The story broke a year or so ago: the motorcycle-riding, tattooed scary guys that rescue kittens and dogs or just make sure they’re treated right.  It’s amazing how owners suddenly decide to do the right thing when being talked to by this gang. Now Rescue Ink has a book for sale and their own show [...]

That’s pretty much everyone’s fantasy, at least while they’re stuck on the interstate waiting for something to show signs of movement.  Now jetpacks are a reality although you can’t buy one until late 2010 unless you are a giant corporation or a government.  Note there is no indication of the cost, but I don’t think [...]

You can still find gold hoards out there – okay probably not where most of us live, but it’s still encouraging Beware the rabbit… After the Swiss stopped the Germans from hiking nude, they’ve decided to solve the problem in the homeland Two odd but strangely compelling music videos: Carl Sagan – Glorious Dawn and [...]

I’ve heard of pet therapy – usually when dogs, a few cats, and the occasional talking parrot visit hospitals and nursing homes.  I’ve also met llamas (with a fence between) and not cared to get much closer – they have BIG teeth and one I met liked to greet people by scraping those teeth down [...]

There are business theories out there that every every new thing moves on a time line from practical applications to finally pure entertainment which is where the real money comes in.  So something like a computer starts with highly academic and military applications then becomes a mainstream work tool and then you get video games.  [...]

40 years ago today CCR’s Bad Moon Rising was number 1 on the UK charts – and already people were getting the lyrics wrong.  A continuous favorite on the top 100 list of misheard lyrics it should be pointed out that most people will continue to sing their version even after they find out (and [...]

Norwegian cows get fancy beds for lounging by law -not all that surprising when you consider that the Norse origination myth features a cow, Audumla. Invariably it’s the low-tech solutions that make for a successful prison break. Canadian scientists have been studying sheep personalities since 1969 – the comments to that are so obvious and [...]

For a game with no fees and no prizes, there are a lot of passionate players.  The controversy has been swirling on blogs but the powers that be who have yet to be named have decided to stop the game tomorrow and restart it at some point after that – watch the offiical blog for [...]

The old fashioned kind of dating when boy meets girl at the bus stop has been passe for quite awhile now.  News stories about speed dating are down, it’s also fallen into the old news category and even the dating sites have ads that feel last millennium.  So when I saw the news story about [...]

At least since C-Span entered the picture, American politicians have been known for their monotone, and rather boring speaking style.  Perhaps because there is so often no one else in the room when they present their bills. They seem to get more civil and less interesting with every passing session. Here’s a typical Congressional Debate [...]