And the horror at Episode III keeps flooding in...
1. A 33-year-old factory supervisor who identified herself as “Priscilla” said the man got out of his tinted two-door car, strutted about menacingly in his Darth Vader suit before opening it and revealing himself to 15 women workers standing at a bus stop at about 7am.
2. The emperor leered over the prone form of Analin.
3. The Darth doppelganger, who apparently blended right in with other moviegoers attending Star Wars: Episode III--Revenge of the Sith at the Showplace Eight Theater around 9:15 p.m. Saturday, was not armed--even with a lightsaber, according to Lieutenant Rick Davis of the Springfield Police Department. Using the force--the brute kind--he pushed an employee away from the register and snashed the case.
Probably hoaxes, but what the hey - it's a slow news day.
Sunday, May 29, 2005
Thursday, May 26, 2005
(congrats to Liverpool fans btw - well fought).
Labour want teenagers doing community service to wear orange suits. The probation service, having had this idea before, argue that it was stymied because the teenagers won’t turn up if they’re being humiliated (which also raises the question as to what the government and/or probation service are seeking to do here, what purpose they see in community service – slave labour, ritual humiliation a la the stocks, punishment, or reparation?) I’d disagree; being forced to wear pyjamas with arrows all over them might be humiliating, but as you can see from the image below, orange suits are cool. Why wouldn’t teenagers turn up if they could dress up like that?
It strikes me that Labour are showing a profound lack of erm, humility, here to criminal teenagers; indeed since they expelled George Galloway and his Respect coalition, they have displayed nothing but contempt. Not quite sure what I'm trying to put my finger on here, but I'm reminded of that Aretha Franklin tune, how's it go? R.E.S.P.E.C.T... Such a bad move, introducing morality into politics; it'll be a rod for their own back, I tell ya.
A young offender scouring the streets of Manchester for chewing gum.
Labour want teenagers doing community service to wear orange suits. The probation service, having had this idea before, argue that it was stymied because the teenagers won’t turn up if they’re being humiliated (which also raises the question as to what the government and/or probation service are seeking to do here, what purpose they see in community service – slave labour, ritual humiliation a la the stocks, punishment, or reparation?) I’d disagree; being forced to wear pyjamas with arrows all over them might be humiliating, but as you can see from the image below, orange suits are cool. Why wouldn’t teenagers turn up if they could dress up like that?
It strikes me that Labour are showing a profound lack of erm, humility, here to criminal teenagers; indeed since they expelled George Galloway and his Respect coalition, they have displayed nothing but contempt. Not quite sure what I'm trying to put my finger on here, but I'm reminded of that Aretha Franklin tune, how's it go? R.E.S.P.E.C.T... Such a bad move, introducing morality into politics; it'll be a rod for their own back, I tell ya.
A young offender scouring the streets of Manchester for chewing gum.
Monday, May 23, 2005
Guardian Unlimited Politics | Special Reports | 'Look at that bling!':
"'Young people are like women,' says the Nike lad with a sage nod. 'They like attention. They like to be heard.'"
"'Young people are like women,' says the Nike lad with a sage nod. 'They like attention. They like to be heard.'"
BBC NEWS | Health | Discovery of 'irony' brain areas: "By comparing healthy people and those with damage to different parts of the brain, they found the front of the brain was a key to understanding irony."
Next week: brain found to be seat of soul; kidneys say "we're miffed."
Next week: brain found to be seat of soul; kidneys say "we're miffed."
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Oh, yes. OH YES! (Surprisingly, this is safe for work.)
Check this out: This equation has been satisfied.
Just don't ask where I found it.
[Edit: I also love 'Nobody expects the spanish inquisition.]
Check this out: This equation has been satisfied.
Just don't ask where I found it.
[Edit: I also love 'Nobody expects the spanish inquisition.]
IOL: Science & Tech: "The biological fuel cell uses glucose, a sugar in blood, with a non-toxic substance used to draw electrons from glucose, said the team led by Matsuhiko Nishizawa, bio-engineering professor at the graduate school of state-run Tohoku University.
'Since the electron mediator is based on Vitamin K3, which exists in human bodies, it excels in safety and could in the future generate power from blood as an implant-type fuel cell,' the group said in a statement.
"
'Since the electron mediator is based on Vitamin K3, which exists in human bodies, it excels in safety and could in the future generate power from blood as an implant-type fuel cell,' the group said in a statement.
"
A design student has come up with a cunning idea to stop youngsters
becoming couch potatoes. She has developed a gadget called Square
Eyes, which fits into children's shoes and stops them watching TV
unless they have taken a sufficient number of steps during the day.
Six thousand steps buys you a whole hour. Daily Mail P31 today
becoming couch potatoes. She has developed a gadget called Square
Eyes, which fits into children's shoes and stops them watching TV
unless they have taken a sufficient number of steps during the day.
Six thousand steps buys you a whole hour. Daily Mail P31 today
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Monday, May 16, 2005
Santa Monica Pier, a big roller and The Mock Graveyard for "Independent Contractors Killed Working In Iraq. More images here.
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