] NEW DELHI (Reuters) - It's not quite the goose that laid
] the golden egg, but an Indian diamond merchant's prize
] cow is producing bejeweled dung.

Farmer's Diamonds Go to Waste But Are Recovered

] Ever come out to the parking lot and find your car
] sandwiched between two large and towering sport-utility
] vehicles, the big wheels and bulging side panels
] protruding over the white lines of the parking space,
] leaving you mere inches to squeeze into your vehicle, and
] then only after checking to see if those huge neighboring
] doors have left a ding?

Check the ages of the people they interviewed for this article. The people who can't seem to park their cars because of SUVs.

SUV squeeze prompts calls for bigger spaces

Decius wrote:
] ] Some pictures of Brad Blines (aka CrankyMessiah)
]
] Flynn asked us to host these for a few days because several
] people have requested them.

I've been thinking a lot over the past week or so about our community, and I've been thinking how amazing it is in this day and age that people can become so tightly knit and have such a family-like atmosphere even though they've never met.

Many MANY MANY years ago, Nick had told me all about IRC and he was having these friendships with people online. I thought it was ridiculous. How wrong I was. We have the opportunity now to talk to people all over the world, and it's amazing that people across the country can have the same likes and dislikes and sense of humor. You'd be friends in real life, but for geography! It's incredible. The world is getting smaller, very quickly.

When I heard about Brad, it was a painful shock. He wasn't just a nickname on a screen, he was someone whose insights and humor I enjoyed, and it was painful to hear that he has moved to a different plane of existence. It's still painful, a member of my community is gone.

But seeing the pictures, that brings the nickname, the insights, and the face together. A real person.

I'd love to meet other members of our community. I'd love to talk to them, I find people truly fascinating, and I'd love to share likes and dislikes, senses of humor, etc. But again, geography.

Tom, I'm wondering how you and Nick (and everyone else on MemeStreams) feel about having some space to post pictures if anyone wanted, to put a face to the names. Just a thought..

RE: Brad Blines Pictures

] Sultan, 48, said the trouble began February 26 when she
] and three companions sent their soup back to the kitchen
] to be reheated while dining at the Irvine, California,
] restaurant.
]
] Sultan said she was treated rudely by the waiter, and
] when she began eating the soup she encountered a chewy,
] rubbery object that she first thought was calamari or
] shrimp, she told local media. She spit the offending
] object into her napkin and discovered it was a rolled up
] condom, she said.

Call me crazy, paranoid, whatever, but this is why I am always -very very- nice to the waitstaff and I never ever send anything back.

Condom-in-soup lawsuit settled

GRAND PRIZE The $500 grand prize for the wackiest label was awarded to Robert Brocone of Euclid, Ohio for a warning he found on a bottle of drain cleaner which says: "If you do not understand, or cannot read, all directions, cautions and warnings, do not use this product." Brocone also wins a copy of the book, "The Death of Common Sense," by Philip K. Howard, chairman of the legal reform group, Common Good.

M-LAW ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF SEVENTH ANNUAL WACKY WARNING LABEL CONTEST

Those of you who know me will find the #10 GAY car funny. Those of you who know me REALLY REALLY well will find the #1 LESBIAN car REALLY funny.
Those of you who don't know me at all will find this article mildly amusing.

The Ultimate Gay & Lesbian Cars

These 9 drawings were done by an artist under the influence of LSD -- part of a test conducted by the US government during it's dalliance with psychotomimetic drugs in the late 1950's. The artist was given a dose of LSD 25 and free access to an activity box full of crayons and pencils. His subject is the medico that jabbed him.

First drawing is done 20 minutes after the first dose (50ug)

An attending doctor observes - Patient chooses to start drawing with charcoal.

The subject of the experiment reports - 'Condition normal... no effect from the drug yet'.

Acid trip 1

] A lone book titled "Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends" was
] untouched.
]
] But nearly everything else in Chris Kirk's downtown
] Olympia apartment was encased in aluminum foil when he
] returned home Monday night from a trip to Los Angeles.
]
] The walls, ceiling, cabinets and everything in between
] now shimmer with a metallic glow, thanks to a prank by
] Kirk's longtime friend, Olympia native Luke Trerice.

Friends foil Olympia man's home

with this guide, you can't lose.

What a Crappy Present - CD Gift Advice, Parents and Kids

my old blog title, explained :)
That's what I get when I try to access anything good.

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