] The distinctive taste of Newcastle Brown Ale has become
] the latest ice cream flavour from a family-run
] Northumberland dairy
]
] Newcastle Brown Ale flavoured ice cream was launched on
] Tuesday by Doddington Dairies, and will only be available
] during the summer months.

I'd love to try this.

BBC NEWS | England | Tyne | Beer ice cream goes on sale

] Joel Freedman grew upset at seeing lobsters, with rubber
] bands on their claws, piled atop one another in a
] supermarket tank. The animal-rights advocate figured it
] was time to make his anger known.
]
] Freedman bought a pound of scallops and, before anyone
] could intervene, lifted the tank lid and dumped them in.

What a waste of perfectly good scallops.

Yahoo! News - Man Feeds Lobsters at Supermarket

Man of the moment Keanu Reeves has shown his generosity by giving away £50 million of his earnings from the Matrix sequels. The 38-year-old decided to hand over the money to the unsung heroes of the sci-fi blockbusters - the costume and special effects teams.

Whoa!

] Nullsoft Beep is an application that makes your computer
] sound like computers sound in the movies. It requires
] Windows 95 or later with DirectX 3 or later.
]
] features:
]
] Excitement-Generation Technology[tm].
]
] Hyper-Auto-Blips[tm] on screen updates and keyboard
] input.
]
] Variable low hum dependent on system CPU load.
]
] System tray icon.
]
] Install and uninstall support.
]
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Nullsoft Beep

] Bob Geldof astonished the aid community yesterday by
] using a return visit to Ethiopia to praise the Bush
] administration as one of Africa's best friends in its
] fight against hunger and Aids.
]
] The musician-turned activist said Washington was
] providing major assistance, in contrast to the European
] Union's "pathetic and appalling" response to the
] continent's humanitarian crises.
]
] "You'll think I'm off my trolley when I say this, but the
] Bush administration is the most radical - in a positive
] sense - in its approach to Africa since Kennedy," Geldof
] told the Guardian.
]
] The neo-conservatives and religious rightwingers who
] surrounded President George Bush were proving
] unexpectedly receptive to appeals for help, he said. "You
] can get the weirdest politicians on your side."
]
] Former president Bill Clinton had not helped Africa much,
] despite his high-profile visits and apparent empathy with
] the downtrodden, the organiser of Live Aid, claimed.
] "Clinton was a good guy, but he did fuck all."

Interesting.

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Geldof back in Ethiopia

] MAY 22--Meet Steve McNair. The Tennessee Titans
] quarterback was arrested this morning for drunk driving
] after a cop spotted the 30-year-old football star's SUV
] weaving erratically through the streets of downtown
] Nashville. A bleary-eyed McNair, who smelled of alcohol,
] agreed to a Breathalyzer test and registered a .18,
] nearly twice the state's .10 blood alcohol limit. A
] search of McNair's 1999 Lincoln Navigator also turned up
] a 9mm pistol. But while the QB holds a valid permit to
] carry the gat, it is illegal to possess a firearm while
] under the influence. Charged with DUI and the gun rap,
] McNair was released from a Music City lockup after
] posting a $3000 bond. (3 pages)

The Smoking Gun: Archive

] The Oracle of Starbucks
]
] Behold the Oracle of StarbucksAstrology is lame and
] Myers-Briggs is for losers. The omniscient Oracle of
] Starbucks can tell you everything about your personality
] by what you drink at Starbucks. Simply enter your full
] drink order -- including size -- into the field below and
] the all-knowing Oracle will tell you everything about
] your personality. Better yet, input your friends' orders
] to find out what they're really like.
]
] Unlike other imitations, the Oracle is 100% accurate.

Buttafly's Oracle of Starbucks

] MAY 19--Meet Brenda Orme and John Meyers. The Louisiana
] couple got nabbed last Friday when they tried to have sex
] atop a water tower more than 200 feet above the ground.
] Meyers, 44, told Slidell cops that he and Orme, 45,
] wanted to get busy "on top of the world." We know this
] thanks to the amusing press release work of Lt. Rob
] Callahan, whose handiwork can be found on the following
] pages. Along with his initial report on the bust, we've
] included Callahan's entertaining update, which includes a
] quip from his boss, Chief Freddy Drennan: "I guess this
] is the poor man's version of the 'mile high club.'"
] Meyers and Orme each face criminal trespass and
] disturbing the peace charges. (3 pages)

The pictures are the best part!

They needed a change of scenery. Trailer too boring.

] It's nice down here, 220 feet below ground. It's dry and
] cool -- a springlike 60 degrees Fahrenheit. There is a
] breeze coming through the tunnels that smells like dust
] and something older than dust, the souls of the limestone
] miners, maybe, who began dynamiting this catacomb into
] existence 101 years ago.
]
] The only sound is a constant low thrumming, like the din
] of a ship's engine. There is a narrow roadway no wider
] than a country lane. A service van drives by, and then an
] electric golf cart. There are security guards, too,
] around every corner.
]
] "Keep it with you at all times," the guard at the gate
] had said, passing a fire extinguisher into the car as
] he'd waved me ahead toward a dim gray plaza, from which a
] maze of identical-looking gray tunnels snaked off in
] every direction.
]
] A fire extinguisher?
]
] Welcome to Iron Mountain, the largest commercially owned
] underground storage facility in the world. This is where
] Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, has deposited his huge
] and growing collection of historical photographs --
] approximately 11 million negatives, prints, slides -- a
] cache that represents a culturally significant chunk of
] the visual history of the 20th century.

Buried Treasure (washingtonpost.com)

] 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).

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