July 2009
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“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on...”
– Terry Pratchett
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Song of the day: “Land of 1000 Dances”...
Beluga Whale Carries Struggling Diver To Surface
A drowning diver has a beluga whale to thank for helping to save her life after her legs were paralysed by cramps.
Yang Yun was taking part in a free-diving contest at Polar Land in Harbin, north-east China, in which participants were required to sink seven metres to the bottom of a pool and stay there for as long as possible without the aid of breathing equipment.
Ms Yun, 26, thought she was...
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“Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully...”
– Henry Ward Beecher
Emails From Crazy People →
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Song of the day: “Boobs A Lot” by The...
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The Flea
Mark but this flea, and mark in this, How little that which thou deny’st me is; It sucked me first, and now sucks thee, And in this flea our two bloods mingled be; Thou know’st that this cannot be said A sin, nor shame, nor loss of maidenhead; Yet this enjoys before it woo, And pampered swells with one blood made of two, And this, alas, is more than we would do. Oh stay, three...
F**k Yeah Facts! →
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“Lips that taste of tears, they say, are the best for kissing.”
– Dorothy Parker
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Man Without Money
Daniel Suelo lives in a cave. Unlike the average American—wallowing in credit-card debt, clinging to a mortgage, terrified of the next downsizing at the office—he isn’t worried about the economic crisis. That’s because he figured out that the best way to stay solvent is to never be solvent in the first place. Nine years ago, in the autumn of 2000, Suelo decided to stop using money. He...
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“Dress every day like you’re going to get murdered in those clothes.”
– Tracy Jordan
Today And Tomorrow →
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Overheard...
Guy: Hey thanks for coming to the party. Oh! And if you see Sophia, say hi to her. She's never been to our place before, so just let her know how to get in.
Female friend: I have no idea what she looks like!
Guy: She has curly hair!
Female friend: [muttering to herself] I am SO going to fuck this up.
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Not too shabby for all the bells, whistles, filters, and layers that a lot of these have. Not too shabby at all.
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“Trouble is part of your life, and if you don’t share it, you don’t give the...”
– Dinah Shore
Teen convinces airline bosses he's an aviation...
In a scam that recalls the Steven Spielberg movie, Catch Me If You Can, a teenage boy has tricked British aviation executives into believing that he was a tycoon about to launch his own airline, it has emerged.
The 17-year-old, from Yorkshire, posed as a businesman in his twenties, claiming to have a fleet of jets and a team of colleagues. Using the pseudonym Adam Tait, he flew to Jersey to...
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Song of the day: “Beggin” by Frankie...
