The war still rages over the half blood prince, it seems after all the trouble ASDA has had its still going to put its two fingers up to Bloomsbury. If you don’t know the story ASDA had accused Bloomsbury of “blatant profiteering” in a press release and in an interview with BBC Radio Five Live. Bloomsbury then […]
I’m Surprised….
Al Gore’s son was arrested early Wednesday on suspicion of possessing marijuana and prescription drugs after deputies pulled him over for speeding, authorities said.
Al Gore III, 24, was driving a blue Toyota Prius about 100 mph on the San Diego Freeway when he was pulled over at about 2:15 a.m., Sheriff’s Department spokesman Jim […]
Sorry,
I had planned on writing a few posts while I was in London but haven’t had the time to write much while I was away. Now that I have returned home I have started to catch up on the main news stories I have missed over the past few days.
One thing that struck me right away was about the […]
Traditional whale hunters in the Alaskan north found a century-old harpoon fragment in a bowhead whale, suggesting that the whale may have been 130 years old.
The whale was killed as part of a traditional Eskimo hunt, carried out under strict regulations. The weapon fragment came from an exploding cannister that hit the whale, but […]
Warning: if you’re subject to epileptic seizures, don’t watch the promotional video for the 2012 London Olympics (on YouTube here until they take it down). And if you don’t, and puke on the keyboard nonetheless, don’t tell me I didn’t warn you.
As for the logo, I cannot look at it and not think immediately of […]
I think a nimble-fingered Albanian got a little souvenir. Too bad the market for Bush memorabilia is in the dumpster right now.
-Kyle
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Amazing a Cornish man say he’s has broken the world record for sleep deprivation by staying awake for 11 days and night. He was trying to beat the Guinness world record of 264 sleepless hours which was set by Randy Gardner in the USA in 1964
He fought off tiredness by drinking tea, playing pool and […]
Writing in the British Medical Journal, they said the number of “labial reductions” carried out in National Health Service hospitals had doubled to 800 a year over five years.
“More and more women are said to be troubled by the shape,size or proportions of their vulvas”, wrote Lih Mei Liao and Sarah Creighton from London’s UCL […]
High school graduate pretends to be a Stanford student, even living in the dorms, buying textbooks and ‘studying’ for exams.
Azia Kim was like any other Stanford freshman. She graduated from one of California’s most competitive high schools last June, moved into the dorms during New Student Orientation, talked about upcoming tests and spent her free […]
For every generation in America there has been a war. And with wars come millions of records that can shed light on family history, detailing everything from the color of soldiers’ eyes to what their neighbors may have said about them.
Today, Ancestry.com unveils more than 90 million U.S. war records from the first English settlement at […]
A 19 years old father from Arkansas (that how you spell it Michael) literally microwaved his baby daughter who is only two months old.
An infant child was placed in a microwave oven and burned. According to Houston Chronicle ” A Galveston County judge Tuesday ordered a competency hearing for an Arkansas man after testimony that he placed […]
The rising popularity of text messaging on mobile phones poses a threat to writing standards among schoolchildren, an education commission says. The frequency of errors in grammar and punctuation has become a serious concern, the State Examination Commission said in a report after reviewing last year’s exam performance by 15-year-olds.
I totally agree with this article […]
