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Every so often, I come across a statistic that blows my mind. Today was such a day.  You ready? Take all the goods and services produced in the world since the year 1 A.D. up to the present day.  The output of goods and services is a rough measure of economic output. Did you know that almost 25% of all … Read More

As most people know, the Google logo on the main Google search page is often changed to note a holiday or significant event.   Admittedly, sometimes the occasion is a bit random… like last week, when this showed up on September 5 That was to honor Freddie Mercury's 65th birthday. And a few weeks before that, we saw in honor … Read More

From the Daily Republic of Fairfield, California:

You know, I heard about this on the radio, and dismissed it as some sensationalist story. But honestly, when you see the video, it is pretty sensational. The background.  Car and motorcycle crash.  Motorcyclist is trapped under the car, which is on fire.  Bystanders lift car to rescue motorcyclist.  

… the other day. He notes that 9/13/01 was the day we stopped being unified, and the day when the political right started dividing us as a nation once again.   The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Coming Soon – The Daily Show Remembers 9/13/2001 www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog … Read More

BY CHRISTOPHER GENO A Midsummer Night’s Dreamby William Shakespeare (HELENA enters stage right while LYSANDER and DEMETRIUS, who have both been enchanted by the magical nectar of the love-in-idleness flower, vigorously pursue her.) LYSANDER: … (LYSANDER weakly reaches toward HELENA.) HELENA: … !! (DEMETRIUS grabs his chest in pain. HELENA sheds a tear that boils away in the cold vacuum of space.HERMIA floats in limply upstage.) A Streetcar Named Desireby Tennessee … Read More

 I never look at MSNBC's The Week In Pictures often enough.  

Proof:  

The couple told their photographer (link below) that they wanted to put their personalities into the photos, and do something a little quirky. Mission accomplished. The photo series is quite large, so it is below the fold.

This is, uh, unusual: A Russian mother listened helplessly on a cellphone to her teenage daughter crying for help earlier this week as she was eaten alive by bears. The horrified mother of Olga Moskalyova, a 19-year-old psychologist in training, heard her daughter's desperate pleas for help after receiving a call from her daughter on a mobile phone. Tatiana Tsyganenkov listened … Read More

What's more useless than a braille version of Playboy magazine? Putting the braille version of Playboy on the Internet.

UPDATE: Pretty pleased with what I’ve come up with in just six days. Going to take tomorrow off. Feel free to check out what I’ve done so far. Suggestions and criticism (constructive, please!) more than welcome. God out.            COMMENTS (24) Not sure who this is for. Seems like a fix for a problem that didn’t exist. Liked it better … Read More