Another lost promotional opportunity...

...for the mighty Chicken Starship:

Naked chicken protesters ruffle Hong Kong feathers

Headline of the day...

Fire in a derelict Glasgow building; not many lawyers affected

Glad to hear most of the lawyers are OK!

Nut-cracking gorilla surprises scientists

We can only hope it surprises them by cracking them in the nuts...

You go, boy...

Ring that Bell.

(video clip, pops)

Wrong on so many levels

Not only is this an insane number of kids, but the all have names that start with "J" and it's clear that they used up the options in the name book ran out after the first couple. I mean, "Jinger?" That's a name?

Arkansas Mother Gives Birth to 16th Child

Brilliant!

Just in time for your Christmas shopping.

Putin, Bush and Blair to Appear on Ukrainian Toilet Paper

Another thing I'll never be able to do...

Style my hair like a hat.

To quote the gentlemen with hat hair (literally...): "Dem did love it," he said smiling. "Mi friends an' some of the girls said I win di hairstyle contest and buy mi a box a Guinness,"

This explains so much...

I always thought Ginny was a dude. We can only hope that in book 7 someone grabs her hair and tugs on it while yelling "She's a man, baby!"
Author says Harry Potter is gay

Yeah, it's the media's fault...

Best quote in the article: "I need one more great movie role so they say, `Wow, she can act! She's a great actress.' Then I think they'll leave me alone."

One more great movie role? Which one was the first great role? The one in "My Boss's Daughter," "American Pie" or "Van Wilder?" Or maybe she means her role on "Taradise" on E!
Tara Reid Laments Her Rep As Party Girl - Yahoo! News

That's one way to get rid of the evidence...

Expect to see this one on next year's smash hit, CSI: Johannesburgh.

S. African gets life sentence for feeding man to lions

Holy crap!

Man, you think you're safely escaping the hurricane, then your bus explodes. "The fire was believed to have started in the bus's brake system and may have caused oxygen canisters on the bus to explode."

Speaking of things that confuse me...

Girl weds lover's brother to beat the law.

What will those crazy Indians think of next?

Phone Dealer Arrested in Sex Videos Case

OK, this is f'd up in SO many ways I can hardly count them. First off, shooting amateur porn on a cell phone? Yeesh! Secondly, who was he selling it to? And why so cheap?

Clearly I'm not using my phone right...

Is that a pickle in Oregon's pocket?

Or is it just happy to see Idaho?

Growing land bulge found in Oregon

Words I didn't think I'd ever hear...

Bush: 'I take responsibility' for federal failures on Katrina

Better late than never, I suppose...

More on Katrina...

Some "reader responses" from the Harvard Business School's "HBS Working Knowledge" web site. My favorites:

"The "coulda/shoulda" comments offered by arrogant, distant observers are worth little compared to the compassion and humility of those on-site who are actually doing the best they can."

"...the ultimate responsibility for our own survival is our own preparation. If we are prepared to help ourselves, we will be better able to help others who might be infirm or incapable of judgment."

Amen to that!

Katrina lessons

Sure, it's focused on IT management, but it's a good analysis of the "lessons learned" (to further over-use some business jargon) from Hurricane Katrina. Just note that the main article changes weekly, so if you don't read this by the 18th or so you'll have to register on the site so you can get to the archive).

Man Fired for Eating Pizza Wins Contest

Well, if you're going to get fired for eating pizza you should at least get SOMETHING out of the deal...not sure that a cruise with rejects from The Apprentice is what he had in mind, but hey, beggars can't be choosers!

Morons of the week, New Zealand edition

Clearly these guys didn't watch enough Road Runner when they were young...

High-Tech Door Better than Star Trek

Dang, that's one cool looking door...although if you view the video (requires RealPlayer) you'll see that all the bugs aren't worked out of it quite yet.