My side hurts...

Darth Fatty?

I forgot all about that song!!! I used to have it but I don't anymore. This is awesome!

Cows With Guns

] PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (AP) -- The nation's third
] largest Boy Scout council expanded its nondiscrimination
] policy to include sexual orientation, defying the
] national group's anti-gay stance.

I never did understand where the BOY SCOUTS got off excluding gays. Talk about pot-kettle-black...

Philadelphia Boy Scouts won't exclude gays

] But a glance at recent toy and game patents suggests that
] many independent inventors create toys more for
] themselves than for children. Quite a few will face a
] challenge when it comes to capturing the hearts and minds
] of children in pursuit of the latest blockbuster fad.

I personally like the fluid piping kit.

Inventing Toys From an Adult View

When icons go bad...

Icon War

] GAHANNA, Ohio (AP) -- A 13-year-old boy who wanted to
] make his own version of "Jackass: The Movie" threw a cup
] of boiling water on his best friend as he slept, causing
] second-degree burns, police said.

'Jackass' stunt causes burnination

] "You also can't say Mother Russia or Fatherland or
] brotherhood in texts and that's both silly, trivial and
] breathtaking. It is like George Orwell's 'Newspeak' come
] to life," she said in an interview, referring to the
] manipulation of language in "1984."

They say if you don't like it here, to get out. I don't like it here. I am getting out.

Language police bar 'old,' 'blind'

Decius wrote:
] ] A set of four glass ramps positioned in a square clearly
] ] show water travelling up each of them before it pours off
] ] the top, only to start again at the bottom of the next
] ] ramp.
] ]
] ] It is a sight which defies logic, and has become probably
] ] the most memorable image of this year's show.
] ]
] ] Mr Dyson says his inspiration was a drawing by the Dutch
] ] artist MC Escher (he of Gothic palaces where soldiers are
] ] eternally walking upstairs, and of patterns where birds
] ] turn into fish).

Neat! I wonder if there's a movie of it on the web somewhere. I'd like to see it in motion.

RE: BBC NEWS | UK | How does Dyson make water go uphill?

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] I had recently driven down Route 9 in the Pleasant Plains
] section of Dover Township. As I passed several gas
] stations, I noticed that their price for regular gasoline
] was an average of $1.29 per gallon, with the cheapest the
] Wawa station at $1.26 a gallon for regular gasoline.

NOT FAIR!!!!!!!! I WANT $1.26 FOR FULL-SERVE!!! I'm paying about $1.65 for self-serve!!!!! NOT FAIR!!!!
All hail New Jersey, land of refineries, and cheap gas.

$1.26!?