WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More and more obese people are unable to get full medical care because they are either too big to fit into scanners, or their fat is too dense for X-rays or sound waves to penetrate, radiologists reported on Tuesday.
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Hermosa Beach (CA) officials have received at least three requests to have engraved bricks removed from the city’s beach-side “Millenium Walkway.” Locals purchased them as part of Hermosa’s year 2000 festivities and many say things like “Mary and Joe Smith.”
The problem — some of […]
you “24″ fans know what I am talking about
The top 100 Jack Bauer facts. Some of my favorites:
9. If everyone on “24” followed Jack Bauer’s instructions, it would be called “12″.
15. Jack Bauer once forgot where he put his keys. He then spent the next half-hour torturing himself until […]
Remember Eason Jordan’s 2003 admission that CNN had withheld information about conditions in Iraq in order to protect employees and maintain access? Never mind that CNN’s cooperation presented a distorted view of the actual conditions in Iraq, it was more important to have a story rather than a true story. That decision […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)This portly man is 58-year old Norman Kirtland and he just had “relations” with the former Wham star in the bushes of a notorious London park
George Michael was caught groping with Norman by News of the World photographers. Now Michaels is an adult and in my opinion can do whatever he pleases. (Though News of […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)“Mad jockey lands a ‘Zidane’ on racehorse quips” London’s Evening Standard.
“Aping a disgraced footballing idol” states Times Online
Pissed off that his horse, City Affair, would not follow his commands in the parade ring and probably suffering from a Napoleon complex to boot, jockey Paul O’Neill head-butted his horse in front of television cameras. Worse […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)Pretty big upgrade over at Technorati as they work to avoid becoming irrelevant in the world they helped create. At first glace I like it but part of me found comfort in the familiarity of the previous version. Also, being a creature of habit, I’m not sure how many of the changes are in fact […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)Rocky Petralia on Boston’s Big Dig:
The first obstacle to overcome was “The Big Dig,” the most expensive highway project in the history of mankind. Bostonians rerouted I-93 into a 3.5 mile tunnel under the city, replacing a previously elevated roadway. They also built the Ted Williams Tunnel, which goes to Logan Airport. […]
I’ve heard of ’sacred cows’ but this is ridiculous
A young Russian farmer from South Siberia has
asked President Vladimir Putin to allow him
to marry a cow. “All girls have left our small
village and moved to the city, so I cannot
[…]
OK in fairness Congressman Wexler was appearing on “The Colbert Report“, but still…
Politics, Wexler, Colbert, Cocaine, Prostitutes
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)In a selfish bid to make sure my favorite TV show gets good ratings, a preview of the best show out there:
and yes I know about the Nicleback soundtrack, they always do that in the trailers to hook potential viewers. I’m sure it won’t be in the actual episodes.
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Especially that Karl Rove guy
Sheldon Drobny, a founder of liberal radio network Air America was deeply concerned about liberal anti-semitism. At least he was until he figured it all out, Karl Rove is responsible. Drobny outlines his thinking in a recent Huffington Post piece.
After discussing the genesis of another recent article of […]
A pair of serial killers is battling it out in the same neighborhood of Phoenix, Arizona. The separate pair of assassins have carried out more than 50 nighttime attacks, leaving 11 dead and many others injured. Serial killer #1 is called the “Baseline Killer” due to the location of his initial attacks.
[He] is described by […]
Island nation ignores its greatest national resource to instead focus on big rock coins
4,300 miles west of Hawaii, there is a tiny island nation called Yap (just 46 square miles). Most people know it for its funky monetary system called Rai based on giant stones (some up to 12 feet in diameter and weigh a […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)You know what would make a good story? Something about a clown who makes people happy, but inside he’s real sad. Also, he has severe diarrhea. -
Jack Handey
h/t: RJ Miller (Worth 1000)
