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I don’t normally comment on the US economy, however, a couple of stories that have come out this morning, show that the US economy is failing hard, if not already broken.
US seeks $300 billion from Gulf states
Quoting “highly informed” sources, the daily said Washington has asked Saudi Arabia for 120 billion dollars, the United Arab [...]
My new design is up! Judi from Doodlebug Designs worked her magic again.And if you'll please look up at the top of the page, you'll see that I'm using my new domain as well! I'm now officially Laural Out Loud!The only problem is a Feedburner issue. Drat Feedburner's help desk. I switched my original feed address to my new one just like it told me to, and this morning I woke up to a big fat ZERO. S
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My colleague in the stockbroker's office is a very pretty lady with a very attractive smile. Whenever she smiles, she displays the best looking set of teeth I have ever seen. However, she was not like this all the time. Once when I complimented her about her wonderful smile, she remarked that she have had her teeth straightened out by braces and had her teeth all cleaned and whitened at her dentis
More from the university:This room used to be a fish laboratory. There was this plastic kiddy pool with koi carps from the river and oh...things I shouldn't be saying...Some work has been done to revamp the laboratory. I mean, you can't get another university laboratory more old-school than this in 2009.
AllegoriesGenre: Experimental / Pop / ShowtunesFrom: Ontario CanadaEthereal, there I've said it. It was only a matter of time before the e word was used so I thought I'd get it out of the way early in this review of Canadian duo Allegories' recently released debut album 'Surreal Auteur'. It's such an over used word but one which fits Allegories slowly percolating, transcendent dream pop like cello
A researcher from the University of Illinois College of Medicine will release a study later this month with the conclusion that performing chest compressions to the beat of “Stayin’ Alive” showed beneficial effects in a study. The song’s rhythm is 103 beats per minute, almost exactly equal to the 100 chest compressions per minute rate for CPR recommended by the American Heart Association.
There has been a lot of talk lately about the possibility of the United States falling into yet another depression. My great-aunt was around during the 1930’s depression. Know what? She doesn’t remember a thing about it, because her family was poor when it hit.Now, I’ve been poor, broke, down-trodden, financially challenged and everything in between. So, at this point I can truly say that I
Painting Supplies: $50.00Number of $1 bills: 48Effort put in: 6 months (on and off)Finishing your 1st painting since 2nd grade? PRICELESS.There are some things money can't buy.For everything else, there's Budgets are Sexy.
Image via WikipediaThe new season of The Girls Next Door on !E has started. Rumors have been circulating for awhile now that Holly Madison and Hugh Hefner are over and she has moved out of the playboy mansion into her own condo. She's also rumored to be dating Criss Angel.Holly confirmed to a TMZ reporter that she and Hef are no longer together and she has no pull with him.Not too big of a surpris
We’ve blogged before on the disastrous connection between fuel pricing, vehicle miles traveled and residential foreclosures. And after those posts, it was interesting to see some economists shift away from discussing this problem, focusing almost exclusively on the impact of oil speculators.
Nonetheless, we stayed on the case, since advancing true green real estate finance has [...]
Updates on a pretty hectic week ahead. I was in maintenance mode for a while the other night trying to do the ascending comments plugin. I couldn’t get it to work. Today I think I’ll delete and reinstall it and see if that does the trick. I wanted to be able to comment to each [...]
So ... Back when I lived in DC there was this spectacularly awesome vintage store called Eclectic Threads (its still there so check it out if you are in the DC area.) I used to walk to it every weekend to pick up some vintage gear. Every time I walked in there was this awesome white feathered coat hanging on the wall. I never tried it on, I just looked at it.Fast forward 2.5 years later ... I wa
As part of my "15 things to do before I'm 30" list, I pledged to read 10 books in the next year and I'm falling behind. I've been too focused on knitting my legwarmers! So now I'm trying to balance reading, knitting and fall TV. Anyhow, Monday I had the day off so I launched into book number one: "Nineteen Minutes" by Jodi Picoult. I've read a lot of her books in the past and they always make me
Written by Kimberly -Unless you have been living under a rock, thenyou are probably aware that magician David Blaine is hanging out in CentralPark, literally.As I mentioned in an earlier pos
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Ok, I was SHAKING at 6.10pm..I officially need help! (put down the wine glass girl).
That was AMAZING wasn’t it? I enjoyed it from start to finish..dancers, judges and Bruce & Tess (she looked fab didn’t she?!!, yes says my boyfriend!).
Well, I have to say who [...]
Hannah Montana: Pop Star Exclusive for Nintendo DS is the first game that allows players the unique opportunity to become a top photo journalist who has just been given VIP access to photograph Hannah Montana as she embarks on a new world tour. Players can capture snapshots of Hannah while she is backstage, walking the red carpet, in her limousine or even lounging in her hotel room. Using the Phot
The construction of a Tesco outlet in Thailand’s Ayutthaya province has been delayed as an ancient wall from a fort built during th Ayutthaya-period in uncovered.
Ancient-wall find delays construction of Tesco outlet
Bangkok Post, 10 August 2008
Construction of a Tesco-Lotus Express retail outlet could be prohibited on a site where the remains of an ancient wall [...]Show on map
These pictures are of the top half of the tree that stands about two feet from my son's bedroom window, which fell during the storm last night. Fortunately it fell into the street, not into our house. (When these were taken, 12 hours had passed and about half of it was already cleared up and taken away). Here's the story:Yesterday was stormy all day so by evening I had stopped paying attention to
From AJC.com: Thousands of people, including several celebrities, stormed out of an Atlanta nightclub early Saturday when a gun was fired as patrons at Atlanta-based rap artist and producer Jermaine Dupri's party shoved to get into the VIP area, police said.A bullet grazed the elbow of a security guard, whose name was not released, and his injury was minor, according to DeKalb County Police spokes
Well...the past month was supposed to lead up to me having a triumphant day today. Unfortunately, baby Jesus had other plans and fucked me in the ass. I can't really get into it, but I would just like to say I hate nepotism. Moving on.My parents were in town last weekend, just to visit. It was my first time with my parents in New York, as a non-smoker...and I have to say I did not care for it. Whe
Miami rap star Rick Ross has been exposed as a former prison guard.
Florida Department of Corrections (DoC) records show that the gangster rapper worked as a correctional officer for 18 months, until he resigned from his post in June of 1997.
Rick Ross, real name William Leonard Roberts, vehemently denies this accusation, but a Freedom of [...]
With the arrest and indictment of crooked GOP Congressman Rick Renzi and his forced retirement, Arizona’s first congressional district is unlikely to fall into Republican hands again. If we’re lucky, progressive environmental lawyer Howard Shanker will win the primary against a well-funded but empty-headed, Republican-lite insider– being pushed by Rahm Emanuel and other corrupt f
And now from the "you just can't make this stuff up" file: Notoriously anti-gay Oklahoma Rep. Sally Kern, who gained national headlines for comparing "dangerous" gays to dangerous terrorists, was stopped from entering the state Capitol yesterday after it was...
Coming this September to a toy store near you...red lamp not included.Seriously, did Barbie hit the Neverland Ranch estate sale and raid Michael Jackson's closet? It kind of even looks like she's trying to moonwalk.Let's pray that Mattel grabs a clue and realizes that putting this plastic toy tramp on toy store shelves is a marketing disaster waiting to happen. Moms are already fed up with the ram
Bajan blogger Islandista blazed washed up R&B singer Mya in a recent post.
She's says:
So here’s what went down. Mya was scheduled to host at a pretty major event in Barbados last night - the Celebrity Party @ Club NXS in St. Lawrence Gap. A few hundred people showed up, eager to give Mya some love. But Miss Mya (who btw is an islandista by descent - I’m this close to revoking her credential
Tomorrow there's a work outing to Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium. So I can safely say that this office is literally going to the dogs...Literally, A Web Log
The European Union is literally falling apart; and its all the fault of Poland and the USA according to Pravda in a roundup of Lisbon Treaty news:
European experts were originally concerned about Poland’s unpredictable behavior. However, the reaction of Polish President Lech Kaczynski turned out to be a lot more unpredictable than anyone could ever [...]
One of my all time greatest annoyances (i refuse to use the saying "pet peeves"), is getting gypped by cashiers. It's one thing to have it done every once in a while, but it happens allllll the time for me! Maybe i'm just super unlucky, but i seriously have to question a receipt at LEAST once a week.Just the other day I was picking up a bbq sandwich with mashed potatoes, and it rang up as $13.00.
The Seabreacher is the latest creation of Rob Innes and Dan Piazza. They managed to construct a fully submergible watercraft that not only looks like dolphin, but acts like one as well.The Seabreacher allows you to do barrel rolls and multiple rollovers. Even jumping from the water is possible. And all this can be done at an incredible speed of 30 mph. Last but not least, the Seabreacher can stay
"Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."Lewis Carroll Drop Scones with whipped cream & mangoes There are some meals that leave a mark on you, a stamp in your mind (or as in my case, on the DH's)! The memories of the quintessential American breakfast my sister stirred up for us in Dallas last year is a case in point, & features in our foodie conversation
Thoughts on the flood of '08 back in the Midwest:1) People should really cut the cops and National Guard a break. Floodwaters are dangerous to navigate, and with gas lines and power lines being problematic, they're doing folks a favor by not letting people in various places. They'd rather be doing something else as well, but this is their job and they need to be respected for that.2) Again, I'm
Last night was one of the the worst sleepless nights I've had in a very long time. I'm still having a very hard time wrapping my head around the fact that a mockingbird kept me up all night. Yes, a bird. Poor bird. Perhaps he has his days and nights mixed up. My guess is that the moon's brightness is causing him to sing me sweet lullabies all night long. Whatever the case, he nearly drove Crac
Today was another whirl wind day of just being busy with the typical summer schedule I'm learning to embrace... (it's either that or go certifiably insane) starting at 5:30 am when I have to get kids up and to the high school for weight lifting class and ending sometime around 11:00 - 11:30 on average.
This afternoon I drove to a nearby suburb to pick up Bianca and three of her friends at the
When I heard about the demolishing of the wet market along the Kuching waterfront, my heart sank. I've been there almost everytime since I was young and practically grew up accustomed to the stench...
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As you know and as I have mentioned before, I am the ultimate test dummy for any mascara out there that is willing to give me the lashes that I have always wanted. And it now seems like I will be pretty busy in the next coming months testing out some very interesting new releases that are on the horizon. In a recent WWD article, mascasras are all the buzz and spinning mascaras are even a bigger bu
The Parkers were seen leaving the A|X Armani Exchange in Manhattan on Monday. Tony & Eva’s one year anniversary is coming up next month and its good to see that they are still going...
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For one, the movie is set to release in the first week of July and will be his first release in six months. As Shahid says, “Yes, it is an important film because I don’t do too many films. I try and do one film at a time. So after November this is my next release. Its been almost 6 months so it’s been a long while.”Secondly, he has developed an excellent rapport with his costar Vid
Responding to an open letter which I wrote to His Excellency, the Most Reverend Robert J. McManus, and which may be found here, an anonymous individual has left a comment at this Blog defending Fr. Andre Dargis. This anonymous individual wrote, "Catholicism was never meant to be taken literally...All of the negative bloggers here seem content to cite Church teachings as if Christ himself taught th
Huge thanks to Adam K. for sending along a link to this video:Further research shows that he made the bet with William Hill, one of the largest bookmakers in the UK. Seems like all the parties involved have a good attitude about this-- Matthews says he's going to give half the money to cancer charity Macmillan. As for the rest, he says he's "going to spend [it] on myself - booze and fags prob
UTRECHT, Netherlands - Utrecht police say a 21-year-old Dutch man is recovering after a "mooning" that went horribly wrong.A police statement says the man and two others had run down a street in Utrecht with their pants pulled down in the back "for a joke."It says that at one point the 21-year-old "pushed his behind against the window of a restaurant" that broke and resulted in "deep wounds to his
Humans can see into the future, says a cognitive scientist. It’s nothing like the alleged predictive powers of Nostradamus, but we do get a glimpse of events one-tenth of a second before they occur.
And the mechanism behind that can also explain why we are tricked by optical illusions.
Researcher Mark Changizi of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in [...]
The Planet lost more than a few customers, and Statcounter.com may certainly gain some with a response like this, to a fiery service outage over the weekend.
Traveling with carry-on luggage for 19 days. Can it be done? Why would you do it? The Wall Street Journal recently reported that this summer is projected to be the worst ever for congestion and delays. No checked luggage = one less line at the departure airport. It’s another way to avoid all the extra [...]
Ok, now we all know that Microsoft’s quality and service is highly questionable, but this is one straight out of the loony bin.
Someone has posted images of what he got inside his Xbox 360 packaging after he bought it on special at a Targer store. The promotion threw in a free $50 Gift Card to [...]
As was reported earlier, Michael Schumacher made an appearance racing on a Honda at the Oschersleben circuit of the German Superbike Championship last weekend. On the surface, his twenty-eighth place finish seems rather disappointing, but upon further examination, it was a pretty good weekend overall for the ex-Formula 1 champ. Technical issues kept Schumacher from starting well, with only two rac
While chatting online with a good friend from South Africa today, I rediscovered the joy of words. Being a word lover myself, I was in awe at the simplicity with which my friend was using those eloquent, feather-weight and massively-meaningful words. Thanks to him, I have realized that I needed to go back to using words in creative ways. Even though my friend was typing, I am sure that honey
For those of you who have ever taken on the task of a multi-layered cake or had the pleasure to try their hand at fondant you HAVE to check out flickr's Cake Fun group. Pictured right is a cake I made for Lily's first birthday. I stayed up until 3am to finish, but totally worth it. Molly's first birthday is coming up pretty soon and I plan on making her cake as well. This site is great for inspira
You know Barack loves a good speech Despite winning the primary in Kentucky tonight (Tuesday) Hillary Clinton suffered another blow when Barack Obama won the Oregon primary and captured the majority of the pledged delegates. Meanwhile, Obama’s campaign also announced it collected more than $31 million in April, bringing his total amount raised so far [...]
If you’re one of those people who’d like to consider your house a work of art, you may be interested in the Nautilus House created by bioarchitect Javier Senosiain in 2006. It truly is a work of art, although you may want to make a little less of a statement. It’s definitely not gonna go [...]
i apologize for that terrible "pun" - it's getting pretty late and my eyes feel like they're about to fall out but it's all good. so... who am i talking about you might ask? i present you Eskimo Joe, an incredible band from down under with some dark but nonetheless fascinating tracks, including the slightly morbid 'London Bombs' and the phenomenal 'Black Fingernails, Red Wine'. don't get me wrong
Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty picking out some stuff to pawn??
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This may be the hardest post I have ever written.
The post, to those who know me well, may explain much, but it is really for myself. I’ve deliberately left details out ,as they will come in the future, when the two conditions of the subject matter not hurting so much and me having permission [...]
Erik De Nijs has woven a laptop into a pair of pants (looks like jeans) and was featured in the concepts section of the website Vous Pensez. Well geeks are going to love these pair of pants which also has a pair of speakers built into the knees. The mouse can be stuffed into one of the back pockets and the website also adds that for gamers, there is a joystick controller located just behind the front zipper. Do check out the concepts section of the website, which features some really crazy and cool concepts. Source: Vous Pensez
Fort Pierce, FL (ThaLunatic Daily) -- Mary E. Fasnacht, a 19 year old Florida woman was arrested and charged with child neglect after police found her 1 year old baby living in a filthy house that was cluttered with trash and spoiling food.On an anonymous tip that reported that a child was living in filthy conditions, police officers and child welfare workers were dispatched to the home of Mary Fasnacht. When they arrived, they found a home that was "Not fit for human residence," according to the arresting affidavit.Police characterized the two bedroom house as a place where "no child could remain healthy," noting that there was no running water and the home smelled of human waste."By the level of filth and smell coming from the home, it appeared from outside of the home, to be a dange
The Role of Speculators in the Global Food Crisis
By Beat Balzli and Frank Hornig
Biofuels and global warming have been blamed for shortages driving up the price of food, and both trends have played their role. The planet’s grain reserves are almost empty for a number of reasons, including global population growth and greater prosperity in [...]
El día finalmente ha llegado! Megan Fox ha tomado una foto con su apellido para Paw revista impresa. ¿Y ahora qué? Britney Spears con una lanza? O mejor aún, ¿qué hay de Courtney Cox con un .. así… usted sabe[The day has finally arrived! Megan Fox has a photo taken with her last name for Paw Print magazine. What next? Britney Spears with a spear? Or even better, how about Courtney Cox with a ..well…you know]
This is a great story about how museums can facilitate better access to the public - the National Museum of Bangkok is working with other volunteer groups to facilitate tours where blind visitors can actually touch and feel the exhibits.
I was at the Bangkok National Museum and they certainly have a wealth of exhibits on [...]
Ok since I have moderately calmed down from last night I feel more capable of talking about that game without all the vulgarities.
The score was 90-89 when the buzzer sounded and the Wachovia Center was more than electric. It was down right thunderous after the 76ers triumphant 12-point comeback to keep their 6th seed playoff hopes alive. That is until the fans began to file out of the gym and the Sixers turned their backs and headed to the locker room to celebrate. Then a crime began to unfold. A basketball murder if you will. They killed our hopes to avoid the Detroit Pistons in the first round of the playoffs.
While the entire 76er team was in the locker room, Cavs Coach Mike Brown was pleading with the officials to take a look at the replay to determine if a foul was committed b
Hey Red Sox Nation and ESPN: Hank told you that it was a Yankee Universe. Why did you doubt him???The Yankees today announced that NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman will throw out the ceremonial first pitch from the International Space Station prior to Wednesday's game vs. the Boston Red Sox. It will be the first ceremonial first pitch ever thrown from space in Yankee Stadium history. Reisman, 40, docked at the International Space Station on March 12, carrying dirt from the Yankee Stadium pitcher's mound, a Yankees banner, and a hat autographed by Yankees principal owner George M. Steinbrenner. "Launching on the space shuttle and living aboard the International Space Station is a once-in-a-lifetime experience," Reisman said. "But as a lifelong Yankees fan, throwing out the first pitch at
Gwyneth Paltrow thinks Britney Spears has been driven insane – and it’s all because of the paparazzi. I think Gwyneth may be the first celebrity to all-out call Britney Spears insane. And considering that Brit seems to have gotten a little better lately, I’m guessing that that might sting a bit. But either way, Gwyneth [...]
CHICAGO – Set in the humbling peaks of the Himalayas, the Robson Entertainment documentary “Blindsight” redefines the true meaning of inspiration. East confronts West in this film that captures the journey of six blind Tibetan teenagers led by blind mountain climber Erik Weihenmayer to a place higher than anyone could ever imagine.
Erik Weihenmayer (left) and Tashi in “Blindsight”.Photo credit: Robson Entertainment
Filmed among the highest peaks in the world, director Lucy Walker examines the Weihenmayer’s pursuit – the only blind man to have climbed Mount Everest – along with teacher Sabriye Tenberken (the founder of a Tibetan school for the blind) in their pursuit toward solidarity.
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Today, kanYe West made a post that really made me think and I’m sure it made others think as well.
I don’t do anything I don’t love anymore… I loved the flashing lights vid so it didn’t matter 2 me if someone one else didn’t. While people chase money I pursue happiness. So many people talk [...]
In almost every movie you watch now CGI graphics are used. Their awesome but most of the time graphics don't do that great of a job. Nothing beats the real thing. The advertising firm IdeaCity...
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I found this short little article interesting: Blogging As Fast As We Can
It’s a story about how 2 prominent bloggers died recently because of heart attacks supposedly directly related to stress. I feel that! I know I haven’t been blogging regularly in the last couple months, but I have definitely been at that [...]
Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen did a photo shoot for fashion photgrapher Mario Testino, wearing skimpy and ripped up Daisy Dukes. The staff of the photo shoot obviously gave their best to give the Victoria's Secret model the privacy she needs. Gisele has actually just arrived from a Vogue eyewear gig in Spain, and here she is, working her ass off. Here are the photos.
That is what happens when a market is poised for correction, and people are lured by rosy, frauduent predictions, it is the “Amatuer Unsophisticated Investors” and “Bargain Hunters” that will absolutely lose it all when the market corrects.
The truth is that stocks of solidly performing companies are being victimized by bad news on top [...]
I think it's safe to say we may be a bit insurance happy as a society. Can you imagine insuring your body parts? If not yours what about these lucky 13 celebrities?
If you check on the lamb chops you’re broiling and they’ve burst Into flames. Close the door to the oven immediately and turn it off.
If you’re lighting candles and your sleeve catches fire. What you learned in third grade still holds. Stop. Drop. And roll: You want to take the oxygen away from the fire, [...]
Locomatrix, a games company in Brighton, less specifically in the UK, came up with a brilliant idea in today's world of fat reducement. Instead of watching some ploy-program with a program leader...
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click image to enlargeno. dream on. wow. dream.these were the four words/phrases that were featured in the viktor & rolf collection during paris fashion week. every piece that they walked had these words somehow incorporated into their design, if a word wasn't written in the actual fabric itself, it was written on the models' faces.i guess the inention is so that you ask why? what does this mean? the whole interpretaion of art hoopla. are they fighting eating disorders? mocking all of us? is this a say no to drugs campaign in conjunction with the colette exhibit? no to war? no this is not a joke we really are walking this down the runways? is the "WoW," across the chest fur coat taking a stab at P.E.T.A. ? dream on, you can never afford this? are they just trying to be ironic? exp
If you have ever used the levitate spell you know that it kind of like flying, but not quite. However if you combine this spell with really high speed, it is exactly like flying. Just use the fortify attribute glitch to get your speed to about a thousand and then go outside somewhere and cast levitate, you can fly very high above the ground and go just about anywhere in the map.You can also use levitate with the "get of the map" trick that I mentioned in an earlier post to fly around a building and drop down into almost any room.
Sitting around the campfire, I was telling a fellow warrior how worried I was about the rise of the price of milk (by 15%) and that, from now on, I may not afford to buy the precious creamy white liquid to feed my pet (in the photo).- I don’t want to watch her slowly starve to death - I said.- Why don’t you eat her before she dies? - he suggested.
Twins Separated At Birth MarryA pair of twins who were adopted by separate families as babies got married without knowing they were brother and sister, a peer told the House of Lords. A court annulled the British couple’s union after they discovered their true relationship,Lord Alton said. The peer - who was told of the case by a High Court judge involved - said the twins felt an “inevitable attraction”. The former Liberal Democrat MP raised the couple’s case during a House of Lords debate on the Human Fertility and Embryology Bill in December. “They were never told that they were twins,” he told the Lords. “They met later in life and felt an inevitable attraction, and the judge had to deal with the consequences of the marriage that they entered into and all the issues of the
The Hardware Zone has reviewed the new Jabra GN9350, a dual function wireless headset which combines both landline and VoIP in a single package with very good wireless range.The GN9350 main features include the ability to be linked to a PC for VoIP connections while also connected to the landline for your normal phone calls. Switching between the PC audio and the telephone line is as simple as pressing a button on the base station or the headset (though the headset only allows you to switch to the telephone line and not back).Transitions between the telephone line and PC audio were smooth with only a slight pause between switches. The Jabra headset also provides connectivity for Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunication (DECT) phones which must be paired to the base station. Another function that is advertised but which we were unable to test since we were only provided with one headset, is the conference call function. The GN9350 allows up to 4 headsets to be set up in conference m
OR_TO.jpg (image)Take a look at this. "Killer hooked on crocheting as a 'small part' of atonement"According to the article, in this state prison the inmates have learned how to crochet. However, "The scarves, caps and afghans go to charities, but victim advocates discount the inmates' intentions."Personally, I have to think it's gotta be pretty darn boring in prison, and no matter what their intentions are, if they're doing it for a good cause, nobody should complain. These men meet for three hours a week in the prison recreation room to crochet.Of course, the crochet hooks get locked up after class is over. Probably a good thing, even if the hooks ARE plastic.EDIT: Later today I came across a second article. Juvenile offenders start life over with a crochet hook | csmonitor.comAgain,
There is a saying out there that should apply to this weekend’s game between the Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions: “If you don’t have anything nice to say, then say nothing at all”. Apparently the parents of Cowboys cornerback Terence Newman need to reinforce that into his head. According to Tom Orsborn of the San Antonio Express-News, Newman said on Tuesday that a fine will not be a deterrent should he get a chance to clock Detroit Lions quarterback Jon Kitna this Sunday. Those comments came a day after team linebacker Bradie James said that he’s looking forward to making Kitna pay for comments he made in January about the Cowboys’ defense.
To recap, Kitna, in a radio interview with a Seattle radio station shortly after the Lions win over the Cowboys in last season’s finale, Kitna called James “ineffective” and said that he didn’t think that Newman was as talented as Seattle cornerback Marcus Trufant. Trufant’s rep
The Golden State Warriors are currently the NBA's highest scoring team and it seems as though the scoreboard at Seattle's KeyArena couldn't keep up with their torrid pace as the structure burst into flames. Local firefighters were called into action.The game was delayed about 15 minutes in the first quarter when arena officials noticed a small fire coming from a spotlight attached to the bottom of the scoreboard above the court and smoke shooting from the top.The scoreboard was lowered just above the floor, firefighters used an extinguisher to put out the flames and detached the spotlight.Just reading this text may be a bit misleading. Because -- although we all know fire to be a dangerous element and quite threatening -- if you were there, apparently it would have been a real enjoyable time according to the Warriors' Andris Biedrins."It was kind of fun. I've never seen anything like that burning"Yeah, uh...quite a treat.Related:Scoreboard fire at Key Arena stops game [MySpace New
