bye bye bob backwards...

after 25 years of morning edition, bob edwards has been "reassigned."

sad, but maybe this is a good thing. my DH can stop nagging me about not wanting to hear 'bob backwards' at 5:30am.

but what if we're left with "war wrong" in charge of ME? eeeks. that'll be worse naggin in line for me.

but I wonder why they did it. Is it because he wanted to watch the nighline tribute?

hmmmmm.....

The New York Times prints "sphincter" and "anus"...

not on the front page, though 8-{

but a relatively decent review of south park...

thanks guys for catching me up, south park is one of the only things I miss not having cable tv.

Paul Newman-- "don't drink in my name"...

it seems that students at Princeton celebrate Paul Newman day by trying to drink a beer an hour for 24 hours. they have to drink through their classes, too. Paul is outraged.

it is probably a dumb stunt to begin with. but a beer an hour...hmmm...may not qualify as "binge drinking" in terms of the time/beer ratio on an hourly basis, yet it may in terms of the overall time/beer ratio. much depends on one's alcohol tolerance.

personally, I would love to be able to drink 24 guinness in a day, but I know that I can't, so I would never try.

if these kids want to remember Paul Newman, perhaps they could remember Cool Hand Luke -- where Newman was sentenced to 2 years on a chain gang for being drunk in public (and cutting the heads off parking meters "cause it was something to do"). He paid a pretty big penalty for his drinking -- not just the hard labor, but his life.

I think this is probably more about the quote than about Newman personally, but I can see why he would be a little upset. But there isn't much that he can do -- this is the university's problem. if the university is willing to allow students to come to class with beer, then there is really no stopping them from doing it anyway, even if they don't use Newman's name officially.

Rhino humping...

yep. rhinos aren't too smart.

this especially virile one tried to hump a car!

nothing like nature up close on safari.

6 year old survives car crash and 10 days in ravine

she lived on noodles and gaterade. thank g-d for gaterade!

this poor girl is going to have some serious nightmares. she was involved in a car wreck, tumbled down a ravine when her mother was killed instantly, then waited for 10 days in the car with her mom's dead body, with only a little bit of food.

her mother was definitely watching over her to be sure she survived.

I can't believe that the CHP didn't conduct a more extensive search. They wouldn't have found her at all if it weren't for the DOT.

Israeli campers are now neater litterbugs...

it used to be that they just threw trash everywhere.

now, they are putting the trash in bags and leaving the bags everywhere.

I'm all for a little improvement in the situations.

but they seriously need a lesson from 1970's america...we had a pretty successful anti-litter campaign.

"give a hoot, don't pollute"
"don't be a litter-bug"

they need to attack the problem by creating a community culture of non-tolerance of litter in the parks -- ad campaign, cool mascot, prizes for kids who collect garbage, etc.

in addition, the parks need to set up enough trash receptacles that people don't have to walk too far to get to one. and they need to be cleaned out pretty regularly during high traffic seasons like passover.

maybe it will get even better next year.

Sari Stampede!!!

while it is sad that 21 poor women died...I can't help but think it worth a giggle that such a thing can happen.

If it were in Spain, people would be stampeded by each other to avoid being stampeded by bulls.
If this were the wild west, people would be stampeded by cattle.
If it were in saudi arabia, people would be stampeding each other during hajj.
If it were the US, people would be stampeding for the first ticket to a concert, or free schwag.
but in india, poor women stampede for nice clothes.

are we but animals? how easy it is for us to kill one another to get something we really want or need. it is a sad commentary on our human lot.

Govt. Takes Step Toward Space Flight By Private Individuals

cool. a bakersfield company just got a license.

"The license is a prerequisite for the X-Prize competition, an international space race that will give $10 million to the first company or person to launch a manned craft to 62.5 miles above the earth twice in two weeks."

wow. $10M -- that's worth winning. but it probably doesn't cover expenses.

woo hoo! we're going to space!

Mexican Woman performs own caesarean to save baby

wow. that's some serious maternal instinct.

no anesthesia, no medical tools, and she was successful.

thank g-d for tequila!

First vampires, now vampire bats...

Vampire bats kill 13 people in Brazil

Killing the rainforest is bad...this is one good example why.