Entries from April 2008

April 24, 2008

Porn Slappers Whip Drunk

A fight on the Vegas strip between a fat drunk and some porn-slappers.

April 11, 2008

Friday’s Random Ten - Reggae Edition

1. Everything I Own - Ken Boothe
2. Drown - Poor Rich Ones (Norway’s finest)
3. HarborCoat - R.E.M.
4. Get What You Need - JET
5. Grace - U2
6. Under Pressure - Queen (YES!)
7. I Bleed - Pixies
9. San Jacinto - Peter Gabriel
10. Here Comes My Baby - Cat [...]

April 10, 2008

The Jimmy Carter of Korea

This is a funny story about former Korean President Roh. It seems tourists are constantly bothering him at his new home.

Since Roh Moo-hyun left office on Feb. 25 and returned to this village in the country’s southeast where he was born, he has become something South Koreans have never seen before: a former president [...]

April 10, 2008

Poker - Running Bad…

James McManus reminds that everyone runs bad at poker from time to time.
One version of running bad combines good cards, strong play and hideous timing. Opponents draw to long shots and hit them consistently; meanwhile, you’re making tough but intelligent laydowns just before your miracle card hits the board. And you’re managing to lose [...]

April 10, 2008

Air Disaster Videos

This is not a website for those who are afraid of flying.
‘The Crashman’: An Experiment in Applied Internet Ballardianism

April 9, 2008

About Those Credit Card Applications …

A bit scary this.
You should probably buy a shredder today.
I get a heck of a lot of credit card applications in the mail.
A bunch for Visa, quite a few from Mastercard and tons of them from American Express.
I almost always tear them in half and throw them away.
Sometimes, if I am feeling particularly paranoid, [...]

April 9, 2008

North Korean Brewmasters in Kuwait

Kuwait: Farwaniya securitymen arrested three North Koreans who converted their apartment into an alcohol factory and seized 186 bottles of alcohol, 34 brewing barrels and gallons of alcohol. Securitymen also arrested an Asian expatriate (inset) who was
openly selling alcohol in Al-Hasawi area. Source
Alcohol is haraam in Kuwait.

April 8, 2008

Bull Shark Attack in Oz

Police have praised the bravery of a surfer who dragged his 16-year-old friend to shore after he was fatally attacked by a shark on the NSW north coast. The pair were bodyboarding off Ballina’s Lighthouse Beach when the shark struck this morning, fatally mauling the 16-year-old boy from Wollongbar, west of Ballina. [...]

April 8, 2008

Boy Sees Girl

Boy Sees Girl Photo

April 8, 2008

Fertility Festival - Kanamara

Japan Probe has a great photo set on the Kanamara Matsuri festival