Monthly Archives: October 2008

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If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull. — W. C. Fields
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Extremely Rare Identical Triplets

A New York couple (actually just the mom) recently gave birth to identical triplets. The babies were conceived without fertility treatments. Only one in over four million births in the U.S. result in identical triplets. Pops can’t tell them apart. He thought tattooing the little miracles might be a good solution. He gave up the idea [...]
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Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. — Chief Seattle
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Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every nights of ours lives. —  William Dement
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Dog Risks Life for Kittens

A dog has risked its life to protect four kittens trapped in a house fire in Melbourne, Australia. See the full story from BBC News. [Source: BBC News] Update: A better video from the AP. Watch it.
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As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. — H.L. Mencken
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How To Save Money on Halloween

Would you like to save money on Halloween candy? Or are you simply tired of pesky tricky treators? You can probably discourage a few of the little ones if you put the Predator Pumpkin on your front porch. Of course, then you’ll be forced to eat extra candy. <Demonic laugh.> Click on the photo to see it [...]
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Scary Mary: Just in Time for Halloween

Hide your children. She’s coming.
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How much pain have cost us the evils that have never happened. — Thomas Jefferson
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Computer Makers Plan to Stop Wasting Your Time

Computers, designed to save our time, waste plenty with glacially slow startup (boot) times. HP, Dell, and Lenovo all plan to roll out new models that will be ready to use in 30 seconds. Microsoft says the next version of its operating system, cleverly named Windows 7, will sport boot times of 15 seconds on [...]
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