorts with the hammer pulled back, apparently fired, hitting Patterson in the left buttock Wednesday afternoon." (emphasis mine)

From the World of Odd
Mood:  chillin'
Now Playing: Fox News
Topic: Just for Fun
Ap News reports:

"A farmer who acknowledged spreading 3 tons of manure along the route of a gay rights parade pleaded innocent Monday, saying he was exercising his constitutional right to free speech."

Isn't there a saying which goes, "Your rights end at my nose?"

And also,

"A Japanese man flying to Ohio was arrested after he was seen writing down the words 'suicide bomb,' but he was released without charge after explaining that it was an impromptu English exercise."

I think the next phrase he was to practice was, "Hi Jack!"