Celebrating quirky

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How much would you pay for a ghost?

So the exorcised ghost auction I mentioned last Friday has concluded and it turns out the going rate is just under $1000 US per ghost.  Which is interesting given that most people (including the seller)  want to get rid of ghosts not add them to the family. Of course, maybe the buyer just really wanted [...]

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A freak of nature or alien communication?

Have you ever wondered what the aliens that make the crop circles do during the winter when there is blowing snow and no crops to disturb? I’m assuming you prefer the alien theory over drunken villagers but either will do as crop circles are most definitely seasonal.
Apparently they (who ever they are) roll giant snow [...]

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Quirky news links for the week of November 30th

Google is going old-fashioned and offering to send a free real postcard for you anywhere in the US – might be a good time to remember that the post office considers all mail to the military to be local in terms of price so go cheer up a soldier!
Peace on Earth apparently ends at exactly [...]

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Quirky news links for the week of November 9th

A new word, Plutophile, probably the first and only planet(oid) to have a fan club
The Vatican weighs in favorably on aliens – maybe not so surprising considering the declining flocks here on Earth
You can now buy a pop-up book of the Hadron Collider (the one that some said would end the world) ’cause geeks [...]

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Random links for the week of September 14th

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 numerous why [...]

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One thing the world has in common

Living in America, UFOs seem like an American preoccupation.  It was interesting to see (non-serious) news regarding British UFOs although strangely the American military still seems to be the primary source regarding experimental flights and air-born equipment. Without taking it too seriously I have heard people dismiss UFO sightings because they have never heard of [...]

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Random links for the week of June 22nd

A tribute song to the inventor of chicken nuggets – I had no idea anyone was willing to take credit
Hopefully this Canadian crime wave will cease before the Olympics
There’s a sheep photography competition – a creative challenge if ever there was one
Apparently carrots started out purple – who knew?
UFO-spotting and alien abduction is becoming more [...]

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Jellyfish crop circle and other highlights

The crop circles of 2009 are promising to surpass earlier years. So either the aliens are getting better at it or the secret prize money at the local pub is enough to be inspiring.  I quite like the jellyfish design this year – the first ever jellyfish  crop circle but then there are a lot [...]

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UFOLand is coming to Las Vegas

The Raelians are planning your next vacation destination. And what a perfect spot – to the best of my knowledge there aren’t any space/alien themed casinos in Las Vegas which is a definite oversight. Although there are no plans for a casino mentioned, there will be a “life-size” UFO, a museum and lecture hall.  [...]

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There is now an ETA on first contact

I like people that are confident enough in what they’re predicting to say it’s going to happen within two decades – whether it’s meeting aliens or predicting the end of the world. This time though, it’s the aliens (read the story at the Daily Galaxy.)  So it’s time to start figuring out the appropriate etiquette, [...]

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