Category: "culture/news"

The second term jinx

It looks like Second Term Jinx is setting in for President Bush. He already had declining poll numbers, a Social Security plan that no one seems to like and a war that is starting to drag on. Now one of his top advisors has brought some genuine… more »

Basic human rights

I was mowing my yard a couple of days ago and I got to thinking about two conversations. One was with my mom just this week and one was with the late Dennis McCullough over a year ago. Dennis was a conservative who had a long career as an educator.… more »

Regular showers may cause brain damage

Regular showers may be health risk - Insert your own joke here. (via Digg.com) more »

CNN is podcasting

CNN.com - Podcasting CNN has some podcast feeds now. Subscribe in your favorite podcatching client (mine's iTunes 4.9) and get audio news updates delivered to your desktop. (via digg.com) more »

That is a big fish

National Geographic News Photo Gallery: Giant Catfish May Be World's Largest Freshwater Fish - But I'm sure the one that got away was much bigger. (via Slashdot) more »

Liberals at Fox News

FOXNews.com - Views - Iraq: Bush Myths vs. Reality I could barely believe my eyes when I saw this article. Could Fox News really be fair and balanced after all? On the same page I saw a link to another: President's Stubbornness Delays Social… more »

NPR explores podcasting

Take this survey and let NPR know if you'd like to listen to some of their content via podcast. I think it would be awesome. At the end of the surver you can volunteer to participate in beta tests of new features. more »

World's Tallest Buildings

World's 10 Tallest Buildings - SkyscraperPage.com - That list is pretty fun, but the whole site is rather impressive. It's a giant database of skyscrapers and towers and you can create your own lists. I made one showing the tallest 20 buildings,… more »

Real life liger

Real life liger - I don't think he has magical powers, but this cross between a lion and a tiger is huge. From the article: "He is three years old, stands 10 feet tall on his hind legs, and weighs about 1,000 lbs. (At maturity he is expected to reach… more »

I got free comics

Kyle mentioned a few weeks ago that Dave from Yet Another Comics Blog was giving away free comics every day during the month of May. I sent in my entry and I was the winner today. Thanks to Kyle and Dave. I'm excited to check out my free comics. more »

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