The strongest and most expensive beer ever created sold out within hours Friday, a Scottish brewery said, as they courted controversy by packaging the bottles inside the bodies of stuffed animals.
BrewDog, the self-described maverick brewery, presented the beer — which contains a record 55 percent alcohol — inside the bodies of dead squirrels and stoats.
I read it here.
I changed template themes over at oboeinsight so I figured I’d do the same thing here. Not that it really matters; I still ponder dropping this blog all together. But while it does still “live” (barely) I thought it was time for a change. So I’m going to live with this one for a while and see what I happens. I do notice it works better with Firefox than Safari. Hmm.
There are a lot of weird people out there. Truly.
Police said that in their investigation they learned that the people inside the car were dressed as zombie costumes and they were headed to a party at the time of the crash.
Sgt. Greg Stewart said people who witnessed the crash initially thought the victims’ injuries were much more serious, because of the zombie costumes.
“We’re glad that everyone is alive, despite being ‘undead’,” Sgt. Stewart said, referring to the costumes.
The Californian city of Laguna Niguel has hosted the annual event for the last 30 years where crowds line a road along railway tracks and drop their trousers or hoist up their skirts every time an Amtrak, or Metrolink, train passes.
(Some people have way too much time on their hands.) RTWT
Authorities have charged a 29-year-old man with aggravated assault and false imprisonment after they allege he held his mother hostage for failing to iron his clothes. Carroll County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Marc Griffith said the man remained in jail Wednesday without bond. The unidentified woman was not harmed in the June 30 incident.
Griffith said the man, who lives with his parents, wanted his mother to do some ironing because it was “woman’s work.” When she refused, authorities allege he pulled out a gun, and took his 51-year-old mother’s keys and cellphones and refused to let her leave for at least six hours.
She eventually escaped and went to a police station. Authorities were able to get the man out without incident.
Japanese and US universities have jointly developed a medical technique that can quickly detect various cancers using a simple saliva test, researchers said on Tuesday.
Japan’s Keio University and University of California, Los Angeles, have developed the technology with which they detected high probabilities of pancreatic cancer, breast cancer and oral cancer.
The researchers analysed saliva samples of 215 people, including cancer patients, and identified 54 substances whose presence can be used to detect the disease, Keio University said in a statement released Monday.
By further analysing the substances, the test detected 99 percent of pancreatic cancer cases, 95 percent of breast cancer and 80 percent of oral cancer cases among those taking part, it said.
I think this is pretty darn cool news. I read about it here.
Some time ago now I actually gave Kaiser a saliva sample. They were (are?) doing some sort of study and selected some random number (a very large number) of their patients to participate. They said we wouldn’t be told what they found unless they found something they felt was life threatening or important enough we should know. I never heard back. It would be so cool if they were checking for cancer as well. I suppose I’ll never know. They also said some of us might be contacted later to give blood samples. I never heard from them. I guess my saliva was boring. (Hoping so, actually!)
“And during his visit to Silicon Valley this week, he visited the headquarter of Twitters, where he opened his own account. I have one, as well, so we may be able to finally throw away those red phones that have been sitting around for so long,” Obama said.
Heh … Twitters<??
I have an adorable new grand-nephew. He is all of 12 days old, if I’m getting my days right. I’m guessing he occasionally cries a bit. So maybe this would be helpful to some family members! (Carolyn, I know Jessica & Raj don’t read this. Perhaps you should send the video their way?)
Twenty-first century laser technology has opened a window into the early days of the Catholic Church, guiding researchers through the dank, musty catacombs beneath Rome to a startling find: the first known icons of the apostles Peter and Paul.
Vatican officials unveiled the paintings Tuesday, discovered along with the earliest known images of the apostles John and Andrew in an underground burial chamber beneath an office building on a busy street in a working-class Rome neighborhood.
The images, which date from the second half of the 4th century, were uncovered using a new laser technique that allows restorers to burn off centuries of thick white calcium carbonate deposits without damaging the brilliant dark colors of the paintings underneath.
Oh who the heck cares?! I want them to take that good old laser technology to burn off these thick cellulite deposits on my thighs. I mean … c’mon … what’s REALLY important, you know?
I read it here.
“How time fly’s!!How time fly’s!!!”
I suppose all those exclamation points were a sign that something would be awry in any case, eh?
In other news.
Oh. Wait.
There is no other news. :-P
I just saw some women’s underpants that were 40% off. I love good deals … don’t you?
Guess how much they cost after that 40% discount?
C’mon … guess … you can do it!
Okay …
Ready? …
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no … you really aren’t ready …
prepare yourself …
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I mean it!
REALLY PREPARE YOURSELF!
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They are now a mere $81.99
Yes. Really.
Puppy thrown at German biker gang
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A German student “mooned” a group of Hell’s Angels and hurled a puppy at them before escaping on a stolen bulldozer, police have said.The man drove up to a Hell’s Angels clubhouse near Munich, wearing only a pair of shorts and carrying a puppy.
He dropped his shorts and threw the dog, escaping on a bulldozer from a nearby building site.
He was arrested later at home by police. The 26-year-old is said to have stopped taking depression medication.