From the English quarterly, “The Chap” by way of ymaa.com: ‘The most intriguing duel fought between women, and the only one that featured bared breasts, was between Princess Pauline Metternich and the Countess Kielmannsegg in August 1892 in Verduz, the capital of Liechstenstein. It [more...]
Or at least if you do, get the work done by someone else. Ryan Fitzgerald has been sued for $100,000 by his ex-girlfriend, Rossie Brovent. She claims that he had agreed to tattoo a scene from Narnia on her back. What was actually rendered [more...]
One of my favorite plays is a little gem called, “The Madwoman of Chaillot”. It was also made into a wonderful film in 1969 starring Katherine Hepburn, Danny Kaye, and…almost everyone. It speaks to our current social and economic troubles quite eloquently. The following is [more...]
Every so often I come across a story that brings a smile to my lips and a little moisture to my eyes because it epitomizes the gentle beauty and kindness that humanity is capable of at its noblest. Such things are seldom deemed newsworthy [more...]
“After three years of development, the men of Britain can at last get gaming while they pee.” The urinal-based video game system uses infrared sensors to enable users to steer down a ski slope while knocking over penguins or perform other simple actions by [more...]
From: wine-loving vagabond
Somewhere in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, locked up safely we hope, in the bowels of a medical research facility, lies a man-made virus that could alter the course of history and kill millions if loosed upon the world. Scientists have modified the H5N1 “Bird [more...]
There was a short item in the news today from Japan. I’ll add a link to the story at the end, but the main thrust is this: TEPCO reduced the sub-contract work force at Fukashima by 60% because there is nothing left they can do. [more...]
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