May 2007
disconsolate: hopelessly sad; also, saddening; cheerless.
Qantas gave recovering alcoholic Keith Urban a...
A Qantas flight attendant made an embarrassing mistake when she gave recovering alcoholic, Keith Urban, a bottle of wine during his flight.This follows an earlier incident on the airline, when Michael Jackson was presented with the Vienna boys choir. (via News dugg by marszau)
Saudi prisoner 'commits suicide' at Guantanamo →
A Saudi Arabian prisoner died of an apparent suicide at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base on Wednesday, the US military said. “The detainee was found unresponsive and not breathing in his cell by guards. The detainee was pronounced dead by a physician after all lifesaving measures had been exhausted,” the US Southern Command in Miami said in a statement. The military did not indicate how...
'The Secret' Self-help gurus take plagiarism...
A SPAT between two self-help gurus over a best-selling book will be fought out in a Melbourne court.The much-discussed book, The Secret, and its DVD version have earned Melburnian Rhonda Byrne about $50 million in sales, and her wealth continues to grow.As a result, Byrne has become a worldwide celebrity. (via News dugg by marszau)
MySpace Outage Leaves Millions Friendless →
BEVERLY HILLS, CA—An estimated 150 million people continued to be without social lives Tuesday as a massive system failure at MySpace.com entered its third day.
Outcry over TV kidney competition →
A Dutch TV station says it will go ahead with a programme in which a terminally ill woman selects one of three patients to receive her kidneys.
chortle: to utter, or express with, a snorting, exultant laugh or chuckle.
Slam poetry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
Slam poetry is a postmodern performance poetry, a form of spoken word performed at a competitive poetry event, called a “slam”, at which poets perform their own poems (or, in rare cases, those of others) that are “judged” on a numeric scale by randomly picked members of the audience.
ABC News Uncovers ‘Operation Northwoods’ [Top...
In the early 1960s, America’s top military leaders reportedly drafted plans to kill innocent people and commit acts of terrorism in U.S. cities to create public support for a war against Cuba. (via News dugg by marszau)
Missile shield plan to make Europe a 'powder keg' →
PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin warned overnight that a planned US missile defence shield would make Europe a “powder keg” and lashed out at those he said were demonising Russia.
fecund: fruitful; prolific.
Anti-Islamic writer 'stirs hatred' →
A VISIT to Sydney by a controversial Somali writer who calls the prophet Mohammed a pedophile and says Islam is inferior to Western culture has outraged Muslims, who accuse her of inciting hatred.
9 out of 10 working overtime →
AUSTRALIANS are slugging their guts out working overtime and most employees don’t get much thanks, with the bulk of overtime done being unpaid.
“Be fruitful and multiply”
– God
Handbook for Life: 52 Tips for Happiness and...
Best “lifehacks”-type post I’ve ever read. Full of ideas and useful links. (via News dugg by marszau)
Guess what happened on your birthday?
Get a snapshot of everything happening on the day you were born, from others birthdays to the current Rolling Stone cover to the price of eggs. (via News dugg by marszau)
enunciate: to utter articulately; also, to state or set forth precisely or systematically.
I need an unstable woman for a drama filled...
Hi there, I’m seeking a like-minded woman to share a disastrous 3-9 month relationship with, ending in acrimony, emotional chaos, and possibly legal proceedings. My name is Lloyd, I live in Chicago , I’m 27 years old, fairly well educated, I hold down a good job and am pretty stable. I’m told I’m fairly good looking, but I’ll let you be the judge (via News dugg by marszau)
The ZEN of drinking alone - Using alcohol to find... →
Drinking is a more pure and forthright form of imbibing, and I say that because it focuses entirely on the simple act of putting alcohol into your bloodstream. It tosses aside all the half-hearted pretensions about merely using alcohol as a social tool. It gets down to what drinking is all about: getting loaded, and by doing that, getting down to the inner you. The inner joy, the inner madness,...
“So I stayed in bed and drank. When you drank the world was still out there, but...”
– Charles Bukowski
appellation: a name, title, or designation.
Crying Over Spilled Semen →
The finding that women who do not use condoms during sex are less depressed and less likely to attempt suicide than are women who have sex with condoms and women who are not sexually active, leads one researcher to conclude that semen contains powerful-and potentially addictive-mood-altering chemicals.
.gov.au sites frequently hacked →
Hacks on Queensland government sites increased by 104 percent in two years. Targeted cyber-criminal activity towards Australian State Government websites has dramatically increased over the last two years, according to security vendor, TippingPoint. Speaking at its annual security briefing in Sydney, Ken Low, APAC security marketing director at TippingPoint said from October 2005 to May 2007,...
Project Censored Media Democracy in Action →
Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007 - The News that didn’t make the News
bon vivant: a person with refined and sociable tastes.
Ryan Stout - Labels →
You forget to pull out one time, and now you’re labeled a “father.”
Emu's Euro police chase ends in tragedy →
A mystery emu has been shot dead after a cross-border chase by police in Europe this week. The Australian native fauna was first spotted in the German town of Grenzach-Wyhlen near the Swiss border. “We are trying to find out how it got here in the first place,” a German police spokesman said.
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip S01E17 →
Allison Janney, as herself, is the guest host of a show that goes haywire when the propmasters and cue card workers stage a last minute wildcat strike.
fiat: an arbitrary or authoritative command or order.
Bird Sh*ts on Bush During Press Conference →
Seems a passing sparrow took an opportunity to weigh in on what the President had to say.
Snake bursts after gobbling gator →
An unusual clash between a 6-foot (1.8m) alligator and a 13-foot (3.9m) python has left two of the deadliest predators dead in Florida’s swamps. The Burmese python tried to swallow its fearsome rival whole but then exploded. The remains of the two giant reptiles were found by astonished rangers in the Everglades National Park.
(PICS) The most interesting and amazing houses...
Weird ,weird ,weird… (via News dugg by marszau)
polymath: a person of great or varied learning.
'Feeling Sexy' Expressed in Photos →
‘Feeling Sexy’, the theme for round two of our photo contest, resulted in the whole gammut of interpretations, ranging from the hilarious and self-deprecating through to the unquestionably sexy, with some fantastically unexpected and individual interpretations inbetween.
Better Than "SEX? X"
Charlie Pickering laments a loss of innocence and inconvenience for the modern teenager. (via News dugg by marszau)
Global Rich List →
HOW RICH ARE YOU? Every year we gaze enviously at the lists of the richest people in world. Wondering what it would be like to have that sort of cash. But where would you sit on one of those lists? Here’s your chance to find out.
redolent: having or exuding fragrance; also, evocative, reminiscent.
Bush To Be Dictator In A Catastrophic Emergency →
Bush declares that in the event of a “Catastrophic Emergency” the President will be entrusted with leading the activities to ensure constitutional government. The language in this directive would in effect make the President a dictator in the case of such an emergency.
delectation: great pleasure; delight.
60 Elegant and Visually Appealling Designs |... →
It’s quite easy to get stuck in creativity blocks, but it’s damn hard to get out of them. Particularly if you are out of time and don’t want to compromise your professional principles selecting the first “quick-n-dirty” solution you can think of. To get things done, you need inspiration and creative thinking.
CIA's Harsh Interrogation Techniques Described →
The CIA sources described a list of six “Enhanced Interrogation Techniques” instituted in mid-March 2002 and used, they said, on a dozen top al Qaeda targets incarcerated in isolation at secret locations on military bases in regions from Asia to Eastern Europe. According to the sources, only a handful of CIA interrogators are trained and authorized to use the techniques.
Help select the New 7 Wonders of the World →
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