From the monthly archives:

June 2006

Reincarnated Monkey God Roaming India?

June 30, 2006

From Dilbert.Blog by Scott Adams: 13-inch tail After my recent post, a reader alerted me to the true story of a man in India who was born with a 13-inch tail. People think he’s a reincarnation of the Hindu monkey god Hanuman. The man claims that people are cured of severe ailments when they touch [...]

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Some new German goings-on

June 28, 2006

Rainer claims there was an opinion piece on SpiegelOnline that has Italy in an uproar. It was removed before I could read it and I haven’t managed to find it referred to on any sites yet either. Strange. So, according to Rainer, the author of the piece, who was trying to be funny but wasn’t, [...]

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How Long Will America Lead the World?

June 28, 2006

From a Newsweek International article at msnbc.com: Jeffrey Immelt, CEO of GE, reflects on the growing competence and cost advantage of countries like China and even Mexico and says, “It’s unclear how many manufacturers will choose to keep their businesses in the United States.” Intel’s Andy Grove is more blunt. “America … [is going] down [...]

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All apologies

June 28, 2006

Instead of my usual dose of Larry King this morning, CNN aired an episode of Insight detailing the rape of a former UVA student who, 21 years later, received an apology from the rapist. Read more in this Hook article. Liz Seccuro was a UVA student who was raped by William Beebe during a frat [...]

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Blogging idea – any volunteers – comments?

June 27, 2006

So I was surfing around and came across a Starfleet blog where the different Star Trek characters blogged about the missions they were on (it was actually not very interesting, so I didn’t save the link, but I’m sure you can find it through a search). This got me thinking and I’m considering making a [...]

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What’s with all the creepy little kids

June 25, 2006

Ebay (in Germany at least, I dunno about everywhere else) has started showing ads with the song “Tonight You Belong To Me” sung by Patience and Prudence, two sisters aged 9 and 12 at the time of recording in 1956, who have, according to Allmusic.com, “ethereal voices”. I suppose it’s supposed to be about dreaming [...]

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Firsthand account of the infamous finger incident

June 23, 2006

Excerpts from an amusing letter my grandpa wrote to my dad back in 1980 (my dad was most likely in Germany or S. Korea at the time): Dear Daddy: Grandpa is writing this letter for me since I’m injured. I cut off the end of a finger on my right hand. Monday about 3:30 Grandpa [...]

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