My rants about the world and interesting stuff I find. Useful or useless. You be the judge.
Leave it to the courts to screw something up. The joys and perils of the internet. A court clerk mistakenly posted this file on the courts website even though they weren't suppose to. It is the second time this has happened and thanks to the Smoking Gun you can look at what it says. Kobe's story seems to be making more and more sense. Go LAKERS! Another Technical Foul-Up In Kobe Case - July 28, 2004
I read this on Drudge today. I don't know how long it will remain at the site but it is pretty incredible. Read it while you can. Moore vs. O'Reilly DRUDGE REPORT 2004®
Seeing is believing. eBay item 2397756436 (Ends Jul-28-04 08:39:42 PDT) - STAR TREK APARTMENT
South Africa has it rough! A murder rate that is 8 times that of the United States and Referees that shoot coaches who argue calls. Be careful if you plan on coaching in South Africa. hard to believe that they are hosting the 2010 World Cup. SI.com - Soccer - Ref shoots coach for questioning call - Sunday July 25, 2004 2:15PM
They just thought he was sleeping, very comfortably, for 17 hours, without moving, without his chest taking in oxygen, and I bet no one gets disciplined over this. Reminds me of a story about a teacher. He was a several disabled teacher and a kid snuck food into class and was eating it secretly. The student choked on the food and died but the teacher just thought he had put his head down for a nap. Always check for signs of life. CNN.com - Man sleeping in hospital for 17 hours was dead - Jul 24, 2004
Strange thing living in Southern California, you meet a lot of people who do very interesting things. For instance, a friend from high school's dad owns this train. He has provided trains for most of the major Hollywood films for the past 20 years. It was really cool seing Lost Boys and my friend telling me "thats my dad's train". We are all going on a ride soon. It should be a lot of fun. Pony Express Private Party Car
Okay, most of my post seem to be animal related. Weird animal related. World's Smallest Cat Weighs Only Three Pounds
Wow, and this one is North of the Mason-Dixon line. I think if I was going to grab a random weapon at a Burger King I would go for the napkin holder over the straw dispenser every time. 1010 WINS: Police Charge Two CT Men With 'Potty Rage'
I put this one under the category "Only in the South" CNN.com - Four inmates escape, go on beer run - Jul 20, 2004 My favorite part is propping the door open with a bible to make sure they can get back in with the beer!
This is so great!!! Those of you who have doubted my chupacabra sighting check this one out. Obviously not a chupacabra, but maybe a cousin :-) wnbc.com - News - Mystery Creature Lurks In Central Maryland
Belive it or not one of the fires in California was started when a red tailed hawk caught on fire after touching some power lines. The poor thing then flamed into the ground starting the fire. Real life is always stranger than fiction.CNN.com - Crews beating back wildfires - Jul 20, 2004
Here is the complete article from Newsweek on the new iPod. Magazine comes out Sunday or you can read the whole thing online. Good Article. MSNBC - The New iPod
Look closely at the picture. Something doesn't seem right. What could this mean. Check it out here: New iPod?
Not sure about the Coolest Websites! label they gave themselves but they definitely have some cool links. I checked out Meghan's name and in 1992 it was very popular. If you combine the two different spellings, with or without 'h', it ranked #7 for girls. Some other cool stuff too. Check it out at TECH TIME: 50 Coolest Websites
Find out when and who your favorite team is playing this coming season. This assumes the owners don't lock out the players. Lets hope they all work it out.NHL.com Schedules
So Kobe resigned. But where will he be in a year. Jail? SI has a good article on his decision here and for those of you watching the trial get your info here:Kobe Bryant trial information
Derek Fisher just left by the way, off to Golden State.
How many pets are out there called Bobo? Isn't Michael Jackson's pet monkey named Bobo? Well, here is a Bobo story that didn't end well for the Bobo in question.
I wonder how many exotic pets of celebrities are named Bobo?
Yes, I am a cat person. Not because I dislike dogs, just never had one. But I found these two news stories this week in the news and I thought I would share them with you.
The first is about Nemo the swimming cat that was found 3 miles off the coast in the Gulf of Mexico. Reminds me of the Aristocats. Just not in France. Or with a butler. Or singing cats... nevermind
The second is about PFC Hammer a cat adopted by a unit in Iraq that recently came home with the other troops. Does that mean we are now kidnapping Iraqi cats? Where is Michael Moore when you need him.
At least, that is the story I am sticking too.
I found some interesting stuff while talking to Skylar.
Are you descended from Ghengis Khan? Could get you a free meal.
No food for 68 years? That would definitely put McDonalds out of business.
This last one has some cool stuff on strange things. Read all about the strange creatures like the Chupacabra!.
Finally saw it. Though I don't feel comfortable supporting it by paying... but I have paid for worse movies in the past. What I find so upsetting about his movie is that many people are shocked by what they see and hear. Where have these people been? Everything brought up has been in the news! Read, it does a mind good. By the way, here is the Patriot Act.
Wired's recent article regarding Blogs and people getting burned out on them hit home today. Of course, I don't have the problem of people leaving too many comments. Heck! Has anyone even read it? Oh well, good practice for September.
My mom dropped off a section of the New York Times the other day (okay, three weeks ago) and I finally sat down and looked through it to see why she felt it was so important to clutter up my tiny little house. Low and behold (Sunday, May 9, 2004 NYT Sunday Styles, Section 9, Page 1) there is an article about college students using cell phones and maps of Manhattan to play a live action version of Pac-Man. I would want to be Blinky :-)
I had breakfast with a JPL Deep Space Engineer and he mentioned that an asteroid is on a possible collision course with the Earth on St. Patrick's Day in the year 2880. Of course we have plenty of time. I quickly did some research and low and behold here it is as reported by ABC news
Just got back from watching 4th of July fireworks and turned on the TV. We Were Soldiers is on again. Always watch this film when I can. Found the Landing Zone X-Ray website. Some great links from it to get more of the story of the Ia Drang Valley.
Well, I just signed up for this thing and thought I might try it out. Tonight was fun. Me, Heather, and the kids travelled on the Gold Line to Phillipes in downtown LA with my neighbors. Lots of fun and good food. Curran started getting a little crazy with the Chinatown snappers. He kept throwing them up in hte air instead of down ont the ground.
