I’m known to have quirky taste in just about everything (stop sniggering – and you know who you are!). One thing that I have always loved that many people found beyond quirky was a certain fascination with cemeteries. OK, no, it’s not a fascination – I love cemeteries, so much so that the highlight of… Read More Halloween: not the only time you can visit a cemetary
Yes, yes, you read that title right. This is totally worth the read, and the questions it raises? Priceless. From the CBC: Woman ‘kills’ ex-husband in online world A 43-year-old player in a virtual game world became so angry about her sudden divorce from her online husband that she logged on with his password and… Read More Woman ‘kills’ ex-husband in online world
I read and reviewed the book ‘Twilight’ awhile ago, and although I enjoyed the read and could understand why a teenage girl would go gaga over it, I was still curiously puzzled enough by the ensuing Edward-mania to go to a midnight masquerade for the launch of the fourth and last book in the series,… Read More The puzzle that are obsessions, or wow, how teenagers love Edward Cullen!
I am very much into preventative measures: exercise before you start gaining weight, take vitamins before you have a week of bad eating (namely, while on a trip), take vitamin C and echinacea as soon as you get tired rather than when you are starting to feel under the weather – that kind of thing.… Read More Beating the Gloom of Winter and a thing called Recession
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This week’s episode marked a nice little break for me, since, after the roller coaster of a beginning of season we had, nothing overwhelmingly major or totally unexpected happened. It was shocking to see Claire hurt, I’ll admit, but apart from that, nothing big. It was a nice break that I look forward to ending… Read More Review: Heroes, Season 3, Episode 10
Apparently, it’s fact. If you don’t believe me, check it out for yourself: here, here, here, and here. Pretty disturbing, isn’t it. Maybe I should start a Dark Tales for Dark Days series or something.
Web Suicide Viewed Live and Reaction Spur a Debate By BRIAN STELTER Published: November 24, 2008 For a 19-year-old community college student in Pembroke Pines, Fla., the message boards on BodyBuilding.com were a place to post messages, at least 2,300 of them, including more than one about his suicidal impulses. In a post last year,… Read More Follow-up debate: 19 year old commits suicide via webcam
For those of you who are addicted to online encyclopedias, be careful which ones you use. For those of you looking for the most ridiculous definitions and news articles, do to check out http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com. If you’re bored and/or in a bad mood, say, after spraining an ankle and having next to no help in the ensuing… Read More What not to use when writing an essay
It’s up to you what I find insane – that they are considering monitoring “sexually aggressive” people with micro-chips, or that some are against the idea of these “sexually aggressive” people being monitored. Indonesian AIDS patients face microchip monitoring By NINIEK KARMINI JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Lawmakers in Indonesia’s remote province of Papua have thrown… Read More Welcome to the age where technology compounds insanity