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wierderthanthou
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Posted 5/17/2008 5:13:08 PM
I HAVE JUST SPENT 2 WHOLE WEEKS WITH MY MUM...SO I THOUGHT I'D POST THE 25 REASONS I OWE HER....SO HERE IT GOES25 REASONS I OWE MY MOTHER 1. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE. 'If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning.' 2. My mother taught me RELIGION. 'You better pray that will come out of the carpet.' 3. My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL. 'If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!' 4. My mother taught me LOGIC. 'Because I said so, that's why.' 5. My mother taught me MORE LOGIC. 'If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me.' 6. My mother taught me FORESIGHT. 'Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident.' 7. My mother taught me IRONY 'Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about.' 8. My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS. 'Shut your mouth and eat your supper.' 9. My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM. 'Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!' 10. My mother taught me about STAMINA. 'You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone.' 11. My mother taught me about WEATHER. 'This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it.' 12. My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY. 'If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!' 13 My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE. 'I brought you into this world, and I can take you out.' 14. My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION. 'Stop acting like your father!' 15. My mother taught me about ENVY. 'There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do.' 16. My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION. 'Just wait until we get home.' 17. My mother taught me about RECEIVING. 'You are going to get it when you get home!' 18. My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE. 'If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to freeze that way.' 19. My mother taught me ESP. 'Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?' 20. My mother taught me HUMOR. 'When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me.' 21. My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT. 'If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up.' 22.My mother taught me GENETICS. 'You're just like your father.' 23. My mother taught me about my ROOTS. 'Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?' 24. My mother taught me WISDOM. 'When you get to be my age, you'll understand.' 25. And my favorite: My mother taught me about JUSTICE 'One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you!'
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Posted 5/7/2008 3:58:23 PM
SO, I LEAVE THE STATES FOR TWO YEARS AND THIS IS WHAT THE "GREAT AMERICAN HEARTLAND" GETS UP TO? Denver man seeks support for citywide panel on space aliens May 4, 2008 DENVER --A Denver man who wants the city to be prepared for space aliens is proposing a commission to deal with the matter. The assistant city attorney says he doesn't know what officials will ask about Jeff Peckman's proposal during next week's "review and comment" meeting. Peckman says an 18-member commission would form a strategy "dealing with issues related to the presence of extraterrestrial beings on Earth." The 54-year-old Peckman also needs 4,000 signatures to get his proposal on the November ballot
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Posted 5/1/2008 2:52:17 AM
Yes fellow travellers, my mother is coming to visit me. (ave maria, graciea domina.....)So, if you dont hear from me for two weeks its because i have to play tour guide to the yank. The only good thing about this is the fact i can get her to eat haggis without telling her whats in it! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.(mines an evil laugh!) So, to all who are on this little blue marble we call sol3 (galactic co-ordinate:001 mark 362) I bid you all a happy next two weeks without me!    
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Posted 4/29/2008 3:10:21 AM
So, here i am, 341 this year and still young. No, you didnt read the number wrong. So, is it me or is the world getting just a little too wierd? I see the crazy people are breeding cuz it seems to me there are getting to be more and more of them and less and less of us! My mother is coming over for a holiday of two weeks next week...(ave maria, graci.......) and i think its gotta be getting bad over there in the states to have all the wierd ones jumping ship. THANK THE GODS I LIVE AT THE END OF THE KNOWN UNIVERSE HERE! LOL. So to all who dropped in for my birthday...thank you, and to all those that didnt.....WHY DIDNT YOU? DONT YOU LOVE ME? DONT YOU MISS ME? WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Stay shiny people
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Posted 4/18/2008 1:53:55 AM
OK PEOPLE, THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING...I RAN ACROSS THIS BEAUTIFUL VIDEO ON VEOH TV AND JUST HAD TO BLOG IT! I DO NOT THINK I HAVE EVER COME ACROSS A BETTER OR SADDER MADE VIDEO IN MY ENTIRE EXISTENCE. KEEP A HANKY HANDY, AND FOR ALL THOSE OUT THERE IN THE 'VERSE WITH ME...STAY SHINYOnline Videos by Veoh.com
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Posted 4/8/2008 3:15:22 AM
OK PEOPLE, LISTEN UP....THIS IS A TWO PART-ER THAT JUST EXHIBITS HOW IDIOTIC CRIMINALS CAN GET IN THIS WORLD. I FIND THESE GEMS ON THE CORTEX AND BRING THEM DIRECT TO YOU! REMEMBER...CAN'T STOP THE SIGNAL!.....Thief breaks into 'ketchup' railcar April 7, 2008 GALESBURG, Ill. --Police called to investigate a theft at a private railyard in Galesburg encountered a gory-looking scene when they climbed into the burglarized railcar, but it wasn't blood. It was ketchup -- a lot of ketchup. The officers were called to the rail parking facility behind the Railroad Refrigeration Services plant Saturday night after an employee found that one railcar had been forced open. But the car wasn't filled with liquor, prime meat or any of the other usual targets of such thefts. Instead, it was filled with containers of ketchup. Police said the thief didn't appear to have stolen any of the ketchup, but had -- in apparent frustration -- squirted some of it all over the inside of the car. AND IN OTHER NEWS ACROSS THE 'VERSE...... Greedy robbers seeking 'seconds' nabbed April 7, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia --Three men who stole cash from a restaurant in Malaysia got caught when they returned for a second helping. The culprits grabbed 500 ringgit ($160) from the cash box early Sunday, then came back minutes later to ask for more. This time they pretended to be local toughs, and offered protection from burglars for 2,100 ringgit ($660) a month, the New Straits Times and The Star reported Monday. The men thought they had concealed their identities by wearing motorcycle helmets during their first foray, but the owner -- who watched the first theft on closed-circuit television -- recognized their clothes and called the police, the reports said. Police cordoned off the restaurant and detained the three suspects, The Star said. The police officer in charge of the case declined to immediately comment to The Associated Press, saying he would reveal details at a news conference later Monday
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Posted 4/5/2008 3:48:19 AM
THIS VIDEO SUMS UP MY WHOLE LIFE IN ONE SHORT SUCCINCT MOMENT....LOL. STAY SHINY PEOPLE!Good Kitty Gone Bad
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Posted 4/3/2008 3:26:31 AM
HEY THERE FELLOW TRAVELLERS...IT IS I, BACK FROM THE INFINATE. IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING JUST WHERE YOUR FAVORITE CAPTAIN HAS BEEN, THE PORT COMPRESSION COIL BLEW AND IT TOOK KAYLEE A WHILE TO FIX IT AND GET THE SHIP UP AND RUNNING....THAT AND THE FACT I HAD SOME PERSONNAL PROBLEMS TO SORT OUT. WELL....I AM BACK AND HAVE A GEM FOR ALL YOU NEWBLOGGERS OUT THERE! SINCE I HAVE BEEN GONE AND NO ONE NOTICED I FIGURED I'D THROW THIS ONE AT YOU!....STAY SHINY FOLKS!SAN ANTONIO—Law enforcement officials are trying to understand how a convicted felon managed to escape from a privately owned jail across the street from the police headquarters without anyone noticing his absence for a full day. more stories like thisEsequiel Pena, 35, escaped from a private San Antonio jail sometime between Sunday afternoon and Monday afternoon. He remained at large Tuesday but was thought to be in the San Antonio area, said U.S. Marshals Service spokesman Thomas J. Smith. Pena apparently escaped by pulling back chain-link fencing around a rooftop recreation yard and climbing down an eight-story fire escape, Smith said. Pena was being held at the privately operated Central Texas Detention Facility for violating terms of his supervised release. He was previously convicted of an unspecified weapons charge and later re-arrested for a different offense, Smith said. The facility, which has nearly 700 inmates, is operated by The GEO Group. Spokesman Pablo Paez said Tuesday the company is assisting the U.S. marshals' investigation, but he would not say why it took so long to discover Pena was gone
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Posted 2/21/2008 4:25:45 AM
SO, READ THIS ARTICLE CAREFULLY, AND WHEN YOUR RAGE SUBSIDES READ THE OTHER ARTICLE BELOW IT...THEN TELL ME IF THERES JUSTICE IN THIS 'VERSE!...I'D HAVE DONE THE SAME THING!Lieutenant allegedly uses Taser on cow February 20, 2008 ROGERS, Ark. --Police are conducting an internal investigation into an allegation that a lieutenant used his stun gun to shock a cow and shared a videotape of the incident with other department employees. Police Chief Steve Helms said Tuesday the inquiry began after he received a complaint from the group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. A letter dated Feb. 11 from PETA representative Stephanie Bell complained that Lt. David Mitchell filmed himself using the electronic stun device on the cow. Electronic stun guns are used as less-lethal weapons to subdue people who pose a threat to officers. Bell said in the letter that Mitchell distributed the video as a joke among friends and co-workers and she notes that animal cruelty is a misdemeanor crime in Arkansas. Helms didn't immediately return a call for comment on Wednesday. City Attorney Ben Lipscomb said Tuesday that the alleged incident happened 2 1/2 years ago, which would be beyond the statute of limitations for misdemeanors. Lipscomb said there would be no point in pursuing a criminal investigation. Helms said a captain in the department will conduct the investigation and Mitchell will remain on regular duty. NOW READ THIS ONE AND LAUGH WITH ME PEOPLE!..... Hmmm. Thanks, for nothing... February 20, 2008 LAWRENCE, Mass. --Congratulations! You're corrupt. That was the message on three wooden, gold embossed plaques sent from Puerto Rico to the Lawrence Police Department. The plaques delivered Sunday appeared to be awards, but accused officers, including Chief John Romero, of corruption. Romero estimated the plaques cost about $200 each to make and $75 to deliver. Police have dusted the plaques for fingerprints. They say they have a suspect in mind, but did not identify the person. Police have notified the postal inspector in Boston and the sender could face federal charges for using the Postal Service to "threaten, harass or intimidate." ------ STAY SHINY FOLKS!!!!
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Posted 2/20/2008 12:08:05 AM
HERE YOU GO...PROOF ONCE AGAIN WE OF THE OLDER GENERATION WERE COMPLETLY SCREWED OVER IN THE EDUCATION DEPT......That's not what's meant by extra credit February 19, 2008 ANN ARBOR TOWNSHIP, Mich. --Students in a University of Michigan biology project had been assigned to grow herbs, vegetables, annuals and perennials. Police are trying to find out whether someone's green thumb also was being used to grow pot. The Ann Arbor News reports 11 small green plants believed to be marijuana were seized from a greenhouse in the school's Matthaei Botanical Gardens in Ann Arbor Township, near its main Ann Arbor campus. Police say a school employee found the plants Monday on a table while monitoring the research project. The plants were mixed in with the project, which involves about 80 students. Samples were sent to the Michigan State Police for testing. ------
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Posted 2/12/2008 4:06:20 AM
SO I WAS CRUISIN THE NEWS AND FOUND THIS LIL TIDBIT OF WIERDENESS.....DOES IT AMAZE ANYONE HOW MANY FINGERS GOT POINTED AT SO MANY PEOPLE? JUST THINK WHAT WOULDA HAPPENED IF IT'D BEEN IN AMERICA!!!!!Man arrested for destroying S.Korea's top treasure By Jon Herskovitz 1 hour, 18 minutes ago South Korean police said on Tuesday they arrested a pensioner who confessed to burning down a 600-year-old gate designated as the country's number one national treasure because he was angry about a compensation payment. The stone and wood structure Namdaemun, or "Great South Gate," was reduced to a charred hulk on Monday, with newspaper editorials lamenting the destruction of an iconic symbol of national pride. Laborer Heo Eun stood at Namdaemun and summing up the sense of loss and shock shared by many South Koreans said: "It feels like the heart of the nation was destroyed overnight." The 69-year-old suspect is a convicted arsonist identified only by his family name Chae, said Namdaemun police station chief Kim Young-soo. Chae was taken into custody late on Monday and told police he had planned the fire for several months. "(He said) he committed the crime out of anger because he felt the government did not take enough care with the appeal he filed after being insufficiently compensated for redevelopment in his residential area," Kim told a news conference. Chae, who was given a suspended sentence after setting fire that singed a small part of a palace in Seoul in 2006, said he used a ladder to climb into the gate's pavilion. He then poured paint thinner on the floor and set it ablaze, police said. "I would like to say sorry to all South Koreans. I cannot apologize enough to my children and the people of this country," Chae told a group of reporters at a police station. Newspaper editorials on Tuesday said the loss of Namdaemun was an embarrassment that could have easily been prevented through better security and fire fighting measures. The gate was the oldest wooden structure in Seoul. It had withstood invasions, colonial occupation and was one of the few historic structures in the capital to remain standing after the 1950-1953 Korean War. "It was ruined in six hours due to our lack of care and attention," the mainstream JoongAng Ilbo newspaper said. Experts said misjudgment by nearly everyone involved led to the devastation. The head of the Cultural Heritage Administration, whose agency faced stiff criticism for its management of the national treasure, offered to resign on Tuesday, a government official said. Many of the thousands who viewed the ruins pointed fingers angrily at politicians, bureaucrats, firefighters and police for failing to protect the landmark. Some blamed the outgoing government of President Roh Moo-hyun, which had a separate national treasure burn down in a forest fire during its watch, for not learning from that loss. Others castigated President-elect Lee Myung-bak, who as mayor of Seoul allowed the gate to be opened to the public and promoted it as a tourist destination. Chae told police he selected Namdaemun because of its easy access. The gate, used as the centerpiece of the country's international tourism campaign, was constructed in 1398 and served as the main southern entrance for Seoul when it became Korea's capital more than 600 years ago and was a walled city. Ancient kings built gates at specific locations in the belief they would strike a balance with nature that could bring them fortune or block evil spirits. Namdaemun was one of the great gates and built to block the energy of fire and protect the main Gyeongbokgung palace a short distance to the north. The structure, also called Sungnyemun or "Gate of Exalted Ceremonies," has been restored several times. The last major renovation took place in the early 1960s. An official with the Cultural Heritage Administration said it would spend three years and 20 billion won ($21.2 million) to rebuild the structure. ($1=945.0 Won)
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Posted 1/27/2008 5:29:42 PM
OK TRAVELLERS..PAUSE MY MUSIC UP ABOVE BEFORE YOU PLAY THIS...AND TRY NOT TO WINCE AT THE ANTICS THESE KITTIES GET UP TO!
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Posted 1/25/2008 3:03:54 PM
SO, YOU'VE ALL WONDERED...NOW YOU KNOW!THIS IS WHY I DO NOT HAVE A CAT...I DID ONCE.. BUT IT NEEDED TO TAKE A PILL....!!  How To Give A Cat A Pill 1. Pick up cat and cradle it in the crook of your left arm as if holding a baby. Position right forefinger and thumb on either side of cat's mouth and gently apply pressure to cheeks while holding pill in right hand. As cat opens mouth, pop pill into mouth. Allow cat to close mouth and swallow. 2. Retrieve pill from floor and cat from behind sofa. Cradle cat in left arm and repeat process. 3. Retrieve cat from bedroom, and throw soggy pill away. 4. Take new pill from foil wrap, cradle cat in left arm, holding rear paws tightly with left hand. Force jaws open and push pill to back of mouth with right forefinger. Hold mouth shut for a count of ten. 5. Retrieve pill from goldfish bowl and cat from top of wardrobe. Call spouse from garden. 6. Kneel on floor with cat wedged firmly between knees, hold front and rear paws. Ignore low growls emitted by cat. Get spouse to hold head firmly with one hand while forcing wooden ruler into mouth Drop pill down ruler and rub cat's throat vigorously. 7. Retrieve cat from curtain rail, get another pill from foil wrap.. Make note to buy new ruler and repair curtains. Carefully sweep shattered figurines and vases from hearth and set to one side for gluing later. 8. Wrap cat in large towel and get spouse to lie on cat with head just visible from below armpit. Put pill in end of drinking straw, force mouth open with pencil and blow down drinking straw. 9. Check label to make sure pill not harmful to humans, drink 1 beer to take taste away. Apply Band-Aid to spouse's forearm and remove blood from carpet with cold water and soap. 10 Retrieve cat from neighbor's shed. Get another pill. Open another beer. Place cat in cupboard, and close door on to neck, to leave head showing.. Force mouth open with dessert spoon. Flick pill down throat with elastic band. 11. Fetch screwdriver from garage and put cupboard door back on hinges. Drink beer. Fetch bottle of scotch. Pour shot, drink. Apply cold compress to cheek and check records for date of last tetanus shot.. Apply whiskey compress to cheek to disinfect. Toss back another shot. Throw Tee shirt away and fetch new one from bedroom. 12. Call fire department to retrieve the damn cat from across the road. Apologize to neighbor who crashed into fence while swerving to avoid cat. Take last pill from foil wrap. 13. Tie the little bastard's front paws to rear paws with garden twine and bind tightly to leg of dining table, find heavy-duty pruning gloves from shed. Push pill into mouth followed by large piece of filet steak. Be rough about it. Hold head vertically and pour 2 pints of water down throat to wash pill down. 14. Consume remainder of scotch. Get spouse to drive you to the emergency room, sit quietly while doctor stitches fingers and forearm and removes pill remnants from right eye. Call furniture shop on way home to order new table. 15 Arrange for SPCA to collect mutant cat from hell and call local pet shop to see if they have any hamsters.  How To Give A Dog A Pill 1. Wrap it in bacon. 2. Toss it in the air.
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Posted 1/23/2008 4:38:19 AM
OK, SELDOM DO I POST SAD NEWS HERE PEOPLE, BUT I HAD TO DO THIS. HEATH LEDGER WAS A GOOD ACTOR AND A NICE GUY, I MET HIM IN ny ONCE WHEN HE WAS DOING BROADWAY....SO I FEEL I MUST BLOG THIS. GOODNIGHT HEATH, MAY ANGELS LEAD YOU IN...Heath Ledger found dead in NYC at age 28 By TOM HAYS, Associated Press Writer 50 minutes ago Heath Ledger, the talented 28-year-old actor who gravitated toward dark, brooding roles that defied his leading-man looks, was found dead Tuesday in a Manhattan apartment, facedown at the foot of his bed with prescription sleeping pills nearby, police said. There was no obvious indication that the Australian-born Ledger had committed suicide, NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said. Ledger had an appointment for a massage at the SoHo apartment that is believed to be the home of the "Brokeback Mountain" actor, Browne said. The massage therapist and a housekeeper found his naked body at about 3:30 p.m. They tried to revive him, but he was already dead. "I had such great hope for him," said Mel Gibson, who played Ledger's vengeful father in "The Patriot," in a statement. "He was just taking off and to lose his life at such a young age is a tragic loss." Outside the Manhattan building on an upscale street, paparazzi and gawkers gathered, and several police officers put up barricades to control the crowd of about 300. Onlookers craned their necks as officers brought out a black bodybag on a gurney, took it across the sidewalk and put it into a medical examiner's office van. As the door opened, bystanders snapped pictures with camera phones, rolled video and said, "He's coming out!" An autopsy was planned for Wednesday, medical examiner's office spokeswoman Ellen Borakove said. While not a marquee movie star, Ledger was an award-winning actor who chose his roles carefully rather than cashing in on big-money parts. He was nominated for an Oscar for his performance as a gay cowboy in "Brokeback Mountain." During filming, he met Michelle Williams, who played his wife in the film. The two had a daughter, now 2-year-old Matilda, and lived together in Brooklyn until they split up last year. It was a shocking and unforeseen conclusion for one of Hollywood's bright young stars. Though his leading man looks propelled him to early stardom in films like "10 Things I Hate About You" and "A Knight's Tale," his career took a notable turn toward dramatic and brooding roles with 2001's "Monster's Ball." Ledger's publicist, Mara Buxbaum, said in a statement: "We are all deeply saddened and shocked by this accident. This is an extremely difficult time for his loved ones and we are asking the media to please respect the family's privacy and avoid speculation until the facts are known." In the Australian city of Perth, where Ledger was born and raised, his father called the actor's death "tragic, untimely and accidental." "He was (a) down-to-earth, generous, kind-hearted, life-loving, unselfish individual, extremely inspirational to many," Kim Ledger said, reading from a prepared statement. "Heath has touched so many people on so many different levels during his short life." Ledger eschewed Hollywood glitz in favor of a bohemian life in Brooklyn, where he became one of the borough's most famous residents. "Brokeback" would be his breakthrough role, establishing him as one of his generation's finest talents and an actor willing to take risks. Ledger began to gravitate more toward independent fare, including Lasse Hallstrom's "Casanova" and Terry Gilliam's "The Brothers Grimm," both released in 2005. His 2006 film "Candy" now seems destined to have an especially haunting quality: In a particularly realistic performance, Ledger played a poet wrestling with a heroin addiction along with his girlfriend, played by Abbie Cornish. But Ledger's most recent choices were arguably the boldest yet: He costarred in "I'm Not There," in which he played one of the many incarnations of Bob Dylan — as did Cate Blanchett, whose performance in that film earned an Oscar nomination Tuesday for best supporting actress. And in what may be his final finished performance, Ledger proved that he wouldn't be intimidated by taking on a character as iconic as Jack Nicholson's Joker. Ledger's version of the "Batman" villain, glimpsed in early teaser trailers, made it clear that his Joker would be more depraved and dark. Curiosity about Ledger's final performance will likely stoke further interest in the summer blockbuster. "Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan said this month that Ledger's Joker would be wildly different from Nicholson's. "It was a very great challenge for Heath," Nolan said. "He's extremely original, extremely frightening, tremendously edgy. A very young character, a very anarchic presence that taps into a lot of our basic fears and panic." Ledger told The New York Times in a November interview that he "stressed out a little too much" during the Dylan film and had trouble sleeping while portraying the Joker, whom he called a "psychopathic, mass-murdering, schizophrenic clown with zero empathy." "Last week I probably slept an average of two hours a night," Ledger told the newspaper. "I couldn't stop thinking. My body was exhausted, and my mind was still going." He said he took two Ambien pills, which worked for only an hour, the paper said. Ledger was a widely recognized figure in his Manhattan neighborhood, where he used to shop at a home and children's store. Michelle Vella, an employee there, said she had frequently seen Ledger with his daughter — carrying the toddler on his shoulders, or having ice cream with her. "It's so sad. They were really close," Vella said. "He's a very down-to-earth guy and an amazing father." Before settling down with Williams, Ledger had relationships with actresses Heather Graham and Naomi Watts. He met Watts while working on "The Lords of Dogtown," a fictionalized version of a cult classic skateboarding documentary, in 2004. Ledger was born in 1979 to a mining engineer and a French teacher and got his first acting role playing Peter Pan at age 10 in a local theater company. He began acting in independent films as a 16-year-old in Sydney and played a cyclist hoping to land a spot on an Olympic team in a 1996 television show, "Seat." After several independent films, Ledger moved to Los Angeles at age 19 and starred opposite Julia Stiles in "10 Things I Hate About You." Offers for other teen flicks soon came his way, but Ledger turned them down, preferring to remain idle than sign on for projects he didn't like. "It wasn't a hard decision for me," Ledger told the Associated Press in 2001. "It was hard for everyone else around me to understand. Agents were like, `You're crazy,' my parents were like, 'Come on, you have to eat.'"
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Posted 1/20/2008 7:56:53 AM
IT'S TRUE PEOPLE! WATCH AND COMMENT!!!!Loch Ness Monster Caught on Tape!Posted Dec 06, 2007This footage, purportedly of the famed Loch Ness Monster, was filmed in Scotland on May 26, 2007.
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Posted 1/20/2008 7:45:09 AM
SO, DO I SALUTE HIM OR SHOOT HIM? AREN'T WE TAKING THIS APPOINTMENT TO POSTS A LITTLE TO LIGHTLY NOW? WHERES MY U.N. APPOINTMENT? I COULD BE THE AMBASSADOR TO MARS OR SOMETHING RIGHT? GEORGE CLOONEY...U.N PEACE AMBASSADOR?George Clooney Boards U.N. Peace Train by Natalie Finn When George Clooney talks, people tend to listen. (And pant, and swoon…) Luckily, he usually has more to say than some. With that in mind, the United Nations has selected the Oscar winner to be a U.N. Messenger of Peace, seemingly a natural fit for the Darfur activist. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon announced Clooney's designation on Friday. "You have seen first-hand the pain experienced by the victims of war and made it your personal mission to help end violence and human suffering," Moon said Friday in lauding Clooney's efforts to raise awareness of the Darfur crisis, which includes the recent HBO documentary Sand and Sorrow, which the actor narrated and executive-produced. "I am deeply honored to receive this appointment," Clooney said in a statement. "I look forward to working with the United Nations in order to build public support for its critically important work in some of the most difficult, dangerous and dire places in the world." The Michael Clayton star will promote the U.N.'s peacekeeping efforts in a location that will be assigned to him Jan. 31 at the world body's New York headquarters. The U.N. finally deployed a peacekeeping force last year to the Darfur region of Sudan, where more than 200,000 people have died as a result of a bloody conflict between the government and rebel tribes. "Recognized for focusing public attention on crucial international political and social issues, Mr. Clooney joins eight other United Nations Messengers of Peace who advocate on behalf of the organization," U.N. spokeswoman Michele Montas said. Clooney's fellow Messengers of Peace—high-profile figures from the fields of film, music, art, literature and sports who help raise awareness about the U.N.'s raison d'etre—include Michael Douglas, who reps disarmament and security efforts; cellist Yo-Yo Ma, for youth aid; The Alchemist author Paulo Coelho, for intercultural dialogue; Nobel Peace Prize winner and author Elie Wiesel, for human rights and the Holocaust; and naturalist Jane Goodall, for environmental causes. (None of which is to be confused with Angelina Jolie's place in the activist food chain as a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.) "Through their public appearances, contacts with the international media and humanitarian work, they expand public understanding of how the United Nations helps to improve the lives of billions of people everywhere," Montas said. Clooney and Wiesel addressed the U.N. Security Council together in 2006, shortly after the Screen Actors Guild Award nominee and his father, Nick , returned from a trip to Darfur and neighboring Chad to see the devastation firsthand. Last month, Clooney and his frequent costar and co-activist Don Cheadle received the 2007 Peace Summit Award for their work on behalf of Darfur at the 8th World Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates in Rome.
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Posted 1/19/2008 8:59:35 AM
TOOK THE QUIZ...YEP, NO SURPRISE AT ALL HERE!Your Life is Rated R  Your life is definitely adults only. While children accompanied by parents are welcome, they'll probably be scarred for life.
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Posted 1/19/2008 8:48:07 AM
OK, SO I COULDNT RESIST....NOW I FINALLY UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE SHOULD NEVER COMBINE BOOZE AND AGRICULTURE, GETS 'EM INTO TROUBLE..... But officer, it's just a lawn mower January 15, 2008 WELLINGTON, New Zealand --A New Zealand man has been charged with driving a lawn mower while drunk, police said Tuesday. Richard Gunn, 52, was driving the lawn mower down a street in the northern New Zealand town of Dargaville late Monday evening when police stopped him, police spokeswoman Sarah Kennett said. Gunn's breath alcohol level was at more than twice the legal limit for drivers, police said, and he previously had lost his driver's license. Gunn said he has been using the lawn mower to get around town since losing his license. "I thought I was safe," he told TV One News. Even bicycles went faster than the lawn mower's 5 mph, he said. "I've watched them go past me." Gunn was scheduled to appear in court later this week on charges of careless driving, driving while disqualified and driving with excess breath alcohol. He faces a potential prison term if convicted. Police impounded the lawn mower for 28 days. 
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Posted 1/17/2008 12:37:34 PM
 SO LADIES...EVER HAVE THIS LITTLE PROBLEM?....HMMM? Sex toy triggers bomb scare in Sweden Wed Jan 16, 10:56 PM ET A Swedish bomb squad called out to disarm a suspicious package on Wednesday did not find a ticking bomb. But they did find a vibrating sex toy. A janitor alerted police after he found the package in a garage of an apartment building in Goteborg, the country's second-largest city, police spokesman Jan Strannegard said. The package was humming and vibrating suspiciously, so police took no chances and sent out a team of explosives experts. After having cordoned off the area, they opened the package with bomb disposal equipment, only to find the battery-operated device inside. "The package was vibrating when the janitor found it, but I think it had sort of died out by the time it was disarmed," Strannegard said. 
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Posted 1/17/2008 7:07:01 AM
Muslim athlete disqualified over uniform Wed Jan 16, 5:04 PM ET A high school track star has been disqualified from a meet because officials said the custom-made outfit she wears to conform to her Muslim faith violated competition rules. Juashaunna Kelly, a senior at the District of Columbia's Theodore Roosevelt High School, has the fastest mile and 2-mile times of any girl runner in the city this winter. She was disqualified from Saturday's Montgomery Invitational indoor track and field meet. Kelly was wearing the same uniform she has worn for three seasons while running for Theodore Roosevelt's cross-country and track teams. The custom-made, one-piece blue and orange unitard covers her head, arms, torso and legs. Over the unitard, she wears the same orange and blue T-shirt and shorts as her teammates. The outfit allows her to compete while adhering to her Muslim faith, which forbids displaying any skin other than her face and hands. "It's not special," Kelly said. "It doesn't make me perform better." But meet director Tom Rogers said Kelly's uniform violated rules of the National Federation of State High School Associations, which sanctioned the event. Uniforms are required to be "a single-solid color and unadorned, except for a single school name or insignia no more than 2 1/4 inches," he said. Rogers said that he knew Kelly was wearing the uniform for religious reasons and that he offered her several options to conform to the rules while still respecting her faith, including placing a plain T-shirt over her unitard and then wearing her team uniform over it. Kelly's mother, Sarah, and Roosevelt Coach Tony Bowden disputed that account. They said officials made several demands of her daughter before Rogers made his decision. "First, they said she had to take her hood off," Sarah Kelly said. "Then, they said she can't have anything with logos displayed. Then, they said she had to turn it inside out. When I told them that there weren't any logos on it, they said she had to put a plain white T-shirt on over it." Juashaunna Kelly has worn the same uniform for three years without any problems, including at last year's Montgomery Invitational. Rogers said officials must have missed the uniform last year. "It wasn't a problem last year, and it's a problem this year? Make me understand why," Bowden said. Kelly, whose 1,600-meter time of 5 minutes 17.49 seconds and 3,200-meter time of 12:00.81 are the fastest of any D.C. girl, was hoping to run fast enough at the Montgomery Invitational to qualify for the New Balance Collegiate Invitational in New York on Feb. 8-9. Bowden said the team has no other meets scheduled that would allow her to qualify for the event, which attracts dozens of college recruiters
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Posted 1/12/2008 4:02:34 PM
OK CREW...IT ONLY PROVES OUR GOVERNMENT SPENDING AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE.......FBI wiretap cut off for unpaid bill By Randall Mikkelsen Thu Jan 10, 2:47 PM ET A telephone company cut off an FBI international wiretap after the agency failed to pay its bill on time, according to a U.S. government audit released on Thursday. The Justice Department's inspector general faulted the FBI for poor handling of money used in undercover investigations, which it said made the agency vulnerable to theft and mishandled invoices. It cited the case in which a wiretap under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which governs electronic spying in terrorism and intelligence cases, was disrupted due to an overdue bill. "Late payments have resulted in telecommunications carriers actually disconnecting phone lines established to deliver surveillance results to the FBI, resulting in lost evidence, including an instance where delivery of intercept information required by a ... FISA order was halted due to untimely payment," the audit said. Inspector general spokeswoman Cynthia Schnedar said she could provide no additional details on the disrupted wiretap. Much of the report contained sensitive law-enforcement information and was not released, she said. The FISA program, denounced by critics as overly intrusive and unconstitutional, is up for renewal in Congress. But lawmakers are bogged down over the scope of the program and liability protections for telephone companies that took part in a domestic eavesdropping program launched by President George W. Bush after the September 11 attacks. The audit followed a 2006 case in which an FBI employee pleaded guilty to stealing more than $25,000 in confidential case funds intended for undercover telecoms services. The FBI acknowledged "widespread agreement" that its 1980s era accounting system was inadequate and said it was working to improve it. "The FBI will not tolerate financial mismanagement," it said  AND IF THAT DOESNT GET YOU SMILING, THEN THIS WILL...POWER TO THE PEOPLE! lol Boss fires staff for not smoking Thu Jan 10, 11:04 AM ET The owner of a small German computer company has fired three non-smoking workers because they were threatening to disturb the peace after they requested a smoke-free environment. The manager of the 10-person IT company in Buesum, named Thomas J., told the Hamburger Morgenpost newspaper he had fired the trio because their non-smoking was causing disruptions. Germany introduced non-smoking rules in pubs and restaurants on January 1, but Germans working in small offices are still allowed to smoke. "I can't be bothered with trouble-makers," Thomas was quoted saying. "We're on the phone all the time and it's just easier to work while smoking. Everyone picks on smokers these days. It's time for revenge. I'm only going to hire smokers from now on." 
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Posted 1/11/2008 2:31:58 PM
OK PEOPLE, LISTEN UP. SAW THIS AND REALIZED I USED TO BE THAT GUY!!!! SO I COULDNT HELP MYSELF...JUST HAD TO SHARE THE SMILE I KNOW IS CREEPING ACROSS YOUR FACE AS YOU READ IT.....What are you doing here? - man asks wife at brothel Wed Jan 9, 11:10 AM ET A Polish man got the shock of his life when he visited a brothel and spotted his wife among the establishment's employees. Polish tabloid Super Express said the woman had been making some extra money on the side while telling her husband she worked at a store in a nearby town. "I was dumfounded. I thought I was dreaming," the husband told the newspaper Wednesday. The couple, married for 14 years, are now divorcing, the newspaper reported.
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Posted 1/10/2008 12:12:59 PM
MOW I KNOW THAT RELIGION IS A TOUCHY SUBJECT...BUT PLEEEEAAAASE PEOPLE! IS IT REALLY THIS IMPORTANT?Man cuts off, microwaves his own hand Wed Jan 9, 10:18 PM ET A man who believed he bore the "mark of the beast" used a circular saw to cut off one hand, then he cooked it in the microwave and called 911, authorities said. The man, in his mid-20s, was calm when Kootenai County sheriff's deputies arrived Saturday in this northern Idaho town. He was in protective custody in the mental health unit of Kootenai Medical Center. "It had been somewhat cooked by the time the deputy arrived," sheriff's Capt. Ben Wolfinger said. "He put a tourniquet on his arm before, so he didn't bleed to death. That kind of mental illness is just sad." It was not immediately clear whether the man has a history of mental illness. Hospital spokeswoman Lisa Johnson would not say whether an attempt was made to reattach the hand, citing patient confidentiality. The Book of Revelation in the New Testament contains a passage in which an angel is quoted as saying: "If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives his mark on the forehead or on the hand, he, too, will drink the wine of God's fury." The book of Matthew also contains the passage: "And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell." Wolfinger said he didn't know which hand was amputated.
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Posted 1/10/2008 12:10:06 PM
OK, THIS IS AS SICK AND BIZARRE AS THEY COME PEOPLE...TRY TO KEEP UP OK?A corpse, a check, a bizarre NYC crime By TOM HAYS and CLARE TRAPASSO, Associated Press Writers Wed Jan 9, 9:18 PM ET Detective Travis Rapp has seen his share of corpses, but this was new: two men wheeling a rigid, pale body down a Manhattan street in a red office chair, drawing a crowd of suspicious onlookers. Looking out the window of the restaurant where he was having lunch, Rapp initially assumed "it was a mannequin or a dummy," he said. "I thought it was a joke, honestly." A closer inspection showed that it wasn't. The man was dead, and two of his friends had hauled his corpse to a store to cash his $355 Social Security check, police said. They were arrested before they could get the money. The bedraggled suspects, David J. Dalaia and James O'Hare, were scheduled to appear in court Wednesday night. Police said the men, both 65, were petty criminals with long histories of heroin addiction and arrests dating to the 1960s. The trouble began Tuesday when Dalaia and O'Hare tried to cash Virgilio Cintron's check at a store in Hell's Kitchen on their own, police said. The man at the counter told them that Cintron had to be present to cash the check, so they went back to his apartment, which one of the suspects shared with the dead man. Cintron was apparently undressed when he died, sometime within the previous 24 hours. Police said Dalaia and O'Hare proceeded to dress him in a faded T-shirt, pants they could only get up part way, and a pair of Velcro sneakers. They threw a coat over his waist to conceal what the pants couldn't cover, police said. They then put him on the office chair and wheeled the corpse over to the check-cashing store. The men left Cintron's body outside, went inside and tried to cash his check, authorities said. The store's clerk, who knew Cintron, asked the men where he was, and O'Hare told the clerk they would go and get him. At about the same time, Rapp spotted the men and confronted them as they were trying to haul the body into the store. He said that even after he identified himself as a police officer, O'Hare told him, "I have to get my friend in here. I have to cash his check." He ordered the men to back away from the victim. They feigned surprise when paramedics declared him dead, Rapp said. "When they said, 'Your friend is dead,' they said, 'Oh my God, he's gone?'" The scene played out on a busy Manhattan street as several people watched. "I saw this guy sitting in this chair with his head back. He looked very dead," said Victor Rodriguez, 38, who was working at a nearby restaurant when he saw the commotion outside. "He looked very sick. His eyes were closed. He wasn't moving." Little is known about Cintron, 66, who apparently died of natural causes. An autopsy proved inconclusive, the medical examiner's office said, and his body hadn't been positively identified as of Wednesday afternoon. Relatives told police that he had recently been hospitalized for Parkinson's disease. Police said his rap sheet was long, with arrests for burglary, assault and drugs. Locals said that Cintron and O'Hare often frequented a food pantry down the street. A telephone number listed for Cintron at the apartment he shared with O'Hare went unanswered. Police said they didn't have an address for Dalaia or attorney information for him or O'Hare. Regardless of what happens to the defendants, they can take solace in the fact that they fooled one onlooker with the dead man disguise. "He went in regular clothes. I didn't even know he was dead. I thought he was alive," said Gerit Ahemed, a clerk at a nearby deli.
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Posted 1/10/2008 8:30:06 AM
SO, DEAR TRAVELLERS...I BRING YOU ANOTHER GRIPPING STORY FROM THE DAYS HEADLINES.....WONDER HOW YOUR KIDS WOULD REACT IF THIS HAPPENED TO THEM? DOUBT MY WORD?'Mean mom' sells son's car after misdeed Wed Jan 9, 8:45 PM ET Jane Hambleton has dubbed herself the "meanest mom on the planet." After finding alcohol in her son's car, she decided to sell the car and share her 19-year-old's misdeed with everyone — by placing an ad in the local newspaper. The ad reads: "OLDS 1999 Intrigue. Totally uncool parents who obviously don't love teenage son, selling his car. Only driven for three weeks before snoopy mom who needs to get a life found booze under front seat. $3,700/offer. Call meanest mom on the planet." Hambleton has heard from people besides interested buyers since recently placing the ad in The Des Moines Register. The 48-year-old from Fort Dodge says she has fielded more than 70 telephone calls from emergency room technicians, nurses, school counselors and even a Georgia man who wanted to congratulate her. "The ad cost a fortune, but you know what? I'm telling people what happened here," Hambleton says. "I'm not just gonna put the car for resale when there's nothing wrong with it, except the driver made a dumb decision. "It's overwhelming the number of calls I've gotten from people saying 'Thank you, it's nice to see a responsible parent.' So far there are no calls from anyone saying, 'You're really strict. You're real overboard, lady.'" The only critic is her son, who Hambleton says is "very, very unhappy" with the ad and claims the alcohol was left by a passenger. Hambleton believes her son but has decided mercy isn't the best policy in this case. She says she set two rules when she bought the car at Thanksgiving: No booze, and always keep it locked. The car has been sold, but Hambleton says she will continue the ad for another week — just for the feedback.
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Posted 1/9/2008 5:41:03 PM
Well people, it's come to this. Infighting in Newblog has forced me to just fade quietly into the black till it's all blown over. I personally don't get why it happened, but, all parties involved know who they are. It's like a giant family here, and no one wants to see their family fighting like that. So, I decided i would hold off blogging til i am sure all these people had either kissed and made up, or apologized for being so thoughtless as to involve their families and friends in a brujah over such a tiny thing as political correctness. See, i'm of the firm belief that everyone is entitled to thier opinion and lifestyle choices. I know i am not the most stable of people, nor the most interesting of the lot, but i do know alot about family feuds (grandma was a Hatfield, Grandpa was a McCoy, true story people) so it comes as no surprise when i say this to all and sundry....GROW UP AND ACT LIKE AN ADULT! We here are not interested in politics (unless we can poke fun at it), or Who's right or not. We shouldnt be fighting! Now to quote the great bard.....Monty Python "Let's not start bickering about who killed who, it supposed to be a happy occasion". So, if anyone wants me, they know where to find me, i am not hard to locate. Leave a message after the beep and i'll get back to you when you've all taken a powder and realize why it is we are a family. So, to all my fellow passengers on this spaceship we call Sol 3, class B, Co-ordinates Alpha Prime 001.....You can't stop the signal. And if your gonna aim for something, aim to misbehave. And just remember these words of wisdom "NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO....THERE YOU ARE"
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Posted 12/31/2007 4:03:50 PM
once again my lil duckies i ask you if your life is anything like this fellows......
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Posted 12/27/2007 5:37:33 AM
Saw this in the news and just HAD to post it.....maybe you'll be getting blogs long after i'm gone too?Cards from heaven have dead man talking Tue Dec 25, 11:17 AM ET Even in death, Chet Fitch is a card. Fitch, known for his sense of humor, died in October at age 88 but gave his friends and family a start recently: Christmas cards, 34 of them, began arriving — written in his hand with a return address of "Heaven." The greeting read: "I asked Big Guy if I could sneak back and send some cards. At first he said no; but at my insistence he finally said, 'Oh well, what the heaven, go ahead but don't (tarry) there.' Wish I could tell you about things here but words cannot explain. "Better get back as Big Guy said he stretched a point to let me in the first time, so I had better not press my luck. I'll probably be seeing you (some sooner than you think). Wishing you a very Merry Christmas. Chet Fitch" A friend for nearly 25 years, Debbie Hansen Bernard said, "All I could think was, 'You little stinker.'" "It was amazing," she said. "Just so Chet, always wanting to get the last laugh." The mailing was a joke Fitch worked on for two decades with his barber, Patty Dean, 57. She told the Ashland Daily Tidings this week that he kept updating the mailing list and giving her extra money when postal rates went up. This fall, she said, Fitch looked up to her from the chair. "You must be getting tired of waiting to mail those cards," he told her. "I think you'll probably be able to mail them this year." He died a week later.
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Posted 12/26/2007 5:01:29 AM
SO....THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE GOING CRAZY....ALWAYS WONDERED.... Malaysian referee pulls out red card then a gun Reuters - Tuesday, December 25 04:58 amKUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Malaysian referee took out his gun and fired warning shots in the air after a local soccer match turned unruly following the suspension of a player, a newspaper said on Tuesday. The referee, who was also a policeman, ran to his patrol car to get his gun after players mobbed him for showing the red-card to one of them, the New Straits Times said. "We are investigating as to whether the policeman was justified in taking out his firearm and discharging it, and also why he had it with him during the match," it quoted Hussin Ismail, police chief in the southern Johor state, as saying. The policemen was taken into custody for suspected misuse of firearms. Five players, aged between 23 and 40, were also being held for questioning and could be charged for rioting, the paper said. (Reporting by Jalil Hamid, Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)
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Posted 12/23/2007 6:59:48 AM
 Now, i know we are not all of us at home for the holidays...some of us wish we were NOT home for the holidays, so, as your Captain I am hereby calling all the crew to the lounge area to share x-mas wishes of joy and happiness. We may not be with our 'families' but here at newblog we can be with our friends, and as some have it, our REAL families. Like LOTUS, who has really no one to go to for x-mas except here. Or myself who only has my wife here in Scotland, my son is in NY and my Daughter in Washington state.....so to us all here at newblog, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! 
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