March 17, 2006

Worker blames Lodi for his gaffe



A California man has been thwarted from suing himself for a motor-vehicle accident - but that's not stopping his wife from trying.
Curtis Gokey crashed the Lodi city dump truck he was driving into his own car last December, and then filed a $3,600 claim for the accident, even though he admitted he was at fault.
The city denied the claim, so Gokey's wife, Rhonda, filed a claim under her name, and for $1,200 more.
She's asking for more money because "I'm not as nice as my husband is."
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March 16, 2006

Are We Happy Yet?



Some 45% of all Republicans report being very happy, compared with just 30% of Democrats and 29% of independents. This finding has also been around a long time; Republicans have been happier than Democrats every year since the General Social Survey began taking its measurements in 1972.

That explains a lot.

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March 15, 2006

Todays Girl Pamela Anderson Maxim Online



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Pam Anderson

Age: 38

Vitals: 5'7", 34C–24–34

Hometown: Ladysmith, British Columbia

The Simpsons come to life



The Simpsons come to life

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Movie Theaters Consider Jamming Cell Phones


LAS VEGAS — Movie theater owners faced with falling attendance are considering asking federal authorities for permission to jam cell phone reception in an attempt to stop annoying conversations during films, the head of the industry's trade group said on Tuesday.
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Performancing Metrics


Performancing Metrics is essentially the blog alternative to analytics programs like AWStats or Google Analytics which are geared more for traditional web sites.
Performancing Metrics give it a try

White Strip


Was'nt my job to move that!

Beyonce Maxim Photoshoot


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Sexy Mouse


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Google Desktop out of BETA


Now you can lock Desktop Search while you’re away from your computer to deny access by snooping co-workers and use a search box integrated into the middle of your computer desktop by hitting the Control key twice.
lifehacker
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Kelly Hu Nip Slip


Kelly Hu, A Wisp, A Hint Of Your Aureola Makes the Dress Look Even MORE Sexy.

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Moon Shot




March 14, 2006

Dessert


The Breath-B-Gone®


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Creator Comments: The Breath-B-Gone® protects you from annoyingly bad breath. Its patented fan system, coupled with the long-lasting Backpack Battery® work to ensure that even your closest conversations are halitosis-free!
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March 11, 2006

tossing a decapitated chicken (weird but true)

A man was arrested in Elmhurst, Ill., after a cop spotted him tossing a decapitated chicken, still flapping its wings, from his car.
He explained that he was killing the bird for good luck as part of his Santeria religion.
After determining that decapitating a chicken isn't a crime - it's considered a humane way to kill one - cops charged the fowl fellow with littering.
3/9/06 ny post weird but true
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March 10, 2006

MAMAS & THE PAPA Pope Benedict XVI has an iPod


Guess you could call him the iPope.
If he's interested, The Post has some contemporary suggestions:
* "I'm a Believer" (The Monkees)
* "I Say a Little Prayer" (Dionne Warwick)
* "Stairway to Heaven" (Led Zeppelin)
* "God Put a Smile on Your Face" (Coldplay)
* "My Sweet Lord" (George Harrison)
* "The Miracle" (Queen)
* "Redemption Song" (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
* "Proud Mary" (Ike and Tina Turner)
* "God Bless the Child" (Billie Holliday)
* "Lady Madonna" (The Beatles)
* "Jesus is Just All Right" (The Doobie Brothers)
I scanned this picture from the NY Post could not find it anywhere on the net.

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March 09, 2006

Dubai company quits ports fight


With Congress moving to overrule the White House, Dubai Ports World announced it will give up its management stake in a deal to operate some of the terminals at U.S. ports and transfer it to an American company.

"Because of the strong relationship between the United Arab Emirates and the United States and to preserve that relationship, DP World has decided to transfer fully the U.S. operation of P&O Operations North America to a United States entity," said DP World's chief operating officer, Edward H. Bilkey.
It's a win win for Bush...
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Project 'Origami' comes to life as 'Ultramobile PC'


The Ultramobile PC plays back music and video, but also lets users do other computer tasks, such as e-mail and Internet searches.
Looking a bit like a handheld video game console, with the heft of a large paperback book, the inch-thick PC features a 7-inch screen and weighs less than 2½ pounds. It runs a full Windows XP computer operating system, accessed with a pencil-like stylus, and supports Bluetooth and Wi-Fi wireless hook-ups.
The battery lasts up to three hours, and it is equipped with a 60-gigabyte hard drive. Two models are expected to hit store shelves by early April, priced at around $600 to $1,000.
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Watery atmosphere discovered on Saturn's moon



Saturn's snow-white moon, Enceladus, is shrouded by a thin water-vapour atmosphere, reveal measurements from the US-European Cassini spacecraft. The atmosphere may be pumped out by erupting ice volcanoes or geysers - which could signal toeholds for life on the tiny moon.
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The Elbow Bump Goes to Work


Elbow bump. No, that isn't the latest type of punch from the National Hockey League or Ultimate Fighting. It's the way that the World Health Organization would like us to greet each other from now on.

Yep, the handshake is seen as too efficient a way to spread disease — germs go from their nose, to their hands, to your hands to your nose and eyes — yuck! So in business and social settings we'll soon all be asked to mimic the greeting that doctors and scientists use when they are working around such diseases as the Ebola virus — to bump elbows when we want to greet another person. Welcome to the new world of bird flu
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Berkeley Law The Latest To Accidentally Admit Thousands Via Email



There have been quite a few stories over the years concerning universities accidentally sending out congratulations emails to applicants when they didn't mean to. By this point, you would have figured that most universities would have put in place a decent process to prevent this from happening -- but apparently not. The latest is Berkeley's law school. The director of admissions there was apparently teaching a new hire how to use the email system, including (uh oh) how to send a single message to many people at the same time. He just so happened to pick the "you've been accepted email" and the list of all 7,000 applicants and then, naturally, pressed the send key. Seems like those first year classes might get a little crowded this year...
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March 08, 2006

Trinidad Carnival





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Woman Driver

Woman Driver
Kinda missed the parking space!

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Smart Mouse


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Lucky Bystander


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Microsoft Launching Revised Search Engine

In its latest bid to catch up with rivals Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc., Microsoft Corp. is launching a revamped Internet search engine that it says will help computer users find information faster, view it more easily and organize it better.
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Out with the old in with the new..Canon 70-300mm

300mm canon lens
New Addition
Canon 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
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March 05, 2006

Difference Between Men and Women


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Britney Spears Strip Game


My mouse was a little too shaky for this one...maybe someone can send me the end results.
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Mozilla Update :: Extensions -- More Info:Firefox Showcase - Preview Images

One of the coolest extensions yet...see your tabs as thumbnails in a seperate window..

Mozilla Update :: Extensions -- More Info:Firefox Showcase - Preview Images
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Madonna girl reading lips


The lusty lip-lock between Madonna and Britney Spears on MTV a couple of summers ago got the Material Girl's daughter mighty curious about who's gay and who's not.
Madonna confesses in the upcoming issue of Out magazine that 9-year-old Lourdes "is really obsessed" with the topic, and even asked, "Mom, you know they say that you are gay?"
The superstar singer says she explained that the Spears smooch wasn't sexual and just meant, "I am the mommy pop star and she is the baby pop star. And I am kissing her to pass my energy on to her."
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Jermaine: Michael had 'a thing for young children'



Daily News Exclusive: Jermaine Jackson feared his kid brother Michael might be guilty of child molestation, but backed him at trial because he thought the pop star would commit suicide in prison, according to a bombshell book proposal obtained by the Daily News. "Does he really know what he does with these kids?" Jermaine wonders.
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February 28, 2006

Don't Like My Driving


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Sony W30 and W50


Sony’s becoming Al Green – it just can’t stop.

Like the recent Sony W30 and W50 [story here], the new DSC-H2 and DSC-H5 cut out the shake of jittery hands with clever gyroscopes built into the camera and pole-vault to a light sensitivity of ISO 1000 by using new sensors. In other words, they’re the perfect cameras for photographing cityscapes at night and mates in dark clubs.
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Wackiest Street Name



Farfrompoopen Road, the only road to Constipation Ridge, lost to Divorce Court and Psycho Path, which placed No. 1 in an online poll of the nation's wildest, weirdest and wackiest street names.





The complete top 10 list included:

10. Tater Peeler Road in Lebanon, Tenn.
9. The intersection of Count and Basie in Richmond, Va.
8. Shades of Death Road in Warren County, N.J.
7. Unexpected Road in Buena, N.J.
6. Bucket of Blood Street in Holbrook, Ariz.
5. The intersection of Clinton and Fidelity in Houston
4. The intersection of Lonesome and Hardup in Albany, Ga.
3. Farfrompoopen Road in Tennessee (the only road up to Constipation Ridge)
2. Divorce Court in Heather Highlands, Pa.
1. Psycho Path in Traverse City, Mich.

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February 23, 2006

Lucy Lawless Maxim Girl of the Day


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Sony hi-def HDR-HC3E


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Shooting video in high-def was once but a pipe dream to the weak of shoulder thanks to the chunky kit – Sony’s new camcording waif, though, won't bother you with anything so much as a hand cramp.
Sony claims that the camcorder before you is the lightest and smallest HD shooter in the world – Sanyo’s new 145g HD1 will cough loudly at such suggestions, but at 500g it’s still an impressive feat of miniaturisation.
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February 22, 2006

Jessica Alba Gets A Parking Ticket


Sometimes beauty, fame, money, and power isn't enough to keep you above the law. Here are some pictures of Jessica Alba being the cunning outlaw that she is. I'm going to cut her a break and say that the cop didn't know it was her car.
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Lindsay Lohan Is Pissed


Yahoo News is reporting that Lindsay Lohan is furious that she is still referred to as the Teen Queen. During the interview of the March issue of Allure magazine, Lindsay says she wants to be considered a serious actress and rejects her young slutty image. She doesn't want to be known as the girl who parties all night and can't be taken seriously.

Lindsay had this to say in regards to the teen hype: "I hate it when people call me a teen queen."
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